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nodynasty4us · 18 days

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From the April 9, 2024 opinion piece:

Special counsel Jack Smith will likely have only one chance before the November election to tell the public the story of Jan. 6, 2021, and Trump’s role in it. That opportunity will occur not in front of a jury of ordinary citizens, but before the nine justices of the Supreme Court on April 25, when they consider whether Trump is absolutely immune from prosecution for his efforts to remain in the office American voters had decided he must surrender.

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Smith should resist the rarefied practice of SCOTUS advocacy and high constitutional theory. He must not allow the justices to draw him into epicycles of arcane hypotheticals: What if a president did this? What if a president did that?

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At every opportunity—in its opening remarks, in its answer to questions, in its entire presentation of the case before the justices—Smith’s team must tell the court and the public the most specific and vivid story it can about what Trump did.

Donald J. Trump wants to make every public event about him. By all means: Let the Supreme Court case United States v. Trump be about him, his knowledge, and his actions leading to the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. And let the public watch it, hear it, and make their own decision in November about whether this is someone who should be returned to the Oval Office.

#donald trump #presidential immunity #election subversion #insurrection #supreme court #jack smith #featured

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dontmeantobepoliticalbut · 9 months

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Forget hush money payments to porn stars hidden as business expenses. Forget showing off classified documents about Iran attack plans to visitors, and then ordering the pool guy to erase the security tapes revealing that he was still holding on to documents that he had promised to return. Forget even corrupt attempts to interfere with election results in Georgia in 2020.

The federal indictment just handed down by special counsel Jack Smith is not only the most important indictment by far of former President Donald Trump. It is perhaps the most important indictment ever handed down to safeguard American democracy and the rule of law in any U.S. court against anyone.

For those who have been closely following Trump’s attempt to subvert the results of the 2020 election, there was little new information contained in the indictment. In straightforward language with mountains of evidence, the 45-page document explains how Trump, acting with six (so far unnamed, but easily recognizable) co-conspirators, engaged in a scheme to repeatedly make false claims that the 2020 election was stolen or rigged, and to use those false claims as a predicate to try to steal the election. The means of election theft were national, not just confined to one state, as in the expected Georgia prosecution. And they were technical—submitting alternative slates of presidential electors to Congress, and arguing that state legislatures had powers under the Constitution and an old federal law, the Electoral Count Act, to ignore the will of the state’s voters.

But Trump’s corrupt intent was clear: He was repeatedly told that the election was not stolen, and he knew that no evidence supported his outrageous claims of ballot tampering. He nonetheless allegedly tried to pressure state legislators, state election officials, Department of Justice officials, and his own vice president to manipulate these arcane, complex election rules to turn himself from an election loser into an election winner. That’s the definition of election subversion.

He’s now charged with a conspiracy to defraud the United States, a conspiracy to willfully deprive citizens the right to vote, a conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, and obstructing that official proceeding. If you’re doing the math, that is four new counts on top of the dozens he faces in the classified documents case in Florida and the hush money case in New York.

So far Trump has not been accountable for these actions to try to steal an American election. Although the House impeached Trump for his efforts soon after they occurred, the Senate did not convict. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, in voting against conviction in the Senate despite undeniable evidence of attempted election subversion by his fellow Republican, pointed to the criminal justice system as the appropriate place to serve up justice. But the wheels of justice have turned very slowly. Reports say that Attorney General Merrick Garland was at first too cautious about pursuing charges against Trump despite Trump’s unprecedented attack on our democracy. Once Garland appointed Jack Smith as a special counsel to handle Trump claims following the release of seemingly irrefutable evidence that Trump broke laws related to the handling of classified documents, the die was cast.

It is hard to overstate the stakes riding on this indictment and prosecution. New polling from the New York Times shows that Trump not only has a commanding lead among those Republicans seeking the party’s presidential nomination in 2024; he remains very competitive in a race against Joe Biden. After nearly a decade of Trump convincing many in the public that all charges against him are politically motivated, he’s virtually inoculated himself against political repercussions for deadly serious criminal counts. He’s miraculously seen a boost in support and fundraising after each indictment (though recent signs are that the indictments are beginning to take a small toll). One should not underestimate the chances that Donald Trump could be elected president in 2024 against Joe Biden—especially if Biden suffers any kind of health setback in the period up to the election—even if Trump is put on trial and convicted of crimes.

A trial is the best chance to educate the American public, as the Jan. 6 House committee hearings did to some extent, about the actions Trump allegedly took to undermine American democracy and the rule of law. Constant publicity from the trial would give the American people in the middle of the election season a close look at the actions Trump took for his own personal benefit while putting lives and the country at risk. It, of course, also serves the goals of justice and of deterring Trump, or any future like-minded would-be authoritarian, from attempting any similar attack on American democracy ever again.

Trump now has two legal strategies he can pursue in fighting these charges, aside from continuing to attack the prosecutions as politically motivated. The first strategy, which he will no doubt pursue, is to run out the clock. It’s going to be tough for this case to go to trial before the next election given that it is much more factually complex than the classified documents or hush money cases. There are potentially hundreds of witnesses and theories of conspiracies that will take much to untangle. Had the indictment come any later, I believe a trial before November 2024 would have been impossible. With D.C. District Judge Tanya Chutkan—a President Barack Obama appointee who has treated previous Jan. 6 cases before her court with expedition and seriousness—apparently in charge of this case, there is still a chance to avoid a case of justice delayed being justice denied.

If Trump can run out the clock before conviction and be reelected, though, he can get rid of Jack Smith and appoint an attorney general who will do his bidding. He could even try to pardon himself from charges if elected in 2024 (a gambit that may or may not be legal). He could then sic his attorney general on political adversaries with prosecutions not grounded in any evidence, something he has repeatedly promised on the campaign trail.

Trump’s other legal strategy is to argue that prosecutors cannot prove the charges. For example, the government will have to prove that Trump not only intended to interfere with Congress’ fair counting of the electoral college votes in 2020 but also that Trump did so “corruptly.” Trump will put his state of mind at issue, arguing that despite all the evidence, he had an honest belief the election was being stolen from him.

He also will likely assert First Amendment defenses. As the indictment itself notes near the beginning, “the Defendant has a right, like every American, to speak publicly about the election and even to claim, falsely, that there had been outcome-determinative fraud during the election and that he had won.” But Trump did not just state the false claims; he allegedly used the false claims to engage in a conspiracy to steal the election. There is no First Amendment right to use speech to subvert an election, any more than there is a First Amendment right to use speech to bribe, threaten, or intimidate.

Putting Trump before a jury, if the case can get that far before the 2024 elections, is not certain to yield a conviction. It carries risks. But as I wrote last year in the New York Times, the risks to our system of government of not prosecuting Donald Trump are greater than the risks of prosecuting him.

It’s not hyperbole to say that the conduct of this prosecution will greatly influence whether the U.S. remains a thriving democracy after 2024.

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commonsensecommentary · 1 year

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Both Trudeau’s Liberals and Biden’s Democrats function as incredibly compliant stooges for the Chinese Communist Party, so you have to wonder if we need an investigation of CCP election meddling here in America as well. Just saying. (Looks like you’ll have to cut & paste the article link regarding Chinese influence being used to help Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau’s re-election)

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-trudeau-looks-like-hes-hiding-something-on-chinas-election-interference

#pierre trudeau #Biden #Democrats #China #election fraud #election integrity #election subversion

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janebdean-blog · 8 months

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“The former president, meanwhile, will turn himself in on Thursday after agreeing to a $200,000 bond.”

I can’t WAIT to see his mugshot! 🤣

#rudy giuliani #sidney powell #jenna ellis #surrender #Georgia #election subversion #donald trump #Apple.news

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dr-archeville · 1 year

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Election Subversion: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) [source]

“With midterm elections approaching, John Oliver discusses what happens after the votes are in, how some elected officials might try to negate legitimate election results, and which teletubby would taste best.” [33 min 4 sec]

#elections #election subversion #politics #2022 Midterm Elections #2020 Election #Last Week Tonight #John Oliver

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idroolinmysleep · 1 year

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The board of supervisors in [Cochise County, Arizona] refuses to certify the county’s midterm-election results. Of course, nothing actually went wrong in Cochise County’s election. Instead, on Monday, the two Republican members of the Cochise County board outvoted its single Democrat to delay certification of the election, missing the deadline. By refusing to complete the process, these two officials chose instead to make a kind of generalized protest against imagined election fraud in Arizona.

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Republicans cleaned house in the county’s results: The GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake and Senate hopeful Blake Masters defeated their Democratic opponents there by 18 and 11 points respectively, even though both lost overall. Still, county GOP leaders wouldn’t take yes for an answer, and they weren’t finished sowing chaos.

Election denial before 2022: The results are automatically invalid if the other side wins.

Election denial in 2022: Even if our side wins, we’ll refuse to play ball anyway and cause enough confusion to stop any election from being fully resolved.

Update: They certified the election results, after a judge told them to do their jobs. But it’s not over — there will be more dirty tricks to come, I’m sure.

#elections #Cochise County #Arizona #election denial #election subversion #election denialism #politics

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fearsomeandwretchedandwrong · 1 year

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#last week tonight with john oliver #election subversion #Youtube

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tomorrowusa · 1 year

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Don’t let anybody tell you that Trump is not on the ballot this year. In fact, Trump’s greasy little fingerprints are on almost every US ballot.

GOP candidates these days don’t get on the ballot without kissing Trump’s ample butt. And a majority of them support The Big Lie regarding the 2020 election.

Giving credit where it’s due, there is a tiny number of Republicans like Brad Raffensperger and Aaron Van Langevelde who choose to observe honesty in elections regardless of Trump’s wishes.

But for the most part, the GOP has crossed the line from voter suppression to election subversion. Electing Trump Republican election subverters this year is the first step on the road to Trump hijacking the 2024 election.

A question we need to ask all our vote slacker friends before the day is over...

“Is the 15 to 20 minutes you save by not voting on Tuesday really worth years and years of creeping fascist dystopia?”

Take John Oliver’s advice: VOTE, and VOTE with enthusiasm.

I Will Vote

#john oliver #election subversion #voter suppression #trump republicans #election 2020 #donald trump #the big lie #the gop #vote slackers #election officials #register and vote #mark kampf #dinesh d'souza the bullshit generator #2000 mules #kari lake #only YOU can prevent fascism #election 2022 #midterm elections

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kp777 · 1 year

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#election subversion #republicans #dinesh d'souza #2000 mules #2020 elections #the big lie #donald trump #republicans cheat

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cediweb · 5 days

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Trump Allies Indicted in Arizona on Charges of Election Subversion

PHOENIX — In a significant development in the ongoing legal battles surrounding the 2020 U.S. presidential election, seven attorneys and aides affiliated with former President Donald Trump’s campaign, along with 11 Arizona Republicans, have been indicted by an Arizona grand jury on felony charges related to alleged efforts to overturn President Joe Biden’s victory in the state. Among those…

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#2020 election #Arizona indictment #election subversion #electoral college #Trump allies

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gwydionmisha · 11 months

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#Bernard Kerik #Donald Trump #Mark Meadows #Election Subversion #News

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nodynasty4us · 4 months

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This is part of Trump’s claim that he has presidential immunity against the federal election subversion charges.

From the January 3, 2024 article:

Tucked into Trump’s latest legal brief in his appeal for presidential immunity in his federal Jan. 6 case is a remarkable citation. His attorneys refer to a social media post from Trump the same day of the filing — Tuesday — which links to a report from an unnamed source running down various voter-fraud claims.

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The report goes on to cite multiple accounts of alleged fraud that don’t appear to be publicly available.

It cites seven chapters from an apparently voluminous “Report on Widespread Fraud in the Georgia 2020 Presidential Election.” No author or link is provided, nor does a report with such a title appear in a Google search. It also cites claims in 2023 from a woman named Kim P. Brooks, featuring titles that Google doesn’t recognize. Ditto a report from a man named Joseph Rossi called “Risk Limiting Audit Spreadsheet Analysis.”

No links are provided to the claims or documents. A Trump campaign spokesman didn’t respond to a request for the documentation.

Citations to documents and authors that can’t be found anywhere? Could it be that Trump’s attorneys are using AI to write their briefs?

#donald trump #election subversion #big lie #featured #what i think

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mysticdragon3md3 · 1 year

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