On Social Hugo Lowell The Guardian: The classified materials at Mar-a-Lago raised the additional prospect that the FBI might have basis to open a counterintelligence investigation, amid concerns that the records could have been accessed by unauthorized individuals. 21h
On Social Hugo Lowell New: Jan. 6 committee member Adam Kinzinger who made case at Thursday’s hearing that Trump unlawfully obstructed an official proceeding on ABC: “I certainly think there’s evidence of crimes and I think it goes all the way up to Donald Trump.” 24 July
On Social Hugo Lowell New: Jan. 6 committee vice chair Liz Cheney on CNN says of Ginni Thomas in something of an escalation: “The committee hopes she will agree to come in voluntarily but the committee is fully prepared to contemplate a subpoena if she is not.” 24 July
On Social Hugo Lowell NEW: Jan. 6 committee shows Sen. Josh Hawley running for his life from the Capitol rioters that he personally riled up hours earlier by raising a fist for them in solidarity https://t.co/NrOCMTjUu4 22 July
On Social Hugo Lowell My response to @JoyAnnReid on MSNBC’s @TheReidout if connection hadn’t dropped: Jan. 6 committee is examining closely any involvement by Tony Ornato — who went from Secret Service agent to Trump’s deputy chief — in decision by around 24 agents not to back up their texts. 21 July
On Social Hugo Lowell Just in: Jan. 6 committee says the hearing on Tuesday will now take place at 1p ET 11 July
On Social Hugo Lowell Just in: Jan. 6 committee confirms next hearing to take place on July 12 at 10a ET 06 July
On Social Hugo Lowell NEW: Trump White House lawyer Eric Herschmann told Trump DOJ official Jeffrey Clark about his plan to help Trump overturn 2020 election, per testimony — “Congratulations. You just admitted your first act as Attorney General would be committing a felony.” 23 June
On Social Hugo Lowell NEW: Jan. 6 committee chair Bennie Thompson tells reporters just now that the Thursday hearing focusing on Trump’s pressure on DOJ will be the last for this month — any further hearing will come in July. 22 June
On Social Hugo Lowell JUST IN: Jan. 6 committee says hearing on June 15 at 10a ET — Wednesday’s hearing — has been postponed. No explanation at the moment. 14 June
On Social Hugo Lowell NEW: AG Merrick Garland says he’s watching the Jan. 6 committee hearings, adding “I can assure you the January 6 prosecutors are watching the hearings as well” 13 June
On Social Hugo Lowell New: Trump White House advisor Peter Navarro says on MSNBC that he will “lead the charge” to impeach Biden if courts strip a former president’s executive privilege and Trump gets back into office in 2024 02 June
On Social Hugo Lowell House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy refused to testify to the Jan. 6 committee, saying all his statements were already public — except they weren’t, and through Liz Cheney, the committee has known all along that he said Trump should resign. 22 April
On Social Hugo Lowell NEW: Hundreds of text messages between members of the Oath Keepers militia group show coordination with the Proud Boys leaders in the days leading up to Jan. 6, per exhibits just released in Stewart Rhodes case filing 19 April
On Social Hugo Lowell SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk’s huge Twitter investment took a new twist Tuesday with the filing of a lawsuit alleging that the colorful billionaire illegally delayed disclosing his stake in the social media company so he could buy more shares at lower prices. 13 April
On Social Hugo Lowell SCOOP: Trump used an official White House phone with a 202-390 prefix to call Sen. Mike Lee on Jan. 6 — which means it should have been in the presidential call log but was not, raising prospect of tampering. @GuardianUS https://t.co/QY1VKHpt2O 31 March
On Social Hugo Lowell New: Jan. 6 committee vice chair Liz Cheney tells NBC they are looking at need for enhanced penalties for things like the “dereliction of duty that you saw with Trump when he refused to tell the mob to go home.” 20 March
On Social Hugo Lowell Guardian US: Aides to senior Trump advisor Peter Navarro started working on his three-part report on supposed election fraud about two weeks before the 2020 election had even taken place, one of the aides said. 17 March
On Social Hugo Lowell New via Washington Post: Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, a leader of the extremist group the Proud Boys, has been indicted on a conspiracy charge in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack 08 March
On Social Hugo Lowell Guardian US: Trump’s private schedule for Jan. 6 — timestamped 11:22a — shows he knew before he started speaking at the Ellipse at 11:50a that he was to travel directly back to the White House after his speech. 05 March
My friends in the media didn't learn anything from 2016. Merrick Garland was a chief judge; he wouldn't have signed off on a warrant for a former POTUS during an election cycle unless it was serious. The question you should be asking is, why did Trump take 27 boxes of documents?
Donald Trump informed a New York court today that he could not tell the truth without incriminating himself.
BREAKING: Trump pleads Fifth, refuses to answer NY AG questions about Trump Organization’s alleged tax and financial fraud. This is a civil case — so the court can draw an inference of liability. This is exactly what the AG was hoping to achieve. The case is now even stronger.
"Okay, GOP, you win: we should arrest whoever appointed FBI Director Christopher Wray." -Stephen Colbert 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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