“Matthews’ memo calls...[Mike Flynn’s brother] Charles Flynn, who served as deputy chief of staff for [Pentagon] ops on January 6...[an] ‘absolute and unmitigated liar’ for [his] characterization of the events of that day [before Congress].” politico.com/news/2021/12/0…
(PS) Remember that Charles Flynn—who wasn’t in the chain of command on January 6—was *inexplicably* involved in the decision not to send troops to the Capitol. He’s now being accused of the federal crime of perjury. Given that his brother is an insurrectionist, this is startling.
(PS2) Remember too that the “theory of the case” regarding the insurrection is no longer—and for some of us never was—that Team Trump wanted to take over the government that day, but that it simply needed the Pentagon and others to ensure the Capitol would be *briefly* occupied.
(PS3) What this means is that Flynn and his seditious co-conspirators simply needed the Pentagon *not to deploy troops to the Capitol* until the Capitol was occupied by Trumpist irregulars.
We now learn his brother kept those troops away *and* may have lied to Congress about it.
(PS4) I’m not suggesting Charles Flynn was part of a seditious conspiracy. I’m suggesting his sense of what his brother and other Trumpists were trying to do on January 6 may have been unreasonably credulous partly due to family trust. And when he realized he’d been had, he lied.
(PS5) The much bigger question, to me, is which of Donald Trump’s handpicked stooges at the Pentagon—Kash Patel or Ezra Cohen-Watnick—was responsible for putting Charles Flynn in a room he had no business being in on January 6.
I suspect that *this* is where the real story lies.
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I said that this criminal trial is very much about illegal election interference, and I meant it. Per usual, the good guys are only telling about 10% of the story in order to not ruffle feathers. But America deserves the full truth about this.
Keep in mind Cohen didn't front the money to AMI for these ops. Not only did AMI outlay cash on the front end as Trump was ramping up his whirlwind introduction of Pecker to his Saudi pals, but there were times the cost was so high AMI balked. Then... suddenly they had the money.
The Saudis went almost directly from their meeting with Donald Trump Jr. in Trump Tower—where they asked the Trump family exactly how they could help illegally steal the election for Trump—to AMI, with whom they immediately developed a highly lucrative relationship (...for AMI).
(🔐) PROOF EXCLUSIVE: The Top 25 Issues With Trump’s $175M Bond—All Listed Here—Don’t Include the Two New Ones That Have Arisen Just Hours Before a Hearing That Could Determine the Future of His Empire
1/ Most people have no idea how many problems there are with this bond.
2/ Most people do not realize that, even with Trump’s criminal trial starting in earnest tomorrow, the hearing with longer-term consequences happening in New York may well be Trump’s *civil* hearing (which he will not be able to attend). And there’s a very good reason for this.
BREAKING NEWS: Kremlin Asset Paul Manafort Confirms He is Already Working on Donald Trump’s 2024 Campaign, Meaning Vladimir Putin Again Has a Direct Line to Trump As Trump’s Allies in Congress Pull Out Every Stop Conceivable to Aid the Kremlin in Its Monstrous Invasion of Europe
Many Americans don’t know that, in legal shorthand, a criminal defendant is represented by the “Delta” symbol, a triangle (∆).
(Yes—really.)
Less well known—but now, due to the Trump trial, just as relevant—is the “sleeping defendant” symbol: a faded, sideways triangle (▷).
When a criminal defendant is awake but angry at having to face consequences for his crimes, it’s OK to use the Red Delta (🔺).
If a defendant is—like Trump—livid at facing consequences *and* “sundowning” during afternoon court sessions, use the *inverted* Red Delta instead (🔻).
What about a criminal defendant who’s at once feeling “sad,” “tired,” and “boxed in” by virtue of having to deal with the same criminal procedures as the average American citizen, whom he considers himself far better than? For this we use the rare Recumbent Boxed Blue Delta (▶️).
BREAKING NEWS: Early signs suggest that Trump’s Monday night bond filing *may* have again misled the court. It says Hankey now has a security interest of $175M in “DJT Trust”—but Hankey’s Axos Bank *already* has a $100M interest in DJT Trust. Is Trump double-dipping? @KatiePhang
1/ Some wondered why Trump went to Hankey’s Knight rather than Hankey’s Axos. It certainly *could* be to swindle the court into thinking him having $175M secured with Hankey is sufficient, when it fact he likely needs at least *$275M* in that Trust to not be misleading the court.
2/ And this is early research—Axos has lent to Trump multiple times, so we’ve no idea how many times he’s used DJT Trust as liquid collateral (including any double-dipping). We *do* know Trump has Bud Light stock in the Trust, which is why he now opposes his MAGAs’ boycott of it.
Everyone knows the criminal trial on 34 felonies Trump begins on Monday is about him committing serious crimes to try to steal the 2016 presidential election, right? I mean, we’re clear on it having nothing to do with his family or propriety, only lying to American voters, right?
This is a man who committed felony after felony after felony after felony after felony after felony after felony after felony after felony—et al.—just to ensure his 2016 presidential campaign wouldn’t die a gruesome death, which it *would’ve* had he not committed those 34 crimes.
I’m not saying this because I used to be a federal criminal investigator and a criminal defense attorney. Anyone who isn’t a child fully understands that this case isn’t about sex, hush money, or business records.
It’s a case about the successful theft of the 2016 U.S. election.