Trump cultists

Law & Crime reports: A former Republican clerk in Mesa County, Colorado, indicted in 2022 for official misconduct connected to her ill-fated attempt to prove that Dominion Voting Systems and its electronic voting machines stole the 2020 election from Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit in federal court against state officials and U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, claiming she’s being …

The Washington Examiner reports: Fulton County prosecutors asked a judge Wednesday to jail Harrison Floyd, a co-defendant in Donald Trump’s 2020 election subversion case in Georgia, over alleged attempts to intimidate witnesses, according to a court filing. “The Defendant’s actions demonstrate that he poses a significant threat of intimidating witnesses and otherwise obstructing the administration of justice in the future, …

“The tradition of fighting inside of the US Capitol is a strong, long, and storied, proud one. The United States government used to have battles inside of the Capitol. People used to literally fight with fisticuffs up and down the marble stairways of the Capitol building. “There’s famously blood on one of the Capitol stairs from fights like this. Andrew …

The Messenger reports: An attorney for one of Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the Georgia election-racketeering case said at an emergency hearing Wednesday that he provided confidential video evidence to the media. “In being transparent with the court, and to make sure that nobody else gets blamed for what happened, and so I can go to sleep well tonight, judge, I …

Mediaite has the transcript: GREENE: I would have you know, Mr. Wray, that this one right here, this person involved in the global intifada group that illegally– they broke the law, came in and occupied the Cannon Office House Building, interrupted Congress, interrupted hearings. Right here, Katrina Bleckley, is the lead attorney for the Southern Poverty Law Center. Were you …

“I’m a guy from Oklahoma first, and there’s consequences for doing some of this. I get there’s people on social media that they’ll do this constantly. I’ll never see them. This guy I did see and this wasn’t his first time. He did this to me five separate times. I ignored it every time. So when you get mad, you …

“One thing! I want my Republican colleagues to give me one thing, ONE, that I can go campaign on and say we did. One! Anybody sitting in the complex, you wanna come down to the floor and explain to me one material, meaningful, significant thing the Republican majority has done.” – Freedom Caucus Rep. Chip Roy, raging today in a …

Politico reports: The attorney general of Nevada is quietly investigating Republican activists and operatives who falsely pledged the state’s six electoral votes to Donald Trump in 2020, despite Joe Biden’s victory in the state. In recent weeks, investigators have questioned witnesses about the attempts of the so-called alternate electors to present themselves as viable representatives of the states’ voters. Investigators …

Courthouse News reports: Steven Witkoff isn’t a seasoned expert witness — far from it. He said as much when the Manhattan judge overseeing Donald Trump’s fraud trial asked Witkoff if he’d ever testified as an expert before that day. “I don’t think so,” Witkoff said. “My mother might think I am, but that’s about it, judge.” Nonetheless, Witkoff took the …

“Are you familiar with – do you know what a ghost vehicle is? You’re the director of the FBI, you certainly should. Do you know what a ghost bus is? It’s pretty common in law enforcement. It’s a vehicle that’s used for secret purposes. It’s painted over. “These two buses in the middle here [points to photo] were the first …

Reuters reports: Reuters recently documented the most sustained spate of political violence in the United States since a decade of upheaval that began in the late 1960s. To date, the news organization has identified at least 232 violent incidents fueled by political motives since the storming of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, …

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: My Democrat colleague across the aisle who’s 80 years old and has been here over 30 years just said we’re on the verge of a shutdown. She probably just forgot that a few hours ago, she voted for the continuing resolution that will extend the budget and we are not on the verge of a shutdown. …

The Texas Tribune reports: U.S. Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Sherman, has ended his run for his old seat in the Texas Senate, just 24 hours after announcing his campaign. Instead, Fallon’s staff confirmed he will seek reelection to Texas’ 4th Congressional District, which extends from the Dallas suburbs to the Red River in the border with Oklahoma. Fallon began a tele-town …

“You can knock off Amazon delivery trucks because, you know, Jeff Bezos is a billionaire. What’s a few less Amazon Prime boxes? Stealing from large corporations is morally allowable in today’s America. A FedEx truck was completely ripped apart by thieves Saturday. And then dozens of people sacked convenience stores, stealing $17,000 worth of merchandise. A Home Depot got hit …

The San Francisco Chronicle reports: In an unexpected move, the defense in the federal trial of David DePape called DePape to the stand Tuesday morning, and he became emotional as he discussed his conspiracy-theory-driven motives for attacking Paul Pelosi. “When Bush was in office, I thought 9/11 was an inside job,” he said. DePape burst into tears just minutes into …

Reuters reports: The U.S. Senate Rules Committee voted along party lines on Tuesday to advance legislation that would clear the way for hundreds of military promotions that one Republican has been delaying to protest Defense Department abortion policy. The panel voted 9-7 to send the resolution for a vote in the full Senate. Although Democrats control a 51-seat majority in …

“That is bullshit. You and Goldman, who is Mr. Trust Fund, continue to try to discredit – no, I’m not gonna give you your time back. We stopped the clock. You all continue to – you look like a smurf here just going around in all this stuff. You continue to spew disinformation. You dispel an investigation into public corruption, …

NBC News reports: House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Turner asked Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate Michael Cohen, after Donald Trump’s former fixer told a New York court that he had lied about his handling of the former president’s business dealings in sworn testimony to Congress. Appearing as a key witness …

Semafor reports: Members of former Trump aide Michael Flynn’s family pocketed hundreds of thousands of dollars in leftover money from a legal defense fund that was set up for the retired general as he faced a federal investigation over the 2016 election, Flynn’s sister testified in a defamation case involving CNN. Flynn, Trump’s former national security advisor, also sat for …

The Texas Tribune reports: U.S. Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Sherman, is quitting Congress and running for his old seat in the Texas Senate. Fallon filed Monday for Senate District 30, a seat that is newly open after its incumbent, Sen. Drew Springer, R-Muenster, announced Tuesday he would not seek reelection. Fallon gave up the seat to run for Congress in 2020 …