When will we learn if there are any faithless Electors? Recall that according to the 12th Amendment, the THREE candidates with the highest number of EVs are eligible to be considered for President if the election is thrown to the House of Representatives.
Did any Dems vote for Kamala Harris to preserve the ability to nominate her in case news comes out that knocks Biden out of consideration?
Did any Republicans vote for a poison pill candidate (e.g. Rand Paul) in the hopes that the poison pill candidate would garner more EVs than Harris for the #3 spot?
Could you imagine the situation where Congress faces the following choices:
1. Trump 2. Fatally flawed Biden (for example, ties bw Biden and CCP revealed) 3. Rand Paul
That was fast. No faithless electors.
In the even the election goes to the House, the only choices will be Trump and Biden.
On Saturday, July 27, 2019, Vadim Pozharskyi emailed Karen Tramontano worried that the July 25 Trump/Zelensky mentioned Burisma. Tramontano assured Pozharskyi that she and Sally Painter were on the case.
In fact, Tramontano said Painter would reach out to their "friend" and Tramontano had already contacted their "other friend".
The very next week, Ciaramella filed his whistleblower complaint.
The FBI's corroboration of the dossier claims Carter Page worked "as Gazprom as a 'Corporate Broker'." Furthermore, the corroboration claims Page was instrumental in instituting an investor's day.
This appears to come directly from the 3-17-2017 Carter Page 302 -- down to the awkward syntax. Notice that we appear to be receiving a bonus unredaction.
A few thoughts:
1. It's awfully odd that the FBI was busy corroborating the dossier in March 2017. The dossier was used to get a FISA warrant against Page in October 2016. Why wasn't it corroborated then?
2. I don't like how this is constructed. Page never worked for Gazprom
Paul Sperry says that Brennan overruled including evidence that conflicted with the ICA's conclusion that Russia wanted Trump to win the 2016 election.
Just read the Geoffrey Berman transcript before the Judiciary Committee. Berman wasn't all that helpful to the House Dems. In fact, my biggest takeaway is that Berman's testimony inoculates his successor, Audrey Strauss, from any criticism from Democrats. judiciary.house.gov/uploadedfiles/…
One of the first things Strauss did as Acting USA for SDNY was charge Ghislaine Maxwell. I don't know where that's going, but Democrats have really boxed themselves in a corner if they don't like what Strauss does.
With the help of Berman, Democrats have staked out the position that no one other than Strauss could be named Acting USA for SDNY.
After ruminating on this for a couple hours, I think I figured this mystery out.
Mueller is saying he investigated Stone due to his contacts with Russian intelligence. But Stone had no contacts with Russian intelligence. Somehow Mueller was deceived.
We all have a good idea on how Mueller was deceived about Stone's contacts with Russian intelligence. Some might even argue that Mueller was intentionally ignorant.
1. I've argued that John Durham has been investigating SpyGate matters since July 2017 at the latest
I'm revising that. Durham has been on-board no later than June 11, 2017. Durham was working with Mueller the whole time, too @traceybeanz @15poundstogo
2. Check out this email to Michael Dreeben, one of Mueller’s team members at SCO. On June 11, 2017, Scott Schools wanted Dreeben to met John Durham. Schools thought it would be “helpful” if Dreeben and Durham talked.
3. You know something else curious about this timeline? Two days earlier, June 9, 2017, it was reported that Dreeben would be working with Mueller’s team on “complex areas of criminal law, including what constitutes obstruction of justice” law.com/nationallawjou…