I didn’t have the heart to watch Jack Smith’s testimony today. I followed his investigation closely when it was ongoing, but cannot stomach hearing R’s try to demean, insult, and discredit him. However, my partner watched and told me that Smith didn’t back down and didn’t give an inch. He was clear, composed, and unflappable, and held to his convictions that trump is guilty as sin (with receipts to prove it). If we manage to get through this, I hope he runs for president.
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Threatening to rape someone's kids does not make you a 'good guy'
Quite the spectacle in the Jack Smith hearing today, a fash goon called 'Ivan Raiklin' threatens to rape the children of Officer Fanone as punishment for defying Trump's will.
Imagine where you head must be to throw that one out there "I will rape your kids"...
#Jan6th #IvanRaiklin #Fanone #JackSmith #DOJ #Fascism #ClanOfPaedophiles #USPOL #USPOLITICS
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#TedLieu continued: “I demand this committee, this chairman & #Republicans, call an immediate hearing asking why the Department of Justice is refusing to release 99% of the #EpsteinFiles & why the #DOJ is violating the #law right now.”
DOJ said earlier this month that it has released <1% of its Epstein-related files, with >2 million documents still being reviewed.
#law #JackSmith #House #Judiciary #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution
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#StewartRhodes, the founder of the #FarRight #extremist organization the #OathKeepers, was seen on Capitol Hill on Thursday outside of the hearing room where former special counsel #JackSmith is testifying before the #House #Judiciary Committee.
Rhodes was previously convicted of #SeditiousConspiracy & sentenced to 18 YEARS in #prison for his actions related to the #Jan6, 2021 #insurrection at the US Capitol.
#law #Trump #propaganda #coup #democracy #Constitution
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/jack-smith-trump-house-testimony-01-22-26?post-id=cmkpn5rbf000y3b6p4paq3mgn
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“Rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 presidential #election, President #Trump engaged in a #criminal scheme to overturn the results & prevent the lawful transfer of power,” #JackSmith wrote in his prepared statement.
#law #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
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Threatening to rape someone's kids does not make you a 'good guy'
Quite the spectacle in the Jack Smith hearing today, a fash goon called 'Ivan Raiklin' threatens to rape the children of Officer Fanone as punishment for defying Trump's will.
Imagine where you head must be to throw that one out there "I will rape your kids"...
#Jan6th #IvanRaiklin #Fanone #JackSmith #DOJ #Fascism #ClanOfPaedophiles #USPOL #USPOLITICS
“ #Republicans would rather talk about the #criminality of Donald #Trump in trying to steal an #election & trying to stop the #PeacefulTransitionOfPower, & the criminality of Donald Trump in stealing #ClassifiedDocuments & #ObstructionOfJustice than about Donald Trump’s associations with Jeffrey #Epstein & his #pedophilia ring,” #Rep TedLieu said.
#law #JackSmith #House #Judiciary #propaganda #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution
#TedLieu continued: “I demand this committee, this chairman & #Republicans, call an immediate hearing asking why the Department of Justice is refusing to release 99% of the #EpsteinFiles & why the #DOJ is violating the #law right now.”
DOJ said earlier this month that it has released <1% of its Epstein-related files, with >2 million documents still being reviewed.
#law #JackSmith #House #Judiciary #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution
Earlier Rep #TedLieu (D-CA) kicked some #GOP ass for their #lies & #hypocrisy.
Lieu called out his Republican colleagues for choosing to hold a hearing on #JackSmith’s probes into #Trump instead of an oversight hearing into #DOJ’s slow release of files related to the late sex offender #JeffreyEpstein.
#law #House #Judiciary #propaganda #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
“ #Republicans would rather talk about the #criminality of Donald #Trump in trying to steal an #election & trying to stop the #PeacefulTransitionOfPower, & the criminality of Donald Trump in stealing #ClassifiedDocuments & #ObstructionOfJustice than about Donald Trump’s associations with Jeffrey #Epstein & his #pedophilia ring,” #Rep TedLieu said.
#law #JackSmith #House #Judiciary #propaganda #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution
Rep #MaryScanlon (D-PA) is finally getting #JackSmith to get into the nitty gritty of the #evidence. Her questioning allowed Smith to discuss evidence given under oath that #Pennsylvania officials told #Trump unequivocally that he had lost the election in their state & that the #ConspiracyTheories he was peddling about PA were false & proven to be false. This goes directly to Trump’s knowledge that he was perpetrating a #fraud upon the American people.
#law #House #Judiciary #SeditiousConspiracy
Earlier Rep #TedLieu (D-CA) kicked some #GOP ass for their #lies & #hypocrisy.
Lieu called out his Republican colleagues for choosing to hold a hearing on #JackSmith’s probes into #Trump instead of an oversight hearing into #DOJ’s slow release of files related to the late sex offender #JeffreyEpstein.
#law #House #Judiciary #propaganda #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
#Trump is literally issuing orders to the #DOJ right now
Trump says he hopes AG #PamBondi is 'looking at' #JackSmith as the former special counsel testifies on Capitol Hill
“Hopefully the Attorney General is looking at what he’s done, including some of the crooked and corrupt witnesses that he was attempting to use in his case against me. The whole thing was a Democrat SCAM — A big price should be paid by them for what they have put our Country through!”Trump posted.
Rep #MaryScanlon (D-PA) is finally getting #JackSmith to get into the nitty gritty of the #evidence. Her questioning allowed Smith to discuss evidence given under oath that #Pennsylvania officials told #Trump unequivocally that he had lost the election in their state & that the #ConspiracyTheories he was peddling about PA were false & proven to be false. This goes directly to Trump’s knowledge that he was perpetrating a #fraud upon the American people.
#law #House #Judiciary #SeditiousConspiracy
#StewartRhodes was serving his time in prison when his sentence was commuted by #Trump in Jan 2025. It was one of the first actions taken by Trump when he resumed office.
Federal District Judge Amit Mehta ruled in Jan 2025 that Rhodes & other members of the #OathKeepers needed to seek #court permission to travel to #DC or be on Capitol Grounds.
According to the ADL, the Oath Keepers is an anti-government #extremist org within the #militia movement.
#Trump is literally issuing orders to the #DOJ right now
Trump says he hopes AG #PamBondi is 'looking at' #JackSmith as the former special counsel testifies on Capitol Hill
“Hopefully the Attorney General is looking at what he’s done, including some of the crooked and corrupt witnesses that he was attempting to use in his case against me. The whole thing was a Democrat SCAM — A big price should be paid by them for what they have put our Country through!”Trump posted.
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Former special counsel #JackSmith is publicly testifying before the #House #Judiciary Committee today.
The hearing will examine the operations of Smith’s office & his team’s investigations and prosecutions of #Trump & his co-defendants, according to the committee.
#law #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
https://www.c-span.org/event/house-committee/former-special-counsel-jack-smith-testifies-on-trump-investigations/439618
Rep #HankJohnson (D-GA) is also questioning #JackSmith very effectively. Unfortunately it is very clear that this “hearing” is designed to be a sound bite generator for the #Republicans to shop around to #FarRight #media outlets.
#law #House #Judiciary #Trump #propaganda #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
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#StewartRhodes, the founder of the #FarRight #extremist organization the #OathKeepers, was seen on Capitol Hill on Thursday outside of the hearing room where former special counsel #JackSmith is testifying before the #House #Judiciary Committee.
Rhodes was previously convicted of #SeditiousConspiracy & sentenced to 18 YEARS in #prison for his actions related to the #Jan6, 2021 #insurrection at the US Capitol.
#law #Trump #propaganda #coup #democracy #Constitution
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/jack-smith-trump-house-testimony-01-22-26?post-id=cmkpn5rbf000y3b6p4paq3mgn
Rep #ZoeLofgren (D-CA) is an effective questioner. She introduced #evidence from Smith’s investigation that #LindseyGraham under oath told Smith’s team that if somebody told #Trump that #aliens came down & stole Trump ballots, that Trump would've believed it.
Rep #DarrellIssa (R-CA) behaved outrageously, he basically ranted, never allowed #JackSmith to answer & stole extra time. #JamieRaskin tried to negate that stolen time by talking simultaneously in objection so Issa couldn’t keep testifying.
Rep #HankJohnson (D-GA) is also questioning #JackSmith very effectively. Unfortunately it is very clear that this “hearing” is designed to be a sound bite generator for the #Republicans to shop around to #FarRight #media outlets.
#law #House #Judiciary #Trump #propaganda #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
#House #Judiciary Committee #JackSmith testimony is back in session after a long recess for unrelated House votes.
#law #Trump #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
Rep #ZoeLofgren (D-CA) is an effective questioner. She introduced #evidence from Smith’s investigation that #LindseyGraham under oath told Smith’s team that if somebody told #Trump that #aliens came down & stole Trump ballots, that Trump would've believed it.
Rep #DarrellIssa (R-CA) behaved outrageously, he basically ranted, never allowed #JackSmith to answer & stole extra time. #JamieRaskin tried to negate that stolen time by talking simultaneously in objection so Issa couldn’t keep testifying.
#Republican #House #Judiciary Committee members are going to focus on things like #CassidyHutchinson & the #subpoenas for #Congress members’ phone logs, because if they let #JackSmith get into the actual #evidence he gathered against #Trump, it will be damning.
#law #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
#House #Judiciary Committee #JackSmith testimony is back in session after a long recess for unrelated House votes.
#law #Trump #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
Also the grandstanding performative courtroom drama behavior of the #congress members is quite heavy handed. #JackSmith who has repeatedly been described as measured & calm is coming off a little stiff especially because he keeps being interrupted. He needs to come back at them like they are hostile witnesses.
#law #House #Judiciary #Trump #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
#Republican #House #Judiciary Committee members are going to focus on things like #CassidyHutchinson & the #subpoenas for #Congress members’ phone logs, because if they let #JackSmith get into the actual #evidence he gathered against #Trump, it will be damning.
#law #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
Also the grandstanding performative courtroom drama behavior of the #congress members is quite heavy handed. #JackSmith who has repeatedly been described as measured & calm is coming off a little stiff especially because he keeps being interrupted. He needs to come back at them like they are hostile witnesses.
#law #House #Judiciary #Trump #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower