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13 Dec, 10 tweets, 3 min read
Oopsie.

It seems that Mark Meadows tried to claim executive privilege over personal emails and cell phone records that he failed to transfer to the National Archives with the other White House records.

docs.house.gov/meetings/IJ/IJ…
I thought the timing of things was odd.
He refused to cooperate with the committee at the same time the word came out that he failed to preserve work-related documents as required by the Presidential Records Act . . .

politico.com/news/2021/12/0…
And all of this happened at the same time he sued to keep his private cell phone and emails out of the hands of the select committee.

May I indulge in some speculation?

How about this theory . . .
When it was time to preserve official records as required by the Presidential Records act, Meadows looked at his personal call records and personal emails and said, "I don't want anyone to see this!"

So he didn't turn them over . . .
. . . and then when the committee wanted them, he claimed executive privilege. Then he realized he can only claim executive privilege over records that are work-related and therefore stored at the National Archives in accordance with the Presidential Records Act . . .
He realized about the time the committee figured out that the records he was claiming executive privilege over were not in the National Archives.

He really didn't want them to see this stuff, so he filed a lawsuit claiming that the records are PRIVATE.
Because this is Twitter, someone predictably reacts to Republican wrongdoing by blaming Speaker Pelosi.

Because OF COURSE every time the Republicans behave badly, it's the fault of the Democrats.

(rant over. I'll continue right along now)
I don't know for sure what's going on, but it is entirely possible (to repeat, I'm speculating from clues) that when the personal call records for which he was claiming executive privilege were not contained at the National Archives, the committee subpoenaed them.
Then, when Meadows learned that they issued a subpoena for the private call records (for which he claimed executive privilege) Meadows was ENRAGED and "blindsided" and filed his lawsuit claiming that his privacy was being invaded.

Protip: You can't claim executive privilege and an invasion of privacy for the same records (if that's what happened.)

You gotta pick.

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15 Dec
It isn't that nothing is happening. It's that too much is happening for people to focus.

Remember Benghazi? The only thing happening was a made-up scandal. There weren't any real scandals so there was nothing else to talk about.

Now there's too much.
washingtonpost.com/politics/donal…

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Made-up scandals can capture the public imagination because they're simple. The entire "scandal" can be boiled down to one sentence.

That's the beauty of lies. They're easily digestible.

The truth is complicated. It's multifaced. Real scandals have lots of details.

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Complicated crimes have lots of moving parts. It's too much to digest. So instead, people prefer simple lies ⤵️

Timothy Snyder calls them "Internet Triggers."

Reality is complicated and nuanced.

Lies are easy.

Can enough people embrace complicty?
Will truth win?

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Teri Kanefield Profile picture
15 Dec
Now, I wonder who Eastman was calling from his private cell phone?

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

It looks like most of his argument rests on the same arguments that Trump is trying in his executive privilege case: Challenging the legitimacy of the select committee itself.

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About these subpoenas: lawfareblog.com/does-carpenter…
He's gonna lose this.

I get that it's a stall technique, but it can't work for long.

It also makes him look super guilty.

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The subpoena looks narrowly tailored to me. Without seeing it (and I've only read up to page 2) it looks like they want to know who he was talking to in the months leading up to the insurrection.

He gives a few arguments for why the subpoena should be held to be invalid.

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Teri Kanefield Profile picture
14 Dec
The D.C. AG v. insurrectionists lawsuit.

The complaint is here: s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2115…

My, what a lot of defendants (with room to add more).

The AG wants them on the hook for the cost of the damages, including punitive damages and attorney fees.

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The complaint alleges that these groups formed for the purpose of perpetuating violence.

It appears that the Oath Keepers took Reagan's statement that "government is the problem" to heart.

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"We will have to get violent to stop this."

Excuse me while I have a little rant:

These ⤵️are the kinds of details coming out in the indictments which Doom Twitter ignores because these are the "little guys" and so who cares?

Rant over.

Carry on.

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14 Dec
Oh my goodness. On January 6, as the riot was on going, a lawmaker texted to Meadows that Pence should unilaterally throw out votes. (Is anyone else listening? Did I hear that right?)

Others were beginning Trump to call this off.
They are not yet revealing the name of the lawmaker because the investigation is ongoing.

🔥Yowie.

On Jan. 7, a lawmaker apologized that nothing "worked." (translation: Darn. We failed.)
It's clear that the committee made the strategic decision to drop a few bombshells.

They clearly decided that the investigation is far enough along for them to do this.

It is a way to up the pressure on the people holding out.
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14 Dec
Liz Cheney: "We do not take this step lightly."

She is stressing that Meadows is refusing to testify about documents that he has admitted are not privileged.
Text messages leave no doubt that the White House knew exactly what was happening at the Capitol.

From text messages, it was clear the White House knew there was a "siege" and the protesters had stormed the capitol, breaking windows. "Armed standoff at the House chamber doors."
Multiple Fox News hosts knew the president needed to act immediately.

They texted Meadows.

Meadows turned over those texts to the committee.

As the violence continued, even one of the Trump sons tried to get Trump to call it off.
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13 Dec
Here are a few things Mark Meadows won't talk about⤵️

He still isn't standing on the Fifth. He's trying to avoid testifying by claiming one bogus privilege after another.

(This is from the resolution referring him for criminal prosecution for contempt.)
docs.house.gov/meetings/IJ/IJ…
Claiming privilege doesn't mean you don't have to show up. You have to show up and object to the questions that would violate a particular privilege.

This document offers a scathing description of Meadow's front-row seat to insurrection.
For example, he was involved in this meeting (I had to grab that one in two parts)

And a January 2 phone call with state and federal officials to discuss overturning certain states' electoral college results on Jan. 6.
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