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Mar 26 6 tweets 3 min read
Fmr Trump 2020 campaign official Mike Roman has been subpoenaed by officials in Arizona as part of ongoing criminal investigation focused on efforts to overturn Joe Biden’s election win, 2 sources tell me, confirming @OliviaRubinABC.

Roman is 1 of Trump's co-defendants in GA. Sources tell CNN a charging decision is expected soon in Arizona's criminal probe.

CNN previously reported Arizona prosecutors have issued several grand jury subpoenas in recent weeks to people connected to efforts by Trump & allies to overturn 2020 election results there.
Feb 26 5 tweets 1 min read
New: Fulton County DA Fani Willis & her top prosecutor received an onslaught of harassing phone calls over the weekend after their personal contact information was cited in legal paperwork from Trump’s defense lawyer in GA case, sources tell me, @CNNValencia & @JMOCNN.

(1/3) Willis & Nathan Wade both changed their phone numbers b/c of an “explosion” of calls in recent days, one source told CNN.

The wave of calls came after an unredacted version of the motion -- including exhibits -- was shared w/ counsel on both sides.
Feb 22 4 tweets 2 min read
New: Nathan Wade, top prosecutor in GA election subversion case, is trying to block his former law partner from providing additional testimony behind closed doors to judge who will decide whether to disqualify Fulton County DA Fani Willis, per new motion filed today.
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In the motion, Wade objected to in-camera examination of Terrence Bradley, his fmr partner who also represented him in his divorce case, arguing it could disclose communications protected under attorney-client privilege.

Bradley had been billed as defense’s “star witness.” Image
Oct 17, 2023 5 tweets 1 min read
Lawyer for Misty Hampton, former Coffee County election official charged along with Trump for trying to overturn 2020 election results in GA, appears to confirm his client has rejected plea offers from DA’s office saying she has not received a deal she is “willing to facilitate.” This amid news that more than 15,000 emails & documents connected to Hampton were discovered this month by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation – after attorneys for the rural county’s board of elections claimed the information had been lost.
Jul 18, 2023 4 tweets 2 min read
News: Sixteen fake electors who signed certificates falsely claiming President Donald Trump won Michigan in the 2020 election have been charged with crimes, the state's Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Tuesday. Each of the 16 fake electors are facing 8 charges, including multiple felonies, per Michigan AG Dana Nessel.

More w/ @MarshallCohen, @HBRabinowitz & @SchneiderCNN

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May 15, 2023 4 tweets 2 min read
NEWS: Special counsel John Durham concluded that the FBI should never have launched a full investigation into connections between Trump's campaign & Russia during 2016 election, per a report compiled over 3 years & released Monday.

me w/ the team

cnn.com/2023/05/15/pol… Durham's findings are at odds with a previous DOJ inspector general investigation, which identified problems with the FBI's Russia probe but concluded in December 2019 there was sufficient justification to open the inquiry.

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Feb 9, 2023 4 tweets 1 min read
Scoop: Trump's former national security adviser Robert O’Brien has been subpoenaed by special counsel Jack Smith in both the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation & probe related to efforts to overturn 2020 election, source tells me.

He previously testified before 1/6 committee. O’Brien has been asserting executive privilege in declining to provide some info prosecutors are seeking from him, the source said.

Trump's former acting DHS chief Chad Wolf was interviewed by DOJ lawyers in recent weeks as part of special counsel probe, 2 sources also confirm.
Jan 29, 2023 4 tweets 2 min read
DOJ tells top lawmakers on Senate Intel Committee (Warner & Rubio) it is "actively working" with ODNI to enable sharing of info about Trump/Biden classified docs "without harming the ongoing Special Counsel investigations," per letter obtained by CNN. DOJ letter responds to Senate Intel Committee's August request for info "about the potential risk to national security" posed by documents recovered from Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence & follow-up inquiries re classified material found Biden properties.
Jan 23, 2023 4 tweets 2 min read
Authorities say former FBI special agent in charge agreed to provide services to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, including investigating rival Russian oligarch in return for concealed payments.

Deripaska's name emerged in Mueller probe due to longstanding ties to Paul Manafort. "McGonigal & Shestakov were aware that their actions violated US sanctions because, among other reasons, while serving as SAC, McGonigal received then-classified information that Deripaska would be added to a list of oligarchs considered for sanctions ..."
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Dec 19, 2022 4 tweets 1 min read
NEWS: 1/6 committee member @RepRaskin is now outlining criminal referrals for former President Donald Trump. “Ours is not a system of justice where foot soldiers go to jail and the masterminds and ringleaders get a free pass,” Raskin says.

"The evidence clearly suggests that President Trump conspired with others to submit slates of fake electors to Congress and the National Archives."
Sep 26, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
News: Trump's WH Chief of Staff -- Mark Meadows -- was texting Phil Waldron in late December 2020 about his attempts to gain access to voting systems in key battleground states, starting w/ Arizona & Georgia, per messages obtained by CNN.

cnn.com/2022/09/26/pol… Waldron was involved in drafting executive orders that, if signed by Trump, would've ordered military or DHS to seize voting machines.

He also circulated "Options for 6 Jan" PowerPoint, which outlined various plans for overturning the 2020 election.

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Sep 21, 2022 5 tweets 3 min read
News: The Jan. 6 Committee has come to an agreement with Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, to be interviewed in the coming weeks, a source close to the panel tells @jamiegangel. Statement from Ginni Thomas' attorney, via @Arianedevogue.
Sep 20, 2022 5 tweets 2 min read
NEW: A GOP county official in Georgia & operatives working w/ Trump attorney Sidney Powell spent hours inside restricted area of local elections office on day voting systems there were breached, per surveillance video obtained by CNN.

Latest w/ @JMOCNN cnn.com/2022/09/20/pol… Video reveals for first time what happened inside Coffee County, GA elections office on Jan. 7, 2021.

Among those seen: Cathy Latham, who is under criminal investigation for posing as a fake Trump elector.

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Sep 13, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
News: House Oversight asks National Archives to “seek a personal certification" from Trump that he surrendered all presidential records "illegally removed" from White House, per @RepMaloney letter.

NARA recently told panel it's not certain if all records are in its possession. ImageImageImage "I also ask that the agency conduct an urgent review of presidential records recovered from the Trump White House to assess whether presidential records remain unaccounted for & potentially in the possession of the former president," the new letter says.

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Sep 12, 2022 4 tweets 3 min read
New: Jan. 6 committee members plan to meet on Tuesday -- one of the most pressing questions they'll address is whether to formally request Trump & Pence appear before them.

Latest from me, @AnnieGrayerCNN, @jamiegangel, @GloriaBorger & @SaraMurray
cnn.com/2022/09/12/pol… The 1/6 Committee does NOT expect Trump or Pence to testify, sources tell us.

But some members & staff believe the invitations should be extended for the record.
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Sep 6, 2022 4 tweets 3 min read
News: A GOP county official in Georgia, who served as a fake elector, escorted 2 operatives working wi/ Trump lawyer Sidney Powell into the county's election offices on same day voting system there was breached, per newly obtained video.

Story w/ @JMOCNN
cnn.com/2022/09/06/pol… This little-noticed court filing by Phil Waldron is an interesting data point as it includes a new argument for why he shouldn't have to handover cellphone data to 1/6 Committee: cnn.com/2022/09/06/pol…

Because the committee could give that cellphone data to the feds.
Sep 1, 2022 4 tweets 3 min read
News: Jan. 6 committee is requesting info from former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Story soon w/ @AnnieGrayerCNN & @SaraMurray.

Here is one excerpt from the committee's letter to Gingrich: 1/6 Committee also cites another email from Dec. 8, 2020 from Gingrich to Kushner & Miller that says:

"The goal is to arouse the country’s anger through new verifiable information the American people have never seen before[.] . . ."
Aug 29, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
Scoop: US intel agencies began reviewing docs taken from Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in mid-May to determine the level of classification & if any immediate steps were needed to protect sources/methods, sources tell me, @KatieBoLillis, @evanperez & @jamiegangel. National Archives retrieved 15 boxes from Mar-a-Lago in January but it wasn't until mid-May that FBI got access & began providing copies to relevant US intel agencies allowing them to informally determine if disclosure posed risk to sources/methods.

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Aug 11, 2022 4 tweets 3 min read
Scoop: Jan. 6 committee recently interviewed fmr Trump Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, sources tell me, @jamiegangel & @SaraMurray

Panel also in talks with:
Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos
Former National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien
cnn.com/2022/08/11/pol… Chao & DeVos, both members of Trump's Cabinet, resigned a day after the 1/6 attack.

They also discussed invoking the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from power.

O'Brien considered resigning post-Jan. 6 but ultimately did not, sources previously said.

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Aug 8, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
Michigan's AG calls for special prosecutor in criminal investigation of her Trump-backed challenger & others.

Facts show DePerno was "one of the prime instigators of the conspiracy" to seize & tamper with voting machines, she says.

More w/ @SaraMurray cnn.com/2022/08/08/pol… DePerno spearheaded lawsuit in Antrim County, MI after the 2020 election, which led to a since-debunked report alleging irregularities in Dominion voting systems.

Report was cited by Trump allies in failed legal challenges & mentioned in draft EO's to seize voting machines.
Jul 26, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
News: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin approved the treatment of wounded Ukrainian soldiers at a US military hospital in Germany, according to a memo obtained by CNN and confirmed by two US defense officials. 

A non-Jan 6 scoop w/ @OrenCNN & @barbarastarrcnn. Despite the plan receiving final approval nearly one month ago, the hospital in Germany has not yet received Ukrainian service members for medical care.

An official from US European Command told CNN, “We have not treated any Ukraine troops at Landstuhl.”