Trump Lies

The Hill reports: Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) on Sunday said that former President Trump intended to “accelerate the violence” against his vice president, Mike Pence, during the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021. “You know, when he sent out the tweet attacking his vice president, he already knew that the violence was underway,” Lofgren said on CBS’s “Face the Nation” …

The right wing Washington Examiner reports: Former President Donald Trump made it clear that he has not endorsed anyone, including Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), for speaker of the House. Toward the end of a recent interview, Trump interjected to correct conservative talk show host Wayne Allyn Root after he said Trump endorsed McCarthy for speaker. “No, I haven’t,” Trump …

CNN reports: Rusty Bowers, a Republican and Arizona state House speaker, will testify at a Tuesday hearing focusing on former President Donald Trump’s pressure on state officials to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in 2020,. Bowers will join Georgia’s election officials — Brad Raffensperger and Gabe Sterling — who will be part of a panel before the January 6 committee detailing …

Mediaite reports: In a poll taken as the Jan. 6 hearings rolled out, Americans approve of criminally charging former President Donald Trump for his role in the attack — by a whopping 17-point margin. Respondents to a Navigator Research poll released this week were asked “Do you support or oppose the Department of Justice filing criminal charges against Donald Trump …

ABC News reports: A federal judge on Friday ruled that a defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion — a voting machine company at the heart of a number of “Big Lie” conspiracy theories — against far-right news outlet Newsmax is allowed to proceed. Judge Eric M. Davis denied Newsmax’s motion to dismiss the $1.6 billion civil suit. In the original complaint …

The Hill reports: Former President Trump said on Friday that he would look “very, very seriously” at pardoning those charged in connection with storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, if he ran for and became president again. Trump said the defendants charged in the Capitol riot were “having their lives totally destroyed and being treated worse than terrorists and …

Georgia Public Radio reports: Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his top deputy Gabriel Sterling will testify at Tuesday’s hearing of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, to shine more light on one of the more brazen attempts to overturn the 2020 election. Raffensperger famously rebuffed former President Donald Trump’s …

“Mike Pence had a chance to be great. He had a chance to be frankly historic. “But just like Bill Barr and the rest of these weak people, Mike, and I say it sadly ‘cause I like him, but Mike did not have the courage to act. “The election was perfect. And the Democrats are sitting back, saying ‘No way,we’re …

From the world’s most famous liar: Such LIES & MISREPRESENTATIONS by the Unselects, and absolutely nobody allowed to challenge what is being said. As an example, I never suggested to V.P. Pence to “overturn” the Election (although Thomas Jefferson “took” the Georgia votes), but that he send the votes back to the various Legislatures so that they could determine if …

CBS News reports: Former President Trump’s trade adviser Peter Navarro pleaded not guilty Friday to two charges of contempt of Congress. The charges against Navarro stem from his refusal to comply with a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the assault on the Capitol that took place on Jan. 6, 2021. The committee had asked Navarro to testify and …

The New York Times reports: The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot has been trying to draw more eyes to its televised hearings by uploading clips of the proceedings online. But YouTube has removed one of those videos from its platform, saying the committee was advancing election misinformation. The excerpt, which was uploaded June 14, included recorded testimony …

The Insider reports: Former White House aides testified to the January 6 committee that former President Donald Trump made a profanity-laden call to then-Vice President Mike Pence on the morning of January 6, 2021. “I remember hearing the word ‘wimp’. Either he called him a wimp — I don’t remember if he said, ‘you are a wimp, you’ll be a …

Mediaite reports: The third day of January 6 hearings included a stunning revelation that lawyer John Eastman emailed Rudy Giuliani to request a pardon from then-President Donald Trump. Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA), the committee member then leading the hearing, brought up an email from Eastman to Giuliani, in which Eastman “requested he be included on a list of recipients of …

Raw Story reports: MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell revealed on Thursday that he was enraged and “slammed” his computer during a video call after a Walmart executive vowed to never sell his bedding products again. Lindell first told his audience on Wednesday that Walmart had canceled future MyPillow orders. During a Thursday appearance with conservative podcaster Steve Bannon, Lindell detailed the …

NBC News reports: The House Select Committee aired footage showing a deposition with Eastman, who repeatedly invoked his Fifth Amendment right in response to questions. When asked whether he had told Trump that then-Vice President Pence could move to reject electors from seven states, Eastman replied with one word: “Fifth.” “Dr. Eastman pled the Fifth a hundred times,” Rep. Pete …

NPR reports: The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol will hold its next hearing at 1 p.m. ET on Thursday, focusing on how Trump pressured Pence not to count lawful electoral votes. In a video previewing the hearing, Rep. Liz Cheney, the top GOP panel member, said Thursday’s hearing would present Trump’s “relentless effort” to …

The New York Times reports: A lawyer advising President Donald J. Trump claimed in an email after Election Day 2020 to have insight into a “heated fight” among the Supreme Court justices over whether to hear arguments about the president’s efforts to overturn his defeat at the polls, two people briefed on the email said. The lawyer, John Eastman, made …

Law & Crime reports: Former president Donald Trump and several of his adult children lost yet another bid to avoid sitting for depositions in a civil fraud investigation brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) after the state’s highest court rejected their latest appeal on Tuesday. The Empire State’s Court of Appeals — the state’s highest court — …

CNN reports: Turning Point Action, a conservative pro-Trump organization, paid Kimberly Guilfoyle $60,000 to introduce her fiancé Donald Trump Jr. in a speech lasting less than three minutes at the “Stop the Steal” rally at the Ellipse in Washington on January 6, 2021. The payment to Guilfoyle was disclosed Monday by Rep. Zoe Lofgren. Lofgren spoke after the committee’s hearing …

Axios reports: Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said Thursday’s Jan. 6 hearing will focus on former President Trump’s efforts to pressure former Vice President Mike Pence into overturning the results of the 2020 presidential election. Cheney, the vice-chair of the Jan. 6 committee, said in a newly-released video that the hearing will spotlight Trump’s “relentless efforts” to convince Pence to refuse …