Things seem to be unfolding rather quickly. Former White House aides and advisors are scrambling to cover themselves as they receive subpoenas to appear and produce documents.
It’s rare when lawyers — as opposed to their clients — take the Fifth Amendment. But Jeffrey Clark, the former Justice Department lawyer who reportedly tried to help Donald Trump overturn the 2020 presidential election, is now claiming the privilege against self-incrimination to avoid testifying before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. He has just been joined in that posture by one of Trump’s main outside legal advisers, John Eastman.
The lawsuit comes after the committee signaled it would pursue a criminal contempt referral against Meadows because of his refusal to sit for a deposition in the investigation into the Capitol riot. Meadows alleges that the subpoenas are "overly broad and unduly burdensome," while claiming that the committee "lacks lawful authority to seek and to obtain" the information requested.
And apparently Mark Meadows had a power point outlining how to overturn election results.
The 38-page presentation, entitled "Election Fraud, Foreign Interference & Options for 6 Jan," is dated one day before the Capitol riot. It's believed to have been submitted by Meadows after he was subpoenaed by the panel in connection with the insurrection.
The guy is positively Shakespearean in his character flaws that exist along his amiable demeanor. In this instance, he is speaking the truth but after Bridgegate I lost any trust I had. At this point, he certainly is the least flawed Republican that could run for prez though. It would certainly be an interesting election cycle if he did.
What is the definition of "a lot"...and are we talking a lot of republican voters or a lot of republican politicians? From the article:
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Christie's statement to Hewitt shouldn't be particularly newsworthy given what we know of that day. And yet it is.
The Point: The Republican Party is in full denial of an orchestrated attack on our democracy. That Christie is the exception rather than the rule within his party is proof positive of that fact.
I see a few Republicans speaking out, but many are "safe" from being primaried. Besides Christie and the 2 members of the Jan 6 committee, there is Sen. Round (South Dakota), Sen. Murkowski (Alaska), and the governor of Arkansas. Even Marco Rubio has said the Pence couldn't overturn the election and that Jan 6 criminals should be prosecuted.
I see a few Republicans speaking out, but many are "safe" from being primaried. Besides Christie and the 2 members of the Jan 6 committee, there is Sen. Round (South Dakota), Sen. Murkowski (Alaska), and the governor of Arkansas. Even Marco Rubio has said the Pence couldn't overturn the election and that Jan 6 criminals should be prosecuted.
Senator Mitch McConnell, the minority leader, pushed back hard on Tuesday on the Republican Party’s censure of Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger and its characterization of Jan. 6 as “legitimate political discourse,” saying the riot was a “violent insurrection.”
The remarks from Mr. McConnell, the normally taciturn Kentucky Republican, added to a small but forceful chorus of G.O.P. lawmakers who have decried the action that the Republican National Committee took on Friday, when it officially rebuked Ms. Cheney and Mr. Kinzinger for participating in the House investigation of the Jan. 6 attack, accusing them of “persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse.”
Mr. McConnell repudiated that description, saying, “We saw it happen. It was a violent insurrection for the purpose of trying to prevent the peaceful transfer of power after a legitimately certified election, from one administration to the next. That’s what it was.”
It is. As a senior member of the party leadership he can rein them in for going off the deep end and hanging themselves.
Other leadership are still objecting to the investigation.
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, meanwhile, defended the RNC's use of "legitimate political discourse," claiming that the RNC had been referring to the House select committee's subpoenas to RNC officials who were in Florida at the time of the Capitol attack.
"Anybody who broke in and caused damage, that was not called for. Those people, we've said from the very beginning, should be in jail," McCarthy told CNN.
How can McConnell rein them in? He hasn't been successful so far.
The voting members of the RNC are the Republican party leaders in each state, not the elected politicians. McConnell has exactly zero sway or authority with those folks here in Alaska, for example.
The voting members of the RNC are the Republican party leaders in each state, not the elected politicians. McConnell has exactly zero sway or authority with those folks here in Alaska, for example.
Thank you for the correction, but it brings up the question who are they to censure anybody? Are there any consequences for the parties that are censured and if there aren't any, is this just another illustration of a group of people avoiding a more difficult mission than just making a bunch of blowhards of themselves? Am I perceiving this correctly? If this censuring procedure cost them any money, I guess then that it's a good thing:)
Thank you for the correction, but it brings up the question who are they to censure anybody? Are there any consequences for the parties that are censured and if there aren't any, is this just another illustration of a group of people avoiding a more difficult mission than just making a bunch of blowhards of themselves? Am I perceiving this correctly? If this censuring procedure cost them any money, I guess then that it's a good thing:)
The censured parties are not supported by the money or marketing of the RNC ... the national party.
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The guy is positively Shakespearean in his character flaws that exist along his amiable demeanor. In this instance, he is speaking the truth but after Bridgegate I lost any trust I had. At this point, he certainly is the least flawed Republican that could run for prez though. It would certainly be an interesting election cycle if he did.