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"
4. Also provides greater insight into Jan. 2 call with Trump and @GaSecofState Raffensperger.
Meadows and Mitchell participate in the call — they were not the adults in the room. Indeed, on radio show, Mitchell tries to smear Raffensperger calling him "a pathological liar."
5. We found Mitchell's radio interview thanks to a lead in @JaneMayerNYer's new article, "The Big Money Behind the Big Lie."
"Cleta Mitchell, who had been dispatched by Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, to help the Trump campaign in Georgia..."
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."
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.
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.
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."
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.”
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…”
Joint Chiefs' #GenMilley recommended calling up neighboring National Guard units immediately (Army Sec. McCarthy doesn't get around to it until 2.5hrs after Capitol breached)
2. Especially egregious by DoD:
On left (book excerpt):
2:30pm meeting: Milley recommends "send out a call for National Guard reinforcements from the nearby states."
On right (Pentagon's timeline):
2:30pm meeting was about DC Guard.
4:18pm meeting about other states' Guards.
3. Here's another omission in DoD Timeline.
On left (book excerpt):
4:39pm call between Acting SecDef Miller and White House chief of staff Meadows (plus @LeaderMcConnell joins call and sounds furious)