(UPDATE) Roger Stone has called me a "lying scumbag" on Gab for linking to major-media reports—including videos—detailing things he did. In one video, Stone raises money online for "protective equipment" for insurrectionists—exactly what his friend Ethan Nordean was arrested for.
(PS) I've been in touch with one of Stone's attorneys repeatedly across the years (beginning in 2018, I believe it was). If that attorney wishes to contact me via DM with a statement from Stone as to any fact I've gotten wrong, I'll be happy to publish Stone's statement on PROOF.
(PS2) My only interest—ever—is the truth, which is why I use only major-media reports and hard evidence (like videos Stone features in) when I'm stating facts. As a curatorial journalist, that's how I work. But I'm happy to publish a Stone statement if I've gotten a *fact* wrong.
(PS3) Mind you, I didn't get a fact wrong, as Roger well knows. And to be quite clear, I don't in any sense flatter myself that a metajournalist is what/who Roger is concerned about right now. Roger is—if I had to guess—concerned that he's going to be arrested by the FBI.

Again.
(PS4) I *am* willing to offer Roger free advice (not legal, just general). He should offer to testify before the Senate—under oath—on the conversations he had with Trump in December/January. All America and the Senate know this is what honesty sounds like:
(PS5) I'm not Black, but I'm sure Stone can conjure up some slur for me. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/r…

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8 Feb
(ICYMI) PROOF offers the most comprehensive analysis of Trump's January 6 incitement-to-insurrection speech of any outlet in the United States. Below is Part II of the epic deconstruction (with a link to Part I).

Part III—the final part—drops later today. sethabramson.substack.com/p/a-comprehens…
(PS) Because this project is massive in scope—requiring more than 12 hours of labor—it's for full subscribers to the site. A PROOF subscription is $5/month, the lowest rate Substack lets columnists charge. sethabramson.substack.com
(PS2) I'd caution House managers not to over-focus on the word "fight"—the battlefield Trump wants (though it's not a great one for him). Equally big, as PROOF points out in its factual/legal analysis, are the words "stop," "we," "Capitol," and Trump's encouragement of trespass.
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7 Feb
BREAKING: A new report on Mike Lindell—drawing from his Facebook posts—reveals that as many as 23 people may have attended a secret, pre-insurrection meeting at Trump's private residence on January 5. I hope you'll read on, RETWEET, and subscribe to PROOF. sethabramson.substack.com/p/breaking-maj…
(PS) The PROOF article above potentially places the first *foreign national* at Team Trump's January 5 "war council"—and it's a foreign national who is the subject of a criminal investigation.
(PS2) If anyone has more info to offer on the Becks' Brazilian armored-car company—Combat Armor Defense—let me know (see the end of the article). It's the only reason anyone has found yet (h/t to a reader) for either the Becks or a Brazilian national being present at the meeting.
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6 Feb
I just saw a CNN analyst say—speaking of the insurrection—that "there isn't much here we don't already know."

As the author of a 2,500-page trilogy on Trump's scandals that draws on 12,000 major-media citations to tell just a piece of that story, can I promise you this is false?
The analyst's followup comment was that for the trial to go differently than he expects, we'd need some sort of big surprise about what was going on at the Pentagon on January 6. That's a topic I've been researching, and I have no doubt whatsoever there are many surprises coming.
What's needed is a definitive curation of where the information about January 6 at the Pentagon stands at this very early moment in the investigation of the insurrection. If I weren't working on a hundred things at once, I'd have done it by now. But I'd *rather* CNN had done so.
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5 Feb
1⃣ Other ex-presidents have used the Great Seal. Trump altered it to make it look more like the presidential seal.
2⃣ Ex-presidents have—but don't commonly—sign their correspondence "President."
3⃣ Trump did both while on trial for falsely claiming he's the legitimate president.
4⃣ Trump did the above after causing a stir for fraudulently devising an "Office of the Former President"—note the definite article—he later had to retreat from.
5⃣ Trump is currently in a fight to break a contract so that what he calls the "Southern White House" can be his home.
▶️ One reason I'm a curatorial journalist is because this genre of journalism presents a clearer picture of events *and* their context. Simply saying Trump *can* use the Great Seal, or Trump *can* call himself "President," misses every piece of critical context for these actions.
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4 Feb
BREAKING NEWS (CNN): Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) Removed From All House Committees (Budget, Education and Labor)
(PS) The vote was bipartisan, as three Republicans crossed the aisle to vote to remove Greene from both her House committees. Technically there are a few Republicans who have not voted yet (less than 20), so that number (3) could increase.
(UPDATE) The number of Republican votes in favor of removing Greene from her House committees has just risen to five (5).
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3 Feb
BREAKING: Here's a rundown of the latest developments in the Marjorie Taylor Greene scandal—which threats to permanently associate the Republican Party with QAnon, a domestic terror threat. I hope you'll read on, RETWEET, and consider subscribing to PROOF. sethabramson.substack.com/p/gop-on-verge…
(PS) If the GOP doesn't act sometime today, I'd be surprised if #GQP isn't trending by tomorrow. The GOP now faces *two* existential crisis: whether it permanently becomes the party of QAnon *this* week and whether it permanently becomes the party of insurrectionists *next* week.
(UPDATE) I've now updated the article above with the breaking news that House Republicans will attempt to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota from her committee assignments as retaliation for Democratic efforts to hold Greene responsible for supporting a domestic terror movement.
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