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2021-12-21 at 7:40 PM UTC in ValheimGrow the fuck up!
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2021-12-21 at 7:38 PM UTC in THE MAGA PARTY!,,, the GOP is dead, republicans are going down with the dems,, get ready for THE MAGA PARTY lefty'sMay that
Asshole Rump
Get himself
A prison cell
Business Insider
The January 6 committee is toying with asking the DOJ to prosecute Trump for obstruction of Congress
ssheth@businessinsider.com (Sonam Sheth)
The Jan. 6 select committee is considering asking the DOJ to prosecute Trump for obstruction of Congress.
NYT reported that investigators are also looking for evidence that other Republicans engaged in wire fraud.
Legal scholars said a criminal referral in Trump's case will almost certainly fall flat.
The House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot hasn't shied away from pursuing criminal charges against former White House officials, former Justice Department officials, and potentially even fellow members of Congress.
Now, the select panel is considering going after its biggest fish yet: the former president who's been accused of inciting the deadly insurrection.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger, one of two Republicans on the bipartisan committee, confirmed over the weekend that the panel is investigating if Donald Trump committed a crime related to the Capitol riot.
And this week, The New York Times reported that House investigators are specifically looking into if Trump and his allies engaged in obstruction of Congress via their efforts to stop the chamber from certifying Joe Biden's 2020 election victory.
According to the report, the select committee is also looking into whether there's evidence that Republicans who raised money off bogus claims of election rigging engaged in wire fraud.
It marks an aggressive new phase in the January 6 select committee's months-long investigation into the Capitol riot and the events surrounding it. But it also poses new challenges for House investigators.
Although they've made criminal contempt referrals for key Trump associates who refused to comply with subpoenas — like former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, former chief of staff Mark Meadows, and former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark — requesting criminal charges against a former president is a whole other animal.
A criminal referral from Congress is warranted when the "alleged crime is against Congress itself," like contempt, or if "Congress has unearthed possible crimes about which DOJ may not be aware," the former federal prosecutor Randall Eliason noted on Tuesday. "Neither is true here. A referral is a bad idea."
Another former Justice Department official echoed that view, telling Insider there's "not a chance" the Justice Department will move forward with criminal charges in the event that Congress makes a referral.
Attorney General Merrick Garland "is still ruminating about the various straight forward contempt charges," the former official added. "He doesn't have the appetite to indict a former president."
Trump's actions before, during, and after the riot have been extensively documented, both through his public remarks and media reporting. In addition to hyping a "Save America" rally that took place near the Capitol before the insurrection, during which Trump urged thousands of his supporters to "fight like hell" against Biden's victory, the president also watched the violence play out on television and ignored pleas from advisors to call off his supporters as they stormed the Capitol.
In the months since, Trump has doubled down on his election malfeasance claims and downplayed the violence at the Capitol. "What happened on January 6 was a protest against a rigged election, that's what it was," Trump said Sunday at in Dallas while appearing on a tour with the former Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly. "This wasn't an insurrection."
It's unclear what, if any, new evidence the House select committee may have uncovered in its investigation that hasn't already been reported.
But Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, the vice chair of the panel, recently hinted that it's ready to move forward with a possible referral for Trump.
"We know hours passed with no action by the president to defend the Congress of the United States from an assault while we were trying to count electoral votes," Cheney said at a news conference. "Did Donald Trump, through action or inaction, corruptly seek to obstruct or impede Congress's official proceeding to count electoral votes?"
Trump, for his part, has already asked the courts to step in and block the Jan. 6 committee's investigation.
But the Washington, DC, Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Trump's bid, saying in a blistering 68-page opinion that while the court recognizes the constitutional protections of executive privilege, the power "should not be used to shield, from Congress or the public, information that reflects a clear and apparent effort to subvert the Constitution itself." -
2021-12-21 at 7:24 PM UTC in THE MAGA PARTY!,,, the GOP is dead, republicans are going down with the dems,, get ready for THE MAGA PARTY lefty'sWhat's up with your inability to be able to back up any of your statements/accusations, Fake News?
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2021-12-21 at 7:22 PM UTC in STICK IT, Damn It!I'm just hoping to read your obituary, Fake News.
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2021-12-21 at 6:11 PM UTC in They fired a fuck ton of people at work today.Somebody is triggered!
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2021-12-21 at 6:09 PM UTC in Beef StewHey, the damn book is HEAVY!
1062 pages, hardback and about 6 or 7 lbs! -
2021-12-21 at 6:03 PM UTC in They fired a fuck ton of people at work today.OSHA does not agree with you.
Then there's the NLRB to deal with too. -
2021-12-21 at 6 PM UTC in Beef Stew
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2021-12-21 at 5:52 PM UTC in They fired a fuck ton of people at work today.Employers owe you a living wage and a safe work environment, massa.
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2021-12-21 at 5:48 PM UTC in My old job is hiring.
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2021-12-21 at 5:46 PM UTC in THE MAGA PARTY!,,, the GOP is dead, republicans are going down with the dems,, get ready for THE MAGA PARTY lefty'sFind one statement of proof of this accusation, Fake News Speculum.
Go ahead. I dare ya. -
2021-12-21 at 5:43 PM UTC in Love thread for fralalala la-la la..laI ain't feeling da luv.
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2021-12-21 at 5:42 PM UTC in They fired a fuck ton of people at work today.
Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson Temps are cheap, Employees cost a lot, benefits…401/health insurance/vacation/unemployment insurance etc etc.
It's cheaper for a company to rotate Temps than take on perm employees for unskilled labor. When I worked at compaq my department had around 103 people…97 temps and 6 perm employees…the 6 perms were basically the supervisors and managers.
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2021-12-21 at 5:34 PM UTC in THE MAGA PARTY!,,, the GOP is dead, republicans are going down with the dems,, get ready for THE MAGA PARTY lefty'sHell no. He's guilty as sin.
Speculum is guiltier though. -
2021-12-21 at 5:30 PM UTC in So I’m going on a coffee date with a Eurasian this afternoon
Originally posted by Grylls So I’m thinking, really what’s the worst that could happen? I’ve nothing to lose and basically a new 2022 to gain as she invited me to church also on 2nd Jan
I really don’t see any cons here unless she turns out to be a complete psychopath but most girls are anyway
Only the eternal flames of hell to lick at your asshole. -
2021-12-21 at 5:18 PM UTC in THE MAGA PARTY!,,, the GOP is dead, republicans are going down with the dems,, get ready for THE MAGA PARTY lefty's
Originally posted by ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Ends up Kamala Harris is Jussie Smollette's aunt, which she intentionally kept secret the whole time.
YOU ARE SO FULL OF SHIT, SPECULUM. This statement of yours holds just as much credibility as all the rest of your official pronouncements. Your "fact" was disproven almost two years ago. You are a proven liar. You are pathetic with your repeated claims that you never back up because they're all BULLSHIT.
SNOPES
Is Kamala Harris Jussie Smollett’s Aunt?
The surname "Harris" is one of the 30 most popular last names in the United States.
Dan Evon
Published 25 February 2019
Claim
Senator Kamala Harris is the aunt of actor Jussie Smollett.
Rating
False
Origin
In February 2019, a rumor circulated on social media that Jussi Smollett, the Empire actor accused of making false claims about being the victim of a hate crime, was the nephew of Democratic U.S. senator (and presidential candidate) Kamala Harris of California.
Conservative radio host Kevin McCullough was one Twitter user who promoted the notion that Harris was Smollett’s aunt:
McCullough deleted his tweet after it generated a considerable amount of ridicule.
The claim that Kamala Harris is Jussie Smollett’s aunt was offered by a number of social media users, but the documentation presented with it was flimsy at best. In fact, the most substantial piece of “evidence” presented to support this conspiracy theory was that Smollett’s mother and the California senator share a surname:
Sharing a last name does not constitute proof that these two women are siblings, however. In fact, the surname “Harris” is one of the most popular surnames in the United States, ranking in the top 30 of the 2010 U.S. Census. We’ve examined the biographical information available for these two public figures and found that their family branches simply do not intersect.
Kamala Harris, who was born in Oakland, California, has a single sibling, a younger sister named Maya who was born in Illinois. In order for Kamala to be Jussie Smollett’s aunt, Maya — who is only 16 years older than Smollett — would have to his mother. However, Smollett’s mother’s first name is Janet, not Maya, and she is from New Orleans, not Illinois.
Neither did we find any familial relationship between Kamala Harris and the Smollett family through marriage that might provide a basis for referring to Kamala as Jussie’s “aunt.” Jussie Smollett was born in Santa Rosa, California, to Janet (Harris) Smollett and Joel Smollett Sr. (who migrated to the U.S. from Russia and Poland). Jussie said the family moved to Queens when he was two years old, and afterwards, according to the New York Times, he grew up “bouncing with [his] parents and siblings between New York and Los Angeles, as the kids pursued careers in modeling, acting and music.”
Neither Kamala Harris’ husband, Douglas Emhoff, nor Maya Harris’ husband, Tony West, has any discernible connection to Jussie’s parents. Emhoff hails from New York, graduated USC law school, is a prominent entertainment and intellectual property lawyer in Los Angeles, and has two grown children from a previous relationship. West hails from San Francisco, graduated Stanford law school, serves as general counsel and Chief Legal Officer at Uber, and has one daughter with his wife Maya. -
2021-12-21 at 4:57 PM UTC in THE MAGA PARTY!,,, the GOP is dead, republicans are going down with the dems,, get ready for THE MAGA PARTY lefty'sMake them
All
Get
A felony charge
The Washington Post
Lead Capitol riot charge is constitutional, judges find
Rachel Weiner
Three federal judges have agreed that the most serious charge faced by those accused of participation in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol is constitutional, a victory for the Justice Department and a blow to the defendants fighting those accusations.
Lead Capitol riot charge is constitutional, judges find
The ruling came Monday evening from U.S. District Judge Amit B. Mehta, who is overseeing the prosecutions of more than a dozen people associated with the Oath Keepers, a self-styled militia group. Mehta joins judges Dabney L. Friedrich and Timothy J. Kelly, both of whom have moved to uphold the obstruction charges in other cases.
The same legal challenge has been raised by defendants in various Capitol riot prosecutions, from single-person indictments to sprawling conspiracy cases. One judge who has questioned the use of the obstruction charge has yet to rule on the issue.
Without that felony charge, prosecutors would be left with only minor charges against many they view as playing a major role in the riot. The Justice Department has avoided charges of sedition, a rarely used law, and not all those accused of acting as key instigators were seen assaulting police officers.
What crime might Trump have committed on Jan. 6? Liz Cheney points to one.
The ruling also has broader implications. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) has suggested former president Donald Trump could be charged with obstruction of an official proceeding.
Mehta had previously expressed concern that it was unclear what conduct counted as felony “obstruction of an official proceeding” as opposed to misdemeanor disruption of a congressional hearing — a difference between a potential sentence of six months and 20 years behind bars.
But after months of consideration and legal arguments on both sides, Mehta ruled that the government had it right.
“Their alleged actions were no mere political protest,” he wrote. “They stand accused of combining, among themselves and with others, to force their way into the Capitol building, past security barricades and law enforcement, to ‘Stop, delay, and hinder the Certification of the Electoral College vote.’ ”
Defendants had argued that it was unclear whether the certification of President Biden’s victory counted as an “official proceeding.” Charging participants in the Jan. 6 riot with obstruction, they warned, could turn even peaceful protesters into potential felons.
Right wing and liberal vigils planned for in D.C. on anniversary of Capitol riot
Mehta said the “plain text” of the obstruction law covered the group’s actions, and that “even if there were a line of ambiguity ... their alleged acts went well beyond it.” Because the law requires the obstruction to be undertaken “corruptly,” he added, it does not imperil constitutionally protected free speech.
Prosecutors say the Oath Keepers prepared for Jan. 6 with “military-style and combat trainings,” Mehta noted, and armed themselves with tactical gear and in some cases bear spray before entering the building. According to the government, they stashed guns in a hotel nearby in Virginia. Inside the Capitol, they confronted police. One grabbed an officer and yelled, “Get out of my Capitol!”
If those charges are proved at trial, the judge said, “a conviction ... would not violate the First Amendment.” -
2021-12-20 at 9:47 PM UTC in Beef Stew
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2021-12-20 at 9:38 PM UTC in STICK IT, Damn It!I stand by my statement.
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2021-12-20 at 9:35 PM UTC in How are you feeling at the moment..Who is going down?
And, who are they going down on?
Pics?
