rumitoid

One year after he left office, former President Donald Trump's legal woes continue to mount.

This week alone, the Supreme Court denied the former president’s request to prevent the select committee investigating the J*** 6 Capitol r**t from obtaining White House records concerning Trump’s activities leading up to and during the i**********n. The same committee also subpoenaed Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and other attorneys involved in pushing baseless v***r f***d claims in Trump's effort to overturn the e******n, and asked his daughter Ivanka to cooperate voluntarily in its probe.

Meanwhile, a Georgia district attorney looking into Trump’s attempts to overturn the e******n results in the state requested a special grand jury to aid in that investigation. And the New York State attorney general said this week that she has uncovered "significant evidence" of fraud in her ongoing investigations into the Trump Organization's business practices.

The J*** 6 c*******e’s latest subpoenas — and revelations

On Tuesday, the committee issued subpoenas to the Trump legal team that worked to overturn the 2020 results, including Giuliani, a former New York City mayor.

“The four individuals we’ve subpoenaed today advanced unsupported theories about e******n f***d, pushed efforts to overturn the e******n results, or were in direct contact with the former President about attempts to stop the counting of e*******l v**es,” committee Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said in a statement.

In addition to Giuliani, the committee subpoenaed Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis, attorney and conspiracy theorist Sidney Powell and Boris Epshteyn, a top political strategist for the former president. Epshteyn called the effort a “witch hunt” in a tweet responding to the news.

In the aftermath of the November 2020 e******n, Trump’s team filed dozens of lawsuits, many of which were struck down within days, and held numerous press events where they baselessly disputed the legitimacy of the e******n.

On Wednesday, the committee subpoenaed two leaders of a white nationalist group that wants Trump to “rule for life.” The next day, the committee sent a letter requesting the cooperation of Ivanka Trump, the former president’s elder daughter, who served as a senior adviser during his time in the White House.

“We are particularly interested in discussions inside the White House and with the President before and after his 2:24 p.m. tweet,” stated the letter, a reference to Trump’s J*** 6 tweet castigating his vice president, Mike Pence, for not joining the effort to reverse the e******n results.

“Testimony obtained by the Select Committee indicates that members of the White House staff requested your assistance on multiple occasions to intervene in an attempt to persuade President Trump to address the ongoing lawlessness and violence on Capitol Hill.”

That letter detailed the chaos at the White House during the violence at the Capitol and noted that Trump recorded multiple versions of a video in which he belatedly told his supporters to go home late on the afternoon of J*** 6.

The committee said it was looking into the then president’s specific actions during the afternoon hours, including whether he had called for National Guard deployment to help stop the r****rs.

The Supreme Court rejection
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court v**ed 8-1 against blocking the release of White House records concerning Trump’s activities leading up to and during the J*** 6 i**********n.

The high court’s decision marked the latest hurdle to the former president’s bid to claim executive privilege over hundreds of pages of documents sought by the J*** 6 c*******e. In November, U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan ruled that Trump did not have the authority to overrule current President Biden, who has so far chosen to waive executive privilege over the records requested by the committee.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., affirmed that ruling in December, prompting Trump to submit an emergency request last month asking the Supreme Court to intervene.

But nearly all of the justices ruled against Trump’s request on Wednesday, with only Justice Clarence Thomas dissenting.

Thompson and the committee’s vice chair, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., praised the Supreme Court decision in a statement Wednesday evening, calling it “a victory for the rule of law and American democracy.”

On Friday, Politico reported that one of the documents Trump was attempting to shield was a draft executive order calling for the seizure of v****g machines.

E******n i**********e in Georgia
Thursday also brought a new development in an investigation into Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 results in the state of Georgia. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis made the request in a letter to the chief judge of the county’s Superior Court.

Fulton County is Georgia’s most populous county and is home to Atlanta, the state capital and the center of Trump’s push to flip the p**********l race there. Biden won Georgia by a narrow margin, becoming the first Democrat to carry the state since 1992. Willis, a Democrat, cited the lack of cooperation from witnesses, including the state’s Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who “refused to cooperate with the investigation absent a subpoena requiring their testimony.” The special grand jury would be empaneled longer than normal and would focus solely on the case, but would not be able to issue indictments.

The inquiry started last February and centered on a Jan. 2, 2021, phone call between Trump and Raffensperger. Trump urged Raffensperger to “find 11,780 v**es” that made up Biden’s winning margin in the state. Raffensperger refused, and has been the target of Trump’s ire ever since.

Earlier this month, Willis told the Associated Press her team was making progress in the case but was not rushing things.

“I believe in 2022 a decision will be made in that case,” she said. “I certainly think that in the first half of the year that decisions will be made.”

In a statement responding to the news, Trump said he “didn’t say anything wrong” in his “perfect” call with Raffensperger. He also repeated his baseless claims of e******n f***d, saying that the special grand jury “should be looking into ... the large scale v***r f***d that took place in Georgia.”

In an interview with Fox News Thursday afternoon, Raffensperger called Democrats the “party of s****n e******ns claims” and said Willis was “trying to score some cheap political points with her Democrat friends.”

The business inquiry in New York
On Tuesday, New York State Attorney General Letitia James moved forward with an attempt to get Trump, son Donald Trump Jr. and daughter Ivanka Trump to comply with her ongoing investigation into Trump Organization finances.

James’s office filed court papers in response to the Trump family’s attempts to avoid testifying in the probe. Last month, the former president filed suit against James in a bid to thwart her investigations into his business practices.

“We have uncovered significant evidence indicating that the Trump Organization used fraudulent and misleading asset valuations on multiple properties to obtain economic benefits, including loans, insurance coverage, and tax deductions for years,” James, a Democrat, tweeted.

“Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Ivanka Trump have all been closely involved in the t***sactions in question, so we won’t tolerate their attempts to evade testifying in this investigation.”

"We will not be deterred in our efforts to continue this investigation, uncover the facts, and pursue justice, no matter how many roadblocks Mr. Trump and his family throw in our way,” James added. “No one is above the law.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-legal-woes-mount-georgia-new-york-j***6-supreme-court-190541516.html

JW

C***ted isn't defeated! Effaced isn't disgraced! They have tried to destroy him and his legacy. They will continue to try. Wish them luck, like John Paul Jones, he hasn't begun to fight and like Commodore Jones, he will prevail. They will destroy themselves in the effort.

Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

It's a Kangaroo court and every one subpoenaed is being railroaded.

fullspinzoo

It's "Teflon" like in "MORON". ts;tr

rumitoid

So you do not know what daflon is?

fullspinzoo

Your story was about 18 paragraphs too long. I know you think everyone is so interested in what you have to say, but trust me they are NOT. I guarantee you....nobody read it. But you ARE kind of a "needy" guy.

Liberty Tree

You said you were going to change but you are still the most self-righteous, hypocritical, disingenuous, Pharisee on OPP.

fullspinzoo

Wasn't defeated and compared to this POS wasn't disgraced. 40 yr. High Inflation, 25 yr. High murder rate, and that pathetic excuse for a press conference? Now that's DISGRACE.fjbfu desperation and delusion!!! 49% of the SOE party don't want him to run. That's more disgrace, more on.

fullspinzoo

Like a handful on OPP, he's another loyalist who will just continue to 'dig a hole'. Talk about a disgrace, look at the graph showing Biden's approval on Real Clear Politucs. It's like the Titanic!!! Excellent post, BTW!!!!!!

fullspinzoo

Time to ignore Hemorrhoid.

Ronald Hatt Loc: Lansing, Mich

'LET ME BE PERFECTLY CLEAR": The inability of Biden to put two complete *sensible sentences together, is a poor testament to the v****g intelligence of Demoncrats, in this country!...{ Including "YOU"!....especially "YOU"!

son of witless

It would seem to be an attempt to be clever.

336Robin Loc: North Carolina

Watching the Donald destroy the Republican Party is going to be a thing of beauty.

son of witless

For a party being destroyed, they are doing just fine. Pretty beautiful.

TexaCan Loc: Homeward Bound!

Watching the Donald keep you Democrats in a TIZZY is pure entertainment!