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Fox News reporter debunks lie spread today by range of GOP elected officials… “The $6 billion is still currently held in a Qatari bank account with U.S. Treasury oversight. The money came from Iranian oil sales to South Korea and did not include U.S. Taxpayer dollars.

The first domino falls… Fulton County Defendant Scott Hall is currently taking a plea in the Georgia RICO election case. Watch as Trumps co-defendant enters GUILTY plea. Hall is the Atlanta-area bail bondsman who was accused of conspiring to hack election data in Coffee County in violation of Georgia RICO and conspiracy to commit election fraud. First offender deal: 5 years probation. $5,000 fine. A letter of apology to the people of Georgia. 200 hours community service. A bar on election administration work. Hall must testify honestly in all further proceedings.

Lawfare contributor and Georgia resident Anna Bower posts a short thread with a bunch of legal docs In a new brief, Fulton County DA Fani Willis argues that Mark Meadows is not permitted to remove his case to federal court because the removal statute only applies to *current* federal officials. "Former federal officers are not authorized to remove," she writes.

To my knowledge, Joseph Padilla was neither a PB or OK, but he is looking at some serious time. Padilla Complaint and Statement of Facts (Photo evidence within) - Local DC reporter Scott MacFarlane reports from the courtroom at today’s sentencing hearing. MacFarlane Thread Highlights: Sentencing begins shortly in Capitol riot case of Joseph Padilla. Feds will seek 14 YEARS in prison, arguing he assaulted two officers & "spent three hours on the west front, breaking through police lines, rallying other rioters to join him, and relentlessly berating police" Feds have sought terror enhancement in this case. - Padilla tells judge “My actions that day were not in keeping with my character” Says he let his anger with election “that he thought was stolen” get out of control. He apologizes to several officers by name. Padilla seeks credit for not “raising hundreds of thousands of dollars” in internet fundraising by claiming to be a “political prisoner” Padilla says he’s felt “torturous self loathing” for what he’s done to his family … which he says is now on verge of homelessness. - Judge John Bates says Padilla was “one of the most aggressive rioters” at the barricade and was a “major player” on Jan 6. Judge says Padilla called others in the mob “f*** cowards” for not pressing forward more…. Judge emphasizes that Padilla bragged about his conduct after. And talked of “dissolving the legislature” on Jan 6. Judge says Padilla’s remorse “is awfully late in the game” Judge acknowledges Padilla’s family will be impacted by Padilla’s imprisonment. Judge says: “But that’s not the court’s fault, it’s yours, Mr. Padilla.” - FLASH: Judge John Bates sentences Capitol riot defendant Joseph Padilla to 6 and a half years in prison

J6 Trial and sentencing calendar through 5/30/24 (Trial.pdf) So many sentencings, so little time.

Zach Alam broke the window that Ashli Babbitt climbed through in the most tragic moment of J6. A terrible loss of life. A grand jury Indicted him on eleven counts. Today a jury found him guilty on all eleven. Verdict Form I found this Note from the jury foreperson asking the judge a question during deliberations to be interesting…

Any dip shirt who thinks Trump was indicted by a grand jury for “questioning the election “ seriously, needs to read the indictment and understand the charges. Words matter. Courts matter.

Doesn’t sound like the judge would be cutting you any slack either.

Jon Shroyer Criminal Complaint and Statement of Facts

I’m not against his right to free speech. Stop frothing and pay attention. He is seeking leniency from the judge in his sentencing for a crime he’s already plead guilty to. In asking for leniency, his defense is that he really and truly, with all his heart, thought the election was stolen. I’m not a lawyer, but that is a pretty lame defense. Especially now that we know, many times over, that the election was not stolen. You don’t get to say “gee whizz your honor, I really thought Trump was telling the truth and I was a patriot!” and expect to not be held accountable for your small-time crimes. Imagine being the judge and hearing his lame excuse.

Not new, but Jeff Clark's 12/28/20 email to Acting AG Rosen is straight out of Dr. Strangelove: "white hat hackers have evidence ... that a Dominion machine accessed the Internet thru a smart thermostat with a net connection trail leading back to China." Crazy people…

Feds seek 4-months prison for Jon Shroyer, an INFOWARS host, in Jan 6 case… They argue he "stoked the fire of 100s of thousands of his followers w/ violent rhetoric & disinformation about the election… Defense asks for leniency… saying Shroyer is a "vocal & vigorous critic of the federal government… and believed, in late 2020 and early 2021, that the 2020 election had been “stolen.” Not much of a defense if you ask me…

Nods head approvingly like that Jack Nicholson meme…

The trial for New York AG Letitia James' $250 million civil fraud case against Donald Trump, his family, and his company is scheduled to begin on October 2, 2023 and to end by December 22, 2023, the presiding judge has announced.

ABC News Article, August 2023 Trump's false claims about Georgia's 2020 election long debunked "We counted the ballots three times. He lost this state," one official said. On Thursday night on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump made more unsubstantiated claims about he called "rigged" and "stolen" election in Georgia. The false claims come two-and-a-half years after the election, which officials repeatedly determined was not fraudulent after an audit, multiple recounts and at least a half dozen failed legal challenges. Trump lost…

A federal judge has ruled that the prosecution of ex-Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows will remain in state — not federal — court. The decision is a victory for Fulton County DA Fani Willis.

Has the flyover been mentioned in this thread? The B-2 What an amazing aircraft. USA M’ER F’ERs

For those about to rock… FIRE!

JUST IN: Just left the Courtroom. Leo BOZELL, the son of prominent conservative media critic Brent Bozell, was found guilty of 10 charges related to breaching the Capitol on Jan. 6 — including obstruction and assault Judge Bates delivered the verdict while Bozell’s family looked on. Bozell Criminal Complaint

Here is the original indictment for both the son and mother… And here is The superseding indictment. Eleven counts total.

Zip Tie Guy… and his mother… going to jail. Another family torn apart because of Trump’s lies. Local DC News WUSA9 Article Nearly 5 years in prison for 'zip tie guy' who entered Capitol with mother. A Tennessee man who became one of the most recognizable images of the Capitol riot when he leaped over seats in the Senate Gallery while holding zip tie handcuffs will serve nearly five years in prison, and his mother, who was convicted alongside him, will serve roughly half that time.

Court schedules Sept 15 plea hearing in Capitol riot case of Riley Kasper of Wisconsin. Feds allege Kasper "sprayed an aerosol canister of what is believed to be pepper spray towards law enforcement officers" DOJ Press Release: Defendant Accused of Using Pepper Spray Against Officers

Glad to see this guy squirming… Navarro indicted on contempt charges for defying 1/6 panel The indictment comes days after Navarro revealed he had been subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury as part of the Justice Department’s probe into Jan. 6. Navarro, 72, was charged with one contempt count for failing to appear for a deposition before the House committee and a second charge for failing to produce documents the committee requested. - Pretty simple verdict form and a rather straightforward note from the jury…

Here is Comey’s first official statement from July 5, 2016: Statement by FBI Director James B. Comey on the Investigation of Secretary Hillary Clinton’s Use of a Personal E-Mail System Remarks prepared for delivery at press briefing. And here are some highlights: The investigation began as a referral from the Intelligence Community Inspector General in connection with Secretary Clinton’s use of a personal e-mail server during her time as Secretary of State. The referral focused on whether classified information was transmitted on that personal system. Consistent with our counterintelligence responsibilities, we have also investigated to determine whether there is evidence of computer intrusion in connection with the personal e-mail server by any foreign power, or other hostile actors. Although we did not find clear evidence that Secretary Clinton or her colleagues intended to violate laws governing the handling of classified information, there is evidence that they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information. FBI investigators have also read all of the approximately 30,000 e-mails provided by Secretary Clinton to the State Department in December 2014. From the group of 30,000 e-mails returned to the State Department, 110 e-mails in 52 e-mail chains have been determined by the owning agency to contain classified information at the time they were sent or received. Eight of those chains contained information that was Top Secret at the time they were sent; 36 chains contained Secret information at the time; and eight contained Confidential information, which is the lowest level of classification. Separate from those, about 2,000 additional e-mails were “up-classified” to make them Confidential; the information in those had not been classified at the time the e-mails were sent. So that’s what we found. Finally, with respect to our recommendation to the Department of Justice: Although there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case. In looking back at our investigations into mishandling or removal of classified information, we cannot find a case that would support bringing criminal charges on these facts. All the cases prosecuted involved some combination of: clearly intentional and willful mishandling of classified information; or vast quantities of materials exposed in such a way as to support an inference of intentional misconduct; or indications of disloyalty to the United States; or efforts to obstruct justice. We do not see those things here. As a result, although the Department of Justice makes final decisions on matters like this, we are expressing to Justice our view that no charges are appropriate in this case. (This part is from my memory, so I think its right…) Then on Oct 28, days before the election Comey sent the famous letter to Congress that said he was reopening the case because it was discovered that there was a laptop that the New York FBI field office never searched. Later it was found that the new laptop emails were duplicates. AP Article

On the DOJ update page, they list some of the individuals they are still looking for. Including names of people who have jumped bail, and others who they have on video committing felonies. Here’s a video of an unidentified person (#BOLD91) assaulting police in the tunnel. What a cowardly act. If you watched the video, how much time locked up does he deserve? Overnight and released? A month? A year?