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Dave_5k

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No criming planned here... of course, simply planning a wide range of illegal actions at the presidential level, with the direct intent to overthrow American democracy isn't a crime as it wasn't implemented...
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Exclusive: Trump advisers drafted more than one executive order to seize voting machines, sources tell CNN

Former President Donald Trump's advisers drafted two versions of an executive order to seize voting machines -- one directing the Department of Defense to do so and another the Department of Homeland Security -- as part of a broader effort to undermine the 2020 election results, multiple sources...
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Having attorneys and ex-generals draw up a proposed executive order that reached the President's desk, ordering the Department of Defense to seize voting machines in states Trump lost, with the goal of reversing the election outcomes. Having attorneys and generals that are apparently unaware of the Posse Comitatus Act is bad, having them as direct advisors to the President is nearly unbelievable, except in Trumplandia. Directing the US military to enforce domestic policy -- which is illegal, and ordering them to take further illegal actions to violate a range of election laws to keep the sitting president in office, as a proposed order on the President's desk is beyond the pale.

Along with actually having arguments in the oval office about directly imposing martial law - for the sole purpose of keeping Trump in office. Which some advisors managed to argue successfully against.

Odds of any of this showing up on Fox "news"?
 
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eelw said:
But the problem is, his lawyers will say, see it's been taped back together, no harm, no foul. Unfortunately it's the documents destroyed in private that won't ever be seen again. And unfortunately those people in that close circle won't be speaking.
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I think people are not looking at the bigger issue/crime here. Yes, ripping up those documents is illegal, but the bigger and most important crimes will be included in those documents. I suspect that what ever is on those documents he "tried" to rip up and go away, will be more damning than ripping them up.
 
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Dave_5k said:
No criming planned here... of course, simply planning a wide range of illegal actions at the presidential level, with the direct intent to overthrow American democracy isn't a crime as it wasn't implemented...
www.cnn.com

Exclusive: Trump advisers drafted more than one executive order to seize voting machines, sources tell CNN

Former President Donald Trump's advisers drafted two versions of an executive order to seize voting machines -- one directing the Department of Defense to do so and another the Department of Homeland Security -- as part of a broader effort to undermine the 2020 election results, multiple sources...
www.cnn.com www.cnn.com
Having attorneys and ex-generals draw up a proposed executive order that reached the President's desk, ordering the Department of Defense to seize voting machines in states Trump lost, with the goal of reversing the election outcomes. Having attorneys and generals that are apparently unaware of the Posse Comitatus Act is bad, having them as direct advisors to the President is nearly unbelievable, except in Trumplandia. Directing the US military to enforce domestic policy -- which is illegal, and ordering them to take further illegal actions to violate a range of election laws to keep the sitting president in office, as a proposed order on the President's desk is beyond the pale.

Along with actually having arguments in the oval office about directly imposing martial law - for the sole purpose of keeping Trump in office. Which some advisors managed to argue successfully against.

Odds of any of this showing up on Fox "news"?
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Also more importantly we now know Trump directly asked Barr to have the DOJ seize voting machines so it's no longer a question of if these were just discussions being had by aides - Trump was directly involved.
 
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fskimospy said:
Also more importantly we now know Trump directly asked Barr to have the DOJ seize voting machines so it's no longer a question of if these were just discussions being had by aides - Trump was directly involved.
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To think that the investigation into those crimes Trump committed in order to stay in power can vanish into a pink mist by having the Repubs taking back the House is chilling and they'll do it if given the chance. Beating back two impeachments of Trump that clearly exposed his culpability is proof positive that the Repubs will do anything to seize control of the nation.
 
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To think that the investigation into those crimes Trump committed in order to stay in power can vanish into a pink mist by having the Repubs taking back the House is chilling and they'll do it if given the chance. Beating back two impeachments of Trump that clearly exposed his culpability is proof positive that the Repubs will do anything to seize control of the nation.
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Oh if they take control of the House they will immediately cancel this investigation and then launch an investigation INTO the investigation.

That being said, it will be too late by then. It is completely obvious the committee plans to finish this before the midterms.
 
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NWRMidnight said:
I think people are not looking at the bigger issue/crime here. Yes, ripping up those documents is illegal, but the bigger and most important crimes will be included in those documents. I suspect that what ever is on those documents he "tried" to rip up and go away, will be more damning than ripping them up.
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I'm not saying ordering the military to seize the voting machines or ordering a state AG to find votes isn't damning enough. But the truly damning, I order a drone strike on Joe Biden, those discussions wouldn't have happen in front of staffer. Only in the inner circle.
 
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Right, but the problem here is if you prosecute Trump for destroying these documents he and others will say 'so now you're prosecuting him for ripping a piece of paper? how petty can you get!?' and that will probably be a persuasive argument.
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He'd just claim ignorance anyway. I doubt he ever took any records management training like regular govt employees are made to do annually.
 
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fskimospy said:
Also more importantly we now know Trump directly asked Barr to have the DOJ seize voting machines so it's no longer a question of if these were just discussions being had by aides - Trump was directly involved.
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We have direct evidence, courtesy of the Orange One's giant pie hole, that says he wanted Pence to overturn the results of a legitimate election! When is it going to be game over?
 
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hal2kilo said:
We have direct evidence, courtesy of the Orange One's giant pie hole, that says he wanted Pence to overturn the results of a legitimate election! When is it going to be game over?
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Never. We have 40% of the population that deem Hillary calling them a basket of deplorables as worse than the made up election fraud of any criming by said cult leader is doing to remain, gain or get back into power. They want to WIN! WIN! WIN! They do not care how it happens or at what cost. Amazing how religious zealots forget the meaning of the religion they are using to get to their end game. Jesus sure was against immigration and always sided with the aristocracy.
 
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Something that whooshed by in the news virtually unnoticed was that democrat Senator Ben Ray Luján's suffered a stroke. And that would have absolutely affected what democrats can do and can get done in the US senate. Hopefully as reported, the senator from New Mexico will fully recover.

Reconciliation bills devoted to finance and the approving of nominees to the Supreme Court could be done with 50 votes and the tie-breaker.
Without Luján, that can only be done with help from at least one Republican senator.
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Why is it that only the democrats have such terrible luck? That only democrats get strokes and only democrats die in office? Never the republican, only the democrat. Can not Donald Trump PLEASE drop dead? Just once? Or one of those fossil republican senators like McConnell or Grassley? Why always the democrat?
JFK was assassinated. RFK was gunned down but easily could have become president. Senator Paul Wellstone, again another democrat, died in a place crash. Lincoln was a republican that died in office but I don't count Lincoln because Lincoln was really a democrat at heart.
So WHY does this crap always happen to democrats and only to democrats?

Hopefully senator Ben Ray Luján's will fully recover and continue to serve. But with the bad luck democrats continue to have and considering what is at stake, the loss of just one democrat in the US senate would put a halt to insurrection investigations, to US supreme court nominees, to BBB and to voter rights bills.
It's bad enough luck that democrats should have Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema to put up with, losing one senate democrat from a stroke would be unimaginable bad luck. And bad luck is all democrats have these days.

If democrats lose one senator in the US senate, then I know Donald Trump is the true devil, destine to rule the earth, and destroy humanity. Just as predicted in scripture. :eek:
 
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sportage said:
Something that whooshed by in the news virtually unnoticed was that democrat Senator Ben Ray Luján's suffered a stroke. And that would have absolutely affected what democrats can do and can get done in the US senate. Hopefully as reported, the senator from New Mexico will fully recover.



Why is it that only the democrats have such terrible luck? That only democrats get strokes and only democrats die in office? Never the republican, only the democrat. Can not Donald Trump PLEASE drop dead? Just once? Or one of those fossil republican senators like McConnell or Grassley? Why always the democrat?
JFK was assassinated. RFK was gunned down but easily could have become president. Senator Paul Wellstone, again another democrat, died in a place crash. Lincoln was a republican that died in office but I don't count Lincoln because Lincoln was really a democrat at heart.
So WHY does this crap always happen to democrats and only to democrats?

Hopefully senator Ben Ray Luján's will fully recover and continue to serve. But with the bad luck democrats continue to have and considering what is at stake, the loss of just one democrat in the US senate would put a halt to insurrection investigations, to US supreme court nominees, to BBB and to voter rights bills.
It's bad enough luck that democrats should have Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema to put up with, losing one senate democrat from a stroke would be unimaginable bad luck. And bad luck is all democrats have these days.

If democrats lose one senator in the US senate, then I know Donald Trump is the true devil, destine to rule the earth, and destroy humanity. Just as predicted in scripture. :eek:
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What does this have to do with the Jan 6 commission? you know, the subject of the thread.
 
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If you can't remember a 10 minute phone call to the POTUS during an insurrection you are either lying or one dumb mother fucker. Or both. Regardless, if your memory is that bad you have no mental capacity holding a office of this level and probably need to be diagnosed for some sort of dementia.
 
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Damn, Pence grew a pair. At a Federalist Society speech. “Trump is WRONG that I had the right to overturn the election. “

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If you can't remember a 10 minute phone call to the POTUS during an insurrection you are either lying or one dumb mother fucker. Or both. Regardless, if your memory is that bad you have no mental capacity holding a office of this level and probably need to be diagnosed for some sort of dementia.
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Not against the law to lie to reporters or even to the public. Hell he could lie on the house floor if he wants.
 
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Not against the law to lie to reporters or even to the public. Hell he could lie on the house floor if he wants.
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It's more the "I don't recall" ... "I don't remember" convenient bouts of amnesia that Trumplandia seems to have developed in congressional investigations.
 
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Damn, Pence grew a pair. At a Federalist Society speech. “Trump is WRONG that I had the right to overturn the election. “


Not against the law to lie to reporters or even to the public. Hell he could lie on the house floor if he wants.
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He can lie on the house floor in his capacity as a lawmaker, not as a witness.
 
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Lost_in_the_HTTP said:
Will Rudy of all people be the one to finger The Don?
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Listen... Rudy is an old man.
Rudy has been around for a long long time. Rudy WAS credited with cleaning up New York City as mayor, which was a real shit-hole before Rudy stepped in. And THEN, Rudy received high marks for his leadership during 9/11.

So the question for Rudy is.....
Do YOU Rudy Giuliani want to be remembered as the guy who cleaned up NYC and the guy who displayed leadership and hope during 9/11? Or.... do you want to be remember as Donald Trump's puppet? And the puppet with the hair dye problem?
Rudy.... its all up to YOU.
 
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Listen... Rudy is an old man.
Rudy has been around for a long long time. Rudy WAS credited with cleaning up New York City as mayor, which was a real shit-hole before Rudy stepped in. And THEN, Rudy received high marks for his leadership during 9/11.

So the question for Rudy is.....
Do YOU Rudy Giuliani want to be remembered as the guy who cleaned up NYC and the guy who displayed leadership and hope during 9/11? Or.... do you want to be remember as Donald Trump's puppet? And the puppet with the hair dye problem?
Rudy.... its all up to YOU.
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To late. That is a choice he should have made a few years ago. He will always be know as Trump's Bitch no matter what he does now. He will never be able to wash off the stink of Trump.
 
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