@emptywheel wrote about Jim Jordan holiday info dump from Jack Smith iview, let's keep talking about it
Jim Jordan was afraid of the mob during the Jan 6th insurrection
The insurrection and many other crimes would have not happened if it weren't for Trump
Smith still can't talk about theft of classified documents because Cannon is still bogarting the report
#JackSmith #SpecialCounsel #USpol
#JimJordan #TheInsurrectioneers #Jan6th #Jan6thInsurrection #AileenCannon
I'm so with Joyce Vance on this. "I’m more interested than ever in learning what’s in the #Epstein Files and seeing Volume II of Jack Smith’s report. They wouldn’t be trying so hard to distract us if it didn’t matter."
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/maduro-and-venezuela-what-happens
"It’s no good pondering whether what just happened in #Venezuela was a “war crime” or mumbling about how perhaps #Congress should have been notified. There has to be an actual war before you can have war crimes, brothers and sisters. These were just straight-up crimes, committed by a criminal president and a criminal regime, and the entire world knows it."
And #Epstein and #JackSmith.
https://www.salon.com/2026/01/03/venezuela-our-criminal-presidents-latest-crime-scene/
"What is Donald Trump running away from so hard? Is it the fifth anniversary of his January 6 insurrection, which we will mark on Tuesday? It should be.
It could be Jack Smith’s newly released testimony, which is damning and damaging—and we haven’t even gotten the release date of Volume II of his special counsel report, due sometime in February unless Trump manages to hang it up in court."
~ Joyce Vance
"On balance, Congressman Jim Jordan’s 'Weaponization' work is backfiring.
It could also be the Epstein Files. DOJ missed its reporting date to Congress over the weekend, and the full release of the files is still nowhere in sight.
"Citgo owns three major refineries on the Gulf Coast, 43 oil terminals, and a network of over 4,000 independently owned gas stations."
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #oil #BigOil #EconomicElites #PaulSinger #Citgo
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"What is Donald Trump running away from so hard? Is it the fifth anniversary of his January 6 insurrection, which we will mark on Tuesday? It should be.
It could be Jack Smith’s newly released testimony, which is damning and damaging—and we haven’t even gotten the release date of Volume II of his special counsel report, due sometime in February unless Trump manages to hang it up in court."
~ Joyce Vance
AG covers the Jack Smith testimony on this weekend's UnJustified episode
Smith testified for 8 hours and Gym jordan was afraid to have a public hearing, but it seems the full audio came out anyway
AG pares it down to a 1 hour highlight reel if you don't want to put in full 8 hours
https://podcastaddict.com/unjustified/episode/214134498
If you want something lighter, Opening Arguments covered the Sandwich Guy event and trial
I'm so with Joyce Vance on this. "I’m more interested than ever in learning what’s in the #Epstein Files and seeing Volume II of Jack Smith’s report. They wouldn’t be trying so hard to distract us if it didn’t matter."
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/maduro-and-venezuela-what-happens
"It’s no good pondering whether what just happened in #Venezuela was a “war crime” or mumbling about how perhaps #Congress should have been notified. There has to be an actual war before you can have war crimes, brothers and sisters. These were just straight-up crimes, committed by a criminal president and a criminal regime, and the entire world knows it."
And #Epstein and #JackSmith.
https://www.salon.com/2026/01/03/venezuela-our-criminal-presidents-latest-crime-scene/
Just a reminder, #House #Republicans dumped this 8hr deposition & 255p transcript on NYE because they were trying to bury it. It didn’t do any of the things they wanted. It didn’t exonerate #Trump. It didn’t prove the cases were political witch hunts. It didn’t prove #JackSmith was a political operative or radical. If anything it proved the cases were justified & proper, that Trump was culpable & the #conspiracy was premeditated, & that Jack Smith is a paragon of integrity.
Just a reminder, #House #Republicans dumped this 8hr deposition & 255p transcript on NYE because they were trying to bury it. It didn’t do any of the things they wanted. It didn’t exonerate #Trump. It didn’t prove the cases were political witch hunts. It didn’t prove #JackSmith was a political operative or radical. If anything it proved the cases were justified & proper, that Trump was culpable & the #conspiracy was premeditated, & that Jack Smith is a paragon of integrity.
Noting that House Republicans deliberately buried the release of Jack Smith's testimony on New Year's Eve, Parker Molloy says she read the material and offers takeaways:
1. Smith says Trump is guilty.
2. Trump’s tweet “endangered the life of his own vice president."
3. The case was built on Republicans.
4. Trump rejected any information that threatened his power.
⭐️⭐️⭐️🧵 #JackSmith House Judiciary Committee 17Dec25 deposition and video on #January6 #DonaldTrump #prosecution https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/115822862972035812
After 6 hours of watching Jack Smith's testimony, it finally dawned on me what I find so inspiring about him. Of course, it's the truth-telling, the integrity, & the utter brilliance of the man but it's also his calmness, professionalism, & unwillingness to rise to #MAGA's foolish bait, esp. King fool Jim Jordan.
& then I think of Smith's demeanor in relation to the outrageous, puerile, snotty, rude behavior of #Noem, #RFK, #Bondi, #Patel, etc.
He is a hero for our time.
Jack Smith, hero & truth-teller, makes it clear that Trump (and the others), in trying to overturn the election, was trying to overthrow the government. "Overthrowing the government," to my ears, hits even harder than overturning the election. The election is specific in time, 2020. The government goes back -- way back to 1789.
Jack Smith's deposition is required viewing & needs to be done in a public forum. Like all the other special prosecutors.
After 6 hours of watching Jack Smith's testimony, it finally dawned on me what I find so inspiring about him. Of course, it's the truth-telling, the integrity, & the utter brilliance of the man but it's also his calmness, professionalism, & unwillingness to rise to #MAGA's foolish bait, esp. King fool Jim Jordan.
& then I think of Smith's demeanor in relation to the outrageous, puerile, snotty, rude behavior of #Noem, #RFK, #Bondi, #Patel, etc.
He is a hero for our time.
“The evidence here made clear that President Trump was by a large measure the most culpable & most responsible person in this #conspiracy. These #crimes were committed for his benefit. The attack that happened at the Capitol, part of this case, does not happen without him. The other co-conspirators were doing this for his benefit,” #JackSmith said, in reply to a question about whether his investigations were meant to prevent #Trump from reclaiming the presidency in 2024.
#law #Jan6 #insurrection
#JackSmith repeatedly made clear his belief that the evidence gathered against #Trump was strong enough to sustain a #conviction. Part of the strength of the #Jan6 case, Smith said, was the extent to which it relied on the testimony of Trump allies & supporters who cooperated with the investigation.
#law #unfit #Congress #insurrection #criminal #conspiracy
8 hour deposition video→ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR-bhPzQYUE
