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@glennkirschner2
@JoeBiden
Yes, she's out there. Sally Yates has 30 yrs experience at DOJ, including as the Deputy AG and acting AG. She is smart, tough, and articulate:
#YatesForAttorneyGeneral
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@maurienergi
@NoLieWithBTC
There will be challenges in state and federal courts. Each challenge will include a request for a preliminary injunction. We'll see how the courts handle it.
This underlines the importance of helping Dems keep the House and add additional seats in the Senate.
#VoteBlueIn2022
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@TrumpNewsPolls
@atrupar
@HouseDemocrats
@SpeakerPelosi
@RepAdamSchiff
@SenateDems
The House Dems aren't going to impeach Trump again, because the Senate GOP would obviously just acquit him again.
If Biden wins in November, he needs to set up a
#TrumpCrimesCommision
by the end of January, after he has purged DOJ of Barr and Trump's other appointees.
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@RonFilipkowski
This is a serious assault:
"Then out of nowhere comes Blake Masters, a U.S. Senate candidate ...
Masters lunged at Jackson, put both hands around his neck and pushed him backward.
This might be a good time to point out that Masters, at 35, is less than half Jackson's age."
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@JoePerticone
He's been a lawmaker writing laws since 1959 (Iowa House), but claims he can't analyze a legal document.
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@SamRamani2
Our Treasury Dept estimates its value at $600 to $750 million. Germany should house Ukrainian refugees on it.
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@MauiMeow00
@howardfineman
I think the important point is that he committed crimes against the United States and just let us know what most of us already strongly suspected - Donald Trump was a co-conspirator.
#TrumpRussiaConspiracy
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@Mikel_Jollett
@_HeatherWalker
@USPS
@WOODTV
How about up to 10 yrs in prison?
18 U.S. Code § 1361
Whoever willfully injures or commits any depredation against any property of the United States, ... shall be punished as follows:
If the damage ...exceeds the sum of $1,000, ... or imprisonment for not more than ten years ...
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@SpiroAgnewGhost
*Holy shit*: "As they worked to overturn Trump’s 2020 election defeat, the lawyers asked a forensic data firm to access county election systems in at least three battleground states, according to the documents and interviews."
My gift to non-subscribers:
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@coolfacejane
Having conspiracy theories about conspiracy theorists: "paid actors".
We need to start investing a hell of a lot more resources into public education. Teach some critical thinking skills.
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@JLinMiller
@KyleAlexStewart
@UROCKlive1
There are highly intelligent people running these depositions. I really doubt Kushner controlled the narrative.
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@GeoffRBennett
1) Roman Martinez is a Trump-appointee who has supported DeJoy in the past.
2) Pres Biden's 2 most recent nominations are still *pending in committee*, so it will be a while before he has a 5-4 majority.
The Dumping of DeJoy is DeLayed.
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@RachelBitecofer
The lawsuit was filed in 2016. She dropped the suit a few days before the election.
You have to wonder about the timing of the dismissal:
"... attorney, Lisa Bloom, cited 'numerous threats' against her client."
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@Strandjunker
By law, only the USPS Board of Governors can fire the Postmaster. With 6 Trump appointees on the Board, there aren't 5 votes for firing him.
It's math (BTW - there are 9 Board members).
Biden will get to appoint 2 more Board members in early December.
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@ScottMStedman
Correction: almost $600,000,000 yacht.
"... Forbes has learned from three sources in the yacht industry that one of his prized possessions—the 512-foot yacht Dilbar, valued at nearly $600 million—has been seized by German authorities in the northern city of Hamburg."
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@AaronBlake
Sieg Heil:
"In this short film, a Holocaust survivor, an Iranian author, an American literary critic, and two Museum historians discuss the Nazi book burnings and why totalitarian regimes often target culture, particularly literature." —US Holocaust Memorial Museum
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@EasyE_Coli
@KaraScannell
Any truth she tells can be used against her and the rest of the
#TrumpCrimeFamily
, and she can be prosecuted for any lies she tells. So some good will come of this.
BTW - Trump can't pardon her for anything that comes of this. This is DC, not federal.
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@kylegriffin1
And his last 2 nominees for the USPS Board of Governors were finally approved by the Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs today. They are expected to be easily confirmed by the full Senate.
DeJoy's 10-yr plan is doomed!
#FireDeJoyNow
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@PaulCogan
Is this what you're referring to: "Marco Rubio's Conservative Solutions PAC and his Florida First Project received $1.5 million through Blavatnik's two holding companies." He's a US/UK citizen but has links to Putin.
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@gixnic
@neal_katyal
They haven't finished gathering admissible evidence, interviewing witnesses, deciding who else to prosecute, and doing the same with them.
The main 7 Watergate conspirators weren't indicted until 2 years after the break-in. Conspiracies take time to investigate. Now you know.
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@EverettStern1
Why don't you withdraw as an independent candidate in the PA US Senate race? You have no chance to win and all you'll be doing is drawing votes away from John Fetterman which may lead to us (the nation) having "Dr" Oz in the US Senate.
We need more Dem Senators or *all* is lost.
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@ReporterCioffi
Looks like they're being stopped. Who would have thought the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms staff would have to protect the Senate Chamber from the House GOP caucus.
#GOPDeathCult
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@kylegriffin1
She had no chance of getting a position in the Biden administration so the 48-month debarment is meaningless.
Her HUD salary was $161,900 a year so the $1000 fine is virtually meaningless.
Congress needs to put more teeth into the Hatch Act. Fines need to be much higher.
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@neal_katyal
Good. Let's reopen all those investigations into the GOP Senators who violated the STOCK Act.
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@WWonTwit
@kyledcheney
Since over 140 officers were injured it isn't the slightest bit surprising that still another person has been arrested for assaulting an officer(s).
This can be an 8 or 20-yr felony.
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@IAPonomarenko
@Liveuamap
The M777s have a longer range than the Russian artillery: "Ukrainian commanders and their American allies have taken pains to get the 155-millimeter M777 howitzers into the hands of the units that need the guns the most: the ones blunting the Russian offensive west of Izium, ...
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@politvidchannel
Actual quote:
"'Prosecutors at the Department of Justice seem to be creeping toward announcing that Donald Trump is criminally responsible for the insurrection.' said former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner".
There'll be a press release when he's indicted.
#TrumpCoupAttempt
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@riwoche
@MC_Hyperbole
He wanted to hit all three before summer:
§ 2383. Rebellion or insurrection
§ 2384. Seditious conspiracy
§ 2385. Advocating overthrow of Government
None are covered by his pardon.
#IndictFlynnAgain
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@JuliaDavisNews
Just a reminder that Trump shifted $20 billion to building an aircraft carrier when the Navy wanted to spend it on cybersecurity!
#TrumpIsARussianAsset
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@IAPonomarenko
Sitting ducks for armed drones. We'll need to send Ukraine more Switchblades soon.
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@jonostrower
Update:
"Flight 2059 from Everett, Washington, was bound for San Francisco when it was diverted to Portland, where Joseph David Emerson was booked on 83 counts of attempted murder."
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@kylegriffin1
It's important that everyone knows that the Chinese government owns the Bank of China.
President Trump owes tens of millions of dollars to at least one hostile foreign government!
#TrumpChina
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@NoLieWithBTC
No surprise. No even halfway decent Repubs on Judiciary.
*She'll still be confirmed long before Justice Breyer's retirement*.
We need to add more Dem Senators this fall. Having a 50-50 tie and ties on every committee sucks. Although it's better than having the GOP in charge.
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@GuiltyofTRE45ON
@joncoopertweets
Switching parties, single-handedly flipping a state senate seat blue, and strengthening the Democratic majority is a damn strong statement to make.
He was considered a moderate Repub but recognizes who has taken over his now former party.
I think we can trust him.
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@KlasfeldReports
Perfect answer: "The investigation is being conducted by prosecutors in the US Attorney's Office and the FBI Field Office. We have not constrained them in any way. I can assure you that all investigative techniques with which you are familiar are being used."
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@kylegriffin1
If only there was a "Pandemic Response Team" in the White House to coordinate these things.
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@casselle
@AriBerman
@neeratanden
We need to vote out the people doing the voter suppression. Vote Blue all the way down the ballot in November.
If we
#FlipTheSenate
and
#DumpTrump
then the federal government can force remaining local GOP officials to do the right thing.
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@ryanjreilly
And records are made to be broken. Just wait until the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys leaders start to get sentenced for
#SedtiousConpsiracy
and the other 20-yr felonies that they're facing.
#TrumpCoupAttempt
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@IAPonomarenko
Must be one hell of a counteroffensive. 😉
"Ukraine Launches Counteroffensive ... "
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@csd
@kylegriffin1
This is the 1st time a federal judge has made this ruling. Barr is evil, but's he too smart to risk being jailed for Contempt of Court. This ruling is really really big.
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@MuellerSheWrote
Damn: "The plot to breach voting systems in Coffee County, coordinated by members of Trump’s legal team including Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, is part of a broader criminal investigation into 2020 election interference led by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis."
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@Lucan_Mor
@jimsciutto
@alexplitsas
There are Russian troops in Georgia and Moldova. There will not be a NATO consensus to let them join.
Finland and Sweden should join NATO ASAP. Finland while it still can.
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@PostRoz
@michaelscherer
@jdawsey1
@DanLamothe
"Trump’s unfavorable ratings were 15 points higher than his favorable ones in the core districts, according to the full polling results, which were later obtained by The Washington Post."
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@JordanOnRecord
12 years 7 months and "She also ordered him to pay $96,927 in restitution to the DC Police Department to cover Fanone's hospital bills and medical leave."
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@ProjectLincoln
This video shows him illegally menacing a group of young women and physically assaulting one of them.
Here’s another video of the gunman shoving an unarmed teen. Will credit the video-taker if they want me to. (Trying not to draw hostile attention to anyone who isn’t prepared.)
@spekulation
@WANaziWatch
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@WaldThoughts
@Tom_Winter
@HunterJCullen
From the NBC article: "... secured through false representations made by Manafort, including misstatements of income."
That's bank fraud:
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@JoyceWhiteVance
"... found a loaded assault rifle in his bedroom as well as *four silencers*, ...
...the owner confirmed that Robertson had 34 guns waiting to be picked up and had handled the weapons.
... agents also found in his home a partially assembled pipe bomb."
#LockHimUp
for a long time.
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@IAPonomarenko
@Liveuamap
2/2 ... in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region, as well as the ones maneuvering into a position to cut across the Russian advance. An operation that could prove decisive."
#ArmUkraineNow
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@StLMindyF
@briantylercohen
I'm pleasantly surprised that it got at least 47 GOP votes. If it gets the same percentage in the Senate it will pass with 61 votes.
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@davidhogg111
And his name is:
"*Maxwell Alejandro Frost* leads CD 10 field by double digits, poll shows"
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@TristanSnell
"Mesa County District Attorney Dan Rubinstein and Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser said: 'This investigation is ongoing, and other defendants may be charged as we learn more information.'"
The alleged crime happened in *May 2021*.
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@jillmotorfreak
@SpeakerPelosi
@Sen_JoeManchin
We need to stop whining about something we can't do anything about: Joe Manchin is a Senator until at least January of 2025.
We need to focus on what we can do something about: 16 GOP Senators who voted not to move forward with a bill to codify Roe *Are Up For Re-election Now*.
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@g2glen
@kylegriffin1
Remember that when we praise them for their work on the J6 Committee we are praising them for their work on the J6 Committee.
All Republican reps should be condemned for voting against a woman's right to choose because all Republican reps voted against a woman's right to choose.
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@DocDre
@AshaRangappa_
The law gives them standing. There will be parts of the law that are thrown out in litigation, and hopefully, that's one of them.
SCOTUS should issue a stay until the litigation is over.
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@Denzera
@Tom_Winter
Let's emphasize that they only keep you out of federal prison. They don't keep you out of county jail or state prison.
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@emptywheel
And people wonder why this is taking so long. That's one hell of a lot of evidence to put together.
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@KatiePhang
"The prosecution responds that the defense has filed thousands of pages of frivolous motions and should not get to now complain that they didn't have time ...
Merchan orders the Defense: 'You have 24 hours ... '"
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@MuellerSheWrote
He didn't want to hear questions from Stacey Plaskett, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Gerry Connolly, and especially not Dan Goldman!
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@AdamKoppekin
@jeremyherb
The main lines of questioning will concern ongoing investigations: Has Barr tried to influence them or shut them down, for example? They aren't going to risk compromising criminal investigations with a public hearing. Everything will come out eventually, we need to be patient.
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@DevTurner1
@SawyerHackett
@Biggan4Congress
Abbott is running for re-election right now. Time for Texas voters to hold him accountable.
#BetoForGovernor
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@kyledcheney
Are she and hubby having a contest for who can throw the most people under the bus to save their own skins?
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@medit8now
@rgoodlaw
@robertjdenault
Because Miller didn't blurt it out until today. It's good to get people under oath and put the pressure on them!
Miller's next testimony should be to the DC Grand Jury.
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@Fritschner
This may be a felony (with a 10-yr max sentence). The commission of a felony is not protected by Article I's speech or debate clause.
Did she "knowingly" send this to any minors?
18 U.S. Code § 1470 - Transfer of obscene material to minors
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@sandibachom
"The chain of command to deploy the National Guard in DC are the president and the Secretary of Defense."
This is why Mark Esper was fired & Christopher Miller was appointed Acting Secretary of Defense, the very next business day after the election was called for President Biden.
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@briantylercohen
@RepKatiePorter
Happiness is watching Rep. Katie Porter hammer a
#BigPharma
exec with fact after fact, posting them on her whiteboard to rub his nose in them!
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@KatiePhang
This is good news for those who understand what's going on. This is really bad news for Matt Gaetz and anyone else who's been criming with Greenberg.
FYI: Greenberg is required to tell prosecutors everything he knows about any crimes, or he won't get any leniency at all.
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@daft_editor
@hakeem_jeffries
@colleen_benn
@RepCori
There are too many complicit GOP Reps to get the required *2/3 majority* unless you convince some of them to vote to expel each other.
May be able to get a few of the worst expelled though.
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@JakeLobin
"Idaho has seen a 25% increase in daily new Covid-19 cases over the past two weeks, ... "
"Earlier this month, about a hundred people gathered at the Idaho state Capitol for a 'burn the mask' rally."
#COVIDIOTS
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@kylegriffin1
That's another $5,600 in stimulus/survival checks for most families of 4. And that's just a small part of the bill.
Never forget that every GOP Senator voted against this!
#VoteBlue2022
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@TristanSnell
Just saw this. The DA is dropping charges. Tristan is absolutely correct: She Should Sue!
"DA moves to dismiss a murder charge against a Texas woman accused of a self-induced abortion"
Texas Public Radio - TPR
April 10, 2022 3:20 PM CDT
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@MontyBoa99
@JuliaDavisNews
Our most loyal & most important ally, the UK.
"The US president’s rant about the missed call happened 'right in front' of former prime minister Theresa May in Washington, her ex-chief of staff Nick Timothy has revealed."
#TrumpIsANationalDisgrace
#TrumpRussiaCollusion
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@RonFilipkowski
He needs to be locked up:
"Carlos Zapata, an outspoken member of the Cottonwood militia, has been charged with misdemeanor battery ... in connection with a May altercation with Nathan 'Blaze' Pinkney, a BLM activist and budding comic."
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@kyledcheney
Wow. The judge doesn't want the public, and the targets, to know what the security procedures are that he is ordering the Special Grand Jury to use while they're writing their report. Wow.
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1935: The Reich Interior Ministry declares that racial affiliation must be emphasized in all reports to the press about crimes committed by Jews.
The list was maintained by the "Nazi Institute for Research on the Jewish Question."
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@MuellerSheWrote
@TheBeatWithAri
"Mr. Navarro has refused to return any Presidential records that he retained absent a grant of immunity for the act of returning such documents," the lawsuit says, adding that Navarro "is wrongfully retaining Presidential records that are the property of the United States ..."
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@hugolowell
@JoyAnnReid
@thereidout
From what I've read today, the OIG inspected the materials that the SS provided & then selected 24 agents whose communications they wanted to see for the time period being investigated. It turned out that none of the 24 backed up their phones before they were reset & replaced!
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@JuliaDavisNews
If true (consider the source), subsection (a) of 18 U.S. Code § 794 - "Gathering or delivering defense information to aid foreign government", would apply and the maximum penalty would be *death*.
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@kylegriffin1
"In a 7-2 decision, the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit said the House has a long-standing right to force government officials to testify and produce documents."
This applies to all House subpoenas. It's a huge victory for the House, given the current DOJ.
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@kyledcheney
Lot's of naive comments in the replies.
Judge Jackson found him **guilty** of 2 10-year felonies, even though he is clearly mentally challenged.
It was entirely appropriate to acquit him of obstruction under the circumstances. He didn't act *corruptly*:
"(c) Whoever corruptly—"
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@RexChapman
Who said she's a spy?
"... subject of a widening FBI investigation that has delved into her past financial activities.
In addition to the FBI, law enforcement agents in Canada have confirmed that she has been the subject of a major crimes unit investigation ... since February."
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@PalmerReport
He can also be appointed by the county board to serve as interim rep until the special election.
It's such a blue district that he ran unopposed last November after winning the primary.
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@Victorshi2020
The GOP Chair stopped her, which was great to see, but Rep Goldman had the rule memorized and pointed it out.
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@atrupar
Where's Al Franken when we need him?
"I like Ted Cruz more than most of my other colleagues like Ted Cruz. And I hate Ted Cruz."
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@SpeakerPelosi
49 out of 50 Democrats voted to move forward with codifying Roe today. 0 out of 50 Republicans voted to move forward with codifying Roe today.
The 1 Democrat who didn't is *not* up for re-election this year but 16 Repubs who didn't *are* up for re-election this year.
#VoteBlue
!
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@Walt_Lohmann
@jgeltzer
@rosierifka
Don McGahn will be forced to testify to Congress while Trump is still President, and subject to a possible 2nd impeachment, and he'll be testifying in one of Trump's criminal trials after he leaves office.
Trump has *not* won.
#JusticeIsComing
#IndictTrump
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@IAPonomarenko
A hero, and a father:
"His loving wife Victoria posted: 'We are overwhelmed with everyone's kind messages and beautiful memories that have been shared with us so far.'"
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@KatiePhang
Trump was also named as an unindicted coconspirator in Michigan today.
Gift article:
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@Jose_Pagliery
It's not "Biden's DOJ" Jose. President Biden has made it a point to reestablish an independent DOJ. Trump made it a point to politicize and weaponize DOJ. It *was* Trump's DOJ, but it's *not* Biden's DOJ.
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@AshaRangappa_
Normally I would say yes, but there have been allegations in the past about Trump being protected by his political appointees who have not all been purged yet (Commissioner Rettig, for example).
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@DanRather
Alex Jones's texts weren't wiped away though & there should be some very good stuff there. The lawyers said the texts & emails went back 2 years. That would be back more than far enough to cover the planning for January 6. Jones was involved with Trump, Stone, the "militias" etc.
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@Britinfloridaus
@mattia_n
@olgatokariuk
Russia is ruled by oligarchs not communists. They're using totalitarian tactics.
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@neal_katyal
"If the case moves ahead, the district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., could announce charges against the Trump Organization and its chief financial officer, Allen H. Weisselberg, as soon as next week, the people said."
When Weisselberg is facing actual charges, he'll cut a deal.
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@joshgerstein
SCOTUS is exceeding its authority at times. It's time for some "checks and balances" from Congress and POTUS.
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@la2shea
@January6thCmte
The next hearing is scheduled for Dec 7, when a trial date will be set. We're talking months not years for this to play out.
"Judge rejects Bannon effort to slow walk contempt case"
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@Teri_Kanefield
Yes! Biggs, Brooks, and Gosar for starters:
"... said three GOP lawmakers helped plan his D.C. rally"
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