45th President of the United States, Donald Trump (Vol. 12)
Discussion
Ah rudy's liesagain
Rudy W. Giuliani
@RudyGiuliani
Biden’s refusing a press conference after his meeting with Putin is an admission to the world that he is COGNITIVELY IMPAIRED and is afraid of being revealed.
Do we need more proof?
“The White House on Saturday announced that Biden would hold a solo press conference after the two meet in Geneva on Wednesday.”
https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-explains-why...
Well at least like Helsinki we won't have trump just standing there praising Putin after his private talks where he took the translators notes...
Rudy W. Giuliani
@RudyGiuliani
Biden’s refusing a press conference after his meeting with Putin is an admission to the world that he is COGNITIVELY IMPAIRED and is afraid of being revealed.
Do we need more proof?
“The White House on Saturday announced that Biden would hold a solo press conference after the two meet in Geneva on Wednesday.”
https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-explains-why...
Well at least like Helsinki we won't have trump just standing there praising Putin after his private talks where he took the translators notes...
More document dumps
President trumps pressure campaign on Department of Justice
https://oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversi...
All the proof is there that trump forced Georgias Attorney General to resign
https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-forced-ge...
This all happened on 3 Jan when another DOJ official, Jeffrey Bossert Clark, said Trump was going to be making him the acting AG and top DOJ officials went to the WH to fight out for control of DOJ. All the emails released.
At 9:47p, Donoghue tells DOJ senior staff to call in at 10pm.
At 10:09p, Donoghue tells Pak to call him ASAP.
We need to know who these people were - are they still in position?
The US Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, Bobby Christine, also has some questions to answer. Despite the fact that the office didn’t say who was running things until the 5th, the WSJ says Trump issued an order putting him in charge on the 4th.
Remember, the New York Times reported that Trump began pressuring Rosen to help him try to illegally overturn the election result on the same day that Trump announced Barr was out. Trump then spent a period of weeks trying to push Rosen to have the DOJ ask the Supreme Court to overturn the election. Rosen reportedly kept fending Trump off, and at one point Trump nearly ousted Rosen in favor of pro-Trump DOJ official Jeffrey Clark.
We now have a lot of the documents to prove this.
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows was also involved in pressuring Rosen and Giuliani as well.
Remember that all three also were trying to illegally overturn election results in Georgia, those recorded phone calls, and that the Fulton County Georgia District Attorney already has a grand jury going in the Trump election tampering scandal, it’s probable that trump, Meadows, and Giuliani face criminal charges in Georgia.
As more and more comes out, it's hard to see how most of team trump and trump don't get indicted over their desperate attempts to placate trump and stay in power by any means.
President trumps pressure campaign on Department of Justice
https://oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversi...
All the proof is there that trump forced Georgias Attorney General to resign
https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-forced-ge...
This all happened on 3 Jan when another DOJ official, Jeffrey Bossert Clark, said Trump was going to be making him the acting AG and top DOJ officials went to the WH to fight out for control of DOJ. All the emails released.
At 9:47p, Donoghue tells DOJ senior staff to call in at 10pm.
At 10:09p, Donoghue tells Pak to call him ASAP.
We need to know who these people were - are they still in position?
The US Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, Bobby Christine, also has some questions to answer. Despite the fact that the office didn’t say who was running things until the 5th, the WSJ says Trump issued an order putting him in charge on the 4th.
Remember, the New York Times reported that Trump began pressuring Rosen to help him try to illegally overturn the election result on the same day that Trump announced Barr was out. Trump then spent a period of weeks trying to push Rosen to have the DOJ ask the Supreme Court to overturn the election. Rosen reportedly kept fending Trump off, and at one point Trump nearly ousted Rosen in favor of pro-Trump DOJ official Jeffrey Clark.
We now have a lot of the documents to prove this.
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows was also involved in pressuring Rosen and Giuliani as well.
Remember that all three also were trying to illegally overturn election results in Georgia, those recorded phone calls, and that the Fulton County Georgia District Attorney already has a grand jury going in the Trump election tampering scandal, it’s probable that trump, Meadows, and Giuliani face criminal charges in Georgia.
As more and more comes out, it's hard to see how most of team trump and trump don't get indicted over their desperate attempts to placate trump and stay in power by any means.
Edited by Byker28i on Wednesday 16th June 07:57
Byker28i said:
Democrats and their allies are mounting a major effort to educate Georgia voters on sweeping new voting restrictions passed by the state’s Republican-led legislature ahead of next year’s crucial U.S. Senate and congressional races.
Volunteers are alerting Georgians to stiffened rules for mail ballots, urging early in-person voting instead. They're handing out leaflets, sending texts and speaking in churches to warn of vanishing drop boxes and reduced voting hours. They are knocking on doors, visiting high schools and meeting with parole officers to register new voters, including young people and ex-offenders.
The push is focused heavily on minorities, particularly Black voters, who were key to Democrat Joe Biden's narrow win in Georgia and victories for two Democratic U.S. Senators in run-off contests in January. Voting-rights advocates say Black voters are most likely to be impeded by the new law.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/democrats-battle-...
Education lies at the heart of the US's problems so you can see why the Dems are trying to fulfil this part of voters' lives, but it's proper basic education for everyone that's needed to give folk the critical faculties they need to be able to make properly informed decisions. As things stand I fear that their efforts will be ignored at best. Volunteers are alerting Georgians to stiffened rules for mail ballots, urging early in-person voting instead. They're handing out leaflets, sending texts and speaking in churches to warn of vanishing drop boxes and reduced voting hours. They are knocking on doors, visiting high schools and meeting with parole officers to register new voters, including young people and ex-offenders.
The push is focused heavily on minorities, particularly Black voters, who were key to Democrat Joe Biden's narrow win in Georgia and victories for two Democratic U.S. Senators in run-off contests in January. Voting-rights advocates say Black voters are most likely to be impeded by the new law.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/democrats-battle-...
trump insists he has offers from two of the "most prestigious publishing houses."
None of the major five said they extended one.
trump didn’t reveal who the two publishers were. But in a statement on Monday afternoon to POLITICO, he insisted that “two of the biggest and most prestigious publishing houses have made very substantial offers which I have rejected.”
POLITICO reached out to top publishers and editors at the “Big Five” publishing houses — Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Macmillan Publishers, and Simon & Schuster — to see if they had heard anything about any such deals Trump had been offered. None of the sources said they had heard about such potential book offers, and most said they wouldn’t touch a Trump project when he does start shopping a book around.
“I’m skeptical,” added another publishing insider when asked if they believed Trump’s statement that he had gotten two offers. “He’s screwed over so many publishers that before he ran for president none of the big 5 would work with [him] anymore.”
Almost five months after leaving office, major publishing houses still are wary of publishing a book by former President Donald Trump, even though a post-White House memoir would almost assuredly be a best-seller.
Their reluctance is driven by several factors, though the underlying fear is that whatever Trump would write wouldn’t be truthful.
“[I]t would be too hard to get a book that was factually accurate, actually,” said one major figure in the book publishing industry, explaining their reluctance to publish Trump. “That would be the problem. If he can’t even admit that he lost the election, then how do you publish that?”
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/15/trump-boo...
None of the major five said they extended one.
trump didn’t reveal who the two publishers were. But in a statement on Monday afternoon to POLITICO, he insisted that “two of the biggest and most prestigious publishing houses have made very substantial offers which I have rejected.”
POLITICO reached out to top publishers and editors at the “Big Five” publishing houses — Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Macmillan Publishers, and Simon & Schuster — to see if they had heard anything about any such deals Trump had been offered. None of the sources said they had heard about such potential book offers, and most said they wouldn’t touch a Trump project when he does start shopping a book around.
“I’m skeptical,” added another publishing insider when asked if they believed Trump’s statement that he had gotten two offers. “He’s screwed over so many publishers that before he ran for president none of the big 5 would work with [him] anymore.”
Almost five months after leaving office, major publishing houses still are wary of publishing a book by former President Donald Trump, even though a post-White House memoir would almost assuredly be a best-seller.
Their reluctance is driven by several factors, though the underlying fear is that whatever Trump would write wouldn’t be truthful.
“[I]t would be too hard to get a book that was factually accurate, actually,” said one major figure in the book publishing industry, explaining their reluctance to publish Trump. “That would be the problem. If he can’t even admit that he lost the election, then how do you publish that?”
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/15/trump-boo...
Twenty-one House Republicans on Tuesday voted against awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to all police officers who responded to the Jan. 6 violent attack on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob.
The measure passed the House with overwhelming bipartisan support from 406 lawmakers. But the 21 Republicans who voted “no” drew immediate condemnation from some of their colleagues, and the vote underscored the lingering tensions in Congress amid efforts by some GOP lawmakers to whitewash the events of that day.
Rep. Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-Va.) called the “no” votes “a sad commentary on the @HouseGOP,” while Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) declared, “How you can vote no to this is beyond me.”
“Then again, denying an insurrection is as well,” Kinzinger, a vocal critic of former president Donald Trump, said in a tweet. “To the brave Capitol (and DC metro PD) thank you. To the 21: they will continue to defend your right to vote no anyway.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/21-house-r...
I thought before the election it was the GOP who were claiming they were the pro police party?
The measure passed the House with overwhelming bipartisan support from 406 lawmakers. But the 21 Republicans who voted “no” drew immediate condemnation from some of their colleagues, and the vote underscored the lingering tensions in Congress amid efforts by some GOP lawmakers to whitewash the events of that day.
Rep. Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-Va.) called the “no” votes “a sad commentary on the @HouseGOP,” while Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) declared, “How you can vote no to this is beyond me.”
“Then again, denying an insurrection is as well,” Kinzinger, a vocal critic of former president Donald Trump, said in a tweet. “To the brave Capitol (and DC metro PD) thank you. To the 21: they will continue to defend your right to vote no anyway.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/21-house-r...
I thought before the election it was the GOP who were claiming they were the pro police party?
Ahead of President Joe Biden’s meeting Wednesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, congressional Democrats said they are no longer seeking records of former President Donald Trump’s private meetings with the Russian leader, despite previous concerns Trump tried to conceal details of their conversations.
"The Biden administration is looking forward, not back," said House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., whose panel once considered subpoenaing Trump’s interpreter to testify about his July 2018 meeting with Putin in Helsinki, Finland, where only an American interpreter was also present.
Similar questions were raised after the disclosure of an unplanned conversation with Putin during a G-20 dinner in Osaka, Japan, in June 2019 during which Trump was not accompanied by an interpreter.
In 2019, the Washington Post reported that the former president went to "extraordinary lengths" to conceal details of his conversations with Putin, leaving some subordinates without a clear record of the world leaders’ interactions.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/summit-secret-happ...
"The Biden administration is looking forward, not back," said House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., whose panel once considered subpoenaing Trump’s interpreter to testify about his July 2018 meeting with Putin in Helsinki, Finland, where only an American interpreter was also present.
Similar questions were raised after the disclosure of an unplanned conversation with Putin during a G-20 dinner in Osaka, Japan, in June 2019 during which Trump was not accompanied by an interpreter.
In 2019, the Washington Post reported that the former president went to "extraordinary lengths" to conceal details of his conversations with Putin, leaving some subordinates without a clear record of the world leaders’ interactions.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/summit-secret-happ...
Byker28i said:
Ahead of President Joe Biden’s meeting Wednesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, congressional Democrats said they are no longer seeking records of former President Donald Trump’s private meetings with the Russian leader, despite previous concerns Trump tried to conceal details of their conversations.
"The Biden administration is looking forward, not back," said House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., whose panel once considered subpoenaing Trump’s interpreter to testify about his July 2018 meeting with Putin in Helsinki, Finland, where only an American interpreter was also present.
Similar questions were raised after the disclosure of an unplanned conversation with Putin during a G-20 dinner in Osaka, Japan, in June 2019 during which Trump was not accompanied by an interpreter.
In 2019, the Washington Post reported that the former president went to "extraordinary lengths" to conceal details of his conversations with Putin, leaving some subordinates without a clear record of the world leaders’ interactions.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/summit-secret-happ...
I have this mental image of Putin telling Biden what he really thinks of Trump."The Biden administration is looking forward, not back," said House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., whose panel once considered subpoenaing Trump’s interpreter to testify about his July 2018 meeting with Putin in Helsinki, Finland, where only an American interpreter was also present.
Similar questions were raised after the disclosure of an unplanned conversation with Putin during a G-20 dinner in Osaka, Japan, in June 2019 during which Trump was not accompanied by an interpreter.
In 2019, the Washington Post reported that the former president went to "extraordinary lengths" to conceal details of his conversations with Putin, leaving some subordinates without a clear record of the world leaders’ interactions.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/summit-secret-happ...
Followed by 5 minutes of hysterical laughter by both.
Byker28i said:
trump insists he has offers from two of the "most prestigious publishing houses."
None of the major five said they extended one.
trump didn’t reveal who the two publishers were. But in a statement on Monday afternoon to POLITICO, he insisted that “two of the biggest and most prestigious publishing houses have made very substantial offers which I have rejected.”
POLITICO reached out to top publishers and editors at the “Big Five” publishing houses — Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Macmillan Publishers, and Simon & Schuster — to see if they had heard anything about any such deals Trump had been offered. None of the sources said they had heard about such potential book offers, and most said they wouldn’t touch a Trump project when he does start shopping a book around.
“I’m skeptical,” added another publishing insider when asked if they believed Trump’s statement that he had gotten two offers. “He’s screwed over so many publishers that before he ran for president none of the big 5 would work with [him] anymore.”
Almost five months after leaving office, major publishing houses still are wary of publishing a book by former President Donald Trump, even though a post-White House memoir would almost assuredly be a best-seller.
Their reluctance is driven by several factors, though the underlying fear is that whatever Trump would write wouldn’t be truthful.
“[I]t would be too hard to get a book that was factually accurate, actually,” said one major figure in the book publishing industry, explaining their reluctance to publish Trump. “That would be the problem. If he can’t even admit that he lost the election, then how do you publish that?”
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/15/trump-boo...
Love the fact that he called the publishers Sleazebags and having no morals. The lack of self-awareness is staggering. None of the major five said they extended one.
trump didn’t reveal who the two publishers were. But in a statement on Monday afternoon to POLITICO, he insisted that “two of the biggest and most prestigious publishing houses have made very substantial offers which I have rejected.”
POLITICO reached out to top publishers and editors at the “Big Five” publishing houses — Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Macmillan Publishers, and Simon & Schuster — to see if they had heard anything about any such deals Trump had been offered. None of the sources said they had heard about such potential book offers, and most said they wouldn’t touch a Trump project when he does start shopping a book around.
“I’m skeptical,” added another publishing insider when asked if they believed Trump’s statement that he had gotten two offers. “He’s screwed over so many publishers that before he ran for president none of the big 5 would work with [him] anymore.”
Almost five months after leaving office, major publishing houses still are wary of publishing a book by former President Donald Trump, even though a post-White House memoir would almost assuredly be a best-seller.
Their reluctance is driven by several factors, though the underlying fear is that whatever Trump would write wouldn’t be truthful.
“[I]t would be too hard to get a book that was factually accurate, actually,” said one major figure in the book publishing industry, explaining their reluctance to publish Trump. “That would be the problem. If he can’t even admit that he lost the election, then how do you publish that?”
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/15/trump-boo...
US Capitol Police, Washington Metropolitan Police and local officials requested support from the DC National Guard 12 times on January 6 while the Capitol was under attack, the House Oversight Committee Democrats said Tuesday.
Democrats on the committee pressed FBI Director Christopher Wray and two Army officials about the response to the January 6 insurrection -- including the time it took for Guard officials to respond to the unfolding attack -- during the committee's latest hearing on the riot. The committee released documents and a timeline ahead of the hearing that found then-acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller had authorized the National Guard to "re-mission" to the Capitol at 4:32 p.m. on January 6 and they did not arrive until 5:20 p.m.
"That response took far too long," House Oversight Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney said at the hearing. "After a series of delays, the National Guard did not arrive until 5:20 p.m., more than four hours after the Capitol perimeter was breached. This is a shocking failure."
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/15/politics/jan-6-insu...
Democrats on the committee pressed FBI Director Christopher Wray and two Army officials about the response to the January 6 insurrection -- including the time it took for Guard officials to respond to the unfolding attack -- during the committee's latest hearing on the riot. The committee released documents and a timeline ahead of the hearing that found then-acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller had authorized the National Guard to "re-mission" to the Capitol at 4:32 p.m. on January 6 and they did not arrive until 5:20 p.m.
"That response took far too long," House Oversight Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney said at the hearing. "After a series of delays, the National Guard did not arrive until 5:20 p.m., more than four hours after the Capitol perimeter was breached. This is a shocking failure."
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/15/politics/jan-6-insu...
Byker28i said:
trump insists he has offers from two of the "most prestigious publishing houses."
None of the major five said they extended one.
trump didn’t reveal who the two publishers were. But in a statement on Monday afternoon to POLITICO, he insisted that “two of the biggest and most prestigious publishing houses have made very substantial offers which I have rejected.”
POLITICO reached out to top publishers and editors at the “Big Five” publishing houses — Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Macmillan Publishers, and Simon & Schuster — to see if they had heard anything about any such deals Trump had been offered. None of the sources said they had heard about such potential book offers, and most said they wouldn’t touch a Trump project when he does start shopping a book around.
“I’m skeptical,” added another publishing insider when asked if they believed Trump’s statement that he had gotten two offers. “He’s screwed over so many publishers that before he ran for president none of the big 5 would work with [him] anymore.”
Almost five months after leaving office, major publishing houses still are wary of publishing a book by former President Donald Trump, even though a post-White House memoir would almost assuredly be a best-seller.
Their reluctance is driven by several factors, though the underlying fear is that whatever Trump would write wouldn’t be truthful.
“[I]t would be too hard to get a book that was factually accurate, actually,” said one major figure in the book publishing industry, explaining their reluctance to publish Trump. “That would be the problem. If he can’t even admit that he lost the election, then how do you publish that?”
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/15/trump-boo...
I think that's a little harsh, the first draft looks both detailed & highly accurate. None of the major five said they extended one.
trump didn’t reveal who the two publishers were. But in a statement on Monday afternoon to POLITICO, he insisted that “two of the biggest and most prestigious publishing houses have made very substantial offers which I have rejected.”
POLITICO reached out to top publishers and editors at the “Big Five” publishing houses — Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Macmillan Publishers, and Simon & Schuster — to see if they had heard anything about any such deals Trump had been offered. None of the sources said they had heard about such potential book offers, and most said they wouldn’t touch a Trump project when he does start shopping a book around.
“I’m skeptical,” added another publishing insider when asked if they believed Trump’s statement that he had gotten two offers. “He’s screwed over so many publishers that before he ran for president none of the big 5 would work with [him] anymore.”
Almost five months after leaving office, major publishing houses still are wary of publishing a book by former President Donald Trump, even though a post-White House memoir would almost assuredly be a best-seller.
Their reluctance is driven by several factors, though the underlying fear is that whatever Trump would write wouldn’t be truthful.
“[I]t would be too hard to get a book that was factually accurate, actually,” said one major figure in the book publishing industry, explaining their reluctance to publish Trump. “That would be the problem. If he can’t even admit that he lost the election, then how do you publish that?”
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/15/trump-boo...
After all, “I know words. I have the best words.”
Edited by KR158 on Wednesday 16th June 18:02
A slight majority of Republican voters say that state-level reviews of the 2020 presidential election will uncover information that will reverse the outcome of the race, according to a new Morning Consult-Politico poll.
A majority of Republicans in the poll, 51 percent, indicated they think reviews of the 2020 election will change its outcome, including 29 percent who "definitely" think it will change the outcome and 22 percent who think it "probably" will change the results.
Overall, the poll found that roughly three-quarters of GOP voters — 74 percent — support state-level efforts to review and examine the 2020 election. In Arizona, for instance, the state Senate has for months been conducting a hand recount and audit of the vote in the state’s largest county.
The survey is based on responses from 1,994 registered voters gathered online from June 11 to 13, and has a margin of sampling error of 2 percentage points.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/558697-major...
Meantime, how it started:
How its going:
How anyone can support this moron is beyond me.
A majority of Republicans in the poll, 51 percent, indicated they think reviews of the 2020 election will change its outcome, including 29 percent who "definitely" think it will change the outcome and 22 percent who think it "probably" will change the results.
Overall, the poll found that roughly three-quarters of GOP voters — 74 percent — support state-level efforts to review and examine the 2020 election. In Arizona, for instance, the state Senate has for months been conducting a hand recount and audit of the vote in the state’s largest county.
The survey is based on responses from 1,994 registered voters gathered online from June 11 to 13, and has a margin of sampling error of 2 percentage points.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/558697-major...
Meantime, how it started:
How its going:
How anyone can support this moron is beyond me.
Remember of course in Texas the Gov Greg Abbott has said he will spend $1bn on building trumps wall
The Republican Texas governor, Greg Abbott, has announced that the state will build a wall along its southern border with Mexico, sparking criticism from human rights and immigration advocacy groups.
Citing the Biden administration’s rollback of Trump-era immigration policies, Abbott announced the border wall plans amid other security measures including plans for Texas to construct its own detention centers and $1bn of the state’s budget being allocated to border security. Abbott also declared that more undocumented immigrants will be arrested and sent to local jails versus being turned over to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, also known as Ice.
“I will announce next week the plan for the state of Texas to begin building the border wall,” said Abbott at a border security summit in Del Rio on Thursday.
“To be clear, this is an attempt to distract from his governing failures while targeting vulnerable migrants,” tweeted the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/11/te...
Whilst their infrastructure crumbles in either the heat, the cold, or the rain...
The Republican Texas governor, Greg Abbott, has announced that the state will build a wall along its southern border with Mexico, sparking criticism from human rights and immigration advocacy groups.
Citing the Biden administration’s rollback of Trump-era immigration policies, Abbott announced the border wall plans amid other security measures including plans for Texas to construct its own detention centers and $1bn of the state’s budget being allocated to border security. Abbott also declared that more undocumented immigrants will be arrested and sent to local jails versus being turned over to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, also known as Ice.
“I will announce next week the plan for the state of Texas to begin building the border wall,” said Abbott at a border security summit in Del Rio on Thursday.
“To be clear, this is an attempt to distract from his governing failures while targeting vulnerable migrants,” tweeted the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/11/te...
Whilst their infrastructure crumbles in either the heat, the cold, or the rain...
Steve Bannon racked up more than $1 million in legal fees during the Russia investigation — then asked Trump's DOJ to reimburse him, supported by the White House
https://www.businessinsider.com/steve-bannon-trump...
According to documents Business Insider obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, the one-time chief White House strategist asked to be reimbursed $1 million in legal fees he racked up in connection with the probe.
A source familiar with the matter told Business Insider that the denial decision was made by Brian Boynton, the acting head of the Justice Department’s civil division.
Bannon’s defense lawyer, William Burck, had written to the department on New Year's Eve to inquire about it reimbursing legal fees, stating, “It is our understanding that the White House supports reimbursing Mr. Bannon's attorneys' fees.”
“We are in the process of obtaining a written statement confirming the White House's agreement and will provide it to you as soon as possible,” Burck wrote.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/55862...
Meanwhile trumps pardon has got Bannon off the fraud charges for defrauding people over trumps wall
Steve Bannon, the onetime top strategist for former President Donald Trump and recipient of a presidential pardon, on Tuesday won dismissal of an indictment accusing him of defrauding donors to a fund to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres in Manhattan said dismissal was "the proper course" in light of the pardon, which Bannon received in the final hours of Trump's presidency.
Prosecutors had argued that instead of dismissing the indictment, the judge should merely dismiss Bannon as one of the four defendants. The defendants had been charged in connection with the alleged siphoning of hundreds of thousands of dollars from the $25 million "We Build the Wall" crowdfunding campaign.
But the judge said the pardon was valid, and that even if Bannon did not formally admit guilt "the issuance of a pardon may carry an imputation of guilt; acceptance a confession of it."
Prosecutors had said the pardon "speaks for itself" and provided all the "finality" Bannon was entitled to.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-judge-dismisse...
https://www.businessinsider.com/steve-bannon-trump...
According to documents Business Insider obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, the one-time chief White House strategist asked to be reimbursed $1 million in legal fees he racked up in connection with the probe.
A source familiar with the matter told Business Insider that the denial decision was made by Brian Boynton, the acting head of the Justice Department’s civil division.
Bannon’s defense lawyer, William Burck, had written to the department on New Year's Eve to inquire about it reimbursing legal fees, stating, “It is our understanding that the White House supports reimbursing Mr. Bannon's attorneys' fees.”
“We are in the process of obtaining a written statement confirming the White House's agreement and will provide it to you as soon as possible,” Burck wrote.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/55862...
Meanwhile trumps pardon has got Bannon off the fraud charges for defrauding people over trumps wall
Steve Bannon, the onetime top strategist for former President Donald Trump and recipient of a presidential pardon, on Tuesday won dismissal of an indictment accusing him of defrauding donors to a fund to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres in Manhattan said dismissal was "the proper course" in light of the pardon, which Bannon received in the final hours of Trump's presidency.
Prosecutors had argued that instead of dismissing the indictment, the judge should merely dismiss Bannon as one of the four defendants. The defendants had been charged in connection with the alleged siphoning of hundreds of thousands of dollars from the $25 million "We Build the Wall" crowdfunding campaign.
But the judge said the pardon was valid, and that even if Bannon did not formally admit guilt "the issuance of a pardon may carry an imputation of guilt; acceptance a confession of it."
Prosecutors had said the pardon "speaks for itself" and provided all the "finality" Bannon was entitled to.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-judge-dismisse...
Another Capitol Arrest
Kurt Peterson was arrested in Hodgenville, Kentucky, today. Feds said Peterson "had previously posted on his Facebook page that Democratic lawmakers who opposed Trump were traitors and that the penalty for treason was death."
The FBI statement: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/20892443-p...
“Sadly I do not trust many branches or people in our government particularly the federal bureau of investigation. So at this time I am moving continuously and wrapping my phone in such a way that I hope it cannot be tracked.”
And the youtube video quoted by the FBI “THIS IS OUR HOUSE.”
https://twitter.com/i/status/1405282388419039233
He was known as oldangrybird on Sedition hunters
Huffpost story
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/kurt-peters...
Kurt Peterson was arrested in Hodgenville, Kentucky, today. Feds said Peterson "had previously posted on his Facebook page that Democratic lawmakers who opposed Trump were traitors and that the penalty for treason was death."
The FBI statement: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/20892443-p...
“Sadly I do not trust many branches or people in our government particularly the federal bureau of investigation. So at this time I am moving continuously and wrapping my phone in such a way that I hope it cannot be tracked.”
And the youtube video quoted by the FBI “THIS IS OUR HOUSE.”
https://twitter.com/i/status/1405282388419039233
He was known as oldangrybird on Sedition hunters
Huffpost story
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/kurt-peters...
Rep. Eric Swalwell
@RepSwalwell
Adam Kinzinger
@AdamKinzinger
I just called Officer Fanone and confirmed this story. This is really incredible. Also relayed an interaction he had with another members Chief of Staff that was really incredibly bad and disrespectful.
@RepSwalwell
- BREAKING Officer Fanone just ran into @Rep_Clyde at Capitol (he’s the “Jan 6 was a typical tour” guy). Fanone introduced himself as “someone who fought to defend the Capitol” and put out his hand. Clyde refused to shake it. To honor Trump, @housegop will dishonor the police.
Adam Kinzinger
@AdamKinzinger
I just called Officer Fanone and confirmed this story. This is really incredible. Also relayed an interaction he had with another members Chief of Staff that was really incredibly bad and disrespectful.
Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi
@CongressmanRaja
FBI Director Wray said during our Oversight Committee hearing that he could not rule out foreign actors funding January 6th insurrectionists, especially with evidence that a white supremacist group leader present at the Capitol had received $250,000 from abroad. Very concerning.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1405231200277516291
@CongressmanRaja
FBI Director Wray said during our Oversight Committee hearing that he could not rule out foreign actors funding January 6th insurrectionists, especially with evidence that a white supremacist group leader present at the Capitol had received $250,000 from abroad. Very concerning.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1405231200277516291
Noor bin Laden, Osama bin Laden's niece, protests the Biden-Putin summit in Geneva with a "Trump Won" flag.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1405183917959925771
https://twitter.com/i/status/1405183917959925771
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