Link200 Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 4 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: That flip phone though... Probably going to lose the Senate because of that. Seriously though. This subpoena is way too late. Trump will tie this up in the courts till January and a GOP House will disband the committee as their first move. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link200 Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 I do wonder how many documents Trump stole from the Whitehouse may involve Jan 6 and his election lies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 5 minutes ago, Link200 said: That flip phone though... Probably going to lose the Senate because of that. Seriously though. This subpoena is way too late. Trump will tie this up in the courts till January and a GOP House will disband the committee as their first move. To clarify, he could be indicted by the DoJ for contempt of Congress for ignoring the subpoena (just like Bannon was) and that indictment doesn't "go poof" if the committee disbands in a changeover of control of the House. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link200 Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 13 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: To clarify, he could be indicted by the DoJ for contempt of Congress for ignoring the subpoena (just like Bannon was) and that indictment doesn't "go poof" if the committee disbands in a changeover of control of the House. True but my fear is that none of the stuff they are trying to get will ever be public as a result. We shall see how this works out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 The time to purge the security services was yesterday 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 13, 2022 Author Share Posted October 13, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ort Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 LOL, I don't want to link to Fox News, but here's the text of their current lead article. Trump claims he would love to testify. Trump 'loves the idea of testifying' before Jan. 6 committee: source close to the former president By Brooke Singman Published October 13, 2022 Fox News EXCLUSIVE: Former President Donald Trump "loves the idea of testifying" before the House select committee investigating January 6th, a source close to Trump told Fox News Digital just after the panel unanimously voted to subpoena him. The source said that if Trump complied with the subpoena and testified, he would "talk about how corrupt the election was, how corrupt the committee was, and how Nancy Pelosi did not call up the National Guard that Trump strongly recommended for her to do three days earlier on January 3, 2021." The source told Fox News Digital that it is unclear at this point if Trump actually will testify before the committee, but stressed that Trump "loves the idea." The committee — which consists of seven Democrats and two anti-Trump Republicans — voted Thursday to compel Trump to testify about his conduct leading up to and during the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital on Thursday, Trump slammed the committee and its investigation as a "witch hunt." "The committee is a hoax, a sham, a partisan witch hunt which is a continuation of the witch hunt that has gone on since the great day for our country that I came down the golden escalator with our future first lady," Trump said. "They have no case, they have no ratings, so they have to try to do this to get publicity." Trump did not comment on whether he would testify before the committee. Trump told Fox News Digital that the investigation has been "a partisan witch hunt, together with two Republicans that have been thrown out of the party — one not wanting to run because he couldn’t win; and another losing by a record number of more than 40 points." Trump was referring to Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., who lost her primary earlier this year, and Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., who decided not to run for re-election. Trump told Fox News Digital that the committee "never covered the important subject of election fraud, or why Pelosi and the mayor of D.C. did not call up the National Guard — which I strongly recommended." "They didn’t cover the reason for January 6 — the largest crowd — it wasn’t set up by me," Trump said. "The committee didn’t cover election fraud, which was massive, and they didn't cover why Pelosi didn’t call the National Guard." Trump said that he had recommended that Pelosi and the mayor of Washington call up the National Guard on Jan. 6 because he "felt the crowd was going to be far bigger than anyone understood." "They didn’t do their job. I believed the crowd was going to be bigger — just my instinct — and they had the chance to call up the National Guard three days before Jan. 6, and if they did, Jan. 6 would have been a very different day," Trump said. "But they didn’t do it." He added: "They were derelict in their duty. I gave them the authorization and the recommendation to call up the National Guard." Lawmakers on the House Committee on Jan. 6 have been investigating the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and allege that Trump’s insistence that the 2020 election was stolen stoked the violence as Congress convened to certify the Electoral College votes. Hours before the riot, Trump held a rally in Washington, D.C., in which he encouraged his supporters to protest President Biden's Electoral College certification. Trump told his followers during that speech to protest "peacefully and patriotically," but, in the weeks leading up to the certification, suggested the rally would be "wild." Trump's spokesman Taylor Budowich tweeted after the vote Thursday that just 26 days before the midterm elections, "instead of using their final days in power to make life for Americans any better, Democrats are doubling and tripling down on their partisan theatrics. Democrats have no solutions and they have no interest in leading our great nation." "They are simply bitter, power hungry & desperate," Budowich tweeted. "Pres Trump will not be intimidated by their meritless rhetoric or un-American actions." He added: "Trump-endorsed candidates will sweep the Midterms, and America First leadership & solutions will be restored. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" The vote to subpoena Trump came during the committee’s 10th and likely final public hearing before the November midterm elections. Originally, the televised hearing was meant to only showcase new evidence and summarize findings from the committee’s nearly 16-month-long investigation. "This is a question about accountability to the American people," said committee Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss. "He's required to answer to those millions of Americans whose votes he tried to throw out as part of his scheme to remain in power." "We are obligated to seek answers directly from the man who set this all in motion," said Cheney. "Every American is entitled to those answers, so we can act now to protect our republic." Members of the committee said they had garnered sufficient evidence showing that the former president was the lead instigator of the attack on the U.S. Capitol. "We must seek the testimony under oath of Jan. 6th's key player," said Cheney. Trump could fight the subpoena, which likely would tip off a legal fight with just over two months left in the current Congress — a very short time frame for such a major legal dispute. If Republicans take over the House in the midterms, it's not expected they will continue the work of the Jan. 6 committee. There was an effort by Congress in the 1840s to subpoena former Presidents John Tyler and John Quincy Adams over clandestine intelligence issues. They never provided information. There was also an effort by the Committee on Un-American Activities to subpoena former President Harry Truman after he was out of office. He ultimately did not comply. Fox News’ Tyler Olson, Haris Alec, and Chad Pergram contributed to this report. Brooke Singman is a Fox News Digital politics reporter. You can reach her at Brooke.Singman@Fox.com or @BrookeSingman on Twitter. Hasn't it been established that Nancy Pelosi isn't actually in charge of deploying the national guard and that this entire argument is just a giant pile of horseshit? It's so stupid anyway. "It's your fault your house got invaded, because you didn't call the cops when I riled up an army of goons to ransack it!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 45 minutes ago, ort said: LOL, I don't want to link to Fox News, but here's the text of their current lead article. Trump claims he would love to testify. Reveal hidden contents Trump 'loves the idea of testifying' before Jan. 6 committee: source close to the former president By Brooke Singman Published October 13, 2022 Fox News EXCLUSIVE: Former President Donald Trump "loves the idea of testifying" before the House select committee investigating January 6th, a source close to Trump told Fox News Digital just after the panel unanimously voted to subpoena him. The source said that if Trump complied with the subpoena and testified, he would "talk about how corrupt the election was, how corrupt the committee was, and how Nancy Pelosi did not call up the National Guard that Trump strongly recommended for her to do three days earlier on January 3, 2021." The source told Fox News Digital that it is unclear at this point if Trump actually will testify before the committee, but stressed that Trump "loves the idea." The committee — which consists of seven Democrats and two anti-Trump Republicans — voted Thursday to compel Trump to testify about his conduct leading up to and during the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital on Thursday, Trump slammed the committee and its investigation as a "witch hunt." "The committee is a hoax, a sham, a partisan witch hunt which is a continuation of the witch hunt that has gone on since the great day for our country that I came down the golden escalator with our future first lady," Trump said. "They have no case, they have no ratings, so they have to try to do this to get publicity." Trump did not comment on whether he would testify before the committee. Trump told Fox News Digital that the investigation has been "a partisan witch hunt, together with two Republicans that have been thrown out of the party — one not wanting to run because he couldn’t win; and another losing by a record number of more than 40 points." Trump was referring to Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., who lost her primary earlier this year, and Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., who decided not to run for re-election. Trump told Fox News Digital that the committee "never covered the important subject of election fraud, or why Pelosi and the mayor of D.C. did not call up the National Guard — which I strongly recommended." "They didn’t cover the reason for January 6 — the largest crowd — it wasn’t set up by me," Trump said. "The committee didn’t cover election fraud, which was massive, and they didn't cover why Pelosi didn’t call the National Guard." Trump said that he had recommended that Pelosi and the mayor of Washington call up the National Guard on Jan. 6 because he "felt the crowd was going to be far bigger than anyone understood." "They didn’t do their job. I believed the crowd was going to be bigger — just my instinct — and they had the chance to call up the National Guard three days before Jan. 6, and if they did, Jan. 6 would have been a very different day," Trump said. "But they didn’t do it." He added: "They were derelict in their duty. I gave them the authorization and the recommendation to call up the National Guard." Lawmakers on the House Committee on Jan. 6 have been investigating the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and allege that Trump’s insistence that the 2020 election was stolen stoked the violence as Congress convened to certify the Electoral College votes. Hours before the riot, Trump held a rally in Washington, D.C., in which he encouraged his supporters to protest President Biden's Electoral College certification. Trump told his followers during that speech to protest "peacefully and patriotically," but, in the weeks leading up to the certification, suggested the rally would be "wild." Trump's spokesman Taylor Budowich tweeted after the vote Thursday that just 26 days before the midterm elections, "instead of using their final days in power to make life for Americans any better, Democrats are doubling and tripling down on their partisan theatrics. Democrats have no solutions and they have no interest in leading our great nation." "They are simply bitter, power hungry & desperate," Budowich tweeted. "Pres Trump will not be intimidated by their meritless rhetoric or un-American actions." He added: "Trump-endorsed candidates will sweep the Midterms, and America First leadership & solutions will be restored. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" The vote to subpoena Trump came during the committee’s 10th and likely final public hearing before the November midterm elections. Originally, the televised hearing was meant to only showcase new evidence and summarize findings from the committee’s nearly 16-month-long investigation. "This is a question about accountability to the American people," said committee Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss. "He's required to answer to those millions of Americans whose votes he tried to throw out as part of his scheme to remain in power." "We are obligated to seek answers directly from the man who set this all in motion," said Cheney. "Every American is entitled to those answers, so we can act now to protect our republic." Members of the committee said they had garnered sufficient evidence showing that the former president was the lead instigator of the attack on the U.S. Capitol. "We must seek the testimony under oath of Jan. 6th's key player," said Cheney. Trump could fight the subpoena, which likely would tip off a legal fight with just over two months left in the current Congress — a very short time frame for such a major legal dispute. If Republicans take over the House in the midterms, it's not expected they will continue the work of the Jan. 6 committee. There was an effort by Congress in the 1840s to subpoena former Presidents John Tyler and John Quincy Adams over clandestine intelligence issues. They never provided information. There was also an effort by the Committee on Un-American Activities to subpoena former President Harry Truman after he was out of office. He ultimately did not comply. Fox News’ Tyler Olson, Haris Alec, and Chad Pergram contributed to this report. Brooke Singman is a Fox News Digital politics reporter. You can reach her at Brooke.Singman@Fox.com or @BrookeSingman on Twitter. Hasn't it been established that Nancy Pelosi isn't actually in charge of deploying the national guard and that this entire argument is just a giant pile of horseshit? It's so stupid anyway. "It's your fault your house got invaded, because you didn't call the cops when I riled up an army of goons to ransack it!" Doubt.jpg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastletonSnob Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 How fucked is Trump? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUFKAK Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 1 minute ago, CastletonSnob said: How fucked is Trump? A rich straight cis white man in Murica? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ort Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 24 minutes ago, CastletonSnob said: How fucked is Trump? Probably about as fucked the other 20 times it felt like he was completely fucked but nothing happened. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 33 minutes ago, ort said: Probably about as fucked the other 20 times it felt like he was completely fucked but nothing happened. He's pretty fucked... his only hope is to run for President again and win or be pardoned by President DeSantis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5timechamp Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 I hope they have a button ready to cutoff his mic.. all he will do is disrupt, lots of “wrong” “fake news” etc nonstop… they better have things cued up to dunk him every time he lies.. Hearings where there is no truth will quickly become a circus.. I wonder if he and his handlers call a MAGAT mob to lay siege during the testimony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 14, 2022 Author Share Posted October 14, 2022 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 15 hours ago, 5timechamp said: I hope they have a button ready to cutoff his mic.. all he will do is disrupt, lots of “wrong” “fake news” etc nonstop… they better have things cued up to dunk him every time he lies.. Hearings where there is no truth will quickly become a circus.. I wonder if he and his handlers call a MAGAT mob to lay siege during the testimony Spoiler alert: He's NEVER testifying. 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ort Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 Oh God, get ready for months and months of "Nancy Pelosi threatened violence against the president" outrage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarSolo Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 2 hours ago, skillzdadirecta said: Spoiler alert: He's NEVER testifying. And even IF he somehow did, he’d plead the fifth the whole time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 10 minutes ago, MarSolo said: And even IF he somehow did, he’d plead the fifth the whole time. Which would be the smartest thing he could possibly do. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 30 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Which would be the smartest thing he could possibly do. So… he definitely wouldn’t plead the 5th then 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 2 hours ago, Spork3245 said: So… he definitely wouldn’t plead the 5th then He has to think of ratings . . . and we have this 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 1 hour ago, silentbob said: He has to think of ratings . . . and we have this Honestly my money is on stone here 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 3 minutes ago, Jason said: Gotcha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 5 minutes ago, Jason said: Poor DVD is going to shit his pants straining himself to simultaneously worship Trump and everything iPhone. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 4 minutes ago, thewhyteboar said: Poor DVD is going to shit his pants straining himself to simultaneously worship Trump and everything iPhone. He's too busy tweeting far dumber shit to notice that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ort Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 I check out his twitter feed every few months. Dude’s brain is just gone. He’s so deep down the rabbit hole it boggles the mind. He is such a small minded simpleton. The way he interprets the world around him is terrifying and broken and he has zero self awareness about any of it. He is incapable of understanding just how damaged he is. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 27 minutes ago, ort said: I check out his twitter feed every few months. Dude’s brain is just gone. He’s so deep down the rabbit hole it boggles the mind. He is such a small minded simpleton. The way he interprets the world around him is terrifying and broken and he has zero self awareness about any of it. He is incapable of understanding just how damaged he is. He wishes so much to be an American It’s sad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema- Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 from brain to pec and back again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleronin Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 Trump adviser Steve Bannon sentenced to 4 months for contempt of Congress - The Washington Post WWW.WASHINGTONPOST.COM Trump strategist who appeared to have advance knowledge of events faces a mandatory minimum of 30 days of incarceration. Prosecutors seek 6 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 Just now, Littleronin said: Trump adviser Steve Bannon sentenced to 4 months for contempt of Congress - The Washington Post WWW.WASHINGTONPOST.COM Trump strategist who appeared to have advance knowledge of events faces a mandatory minimum of 30 days of incarceration. Prosecutors seek 6 months. And his fine was a whopping $6,500. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleronin Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 Just now, Commissar SFLUFAN said: And his fine was a whopping $6,500. Just a mild bit less than the $200,000 prosecutors were asking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 21, 2022 Author Share Posted October 21, 2022 Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Trump, seeking testimony on or about Nov. 14 and documents by Nov. 4 https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/10/21/trump-subpoena-jan-6-committee/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 1, 2022 Author Share Posted November 1, 2022 Supreme Court rejects Sen. Graham’s request to avoid grand jury testimony https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/01/supreme-court-lindsey-graham-grand-jury-trump/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link200 Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 Trump waited about as long as he could to finally file a lawsuit. The committee will be dissolved before it gets through the courts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.