Did a cruise through Wayne County Canvassing Board member William Hartmann's public Facebook posts. He's a Republican, so not a surprise he is a BIG Trump supporter
I'll let you judge a sample of posts I pulled from 2010. He voted not to certify Wayne County's ballots.
According to @bartongellman in Atlantic, the GOP/Trump is actually seeking a CONSTITUTIONAL way to keep Trump in power. In states with tight/disputed election results, repub-controlled legislatures could pick the slate of electors. It would be perfectly legal. 1/
They actually prepared for this in 2000 during the vote-counting disputes in Florida. 2/ latimes.com/archives/la-xp…
I suspect gop legislators would justify taking such a step to end uncertainty over counting votes and Trump stoking fears of voter fraud. The public would want to end the mayhem/confusion. Just like 2000. And this would be one way to do it. 3/
I have convinced @MarkPuente (grill master extraordinaire) to lead a Zoom on cooking the perfect ribeye! We will grill together (virtually on Zoom), have a few drinks and leave with fully bellies. DM me to join. @PressClubDC
6 p.m. Aug 12.
Thread on what you can expect:
Legal eagles question: Do prosecutors have an ethical obligation to drop a guilty plea case if they can't prosecute it any longer? This is about Flynn. It would be a terrible trial for DOJ (with all the politics, strzok, texts, notes, etc). 1/x
I ask in this context. Let's say a guy pleaded guilty to gun possesssion. But the cop who arrested him was fired for doing something. And the DNA on the gun came back to someone else. Now, the dude pleaded guilty. There might even be security video of it. ...
But prosecutors couldn't win it at trial. Do prosecutors have an obligation to drop a case like this if they don't think they can win it? Now, Flynn is a little different in sense that his plea specifically says doj can use those admissions as evidence against him...
Justice Department is mulling criminally charging @AmbJohnBolton for disclosing classified info in his upcoming memoir and is expected to soon seek a restraining order blocking publication (set for june 23). latimes.com/politics/story…
Short thread on why it doesn't seem like FBI was setting up Flynn, and he pleaded guilty to the least-worse charge in a deal that was going to result in NO jail time. 1/x
If the FBI was intent on setting up Flynn, Strzok made a major blunder in an interview with FBI agents in July 2017 (four months before Flynn pleaded guilty). He admitted he didn't think Flynn was lying at the time or that Flynn himself thought he was lying. This is important
There are two key components of the 1001 charge -- lying to federal agent -- materiality and willfulness. That means the lie has to be important and the defendant has to know he is lying.
Reagan formed a bond with his doctors and nurses -- those that saved his life and cared for him during his recovery after being shot. After his surgery, Reagan exchanged notes with the nurses. "Send me to LA where I can see the air I'm breathing," he joked.
"All in all, I'd rather be in Phila.," he wrote in another.
Marissa Mize cared for Reagan in those dark hours, soothing him, boosting his confidence, telling him it was fine to be frightened.
A few months after the shooting, he tracked her down to thank her.
“You were the one who told me it was okay to be scared and that you wouldn’t leave me,” Reagan told Mize. “Nancy thanks you. God bless you.”