UPDATES are in comments
The Supreme Court and Judge Nichols had trouble with agreeing tRUMP and presidents are actually an official in office because they say Congress neglected to actually state so in the Constitution. BULLSHIT!
tRUMP was an elected official to the office of the Presidency; the highest office in the land. Once tRUMP took office he was also officially the head of the military, the chief official in that capacity, able to order from his Oval office a nuclear strike if he deemed it necessary to save face or look powerful. I consider the US lucky that did not happen. I am sure in 10 more years we will find out he did order one and was talked out of it... in a spineless former white house official tell all... written under a pseudonym.
But hey, if he was not officially an officer in the military, how did his office give him that powerful rank of highest officer, Commander in Chief? He was also a public servant, but servant is not a class ranking that he would agree to so what was he then? He also did not need to be vetted because once elected to office, unlike any other public servant and official in office in government, he was above that… as were his family and cronies.
According to tRUMP was also above rules, regulations, mores and ethics; had absolute right to do what he wanted with the Justice Department and pardon anyone he liked, any way he wished (Or who sufficiently paid for an early release and or expunged conviction) including himself; act with impunity and wave a magic wand mentally to declassify secrets. And now SCOTUS has declared that true...
And to complete the othering and bigotry we now also find he did not take an oath of office because he is not an officer. So who held this office of Presidencyon this clause? Article 2, Section 1: “The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the term of four years…” and “No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.” Oh right... SCOTUSand the partisan judges get to interpret the laws and Constitution willy-nilly according to their being bought and corrupt and partisan...
Who was it then who took the Oath for a faithful execution of his Office or Affirmation? – “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” tRUMP also should have been removed from office via Article II, Section 4: The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
How strange that an official in such high office would be considered NOT an officer… How freaking deplorable. This judge may think she is pretty clever ruling on the inciting an insurrection part of the Constitution, but feigning ignorance in the reading of the "officer" wording that is simple and not even remotely confusing... is ludicrous. Colorado secretary of state Jena Griswold should not be required to place tRUMP on the ballot…which this ruling orders her to do, as he incited an insurrection. She is spot on that this is dangerous precedence. He was the official office holder of the office of POTUS... and this ruling sucks, showing again that the "Law" is an ass.
UPDATE 19
*Update 18 describes the filing in more detail
The thought that tRUMP could legally pardon himself and all others if he gets elected is bone chilling. And all of his crimes and trials will disappear.he can legally call himself a man above the law and serve a term of absolute power... with the Supreme Court in thrall. Will he have to fall to test it by actually shooting someone one 4th Avenue? The evangelicals will cheer and cheer and call his victim the antichrist...
At least there is one good thing to happen. Jack Jan 6 counsel Jack Smith is still fighting the food fight andthis allows the American voters an opportunity to see some of the evidence and statements tRUMPand others made to help them make their decision. (Just saying that sounds incredible. The evangelicals love their felon!)
Read here: In a court filing unsealed Wednesday, federal prosecutors lay out new evidence that Donald Trump’s efforts to subvert the results of the 2020 election were taken as a private candidate, not in his official capacity as president. The Washington Post has made the entire filing by special counsel Jack Smith searchable. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/10/02/jack-smith-filing-trump-immunity-jan-6/
The details of Trump's crimes lay bare the corruption of the Roberts Court
A good read...by an excellent writer...with highlights. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/10/3/2274541/-The-details-of-Trump-s-crimes-lay-bare-the-corruption-of-the-Roberts-Court#comment_89769790
Redacted Names:
Co-conspirators:
CC1=Giuliani
CC2=John Eastman
CC3=Sidney Powell
CC4=Jeffrey Clark
CC5=Kenneth Chesebro
CC6=Boris Epshteyn (?)
P1=Steve Bannon
P2=Bill Stepien
P5 is Mike Roman.
P8=Marc Short
P10=Joseph diGenova
P11=Victoria Toensing
P12=Jenna Ellis
P13= Jared KuP17 Georgia Governor, Brian Kemp
P18 Arizona Speaker of the House, Rusty Bowersshner
P19= Christina Bobb
P33: Brad Raffensperger
P16 Arizona Governor, Doug Ducey
P21 Mark Meadows
P25 Gabriel Sterling
P26 is Georgia Attorney General, Chris Carr
P29 Georgia election worker, Wandrea Shaye Moss
P30 Georgia election worker, Ruby Freeman (Moss’ mother)
P37 Michigan Senate Majority Leader, Mike Shirkey
P38 Michigan House Of Representatives Speaker, Lee Chatfield
P39 Republican National Committee Chair, Ronna McDaniel
P43 Republican National Committee Chief Counsel, Justin Riemer
P46 Chair of the Pennsylvania Republican Party, Lawrence Tabas
P50 Christopher Krebs (A good guy)
P51 Tucker Carlson
P52 Bill Barr
More possible names
https://x.com/Opinion_Skinny/status/1841625301727531191/photo/1
https://x.com/Opinion_Skinny/status/1841625301727531191/photo/2
UPDATE 18
Jack Smith filing huge brief with 'mountain of evidence'
'DOJ has informed the criminal court judge in the Trump DC Election Interference case that it needs later this week almost 200 pages to give her all the new evidence and facts against Trump along with thousands of pages of exhibits as she analyzes whether the new indictment against Trump can survive the Supreme Court’s immunity decision and instructions. Michael Popok of Legal AF explains why this is so devastating for Trump in having the voting public have evidence against him before the election, which explains why he is opposing it.' (15 minutes)
Judge Chutkan
'in a new order in the DC Election Interference case, in which she not only is letting the Special Counsel file a 180-page brief against Trump with new evidence aired for the American people, but she is keeping Trump to only 45 pages in opposition! Michael Popok of Legal AF explains how Trump lost not once but twice today as an aggravated Court also denied a motion he didn’t even file yet!' (11 minutes)
Senator Whitehouse on SCOTUS and tRUMP immunity
Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Courts Subcommittee, delivers an opening statement in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing entitled, "When the President Does It, that Means It’s Not Illegal’: The Supreme Court’s Unprecedented Immunity Decision." Saying it is a brutal takedown is true... (5 mins)
UPDATE 17
Update on Jan 6 "awards Gala"
(discussed in updates12, 13 and15)
Sarah McAbee's co-founder for Stand in the Gap is Shane Jenkins of Texas, who is now serving an 84-month prison sentence after being convicted of seven felonies and two misdemeanors. The Department of Justice said Jenkins "hurled nine different objects" at police officers during the riot ‒ including a desk drawer, a flagpole, a metal walking stick and "a broken wooden pole with a spear-like point."
I highlighted Shane here:
https://www.sorryantivaxxer.com/forum/general-discussion/highlight-jan-6-insurrectionist-shane-jenkins
More on McAbee's wife
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/09/05/jan-6-gala-trump-golf-course-postponed-election/75019022007/
UPDATE 16
At the Jan 6 obstruction hearing today and the subsequent timetable dropped, Judge Chutkan has decided that tRUMP - Will Have to Defend His Attempt to Assassinate Mike Pence Before the Election.
That convoluted mess of denials and lies should be interesting... and Americans are going to hear some evidence as soon as 3 weeks from now, even though the trial will likely not take place until next year. (Or not, if tRUMP gets in and pardons himself) https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/09/05/trump-will-have-to-defend-his-attempt-to-assassinate-mike-pence-before-the-election/
Some legal details:
UPDATE 15
Fundraiser and "awards" gala for the Jan 6 criminals
The Sept. 5th fundraiser and "awards" gala for the January 6 criminals that I wrote about in updates 12 and 13 has been postponed. The reason the POS wife of one of the 20 worst criminals who beat police officers on January 6 is that they feared for their own well being and safety! If that is not the most ironic piece of crap statement I have ever heard...
Is that a lie? Likely. What is more likely?
General admission tickets were for $1,500...🙄
They may not have enough MAGA suckers to pay up to 50k a table to help felons.
People may be sick of the grift being they already made millions to help these criminals via multiple crowdfunding methods.
tRUMP was an invited speaker but declined
tRUMP debates Harris Sept 10, and it was a bad look! Very bad.
tRUMP is to be re-arraigned on Sept 5 and it was a bad look! Very bad.
tRUMP is to be sentenced Sept 16 and it was a bad look! Very bad.
Although the witch, Colton McAbee's wife Sarah, says the fundraiser is for the 'heroes of Jan 6' who are the 20 people who did a jailhouse phone call/recording of the national anthem, in fact ... those in hail were the worst offenders and cop beaters of the day. They remained in jail and were refused bail after arraignment because they were considered a DANGER TO SOCIETY by the judges they stood before... FFS!
tRUMP was is personally involved in the jailhouse phone call/recording project. That means the RNC likely paid people to get it on the charts. (Like they did with the tRUMP family shitty books) tRUMP has used that criminal version of the song in his first campaign rally and several times since.
Read here: https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2024/09/03/jan-6-riot-gala-bedminster-nj-golf-club-postponed/75057749007/
or watch:
tRUMP pleads not guilty to Superseding indictment
(See UPDATE 12) He did in on paper, waiving his right to a court appearance. The lying POS called himself president...
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/trump-files-not-guilty-plea-in-new-election-interference-indictment-218532421718
UPDATE 14
A tRUMP confession
SCOTUS has protected and emboldened tRUMP so that he is now confessing his crime in an interview. That's because he feels that the evil and corrupt SCOTUS gave him immunity for his interference in an election.
LOSER45 is preparing to do the same in 2024
Georgia is displaying this evil and corrupt methods they are using on Georgia...
UPDATE 13
It was pretty sickening writing about the Sept. 5th fundraiser and "awards" gala for the January 6 criminals that I wrote about yesterday in update 12. Now, it is even worse. I just read today that the person who thought of this is the grifting POS wife of an insurrectionist who has already made a fortune off of all of the other fundraising sites...and is married to a cop!! SHE IS THE ONE WHO OWNS THE FOUNDATION! I swear, these people like tRUMP because they are JUST LIKE HIM. .https://www.standinthegap.foundation/
Here is a brief synopsis, but I also wrote about him in the forums because he is one of the WORST offenders and got off way too easy, in my view. https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/j6-awards-gala-trump-golf-club-rcna168530
Jan 6 Insurrectionist Ronald Colton McAbee
My post on this SOB is here: https://www.sorryantivaxxer.com/forum/general-discussion/update-3-highlighting-jan-6-insurrectionist-ronald-colton-mcabee Scroll down that page or look here for more on his sicko fake religious wife... https://www.sorryantivaxxer.com/forum/main/comment/eff0af73-178b-42a3-a58f-ebec297302f4?postId=65130c84833fd7001030f148
Is there ANY ULTRA MEGA MAGA who is not a rich real estate agent or have a non-profit grift site? Besides the 2tRUMP-hacked fundraisers held on his properties, there are now 4 other sites that this whore grifts from including this one she formed. Who knows how many more I did not yet find... https://linktr.ee/sarahmcabee
I will let Michael Fanone say how he feels about January 6, because he also speaks for me and whose few of us left that still seem to care. He swears a lot... which I also do a lot now. He is one of the police officers that got "hugs and kisses, as tRUMP calls the insurrectionist treatment of officers defending the Capitol. After being dragged down a set of stairs by his helmet and on his stomach, he was kissed by several taser shocksto his neck and beaten with his own baton and a flag pole from a thin blue line flag... until he was not only concussed went into cardio arrest.
Fanone's recollection before he passed out
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Fanone
UPDATE 12
What a POS...
It was a disgrace to the US that tRUMP was ever the Commander in Chief, but veterans were a huge block of his voters AND a huge block of those who lead the January 6 Insurrection.
tRUMP calls for awards for Jan6 criminals and then bails
What a POS chicken shit… Any of those in jail already have fundraisers; LOTS OF THEM. Some of them made millions via various online and app based payment methods. LOSER45 was listed as an invited speaker for the ‘gala event’ at Bedminster where he is living ATM… and they are now saying it is only for the families and to pay tribute to "all J6 defendants who have shown incredible courage and sacrifice." JFC!!
A FOUNDATION is holding the event, FFS. They are non-profit and just how many of these grifting fake charities/teaching non profits are there in the states? No wonder people flock to tRUMP. The scammers and grifters are having a heyday (Because Obama was blocked from having the URS investigate them all) because they are just selfish grifters like tRUMP…and want a taxcut forever… https://www.standinthegap.foundation/events
The top tables can be had for only 50k and are TAX deductible. (Why is this not illegal?)
Superseding indictment Jan. 6
A new federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment against tRUMP for his fraudulent and violent efforts to not be a loser in 2020 and send his minions to the Capitol to disrupt the real electoral count on Jan. 6.
It sounds good, but a superseding indictment can also lessen charges and change the outcome of any previous indictment. What this actually is, is a watered down indictment… https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/28/trump-new-indictment-smith-january6/
The new Indictment linked below shows the same core charges but wording has changed. I was hoping that Jack Smith had found a way to get past the immunity clause that the corrupt SCOTUS made up out of thin air… but this is an appeasement at best and just as unlikely to be heard in court this year or at all of tRUMP wins. JUSTUS in America sucks bigtime. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YhZc5vqOATY1bNeKEBvDl-1AnUpFLOmA/view
ADDENDUM
As I said, I was hoping Smith has found a way around SCOTUS pronouncing tRUMP a KING, but Harry Litman is a lawyer of repute and he says it is very possible the case is back on life support giving the new wording as it aligns with SCOTUS Jackson and may save the Obstruction charge. (I am still more than a little dubious...being SCOTUS is corrupt and protecting tRUMP from actual JUSTICE being served by siding with judge Nichols on his LUDICROUS interpretation of the obstruction law)
UPDATE 11
Transcripts from the Jan 6 select committee show that tRUMP did NOT ask for help from the DC National Guard, even though they stood ready. tRUMP never called any military leaders on Jan. 6, but he did watch TV and gloat...
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/17/trump-jan-6-capitol-riot-national-guard-00152757
The Stochastic Terrorist in chief did take time to say this on Jan 6:
Patriots my ass...
If you follow the law you are Nazis. If you break the law you are patriots. Up is down
Law & Order my ass!
Stand back and stand by
January 6 was a totally planned insurrection orchestrated by tRUMP and his minions.
It us a travesty that the Jan 6/ 2020 election interference trial will not be heard before the election. So many have lost interest and forgotten already. How sad...
UPDATE 10
Trump claims Liz Cheney and Jan. 6 committee should be jailed
For a second time, tRUMP has said that Liz Cheney and others should be jailed for their place on the January 6 committee or for giving them testimony... The new Republican-led House committee released a report on their ridiculous investigation into the Jan. 6 meant to give tRUMP fodder for his campaign. (And start on revisionist history, Republican style) https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-liz-cheney-jan-6-committee-members-jailed/story
Trump is making the Jan. 6 attack a cornerstone of his bid for the White House
tRUMP has been using the anthem recorded for him by the jailed January 6 criminals and insurrectionists as his opening act at rallies. He stands at attention, saluting them in absence as he calls them hostages and patriots. In Ohio,
He has promised several times to pardon the criminal insurrectionists on his first day in office. https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/trump-making-jan-6-attack-cornerstone-bid-white-108263436
Reminder: Dictator tRUMP wants "his people" to“sit up at attention” the way North Koreans do (2018)
He of course later said it was sarcasm and that others don't understand his sense of "humour." https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/15/trump-north-korea-sit-up-attention-648969
Many of the “unbelievable patriots” had a record prior and some also went on to commit criminal acts between being arrested and their subsequent sentencing for their acts on January 6. (I am writing about one today; Edward Francisco Rodriguez) And many were veterans, police and firefighters who defiled their oaths to protect their fellow citizens; the very opposite of patriotism.
The MAGA Minion Morons went to jail for tRUMP, so in tRUMP's eyes they are his heroes... and he is calling on them to prepare for coup 2 if he loses.
Anatomy of a Conspiracy Theory and a Smear
tRUMP and his minions continue to lie that tRUMP was prepared to send 10k troops to help the Capitol police on January 6, but it has been debunked often. (He had Christopher Miller write a memo that told all military to stand down and not be armed and the military did their part in helping tRUMP that day)
What he DID have prepared were National guard forces to protect his MAGA people. The fact that Rep Loudermilk, who gave a tour to an insurrectionist on Jan 5, is the Chair of the RW tRUMPy counter investigation of January 6 is mind-boggling. https://www.justsecurity.org/93316/anatomy-of-a-conspiracy-theory-and-a-smear-still-no-evidence-of-trump-order-for-10000-guard-on-january-6th/
tRUMP's a'hole twin in Brazil, Bolsonaro
(see update 9 below), has several investigations under his belt, including trying to hold onto power after an election loss and an attempted coup. Thanks to Dorchester Borchester for this link to a new charge of using a falsfied vaccination status card to travel to Florida. ( that piece of shit was in Florida for 3 months cerebrating his freedom) Like tRUMP, he has thus far skated and the only consequence of his actions are he has to miss the next election cycle. Whoo! Amazing! No wonder the RW criminals are running for office everywhere...
UPDATE 9
Please reread update 8... being it is exactly what happened.
Rather than just let the issue stand as the lower courts aptly ruled, SCOTUS took the views of their handlers like Leo Leonard, the rich benefactors and the GQP insurrectionist reps who want it to be up to THEM who the insurrectionists are NOT! Not them... not tRUMP! And sure as hell not Ginni Thomas and her minions!
The entire justice system in the US needs an overhaul... when the minority of loud people and rich can rule the country and courts.
The tale of 2 countries... https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazils-ex-military-chiefs-told-police-bolsonaro-discussed-coup-2022-sources-say-2024-03-05/
Jair Bolsonaro and tRUMP are TWINS!
Ali Alexander, Stone protege for stop the steal lies ...encourages Brazil coup attempt.
Twins!
TWINS!
Twin killers during COVID!
What's different? Even more corrupt and criminal than tRUMP and committed Genocide in the Amazon. For his coup efforts, the Brazilian Superior Electoral Court blocked Bolsonaro from seeking office until 2030 for attempting to undermine the validity of the election through his unfounded claims of voter fraud, and for abusing his power by using government communication channels to both promote his campaign and to allege fraud.
He fled to Florida to be closer to his Twin. Jair bolsonaro in Florida as his handlers shop for him
Imagine a court system that actually does not welcome corruption and commit criminal acts themselves and one that worked for the interest of justice and for the people and as the third pillar in a supposed working Democracy with separation of powers ... as intended?
UPDATE 8
Before today's SCOTUS hearing on the state ability to disqualify tRUMP from the ballot/ application of the Insurrection Act, this happened...
200 Reps? That about covers the number of reps who tried to "stop the steal" and who were involved in some way...
Virtually no Dems filed an Amibus Brief. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/07/trump-supreme-court-ballot-amicus-briefs-00140259
Rep. Gaetz has sponsored a resolution denying that there was an insurrection. 68 fellow assholes co-sponsored.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/1001/cosponsors
The Supreme Court decided that they are the deciders to decide whether LOSER45 can be kept off the ballot because of his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and inciting an insurrection. We will know soon if the bums in cloaks are up to the task. (It is stacked with RW grifters, so I say no, they are not and that they will let him stand)
Beer Bro Kavanaugh insists that not allowing a freaking criminal on the ballot disenfranchises the MAGA voters who love the POS criminal. Some of the arguments are here, but first tRUMP whines in his repetitious whining way, so be sure to skip that... https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/supreme-court-weighs-trumps-bid-stay-colorado-ballot-rcna136557
Roberts, Kavanaugh and Barret were happy to lend a hand in 2000 to get the counting of the votes stopped and no doubt were gleeful their plan worked to have SCOTUS decide that election. And here we are again... Talk about eroding public trust...
BTW, Kagan was correct that deciding that Colorafo would NOT be on the ballot leaves open other states doing it on a political whim... and that chaos could ensue...but dammit, the arguments about it being/not being an insurrection were thin. THAT is what this is about. She was right that this should be a Federal decision... and gosh, what federal body would be able to make such a decision I wonder? https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5105691/justice-kagan-presses-colorado-challengers-attorney-state-deciding-trumps-eligibility
They are going to skate on that issue of course, because it is the MEAT of the issue ... CHICKENSHITS! https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5105676/trump-lawyer-argues-january-6-riot-insurrection
https://newrepublic.com/post/178869/trump-lawyer-mitchell-supreme-court-texas-anti-abortion-law
The immunity decision that was made in the lower court of appeals was a hoot because they also did what I did in the main post - used office and official 61 times. I beat them with 78. Thank goodness the lower courts still believe that tRUMP can't be king. Now we have to wait and see if the bums in cloaks are going to crown LOSER45 and send him off on his merry quest for fascism.
Some of the press seem to have been awakened to the fascist past of Lügenpresse and murders by DICKtators like tRUMP... but SCOTUS seems to not care about history a whit, unless it pertains to a 17th century former witch hunter judge's views on rape.
UPDATE 7
Trump filed another brief with SCOTUS to prevent his disqualification from the presidential election. PDF here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/23-719/298125/20240118171750343_Trump%20v%20Anderson%20Petitioner%20Brief%20on%20the%20Merits.pdf
He keeps insisting he was not an officer and did not hold any office described in the 14th amendment. That SCOTUS has not thrown this out should make everyone pay attention, because he swore an oath to that office and wishes to fill it again... and his minions agree and now, even the top court filled with RW assholes may also agree.
The powerful, abusive and corrupt SCOTUS is also looking at the definition of ofther amendment articles, including one that could affect hundreds of January 6 indictments. The RW judge says they cannot be charged with obstruction of Congress because they did not use documents to do so... which is a part of the freaking clause but being misconstrued on PURPOSE by the POS RW judge. What a clown show.
One person has already been released from jail pending the outcome! https://abc7chicago.com/tom-adams-jan-6-capitol-riot-springfield-il/14313075/
That is not the only problem!
Obstruction is also one of the four counts brought against tRUMP by Jack Smith
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/08/01/indictment-document-trump-jan-6-pdf/
All the head fish are rotting ... because a scoundrel was given the most powerful position in the world. UPDATE 2:Justice is Rotting at its Head: Conservative Supreme Court Corruption
tRUMP's ridiulous request that he be given absolute immunity for anything that transpired while he was an official in office... *Ahem* is ludicrous on it face and horrifying in implementation, may also come down to a SCOTUS decision. (Also see the previous ipdate below)
As a Washington court makes its lower court decision, tRUMP's lawyers make an appel through LOSER45's UNtruth account:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-makes-last-ditch-immunity-claim-in-rant-on-truth-social
And in an appeal message to New Hampshire voters:
IOW, make a "me me me ruling," being all those who came before him were able to do the work without such a ridiculois ruling! And the man proven time and time again to be above the law also kissed ass by "blessing" the POS on SCROTUS ...
UPDATE 6
Feb 2024
Trump’s TREASONOUS actions Get REVEALED as Court Case Advances
'Ben Meiselas connects the dots on Donald Trump’s statements in office, his recent motion claiming America’s classified documents are his “personal property,” and Special Counsel Jack Smith’s filings reflecting on the catastrophic implications on Donald Trump’s claims.' *See that filing next...
Jan 1, 2024
Special Counsel Jack Smith’s very *specific examples of conduct that would be immunized under Donald Trump’s unlawful theory of absolute presidential immunity and how those examples appear to be selected very intentionally by Jack Smith.
UPDATE 5
tRUMP wants immunity for his crimes. Jack Smith has outlined why that SHOULD BE impossible. That tRUMP is counting ion this going to the Supreme Court, where Thomas whose wife was involved in the big lie will again not recuse, should be getting a huge response from Americans. And yet, I see no kertfuffle more than a bit of bitching.
SCOTUS already sided with tRUMP by kiboshing Jack Smith's fast tracking of another immunity claim by tRUMP and sent it back to the appeals courrt, thereby delaying a trial...
and giving tRUMP his usual edge with the delays. Also in the SCOTUS hands are the challenges to the definition of “corruptly obstructing an official proceeding” which some MAGA judges insist does not apply to the Jan 6 insurrectionists... and could overturn many cases....UGH! This opinion article also reminds of Ginni's participation in the big lie ... and fake electors. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-12-19/clarence-thomas-recuse-supreme-court-jan-6-donald-trump-immunity
3 former whitehouse imsiders, former White House Communications Director Alyssa Farah Griffin, former White House deputy press secretary Sarah Matthews, and former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson spoke out against Trump and his actions of Jan. 6. They took to long to get to this point, but I suppose we should be grateful they care enough about democracy to have finally ditched tRUMP...
And here is a laugh and a half, implying once again that tRUMP is akin to Jesus;
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/former-trump-white-house-insiders-call-2nd-term/story
After seeing this video, LOSER45 made 41 posts in his social media site...
ABC has done some homework and dug up what the framers actually said about the insurrection clause, presently being debated to take tRUMP off the ballot:
What the framers said about the 14th Amendment's disqualification clause: Analysis
There was a single reference in the 1866 Senate debate that the president and vice president were not explicitly mentioned in Howard's draft as "officer(s) of the United States:"
Sen. Justin Morrill quickly clarified:
Sen.Van Winkle answered the question whether this also applied to future insurrections:
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/framers-14th-amendments-disqualification-clause-analysis/story
UPDATE 4
Investigation Confirms Jan 6 rally Organizers Lied About March On the Capitol
Although we already knew this, a new goverment report confirms that the White House and Kylie Kremer were scheming and lying via their test messages. (They used burner phones and lied on their permits to hide their lies as well)
The National Park Service officials were upset because that lie, that there would only be a rally and no march, meant they were totally unprepared for what happened. tRUMP's team knew what was coming. They planned the Capitol to be unprepared and vulnerable.
We actually DO KNOW who the White House liason is. (Lazy reporter to not know that. I have a 90 page file on the rally organizers and I am Canadian, FFS) It was Katrina Pierson; one of the many criminals tRUMP liked to hire. Her rap sheet should make her a willing squealer, being her past forays with the law would be included and will upgrade any charges ... like aiding and abetting an insurrection...
tRUMP et al are Stochastic Terrorists who incited a Capitol Insurrection.
*POTUS is going to have us march there/the Capitol,”*
Kremer wrote to [My Pillow guy Mike] Lindell on Jan. 4
Trump: “We will stop the steal” and “If you don’t fight like hell you’re not going to have a country anymore!” and “We are going to the Capitol”
Giuliani: “Let’s have trial by combat”
Mo Brooks: “Are you willing to do what it takes to fight for America?” and “[C]arry the message to Capitol Hill” and “[T]he fight begins today”
UPDATE 3
This was a mind boggling read. After delaying the prosecutions after the American Civil War... the politically motivated prosecutors etlal decided it wasn't worth the possibilty of losing. They waited until the public anger dissipated... shrugged their shoulder and went home! Holy shit, that better not happen agin.
What Happened When the U.S. Failed to Prosecute an Insurrectionist Ex-President https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/12/11/what-happened-when-the-us-failed-to-prosecute-an-ex-president
Marcie Wheeler stunned me with this...news to me.
Jan 6 insurrectionist tRUMP's campaign messaged Tarrio in an encrypted communication
It is always good to read there is more evidence of tRUMP's sedition... in cahoots with the Proud Boys.
https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/12/06/ratifying-sedition-the-proud-boys-404b-evidence/
UPDATE 2
Sigh.... the tRUMP team are now using the judges poor decision as their own, with the added message that he said he would "preserve, protect, and defend" and not that he would "support" the Constitution. The GOP who pretend they are defenders of the Constitution should be having hairy fits by now!
Colorado Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal on Wallace's decision that Trump can remain on the ballot. Oral arguments are scheduled to begin Dec. 6. https://apnews.com/article/trump-insurrection-14th-amendment-appeal-colorado-7436a07c9d0259bba9a13136c541cf2c
UPDATE 1
As you might have noticed, I used the term official, office and officer a LOT in the main post. So does the Constitution, as I also pointed out. The one I left out is the one that is now open to interpretation:
The Constitution Amdt14.S3.1.1 Disqualification Clause
Fourteenth Amendment, Section 3: No Person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
A federal appeals court has ruled that the 14th Amendment's bar on insurrectionists holding office may be applied to current/future political candidates! ( A MAGA judge originally rules in Cawthorn’s favour, but, the appeals court said their ruling only applied to confederates, not future member now…) https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2022/05/24/candidates-can-be-disqualified-for-being-insurrectionists-court-rules-in-madison-cawthorn-lawsuit/?sh=6246a5e812e8
The DOJ handbook on Federal OFFICE. Officers of the United States Within the Meaning of the Appointments Clause.
“The President himself is said to “hold [an] Office,” and the Constitution provides that “[t]he executive Power shall be vested in” that office. Id. art. II, § 1, cl. 1. The President cannot carry out the executive power alone, and so the Constitution further contemplates that executive power will be delegated to officers to help the President fulfill this duty.
In law, the definition of Officer or Official means a person who holds office, by election or appointment. https://www.lawinsider.com/dictionary/officer-or-official
Americans should be officially pissed off that the tRUMP appointed "officers" of the highest court - SCOTUS - who can't even police themselves to be non corruptable, will decide upon the "actual " interpretation...of officer.