DOJ took overt steps in its investigation of the fake electors the day after the January 6 Committee presented information that’s new to most of the public on the same topic. But it’s unlikely that DOJ took the acts solely because of the Committee hearing.
On the same day DOJ finally appealed Carl Nichols’ decision rejecting their application of 18 USC 1512(c)(2) to January 6, Amy Berman Jackson joined 15 of her colleagues in upholding the application.
The government is finally raising concerns about Sidney Powell paying for the defense of the Oath Keepers’ conspirators. The question is why they’ve waited for three months?
The shocking and emotional part of the January 6 Committee hearing on Trump’s pressure on states was the stories that targets of Trump’s bullying told, including Shaye Moss’ description of how Rudy Giuliani claimed a ginger mint her mom had handed her was instead a thumb drive used to steal the election. But the details in the hearing go a long way to substantiating a conspiracy to obstruct the vote certification.
The January 6 Committee hearings have renewed debates about what it would take to criminally charge Donald Trump, raising questions about what decision-making process Merrick Garland might use before approving such a prosecution. But he may already have taken steps to make such decisions easier.
Priti Patel’s unsurprising of the extradition order for Julian Assange may mark just the beginning of the process.
The January 6 Committee got much closer last night to explaining how the many efforts by Trump to use the mob to pressure his Vice President turned into a real threat to his life from that mob.
DOJ may be relying on the reliability of Jeremy Bertino for their Proud Boys case. Which means it may have been an unpleasant surprise to see that he had done a deposition with the January 6 Committee last week.
The government included the “We the People” plan in the indictment charging the Proud Boy leaders with sedition not because it was Enrique Tarrio’s plan, but because his discussions of it showed the motive behind his orally issued plan.
Thanks to Roger Stone’s persistence we’ve learned another damning detail about the Durham investigation: He never interviewed George Papadopoulos before hopping on a plane with the Attorney General chasing the conspiracy theories the Coffee Boy was spreading.
