Individuals involved in obstructing J6 investigation: Many.
Tony Ornato needs a very good defense attorney.👇
2. "Again, as with Section 1512(c), the conspiracy under Section 371 appears to have also included other individuals such as Chesebro, Rudolph Giuliani, and Mark Meadows, but this Committee does not attempt to determine all of the participants of the conspiracy..."
3. “Others working with Eastman likely share in Eastman’s culpability. For example, Kenneth Chesebro was a central player in the scheme to submit fake electors ...”
4. “With regard to the Department of Justice, Jeffrey Clark stands out as a participant in the conspiracy...”
5. “The Committee believes sufficient evidence exists for a criminal referral of John Eastman and certain other Trump associates under 18 U.S.C. §1512(c).”
6/6. See my coming analysis @just_security this afternoon.
Hint: How the January 6th committee's NEW evidence enables Special Counsel Smith's criminal investigations.
Stay tuned.
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With news that the #January6th Sub-committee has proposed criminal referral of Trump for, among other statutes, 18 USC 2383 (assisting an Insurrection) (@kyledcheney@nicholaswu12 reporting)
Read this expert analysis of why that statute might best fit.
“Among the charges that subcommittee proposes for Trump: 18 U.S.C. 2383 Insurrection; 18 U.S.C. 1512(c) obstruction of an official proceeding; and 18 U.S.C. 371 Conspiracy to defraud the United States government.” politico.com/news/2022/12/1…
3. Plus a second article by same criminal law expert @UChicagoLaw’s Al Alschuler:
2. "One of the key areas of disagreement centers on the Trump legal team’s repeated refusal to designate a custodian of records to sign a document attesting that all classified materials have been returned."
2. "Its presence there indicates Mar-a-Lago was not the only place where Trump kept classified material."
"The unit was needed to store items that had been held at an office in Northern Virginia used by Trump staffers in the months just after he left office."
3. Reminder that since at least early October, one of the reasonable new attorneys on the case, Christopher Kise, advised setting up this kind of firm to search for such documents.👇
2. "The authors have decades of experience as federal prosecutors and defense lawyers, as well as other legal expertise. Based upon this experience and the analysis that follows, we conclude that there is a strong basis to charge Trump."
Key: Tables of DOJ precent.
3. What do ALL these past Espionage Act prosecutions tell us?
"The DOJ precedent indicates that to decline to bring a case against Trump would be treating Trump far more favorably than other defendants, which would be antithetical to the rule of law and the ... Justice Manual."
With this news including Eastman emails discussing Justice Thomas ...
Worth recalling judge had ordered Eastman emails with Ginni Thomas be turned over because they involved activities that "furthered a critical objective of the January 6 plan" to overturn the election.
3. That Ginni Thomas text to Meadows was on Nov. 10.
How did Meadows respond?
One minute later, Meadows responded: “I will stand firm. We will fight until there is no fight left. Our country is too precious to give up on. Thanks for all you do.”
2. A key question I'd bet federal prosecutors asked Patel:
Were you acting as an agent of, or in concert with, Donald J. Trump when you described, repeatedly, Trump's plan to publicly disseminate the documents.