"If you understand the Justice Department, the damage has already been done. The reputation and credibility of the Justice Department has been dealt a significant blow."
- Lisa Monaco, former Assistant to the President and worked for Reno and Mueller
"Platform removals of “terrorist content” rarely make a splash…The Soleimani drone strike is a rare illustration of how, in the name of combating terrorism, social media platforms can exclude key voices from the global conversation"
"This prompted the director to call my boss and unleash a verbal barrage of insults, humiliations and curses...Pompeo prioritized shielding Trump from news...that sometimes subjugated the country’s interests to those of the president."
3. Pivoting off of @evanperez's reporting, @BarbMcQuade and @AshaRangappa_ discuss why the Department of Justice may have chosen to charge seditious conspiracy against the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys, but consider Insurrection (18 USC § 2383) the proper fit for President Trump.
Three discussions with Trump on 11/23, 12/1, 12/14.
“I made it clear I did not agree with the idea of saying the election was stolen and putting out this stuff, which I told the President it was BULLSH*T.”
Committee Vice Chair @RepLizCheney says the Committee has testimony that President Trump, when told his supporters sought to hang Vice President Pence, responded:
“Maybe our supporters have the right idea. Mike Pence deserves it.”
"Note also how Carlson gives his audience permission. It is the other side’s fault for 'picking at the wound, America’s wound' of racial divisions. He adds that government leaders 'are working hard to divide us into warring camps.'"