January 6th hearings on Trump's failed insurrection.

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Judge asks DOJ to explain whether Meadows is immune from House Jan. 6 subpoena
A federal judge on Friday asked the Justice Department to explain its view on whether former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows is immune from a congressional subpoena issued by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack.

The inquiry from U.S. District Judge Carl J. Nichols comes a little over three weeks after the department said it would not prosecute Meadows for contempt of Congress despite the House referring him for criminal charges for defying the select committee’s subpoena.

Nichols is presiding over a civil suit Meadows filed against the select committee late last year challenging its subpoena. His brief order issued on Thursday appears to give the department the option of declining to weigh in on the matter.

The judge invited the DOJ to address “its view as to whether Plaintiff is entitled to absolute or qualified testimonial immunity from the subpoena at issue in this case.”

If the department chooses to weigh in, it will provide the first public explanation of why it chose to spare Meadows from prosecution, while filing criminal contempt charges against former White House trade advisor Peter Navarro and Steve Bannon, who had once served as a White House strategist to former President Trump. The Justice Department also declined to charge Trump’s social media guru Dan Scavino for defying a select committee subpoena.

In his legal case against the committee, Meadows has cited DOJ advisory legal memoranda dating back to the 1980’s that have consistently held that senior White House officials enjoy absolute immunity from congressional subpoenas.

With the select committee in the midst of its series of public hearings and appearing to wrap up its investigation, it’s unclear whether lawmakers will be able to secure anything of value from Meadows at this point.

But the DOJ’s refusal to charge Meadows has added to the tension between the two branches’ respective Jan. 6 investigations. Earlier this month, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), the chair and vice chair of the select committee, blasted the DOJ for its decision.

“While today’s indictment of Peter Navarro was the correct decision by the Justice Department, we find the decision to reward Mark Meadows and Dan Scavino for their continued attack on the rule of law puzzling,” Thompson and Cheney said in a joint statement on June 3. “Mr. Meadows and Mr. Scavino unquestionably have relevant knowledge about President Trump’s role in the efforts to overturn the 2020 election and the events of January 6th. We hope the Department provides greater clarity on this matter.”
 

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At least four House GOP lawmakers asked for pardons after Jan. 6
The Jan. 6 committee investigating the attack on the Capitol revealed Thursday that Republican Reps. Matt Gaetz (Fla.) Mo Brooks (Ala.) Louie Gohmert (Texas) and Andy Biggs (Ariz.) asked for a presidential pardon for their role in voting to overturn election results in certain states on Jan. 6, 2021.

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), a member of the panel who played an elevated role in Thursday’s proceedings, presented an email from Brooks, dated Jan. 11, 2021, in which the congressman asked for presidential pardons for himself, Gaetz, and lawmakers who objected to the Electoral College vote for Arizona and Pennsylvania.

“President Trump asked me to send you this letter. This letter is also pursuant to a request from Matt Gaetz,” the email reads.

“As such, I recommend that President give general (all purpose) pardons to the following groups of people:,” the email adds. “Every Congressman and Senator who voted to reject the electoral vote submission of Arizona and Pennsylvania.”

The panel also showed a video of former special assistant to the president Cassidy Hutchinson saying Gaetz and Brooks “both advocated for there to be a blanket pardon” for members of Congress involved with a meeting that took place on Dec, 21, 2020, presumably the huddle at the White House that focused on overturning the 2020 presidential election.

She also said Gaetz and Brooks advocated for a blanket pardon for “a handful of other members that weren’t at the Dec. 21 meeting.” Those were meant to be “preemptive pardons,” she noted.

Additionally, Hutchinson said “Gaetz was personally pushing for a pardon, and he was doing so since early December,” but said she did not know why.

Gaetz reached out to Hutchinson asking for a meeting with Meadows “about receiving a presidential pardon,” according to her closed-door testimony presented at Thursday’s hearing.

Hutchinson said Biggs, Gohmert and Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) also asked for pardons, but did not reveal more details.

And she said Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), a fierce defender of Trump, “talked about congressional pardons, but he never asked me for one,” noting that he was largely inquiring about whether or not the White House was going to grant the lawmaker pardons.
 

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Tom Nichols: What Are Trump Supporters Afraid Of?
239,363 views Jun 23, 2022 As more revelations come out in the Jan. 6th hearings, the threats against committee members increase. Tom Nichols takes a look at the underlying fear from Trump supporters that may be driving the anger.
 

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J6 hearing: Trump's criminal intent proved; members of congress who sought pardons identified
11,504 views Jun 23, 2022 The fifth January 6 select committee public hearing was blockbuster. There was important testimony from Department of Justice officials proving Donald Trump's criminal intent. The hearing also revealed the members of Congress who sought pardons for their role in the insurrection. Finally, there was significant evidence of a dramatic showdown between Trump and his DOJ officials who threatened to resign en masse if Trump appointed Jeffrey Clark as acting Attorney General. Clark had pledged to do Trump corrupt bidding to overturn the election results if Trump would make him AG.

In a related story, federal authorities just searched Jeffrey Clark's Virginia home in an escalation of DOJ's criminal investigation of the insurrection.
 

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British filmmaker says he expected Jan. 6 violence: ‘I thought it would be even worse’
The British filmmaker whose crew documented former President Trump and his circle around the 2020 election said he predicted violence would take place on Jan. 6, 2021, and believed the attack on the Capitol “would be even worse.”

Filmmaker Alex Holder told CBS’ Norah O’Donnell in an interview broadcast Thursday that on the eve of the Capitol riot he joked with his crew, “You know the president’s gonna tell everyone to march on the Capitol.”

“We sort of prepared for that potentially happening,” the filmmaker told O’Donnell.

As his crew documented the rallies and events leading up to Jan. 6 last year, Holder said the “volume of rhetoric and sort of the belligerence that was coming out post-election was so significant” that it “had to end with something violent.”

“Even if you look at the way the campaign was going on before, the idea of the election being something that was going to be irregular was already coming up during that time as well,” Holder said.

Holder documented Trump around the 2020 election as well as before and after the Capitol attack. The filmmaker testified for a two-hour closed door deposition on Thursday with the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot

He also turned over material to the panel. Along with footage of the Capitol riot, Holder said he provided interviews he conducted with Trump, former Vice President Mike Pence, Trump’s eldest daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump since September 2020.

The House committee held its fifth hearing on Thursday. It has postponed its final two hearings until July, in part because it obtained new evidence lawmakers will have to sift through.

Holder on Thursday told CBS’ O’Donnell that the evidence he provided, including the interviews with Trump, would contain some new revelations.

Although he was close to Trump’s orbit at the time, Holder said the outcome of Jan. 6 was inevitable because of Trump’s rhetoric.

“You’re telling 75 million people that their election doesn’t count, and they, you know, believe you,” he added. “You’re their president, and they voted for you, and you’re saying that their election doesn’t count, and then what — what else is gonna happen?”
 

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This film is one of the reasons they changed the J6 hearings schedule, here is a peek.


Exclusive: New Doc. Footage Shows Trump Saying ‘Stupid People’ Refused To Support Big Lie
181,649 views Jun 23, 2022 Filmmaker Alex Holder--who was deposed by the Jan. 6 committee on Thursday and has turned over footage to the committee--joins Joy Reid with an exclusive new clip from his all-access Donald Trump docuseries, "Unprecedented," which was filmed before and after the attack on the Capitol. The director gives Joy his take on the former president's alleged beliefs about President Biden winning the 2020 election saying, "He definitely believed that he had won."
 

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so it looks like eastman will be the first rat to make a deal. he'll nail trump's fat ass to the wall so fast the nails will glow red...he's a fucking lawyer, he's not going to take the blame for a fucking thing, trump, rudy, meadows...EVERYONE he knows anything about is going to get sold out, cheap
i agree. trump thinks eastman is gonna be the fall guy and that dude is cutting bait. these 60 year old white guys aren't gonna do hard time for trump
 

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British filmmaker says he expected Jan. 6 violence: ‘I thought it would be even worse’
The British filmmaker whose crew documented former President Trump and his circle around the 2020 election said he predicted violence would take place on Jan. 6, 2021, and believed the attack on the Capitol “would be even worse.”

Filmmaker Alex Holder told CBS’ Norah O’Donnell in an interview broadcast Thursday that on the eve of the Capitol riot he joked with his crew, “You know the president’s gonna tell everyone to march on the Capitol.”

“We sort of prepared for that potentially happening,” the filmmaker told O’Donnell.

As his crew documented the rallies and events leading up to Jan. 6 last year, Holder said the “volume of rhetoric and sort of the belligerence that was coming out post-election was so significant” that it “had to end with something violent.”

“Even if you look at the way the campaign was going on before, the idea of the election being something that was going to be irregular was already coming up during that time as well,” Holder said.

Holder documented Trump around the 2020 election as well as before and after the Capitol attack. The filmmaker testified for a two-hour closed door deposition on Thursday with the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot

He also turned over material to the panel. Along with footage of the Capitol riot, Holder said he provided interviews he conducted with Trump, former Vice President Mike Pence, Trump’s eldest daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump since September 2020.

The House committee held its fifth hearing on Thursday. It has postponed its final two hearings until July, in part because it obtained new evidence lawmakers will have to sift through.

Holder on Thursday told CBS’ O’Donnell that the evidence he provided, including the interviews with Trump, would contain some new revelations.

Although he was close to Trump’s orbit at the time, Holder said the outcome of Jan. 6 was inevitable because of Trump’s rhetoric.

“You’re telling 75 million people that their election doesn’t count, and they, you know, believe you,” he added. “You’re their president, and they voted for you, and you’re saying that their election doesn’t count, and then what — what else is gonna happen?”
if he was expecting that kind of reaction, why didn't he report it to someone? the fbi isn't hard to get ahold of...
 

DIY-HP-LED

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i agree. trump thinks eastman is gonna be the fall guy and that dude is cutting bait. these 60 year old white guys aren't gonna do hard time for trump
It doesn't look like they need Eastman and he can't deal away enough to avoid leaving prison in a body bag. Trump gave out pardons to his inner circle and they are all squealing their heads off with no 5th amendment protection for these kind of federal charges. Julian is coming to America and that might mean leverage on Roger Stone, he was also the conduit between Trump and those who lead the sacking of the capitol. It might be worth it to tie Trump directly to the violence. One thing is for sure, the guilty in Trump world are freaking out, including those in congress, who are starting to sweat.
 

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i know those people exist, but it just punches you in the gut to see how fucking deluded and ignorant they are, how they refuse to even look at anything that doesn't support their fantasies...
but we keep letting these delusional nut jobs vote.
Cut off the bullshit that drives and directs their delusions, while stoking their fear, the crazy and stupid are confused and when people get confused they often become angry. You can censor the truth or bury it in bullshit, both are equally effective as evidenced by America and Russia. America buries the truth for the vulnerable and bigoted under a mountain of "alternative facts" and spin, Russia does that too and censors the news. The difference is in America, bigotry removes the choice and in Russia the government does, helped a lot by bigotry too.
 

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Joe: January 6 Hearings About As Compelling As Anything Since Watergate
57,611 views Jun 24, 2022 The Morning Joe panel recaps the key takeaways of Day Five of the January 6 Committee hearings, which showed Trump wanted DOJ to promote his interests.
 

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Joe On Day Five takeaways: Patriotic Americans Put The Future Of The Country Over Political Party
29,549 views Jun 24, 2022 On Day Five of the January 6 Committee hearings, Senior officials whom Trump had appointed testified that they tried to explain the department’s unique role to him: They worked for the American people and represented the federal government.
 
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