Appointment television: the livestreaming of bar proceedings against John Eastman, the only coup plotter in the history of tge world so staggeringly stupid that he plotted a coup attempt on using his .edu account.
My onnly quibble with the episode would be on the issye of how the 1512 obstruction cases against Edward Jacob "Jake" Lang and two other defendants were handled by Judge Carl Nichols.
We recap recent developments, including Pence's grand jury testimony, the Proud Boys seditious conspiracy verdict, the civil case brought by E Jean Carroll and news that Special Jack Smith is investigating the Big Rip-Off.
I then have a conversation with a sedition hunter who goes by the handle Patr10tic who has applied his skills in artificial intelligence to develop tools, and who has lately been keeping tabs on the community that has developed a series of bizarre conspiracy theories...
Guilty on the top charge. Questioning Spazzo's guilt on the seditious conspiracy count are understandable: they basically had to pick one of the footsoldiers to join the case to highlight the violent nature of the plot, but compartmentalization makes him seem less culpable.
I was concerned that they might be hung on the seditious conspiracy charge for all defendants. A hung jury for Pezzola? Seems fine, he'll still get plenty of time for the other counts.
Now maybe the DOJ can move on to the organizers, since they've freed up some AUSAs.
The overall verdict seems very thoughtful and balanced. This verdict really undermines the bleating of the defense regarding the supposed bias of DC jurors.
One of the back burner stories of the January 6th investigation is the question of Joseph Cuffari, Trump's DHS Inspector General, still in office despite calls for his resignation.
Now, Cuffari is suing the "Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency over what his lawyers call 'baseless inquiries' into his conduct."
He was a central player in the post-election efforts to overturn the election, including the fake elector scheme. According to the government, he was talking to Bannon several times a day. (From the transcript of Bannon associate Alexandria Preate.)
Most of the attorneys who are not named Rudy were reluctant to take the 5th in Committee testimony, but Boris blew them off entirely. Why not charge him for this, as they did with Bannon and Navarro?
Possibly because they already had built a case against him on other charges.