Where Things Stand: At Least Get Your Nazi Comparisons Right

Posted on by Nicole LaFond

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) stepped in it/spilled it/has soup on her face/etc.

The QAnon congresswoman is known for her various unhinged diatribes, usually packed with some layer of confusing racism or anti-Semitism or Nazism.

Today during an interview with the far-right Real America News outlet, Greene was attempting to comment on Rep. Troy Nehls’ (R-TX) recent bizarre claims that Capitol Hill police took unauthorized photos of his office last fall and that Capitol law enforcement is engaged in some deep state plot to “destroy” him. The Capitol Police pushed back on the allegations saying an officer merely locked the congressman’s office door when it was left wide open during Thanksgiving break. TPM’s Josh Kovensky got a copy of a Capitol Police report and he explains the whole faux-outrage incident in depth here, but essentially Nehls and other far-right lawmakers are seizing on Nehls’ accusations as fodder for their campaign to blame the Jan. 6 insurrection on Capitol Police as they flail to divert blame for the attack away from Trump and his supporters.

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National Archives Requests DOJ Probe Trump’s Handling Of White House Records

Posted on by Summer Concepcion

The National Archives has reportedly asked the Justice Department to probe former President Trump’s handling of White House records, following reports of the former president’s unusual and potentially unlawful treatment of presidential records, according to the Washington Post.

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Jan. 6 Committee Issues Subpoena To Trump Advisor Peter Navarro

Posted on by Josh Kovensky

The Jan. 6 Committee subpoenaed Peter Navarro on Wednesday, demanding that the former White House trade advisor and economics talking head provide information about Donald Trump’s attempt to subvert the 2020 election results.

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Lock ‘Em Up

Posted on by Josh Marshall

Just moments ago the Post reported that the National Archives has asked the Justice Department to investigate ex-President Trump’s handling of White House records and possible violations of the Presidential Records Act. For clarity, the PRA is the post-Watergate statute that makes clear the the work product of the presidency belongs to the American public and not the individual president. As is so often the case, adjudicating Trump’s infractions is paradoxically complicated by their sheer brazenness. I mean, what is there to investigate? The violations have been so open that he seems to be saying with his actions that his actions are okay. Trump for years openly destroyed records covered by the PRA. (His staff reportedly attempted to piece them back together with tape.) Then he absconded with 15 boxes of records that the National Archives had to recover from Mar-a-Lago.

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Rudy Giuliani Asked Michigan Prosecutor To Hand Over Voting Machines In 2020

Posted on by Matt Shuham

Rudy Giuliani asked the prosecutor in Antrim County, Michigan to hand over his county’s voting machines to Donald Trump’s team in the aftermath of the 2020 election, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.

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The Twisty Road

Posted on by Josh Marshall

The Times has a piece on the topic we’ve been talking about here in recent days: the escalating battle over “legitimate political discourse” and the January 6th insurrection. They see it primarily as a messaging gaffe. And that is certainly part of the story. The imperative for the RNC was the formal censure of the two dissident House Republicans: Cheney and Kinzinger. That didn’t require a blanket endorsement of the Jan. 6th insurrection, which the label “legitimate political discourse” certainly conferred. That has to go down to Ronna McDaniel’s general ineptitude. But you need to be a really good driver on a twisty road with a lot of black ice. And right now the GOP is on a twisty road with a lot of black ice.

It’s no accident this happened. It happened because Trump is demanding it happen. As we noted yesterday, this is a dance between Trump and the Jan. 6th committee with most elected Republicans caught in between.

McConnell Laughs Off Trump’s Efforts To Oust Him As Leader

Posted on by Summer Concepcion

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) isn’t losing sleep over former President Trump’s crusade to get him booted as leader.

That’s what the top Senate Republican told the Washington Examiner on Tuesday evening, while mocking the former president’s “Old Crow” nickname for him, which Trump adopted months ago as part of his ongoing ire toward McConnell.

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Trump-Endorsed Arizona Secretary of State Candidate Has A Show Bill To ‘Decertify’ 2020

Posted on by Matt Shuham

Within hours of Arizona state Rep. Mark Finchem (R) introducing his bill to “decertify” and “set aside” the 2020 election results in three of Arizona’s largest counties, two things happened. 

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North Carolina Elections Board Claims Power To Kick Cawthorn Off Ballot Over Role In Jan. 6

Posted on by Cristina Cabrera

The North Carolina State Board of Elections is asserting a right to keep far-right Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC), who’s currently being scrutinized over his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, off the ballot ahead of the 2022 midterms if it so chooses.

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