45th President of the United States, Donald Trump (Vol. 12)
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Byker28i said:
Ex girlfriends seem to be the Feds best informers. How many rioters now have been turned in by them - lots...
A Capitol rioter texted his ex during the insurrection to call her a ‘moron,’ feds say. She turned him in.
Standing on the Capitol steps on Jan. 6, Richard Michetti allegedly took a break from the rioting to argue with his ex-girlfriend over text message. After sending photos and videos of the mob and boasting how he had avoided tear gas, Michetti parroted Donald Trump’s false claims of election fraud.
“If you can’t see the election was stolen you’re a moron,” Michetti wrote in a text to the woman, according to court documents.
The next day, the woman he had insulted promptly told the FBI that her ex was at the Capitol, handing over to law enforcement the string of texts, photos and videos he had sent to her.
Michetti, who lives in Ridley Park, Pa., has now been charged with knowingly entering a restricted building, violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, and obstruction of Congress. If convicted, Michetti, who was arraigned Tuesday in federal court in Philadelphia, faces up to 20 years in prison, reported the Philadelphia Inquirer.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/02/25/c...
That's GOT to be satisfying. Moron is it? We'll see!A Capitol rioter texted his ex during the insurrection to call her a ‘moron,’ feds say. She turned him in.
Standing on the Capitol steps on Jan. 6, Richard Michetti allegedly took a break from the rioting to argue with his ex-girlfriend over text message. After sending photos and videos of the mob and boasting how he had avoided tear gas, Michetti parroted Donald Trump’s false claims of election fraud.
“If you can’t see the election was stolen you’re a moron,” Michetti wrote in a text to the woman, according to court documents.
The next day, the woman he had insulted promptly told the FBI that her ex was at the Capitol, handing over to law enforcement the string of texts, photos and videos he had sent to her.
Michetti, who lives in Ridley Park, Pa., has now been charged with knowingly entering a restricted building, violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, and obstruction of Congress. If convicted, Michetti, who was arraigned Tuesday in federal court in Philadelphia, faces up to 20 years in prison, reported the Philadelphia Inquirer.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/02/25/c...
A pickup truck parked at the United States Capitol and bearing a Three Percenter militia sticker on the day of the Jan. 6 riot belongs to the husband of freshman U.S. Rep. Mary Miller of Illinois, who approvingly quoted Adolf Hitler a day earlier.
Researchers on Twitter first noticed the Ford pickup truck with the far-right militia’s decal parked on the Capitol grounds in footage posted to social media and taken by CBS News.
The presence of a vehicle with a militia decal so close to the Capitol, inaccessible to normal vehicle traffic, raised questions about how it got there—and whether it belonged to any of the hundreds of suspects involved in the deadly riot.
But in an email to The Daily Beast, Chris Miller, Rep. Miller’s husband and a member of the Illinois House of Representatives, conceded the truck belonged to him even as he pleaded ignorance about the militia group.
“Army friend gave me decal. Thought it was a cool decal. Took it off because of negative pub,” Miller wrote in an email late Thursday. He says he “never was member” of the militia and “didn’t know anything about 3% till fake news started this fake story and read about them.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/rep-mary-millers-hus...
Never knew them...
Researchers on Twitter first noticed the Ford pickup truck with the far-right militia’s decal parked on the Capitol grounds in footage posted to social media and taken by CBS News.
The presence of a vehicle with a militia decal so close to the Capitol, inaccessible to normal vehicle traffic, raised questions about how it got there—and whether it belonged to any of the hundreds of suspects involved in the deadly riot.
But in an email to The Daily Beast, Chris Miller, Rep. Miller’s husband and a member of the Illinois House of Representatives, conceded the truck belonged to him even as he pleaded ignorance about the militia group.
“Army friend gave me decal. Thought it was a cool decal. Took it off because of negative pub,” Miller wrote in an email late Thursday. He says he “never was member” of the militia and “didn’t know anything about 3% till fake news started this fake story and read about them.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/rep-mary-millers-hus...
Never knew them...
The FBI yesterday post a further wanted poster for foreign individuals who interfered in the 2016 election
These individuals are wanted by #FBI for their alleged involvement in conspiracy to defraud US by impairing, obstructing & defeating the lawful functions of FEC, DOJ & Dept of State. This occurred from early 2014 to February of 2018.
These individuals allegedly took actions to reach significant numbers of Americans for the purposes of interfering w/ US political system, includ. the 2016 Presidential Election. On Feb 16, 2018, federal arrest warrants were issued & ppl charged w/ conspiracy to defraud US.
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/counterintelligence/201...
Additionally, Konstantin Viktorovich Kilimnik is also wanted by the #FBI for obstruction of justice & engaging in a conspiracy to obstruct justice btwn Feb 2018 & April 2018.
A 2018 indictment alleges that he knowingly & intentionally attempted to corruptly persuade someone, w/ intent to influence, delay & prevent testimony in official proceeding. Kilimnik worked & served as a liaison to Ukrainian & Russian politicians & businessmen.
In June 2018, a federal arrest warrant was issued for Kilimnik after he was charged with obstruction of justice & conspiracy to obstruct justice. #FBI is offering a reward of up to $250,000 for info leading to the arrest of Kilimnik.
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/counterintelligence/kon...
Remember Kilimnik was Mannaforts contact into russia, Mannafort gave Kilimnik all the trumps campaign polling data, voters information that was used to target voters with disinformation
Why now, were they stopped from doing so before?
These individuals are wanted by #FBI for their alleged involvement in conspiracy to defraud US by impairing, obstructing & defeating the lawful functions of FEC, DOJ & Dept of State. This occurred from early 2014 to February of 2018.
These individuals allegedly took actions to reach significant numbers of Americans for the purposes of interfering w/ US political system, includ. the 2016 Presidential Election. On Feb 16, 2018, federal arrest warrants were issued & ppl charged w/ conspiracy to defraud US.
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/counterintelligence/201...
Additionally, Konstantin Viktorovich Kilimnik is also wanted by the #FBI for obstruction of justice & engaging in a conspiracy to obstruct justice btwn Feb 2018 & April 2018.
A 2018 indictment alleges that he knowingly & intentionally attempted to corruptly persuade someone, w/ intent to influence, delay & prevent testimony in official proceeding. Kilimnik worked & served as a liaison to Ukrainian & Russian politicians & businessmen.
In June 2018, a federal arrest warrant was issued for Kilimnik after he was charged with obstruction of justice & conspiracy to obstruct justice. #FBI is offering a reward of up to $250,000 for info leading to the arrest of Kilimnik.
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/counterintelligence/kon...
Remember Kilimnik was Mannaforts contact into russia, Mannafort gave Kilimnik all the trumps campaign polling data, voters information that was used to target voters with disinformation
Why now, were they stopped from doing so before?
SDNY wants Steve Bannon’s indictment to remain active, even if Bannon himself is ‘administratively terminated’ from the case against him because of his pardon.
https://beta.documentcloud.org/documents/20492296-...
https://beta.documentcloud.org/documents/20492296-...
Byker28i said:
Not a good day for donald junior - no wonder he's been losing it lately, probably wondering when the arrest will come.
Donald Trump Jr. was deposed as part of the Washington, DC, attorney general's lawsuit alleging the misuse of Trump inaugural funds, according to a new court filing, the latest investigation in which the former President's children have surfaced.
In a court document dated Tuesday, DC Attorney General Karl Racine's office revealed the former President's son was deposed on February 11.
The filing states that Trump's deposition "raised further questions about the nature" of a hotel invoice Racine's office has been investigating. The attorney general's office alleges that the Trump Organization signed a contract with the Loews Madison hotel for $49,358.92 for a block of rooms during the 2017 inauguration, and that the invoice was later forwarded to the Presidential Inaugural Committee, which then paid the bill, according to the filing.
Trump Jr. and his brother Eric Trump, executive vice presidents of the Trump Organization who run the real estate company on a day-to-day basis, have increasingly surfaced in investigations as authorities' interest turns to properties the former President's sons are involved in.
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/24/politics/donald...
As always, trump has fall guys willing to do his dirty work, even his kids
I had time to read the court filing last night, in it it says that state that donald jnr testimony raised even more questions about the inaugural scandal. It seems like daddy, he talks too much. It also explains the weird out of control video he posted in front of his wall of guns attacking teachers. It came just after he learnt of this.Donald Trump Jr. was deposed as part of the Washington, DC, attorney general's lawsuit alleging the misuse of Trump inaugural funds, according to a new court filing, the latest investigation in which the former President's children have surfaced.
In a court document dated Tuesday, DC Attorney General Karl Racine's office revealed the former President's son was deposed on February 11.
The filing states that Trump's deposition "raised further questions about the nature" of a hotel invoice Racine's office has been investigating. The attorney general's office alleges that the Trump Organization signed a contract with the Loews Madison hotel for $49,358.92 for a block of rooms during the 2017 inauguration, and that the invoice was later forwarded to the Presidential Inaugural Committee, which then paid the bill, according to the filing.
Trump Jr. and his brother Eric Trump, executive vice presidents of the Trump Organization who run the real estate company on a day-to-day basis, have increasingly surfaced in investigations as authorities' interest turns to properties the former President's sons are involved in.
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/24/politics/donald...
As always, trump has fall guys willing to do his dirty work, even his kids
wc98 said:
silentbrown said:
Byker28i said:
What will take longer is going line by line through Trump’s tax returns, looking for suspicious numbers that jump out and point to additional potential crimes that prosecutors don’t already know about. Investigating those new crimes could take some time.
How far can the go with that? If they find something that's related to a crime in another state, I assume they can't either prosecute it in NY or send the returns out of state?We know from Cohens testimony that trump massively deflated the values for tax purposes, then massively increased values to get loans against them. Remember this is what Mannafort was sent to jail for, had to forfeit $42m etc. We also know from Cohen that trump committed insurance fraud at least twice, we know trump has a sealed indictment for campaign fraud, illegal payments as individual #1, that Cohen was convicted for.
Insurance fraud, tax fraud, income tax fraud, unwarranted accelerated tax write-offs, corporate liability and personal liability, not to mention the loans being called in, banks refusing to do business.... it's all starting to look worrying for the trumps.
Great to hear Mitch McConnell being as "consistent" as ever. In a Fox News interview yesterday : 1) the events of Jan 6th were just a fading and somewhat irrelevant memory 2) rest assured the Republican Party is in great shape and 3) he would "absolutely support" Trump as nominee for 2024.
If Mitch was the Northern side of the Stelvio pass I reckon we'd have negotiated about half of the 48 hairpins by now. High above us on the summit Lindsey Graham astride his well-oiled Harley would be waving enthusiastically at us...
If Mitch was the Northern side of the Stelvio pass I reckon we'd have negotiated about half of the 48 hairpins by now. High above us on the summit Lindsey Graham astride his well-oiled Harley would be waving enthusiastically at us...
Edited by moffspeed on Friday 26th February 09:01
paulguitar said:
I think it is probably a lot to do with the fact that the Republican party is anti-abortion, and trump has said so is he, despite having probably paid for several himself.
We know Elliot Broidy paid for one, claimed by former Playboy model Shera Bechard that he coerced her into having an abortion after getting her pregnant. All handled by Cohen as trumps 'fixer'.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-07...
There was speculation that this was indeed for trump, remember he used the pseudonym David Dennison in his legal docs with Stormy, also the name used in paying off Bechard, and that only the first of 8 payments of $200,000 was paid for her silence...
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/05/more-evide...
This of course was all in the docs that was seized when Cohens office was raided. We may find out more about that when trump is charged, more illegal campaign payments to women for their silence...
Byker28i said:
The records include financial statements, working papers, engagement letters, preparation and review papers, financial statements cover past financial positions as well as current valuations. The property taxes are supposed to cover past valuations. Loan agreements may cover past and current situations, and address future expectations.
We know from Cohens testimony that trump massively deflated the values for tax purposes, then massively increased values to get loans against them. Remember this is what Mannafort was sent to jail for, had to forfeit $42m etc. We also know from Cohen that trump committed insurance fraud at least twice, we know trump has a sealed indictment for campaign fraud, illegal payments as individual #1, that Cohen was convicted for.
Insurance fraud, tax fraud, income tax fraud, unwarranted accelerated tax write-offs, corporate liability and personal liability, not to mention the loans being called in, banks refusing to do business.... it's all starting to look worrying for the trumps.
In the interests of slight balance (and in the face of all likelihood!) we know that Cohen has claimed Trump adjusted valuations in a way that would benefit him... It’s not yet been proven, has it?We know from Cohens testimony that trump massively deflated the values for tax purposes, then massively increased values to get loans against them. Remember this is what Mannafort was sent to jail for, had to forfeit $42m etc. We also know from Cohen that trump committed insurance fraud at least twice, we know trump has a sealed indictment for campaign fraud, illegal payments as individual #1, that Cohen was convicted for.
Insurance fraud, tax fraud, income tax fraud, unwarranted accelerated tax write-offs, corporate liability and personal liability, not to mention the loans being called in, banks refusing to do business.... it's all starting to look worrying for the trumps.
I assume the proof will come alongside a criminal trial...
moffspeed said:
Great to hear Mitch McConnell being as "consistent" as ever. In a Fox News interview yesterday : 1) the events of Jan 6th were just a fading and somewhat irrelevant memory 2) rest assured the Republican Party is in great shape and 3) he would "absolutely support" Trump as nominee for 2024.
If Mitch was the Northern side of the Stelvio pass I reckon we'd have negotiated about half of the 48 hairpins by now.
McConnell also said previously that trump is highly likely to be criminally prosecuted. It's pretty nailed on for loan fraud, insurance fraud and tax evasion, based on the testimony of Cohen, even before getting to the criminal case he faces in Georgia for election tampering.If Mitch was the Northern side of the Stelvio pass I reckon we'd have negotiated about half of the 48 hairpins by now.
McConnell knows there will be plenty of Republican presidential candidates in 2024, and strongly suspects trump won’t be one of them because he'll be in jail, or otherwise disposed. McConnell knew he was answering a hypothetical that was never going to happen, so it cost him nothing to give that answer. It placates trump’s base for now, and he knows he’ll never have to answer for it by the time 2024 rolls around.
McConnell is corrupt, but he’s a savvy political person. He knows how to successfully play both sides, play the game, provided it benefits him.
DanL said:
In the interests of slight balance (and in the face of all likelihood!) we know that Cohen has claimed Trump adjusted valuations in a way that would benefit him... It’s not yet been proven, has it?
I assume the proof will come alongside a criminal trial...
Cohen testified that he had provided documents as proof, when he was trying to get his sentence reduced... Whether he provided documents or they were seized...I assume the proof will come alongside a criminal trial...
Meanwhile, trump has realised his best or only form of income is to continue to fleece the faithful?
President Donald Trump told political advisers Thursday that he’s chosen longtime ally Corey Lewandowski to run a yet-to-be-formed super PAC as part of his expanding post-presidential political apparatus, according to multiple people familiar with the discussion.
The decision was made in a multi-hour meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate on Thursday. Trump gathered his top political lieutenants, including Donald Trump Jr., former campaign manager Bill Stepien, former deputy campaign manager Justin Clark, former campaign manager Brad Parscale, former White House social media director Dan Scavino and senior adviser Jason Miller. Alex Cannon, an attorney who has been advising the Trump team on the post-White House plans, was also present.
Lewandowski, himself a former campaign manager for Trump in 2016, did not respond to requests for comment. In a statement, Trump spokesman Jason Miller said the former president will announce more details about his political operation "in the coming weeks."
“MAGA supporters and candidates supporting President Trump’s America First agenda are going to be impressed with the political operation being built out here," Miller said. "We expect formal announcements of the full team in the coming weeks, which will include some very talented operatives not yet named."
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/25/trump-sup...
President Donald Trump told political advisers Thursday that he’s chosen longtime ally Corey Lewandowski to run a yet-to-be-formed super PAC as part of his expanding post-presidential political apparatus, according to multiple people familiar with the discussion.
The decision was made in a multi-hour meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate on Thursday. Trump gathered his top political lieutenants, including Donald Trump Jr., former campaign manager Bill Stepien, former deputy campaign manager Justin Clark, former campaign manager Brad Parscale, former White House social media director Dan Scavino and senior adviser Jason Miller. Alex Cannon, an attorney who has been advising the Trump team on the post-White House plans, was also present.
Lewandowski, himself a former campaign manager for Trump in 2016, did not respond to requests for comment. In a statement, Trump spokesman Jason Miller said the former president will announce more details about his political operation "in the coming weeks."
“MAGA supporters and candidates supporting President Trump’s America First agenda are going to be impressed with the political operation being built out here," Miller said. "We expect formal announcements of the full team in the coming weeks, which will include some very talented operatives not yet named."
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/25/trump-sup...
Byker28i said:
I had time to read the court filing last night, in it it says that state that donald jnr testimony raised even more questions about the inaugural scandal. It seems like daddy, he talks too much. It also explains the weird out of control video he posted in front of his wall of guns attacking teachers. It came just after he learnt of this.
I was involved in a commercial arbitration hearing a few years ago and my company invested in training ahead of the event. The key bit of instruction was to make sure you understand the question and then answer it accurately, as briefly as possible and then STOP. Elaboration in such circumstances can be disastrous (as one of my colleagues discovered, but that's another story 
)Byker28i said:
The FBI yesterday post a further wanted poster for foreign individuals who interfered in the 2016 election
These individuals are wanted by #FBI for their alleged involvement in conspiracy to defraud US by impairing, obstructing & defeating the lawful functions of FEC, DOJ & Dept of State. This occurred from early 2014 to February of 2018.
These individuals allegedly took actions to reach significant numbers of Americans for the purposes of interfering w/ US political system, includ. the 2016 Presidential Election. On Feb 16, 2018, federal arrest warrants were issued & ppl charged w/ conspiracy to defraud US.
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/counterintelligence/201...
Additionally, Konstantin Viktorovich Kilimnik is also wanted by the #FBI for obstruction of justice & engaging in a conspiracy to obstruct justice btwn Feb 2018 & April 2018.
A 2018 indictment alleges that he knowingly & intentionally attempted to corruptly persuade someone, w/ intent to influence, delay & prevent testimony in official proceeding. Kilimnik worked & served as a liaison to Ukrainian & Russian politicians & businessmen.
In June 2018, a federal arrest warrant was issued for Kilimnik after he was charged with obstruction of justice & conspiracy to obstruct justice. #FBI is offering a reward of up to $250,000 for info leading to the arrest of Kilimnik.
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/counterintelligence/kon...
Remember Kilimnik was Mannaforts contact into russia, Mannafort gave Kilimnik all the trumps campaign polling data, voters information that was used to target voters with disinformation
Why now, were they stopped from doing so before?
A bipartisan Senate report flat-out declared Kilimnik to be an intelligence officer. trumos campaign chairman regularly met with a Russian spy and secretly passed polling data to him.These individuals are wanted by #FBI for their alleged involvement in conspiracy to defraud US by impairing, obstructing & defeating the lawful functions of FEC, DOJ & Dept of State. This occurred from early 2014 to February of 2018.
These individuals allegedly took actions to reach significant numbers of Americans for the purposes of interfering w/ US political system, includ. the 2016 Presidential Election. On Feb 16, 2018, federal arrest warrants were issued & ppl charged w/ conspiracy to defraud US.
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/counterintelligence/201...
Additionally, Konstantin Viktorovich Kilimnik is also wanted by the #FBI for obstruction of justice & engaging in a conspiracy to obstruct justice btwn Feb 2018 & April 2018.
A 2018 indictment alleges that he knowingly & intentionally attempted to corruptly persuade someone, w/ intent to influence, delay & prevent testimony in official proceeding. Kilimnik worked & served as a liaison to Ukrainian & Russian politicians & businessmen.
In June 2018, a federal arrest warrant was issued for Kilimnik after he was charged with obstruction of justice & conspiracy to obstruct justice. #FBI is offering a reward of up to $250,000 for info leading to the arrest of Kilimnik.
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/counterintelligence/kon...
Remember Kilimnik was Mannaforts contact into russia, Mannafort gave Kilimnik all the trumps campaign polling data, voters information that was used to target voters with disinformation
Why now, were they stopped from doing so before?
Interesting that also mentions Deripaska, who trump later lifted sanctions on...
Remember also the claim that Mannafort picked Pence as VP
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/do-we-remembe...
Edited by Byker28i on Friday 26th February 09:20
Byker28i said:
The cost of the Capitol insurrection incited by Trump and Republicans: $30,000,000.
The top operations and maintenance official of the United States Capitol told lawmakers on Wednesday that the costs of the Jan. 6 attack will exceed $30 million, as his office works to provide mental health services, increase security and repair historical statues and other art damaged in the riot.
“The events of Jan. 6 were difficult for the American people, and extremely hard for all of us on campus to witness,” J. Brett Blanton, the architect of the Capitol, testified as he and other top officials gave their first extensive look at the damage inflicted on the House’s fine art collection and the strain on congressional employees from the assault.
Speaking to the House Appropriations Committee, where lawmakers are considering an emergency bill to cover the costs of the most violent attack on the Capitol in two centuries, Mr. Blanton described how his staff sheltered congressional aides as “the crowd began crashing through windows and prying open doors.”
As staff members huddled inside, the inauguration platform they had been diligently assembling was wrecked: sound systems and photo equipment irreparably damaged or stolen, two lanterns designed and built by the eminent landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted in the late 19th century ripped from the ground, and blue paint tracked all over the stone balustrades and into the hallways. Inside, busts of former speakers of the House and a Chippewa statesman, a statue of Thomas Jefferson and paintings of James Madison and John Quincy Adams were coated in fire extinguisher and other chemicals, including yellow dye that could stain.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/24/us/politics/cap...
These are the people half the GOP are wanting as supporters, who believed trump would invoke some power to stay as their king
Yeah that's fair enough but for balance and proportionately how much do you think it cost all those cities on fire when the BLM opportunists all took to the streets, burning, looting and wrecking everything they could put their hands on.The top operations and maintenance official of the United States Capitol told lawmakers on Wednesday that the costs of the Jan. 6 attack will exceed $30 million, as his office works to provide mental health services, increase security and repair historical statues and other art damaged in the riot.
“The events of Jan. 6 were difficult for the American people, and extremely hard for all of us on campus to witness,” J. Brett Blanton, the architect of the Capitol, testified as he and other top officials gave their first extensive look at the damage inflicted on the House’s fine art collection and the strain on congressional employees from the assault.
Speaking to the House Appropriations Committee, where lawmakers are considering an emergency bill to cover the costs of the most violent attack on the Capitol in two centuries, Mr. Blanton described how his staff sheltered congressional aides as “the crowd began crashing through windows and prying open doors.”
As staff members huddled inside, the inauguration platform they had been diligently assembling was wrecked: sound systems and photo equipment irreparably damaged or stolen, two lanterns designed and built by the eminent landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted in the late 19th century ripped from the ground, and blue paint tracked all over the stone balustrades and into the hallways. Inside, busts of former speakers of the House and a Chippewa statesman, a statue of Thomas Jefferson and paintings of James Madison and John Quincy Adams were coated in fire extinguisher and other chemicals, including yellow dye that could stain.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/24/us/politics/cap...
These are the people half the GOP are wanting as supporters, who believed trump would invoke some power to stay as their king
Not saying two wrongs make a right but, it's a bit delusional to do the Republicans bad Democrats good narrative, and I'm seeing very little of anyone condemning the Democratic cities issues or the fact that very little seemed to be done by the Democrat governors to stop it.
techguyone said:
Byker28i said:
The cost of the Capitol insurrection incited by Trump and Republicans: $30,000,000.
The top operations and maintenance official of the United States Capitol told lawmakers on Wednesday that the costs of the Jan. 6 attack will exceed $30 million, as his office works to provide mental health services, increase security and repair historical statues and other art damaged in the riot.
“The events of Jan. 6 were difficult for the American people, and extremely hard for all of us on campus to witness,” J. Brett Blanton, the architect of the Capitol, testified as he and other top officials gave their first extensive look at the damage inflicted on the House’s fine art collection and the strain on congressional employees from the assault.
Speaking to the House Appropriations Committee, where lawmakers are considering an emergency bill to cover the costs of the most violent attack on the Capitol in two centuries, Mr. Blanton described how his staff sheltered congressional aides as “the crowd began crashing through windows and prying open doors.”
As staff members huddled inside, the inauguration platform they had been diligently assembling was wrecked: sound systems and photo equipment irreparably damaged or stolen, two lanterns designed and built by the eminent landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted in the late 19th century ripped from the ground, and blue paint tracked all over the stone balustrades and into the hallways. Inside, busts of former speakers of the House and a Chippewa statesman, a statue of Thomas Jefferson and paintings of James Madison and John Quincy Adams were coated in fire extinguisher and other chemicals, including yellow dye that could stain.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/24/us/politics/cap...
These are the people half the GOP are wanting as supporters, who believed trump would invoke some power to stay as their king
Yeah that's fair enough but for balance and proportionately how much do you think it cost all those cities on fire when the BLM opportunists all took to the streets, burning, looting and wrecking everything they could put their hands on.The top operations and maintenance official of the United States Capitol told lawmakers on Wednesday that the costs of the Jan. 6 attack will exceed $30 million, as his office works to provide mental health services, increase security and repair historical statues and other art damaged in the riot.
“The events of Jan. 6 were difficult for the American people, and extremely hard for all of us on campus to witness,” J. Brett Blanton, the architect of the Capitol, testified as he and other top officials gave their first extensive look at the damage inflicted on the House’s fine art collection and the strain on congressional employees from the assault.
Speaking to the House Appropriations Committee, where lawmakers are considering an emergency bill to cover the costs of the most violent attack on the Capitol in two centuries, Mr. Blanton described how his staff sheltered congressional aides as “the crowd began crashing through windows and prying open doors.”
As staff members huddled inside, the inauguration platform they had been diligently assembling was wrecked: sound systems and photo equipment irreparably damaged or stolen, two lanterns designed and built by the eminent landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted in the late 19th century ripped from the ground, and blue paint tracked all over the stone balustrades and into the hallways. Inside, busts of former speakers of the House and a Chippewa statesman, a statue of Thomas Jefferson and paintings of James Madison and John Quincy Adams were coated in fire extinguisher and other chemicals, including yellow dye that could stain.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/24/us/politics/cap...
These are the people half the GOP are wanting as supporters, who believed trump would invoke some power to stay as their king
Not saying two wrongs make a right but, it's a bit delusional to do the Republicans bad Democrats good narrative, and I'm seeing very little of anyone condemning the Democratic cities issues or the fact that very little seemed to be done by the Democrat governors to stop it.
techguyone said:
Yeah that's fair enough but for balance and proportionately how much do you think it cost all those cities on fire when the BLM opportunists all took to the streets, burning, looting and wrecking everything they could put their hands on.
Not saying two wrongs make a right but, it's a bit delusional to do the Republicans bad Democrats good narrative, and I'm seeing very little of anyone condemning the Democratic cities issues or the fact that very little seemed to be done by the Democrat governors to stop it.
You're seriously comparing protests against racism to an attempt to overthrow a legitimate government because their guy (cheated and then) lost?Not saying two wrongs make a right but, it's a bit delusional to do the Republicans bad Democrats good narrative, and I'm seeing very little of anyone condemning the Democratic cities issues or the fact that very little seemed to be done by the Democrat governors to stop it.
You need to give your head a wobble.
Byker28i said:
A pickup truck parked at the United States Capitol and bearing a Three Percenter militia sticker on the day of the Jan. 6 riot belongs to the husband of freshman U.S. Rep. Mary Miller of Illinois, who approvingly quoted Adolf Hitler a day earlier.
Researchers on Twitter first noticed the Ford pickup truck with the far-right militia’s decal parked on the Capitol grounds in footage posted to social media and taken by CBS News.
The presence of a vehicle with a militia decal so close to the Capitol, inaccessible to normal vehicle traffic, raised questions about how it got there—and whether it belonged to any of the hundreds of suspects involved in the deadly riot.
But in an email to The Daily Beast, Chris Miller, Rep. Miller’s husband and a member of the Illinois House of Representatives, conceded the truck belonged to him even as he pleaded ignorance about the militia group.
“Army friend gave me decal. Thought it was a cool decal. Took it off because of negative pub,” Miller wrote in an email late Thursday. He says he “never was member” of the militia and “didn’t know anything about 3% till fake news started this fake story and read about them.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/rep-mary-millers-hus...
Never knew them...
How is it fake if he's admitted it is his vehicle and where it was? I know it's just a line so the that hard line believers ignore what's been said but it's so obvious that it's true.Researchers on Twitter first noticed the Ford pickup truck with the far-right militia’s decal parked on the Capitol grounds in footage posted to social media and taken by CBS News.
The presence of a vehicle with a militia decal so close to the Capitol, inaccessible to normal vehicle traffic, raised questions about how it got there—and whether it belonged to any of the hundreds of suspects involved in the deadly riot.
But in an email to The Daily Beast, Chris Miller, Rep. Miller’s husband and a member of the Illinois House of Representatives, conceded the truck belonged to him even as he pleaded ignorance about the militia group.
“Army friend gave me decal. Thought it was a cool decal. Took it off because of negative pub,” Miller wrote in an email late Thursday. He says he “never was member” of the militia and “didn’t know anything about 3% till fake news started this fake story and read about them.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/rep-mary-millers-hus...
Never knew them...
And as for not knowing about the 3% logo - that can f
k right off. He either knew before he was given the decal or got given the decal and was told / looked it up but either way he willingly put it on the truck - especially given his wife's political position and views.Byker28i said:
DanL said:
In the interests of slight balance (and in the face of all likelihood!) we know that Cohen has claimed Trump adjusted valuations in a way that would benefit him... It’s not yet been proven, has it?
I assume the proof will come alongside a criminal trial...
Cohen testified that he had provided documents as proof, when he was trying to get his sentence reduced... Whether he provided documents or they were seized...I assume the proof will come alongside a criminal trial...
ETA - link to an article about it https://www.theguardian.com/global/2020/sep/29/don...
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