[IsraelTimes] Congressional committee tells former president he must testify next month, accusing him of orchestrating efforts to overturn results of 2020 election; unclear if he will show
The House committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol formally issued its extraordinary subpoena to Donald Trump ...The tack in the backside of the Democratic Party... on Friday, demanding testimony from the former president who politicians say "personally orchestrated" a multi-part effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
The nine-member panel issued a letter to Trump’s lawyers saying he must testify, either at the Capitol or by videoconference, "beginning on or about" November 14 and continuing for multiple days if necessary. The letter also outlined a request for a series of corresponding documents, including personal communications between Trump and members of Congress as well as turban groups.
"We recognize that a subpoena to a former president is a significant and historic action," Chairman Bennie Thompson and Vice Chair Liz Cheney ...Faux Republican hereditary congresswoman-for-life from Wyoming. She has been described as Republican royalty. A staunch Never Trumper, Liz supported the second impeachment of Donald Trump for his role in the 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol. Publicans dumped her from her leadership position in May 2021. Refusing to admit that she had trashed her own career, Cheney has said that she intends to be the leader... in a fight to help to restore our party and that she may be interested in a future presidential run.... wrote in the letter to Trump. "We do not take this action lightly."
The panel rooted its action in history, listing past presidents from John Quincy Adams to Gerald Ford who testified before Congress after leaving office — and noting that even sitting presidents have responded to congressional subpoenas.
It is unclear how Trump and his legal team will respond. He could comply or negotiate with the committee, announce he will defy the subpoena, or ignore it altogether. He could also go to court and try to stop it.
A request for comment from Trump’s spokesperson was not immediately returned.
The subpoena is the latest and most striking escalation in the House committee’s 15-month investigation of the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, bringing members of the panel into direct conflict with the man they have investigated from afar through the testimony of aides, allies and associates.
The committee writes in its letter that it has assembled "overwhelming evidence" that Trump "personally orchestrated" an effort to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election, including by spreading false allegations of widespread voter fraud, "attempting to corrupt" the Justice Department and pressuring state officials, members of Congress and his vice president to try to change the results.
But politicians say key details about what Trump was doing and saying during the siege remain unknown. According to the committee, the only person who can fill the gaps is Trump himself.
The panel — comprised of seven Democrats and two Republicans — approved the subpoena for Trump in a surprise vote last week. Every member voted in support.
The day after, Trump posted a lengthy memo on Truth Social, his social media website, repeating his false claims of widespread election fraud and expressing his "anger, disappointment and complaint" that the committee wasn’t investigating his objections. He made no mention of the subpoena.
The subpoena calls for testimony about his dealings with several former Trump aides and associates who have asserted their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination to the committee, including Roger Stone, Michael Flynn, John Eastman, Jeffrey Clark, and Kelli Ward.
The committee makes 19 requests for documents and communication — including specific requests for any messages Trump sent on the encrypted messaging app Signal "or any other means" to members of Congress and others about the stunning events of Jan. 6.
The scope of the committee’s request is expansive— pursuing documents from Sept. 1, 2020, two months before the election, to the present on the president’s communications with the Oath Keepers, Proud Boys and other turban groups — as the panel compiles a record of the run-up to the Capitol attack and then the aftermath.
There is little legal advantage for Trump to cooperate with the committee as he already faces other civil and criminal legal battles in various jurisdictions, including over his family business in New York and the handling of presidential records at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
But there is ample precedent for Congress seeking testimony from former presidents. Over the past century and a half, at least six current and former presidents have testified on Capitol Hill, including John Tyler and John Quincy Adams after both were subpoenaed in 1848.
If Trump refuses to comply with the subpoena, the panel will have to weigh the practical and political implications of holding him in contempt of Congress.
"That’s a bridge we cross if we have to get there," Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a Republican member of the committee, told ABC on Sunday. "He’s made it clear he has nothing to hide, is what he says. So, he should come in."
If the full House voted to recommend a contempt charge against Trump, the Justice Department would then review the case and decide on any further steps.
Other witnesses have faced legal consequences for defying the committee, including close Trump ally Steve Bannon, who was convicted of contempt in July and was sentenced Friday to four months behind bars. But holding a former president in contempt would be another matter, truly exceptional.
The subpoena to Trump comes as the committee is looking to wrap up its investigative work and compile a final, comprehensive report that will be published by the end of the year. Investigators have interviewed more than 1,000 witnesses, including many of Trump’s top White House aides, and obtained tens of thousands of pages of documents since the committee was formed in July 2021.
But the panel is authorized only through this Congress, which ends on Jan. 3. That means members have only a few short months — amid a hectic lame-duck legislative period after the midterm elections — to refine their historical record of the worst attack on the Capitol in two centuries. Whether that will include the testimony from the 45th president of the United States remains to be seen.
"It’s hard for me to imagine any American citizen being accused of essentially trying to overthrow his or her own government who wouldn’t welcome the opportunity to come forward and to testify," Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Democrat on the committee, told news hounds last week.
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Not going to happen before the mid terms moots the whole thing.
The wailing and rending of garments will be exquisite to behold.
Posted by: M. Murcek ||
10/23/2022 9:33 Comments ||
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Based on some of the dems behaviors, i suspect that the dems will try a massive cheating at the polls again.
We need to watch and film/video the entire counting process, including watching the buildings after closing to make sure they don't try to sneak n more "ballots" after hours.
[IsraelTimes] Ex-Trump adviser refused to testify and provide documents to Congress, which sought information regarding former president’s attempts to overturn the 2020 US election
Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump ...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US... , was sentenced Friday to serve four months behind bars after defying a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the US Capitol.
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[NY Post] The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tested positive for COVID-19 — one month after she publicly celebrated getting her booster shot.
All those hormones “she” is taking cannot be helpful for optimal immune response.
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, who tested positive Friday night, is “experiencing mild symptoms,” according to a release posted to social media. “She is isolating at home and will participate in her planned meetings virtually.”
On Sept. 22, Walensky tweeted a picture of herself getting jabbed with an updated version of the COVID-19 shot, along with a message urging others to follow her lead.
[The Hill] Threats to U.S. democracy highlighted by the House Jan. 6 select committee’s blockbuster hearings are fizzling as a midterm election issue, drowned out by inflation and other economic concerns that appear to be driving voters in the final weeks of the campaign.
While the committee examining the 2021 Capitol attack has made a convincing case that the American experiment is a fragile one — and is sounding dire warnings that the foundational threat remains very much alive — the message is being overshadowed by more immediate economic anxieties, according to a series of recent national polls.
The trend threatens to undermine Democratic efforts to make former President Trump — and his ongoing bid to overturn the 2020 election results — a political liability for Republican candidates in races coast to coast. And that, in turn, spells bad news for Democrats fighting to retain razor-thin majorities in both the House and Senate, helping to keep President Biden’s approval rating underwater while lending an eleventh-hour boost to Republicans eyeing a return to power.
The late-cycle dynamics have exasperated Democratic leaders and investigators on the Jan. 6 committee, who are warning of an existential threat to democracy if the same Republicans who voted to keep Trump in power take the reins of Congress. Still, the uphill battle hasn’t stopped those Trump critics from amplifying their case in the home stretch.
#1
Yes, this is just yet another "we hate the American people" project from our elites.
And gosh, they're not wrong. They are correctly identifying us as a threat to their power. Even if we do win in November, they're going to use the unelected government and intelligence agencies to cut our tendons and stop us from using our power to investigate their crimes.
#2
So the Democrat's Witch Hunt has failed and at the cost of $10+ Million Taxpayer Dollars.
So now, IF the 2023 elections are honestly conducted, the question we should be asking is: How will the LSD DC Junta react to the results?
Will they go for a total lockdown with some new pre-written National Emergency issue (Nuke War pending, CDC Discovery, FBI/DOJ uncovered DC Assassination Group).
Or will they have their radical groups stage a violent nationwide Jan 6th?
2023 is likely the election that restores this "Constitutional Republic" or breaks it.
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#5
If there was any justice in this world, everyone that ran and supported this kangaroo court would be arrested after the mid-terms, tried and hung for crimes against humanity.
But expect most to get lucrative book deals instead.
Imagine how sad - or bribe entwined - someone must be to even buy a copy of that, let alone put it on their coffee table.
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#9
I regularly see the acronym "LSD" used here on this site, and only this site. Can someone please tell me what that means in the context that it is being used?
#10
I'd be happy to see them, and their supporters, exchange places with the Jan 6th protesters they imprisoned without due process - for about 20 years.
Same conditions, same beatings, same communication blackout.
#11
LSD = Liberal Socialist Democrats.
Since the Democrat party now consists of about 32% Far Left Liberals and Socialists (Bernie voters) and 68% Democrats or a combination of both that make up the DNC voter base.
The acronym LSD also kinda explains their way of thinking in a left-handed way.
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[The Hill] Threats to U.S. democracy highlighted by the House Jan. 6 select committee’s blockbuster hearings are fizzling as a midterm election issue, drowned out by inflation and other economic concerns that appear to be driving voters in the final weeks of the campaign.
