So the first 3 volumes of Smith's evidence against Trump are released. About 70% still sealed, but, pretty damning stuff, which is all either their own messages, or testimony from Republican staff under oath:
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A) A member of Trump's team directly attempted get a Pence aide to hand Mike Pence documents their team knew was fake, uncertified, and lacked chain of custody.
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B) They have iMessages confirming they were trying to deliver the unsealed fake documents to Pence.
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C) They have emails confirming this was planned *in advanced* and that they wanted Grassley to stand in if Pence recused.
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D) In their own "war game" scenarios, they concede that if the election is processed fairly, then Biden wins.
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E) They had a memorandum prepared on this matter as far back as November 18th which is 1 month *BEFORE* any of the "alternative electors had made their claims proving that it was pre-meditated.
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F) They knew, well in advanced, and admitted in testimony and email, that the VP did not have this power, and that the Supreme Court would not hold up this case, proving they knew it was illegal.
(Although they thought maybe Clarence Thomas would side with them..)
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G) Trump called the Michigan speaker, on an unofficial line marked "Spam Risk Egypt" to discuss fraud allegations. Proving he tried to cover his tracks, and these were not protected "official acts"
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H) At the time Trump did not even feel they had grounds to file a lawsuit in Michigan.
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J) 5 of the "Fake Electorate" packages that Trump's team had tried to hand over to Pence, used the exact same template for vacancy filling pages.
These pages do not normally have a standard across states, showing coordination. But the source proof is still under seal.
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So Trump and his team *in their own words*:
-Knew they lost
-Knew it was not legal for Pence to over turn
-Knew the states did not have fraud issues
-Researched "alternative electors" a month in advanced of those claims
-Knew the documents were unofficial
-Took part in the transfer process
-And attempted to pass off forged documents directly to the VP
-Because of a pre-meditated plan to steal the election.
The first volumes represent 1889 pages of evidence, 70% still under seal.
This is just from the 30% unsealed, and there are more volumes to go.
The case could not be more clear.
And as a reminder, Trump's team refused to dispute the authenticity of any of this evidence, they only ask for it to be delayed as it would "hurt their client" during the election.
Some have asked how I think it plays out - it's too early to tell for sure but we can take educated guesses and just keep updating those as we get more info, so my very early *first pass* thoughts on likely conviction:
Odds of conviction - 95% there is some small wiggle room for issues to arise from Patel's statements and handling of this, but if the evidence in the charging doc was accurate, then they would get some type of conviction.
The charging document of Tyler Robinson in the Charlie Kirk case has been filed in Utah.
Here’s what’s important and what’s notably ***missing*** from the document!
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First off, it’s only a state filing so far, and based on the findings presented within, it will be hard for them to pursue a Federal case.
They seem like they may try for the hate crime angle but it’s a long shot.
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They specifically argue that one of the enhanced aggravating factors was targeting Kirk for his “political expression”
Which as we’ll see later in the document is actually a bit dubious, so this will likely get challenged, but it tells us what narrative they are pushing.
President Trump files an *INSANE* lawsuit against the New York Times, Penguin Random House and multiple journalists seeking "$15B" in damages.
Claiming defamation and libel, in what can only be described as political theatre aimed at SILENCING the press!
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Trump has repeatedly brought suits against journalists in retribution for negative coverage of him, pushing his agenda of a chilling effect so that journalists don't ask him hard hitting questions - which we've already seen extensively!
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The very first claim, isn't really even a claim.
It just says that Trump won a "historic victory" sweeping battleground states.
It says he "overcame persistent election interference from legacy media" but that isn't even a legal claim itself.
A live thread, covering the stupidity of Kash Patel at the Oversight Hearing:
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Graham starts of praising Kash, and then asks about Venezuelan boats, trying to justify state sponsored terrorism charges... which is an international matter being dealt with by the DoJ not the domestic law enforcement agency of the FBI...
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Graham turns to Kirk, and now blames social media, and asks Patel agrees "social media is out of control" and now they are talking about "Free speech" limits.
Clear they are setting up prosecution and restrictions online.
An important piece of context to keep in mind, is they desperately want to make this a Federal charge crime, so they can keep it untelevized, control the narrative, and seek death penalty with a jury base that isn't 90% mormon.
Here's your weekly reminder that Donald Trump is covering-up the Epstein files, including *NEW* evidence tying Epstein crimes to Trump associates and the Mar-A-Lago!
Lets start with one we already know, the horrible grooming art:
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It's the view of the Mar-A-Lago from the beach front side - matching the arches and sand colored building.
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You'll also notice the helicopter.
Since the 90s Trump battled with Palm Beach city council desperately wanting to over turn the ordinance to land a helicopter at Mar-a-Lago.
It was a running joke that he thought he should be able to land it on his lawn.