BREAKING: The DoJ is charging DePape with a federal crime, and the conspiracy theories are now TOTALLY DEBUNKED. First, he was LOOKING FOR THE SPEAKER, and Paul Pelosi DID NOT KNOW HIM. 1/
Next, DePape was not in his underwear, and he BROKE IN through the back door. There was broken glass. 2/
DePape said he would wait for days for the Speaker. 3/
THREAD: I don’t normally share the rantings of the Count of Mostly Crisco, but today’s are noteworthy. First, he’s complaining that DoJ isn’t following its own policy of prohibiting overt investigative steps close to an election. 1/
He doesn’t realize that investigations DO continue during the blackout period, but not overt investigatory steps like searches, arrests, indictments, etc. Perhaps he’s been subpoenaed for records at other properties? We know DoJ is trying to get more back from him. 2/
We also know the documents lawyers met at the DC courthouse a few days ago. Perhaps something they were discussing upset donny. In his rant, he also mentions the documents are declassified. He has not told this lie to the courts under penalty of perjury, though. 3/
BREAKING: THREAD: NEW: Judge Carter has found that the CRIME FRAUD exception applies to a NUMBER of additional emails related to trump and Eastman’s efforts to obstruct an official proceeding and lying to the courts. 1/
First, there are four emails that show trump filed lawsuits NOT to obtain legal relief, but for the soul purpose of obstructing an official proceeding. Those emails are therefore subject to the crime fraud exception and must be turned over to the committee. 2/
Second, trump KNOWINGLY signed onto false claims of fraud in a lawsuit in Georgia. Eastman emailed “although trump signed on Dec 1, HE HAS SINCE BEEN MADE AWARE that some of the allocations and evidence ARE INACCURATE.” He also signed it under penalty of perjury! 3/
WHY IM 100% SURE DOJ WILL WIN THEIR APPEAL: When DoJ filed their appeal in the documents case over the classified documents, they didn’t cite Chapman. Chapman says that if a plaintiff doesn’t meet the first Richey factor, the court doesn’t have equitable jurisdiction. 1/
That means if you’re Donald, and you want stuff back from a search, and you haven’t been indicted yet, you have to prove that the DoJ showed “callous disregard” for your constitutional rights. If you can’t, then the court can’t provide any relief for you. 2/
DoJ didn’t cite Chapman - perhaps - because that’s precedent from the 5th circuit, and not the 11th circuit - where they filed their appeal. BUT in deciding the DoJ appeal for the classified documents, the 11th circuit cited Chapman. 3/
THREAD: much like I’m torn about the DoJ 60-day pre-election blackout, I’m also torn about whether the 1/6 committee should make criminal referrals to DoJ, and I’d like your feedback. As a reminder, here was my thread on the 60 day DoJ pre-election policy: 1/
But today I want to talk about whether criminal referrals should be made to DoJ with regard to 1/6. Because of the EXTREME politicization of DoJ under TFG, Garland is seeming to go out of his way stay as far away from politics as possible. Which I agree with. 2/
And a referral from the committee to DoJ could be perceived as politics tainting the apolitical stance of DoJ. Garland took the step of agreeing to take the recommendation of the apolitical inspector general investigate the actions of DoJ on and leading up to 1/6. 3/
THREAD: DoJ FULL APPEAL TO THE 11TH CIRCUIT: This filing mirrors the DoJ appeal regarding classified documents, and extends the 11th circuits decision to all the documents asking the court to vacate Cannon’s ruling for the same reasons. 1/
Basically, DoJ argues that since the court previously decided Cannon didn’t have jurisdiction (by not meeting the first Richey factor) with regard to the classified docs, she didn’t have jurisdiction at all. 2/
DoJ does address one new thing: that Cannon said there were 200,000 pages to review and used that number to extend the review. In fact, there are only 22,000 pages. 3/