Members phkrause Posted August 1, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 1, 2023 Trump aide appears in court charged with obstruction in classified documents case MIAMI, July 31 (Reuters) - An aide to former U.S. President Donald Trump appeared in Miami federal court on Monday to face charges he tried to help the former president hide secret documents taken upon leaving office. https://www.reuters.com/legal/trump-aide-charged-with-obstruction-classified-documents-case-appear-court-2023-07-31/? Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 2, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 2, 2023 Trump's big fear Trump's new legal defense fund for aides and employees may double as both an act of benevolence and a potential insurance policy against a practice he has long loathed: flipping. Why it matters: New federal charges against Trump — who once said cooperating with prosecutors in exchange for leniency "ought to be illegal" — rely in large part on the testimony of a Mar-a-Lago employee who allegedly was asked to delete surveillance footage subpoenaed by investigators. Driving the news: The superseding indictment unveiled Thursday in Trump's classified documents case ensnared a new defendant — Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos De Oliveira — in addition to longtime Trump valet Walt Nauta. The indictment alleges that in June 2022, De Oliveira pulled aside another Mar-a-Lago employee — identified in media reports as IT staffer Yuscil Taveras — and asked for their conversation to remain private. In a scene the indictment describes in remarkable detail, De Oliveira allegedly told Taveras that "the boss" wanted the server housing surveillance footage to be deleted — a request Taveras allegedly said he could not help with. The intrigue: Taveras received a target letter after Trump and Nauta were indicted last month — prompting him to meet with investigators and provide new information about De Oliveira and the alleged cover-up, CNN reports. Between the lines: Taveras may have cooperated, but there's no indication that Trump's co-defendants — whose legal expenses have so far been covered by Trump's Save America PAC — intend to flip. Two weeks after the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago last August, the indictment alleges Nauta called another unidentified Trump employee and said words to the effect of "someone just wants to make sure Carlos is good." The Trump employee allegedly told Nauta that De Oliveira was loyal and would not do anything to affect his relationship with the former president. That same day, Trump allegedly called De Oliveira and said he would get him an attorney. De Oliveira (center) leaves the federal courthouse in Miami today. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images The big picture: The threat of cooperating witnesses isn't just confined to Trump's classified documents case. Trump's longtime fixer-turned-antagonist Michael Cohen is expected to be the key witness in the former president's hush-money trial in Manhattan, scheduled to begin March 25. Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows' cryptic silence after his testimony to the grand jury investigating Jan. 6 has stirred fears within Trumpworld that he's a "rat," Rolling Stone reports. The bottom line: It's not unusual for campaigns to pay for their staff's legal costs, but prosecutors appear to see potential conflicts of interest in Trump's dealings with witnesses. "I know all about flipping — 30, 40 years I have been watching flippers," Trump said in 2018, when Cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations. "If you can say something bad about Donald Trump ... most people are going to do that." Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 2, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 2, 2023 Trump indicted for efforts to overturn 2020 election and block transfer of power WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was indicted on felony charges Tuesday for working to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the run-up to the violent riot by his supporters at the U.S. Capitol, with the Justice Department acting to hold him accountable for an unprecedented effort to block the peaceful transfer of presidential power and threaten American democracy. https://apnews.com/article/trump-indicted-jan-6-investigation-special-counsel-debb59bb7a4d9f93f7e2dace01feccdc? Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 2, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 2, 2023 "Fueled by lies" Screenshot: CNN Today's historic, four-count indictment against former President Trump begins with a simple but devastating statement of facts at the heart of the case prosecuted by special counsel Jack Smith: The defendant, DONALD J. TRUMP, was the forty-fifth President of the United States and a candidate for re-election in 2020. The Defendant lost the 2020 presidential election. Why it matters: The 45-page indictment — the third brought against Trump in just over four months — goes on to detail a sweeping, multi-pronged scheme by the former president to cling to power through claims of election fraud he knew were false. "The attack on our nation's Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 was an unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy," Smith said in a brief statement to the public after the charges were unsealed. "As described in the indictment, it was fueled by lies. Lies by the defendant." Smith announces Trump's indictment. Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Driving the news: The indictment alleges that beginning shortly after Election Day, Trump perpetrated three criminal conspiracies as he sought to discount legitimate votes and reverse President Biden's victory: Conspiracy to defraud the United States by using "dishonesty, fraud and deceit" to obstruct the counting, collection and certification of election results. Conspiracy to obstruct the Jan. 6 certification of the electoral vote. Conspiracy to "injure, oppress, threaten, and intimidate" Americans in the free exercise of their right to vote and to have their votes counted. Trump was also charged with obstruction of an official proceeding for his alleged "exploitation of the violence and chaos at the Capitol" on Jan. 6. Between the lines: The indictment breaks down Trump's alleged plot to overturn the election into five categories: Pressuring state legislators and election officials to subvert the election results with knowingly false claims of fraud. Organizing fraudulent slates of electors in seven states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Attempting to use the authority of the Justice Department to conduct "sham election crime investigations" and send letters to battleground states claiming to have identified significant fraud concerns. Attempting to pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence to use his ceremonial role counting the electoral votes on Jan. 6 to obstruct certification of Biden's victory. Exploiting the violence and chaos on Jan. 6 to convince members of Congress to further delay certification. Zoom in: The indictment alleges that when Pence told Trump on Jan. 1 that he had no constitutional authority to reject electors, the then-president replied: "You're too honest." The bottom line: Americans may be numb at this point to the seemingly never-ending legal troubles afflicting Trump, who polling shows is running competitively with Biden in a hypothetical 2024 rematch. But unlike Trump's alleged hush money payments and retention of classified documents, this latest indictment strikes at the heart of American democracy — and of the next election. Many of the allegations also took place in full public view. Read the full indictment. Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 2, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 2, 2023 ⚖️ The alleged co-conspirators The indictment alleges Trump enlisted six alleged co-conspirators — not named in the document and not indicted — in his criminal efforts to overturn the election. Based on public reporting, they appear to be: Co-conspirator 1: Rudy Giuliani, an attorney who knowingly spread false claims and pursued strategies that official Trump campaign lawyers would not. Co-conspirator 2: John Eastman, an attorney who sought to use Pence's ceremonial role counting the electoral votes to obstruct certification on Jan. 6. Co-conspirator 3: Sidney Powell, an attorney whose unfounded claims of election fraud Trump embraced, while privately acknowledging they sounded "crazy." Co-conspirator 4: Jeffrey Clark, a Justice Department official who sought to use DOJ to open sham investigations and pressure state legislatures. Co-conspirator 5: Kenneth Chesebro, an attorney who helped devise and attempt the plan to submit fraudulent pro-Trump slates of electors to Congress. Co-conspirator 6: An unknown political consultant who helped implement the fake elector scheme. What to watch: "Our investigation of other individuals continues," Smith said in his statement. Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 2, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 2, 2023 What Trump knew Via X. Go deeper. The indictment devotes nearly three pages to recounting the many advisers and entities who told Trump that his election fraud claims were false, including: Pence, who "personally stood to gain by remaining in office" as part of Trump's ticket. Senior DOJ leaders appointed by Trump to investigate fraud. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe, who disabused Trump of the notion that findings regarding foreign interference would change the outcome. The Department of Homeland Security's cyber chief Chris Krebs, whom Trump fired after he called the 2020 election "the most secure in history." Senior White House attorneys. Senior Trump campaign officials. State legislators and officials who supported Trump. State and federal courts. Why it matters: "I would like [prosecutors] to try to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Donald Trump believed that these allegations were false," Trump lawyer John Lauto told Fox News tonight. Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 2, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 2, 2023 Trump campaign cites Nazi Germany Screenshot of Trump fundraising email. The Trump campaign responded to the third indictment of the former president much like it did the first two — crying "witch hunt" and blasting out fundraising emails to its supporters. Rubicon crossed: An unnamed campaign spokesperson claimed "the lawlessness of these persecutions" is "reminiscent of Nazi Germany in the 1930s, the former Soviet Union and other authoritarian, dictatorial regimes." What to watch: Trump will be arraigned at 4pm Thursday at the federal courthouse in D.C. Smith has vowed "a speedy trial so that our evidence can be tested in court and judged by a jury of citizens." The federal judge assigned to Trump's case is Tanya S. Chutkan, an Obama appointee known for sentencing Jan. 6 defendants to prison terms longer than prosecutors had requested. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Trump's chief rival for the GOP nomination, said in a statement that it's "unfair" to have Trump stand trial in D.C. because he will face "a jury that is reflective of the swamp mentality." Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 2, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 2, 2023 Trump indictment key takeaways: What to know about the new charges in the 2020 election probe A federal grand jury on Tuesday charged former President Donald Trump with four felony counts related to his efforts to remain in power following the 2020 election, with investigators from special counsel Jack Smith's office alleging a sprawling campaign by Trump and six unnamed co-conspirators to overturn President Biden's victory at the polls. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-indictment-key-takeaways-charges-special-counsel-2020-election-january-6/? Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 2, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 2, 2023 The most indicted president in the history of America Yesterday's indictment, Trump's third. Photo: Jon Elswick/AP Yesterday's 45-page indictment, the United States of America v. Donald J. Trump, charges that conspiracies by the former president "built on the widespread mistrust the Defendant was creating through pervasive and destabilizing lies about election fraud." Here are all the criminal charges faced by Trump — who is the first former president to be indicted on criminal charges ... the first former president to be indicted twice ... and the first former president to be indicted three times. Manhattan district attorney's hush-money case: 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Justice Department's classified-files case in Miami (37 felony counts😞 31 counts under the Espionage Act of "willful retention" of classified records. Conspiracy to obstruct justice. Withholding a document or record. Corruptly concealing a document or record. Concealing a document in a federal investigation. Scheme to conceal. False statements and representations. New documents charges added in the revised indictment last week, bringing that case to 40 counts: Attempting to "alter, destroy, mutilate, or conceal evidence." Inducing someone else to do so. A count under the Espionage Act relating to a classified document he allegedly showed visitors at his club in Bedminster, N.J. Yesterday's federal charges, stemming from the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol: Conspiracy to defraud the United States. Conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding. Obstruction of, and attempt to obstruct, an official proceeding. Conspiracy against rights — "the right to vote and to have one's vote counted," a civil-rights law once used to prosecute KKK violence. 🔮 What's next: Trump is due in court in Washington tomorrow at 4 p.m. Go deeper: Searchable copy of yesterday's indictment ... Axios' coverage. Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 2, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 2, 2023 🏛️ Attack "fueled by lies" Special counsel Jack Smith said in brief remarks after the indictment was unsealed: "The attack on our nation's capital on January 6, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy." "As described in the indictment, it was fueled by lies — lies by the defendant targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the U.S. government, the nation's process of collecting, counting, and certifying the results of the presidential election." Read the statement. 🥊 Trump's planned defense: On CNN, Trump lawyer John Lauro said the former president's defense will focus "on the fact that what we have now is an administration that has criminalized the free speech and advocacy of a prior administration." "So literally," Lauro added, "what we have is an attack — and really an effort to not only criminalize, but also censor free speech." Video: Lauro on Fox News. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan. Photo: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts via AP U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan, selected by a random process to oversee Trump's case, was appointed by President Obama in 2014, Axios' Sareen Habeshian reports. Born in Jamaica, Chutkan received her bachelor's degree in economics from George Washington University and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Chutkan has previously dealt with Trump, denying his 2021 motion to halt records from being turned over to the Jan. 6 committee, writing: "Presidents are not kings, and Plaintiff is not president." She has been one of the toughest punishers of Jan 6. rioters, repeatedly setting longer sentences than requested by the Justice Department. Chutkan has sentenced at least 38 people convicted of Jan. 6-related crimes. All 38 got prison terms, ranging from 10 days to over five years. (AP.) Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 2, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 2, 2023 📜 Living history Screenshot: ABC News Above: Epic scene as ABC News anchor David Muir and his panel read the indictment while they're live on air. 📺 Two Americas: Chris Hayes on MSNBC: "This is the gravest political crime since [Civil War] secession." Fox News, same time: "BIDEN'S DOJ TRIES TO JAIL TRUMP FOR LIFE." TV news crews outside the federal courthouse in Washington yesterday. Photo: Jose Luis Magana/AP 🔭 The very long view, by the N.Y. Times' Peter Baker: "For all of the many, many allegations made against him on all sorts of subjects during his time on the public stage, everything else feels small by comparison. Unlike the indictment by New York State for allegedly covering up a payment to a porn actress and Mr. Smith's previous indictment for allegedly jeopardizing national secrets after leaving the White House, the new charges are the first to deal with actions taken by a president while in office." "The former president will argue that this is all politics and that he should be returned to office in next year's election, and so far millions of Americans have taken his side," Baker concludes. "Now the justice system and the electoral system will engage in a 15-month race to see which will decide his fate first — and the country's. The real verdict on the Trump presidency is still to come." Cover: N.Y. Post Stat du jour: Trump is roughly the 1,097th person charged with offenses related to U.S. Capitol siege. Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 2, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 2, 2023 Takeaways from the Trump indictment that alleges a campaign of ‘fraud and deceit’ WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal indictment of Donald Trump on Tuesday marks the first time that the former president has been formally held accountable for his efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat. And it adds new details to what was already known about his actions, and those of his key allies, in the weeks leading up to the violent Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-indictment-takeways-2020-election-4b5fea593f3684241a64650798aa598e? Why this matters: The role that fake slates of electors played in Trump’s effort to cling to power is at the center of the indictment. Trump is charged with four counts, including obstruction of an official proceeding. The charge carries penalties of up to 20 years in prison. The indictment alleges Trump enlisted six people to help him try to overturn the 2020 election. The six people are not explicitly named, but the indictment includes details that make it possible to identify most of them. Trump has said he did nothing wrong and has accused special counsel Jack Smith and the Justice Department of trying to harm his 2024 campaign. He has also signaled that his defense may rest, at least in part, on the idea he truly believed the election was stolen. Related coverage ➤ The judge assigned to Trump’s Jan. 6 case is a tough punisher of Capitol rioters Trump has now been indicted in a third case. Here’s where all the investigations stand Trump allies in Michigan charged with felonies involving voting machines, illegal ‘testing’ Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 3, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 3, 2023 Six Things We Learned From the New Trump Indictment Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, as well as his actions on Jan. 6, have been well documented—but Tuesday’s indictment still contained a wealth of new information. https://www.thedailybeast.com/six-things-we-learned-from-the-new-trump-indictment? Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 3, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 3, 2023 Pence Took Notes on Everything—and They’re Key to Trump’s New Indictment Then-Vice President Mike Pence took “contemporaneous notes” of his meetings with Donald Trump leading up to Jan. 6, according to a new federal grand jury indictment lodged against the former president on Tuesday which reveals Trump's continual efforts to pressure Pence into rejecting electoral votes. https://www.thedailybeast.com/mike-pence-took-notes-and-theyre-key-to-trumps-new-indictment? Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 3, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 3, 2023 U.S. v. Trump Will Be the Most Important Case in Our Nation’s History Forget hush money payments to porn stars hidden as business expenses. Forget showing off classified documents about Iran attack plans to visitors, and then ordering the pool guy to erase the security tapes revealing that he was still holding on to documents that he had promised to return. Forget even corrupt attempts to interfere with election results in Georgia in 2020. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/08/trump-trial-2024-historic-jack-smith-indictment.html? Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 4, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 4, 2023 Pence fought an order to testify but now is a central figure in his former boss’s indictment NEW YORK (AP) — Mike Pence fought the Department of Justice in court to try to avoid testifying against his former boss. But the former vice president plays a central role in a new federal indictment unsealed Tuesday that outlines the first criminal charges against Donald Trump connected to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. https://apnews.com/article/pence-jan-6-trump-indictment-ab36fd360a0850562a07d1b404f15d69? Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 4, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 4, 2023 Trump's "delusion" defense Photo: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images Trump's legal team is teasing a risky defense to his historic third indictment: It's the idea that the former president genuinely believed his own lies about election fraud — despite being told by dozens of his closest advisers, allies and agencies that they were baseless. Why it matters: If they proceed to trial, Trump's lawyers effectively could be asking a jury to believe that the former president was delusional — undermining special counsel Jack Smith's core thesis that Trump "knowingly" sought to defraud the country. The gambit could prove successful in court, where an already unfurling debate over the First Amendment is expected to play a starring role. Politically, however, the "delusion defense" would force Republicans into the uncomfortable position of defending a candidate who can't be trusted to distinguish reality from conspiracy — and who now wants to be president again. Driving the news: The indictment details many occasions in which top officials and lawyers explained to Trump that his theories — ranging from dead people voting to machines altering votes to foreign interference — were baseless. As official campaign staffers grew frustrated, Trump increasingly began listening to conspiracy theorists such as Sidney Powell, whose attorneys said in response to a 2021 defamation lawsuit that "no reasonable person" would believe her bizarre claims were "truly statements of fact." "I'll obviously hustle to help on all fronts, but it's tough to own any of this when it's all just conspiracy sh*t beamed down from the mothership," a senior campaign official — who repeatedly told Trump his claims were untrue — wrote in an email on Dec. 8, 2020. Even Trump, the indictment alleges, privately acknowledged in December that Powell's claims about voting machine conspiracies sounded "crazy." What they're saying: "I would like [prosecutors] to try to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Donald Trump believed that these allegations were false," Trump attorney John Lauro said on Fox News last night. "No sitting president has ever been criminally charged for his views, for taking a position," he added. Via Truth Social What to watch: Citing the subpoena power that Trump's lawyers will be entitled to in the discovery process, Lauro pledged to "re-litigate every single issue in the 2020 election." In other words, the Trump team may use his criminal trial to once again try to prove there was election fraud — and thereby de-fang Smith's charges. Remember: More than 60 election lawsuits brought by Trump and his allies were tossed out of court in the weeks after the election. The bottom line: The House Jan. 6 committee hearings last summer gave Republicans a taste of the coming spectacle in federal court. The subsequent defeat of Trump-backed election deniers in the midterms likely has GOP leaders once again bracing for impact. Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 4, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 4, 2023 💥 "Off the Rails" revisited Photo illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Getty Images photos: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post, George Frey/Bloomberg Key details from the Jan. 6 indictment were first reported in "Off the Rails," a special Axios long-form series published in January 2021 that raised the curtain on the final, chaotic days of the Trump presidency. Excerpts from the first three episodes: A premeditated lie lit the fire: "For weeks, Trump had been laying the groundwork to declare victory on election night — even if he lost. But the real-time results, punctuated by Fox News' shocking call of Arizona for Biden, upended his plans and began his unraveling." Barbarians at the Oval: "The White House became a strange ghost town in the days after the election. ... In conversations in the Oval Office, Trump would occasionally slip and seem to acknowledge he lost, saying, "Can you believe I lost to that f***ing guy? That f***ing corpse?" Descent into madness: "Trump was sitting in the Oval Office one day in late November when a call came in from lawyer Sidney Powell. "Ugh, Sidney," he told the staff in the room before he picked up. "She's getting a little crazy, isn't she? She's really gotta tone it down. No one believes this stuff. It's just too much." Full episode library The latest: Former Vice President Mike Pence unleashed some of his harshest criticism yet in response to Trump's defense of his post-election pressure campaign, telling Fox News that the then-president and "his gaggle of crackpot lawyers" asked Pence to "literally reject votes" on Jan. 6. Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 4, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 4, 2023 Should Trump go to jail? The 2024 election could become a referendum on that question NEW YORK (AP) — The 2024 election will determine whether Donald Trump returns to the White House. It could also decide if he’ll face time behind bars. https://apnews.com/article/trump-indictment-jail-election-2024-8677e1b31bbf3a29ee16fbf115c851a9? Why this matters: Sitting presidents are generally shielded from criminal prosecution, but winning back the White House would not protect Trump indefinitely. If he is elected anew, any efforts to dismiss the charges or pardon himself would only apply to the federal cases, not state criminal charges. Even if Trump does not end up the nominee, a different Republican president would likely face pressure from Trump to drop the charges — a type of pressure no president has faced since Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon for his Watergate crimes. Related coverage ➤ Trump lawyer hints at a First Amendment defense in the Jan. 6 case. Some legal experts are dubious Prosecutors may be aiming for quick Trump trial by not naming alleged conspirators, experts say Trump supporters view the latest indictment as evidence of a crime — against Trump Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 4, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 4, 2023 🏛️ Experts skeptical of Trump defense Former President Trump's legal team says he's been indicted for actions that are protected by the First Amendment — and that the First Amendment will ultimately exonerate him, Axios' Sam Baker writes. Reality check: Many legal experts say that's not true, and not really the point. "There's nothing that's more protected under the First Amendment than political speech," Trump attorney John Lauro said on CNN shortly after special counsel Jack Smith's indictment was unsealed. "Donald Trump had every right to advocate for his position … now his advocacy is being criminalized," Lauro said. How it works: The indictment is focused on Trump's efforts to stop the election from being certified, and alleges those efforts amounted to a criminal conspiracy. "There's no First Amendment right to participate in a conspiracy," said Alan Rozenshtein, a University of Minnesota law professor who previously worked in the Justice Department, and has written about the First Amendment implications of prosecuting Trump for his role in Jan. 6. To put it simply, if you and I engaged in a criminal conspiracy, and we talked about it in public, no, we couldn't be prosecuted for what we said. But that wouldn't get us off the hook for the underlying crime. No one disputes that Trump had a right to claim he had won the election, whether he believed that or knew it to be false. The bottom line: The real legal question is whether his actions amounted to a criminal conspiracy. He's not being indicted for what he said. Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 4, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 4, 2023 Indictment Mystery: Did Someone Spill About the Trump-McCarthy Jan. 6 Call? The 45-page federal indictment of former President Donald Trump meticulously details his efforts to overturn the election, but there’s one conspicuously unsourced passage that is raising more questions than it’s answering—and could spell even more trouble for Trump. https://www.thedailybeast.com/indictment-mystery-did-someone-spill-about-the-donald-trump-kevin-mccarthy-jan-6-call? Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 4, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 4, 2023 The Man With No Pants Is the Star of Donald Trump’s Latest Indictment The man with no pants is the unnamed star of Donald Trump’s latest indictment. https://theintercept.com/2023/08/02/trump-indictment-justice-department-jeffrey-clark/? Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 4, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 4, 2023 Trump demands ‘fake’ criminal case over 2020 election interference be moved to ‘unbiased’ West Virginia Donald Trump is demanding that his “fake” criminal case over his attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election be moved out of Washington DC to “unbiased” West Virginia. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-arraignment-west-virginia-move-b2386906.html? Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 4, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 4, 2023 Trump pleads not guilty to federal charges that he tried to overturn the 2020 election WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday to trying to overturn the results of his 2020 election loss, answering for the first time to federal charges that accuse him of orchestrating a brazen and ultimately unsuccessful attempt to block the peaceful transfer of presidential power. https://apnews.com/article/trump-indicted-jan-6-investigation-special-counsel-a79f2d3683c7591058635c9b3d870070? Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 6, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 6, 2023 Trump's lonely swamp Former President Trump stands between his attorneys, Todd Blanche and John Lauro, before Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya. Courtroom sketch: Jane Rosenberg/Reuters President Trump is making a habit of turning arraignments — three for three — into free campaign programming. "I NEED ONE MORE INDICTMENT TO ENSURE MY ELECTION," he posted yesterday on his Truth Social platform. But there were no big, supportive crowds in Washington yesterday like there were in sunny Miami in June, when he was arraigned on charges of mishandling classified documents, Axios' Stef Kight writes. Instead, many anti-Trump protestors gathered around the courthouse, where hundreds of Jan. 6 defendants have been sentenced. Why it matters: Trump's dour appearance in drizzly D.C. on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election seemed to symbolize why the case is considered the most serious he faces. Trump and his attorneys waited more than 20 minutes in court before a magistrate arrived to hear the former president's not-guilty plea. Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya addressed him as "Mr. Trump" — which "irked" him, CNN's Kaitlan Collins reported from outside the courthouse. He prefers "Mr. President." The next hearing in Trump's case was set for Aug. 28 — an indication that Tanya Chutkan, the Obama-appointed judge who will preside over Trump's trial, is open to prosecutors' call for a speedy trial. If prosecutors are able to secure a trial date in early 2024, the D.C. case would be tried before the one in Miami. Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, has scheduled a trial for May. Special counsel Jack Smith (left) sat near Trump and attorney Todd Blanche (center). Courtroom sketch: Jane Rosenberg/Reuters Trump didn't make P.R. stops after leaving court yesterday — a contrast to his jovial drop-in at a Cuban restaurant after his court appearance in Miami. "This is a very sad day for America," he said, before criticizing the D.C. streets' "filth and decay." Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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