Turn off the magnetometers. The rioters aren't going to hurt me. They like me. Let Putin takeover Ukraine. He's not going to harm me. He thinks I'm great. Let the leader of N. Korea launch the nuclear warheads. He's not going to hurt me.
Push is coming to shove between Smith and Trump. Smith is responding to Trump's endless delay tactics intended to push the trial past the 2024 election and into 2025 when Trump could shut down the DOJ's prosecution of him if he's reelected.
MAGA lovebirds arrested for beating police officers at Capitol riot. MAGA couple arrested for beating cops on Jan 6 excerpt: "Here's a fun idea for MAGA date night — go to the Capitol and beat up some cops. Remember, "Back the Blue" doesn't count when the Blue is backing the Constitution! Romantic lovebugs Curtis Davis, 45, and Tonya Bishop, 48, of Snow Hill, North Carolina, were arrested today on charges of civil disorder and assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers, entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds; engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly conduct in a Capitol building; act of physical violence in the Capitol grounds or buildings; and parading, picketing, and demonstrating in a Capitol building."
Giuiani shows up in court 20 minutes late. Giuliani says $43 million judgment against him for lying about Ruby Freeman would be death sentence for him. Giuliani: $43 Million in Damages Would Be ‘Death Sentence’
Giuliani should have considered that outcome before he started relentlessly defaming people like Freeman and businesses like Dominion and Smartmatic.
Smartmatic has been suing Giuliani and Fox. https://www.courthousenews.com/clos...odge-discovery-in-smartmatic-defamation-suit/
Giuliani: $43 Million in Damages Would Be ‘Death Sentence’ excerpt: "DuBose said enraged Trump supporters also showed up at the women’s homes, accusing them of election fraud. He said the harassment included people ringing Freeman’s doorbell in the middle of the night, forcing her to move and search for a new job. DuBose claimed the harassment didn’t stop there, however. He said Freeman once walked out of a job interview at Chick-Fil-A with her head down after a hiring manager pulled up an article about her online and asked if she was the women who committed election fraud."
Supreme Court: Trump must respond to special counsel’s presidential immunity petition before Christmas excerpt: "If the justices decline to step in at this point, Trump's appeal would continue at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Smith has asked for quick review there, too but said even a rapid appellate decision might not get to the Supreme Court in time for review and final word before the court's traditional summer break."
The associates of Santos are similar to those of Trump. People with no prior criminal behavior knowingly go along with the criminal behavior of pathological liars like Santos and Trump and end up with criminal charges and convictions. Santos is reportedly in plea deal talks with prosecutors. George Santos is in plea talks, prosecutors say excerpt: "One of his former campaign aides pleaded guilty to impersonating a House leadership aide while soliciting contributions for Santos’ campaign, and another former Santos ally, his former campaign treasurer Nancy Marks, pleaded guilty to fraudulently reporting a nonexistent loan that Santos had claimed to have made to his campaign."
Trump was trying to have the gag order lifted again before his scheduled Monday testimony in the NY fraud trial.. It didn't happen because of an error Trump's attorneys made in the appeal. He chose not to testify on Monday, perhaps because the gag order was still in place. Trump really, really hates his NY gag order, which he's now trying to appeal again excerpt: "But because of a procedural snafu on Trump's side — his lawyers filed paperwork asking for a one-judge appellate decision, rather than for the required four-judge decision — the gag will stay in place for at least the next week."f
NH governor Sununu is poised to endorse Haley. Sununu poised to endorse Haley, hoping to slow Trump’s march to nomination | CNN Politics
Jack Smith indicates that he will use phone location data of Trump and others during the Jan. 6, 2020 timeframe. Jack Smith reveals what expert witnesses will testify about Trump's Twitter use on Jan. 6
Over 11 years ago in 2012, Trump was spouting truther narratives about votes supposedly being stolen from Romney and given to Obama. Trump Hopes To Use Outlandish Cyber Vote Switching Conspiracies As Part Of Defense excerpt: “More reports of voting machines switching Romney votes to Obama,” Trump wrote on what was then known as Twitter. “Pay close attention to the machines, don’t let your vote be stolen.”
Johnson says he's having Capitol rioters faces blurred before releasing video to the public to prevent them from being prosecuted. Speaker Mike Johnson says he's blurring Jan. 6 footage so rioters don't get charged
Why are we going backwards? Trump. Not long after Trump put his third person on the Supreme Court, Roe v. Wade was overturned. image:
Paxton petitioned the Texas supreme court to override the stay on the abortion ban. He also wrote letters that threatened to prosecute medical providers involved in performing an abortion. Kate Cox is leaving Texas to get an abortion. New data shows she's part of post-Roe travel uptick. excerpt: "Last Thursday, District Court Judge Maya Guerra Gamble granted her request for an order, allowing Cox to have an abortion under the medical exemption rule. But Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, in a petition, urged the Texas Supreme Court to block the order. In Paxton’s filing, he said Cox did not meet the criteria for a medical exception. Paxton also sent a letter to three hospitals where Dr. Damla Karsan, the gynecologist who said she would perform Cox’s abortion if authorized under the temporary order, could admit patients. The attorney general threatened to prosecute any providers involved in performing an abortion to a patient."
Giuliani may have defamed Freeman again, this time outside the courthouse where it's being determined how much he will have to pay her for defaming her previously. Judge: Giuliani may have defamed Georgia election workers again outside DC courthouse
Felony convictions of Trump apparently don't seem as bad now to Republicans as before. Poll: Even a Felony Conviction Wouldn’t Turn Republicans Against Trump excerpt: "Two-thirds of Republicans apparently have no problem with reelecting someone who attempted to overthrow the government. Just 31 percent of Republicans would not vote for Donald Trump if he was convicted before Election Day 2024, according to a new Reuters/IPSOS poll. That’s a drastically lower number than recorded in August, when nearly half of polled Republicans said that the vote for Trump was a no-go if the GOP front-runner was “convicted of a felony crime by a jury.” In that same poll, just 35 percent of Republicans said they would continue to support him even if he was found guilty of a crime, while the remaining 20 percent said they were undecided."
Former Boston police officer to plead guilty to attacking police officer at Capitol riot. Former Boston Police Officer Joseph Fisher to plead guilty to attacking officer in Capitol riot