January 6 Select Committee

[filly]

If any of them comply they will be facing $$$ legal fees.

I'm guessing Harry is speculating here and not speaking based on sources, but anyway:

[bob]

So, can they legally assert the Fifth about some activities while at the same time they assert publicly that those very activities were completely non-criminal?

Oh, yes. I mean, it is legally permissible, but they might receive public criticism for it.

If anything, the noisy referral by, for example, the Michigan AG, might result in words to the effect of, "What I did was legal, but the AG is on a witch hunt. So, for the sake of my family and on the advice of counsel, I assert the Fifth Amendment."

More fundamentally, innocent people sometimes assert the privilege against self-incrimination because they realize their perfectly legal actions might nonetheless incriminate them,* and draw them into the criminal-justice apparatus. Especially when heightened visibility might cause law enforcement to snoop around and discover otherwise hidden illegal activities. To say nothing about perjury traps.


* E.g., "I was driving my red car around the docks on Tuesday night" might be both true and innocent, yet also incriminating if a red car was seen driving away from a crime scene at the docks on Tuesday night.

[bob]

"For completeness":

The committee subpoenaed the following chairperson and secretary of each group of so-called alternate electors. Each state pair is listed as chairperson and secretary respectively:

* Nancy Cottle and Loraine Pellegrino from Arizona. Cottle is listed on the Arizona Federation of Republican Women's website as being the group's vice president.

* David Shafer and Shawn Still from Georgia. Shafer is the chair of the Georgia GOP and was a plaintiff in some of Trump's longshot lawsuits to overturn the election in Georgia. Still was the Georgia GOP's finance chair and is now running for a Georgia Senate seat.

* Kathy Berden and Mayra Rodriguez from Michigan. Berden was a national committeewoman at the Republican National Committee and served as a Trump delegate at the 2016 GOP convention. Rodriguez unsuccessfully ran for a Michigan House seat in 2020.

* Jewll Powdrell and Deborah Maestas from New Mexico. Powdrell recently told the Albuquerque Journal that he signed the fake certificate at the behest of former Rep. Steve Pearce, the head of the New Mexico GOP. Maestas previously served in that role, leading the state GOP.

* Michael McDonald and James DeGraffenreid from Nevada. McDonald is the Nevada GOP chairman and reportedly promoted false voter fraud claims in 2020. DeGraffenreid's Facebook page says he is a national committeeman from Nevada for the RNC.

* The committee subpoenaed Bill Bachenberg and Lisa Patton from Pennsylvania. Bachenberg is a board member of the National Rifle Association and spoke at a pro-Trump fundraiser in 2020.

* Andrew Hitt and Kelly Ruh from Wisconsin. Hitt is the former chairman of the Wisconsin GOP and a staffer for former Gov. Scott Walker. Ruh is currently an alderperson from the city of De Pere.

The subpoena letters call on all individuals to provide documents on February 11, and appear for depositions throughout the month of February.

[raison de arizona]

NOW: @NBCNews reporting that ex-Trump White House spox @JuddPDeere (now a staffer for @SenatorHagerty) has been subpoenaed by the @January6thCmte

[Kendra]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... hp&pc=U531

The House Select Committee investigating January 6 has issued a subpoena Friday for a former White House spokesman with firsthand knowledge of Donald Trump's behavior before and during the January 6 attack on the Capitol, according to a copy of a letter accompanying the subpoena obtained by CNN.

The committee is seeking both documents and a deposition next month from former deputy White House press secretary Judd Deere, who helped with "formulating White House's response to the January 6 attack as it occurred," according to the panel's letter.

In its letter to Deere, the committee specifically said it wanted to speak with him about the January 5 staff meeting in the Oval Office with the President.

The committee said it had obtained information that Trump repeatedly asked in the meeting: "What are your ideas for getting the RINOs to do the right thing tomorrow? How do we convince Congress?"

[filly]

Here's what Kathy Berden, one of the Michigan fraudsters, had to say:

Asked earlier this month why the group submitted the certificate, Berden told The News, "I can’t comment on anything like that. That was a long time ago."

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/ ... 257574002/

Sounds like a page out of the Trump playbook when he was asked about his Birtherism in 2015.

[Luke]

Amateur. Orly posted her credit card number on a public docket.

and I personally made sure she had to dispute payments to porn sites, too.

That sounds like a Secret Mission of the 699th! Thank you to the 699th for Keeping America Safe and Entertained.

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Talk about SPOOKY -- look who makes an appearance at the end of the story!!

Lawyer Taitz and “eccentric citizens” try patience of federal bar
Orly Taitz is suing President Obama because she says he was born in Kenya.
By MARTIN WISCKOL | mwisckol@scng.com | Orange County Register October 16, 2009 at 1:32 p.m.

U.S. District Judge David O. Carter has been presiding patiently over Mission Viejo lawyer Orly Taitz‘s effort to oust Barack Obama from the presidency on the allegation that he was born in Kenya. Carter’s kept his cool while Taitz failed to serve Obama’s lawyer with her complaint, attempted (and failed) to dismiss two of her clients, attempted (and failed) to have a magistrate judge removed, and attempted (and failed) to have a witness testify during an administrative hearing. She also had 40 to 100 of her supporters call Carter’s Santa Ana office daily to encourage him to rule in their favor. Carter responded by simply telling Taitz to knock it off.

But even judges can run out of patience, as U.S. District Judge Clay D. Land demonstrated with Tuesday’s $20,000 fine of Taitz for misconduct, issued along with a scathing, 43-page sanction. In his order, Land detailed the limits to which his patience had been stretched in a similar Obama-birthplace suit filed by Taitz in Georgia. Land noted that Taitz failed to follow basic court procedure, and that he’d overhauled his court’s schedule to accommodate Taitz. In return, Land wrote, Taitz used the courtroom to grandstand for the press, and repeatedly filed frivolous motions. “Rather than assert legitimate legal arguments, counsel chose to accuse the Court of treason and of being controlled by the ‘Obama machine.’ She had no facts to support her claims – but her diatribe would play well to her choir,” Land wrote. In a footnote, Land explained that he’d been contacted by one of Taitz’s supporters, who “challenged the undersigned (Land) to a ’round of fisticuffs on the Courthouse Square,’ (and) asserted that the President is not human.”

The fine got Taitz even more steamed, and she’s vowed to appeal it. Land, she said, was in the pocket of the “oppressive” Obama Administration. “He’s scared to go against the regime,” she said. “He’s trying to intimidate me and other lawyers to stay away from this issue.” Among other things, Land said he threw out Taitz’s case because the constitution dictates that it’s Congress’ job to determine whether the president meets the qualifications to hold office. Land goes on to cite several circumstances to support the idea that the issue should not be decided by the courts. “Perhaps an eccentric citizen has become convinced that the President is an alien from Mars, and the courts should order DNA testing to enforce the constitution,” Land wrote sarcastically, then added the footnote quoted above.

Santa Ana’s Judge Carter is considering the same constitutional issue in a motion to dismiss, which he heard arguments for on Oct. 5. Among those predicting dismissal is the conservative dean of the Chapman School of Law, John Eastman, who remains unconvinced that Obama’s birth documents are valid but believes it’s a matter for Congress, not the courts. The basic idea is that interpretation of the qualifications for the presidency is a political – rather than legal – issue. “It’s called the political-question doctrine,” said Eastman, who specializes in constitutional law. “The regulation of qualifications are assigned to Congress.”

https://www.ocregister.com/2009/10/16/l ... deral-bar/

They will be ANGRY if the millions of readers at the Post & Email catch wind of this!

And the P&E are NOT fans of Judge Carter. And it's all the fault of (wait for it)... Sidharth Velamoor!

WHAT TURNED THIS DECORATED WAR HERO INTO A PUPPET FOR THE OBAMA REGIME?
by David F. LaRocque

► Show Spoiler

Judge David O. Carter was appointed to the federal bench by President Clinton in 1998

(Aug. 22, 2010) — On August 11, 2010, an Appellants’ Opening Brief was filed with the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by Dr. Orly Taitz, in the case Pamela Barnett, Alan Keyes, et al v. Barack Obama et al. This appeal is seeking to overturn the decision of Judge David O. Carter of the United States District Court for the Central District of California in an order of dismissal issued on October 29, 2009. The grounds for the appeal are based on an assertion that the “District Court acted with bias, lack of impartiality, and under improper and undue influence from (the) Obama administration.”

The original case was filed on January 20, 2009 on behalf of over 40 plaintiffs, including many retired officers and enlisted members of the U.S. military, Ambassador Alan Keyes (2008 presidential candidate of the American Independent Party), and Gail Lightfoot (a Libertarian Party member and write-in candidate for vice president). The plaintiffs were seeking “a judicial review and declaratory relief on the issue of legitimacy for the U.S. presidency and (the) position of Commander-in-Chief by Barack Hussein Obama.”

The brief goes on to assert that “there is ample evidence of his (Obama’s) illegitimacy to (the) U.S. presidency due to his use of another person’s Social Security number…; due to the lack of his long-form birth certificate with the names of a doctor and a hospital; due to the fact that his mother’s passport records show a different last name for him (Obama); and other records and national data-bases show(ing) him (Obama) using multiple Social Security numbers, several different names, different birthdates, and different countries of origin.”

A similar suit was filed by a second attorney, Gary Kreep, representing plaintiffs Wiley Drake and Markham Robinson. This lawsuit was later merged with the Barnett action, over the objections of both attorneys, in a hearing before Judge Carter on July 13, 2009.

When the plaintiffs and their attorneys learned that the district court judge assigned to the case was Judge David O. Carter, they were elated and greatly encouraged. Judge Carter is a graduate of both UCLA and the UCLA School of Law, and a highly experienced and respected jurist. Judge Carter has a background as a criminal prosecutor and as a professor at several institutions, including the University of California at Irvine, where he has received the school’s Distinguished Professor Award three times. He also lectures frequently at judicial conferences worldwide, and at the California Judges College, the Judicial Criminal Law Institute, and the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference.

In addition to his excellent legal background, Judge Carter is a war hero. He served as a commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps, with combat duty in the Vietnam War, where he fought in the Battle of Khe Sanh in early 1968 when the Marine Khe Sanh Combat Base (KSCB) was under siege for 77 days.

A Wikipedia entry describes the conclusion of that battle:

During the battle a massive aerial bombardment campaign (Operation Niagara) was launched by the U.S. Air Force to support the Marine base. This campaign used the latest technological advances in order to locate PAVN (People’s Army of Vietnam) forces for targeting. The logistical effort to support KSCB, once it was isolated overland, demanded the implementation of other tactical innovations in order to keep the Marines supplied.

In March 1968, an overland relief expedition (Operation Pegasus) was launched by a combined Marine/Army/South Vietnamese task force that eventually broke through to the Marines at Khe Sanh. The battle was a tactical victory for the Marines, although it had no clear strategic implications; some historians have observed that the PAVN frontier battles prior to the general Tet Offensive of early 1968 served to distract American and GVN attention as Viet Cong forces were assembled.

Marine First Lieutenant David O. Carter was awarded a Purple Heart and the Bronze Star (the fourth-highest combat award of the U.S. armed forces) for his bravery under fire at the Battle of Khe Sanh.

To the plaintiffs in Barnett v. Obama, Judge David O. Carter seemed like an answer to their prayers. How could they ask for a more perfect judge? In a case which required a combination of an extraordinary judicial temperament, demonstrated courage, and unquestioned loyalty to the United States Constitution, Judge Carter seemed to have all of these qualities in abundance. Moreover, since there were strong indications of serious criminal acts of election fraud in the events leading up to the conclusion of the 2008 presidential election, it was felt that Judge Carter (given his prosecutorial background) was likely to share the plaintiffs’ desire to see the case heard on its merits, and that he would insure that an appropriate judicial environment was maintained to insure that would happen.

The first hearing in the case was held in the federal courthouse in Santa Ana, CA on July 13, 2009 with Judge Carter presiding. Interested citizens lined up early outside the courthouse for security screening. After a lengthy delay, the courtroom was finally opened for seating. This writer was an eyewitness to the proceedings.

Once the hearing got under way, it seemed to bog down in a lengthy dispute over the question of whether an amended complaint was properly served on the defendants by Attorney Taitz. Later in the hearing, it became apparent that there were problems between the attorney for Drake and Robinson (Mr. Kreep), and the attorney for the Barnett plaintiffs (Dr. Taitz).

The central issue in dispute was between the respective attorneys regarding the meaning of the presidential eligibility clause in the Constitution. Attorney Kreep insisted that the Constitution does not require U.S. citizenship of both parents, while Attorney Taitz argued that this requirement is intrinsic to the Article II requirements.

Attorney Taitz was seeking a separation of the cases for trial. However, Judge Carter would not accept the prospect of the two cases being tried separately, insisting that a higher court would eventually merge them in any case, and that the goal of an expeditious resolution of the case on its merits would be best served by merging the cases. The respective attorneys finally agreed to combine the cases under protest after a private discussion also witnessed by this writer during a lengthy recess but failed to resolve their differences.

Setting aside the lengthy interchanges which took place over the issues described above, the remaining portion of the proceedings dealing with the substantive issues of the case was relatively short. During that time, the following comments were made by Judge Carter and have been excerpted from the official transcript of the proceedings:

P. 48: “I wish this would be resolved on its merits quickly…he’s either not president or he is.”

P. 52: “I mean, if he’s not president, he shouldn’t be president; and if he is, he should be. And we need to resolve this on the merits.”

P. 37 “If he doesn’t meet the criteria, he’s not the president of the United States.”

P. 53: “When you come back to this court, I’m going to be putting a lot of pressure on both of you to produce. And therefore …expect this case to move.”

P. 53: “So if you want this case expedited, I’ll expedite it, and I’ll get the documents in front of this court, I mean immediately. There’s no question about that.

(To Plaintiff’s counsel) Because if you’re correct, then from your perspective and the country’s perspective, he’s not president.

(To U.S. Attorney) If you’re correct, we set this aside immediately. It’s done and the country isn’t sitting there wondering who the Commander-in-Chief is or who the President of the United States is.”(Emphasis added)

P. 58: “I think we finally got it into a posture that we can decide it on the merits.”(Emphasis added)

When the hearing ended, the plaintiffs and their attorneys felt confident that there would be no dismissal of this case on the technicality of “standing” (as had occurred in several other prominent eligibility cases), and that it would finally be heard on its merits by Judge Carter. Further, the plaintiffs felt that those merits would be very strong, probably even conclusive, once the fruits of the discovery phase of the trial became available.

Then, in early October, word came out that something very strange had happened. Judge Carter had hired a new law clerk, but not just any law clerk.

Judge Carter could have hired a law clerk from among the recent graduates of any one of a number of fine law schools (including his alma mater, the UCLA School of Law) or from any one of hundreds of elite law firms in California and across the country. Instead he hired Siddharth Velamoor, from the Seattle law firm of Perkins Coie, the firm which represented the presidential campaign of Barack Obama and the firm where Obama’s White House Counsel Robert Bauer was formerly a partner. Bauer is married to Anita Dunn, former White House Director of Communications, who is infamous for her publicly-expressed deep admiration for the political philosophy of Mao Zedong, the greatest mass murderer in the history of mankind according to author and former Red Guard Jung Chang in her masterpiece biography of Mao entitled Mao: The Unknown Story.

Here is Attorney Taitz on the Velamoor engagement:

While originally the presiding judge, David O. Carter seemed to be willing to show some impartiality, it quickly dissipated from the beginning of October 20009, when Judge Carter hired as his law clerk an attorney, Sidharth Velamoor, (a former) employee of Perkins Coie, that represented Obama in most of the litigation where Obama’s eligibility was challenged. Moreover, White House Counsel Robert Bauer is a senior partner in Perkins Coie, and personally opposed (both) Taitz and Kreep in a prior similar action.

Velamoor not only came from Obama’s defense firm, he also had a peculiar similarity to Obama in his education and background. Velamoor is listed in some of his curricula vitae as graduating from Columbia Law School, while others show him graduating from an obscure Commenis Law School in Slovakia. Obama is known as a person who has sealed most of his vital records, among them his Columbia University records. It is not clear how much time Obama spent actually studying at Columbia University, how much did he spend abroad, specifically in Pakistan, and got equivalency credits from Columbia, just as Velamoor.

To say that the Barnett plaintiffs were stunned on hearing this news is putting it mildly. This astonishing new development was not only unbelievable; it was incomprehensible. How could this happen in America? On the face of it, this surprising action by Judge Carter was so far outside the norm of appropriate judicial conduct that it seemed unimaginable. It even gave off an odor of corruption and manipulation of the judiciary that was so out of character with what we knew of Judge Carter that one had to wonder – what was the nature of the pressure that was brought to bear on Judge Carter that he would even entertain such a course of action?

To the Barnett plaintiffs and their attorneys, it seemed that Barack Obama had literally stepped into Judge Carter’s court room and sneered at us, telling us literally that “I have so much power that you cannot touch me! I am untouchable and I will do as I please.”

A second hearing was held on October 5, 2009 at the federal courthouse in Santa Ana, CA, again with Judge Carter presiding which this writer attended. The security procedures upon entering the courthouse had tightened considerably, and security personnel reviewed identification, recorded names and addresses, and issued security badges to all attendees. After the courtroom was opened for seating, it soon filled to capacity. In order to accommodate the unseated observers, Judge Carter arranged for a second courtroom with closed-circuit TV for viewing of the proceedings.

Once the hearing commenced, a change in tone became immediately apparent. It seemed that Judge Carter was much more skeptical of the plaintiff’s case, and noticeably more adversarial in his exchanges with Attorney Taitz. In an affidavit regarding this hearing which I provided in connection with the August 11 appeal, I stated that “I thought (the) change in Judge Carter’s demeanor from one hearing to the (October 5) hearing…was striking and quite surprising.” Another affiant made a similar statement in her affidavit: “After the hearing a large group of people met outside and declared that we couldn’t believe the change in the judge’s demeanor. One of the gentlemen, who said that he had known Judge Carter for a long time, stated that he had never seen him like that before.”

On October 29, 2009, a not unexpected but nevertheless extremely disappointing favorable ruling on Obama’s Motion for Dismissal was released by Judge Carter in the Barnett case. Here are the words of Judge Carter (if these are in fact his words) in what the Barnett plaintiffs feel was a betrayal of the American people:

Plaintiffs have expressed frustration with the notion that this case could be dismissed on separation of powers, political question, or standing grounds, asserting that these are mere “technicalities” obstructing plaintiffs from being able to resolve the case on the merits of President Obama’s birth and constitutional qualifications. As the Supreme Court has stated, “It is indeed a singular misconception of the nature and character of our constitutional system of government to suggest that the settled distinction…between judicial authority over justiciable controversies and legislative power as to purely political questions tends to destroy the duty of the judiciary in proper cases to enforce the Constitution.” Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Co. v. Oregon, 223 U.S. 118, 149-150, 32 S. Ct. 224 (1912) Interpreting the Constitution is a serious and crucial task with which the federal courts of this nation have been entrusted under article III. However, that very same Constitution puts limits on the reach of the federal courts. One of those limits is that the Constitution defines processes through which the President can be removed from office. The Constitution does not include a role for the court in that process.

Plaintiffs have encouraged the Court to ignore these mandates of the Constitution; to disregard the limits on its power put in place by the Constitution; and to effectively overthrow a sitting president who was popularly elected by “We the People” – over sixty-nine million of the people. Plaintiffs have attacked the judiciary, including every prior court that has dismissed their claim, as unpatriotic and even treasonous for refusing to grant their requests and for adhering to the terms of the Constitution which set forth its jurisdiction. Respecting the Constitutional role and jurisdiction of this Court is not unpatriotic. Quite the contrary, this Court considers commitment to that constitutional role to be the ultimate reflection of patriotism.”

THERFORE, for the reason stated above, Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: October 29, 2009

(signed)
____________________

DAVID O. CARTER
United States District Judge

Well, what do you think of that?

Do those words sound like the words of Judge David O. Carter as we heard him on July 13, 2009? Or do those words sound eerily similar to the words of so many uttered against the so-called “birthers” which have appeared in the mainstream media? Is it possible that those words could have come from one Robert Bauer?

More importantly, what if the president is not the president? If the person sworn into office as president is not constitutionally qualified to serve in that office, is he, in fact, the president? How does the Constitution “limit the reach of the federal courts” to provide a remedy in this situation, when it is apparent that numerous criminal acts must have taken place for the conspiring parties to have installed an ineligible person in the office of President of the United States?

What if the putative president is not even a U.S. citizen, much less a natural born Citizen, as the Constitution requires?

What legally admissible evidence do the American people have that Barack Obama is, in fact, a U.S. citizen, or that he is eligible to serve in the office of president?

If we cannot get such evidence from you, Judge Carter, and Congress will not get it, and Obama will not provide it, where do we get it?

What if the election process which put this man’s purported election before the Electoral College was characterized by massive election fraud to a degree never before seen in this country?

What if the members of Congress, who ratified the results of the Electoral College vote, failed to fulfill their constitutional duty to verify that the person elected to the office of president was constitutionally eligible to serve?

What if the sixty-nine million people who voted for Barack Obama believed, in error, that he was actually eligible to serve as president according to the Constitution when they voted for him, as they were assured by those functionaries of the Obama campaign who presented only forged documents on the internet as proof of such eligibility?

And finally, Judge Carter, how do you square your ruling with the words of Justice Marshall in Marbury v. Madison:

The Government of the United States has been emphatically termed a government of laws, and not of men. It will certainly cease to deserve this high appellation if the laws furnish no remedy for the violation of a vested legal right.

I ask you, sir – if Article II of the United States Constitution sets forth certain unequivocal and indisputable requirements to serve in the office of president, do those requirements not imply the existence of a “vested legal right” of the people to have a constitutionally-qualified president”?

And if the person elected to that office has not only failed to demonstrate conformance with those requirements, but has refused to do so;

And if the Congress refuses to act to resolve this controversy;

And if the courts repeatedly refuse to hear cases brought before them which seek a remedy for this violation of the vested legal right of the people to have a constitutionally-qualified president on the grounds of the “mere technicalities” you cite, then:

Where, sir, do the people go to find a remedy in the law to their inability to enforce their vested legal right to a constitutionally-qualified president?

And more importantly, does the government of the United States remain a government of laws and not of men, as it was described by Justice Marshall, or has our government ceased to deserve this high appellation?

[Dave from down under]

No redemption yet for this duo…

Not until they appear as witnesses for the prosecution and put at least as much effort into correcting they damage that they did..

https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2022-01- ... /100779582

Dustin Stockton and Jennifer Lawrence are exactly the type of colourful characters needed to rile a crowd, spread a message and garner a movement.

From barnstorming bus tours across the country to political rallies in Washington DC, the pair surfed the populist tide of far-right politics in the United States for a decade.

Their efforts pre-dated election conspiracies, QAnon and even Donald Trump's political career before they earned a reputation as the "Bonnie and Clyde" of the former president's MAGA brand.

January 6 was meant to be the culmination of their work.

Instead, it all unravelled.

[Gregg]

Their main concern, even to this day, remains censorship of certain political views and leaders on social media,

Says the couple who have literally made their living for 10 years by being right wing nutjobs on social media.

[Slim Cognito]

Not defending their actions prior to J6 but I do find it interesting that they were able to see they created a monster. Too bad it got away from them.

[pipistrelle]

Not defending their actions prior to J6 but I do find it interesting that they were able to see they created a monster. Too bad it got away from them.

I don't buy their beliefs have changed an iota. They still love their autocrats and fascists.

[Frater I*I]

Not defending their actions prior to J6 but I do find it interesting that they were able to see they created a monster. Too bad it got away from them.

That's the only regret they have...

[filly]

Not defending their actions prior to J6 but I do find it interesting that they were able to see they created a monster. Too bad it got away from them.

I don't buy their beliefs have changed an iota. They still love their autocrats and fascists.

[Volkonski]

[northland10]

I almost spit up my Hopslam when I read that.

[New Turtle]

He has a habit of tearing paper. I remember seeing him do it after a debate in 2016. That's how they all know it was Trump who did it.

[filly]

He has a habit of tearing paper. I remember seeing him do it after a debate in 2016. That's how they all know it was Trump who did it.

Criminals destroy evidence. Thus the “habit.” Lends credence to the interpreter notes story when he met with Putin.

[filly]

The layers of the rancid onion are being peeled. This is a doozy:

[raison de arizona]

New: Greg Jacob, former counsel to then-VP Mike Pence, is appearing before the Jan. 6 select committee today. We spotted him leaving a meeting room.

[RTH10260]

Ex-White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany turned over text messages to Jan. 6 committee
JONATHAN KARL, BENJAMIN SIEGEL and WILL STEAKIN
Tue, February 1, 2022, 10:03 AM·

Former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany turned over text messages to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to a source familiar with the investigation -- the latest indication of the extensive level of cooperation the committee has received from many witnesses.

McEnany, who was at work in the White House and around then-President Donald Trump before and during the Capitol attack, was subpoenaed by the panel for records and testimony in November, and turned over text messages to committee investigators.

A source familiar with her interactions with the committee has told ABC News that text messages from McEnany's phone were quoted in a recent letter the committee sent to Ivanka Trump. The texts came directly from documents turned over by McEnany, said the source.

"1 - no more stolen election talk," Fox News host Sean Hannity texted McEnany, according to the records. "2- Yes, impeachment and the 25th amendment are real and many people will quit."

"Love that. Thank you. That is the playbook. I will help reinforce....," McEnany replied, per the documents.



https://www.yahoo.com/gma/ex-white-hous ... 00360.html

[filly]

New: Greg Jacob, former counsel to then-VP Mike Pence, is appearing before the Jan. 6 select committee today. We spotted him leaving a meeting room.

Jacob was a Partner at O'Melveny (BIGLAW) and returned there after January 20, 2021. There is no way his firm would tolerate a partner thumbing their nose at the Committee. He also went to U of Chicago Law School and graduated 3 years after Liz Cheney and he worked in W's administration, so there is probably some personal connection there.

[bob]

Not the J6 committee per se, but: CNN: Senators moving 'aggressively' on Electoral Count Act reform, but face long way to go before a deal:

Bipartisan talks to overhaul the Electoral Count Act -- an 1887 law under scrutiny in the wake of the January 6 attack on the US Capitol -- face an uncertain future and key hurdles as lawmakers scramble to secure a deal and pass a bill before a narrow window of opportunity closes ahead of the 2022 midterms.

There is serious interest from both Democrats and Republicans in updating the 19th century law that details how Congress counts Electoral College votes from each state and talks are gaining momentum, but the effort is still in its early stages and drafting legislation and finalizing a bill will take weeks if not months, according to people involved in the effort.

* * *

Moreover, there's another Democratic group -- made up of Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine and Democratic Sens. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Dick Durbin of Illinois -- that has already floated an outline of its proposal. But this group now plans to talk with the bipartisan group to merge their ideas.

* * *

King, Klobuchar and Durbin on Tuesday released a discussion draft of their proposal to update the Electoral Count Act.

According to a summary of the proposal, the measure would, among a number of provisions, "clarify" that the vice president does not have the authority to reject a state's electors. It would establish "specific and narrow grounds" for objections to electoral votes or electors.

And it would "raise the thresholds for Congress to consider objections" while also making it more difficult for objections to be sustained without widespread support by both chambers.

"Bipartisan" is doing all the work here (as is "talk"); wake me when "supermajority" is actually doing the heavy lifting.

[filly]

The Dems are down one Senator for now: Senator Lujan is recovering from a stroke (49!) so good luck.

[scirreeve]

Stewie gonna testify tomorrow from jail. Says he is gonna take the 5th on most questions but we shall see - Stewie can't keep his mouth shut. He should, of course. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oath-keepe ... committee/

[raison de arizona]

NEWS: Ex-DOJ official Jeffrey Clark is meeting with the Jan. 6 committee right now, per pooler @HolmesLybrand

"If the president doesn't have an executive privilege claim, certainly, the daughter of the former president doesn't have an executive privilege claim," @RepRaskin told @MacFarlaneNews.

Ivanka Trump is expected to be called to be interviewed by the Jan. 6 committee later this week. https://cbsnews.com/news/jamie-raskin-d ... nka-trump/