ALERT: 11th hour Friday night filing from House Jan 6 Committee in the civil suit filed by Mark Meadows
Committee: "Mr. Meadows had agreed to appear for a deposition on December 8, 2021, he informed the Select Committee on December 7, 2021, of a change of heart"
(more)
Committee court filing: "Certain text communications with Members of Congress suggest that Mr. Meadows
himself “pushed” for Vice President Pence to take unilateral action to reject the counting of
electoral votes on January 6th"
Committee court filing (more): "Mr. Meadows
communicated repeatedly by text with Congressman Scott Perry regarding a plan to replace Department of Justice leadership in the days before January 6th"
Committee filing (more): "Mr. Meadows participated, as a functionary of the Trump campaign, in activities intended to result in actions by state officials and legislatures to change the certified results of the election"
Committee says it's making progress in talks w/ Trump White House figures:
"Committee now has testimony from other White House staff that Mr Meadows & certain congressmen were advised by White House Counsel that efforts to generate false certificates did not comply w/ the law"
Re: Trump ally Jeffrey Clark.. if appointed Atty General
Committee filing: "Evidence shows that Mr. Clark intended, if appointed, to issue a series of letters changing the Department’s position and giving credence to President Trump’s allegations that the election was stolen"
Noting this passage from Committee court filing tonight:
"Mr. Meadows was informed before the January 6th proceeding about the potential for violence
that day"
Committee: "Despite this and other warnings, President Trump urged the attendees at the January
6th rally to march to the Capitol to “take back your country"
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House Jan 6 Select Committee, in court filing says it wants to talk to Mark Meadows about: 1- Activities on behalf of Trump campaign 2- Discussions with Members of Congress
3-Communications w/ Rep Scott Perry (R-PA)
4-Possible communication w/ Michael Flynn & Roger Stone
Mark Meadows - Laura Ingraham texts from Jan 6, 2021
Per House Jan 6 Committee ====>
Donald Trump Jr texts to Mark Meadows.. per Jan 6 committee filing exhibits ===>
Excerpt included by Jan 6 committee.... of interview with Gen. Keith Kellogg about his ask of Ivanka Trump on Jan 6 ====>
More from Keith Kellogg interview excerpt released by House Jan 6 Committee
About Capitol siege: "I don't care if you were God. You couldn't control it."
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More from the House Jan 6 Select Committee excerpt of interview with Keith Kellogg... about Ivanka Trump talking to (intervening w/) her father on Jan 6
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Per another excerpt from Keith Kellogg interview by Rep Liz Cheney
Ivanka: "My father is stubborn"
Kellogg on Donald Trump: "It takes multiple times to convince him to do something"
Sean Hannity text to Mark Meadows.... per House Jan 6 Committee legal filing ===>
Another Hannity text w/ Meadows, per House Jan 6 Committee filing ===>
Per Jan 6 Cmte court filing:
When told "Vice President Mike Pence, as President of the Senate, should call out all electoral votes that he believes are unconstitutional as no electoral votes at all"..
Meadows responds: "I have pushed for this. Not sure it is going to happen"
Per Committee this exchange was between Rep Jim Jordan and Mark Meadows ====>
"We gotta get going"
House Jan 6 Select Committee court filing says this text exchange is between Mark Meadows and Rep Scott Perry (R-PA) ==>
"The Select Committee’s filing today urges the Court to reject Mark Meadows’s baseless claims and put an end to his obstruction of our investigation. Mr. Meadows is hiding behind broad claims of executive privilege..."
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Committee (more): "..even though much of the information we’re seeking couldn’t possibly be covered by privilege and courts have rejected similar claims because the committee’s interest in getting to the truth is so compelling. It’s essential that the American people..."
(More)
Committee (more): "..fully understand Mr. Meadows’s role in events before, on, and after January 6th. His attempt to use the courts to cover up that information must come to an end.”
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Former federal judges in their filing asking court to re-open Trump's $10 billion lawsuit vs. I.R.S.
They argue Trump and his own I.R.S. and Justice Dept are plotting together
FILING: "The parties to this case are using this lawsuit as the legal justification for these actions. This is not speculation; the parties themselves have proclaimed it"
(MORE)
Former federal judges on the slush fund
"This “settlement” is a product of collusion and is itself a fraud on the Court"
FLASH: Justice Dept confirms it is establishing $1.776 billion fund "for victims of lawfare and weaponization to be heard and seek redress"
Fund will have five members and "issue formal apologies and monetary relief owed to claimants"
Justice Dept defends $1.776 billion fund by saying, "There is legal precedent for such a Fund, most notably the Keepseagle case where the Obama Admin. created a $760 million fund to redress various claims alleging racism against the federal government over a period of decades"
And there it is:
About $1.7 billion taxpayer-funded pot of $$
Justice Dept says, "Fund will consist of a Commission of five members appointed by the Attorney General. One Member will be chosen in consultation with congressional leadership. The President can remove any member"
MORE: 93 members of the US House are seeking to make a filing in the Trump $10 billion lawsuit against his I.R.S.
They've hired former Democratic Attorney General of New Jersey Matthew Platkin to represent them
Congress has been BLASTING this Trump lawsuit
MORE: A blistering court filing has just been submitted in Florida by 93 Democratic Members of Congress opposing Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against his own I.R.S.
In part the filing says, "10 billion could fully fund almost the entire annual budget for federal child welfare spending or the National Cancer Institute for a year. Or it could be used to purchase childcare for a million young families. Instead of serving these worthy purposes, the President instead asks this Court to allow him to use collusive litigation to force the American people to put that money into his pockets, and the pockets of his family and friends"
ALERT: Group of former Justice Dept employees, w/ Washington Litigation Group, files emergency suit to HALT Trump's re-painting of Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
Suit: "The grey, achromatic basin was not incidental to the design. It was the design"
LAWSUIT challenging Trump's repainting of Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool blasts Trump's gaudy reimaging:
"The 1999 National Park Service Cultural Landscape Report for the Lincoln Memorial Grounds specifically identifies the dark-tiled basin as a character-defining feature of the historic landscape, noting that 'the dark color of the tile created the illusion of greater depth and a more profound reflection"
(MORE) Suit challenging Trump changes to Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool:
"Defendants engaged a swimming pool contractor to resurface the Reflecting Pool.. a vivid blue coating.. Shockingly, Defendants started altering the historic character of the Reflecting Pool without following Congressionally mandatory procedures"
"All of this may be standard fare for a social media post. But in a federal court filing, it is neither appropriate nor permitted"
Historic group challenging Trump's Ballroom unleashes fiery court filing
They unequivocally accuse Justice Dept of making false claims
(MORE)
Group challenging Trump ballroom:
"Defendants claim that the National Trust was 'shown detailed plans and specifications of this knitted, unified, & cohesive structure by Top Officers and Leaders in both the Military and Secret Service.' This statement is false: The National Trust has never been shown non-public plans"
Historic preservation group suing over Trump ballroom also argues:
"The Defendants claim that the National Trust was “asked by the United States Military not to bring this suit because of the Top Secret nature of the important facility being built. This statement is false: The military did not request that the National Trust not file this suit."
STAND BY: Court hearing is imminent here in DC, as plaintiffs seek judge's order to block Trump Admin. from seizing, closing and razing the East Potomac public golf course in DC
Plaintiffs: "Trust is no longer an option. As it did with the East Wing, the administration has chosen arbitrariness over abiding by the law"
Judge Ana Reyes will oversee this hearing
Plaintiff (DC Preservation League) has filed this 17-page request for court to intervene, arguing Trump Admin intends to "transform East Potomac Park into an unrecognizable venue bearing no resemblance to its historic design and replete with features that will significantly affect the quality of the human environment"
Trump Admin has just filed this brief 5-page argument, alleging they are only beginning "deferred maintenance" projects today
Including "basic housekeeping and repairs that do not require any environmental compliance documentation like fence cleaning and debris cleanup activities"