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Das #January6thHearing soll mindestens Geschichte schreiben. Beim heutigen "Finale" soll vor den #MidTerms einmal mehr ein #Trump angelasteter Plan entlarvt werden. Dazu gehören Einflussnahme und Druck auf Pence, das Justizministerium und Wahlleiter, sowie das Aufhetzen des Mobs. 
Liz Cheney sagt, es sei viel passiert, seit man mit dem U-Ausschuss begonnen habe. Das stimmt auch für sie, die von ihrer Partei gestürzt wurde. Sie kann nicht mehr für den Kongress antreten. Sollte Trump wieder antreten, will sie die GOP verlassen. #January6thCommitteeHearings
Cheney betont, dass ausgerechnet der Mann, der am besten darüber Bescheid wusste, dass es keinen massenhaften Wahlbetrug gab, bis heute behauptet, die Wahl 2020 sei gestohlen worden: Donald Trump #January6thCommitteeHearings
Some thoughts on last night’s #January6thHearing: It’s always striking to be reminded of how leading GOP politicians like Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy publicly acknowledged Trump’s culpability immediately after the attack. And look where the Republican Party is now.
It obviously wasn’t enough for them to actually impeach or break with Trump in any meaningful way. But there was a brief moment of uncertainty, of Republican leaders and conservative elites being rattled, immediately after January 6. So, what happened?
Republicans quickly rallied behind Trump: They first acquitted him, then they started obstructing every attempt to hold him accountable, and now many are running on his Big Lie. The few who broke with Trump have been marginalized, ostracized.
In key #January6thHearing testimony, Joint Chiefs Chair Milley:
"No Call? Nothing? Zero?" from Trump to DoD.
But ask yourself: why didn't DoD call Trump?
@justinhendrix and my take on most plausible theory: DoD fear Trump use military to hold onto power
justsecurity.org/79623/crisis-o…
"No Call? Nothing? Zero?" from Trump to DoD.
But ask yourself: why didn't DoD call Trump?
@justinhendrix and my take on most plausible theory: DoD fear Trump use military to hold onto power
justsecurity.org/79623/crisis-o…
2. Our analysis was in Dec 21 (addressing larger question what explained National Guard delay).
New reporting (@MarkMazzettiNYT @maggieNYT) is consistent with our analysis, though implicitly points to DoD concerns of "optics" more than actual use of Guard
nytimes.com/2022/07/21/us/…
New reporting (@MarkMazzettiNYT @maggieNYT) is consistent with our analysis, though implicitly points to DoD concerns of "optics" more than actual use of Guard
nytimes.com/2022/07/21/us/…
3. Nugget in NYT backs up Miller's earlier testimony:
"The president did tell advisers in the days before Jan. 6, 2021, that he wanted a National Guard presence, BUT it appeared he wanted the troops as extra protection for his supporters, his aides have privately acknowledged."
"The president did tell advisers in the days before Jan. 6, 2021, that he wanted a National Guard presence, BUT it appeared he wanted the troops as extra protection for his supporters, his aides have privately acknowledged."
During the #187Minutes, Trump and Giuliani tried to leverage the violent siege to extract votes.
Which senators objected to certify Joe Biden as president?
Joshua Hawley
Tommy Tuberville
Ted Cruz
Roger Marshall
Cindy Hyde-Smith
Rick Scott
John Kennedy
Cynthia Lummis
Which senators objected to certify Joe Biden as president?
Joshua Hawley
Tommy Tuberville
Ted Cruz
Roger Marshall
Cindy Hyde-Smith
Rick Scott
John Kennedy
Cynthia Lummis
Source: @guardian (Jan 2021) theguardian.com/us-news/2021/j…
Which US House reps objected to certify Biden as president?
Robert Aderholt (R-AL)
Mike Rogers (R-AL)
Mo Brooks (R-AL)
Gary Palmer (R-AL)
Jerry Carl Jr. (R-AL)
Felix Moore (R-AL)
Rick Crawford (R-AR)
Paul Gosar (R-AZ)
Andy Biggs (R-AZ)
Debbie Lesko (R-AZ)
Ken Calvert (R-CA)
Robert Aderholt (R-AL)
Mike Rogers (R-AL)
Mo Brooks (R-AL)
Gary Palmer (R-AL)
Jerry Carl Jr. (R-AL)
Felix Moore (R-AL)
Rick Crawford (R-AR)
Paul Gosar (R-AZ)
Andy Biggs (R-AZ)
Debbie Lesko (R-AZ)
Ken Calvert (R-CA)
Legally thinking about #January6thHearing - so obviously this Committee has done a herculean job (over 1,000 witnesses have been interviewed in past 14 months) but the criminal investigation is at Dept of Justice and that is gargantuan. FAR FAR larger investigation than this
So to be clear, the DOJ investigation will have interviewed at least 90% of the people who spoke to Jan 6th Committee but DOJ will have interviewed many TIMES MORE people than this committee, and probably have 3x to 5x maybe 10x more evidence than this committee has seen
But almost all that this Committee has shown us, DOJ already had, and will get all of it of course, and DOJ has much more that will only be revealed once the criminals are brought to court.
That said, 3 fascinating details about the criminal investigation struck me from today
That said, 3 fascinating details about the criminal investigation struck me from today
Thinking politically about #January6thHearing - the audience was not Trump supporters (are brainwashed, this won't help) or Democrats (would not vote for Trump anyway). It was for middle voters, IND voters. Very well arranged for prime time, using Trump own people & Republicans
The use of prominent Republicans & conservatives, Mitch McTurtle, Qevin McCoward in their own words condemning Trump; references to Nixon, Reagan & Margaret Thatcher. Only 2 Democrats mentioned President Biden & praising Al Gore's concession speech. All aimed at IND middle voters
And a systematic presentation to voters of military thinking & law enforcement (parts of conservatives and IND voters) so both panel members are ex military including one of two witnesses covering Air Force, Navy & Marines. Plus several quotes from senior military officers
Complete with anti-choice creepiness.
Omg, Hawley, not Holly!! This is what happens when I watch hours of a #January6thHearing on not enough sleep.
The proceedings are being chaired by a Republican
The witnesses have been Republicans
Most worked for Republican president Trump
The insurrection was planned & carried out by Republicans
And the dereliction of duty for 187 minutes was that of a Republican
#January6thHearing
The witnesses have been Republicans
Most worked for Republican president Trump
The insurrection was planned & carried out by Republicans
And the dereliction of duty for 187 minutes was that of a Republican
#January6thHearing
Trump knew the coup was happening
He did nothing to stop it
On the contrary-he incited the insurrectionists even more
#January6thCommittee
He did nothing to stop it
On the contrary-he incited the insurrectionists even more
#January6thCommittee
Instead of calling the Capitol Police, the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security or even the FBI
Donald Trump called Senators-trying to convince them to delay certification of the election
While insurrectionists chanted Hang Mike Pence
#January6thCommittee
Donald Trump called Senators-trying to convince them to delay certification of the election
While insurrectionists chanted Hang Mike Pence
#January6thCommittee
Luria: Trump watched the attack in the WH dining room, ignoring pleas to stop the violence unfolding at the Capitol. "He refused to act because of his self desire to stay in power."
#187Minutes
#187Minutes
Kinzinger showing video of McCarthy denouncing Trump right after 1/6 and Milley testimony expressing horror at Trump's refusal to act. #187minutes
Thompson opens "season finale" of #January6thHearing by talking about all the ways Trump was alerted it was over, but didn't act for 187 minutes on Jan 6 as his supporters sacked the Capitol
"there can be no doubt that he commanded the mob, a mob he knew was armed, violent and angry, to march on the Capitol to try and prevent the peaceful transfer of power," Thompson says. "There needs to be accountability"
Thompson, and other members, keep coming back Judge Carter comment in Eastman case that their effort was a "coup in search of a legal theory"
So Department of Defense kind of released some emails from Jan6th after a FOIA request. Although the 48 pages were mostly repetitive with a lot of redactions ... they did reveal a few interesting tidbits. rawstory.com/pentagon-jan-6…
A few items on this report that are especially interesting. Reports of protestors with baseball bats were discounted apparently. Like this guy, who carried a baseball bat all day and was I believe the 2nd or 3rd person to break into the Capitol on #Jan6th on the west side breach.
Second item ... who the hell was operating a drone near the Washington monument on #Jan6th? #SeditionHunters
“WE COULDN’T BELIEVE there were enough people to walk alongside them. One morning we woke up from an uneasy sleep and there was no more laughter…It mustn’t happen again. We can’t let it. We simply can’t let it happen again.”
Twilight Zone 1963 #NeverAgain
Twilight Zone 1963 #NeverAgain
“California [will] make our own insulin at a cheaper price, close to at cost, and to make it available to all…
Because in California, we know people should not go into debt to receive life-saving medication.”
@GavinNewsom @CAgovernor #Insulin4all #Insulin
Because in California, we know people should not go into debt to receive life-saving medication.”
@GavinNewsom @CAgovernor #Insulin4all #Insulin
“Freedom is under attack in [Florida]… In California [we] still believe in #freedom. Freedom of speech. Freedom to choose. Freedom from hate. And the freedom to love. Don’t let them take your freedom.”
Newsom DeSantis ad #IndependenceDay2022
@GavinNewsom:
Newsom DeSantis ad #IndependenceDay2022
@GavinNewsom:
Pat Cipollone: The rioters have gotten to the Capitol, Mark.
Mark Meadows: [Trump] doesn't want to do anything, Pat.
Pat: Mark, something needs to be done or people are going to die and the blood is going to be on your f—ing hands.
#January6thHearings:
Mark Meadows: [Trump] doesn't want to do anything, Pat.
Pat: Mark, something needs to be done or people are going to die and the blood is going to be on your f—ing hands.
#January6thHearings:
Liz Cheney: The night before #January6th, President* Trump instructed Mark Meadows to contact both Roger Stone and Michael Flynn regarding what would play out the next day.
#CassidyHutchinson: That’s correct. That is my understanding.
#January6thHearings
#CassidyHutchinson: That’s correct. That is my understanding.
#January6thHearings
Cheney: Did Rudy Giuliani [seek a] pardon related to January 6?
Cassidy Hutchinson: He did.
LC: Did Mark Meadows ever indicate that he was interested in receiving a Presidential pardon related to #January6th?
CH: Mr Meadows did seek that pardon. Yes ma’am.
Cassidy Hutchinson: He did.
LC: Did Mark Meadows ever indicate that he was interested in receiving a Presidential pardon related to #January6th?
CH: Mr Meadows did seek that pardon. Yes ma’am.
“That could be their vehicle to impose a NATIONWIDE BAN on abortion—on the order of the U.S. Supreme Court… They will now wield [power] however they want…to change the country however they want without restriction, and you must do what they say.”@maddow
“What makes people think that this radical conservative Supreme Court…would allow Congressional law protecting #RoeVWade? I’ll tell you the answer: THEY WON’T…as long as we let these 6 conservative theocrats control our country…”
@ElieNYC @TiffanyDCross
@ElieNYC @TiffanyDCross
“[Ben Wattenberg 1987 book says] ‘60% of fetuses that are aborted every year are white. If we could keep that 60% alive, that would solve our birth dearth.’ Does that sound like racism to you? And if it doesn’t, I want to know why it doesn’t.”
Jane Elliott
Jane Elliott
I just spent the last six hours verifying with legal counsel and GoFundMe that these are legitimate.
Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman testified with incredible courage today. Their commitment to democracy is commendable, 1/3 #January6thHearing
Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman testified with incredible courage today. Their commitment to democracy is commendable, 1/3 #January6thHearing
2/3 I have personally donated $12,500 to each of them, and would encourage you to help right the wrongs they’ve experienced in whatever way you can. Here is the verified GoFundMe for Shaye Moss: gofund.me/35ff237d #Jan6thCommittee
3/3 Here is the verified GoFundMe for Ruby Freeman, who says she doesn’t even want people she knows to greet her by name in public, out of fear for her safety. gofund.me/e606e7bd #January6thHearings
If you care about living in a democracy, now is the time to pay attention.
If you care about living in a democracy, now is the time to pay attention.
Since he defied the Trump effort to assist in the theft of a second term in office, Rusty Bowers told the Jan. 6 Committee “it is the new pattern, or a pattern in our lives, to worry what will happen on Saturdays.”
#January6thHearing
#January6thHearing
On Saturdays, he said, groups have come by his house with screen-paneled vehicles and loudspeakers, declaring him to be a pedophile and leaving literature on his property and threatening him and his neighbors.
#January6thHearing
#January6thHearing
He recounted one instance in which an armed man “with the three bars on his chest” (perhaps a reference to the “Three Percenters” militia group logo) threatened his neighbor.
#January6thHearing
#January6thHearing
Understand something, America:
The fact that Trump lost the 2020 Election and then tried to steal it, DOESN’T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH WHETHER OR NOT YOU LIKE OR APPROVE OF JOE BIDEN.
#January6thCommitteeHearings
#January6thHearing
The fact that Trump lost the 2020 Election and then tried to steal it, DOESN’T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH WHETHER OR NOT YOU LIKE OR APPROVE OF JOE BIDEN.
#January6thCommitteeHearings
#January6thHearing
Trump lost the election. It doesn’t matter whether anyone was happy or unhappy with that result. That was the result.
And then Trump used the remainder of his time in office and the power of the Office of the President of the United States to try to steal the election anyway.
And then Trump used the remainder of his time in office and the power of the Office of the President of the United States to try to steal the election anyway.
He lied. To the faces of millions of Americans and to the whole world.
He tried to steal the votes of 81 million Americans who voted for his competitor.
He endangered the lives of many people with his lies.
And failed to defend the U.S. Capitol, federal legislators and the VP.
He tried to steal the votes of 81 million Americans who voted for his competitor.
He endangered the lives of many people with his lies.
And failed to defend the U.S. Capitol, federal legislators and the VP.
Shaye Moss, who we'll hear from at today's #January6thHearing is a former GA poll worker who suffered targeted harassment including death threats from the Trump campaign to steal the 2020 election. @mattshuham reported this in The Franchise last July talkingpointsmemo.com/newsletter/the…
@mattshuham Moss and her mother Ruby Freeman were poll workers in Atlanta on Election Day 2020. When the Trump campaign later attempted to steal the state’s Electoral College votes, their strategy included presenting a misleadingly edited video to Georgia lawmakers ⬇️
One that showed Moss and Freeman doing regular election work — and claiming that it showed a massive fraud operation. The campaign posted the same misleading video on Twitter, making public targets of the pollworkers ⬇️
OK, folks, time for another #January6thHearing semi-live watch/reaction thread. Keeping an eye on the kiddos today so I'm going to watch behind by a bit and probably have frequent pauses
Schiff has the seat next to Thompson today, so he's going to be the one questioning these witnesses.
Thompson opens by recapping the last hearing and connecting it to today: pressuring Pence wasn't an outlier, Trump's plan relied on pressuring many officials to break the law.
Just 3 minutes after President* Trump’s #January6th tweet at 2:24pm about Mike Pence lacking “courage,” a mob of his supporters quickly filled the Capitol.
#TrumpCoupAttempt #January6thCommitteeHearings
#TrumpCoupAttempt #January6thCommitteeHearings
“Dr. Eastman and President* Trump launched a campaign to overturn a democratic election, an action unprecedented in American history. Their campaign was…a coup in search of a legal theory.”
Judge David Carter 3/28/22
#TrumpCoupAttempt #January6thHearings:
Judge David Carter 3/28/22
#TrumpCoupAttempt #January6thHearings:
“I've lost my name [and] sense of security—all because a group of people…scapegoat[ed] me and my daughter Shaye, to push their lies about how the Presidential election was stolen.”
Ruby Freeman, former Georgia election worker
#LadyRuby #January6thHearings:
Ruby Freeman, former Georgia election worker
#LadyRuby #January6thHearings:
breaking now: @January6thCmte unpacking bonkers moment I flagged up last August #January6thCommitteeHearings
@January6thCmte "the world will not see an American vice president fleeing the Capitol"—Greg Jacob recounting Pence's thinking #Jan6Hearings
@January6thCmte tfg didn't check on Pence's wellbeing because he's a f-ing sociopath and 1/6 attack was his doing #Jan6thCommitteeHearing
“President* Trump…followed the course recommended by an apparently inebriated Rudy Giuliani—to just claim he won and insist the vote counting stop. To falsely claim that everything was fraudulent… Millions of Americans believed him.”
#January6thHearings:
#January6thHearings:
“The Trump campaign knew these claims of voter fraud were false; yet, they continued to barrage small dollar donors, encouraging them to donate to ‘The Official Election Defense Fund.’ @January6thCmte discovered NO SUCH FUND EXISTED.”
#January6thHearings:
#January6thHearings:
“I said to him: ‘Are you out of your f—ing mind?’ I said, ‘I only want to hear two words coming out of your mouth from now on: ORDERLY TRANSITION.’”
White House lawyer Eric Herschmann to John Eastman 1/7/21
@AccountableGOP 🐼 #January6thCommitteeHearings:
White House lawyer Eric Herschmann to John Eastman 1/7/21
@AccountableGOP 🐼 #January6thCommitteeHearings:
The #January6thCommitteeHearings started on 6/9/22 evening with witness testimony & video footage surrounding the riot on the Capitol on #J6. The televised hearing is the 1st in a series that is expected to last through July.
I will ask the questions not being asked & quote many.
I will ask the questions not being asked & quote many.
In all of the video shown on Prime TV by the #January6thCommitteeHearings, I didn't see a single frame w/ Ray Epps as he is seen in multiple videos on Jan 5 & #J6.
Why was Ray Epps encouraging people to go "into" the Capitol building?
Did the FBI hire Ray Epps?
Who is #RayEpps?
Why was Ray Epps encouraging people to go "into" the Capitol building?
Did the FBI hire Ray Epps?
Who is #RayEpps?
@BennieGThompson @RepLizCheney & @RepKinzinger
Does the FBI now, or has it ever, maintained a formal or informal relationship or point of contact w/ Ray Epps, whether directly or indirectly, including through intermediaries?
#J6Hearing
Who is #RayEpps
#January6thCommitteeHearings
Does the FBI now, or has it ever, maintained a formal or informal relationship or point of contact w/ Ray Epps, whether directly or indirectly, including through intermediaries?
#J6Hearing
Who is #RayEpps
#January6thCommitteeHearings
“I made it clear I did not agree with the idea of saying the election was stolen…which I told [Donald Trump] was bullshit… The incumbent [cannot] stay in power based on its view unsupported by specific evidence there was fraud in the election.” Bill Barr
#January6thCommittee: “Did that affect your perspective about the election when Attorney General Barr made that statement?”
Ivanka Trump: “It affected my perspective. I respect Attorney General Barr, so I accepted what he was saying.”
#January6thHearings:
Ivanka Trump: “It affected my perspective. I respect Attorney General Barr, so I accepted what he was saying.”
#January6thHearings:
“Any legal jargon you hear about seditious conspiracy, obstruction of an official proceeding, and conspiracy to defraud the United States — all boils down to this: January 6th was the culmination of an attempted coup.”
Bennie Thompson
#January6thHearings:
Bennie Thompson
#January6thHearings:
