Again, you’ve probably heard Ron Johnson or Ted Cruz say that there weren’t guns among January 6th rioters, but that claim is clearly false. Most people there were not stopped and searched, and when someone is put under the spotlight it often becomes evident he was carrying.
This hearing has historic, and I dare say unprecedented, levels of just plain bickering with a federal district judge, both by the krakenistas and the lawyer they’ve hired. It’s like a window into another dimension.
One of the most obstreperous krakenistas at this hearing is Julia Haller, whose LinkedIn states she held senior advisory positions at the White House, the Ex-Im Bank, the Dept of Housing and Urban Development, and the Dept of Homeland Security during the Trump Admin.
It also says she held a TS/SCI security clearance.
Ronan Farrow and Jia Tolentino write about the scheme to take control of Britney Spears newyorker.com/news/american-…
jfc
One thing that strikes me about this story is over the years Britney is running what I would call fairly sophisticated covert ops—smuggling unmonitored cell phones, planning secret seaside meetings—all to hire a fucking probate lawyer who will actually represent her interests.
This story—sadly still paywalled—recounts efforts to pressure election officials by Trump himself in addition to his allies, including two attempts to reach Clint Hickman, chair of Maricopa County’s Supervisors, using the WH switchboard on New Years Eve and January 3rd.
The January 3rd outreach, notably, came the day after the audio recording of Trump’s call to pressure GA Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to change the state’s election results came to light.
Hickman, who was aware of the Raffensperger recording when the second message reached him, says he did not return either call. “I’m not going to tape a President.”