New: Jack Smith just filed a motion describing the evidence he plans to use in Trump's J6 trial in DC.
It's like reading the J6 Committee TV script:
* Historical Evidence of the Defendant’s Consistent Plan of Baselessly Claiming Election Fraud
* Historical Evidence of the Defendant’s Common Plan to Refuse to Commit to a Peaceful Transition of Power
* Evidence of the Defendant and Co-Conspirators’ Knowledge of the Unfavorable Election Results and Motive and Intent to Subvert Them
* Pre- and Post-Conspiracy Evidence That the Defendant and Co-Conspirators Suppressed Proof Their Fraud Claims Were False and Retaliated Against Officials Who Undermined Their Criminal Plans
* Pre- and Post-Conspiracy Evidence of the Defendant’s Public Attacks on Individuals, Encouragement of Violence, and Knowledge of the Foreseeable Consequences
* Post-Conspiracy Evidence of the Defendant’s Steadfast Support and Endorsement of Rioters
The motion is stunning in its level of sophistry, demagoguery, and hypocrisy.
The same DOJ that concocted the Trump-Russia election collusion hoax in 2016 to derail his candidacy/presidency now claims Trump tried to undermine the transition of power that year.
Smith cites Trump's recent comments about excessive sentences for Proud Boys and promises to pardon J6ers as evidence he supported the "riot."
Smith will use proposed pardon to impeach credibility of defense witnesses, esp anyone tied to Jan 6.
Important to note: On Monday, Rudy Giuliani will stand trial by jury in DC under the glaring eye of Judge Beryl Howell in defamation lawsuit filed by Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss.
Certain conviction and awarded damages will help Smith's case, which is why he included it here:
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The public is realizing that a combo of ineptness and excessive force by police on J6 prompted much of the violence.
Improper use of munitions including chemical spray resulted in "friendly fire" injuries. Here is how MPD Sergeant Jason Mastony approached the scene at 2pm:
No violence on this side of the building (west) at this point. Exterior perimeter had been breached an hour earlier; DC and Capitol police started using munitions around 1:10pm and continued despite a legit mostly peaceful crowd.
Unknown number of protesters injured like here:
This officer testified he had never been at the Capitol as an officer. (Others have said the same.) Officers continue to assault people even as another protester is clearly injured on the ground...
New: To no one's surprise, Judge Chutkan, in typical hyperbolic fashion, denied Trump's motion to dismiss Jack Smith's J6 indictment on constitutional and immunity grounds.
Her "king" reference is the same language she used in her 2021 order forcing Trump to turn over records to J6 committee:
Bwahahaha - breathe -- bwahahaha ok judge
Nope she has not already made up her mind on the charges. Not at all!
Recall she recently denied Trump's motion to strike inflammatory language from Smith's indictment. Now we know why--she adopts them
Trump's lawyers filed a lightly redacted (per protective order) motion yesterday again outlining the parties they believe are part of the prosecution team.
These agencies have fingerprints on the initial DOJ investigation and Jack Smith's. The redactions are...interesting:
Not sure what these redactions are--related to Bill Barr perhaps?
As I covered last week, (JP) Cooney and (Molly) Gaston are now on Jack Smith's team. They wrote a letter to Barr blasting him for modifying SOP for election investigations describing claims of election fraud as "conspiracy theories"
More redactions related to FBI. Recall that D'Antuono (first name Steve, not Mike) headed up Detroit FBI field office during Whitmer fednapping then promoted to WFO a few months before Jan 6.
In April 2022, FBI opened two investigations into Trump: J6 and classified docs
Yetman served his country for YEARS. His FB profile bragged about being a "military police officer for the Army New Jersey National Guard." Does this sound like he was on the side of police or protesters that day?
All the doctored screenshots in the world (in FBI affidavit) can't distort the fact Yetman aimed a discarded can of gas (property of DC police) on protesters. He aimed ABOVE line of cops:
After the break, I returned to my seat in courtroom only to find someone in my seat next to her. I told him to move. He resisted but I forced him to move. Court staff did nothing—after hearing was over, he stalked her to elevator when finally a guard realized what was happening.
The guard refused to allow the psycho in the elevator with us. When we got to 1st floor, he was there taking pictures. When we told guard, he finally made the man leave. Then she spoke to media outside where she was again heckled and harassed.