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11 Jan, 4 tweets, 3 min read
Senator Ted Cruz tries to prove himself to you-know-who by using Senate hearing with senior FBI official to press debunked conspiracy of "FBI agents" and Capitol attack.

Background reading: Fact Checks on Ray Epps conspiracy theory
snopes.com/articles/38912…
politifact.com/article/2021/n…
2. Thanks to Chairman @SenatorDurbin and his staff.

Very soon after Senators Cruz and Cotton promote disinformation around bogus Epps-"FBI agent" conspiracy theory in the United States Senate, Durbin enters @PolitiFacts' fact check into the record.

(cc: @SamPutterman)
3. To round out this thread, the January 6 Committee has interviewed Mr. Epps and, in a statement, completely debunks this conspiracy theory.

Reporting by @lukebroadwater @alanfeuer

nytimes.com/2022/01/11/us/…
4. “The Select Committee has interviewed Mr. Epps. Mr. Epps informed us that … he has never been an informant for the F.B.I. or any other law enforcement agency.”

- Tim Mulvey, a spokesman for the January 6th Select Committee

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6 Jan
<thread>

Six items about #January6th that have been unreported/under-reported or deserve more attention.

Item No. 1: We came extremely close to DOJ as lead agency for security on Jan. 6 with Trump coup co-conspirator (for lack of a better term) Jeff Clark as Attorney General.
2. On Jan 3

3:45pm: Clark tells Rosen that Trump has decided to fire Rosen and put Clark in as Attorney General.

5:30pm: Trump meets Miller, Milley and agrees DOJ will be lead agency.

6:00pm: Trump meets Rosen, Clark, others and backs down from firing and replacing Rosen.
3.

added note: Trump backs down due to DOJ threat of mass resignations

added note: Rosen says he was not subsequently told DOJ would be lead agency for Jan 6
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Ryan Goodman Profile picture
21 Dec 21
I co-authored this sweeping analysis w/@justinhendrix

Bottom Line:
Pentagon restrained National Guard on #January6th concerned Trump would invoke Insurrection Act.

We include little-noticed witness interviews in recent inspector general report.

<thread>
justsecurity.org/79623/crisis-o…
2. Former acting defense secretary Chris Miller in IG interview:

"There was absolutely no way…I was putting U.S. military forces at the Capitol, period,” he said citing media stories alleging Trump's advisors were pushing him to declare martial law to invalidate the election.
3. In congressional testimony, former acting SecDef Miller:

"My concerns regarding the appropriate and limited use of the military in domestic matters were heightened by commentary in the media ... that advisors to the President were advocating the declaration of martial law..."
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11 Dec 21
PSA on #MarkMeadows and #PowerPoint slides

This isn't a hair-on-fire moment. Mainstream media has been responsible not reporting it as such.

I’ve written Meadows has significant criminal exposure

But this is not strong evidence of that.

A few key points to consider…
<thread>
2. All we know is Mark Meadows had the slides on this phone.

Not that he plotted it, not that he or any administration officials created it, not that he did something nefarious (or did anything) with it.
3. Meadows’ lawyer says the reason they voluntarily turned over the document is because Meadows did nothing with it -- and is accordingly not claiming it is ‘privileged’ info that should be kept from congressional investigators.

via NYT

nytimes.com/2021/12/10/us/…
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Ryan Goodman Profile picture
6 Dec 21
We dove deep into this...

Out of hundreds of #January6th criminal cases, the #FBI cites defendants’ posts on FB, Twitter, Parler.

Absent: A public social media site that served as a staging ground for the attack on the Capitol (thedonald.win).

justsecurity.org/79446/the-abse…
2. Our analysis is thanks to interviews with really great experts:

@AdvDemocracy's @DanielJJonesUS
@GeorgetownICAP’s Mary McCord
@RANDCorporation's @donell_harvin
@DFRLab’s @jaredlholt
Future Frontlines' @CandaceRondeaux
@BarbMcQuade
@JoyceWhiteVance

justsecurity.org/79446/the-abse…
3. We build on prior important reporting by @KenDilanianNBC @oneunderscore__ in an NBC News piece that also relied on research by @AdvDemocracy at the time.

nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
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15 Oct 21
What I told @SavBehrmannDC @RickRouan

Bannon "in deep legal trouble…executive privilege would at best allow him to refuse to answer specific questions. The claim of executive privilege in no way shape or form allows a witness to refuse to show up at all"
msn.com/en-us/news/pol…
2. In addition to criminal contempt, Congress could directly pursue escalating fines against Bannon.

The @USATODAY report notes this statement by the #January6thCommittee member @RepStephMurphy to @JoeNBC:

“I would recommend the full extent of consequences — jail time, fines."
3/3.

As I discussed with @USATODAY, Congress could pursue fines directly as part of inherent contempt powers.

In an article from June, @anne_tindall @g_tudor outline this course of action in context of compelling exec officials (even easier with Bannon)

justsecurity.org/77090/scaling-…
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7 Oct 21
As you digest the Senate Judiciary report on Trump-Meadows-Clark effort to enlist Justice Department to overturn the election.

This prescient analysis helps frame key criminal law issue at hand.

The Political Coercion Act 18 USC 610

<thread>
justsecurity.org/77994/doj-shou…
2.
On the left:

The federal crime under the Political Coercion Act.

On the right (via @AaronBlake):

Key passages of testimony in Senate Judiciary report — showing the scheme to threaten acting Attorney General to pitch in with effort to overturn the election or be replaced.
3. Senate Judiciary Committee investigation also uncovers New Year's Eve meeting in Oval Office.

Trump directly threatens acting AG Rosen and Donoghue: threatens to fire and replace them with Clark for failing to help overturn the election.

Note: Mark Meadows involved.
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