Special Counsel Smith has just filed a notice Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b).
This filing notices the court and the defendant to evidence the prosecution plans to introduce at trial that fall under Fed Rule 404(b) which covers "Other Crimes, Wrongs, or Acts". These filings often provide some interesting information.
"If the Court were to find that any part of the noticed evidence below is extrinsic, the evidence is also admissible under Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b), because the Government will offer it not to show the defendant’s criminal propensity, but to establish his motive, intent, preparation, knowledge, absence of mistake, and common plan."
"the defendant’s criminal conspiracies relied on his knowingly false claims of election fraud."
The case falls apart if/when Trump provides evidence as to why he had reason(s) to believe that there was significant fraud in the 2020 election. #DisclosureDefense
"the Government will offer evidence reflecting the defendant’s historical record of making such claims."
Special Counsel Smith plans to recount all the times Trump said elections were effected by fraud.
So... he's going to recount all the times Trump was right about election fraud, haha! Sweet.
"the defendant repeatedly refused to commit to a peaceful transition of presidential power if he lost the election. The Government will offer proof of this refusal as intrinsic evidence of the defendant’s criminal conspiracies because it shows his plan to remain in power at any cost—even in the face of potential violence."
And yet, Trump did leave office. Peacefully. And there was a peaceful transition to the Biden Presidency*.
Gene Wilder would have liked the line. Smith does not, though.
"The Government also plans to introduce evidence of an effort undertaken by an agent (and unindicted co-conspirator) of the defendant who worked for his campaign (“the Campaign Employee”) to, immediately following the election, obstruct the vote count."
Trying to blame Trump for what some campaign person said and may have attempted. Wonder who this person is?
Tim Griffin perhaps?
"The Government will introduce additional evidence that this was the plan of the defendant and his co-conspirators, and that even after the charged conspiracies, they continued their efforts to stifle any dissent to their false claims of election fraud"
Trump elevating people who gave a damn about election fraud and ridiculing those who did not is somehow retaliation for the latter not supporting his "criminal plans."
Rudy was mean to Justin Riemer and now that's 404b evidence, hahaha
"At trial, the Government will introduce evidence of this conduct—including the defendant’s public endorsement and encouragement of violence—and further will elicit testimony from witnesses about the threats and harassment they received after the defendant targeted them in relation to the 2020 election."
Mean tweets. Jack Smith is going to try and use some of Trump's greatest mean tweets, that concern the 2020 election, against him.
That oughta be fun. 😁
Jack Smith will attempt to argue that “stand back and stand by" somehow translates to "Storm the Winter Palace" ??? 🤣
Good thing the Proud Boys are already tried and convicted and the evidence and statements from those trials can be used to help Trump, not hurt him.
Rudy Freeman and Shay Moss.
Lin Wood did 10x more to stoke irrational hatred of Pence than Trump.
Trump has never encouraged violence. Quite the opposite.
Trump's sympathy for J6 Defendants "is admissible to establish the defendant’s motive and intent on January 6"
"Perhaps most importantly, the defendant’s embrace of January 6 rioters is evidence of his intent during the charged conspiracies, because it shows that these individuals acted as he directed them to act; indeed, this evidence shows that the rioters’ disruption of the certification proceeding is exactly what the defendant intended on January 6. And finally, evidence of the defendant’s statements regarding possible pardons for January 6 offenders is admissible to help the jury assess the credibility and motives of trial witnesses, because through such comments, the defendant is publicly signaling that the law does not apply to those who act at his urging regardless of the legality of their actions."
Proud Boys and Oathkeepers turned on Trump, went against what he wanted, and are the groups PRIMARILY responsible for the violence on that day. If not for them, there would not be any J6 defendants. They were most certainly NOT acting as agents of Trump. They did the opposite of what he asked the crowd to do, they obstructed the joint session where he wanted objections to swing states to play out, and got some of most loyal and well meaning supporters to trespass and obstruct the joint session as part of THEIR PLAN to spark a civil war.
I look forward to Trump's team expertly dismantling all what's in this 404b filing. Maybe then people will finally understand that the PBs and OKs are NOT allies.
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Senator Menendez (D-NJ), his wife, + others have been hit with a superseding indictment.
It adds a conspiracy charge for acting as a foreign agent (on behalf of Egypt).
Menendez had previously been charged just last month with Conspiracy to Commit Bribery, Conspiracy to Commit Honest Services Fraud, and Conspiracy to Commit Extortion.
Oh this is GOLDEN.
Between 2020 and 2022, Sen Menendez pressured DOJ to investigate another member of Congress for FARA violations.
Check out the quotes from his letters to the head of NSD and to the AG.
😂🤣🤣🤣
Nadine Menendez and Wael Hana, beginning in 2018, worked to introduce Sen Menendez to Egyptian intel and military officials for the purpose of establishing a corrupt agreement.
The Egypt side provided hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to Sen Menendez and his wife in exchange for Sen Menendez influencing the Senate and US govt to the benefit of Egypt.
Menendez was well placed in the Senate to exert some influence...
They transformed the Middle East forever by providing a structure to facilitate an end to the Arab-Israeli conflicts and build a future based on peace, tolerance, and economic opportunity.
These ideals of peace, tolerance, and opportunity run counter to the stated objectives and self-proclaimed identities of proxy states like Iran and the various Islamo-Fascist groups present throughout the Middle East, and most pressingly right now, in Palestine.
As has often been said, if Iran, if Hamas, if these Islamo-Fascist groups wanted peace, they would have it.
They do not want peace. Not with Israel, not with America, nor with Europe. Not with Jews, nor with Gentiles, or even with other Muslims.
These ideals are antithetical to what they believe, to who they are.
These ideals are also antithetical to the objectives of those who created, organized, equipped, trained, and funded Iran, Hamas, and many of the Islamo-Fascist groups in the first place.
The blame for these conflicts does not rest solely on those carrying out the acts, those responding to them with acts of their own, or on those caught in between.
To some extent, everyone is a pawn here. Including you and me.
The Accords, along with other agreements, such as Doha, in my opinion, manifested what I call a region of responsibility in the Middle East. I think part of the genius of Trump's foreign policy was not just getting us out of forever wars and proxy wars, but at the same time allowing regions to take responsibility for their own neighborhoods.
No more America: World Police.
No more U.N.: World Police, either.
Regionalism > Globalism
I think we *may* be seeing this region of responsibility concept take shape and effect a resolution in the Middle East right now.
"Smartmatic, the voting technology company suing Fox News and former President Donald Trump’s top allies over their false claims that its machines rigged the 2020 election, was implicated in an alleged bribery scheme involving the former top election official in the Philippines, according to court filings obtained by CNN.
The court documents indicate that the Justice Department has filed money laundering charges against former Filipino election administrator Andres Bautista – and that four executives from Smartmatic subsidiaries are implicated as uncharged co-conspirators.
The bribery claims are sure to reverberate in Smartmatic’s ongoing defamation cases."
This appears to be the (still sealed) criminal complaint against Juan Andres "Andy'' Donato Bautista, a former Filipino election administrator, for his role in a bribery and money laundering scheme that also implicates four executives from Smartmatic subsidiaries as, at this time, uncharged co-conspirators.
Trump v. Clinton and her Cohorts
Civil RICO case.
District Court, S.D. Florida
March 4th, 2022
Trump files a Civil RICO case against Hillary Clinton and her Cohorts.
It is assigned to Judge Middlebrooks. courtlistener.com/docket/6318430…