In my post I noted that the riskiest thing Jack Smith did was keep the Mike Pence language in there (the Justices directly questioned whether he was VP or President of Senate in those roles). This language addresses that. 
Smith had to pull out ALL reference to people in govt telling Trump he was nuts. This undoubtedly makes @C_C_Krebs and Bill Barr sad, as they won't get to testify.
Here's another area where SCOTUS may get stroppy. Under a prior ruling, they said that Tweets were presumptively official.
This may be the place the indictment is most vulnerable to more fuckery by the right wingers in SCOTUS.
This may be the place the indictment is most vulnerable to more fuckery by the right wingers in SCOTUS.
.@JasonMillerinDC is still going to get to testify against his liege, though.
The sad trombone you're hearing is all possibility we'll get to hear about the nutso December 18, 2020 meeting in the Oval.
Hey Donny?!?!?!
Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to throw over @RonnaMcDaniel so brutally, before she testified against you?!?!
Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to throw over @RonnaMcDaniel so brutally, before she testified against you?!?!
This may be one of the most important additions. As I said, this superseding had to harmonize with efforts DC USAO is making to sustain some of the 1512 cases against crime scene people.
This detail will be the pivot point of that harmonization.
This detail will be the pivot point of that harmonization.
This is also an important detail: They're making the distinction between what Trump did in the Oval (= presidenting) versus what he did in his private dining room.
Moved this bc I bolloxed the threading.
They didn't keep ALL the allegations involving Mike Pence tho. As I said in my post Saturday, this is likely something the Solicitor General's office already weighed in on.
They didn't keep ALL the allegations involving Mike Pence tho. As I said in my post Saturday, this is likely something the Solicitor General's office already weighed in on.
Compare this new language to what DOJ promises in a superseding indictment against a crime scene defendant, Matt Loganbill.
Karen Henderson, a Poppy Bush DC CIrcuit appointee, had focused on the Take Care clause requiring Trump to do certain things. The right wingers on SCOTUS believe that's optional for POTUSES. So the jury won't get to hear how Trump sat on his ass and let DC be attacked.
@VerretD60265 Sorry: THere are about 5 that are gone. Anything that mentions Oval or trappings of govt.
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