"It is rare that a prosecutor charges all such counts that could be charged, as it would overwhelm a jury and is unnecessary to increasing a sentence upon conviction”
#Manafort pleaded to a superseding information containing two conspiracy charges
The underlying indictment — containing numerous crimes from money laundering, witness tampering, violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act — now open to prosecution as there was no conviction
He also waved the venue in his plea agreement and waved the statute of limitations. But after Judge ruled in Feb. 2019 that Manafort breached the cooperation agreement by lying: the #DOJ isn't bound by the cooperation agreement
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1. You can ignore Twitter 2. The White House briefing room is not a nightmare of lies 3. We are now confronting white domestic terrorism 4. We are not paying for golf trips 5. No presidential relatives in govt
6. The tenor of hearings is sober and serious 7. Qualified and knowledgeable nominees have been selected 8. We have a first lady who engages with the public 9. We have not heard a word from presidential children 10. We are now tough on Russian human rights abuses
11. We get normal readouts of sane conversations between the president and foreign leaders 12. The philosophy is to underpromise and overdeliver 13. Manners are in, bullying is out 14. You feel calmer after hearing the president 15. Fact-checkers are not overworked
People at Justice are leaking to the press that they’re worried that bringing cases against these people would “overwhelm” the courts
That’s an absurd claim.
Every criminal court in a major metropolitan area in this country is “overwhelmed” with cases...
Most arrested have been released... WHY?
Every single person who breached the Capitol that day committed a crime. Every single person who breached the Capitol is, presumably, on video, captured by security cameras, committing that crime.
Trump has engaged in a prolonged effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election and spent months spreading disinformation and the results falsely claiming that he had won by a landslide," she explained. "He stated it would be illegitimate to accept those results”
[It] was an extremely important date in his mind and in our Constitution's time, because there was a time where the entire body of Congress along with the VP would be present at the Capitol to fulfill our duties
#Hawley#Cruz#Graham#Johnson and others who pushed the big lie are co-conspirators and should not sit in judgment of Trump, rather they MUST BE DISQUALIFIED!
Are the Senators who voted to overturn the election results and particularly Hawley and Cruz who helped incite insurrection going to be permitted to vote in the trial to convict Trump?
So many of the GOP Senators (e.g. #Graham#TedCruz, #Hawley, etc.) were complicit in Trump's Big Lie and the instigation and provocation of insurrection, we need to DEMAND their recusal from the Impeachment Trial.
"That debate comes at a time when officials are keenly sensitive that the credibility of the #DOJ and the #FBI are at stake in such decisions, given the apparent security and intelligence failures that preceded the riot... “
"Federal officials estimate that roughly 800 people surged into the building," [some] were not engaged in violent, threatening or destructive behavior — should not be charged”
What???
I think anybody that entered the secured area around the building should be arrested.
New financial report shows Trump's businesses are trashed
His businesses are ravaged by pandemic shutdowns and restrictions, with revenue plunging more than 40% at his Doral golf property, his Washington hotel, and both his Scottish resorts