A day before the deadly Capitol insurrection last year, former Pence chief counsel Greg Jacob issued a stern warning to the then-Vice President, urging him against caving to then-President Trump’s pressure campaign demanding Pence to block or delay the counting of electoral votes during the joint session of Congress certifying Joe Biden’s victory.
Continue reading “Day Before Jan. 6, Pence Lawyer Warned Of ‘Standoff’ If VP Caved To Election Steal Scheme”Viewer Guide: What To Expect From The Jan. 6 Committee’s June Hearings
The House Jan. 6 Select Committee plans to unveil its discoveries about former President Trump’s months-long effort to steal an election over the course of several hearings in June. The first, held in prime time, was on Thursday, June 9, and featured a roadmap, laid out by panel co-chair Liz Cheney (R-WY), explaining the story she and her colleagues hope to tell.
Continue reading “Viewer Guide: What To Expect From The Jan. 6 Committee’s June Hearings”Connecting the Dots
There are many things that came out of the first Jan 6th hearing. We’ll talk more about them going forward and we’ll see these points unfolded, I assume, in subsequent hearings. But one point already came through pretty clearly and well and that is the integral role of the two fascist paramilitaries, the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers.
Continue reading “Connecting the Dots”Read: Giuliani Charged With Attorney Ethics Violations Over 2020 Election
The office that oversees attorney ethics in Washington D.C. instituted disciplinary proceedings against Rudy Giuliani on Friday relating to his assertions that the 2020 presidential election in Pennsylvania was fraudulent.
Continue reading “Read: Giuliani Charged With Attorney Ethics Violations Over 2020 Election”What We Want To Know From The Jan. 6 Committee
The Jan.6 Committee’s hearing last night was full of newsworthy information: The committee made clear that it views Trump’s effort to steal power as a months-long, wide-ranging conspiracy. And they said they’ve collected evidence indicating Trump and his inner circle knew they’d lost the election, and nonetheless went forward with the election theft attempt anyway.
Continue reading “What We Want To Know From The Jan. 6 Committee”A Recording Of TPM’s Jan. 6 Committee Twitter Space
Earlier today, TPM’s Matt Shuham and Josh Kovensky unpacked the Jan. 6 committee’s first hearing. They’ve been covering Donald Trump and his allies’ calculated attacks on democracy and conspiracy to subvert the 2020 election since well before the defining moment of the Jan. 6 insurrection. In case you missed the LIVE conversation, here is a recording: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1zqKVBlwVjmKB
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Here’s The 7-Part Plan The Jan. 6 Committee Says Trump Followed To Steal Power
One of the major headlines from Thursday night’s Congressional Jan. 6 Committee hearing was Vice Chair Liz Cheney’s (R-WY) statement that Trump followed a “sophisticated seven-point plan” to steal the election.
Continue reading “Here’s The 7-Part Plan The Jan. 6 Committee Says Trump Followed To Steal Power”Another Take
From TPM Reader SC …
Continue reading “Another Take”I don’t write in often (20 years and three emails, IIRC), but I feel a need to add some balance to the letter from MB that you just posted. MB complains of the lack of discussion of “incompetence” — and I agree on the philosophical issue presented that incompetence demands removal — but the problem is that Chesa, while not great, has not shown incompetence in his position as DA. Is he great? No. Is he a smooth politician? God, no. But in the context of SF DAs going back to Arlo Smith, he is…OK. Disruptive, but relatively effective overall.
Jordan Emphasizes How Much He Won’t Be Cooperating With Jan. 6 Panel
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) on Thursday doubled down on his demand that the House Jan. 6 Committee hand over its evidence on him before he (maybe) complies with its subpoena.
Continue reading “Jordan Emphasizes How Much He Won’t Be Cooperating With Jan. 6 Panel”On the Recall
From TPM Reader MB …
Continue reading “On the Recall”I’ve heard a lot of pundits discussing the recall in SF as a repudiation of the progressive movement. Honestly I think it’s dead wrong. I voted for Chesa and I wanted the recall. It’s progressive to expect competent and effective government.