This could be enormous expansion of Jan 6th criminals - and an avenue for 1 or 2 Trumpomobsters to buy a valuable plea bargain (with LESS prison time, none of them walk)
Trump sold EVERYTHING. Including cabinet posts. We only 'know' of one, Ambassador Sondland (Impeachment 1) admitted he paid a million dollars to Trump for his appointment (yes that is a bribe, yes this too will be investigated in due time & Trump convicted)
What of pardons?
Bone Saw Boy told Jan 6th Committee testifying under oath, that he was busy arranging the pardons in January 2021. So we know Jared was personally involved
Now.. Jared seems like he has flipped, he did not plead 5th. and Jared is vulnerable in Tom Barrack extortion of Qatar etc
If Jared has flipped, and was wise (the two are not necessarily both true) he would confess all his crimes. And thus that Trump sold pardons
Even if Jared did not... we heard in Matt Gaetz teen rape investigation that Roger Stone was handling Matt's pardon request (for Trump)
Roger Stone was peddling Trump pardons. And what just happened to The Girl With The Nixon Tattoo? Roger's lover Alex Jones handed his phone messages to Sandy Hook attorneys. Including January 2021 when Roger was selling pardons. Oopsie? The love birds no doubt 'prayed' about this
Who else might be in rush to confess now? The twice-impeached former chair of the AGA, the American Gargoyle Association, Rep Paul Gosar (seen here smiling for cameras) was promising Trump pardons for PAST crimes to those who joined Jan 6th attempted coup d'etat. Arizona Asshole
Gosar was soon convinced he had committed federal crimes related to January 6th, so he asked also for a Presidential pardon for himself. The Patron of Pardons was not smiling for Gosar. So now he has no other recourse except to cut his prison time by flipping in Grand #Flippathon
There likely are others who also know of the Pardon-selling scheme. I have seen gossip about the crooked path to hell, Kellyanne Conway being involved too. Am not sure about her
But Trump would have documentation about the pardons he sold.. would keep in his SAFE.. Or did keep
It is NOT illegal to lobby for pardons
It is legal for Trump to take any payment for a pardon. Utterly totally completely corrupt
And gossip is, that Trump sold pardons. Price tag anywhere from half a million to two million dollars per pardon
Trump talked about pardons with everybody. With Bill Barr. With Giuliani. With Patsy Baloney. With Chris Christie
Bill Barr testified to Jan 6th & did not plead the 5th. Sounds like Barr has flipped
Pat Cipollone is cooperating with Feds now
Rudy was wiretapped since 2019
If Trump took bribes for handing out Presidential Pardons, Trump goes to prison for... I estimate (conservatively) 700 years federal without parole. He might not outlive that sentence
What happens to the pardoned? SCOTUS has to decide whether they go back inside.. :-)
PS if you want to read my old comedy piece from January 2021, about Trump's pardon selling schemes, check out this thread of America's fastest-growing Quiz Sensation: Pardon Roulette #PardonRoulette
On Monday Judge Chutkan in DC (Jack Smith 2) case will hold a hearing about putting a gag order on Herr Hezbollah, the nation's Terrorist-In-Chief. Trump was under protective order. He breached it many times. So this is now his 'final warning'
Let's do a Thread
GAG ORDER THREAD/2
Don't look at me like that! This is JUSTICE. It is EXACTLY the same legal standard that would apply to you and me. Nothing more, nothing less. Trump is a FIRST TIME OFFENDER; has NEVER been convicted of any crime (yet). He was put on a 'protective order' FIRST
GAG ORDER THREAD/3
Then Trump repeatedly broke that protective order. We WITNESSED IT LIVE on TV and on social media, REPEATEDLY
But the Judge CANNOT do anything about it. Until she is FORMALLY told by the prosecution. She CANNOT do anything yet. It would be same for you and me
We certainly feel it was taking too long. In reality this is about par for the course, in some ways FASTER than normal, for such a large criminal conspiracy. Timing is similar to Watergate
FIRST of PLANNERS of Jan 6 go to trial, in Georgia in two weeks !!!
So January 6th, 2021 was two years and 9 months ago. Over 1,000 of the violent mob have been caught, over half prosecuted, and prison sentences for those running up to more than a decade in prison. That is justice
The ORGANIZERS of the Jan 6th plot are Trump, the Seditious Six..
The ORGANIZERS of Jan 6 are
Trump
Seditious Six (Giuliani, Flynn etc)
Evil Eleven of Congress (Gosar, Gym, Gaetz etc)
and a handful others (Roger Stone, Bannon etc)
They are ALL CAUGHT
Jack Smith STARTED to prosecute the organizers. Look who he has as WITNESSES to this crime
Trump calls Hezbollah "very smart" for their terrorist attack? Same Senile Man called Putin smart for invading Ukraine. And called murdering dictators MBS and Kim Jong Un smart
Meanwhile Trump has called HIS OWN CABINET and HIS OWN GENERALS idiots & stupid
General Mattis: Trump's not mature, a 5th grader
General McMaster: he's a dope, kindergartner idiot
Colonel Esper: irresponsible
General Milley: crazy
General Hytin: an idiot
General Kelly: Trump's crazy, an unhinged idiot
Next...
Then let's ask Trump White House staff, people Trump selected:
VP Pence: Trump is reckless
CoS 1 Priebus: he's an idiot
CoS 2 (Kelly, in above)
CoS 3 Mulvaney: terrible human being, a clown show
CoS 4 Meadows: Trump is worthless
SoS Tillerson: he's a fucking moron
Trump was massively embarrassed in New York, and that trial still continues. But this incident (Trump sitting in NY court for 3 days and then bailed) exposes insight into how incredibly stupid, and self-destructive Trump is
Let's do a Thread
New York New York Thread /2
So what happened? Trump sat in the civil trial - he is NOT required to be there (he must attend all criminal trials which start in March 2024). He feuded with the judge, got hit with a gag order, then stormed out of New York. Let's see how dumb it was
New York New York Thread /3
Donald the Duck McTrump's whole brand is based on the carefully constructed fake illusion, that he is somehow a 'billionaire'. WE know he is not. That Trump is a fake, a con-artist, living on other people's money. But his SUPPORTERS believe that lie
What happens next? The House cannot conduct any other business until it has selected a new House Speaker. The GOP is in civil war. It may be chaos for a while. Most likely they find a suitable Republican Speaker
DEMs do not have votes for DEM Speaker
BUT DEMs could make a deal
If a slice of Republicans (as few as 6) ally with DEMs, then that alliance could select (a Republican) speaker
Realistically the most logical such choice is an EX House Republican, like Liz Cheney
Because of GOP civil war, DEMs have leverage now
This is the deal I suggest:
DEMs make deal for ANY Republican who they can trust (like Liz Cheney, Kinzinger) where promise is 2 House Votes every week. One vote on legislation provided by GOP, the other vote legislation provided by DEMs. Both will get a floor vote each week
With Friday's bombshell news in court filing by Jack Smith of 3 more prosecution witnesses - now just about as big as they come - let's do a Thread about the flippers in Trump's life, the rats who all testify under oath, in criminal courts, against Trump
Flipper Thread/2
Trump committed an act of insurgency against America. That word is rarely used. The legal EFFECT is the same as 'treason'. Trump committed a crime which is essentially as bad as treason
So who does Jack Smith have as a witness? Trump's OWN Attorney General Barr
Flipper Thread/3
Bill Barr was not just the nation's top lawyer, as Attorney General, when this plot was first hatched - Barr learned of the idea - and TOLD TRUMP IT IS ILLEGAL. That is what Barr will testify under oath. That Trump KNEW this plot is illegal