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Oct 25 • 7 tweets • 4 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
NEW: Speaker Mike Johnson played a more prominent role than previously understood in Donald Trump’s bid to remain in power — they traded phone calls + discussed legal strategy repeatedly in weeks leading up to Jan. 6.

A deep dive w/ @nicholaswu12

politico.com/news/2023/10/2…
Johnson’s push culminated in an impassioned closed-door meeting with GOP colleagues on Jan. 5, advocating for sustaining objections to the election results — and facing pushback from 2 lawmakers who helped make him speaker today: Chip Roy and Don Bacon.

politico.com/news/2023/10/2…
Johnson revealed numerous phone calls with Trump in the weeks after the Nov. 3 election and in mid-Nov 2020 described the allegations about Dominion voting machines being rigged as having “a lot of merit.” politico.com/news/2023/10/2…

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On the morning of Dec. 14, as electors met across the country to cast their ballots, Johnson continued a common refrain: this isn’t over yet.

He pointed toward the Jan. 6 joint session of Congress as the last word on the matter.

politico.com/news/2023/10/2…
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In a local radio interview on Nov. 9, 2020, JOHNSON revealed a phone call with Trump the previous day in which they discussed Trump’s prospects of winning at the Supreme Court. Trump, he said, was heartened by Justice Alito’s order in a PA matter.

politico.com/news/2023/10/2…

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MORE: Johnson revealed in that interview that his views on election fraud were shaped when he was a “young pup” lawyer in 1996 working on fraud allegations in the Senate race between Mary Landrieu and Woody Jenkins.

He said Tom Daschle “buried it all.”

politico.com/news/2023/10/2…
SIDE NOTE: Ken Buck told reporters that he didn’t consider Johnson’s 2020 election efforts disqualifying like he did for Jordan/Scalise bc he worked primarily on court strategy.

But the record shows Johnson was a key advocate for Jan. 6 objections. politico.com/news/2023/10/2…

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Oct 26
NEW: Prosecutors' plea to Judge Chutkan to reimpose her gag order on Trump is a remarkable portrayal of a former president as an active danger — not just to the trial but to the physical safety of witnesses.

And they say he knows it but doesn't care.

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Special counsel cites Jan. 6 defendant Taylor Taranto's response to Trump's social media post that linked to an article featuring Barack Obama's home address. Taranto was later arrested in Obama's neighborhood with guns in his van.

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They also cite Marc Short's decision to alert the Secret Service after Trump told Pence he was going to publicly attack him for refusing to go along with his election gambit.

And of course they cite his new post about Mark Meadows. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Read 5 tweets
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Oct 25
UPDATE: Bowman has been charged by the DC attorney general with a violation of the DC code
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BOWMAN's arrest report recounts his explanation that he was rushing. to votes and tried to leave via a locked door before pulling alarm. It then notes that he passed by *numerous* Capitol Police officers without telling anyone he had triggered the alarm. documentcloud.org/documents/2408…
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Bowman will be arraigned tomorrow morning on the charge. Unclear if the incident is also being reviewed by federal prosceutors. politico.com/live-updates/2…
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Oct 24
BREAKING: Jenna ELLIS is taking a guily plea in Georgia for a count of "aiding and abetting false statements/writings." Image
The charge centers on the transmission of false information to Georgia legisaltors on Dec. 3, 2020. documentcloud.org/documents/2407…
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MORE: Ellis is currently in court pleading to the single count, which is a felony. Watch here:
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Oct 19
JUST IN: Prosecutors have filed their lengthy response to Trump’s effort to dismiss the Washington, DC charges against him by claiming presidential immunity.

Despite his claims, they say, there are no parallels to Lincoln or Washington in his conduct. Details Tk Image
The government cites Aaron Burr to point out that former presidents /VPs can be prosecuted for conduct while in office.

Read the 54-page filing: documentcloud.org/documents/2405…
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This is major new ground for federal prosecutors. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2405…
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Oct 17
NEW: Judge Chutkan's gag order marks a new phase of Trump's life as criminal defendant -- but it also raised a series of unanswered questions about how it will work.

@joshgerstein and I explore them here:

politico.com/news/2023/10/1…
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1) The big unanswered question: How will Chutkan enforce violations? She could impose monetary fines, social media restrictions, in-court scoldings and even pretrial incarceration. The order doesn't hint at a framework or guide for any such punishments.

politico.com/news/2023/10/1…
2) Chutkan's written order applies the gag to "interested parties." That could mean simply Trump, is lawyers and the special counsel's office. But the phrase is vague and undefined in the order. politico.com/news/2023/10/1…
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Oct 16
NEW: It’s hard to imagine a more consequential moment for Trump — other than the verdict itself — than an order by Judge Chutkan sharply curbing his penchant for invective against his perceived enemies. politico.com/news/2023/10/1…
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But Trump has spent a year fashioning the justice system as his enemy — assailing witnesses who have testified against him and relitigating the conduct at the heart of the charges against him

That doesn’t work when you’re a criminal defendant. The story:

politico.com/news/2023/10/1…
HAPPENING NOW: Trump gag order hearing is approaching. Spotted on the line for the public gallery: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
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