Lin Wood — at press conference alongside Sidney Powell that has a Trump rally vibe — leads a "lock him up" chant for Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp.
Someone at the rally literally carrying a pitchfork.
Now, as Sidney Powell speaks, she draws loud boos when she mentions DOJ (a day after Barr threw cold water on claims of widespread fraud).
Powell said she couldn't trust DOJ, and now, Lin Wood is back up attacking Barr, drawing a "Do Your Job" chant from the crowd.
Wood then follows up by saying Barr should eject CIA Director Haspel from the country (??)
After Powell told the crowd they couldn't trust that their votes were secure in the upcoming Georgia runoff — and that maybe the runoff shouldn't even happy — State Rep. Vernon Jones is now saying everyone has to turn out to vote.
! Lin Wood retakes the stage and completely undercuts Jones, saying people shouldn't vote for Loeffler or Perdue without a complete overhaul of the GA voting system.
"Why would you go back and vote in another rigged election."
WOOD says Trump called him "the other day" and said he would never concede the election.
Lin Wood discouraging contributions to the national and state GOP.
"Where’s Ronna McDaniel?" he says. "Why are the Republicans not fighting for Donald Trump?"
The whole rally was evidence-free nonsense. But it showed there is at a constituency of Trump fans in Georgia who are ready to turn against the state and national GOP (including Loeffler/Perdue) if they don't echo Trump's baseless fraud claims.
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JUST IN: In sentencing memo, attorneys for Kevin CLINESMITH — who pleaded guilty for altering an email related to Carter Page FISA — seek sentence of probation.
His career and reputation are "in shambles" they say, and that's punishment enough.
The memo describes Clinesmith's conduct as a "grievous mistake" — a decision to "cut a corner" rather than intentionally lie in the process of surveilling Page.
UHH: One of the character witnesses for Clinesmith wants the judge to know that Clinesmith:
-Had his Bachelor Party at the Daytona 500
-Once organized a Taylor Swift Madness Contest to replace March Madness canceled bc of Covid
The errors have been significant. In a Wisconsin suit, they sought video footage from a voting center in Detroit. An affidavit in MI named a nonexistent county. And a legal expert mixed up MI communities with MN ones.
Powell acknowledges the errors and says they’re simply the result of being human and relying on a small team working around the clock. Her full statement:
NEW: Barr appointed DURHAM as a full special counsel -- with the same powers Mueller had -- on Oct. 19.
The appointment order:
Relatedly: Today is the three-year anniversary of Michael Flynn's guilty plea.
NEW: AG Barr's appointment of Durham as special counsel — kept secret for six weeks — creates a series of tripwires for the incoming Biden administration and whoever he designates to be attorney general.
Trump’s absolute last stand to subvert the election will come Jan. 6, when his allies in Congress say they may formally challenge Joe Biden’s victory.
It’s a complicated, little-used process that could get messy — but is unlikely to change anything. politico.com/news/2020/11/3…
Some House Democrats attempted to do this in 2001 and 2017, when Gore / Hillary Clinton won the popular vote but lost the Electoral College. Both times, no senators would join them, shutting down the process.
This time, a handful of Senate Republicans have countenanced Trump’s baseless claims of widespread fraud. Rand Paul lodged his own over the weekend. politico.com/news/2020/11/3…
@joshgerstein While Flynn's effort to unravel his guilty plea was pending, Bill Barr oversaw his own estraordinary push to drop the charge against him, which is still pending before Judge Emmet Sullivan.