It’s entirely possible that these court cases are a delaying tactic, to give Trump a reason not to allow Biden to be recognized as POTUS-Elect - and therefore not allow him to receive briefings.
While Trump installs loyalists to find and destroy evidence, and cover up crimes.
It sounds like @AshaRangappa_ had this same thought, although for slightly different reasons - what she outlines here buttresses this theory in a way that, IMO, compliments my reasoning as well.
Notice that another key placement that occurred today, in addition to Kash Patel, was Ezra Cohen Watnick, appointed to Acting Undersecretary of Defense, over **Intelligence** and Security.
h/t @arapaho415
Similar to Patel, this guy has things he needs to cover up.
Because one of the plans that was being carried out under Trump’s tenure, was an attempt to literally restructure the US national security apparatus, to comport with Russian designs.
And so, the appointments that Trump has made so far seem to fit a pattern:
Michael Ellis, Kash Patel, and Ezra Cohen Watnick are all people who appear to have been involved with seriously subversive actions in the Intel/National Security space - actions that leave paper trails.
More info on what Kash Patel was up to with Devin Nunes here, from @kelly2277
If this is really what is happening, it would explain why Barr met with McConnell, and why McConnell made a point to legitimize Trump’s legal challenges on the Senate floor.
It would explain why the GOP is casually letting it continue, even though they know the cases will fail.
Democracy, which is the central value of the Western world, constitutes a geopolitical threat to Russia. Any pro-democracy uprising in either Ukraine or Belarus represents an existential threat to Russia’s authoritarian system and its Great Power ambitions euromaidanpress.com/2020/10/23/hyb…
Hybrid warfare
“An effective information campaign helps rising expectations beyond what’s reasonably achievable while fuelling the anger and disappointment when the expectations are unfulfilled.”
Attacking schools, residential areas and civilians (etc.) exploits the West’s focus on humanitarian challenges. Sabotaging reform processes would equally undermine the international support and destabilize [the country] from within.
Sounds like Ratcliffe is obfuscating and covering for Russia - same way they did with the “report” that made China sound like the real election threat. Now they’re switching up and saying it’s Iran.
Never Russia tho.
‘See, Iran had our voter registration data too’ *wink wink*
There is a new Giuliani interview that just came out that is disgusting.
Not unexpected, but this is the lowest, nastiest thing I’ve seen or heard of in US politics.
I’m not going to retweet it.
I can only see two things that they might be trying to accomplish.
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Since Fox is reporting that the FBI has taken possession of the laptop, they are clearly trying to create another Comey “investigation announcement.”
So either:
1) They may have a handpicked team who will do this for them, and “leak” an “investigation” to the public, or
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2) They may be putting the FBI in a position where they know there is no grounds for an investigation, so that they can claim all these nasty things about the Bidens, while claiming that the FBI is refusing to investigate them. This would be the “Q”/Deep State” play.
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McGrath seems to be doing well and hitting some solid notes in her debate against McConnell.
This statement really hits home:
McGrath: “You’ve been hearing it all night long - more excuses. He’s not just a member of the Senate; he’s the Majority *Leader.* And he still can’t get it done.”
Like Lindsey Graham and nearly every other Republican, McConnell needs to paint his opponent as part of a vaguely evil liberal conspiracy.
@senatemajldr Mitch McConnell is very clever with words.
He puts on the “I am but a simple statesman trying to do my job,” pretense while in reality, he is personally responsible for obstructing everything the American people need.
Then he blames others for the result
@senatemajldr Mitch McConnell pushed hard to use pandemic funding as a way to undermine Social Security.
Why? Because that is the agenda of his wealthy donors.