January 6th Committee, Day 8 (Prime Time):
The End of Trumpocalypse: TBD!
The Daily Beast - Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger Say Secret Service Agents Won’t Testify About Jan. 6 Under Oath
Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, the only two Republicans on the special House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riots, indicated on separate Sunday morning news shows that Secret Service agents have been relatively uncooperative.
Business Insider - Trump says 'Americans kneel to God, and God alone' as support for Christian nationalism grows among Republicans
By God he of course means Trump. Trump doesn't give a shit about the concept of a god except for which he can use it to advance himself.
The Washington Post - Trump Is Plotting to Blow Up the Constitution
ABC News - Former Pence chief of staff appeared before [federal] grand jury probing Jan. 6: Sources
The Washington Post - Justice Dept. investigating Trump’s actions in Jan. 6 criminal probe
People familiar with the probe said investigators are examining the former president’s conversations and have seized phone records of top aides
These people didn't need a second Trump term to maximize their damage.
NBC News - [Attorney General] Merrick Garland calls Justice Department's Jan. 6 probe the 'most wide ranging investigation in its history'
CNN - Merrick Garland does not rule out charging Trump and others in January 6 probe
The Hill - Garland dismisses criticism of Jan. 6 probe, vows to charge ‘everybody who was criminally responsible’
NY Times - ‘Kind of Wild/Creative’: Emails Shed Light on Trump Fake Electors Plan
Previously undisclosed communications among Trump campaign aides and outside advisers provide new insight into their efforts to overturn the election in the weeks leading to Jan. 6.
People familiar with the probe said investigators are examining the former president’s conversations and have seized phone records of top aides
Trump will use every means to delay being prosecuted and tried. He will beg SCOTUS to save him (again like for the 2020 election) like he accused Musk of doing to him.There are two principal tracks of the investigation that could ultimately lead to additional scrutiny of Trump, two people familiar with the situation said, also speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.
The first centers on seditious conspiracy and conspiracy to obstruct a government proceeding, the type of charges already filed against individuals who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 and on two leaders of far-right groups, Stewart Rhodes and Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, who did not breach the Capitol but were allegedly involved in planning the day’s events.
The second involves potential fraud associated with the false-electors scheme or with pressure Trump and his allies allegedly put on the Justice Department and others to falsely claim that the election was rigged and votes were fraudulently cast.
These people didn't need a second Trump term to maximize their damage.
NBC News - [Attorney General] Merrick Garland calls Justice Department's Jan. 6 probe the 'most wide ranging investigation in its history'
CNN - Merrick Garland does not rule out charging Trump and others in January 6 probe
The Hill - Garland dismisses criticism of Jan. 6 probe, vows to charge ‘everybody who was criminally responsible’
NY Times - ‘Kind of Wild/Creative’: Emails Shed Light on Trump Fake Electors Plan
Previously undisclosed communications among Trump campaign aides and outside advisers provide new insight into their efforts to overturn the election in the weeks leading to Jan. 6.
The Washington Post - Jan. 6 texts missing for Trump Homeland Security’s Wolf and Cuccinelli
DHS watchdog was alerted in February to unavailable records of top officials, but did nothing to alert or investigate
The Washington Post - Some Republicans fear party is too extreme on abortion and gay rightsAt an event at a Trump property that October [2019], Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) predicted that Stone would be found guilty at his trial in Washington the following month but would not "do a day" in prison. Gaetz was apparently unaware they were being recorded by documentary filmmakers following Stone, who special counsel Robert S. Mueller III had charged with obstruction of a congressional investigation.
"The boss still has a very favorable view of you," said Gaetz, stressing that the president had "said it directly." He also said, "I don't think the big guy can let you go down for this."
Gaetz at one point told Stone he was working on getting him a pardon but was hesitant to say more backstage at the event, in which speakers were being filmed for online broadcast. "Since there are many, many recording devices around right now, I do not feel in a position to speak freely about the work I've already done on that subject," Gaetz said.
The lawmaker also told Stone during their conversation that Stone was mentioned "a lot" in redacted portions of Mueller's report, appearing to refer to portions that the Justice Department had shown to select members of Congress confidentially in a secure room. "They're going to do you, because you're not gonna have a defense," Gaetz told Stone.
Following the end of Roe v. Wade, many in the GOP have embraced uncompromising positions and loaded rhetoric out of step with mainstream public opinion.
This is who they've been for decades since the segregationist religious extremists and Southern Strategy and absorbing the Dixiecrats. Straight white male supremacists - including the ones that signed up but don't look like that.
Criminal Complaint Filed Against Trump’s Saudi Golf Tourney-Hosting Resort After Presidential Seal Spotted on Course
Salon - Ivana Trump buried near first tee at Trump National Golf Club
Rolling Stone - Trump’s Lawyers Are Preparing Legal Defenses Against Criminal Charges
According to internal communications reviewed by Rolling Stone, Trump’s team is “quietly” planning for criminal charges as they wait for the Justice Department to make its move
Mediaite - LIV Golf’s Big Tournament at Trump’s Bedminster Golf Course Totally Bombs: $1 StubHub Tickets and Anemic Viewership
Guy Reffitt: Jan 6. rioter who carried gun to US Capitol and threatened Nancy Pelosi gets more than 7 years in prison - CNNPolitics
The Kansas City Star - With ‘ERIC’ Senate endorsement [of both rival candidates named 'Eric'], Trump proves he thinks Missouri Republicans are fools
The Daily Beast - Trump Sides With Russia on Prisoner Swap Plan and Calls Brittney Griner ‘Spoiled’
Jan. 6 text messages wiped from phones of key Trump Pentagon officials - CNNPolitics
Guy Reffitt: Jan 6. rioter who carried gun to US Capitol and threatened Nancy Pelosi gets more than 7 years in prison - CNNPolitics
The Kansas City Star - With ‘ERIC’ Senate endorsement [of both rival candidates named 'Eric'], Trump proves he thinks Missouri Republicans are fools
The Daily Beast - Trump Sides With Russia on Prisoner Swap Plan and Calls Brittney Griner ‘Spoiled’
Jan. 6 text messages wiped from phones of key Trump Pentagon officials - CNNPolitics
Buzzfeed News - The Donald And The Dictator (2016)
Overlooking terrorism that killed Americans, including the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Donald Trump sought investment partnerships with Muammar al-Qaddafi and the Libyan regime. He rented his Westchester estate to the dictator, tried to set up a face-to-face meeting, and took the Libyan ambassador golfing.
Bloomberg News - Trump Meets With Viktor Orban After Immigration Tirade
Overlooking terrorism that killed Americans, including the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Donald Trump sought investment partnerships with Muammar al-Qaddafi and the Libyan regime. He rented his Westchester estate to the dictator, tried to set up a face-to-face meeting, and took the Libyan ambassador golfing.
Bloomberg News - Trump Meets With Viktor Orban After Immigration Tirade
- * Key Orban ally resigned and compared his comments to Nazism
- * Trump and Orban are scheduled to speak at CPAC event in Texas
In the name of many Hungarians: we're sorry.
Axios - Exclusive: See the Trump [discarded documents] toilet photos that he denies ever existed
The New Yorker - Inside the War Between Trump and His Generals
As the President’s behavior grew increasingly erratic, General Mark Milley told his staff, “I will fight from the inside.”
Gen Mark Milley drew comparison to Nazi Germany as Trump tried to overturn election defeat, new book I Alone Can Fix This says
NY Magazine - Top U.S. General [Milley] Said Trump Preached ‘Gospel of the Führer’ (2021)
The Guardian - Trump told chief of staff Hitler ‘did a lot of good things’, book says (2021)
November 2020
The Independent - Donald Trump 'kept book of Adolf Hitler's speeches in his bedside cabinet and may have read it for inspiration' (2017)
FBI has executed a court-authorized search warrant on Trump's residence at Mar-a-lago in Florida.
NBC News - Trump says his Mar-a-Lago home was 'raided' by 'large group of FBI agents'
A person familiar with the matter said the FBI is not disputing that it carried out the search.
NY Times - F.B.I. Searches Trump’s Home in Florida
The New Yorker - Inside the War Between Trump and His Generals
As the President’s behavior grew increasingly erratic, General Mark Milley told his staff, “I will fight from the inside.”
Peter Baker (Twitter): When Trump kept pushing to have a military parade down the streets of Washington, one general pushed back: "It's what dictators do."
Trump soured on generals who he thought should be loyal like he thought Hitler's officers were. “You fucking generals, why can’t you be like the German generals?” Trump demanded. "Which generals?" John Kelly asked. "The German generals in World War II," Trump said.
After Lafayette Square, Milley wrote out a never-delivered resignation letter obtained here for the first time. In it, he wrote Trump: "It’s obvious to me that you don’t hold those values dear and the cause that I serve."
"And lastly," Milley went on, "it is my deeply held belief that you’re ruining the international order, and causing significant damage to our country overseas, that was fought for so hard by the Greatest Generation that they instituted in 1945."
The Guardian - Top US general warned of ‘Reichstag moment’ in Trump’s turbulent last days (2021)Milley opted against resigning but to stay and resist efforts to politicize the military. "Fuck that shit,” he told his staff. “I’ll just fight him.” He added: “If they want to court-martial me, or put me in prison, have at it. But I will fight from the inside.”
Gen Mark Milley drew comparison to Nazi Germany as Trump tried to overturn election defeat, new book I Alone Can Fix This says
NY Magazine - Top U.S. General [Milley] Said Trump Preached ‘Gospel of the Führer’ (2021)
The Guardian - Trump told chief of staff Hitler ‘did a lot of good things’, book says (2021)
- Remark shocked [Trump Chief of Staff] John Kelly, author Michael Bender reports
- Book details former president’s ‘stunning disregard for history’
November 2020
The Independent - Donald Trump 'kept book of Adolf Hitler's speeches in his bedside cabinet and may have read it for inspiration' (2017)
FBI has executed a court-authorized search warrant on Trump's residence at Mar-a-lago in Florida.
NBC News - Trump says his Mar-a-Lago home was 'raided' by 'large group of FBI agents'
A person familiar with the matter said the FBI is not disputing that it carried out the search.
NY Times - F.B.I. Searches Trump’s Home in Florida
The search, according to two people familiar with the investigation, appeared to be focused on material that Mr. Trump had brought with him to Mar-a-Lago, his private club and residence, after he left the White House. Those boxes contained many pages of classified documents, according to a person familiar with their contents.
Mr. Trump delayed returning 15 boxes of material requested by officials with the National Archives for many months, only doing so when there became a threat of action being taken to retrieve them.
Mr. Trump was known throughout his term to rip up official material that was intended to be held for government archives.
Business Insider - Feds likely obtained 'pulverizing' amount of evidence ahead of searching Trump's Mar-a-Lago home, legal experts sayCounterintelligence and Export Control Section (CES) supervises the investigation and prosecution of cases affecting national security, foreign relations, and the export of military and strategic commodities and technology. The Section has executive responsibility for authorizing the prosecution of cases under criminal statutes relating to espionage, sabotage, neutrality, and atomic energy.
NBC News - Trump real estate appraiser hands over thousands of documents to N.Y. AG in civil probe
Cushman & Wakefield, which was held in contempt for snubbing the attorney general's subpoena, has now turned over nearly 36,000 documents, the AG's office said.
Sadie Gurman (Wall Street Journal): "New: The @FBI searched Mar-a-Lago in part because agents believed there was still more classified info there after @USNatArchives earlier retrieved 15 boxes of WH documents from the home. Agents hauled away ~ 10 more boxes."
Kyle Griffin (MSNBC producer): "The FBI agents who brought the court-approved warrant to Mar-a-Lago took about 12 boxes after conducting their search. The officials expressed concern that Trump or people close to him still had items that should be in government custody."
CNBC - Trump says he refused to answer NY attorney general’s questions in probe of his business
He invoked the fifth amendment right against self-incrimination.
Snopes - Did Trump Say 'If You're Innocent, Why Are You Taking the 5th Amendment?' (2021)
Daily Kos - What do you say when you know the feds have the goods? Trumpland says, 'planted evidence' (liberal blog)
Yahoo! News - FBI warrant for search of Trump home may involve suspected violations of Espionage Act, former chief of DOJ national security says
Rolling Stone - With Feds Circling, Trump Asks Allies: Who's 'Wearing a Wire'?
As the investigations heat up, the former president and his advisers are pointing fingers — and looking for “rats.”