Thread by @emptywheel

The other day, lawyers for Ruby Freeman submitted pardoned felon Bernie Kerik's strategic plan to steal the election, which he sent to Mark Meadows on 12/28/2020.

I assume it was previously released but I hadn't looked closely.

documentcloud.org/documents/2384…

Here's how they planned to disseminate their false claims about voter fraud.

Nothing surprising--but it's important bc THIS DOCUMENT makes false claims about Ruby Freeman, which they're suing over.

I read Rudy's depo, in which he professed not to know who the person in charge of social media outreach, TF, was, before I read WaPo's story reflecting an interview with Tom Fitton.

But as someone noted, it all seems to answer itself.

washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

Here's a list of people the PR company believed to be important social media influencers. Many are no surprise.

Love how Ron Watkins is just called "Ron."

I assume @SamSeder is a very significant mistake. He should sue, right along with Freeman.

documentcloud.org/documents/2384…

There's a VERY significant overlap between the false claims in this document and those that Stanford Integrity Project found to be the most persistent disinformation in 2020.

stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:tr1…

That is, of course, THE POINT. The reason why fascists and the useful idiots of fascists (like #MattyDickPics) are attacking efforts to curb disinformation is bc THOSE EFFORTS HELPED SAVE DEMOCRACY in 2020.

We can't have that.

emptywheel.net/2023/04/07/mat…

Anyway, this is all a roundabout way of saying that pardoned felon Bernie Kerik, at least, appears to have treated Tom Fitton as just as central part of the effort to steal the election as Steve Bannon (he of the recent Jack Smith subpoena) and Boris Epshteyn were.

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Another thing I learned about pardoned felon Bernie Kerik that I had missed before was that he did two stints in Saudi Arabia, at least working directly for the House of Saud.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

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About the same time that Tim Parlatore was telling a grand jury that he did a diligent search for the missing docs at Bedminster, he was telling Ruby Freeman's attorneys he didn't have comms that they had documentary evidence he had.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

Last week, when Freeman's lawyers asked Parlatore what the hold up of getting records Rudy said weren't privileged but pardoned felon Kerik said were, Parlatore said other things were more pressing that were taking priority.
documentcloud.org/documents/2384…

At the time Parlatore blew off Ruby Freeman's lawyers, of course, his supposedly former client the Former President was about to be indicted.

Tl;dr on motion to compel pardoned felon Bernie Kerik: He tried to comply w/Freeman's subpoena by providing the things he provided J6C. But he made privilege claims that Rudy is not making.

So now he is experiencing a "technical glitch" accessing things not turned over to J6C.

Pardoned felon Bernie Kerik seems to have the same confusion about what kind of fellow pardon recipient SB might be.

WHO COULD IT BE?!?!?!

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…