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8 Aug, 3 tweets, 2 min read
12/27: Trump threatens Rosen to replace DOJ leadership + install Clark
12/28: Clark sends draft GA letter to Rosen
01/02: Rosen says won’t sign
01/03: Clark tells Rosen: Trump has decided to fire him and make Clark the A.G.
01/03: DOJ threatens mass resignation; Trump backs down
In the 01/03 White House meeting:

- With Rosen's job hanging in balance
- "Spent nearly three hours with Mr. Trump and Mr. Clark, debating the merits of sending the letter to Georgia lawmakers"

That's more evidence of criminal coercion, 18 U.S.C. § 610.

nytimes.com/2021/01/23/us/…
Other relevant criminal provisions are in this roadmap by @tribelaw @BarbMcQuade @JoyceWhiteVance.

Including

52 U.S.C. § 20511 (depriving voters of a fair and impartially conducted election process)
18 U.S.C. § 371 (conspiracy to defraud)

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…

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Ryan Goodman Profile picture
9 Aug
Sen. @ChuckGrassley suggests we take comfort Trump did not actually fire Rosen.

NYT: "On Jan. 3, Mr. Clark notified Rosen that he would be taking his job at Mr. Trump’s behest."

If test is removing people, Grassley should not omit the removal of US Attorney in Georgia, BJay Pak
2. "White House officials pushed Atlanta’s top federal prosecutor to resign ... because President Trump was upset he wasn’t doing enough to investigate the president’s unproven claims of election fraud."

via WSJ's @aviswanatha @sgurman @cammcwhirter

wsj.com/articles/white…
3. Grassley reads from CNN report that Rosen and Donoghue told Senate investigators Trump "didn’t order them to do anything illegal.”

Goodness gracious -- he did not order them, he just threatened to fire them.
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8 Aug
We've updated the Mark Meadows timeline.

Nov. 4, 2021:

The morning after election, Meadows dispatches "conservative firebrand" Cleta Mitchell to help Trump CAMPAIGN in Georgia.

What is the chief of staff doing performing that political role?

<thread>

justsecurity.org/77681/mark-mea…
2. In a radio interview, Cleta Mitchell in her own words:

Meadows asked her to go to Atlanta “because he was worried about Georgia … because [Trump’s lead] kept shrinking.”

"Because it was Mark Meadows and I love the president, I said yes I’d go help.”
3. Makes later points in timeline more significant

@jeremyherb: “Meadows appeared to be the go-between between Giuliani's team and Rosen. He forwarded an email [on Dec. 30] from Cleta Mitchell, an attorney who worked with Giuliani, laying out their claims about fraud in Georgia"
Read 7 tweets
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5 Aug
<thread>

I just published a comprehensive Timeline (w/ @JuileeShivalkar)

"The Chief of Staff and Schemes to Overturn 2020 Election"

Highlights:

1. Meadows and Giuliani created “parallel track” to raise election fraud claims (WSJ's @MichaelCBender book)
justsecurity.org/77681/mark-mea…
2. Meadows introduced Trump to DOJ official Jeffrey Clark, who was plotting to oust the acting attorney general and use Justice Department to overturn election results in Georgia.

(via WSJ's @MichaelCBender book)
(cc: @ktbenner @CatieEdmondson - may connect up with Rep. Perry)
3. Meadows arranged and participated in call in which Trump asked Georgia Sec'y of State Raffensperger to “find 11,780 votes," and during the call Meadows asked the Georgia officials to share voting data even after they told him they could not because it was protected by law.
Read 9 tweets
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30 Jul
<thread>

Senior US army officials testified: lack of lead federal agency with integrated security plan cost protection of Capitol on #January6th.

Where was Department of Justice, which would presumably be that lead agency?

Watch testimony of Generals Charles Flynn and Piatt
2. Transcript of key exchange b/w @RepDannyDavis and Flynn

"I can’t answer for the Dep't of Justice, however, what I would say is that integrated security plan...would have assisted us when the crisis rapidly escalated and the violence went in a direction that was unforecasted." Image
3. Watch General Piatt in response to @PeterWelch:

“That would have been extremely helpful. That’s what we did, sadly, after 6 January … for the inauguration. We had a lead federal agency. We had an integrated plan. We had shared understanding …and one lead federal agency.”
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30 Jul
Wall Street Journal Editorial Board:

1. Details officers’ compelling testimony before @January6thCmte

2. Tells GOP leaders to cede “weak ground by admitting that the election wasn’t stolen and Mr. Trump was wrong” for his acts and omissions on #Jan6

wsj.com/articles/jan-6…
3. Identifies key questions that should be answered:

“Questions remain about the Capitol’s unpreparedness and Mr. Trump’s response as the violence unfolded.”

“why the Capitol was so badly protected on Jan. 6… [the Select Committee] should examine that in detail.”
4. On Stefanik (named) and McCarthy-Jim Jordan (unnamed) rhetoric:

“What kind of voter is this supposed to convince? … Hardly credible to point to [security oversights] alone, without acknowledging that President Trump urged his supporters to stop the supposed steal…”
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26 Jul
It's a true honor to team up with the brilliant @BarbMcQuade and @JoyceWhiteVance on this.

Just published: "Questions the January 6 Select Committee Should Ask Its Witnesses"

Identifying 35 witnesses
Dozens of questions

<Thread> of some highlights...

justsecurity.org/77588/question…
2. Among many Qs for FBI

Why did Norfolk report warning of “war” at Capitol not get elevated to senior FBI including Wray?

Why did Parler warnings sent to FBI of threats of violence at Capitol not get elevated to Wray?

Does Wray acknowledge the gaps are intelligence failures?
3. Questions that get at specific (not abstract) comparisons between FBI’s handling of #BLM protests and #Jan6.👇
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