Two days after the 2020 presidential election, as votes were still being tallied, Donald Trump's eldest son texted then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows that "we have operational control" to ensure his father would get a second term, with Republican majorities in the U.S. Senate and swing state legislatures.
In the text, Donald Trump Jr. lays out ideas for keeping his father in power by subverting the Electoral College process. The text is among records obtained by the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021.
"It's very simple," Trump Jr. texted to Meadows. "We have multiple paths. We control them all." Trump Jr. makes specific reference to filing lawsuits and advocating recounts to prevent certain swing states from certifying their results, as well as having a handful of Republican state houses put forward slates of fake "Trump electors."
A jury found former police officer Thomas Robertson guilty Monday on charges connected to the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, handing down a conviction in one of the first court trials linked to the insurrection.
After deliberating Friday afternoon and through Monday, the jury convicted Robertson on all six charges he faced, including obstruction of an official proceeding and trespassing on restricted Capitol grounds with a dangerous weapon. -snip
The other cop (also now former) who was with him, pleaded guilty to lesser charges as part of a plea deal, has also agreed to help prosecutors. He faces up to 5yrs and a $250K USD fine. These two domestic terrorist posted pictures and video on social media to document their acts. Deplorables and idiots.
U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy had planned to get former President Donald Trump to resign after the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, The New York Times revealed in an audio recording Thursday.
In the recorded conversation, McCarthy, a Republican, reportedly told a group of Republican leaders that he didn't believe Trump would voluntarily step down, and contemplated rallying Congress to have him impeached a second time, saying that he believed the measure would pass both the House and Senate -snip
So far, the president has sent two tweets since the Capitol was breached. One criticized Mike Pence for not trying to block the certification of Joe Biden’s victory, and the other (much less enthusiastic) one urged his supporters to “stay peaceful.”
Ginni Thomas (Wife of Clarence Thomas SCJ) has been "invited" to appear before the Jan 6th committee and give testimony regarding her comments to Mark Meadows concerning moves to overturn the election...
Thomas Webster, 56, the ex police officer and ex marine Trumper who attacked with a weapon and then tackled at least one police officer during the insurrection has been found guilty on all six charges, five felonies and one misdemeanor.
He claimed self-defense, the jury didn't buy his lies. The camera showed how unhinged and enraged he was. Hopefully he gets 20+ years in prison with no chance of early parole.
Sen. Lindsey Graham called President Biden "maybe the best person to have" following the Capitol riot.
Despite repeatedly pushing for former President Donald Trump to run for the White House again, newly released audio reveals that GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham called President Biden the “best person” to lead and unite the country following last year’s Capitol riot.
“We’ll actually come out of this stronger. Moments like this reset,” Graham (R-SC) said in the audio first aired on CNN. “People will calm down. People will say, ‘I don’t want to be associated with that.’”-snip