BUT HER EMAILS BUT HER EMAILS BUT HER EMAILS LOCK HER UP LOCK HER UP LOCK HER UP!!!!!

DHS missing J6 texts from Trump officials Chad Wolf and Ken Cuccinelli: report

Bob Brigham
July 28, 2022



President Donald J. Trump congratulates Department of Homeland Security Undersecretary Chad Wolf and his family, following Wolf’s ceremonial swearing-in by Vice President Mike Pence Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, in the Oval Office of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour)


The scandal over missing Jan. 6 text messages has expanded from the Secret Service to the top of the Department of Homeland Security, according to a bombshell new report published online by The Washington Post on Thursday evening.

"Text messages for former President Donald Trump’s acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf and acting deputy secretary Ken Cuccinelli are missing for a key period leading up to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, according to four people briefed on the matter and internal emails. This discovery of missing records for the senior-most homeland security officials, which has not been previously reported, increases the volume of potential evidence that has vanished regarding the time around the Capitol attack," Carol Leonnig and Maria Sacchetti reported.

Also on Thursday, U.S. Secret Service Director James Murray announced he was delaying his retirement, planned for July 31.

The newspaper reported. "The Department of Homeland Security notified the agency’s inspector general in late February that Wolf’'s and Cuccinelli’s texts were lost in a 'reset' of their government phones when they left their jobs in January 2021 in preparation for the new Biden administration, according to an internal record obtained by the Project on Government Oversight and shared with The Washington Post."

The Secret Service blamed a "system migration."

"The office of the department’s undersecretary of management also told the government watchdog that the text messages for its boss, undersecretary Randolph 'Tex' Alles, the former Secret Service director, were also no longer available due to a previously planned phone reset," the newspaper reported. "The office of Inspector General Joseph V. Cuffari did not press the department leadership at that time to explain why they did not preserve these records, nor seek ways to recover the lost data, according to the four people briefed on the watchdog’s actions. Cuffari also failed to alert Congress to the potential destruction of government records."

The report came more than one year after the first public hearing by the House Select Committee Investigating the Jan. 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol.

https://www.rawstory.com/chad-wolf-2657767279/

 

The DOJ is preparing a strategy to force former Trump confidants to testify about the most secretive moments of Jan 6: report

The DOJ is preparing a strategy to force former Trump confidants to testify about the most secretive moments of Jan 6: report

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House January 6 hearings are expected to put Donald Trump at the center of efforts to overturn the 2020 election.Chet Strange/Getty Images

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  The Justice Department's Jan. 6 probe continues to zero in on former President Donald Trump.
  
  
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• AG Merrick Garland this week said he hasn't ruled out charging Trump over January 6, 2021.
  

The Justice Department wants Trump White House officials to testify about the former president's conversations on and around January 6, 2021 — and they're willing to go to court to make it happen, according to CNN.

The outlet on Thursday reported that people briefed on the matter say federal prosecutors are preparing for a legal battle over forcing former Trump administration officials to testify in its sprawling January 6 probe. The agency's apparent preparation is the latest sign that the DOJ's investigation is zeroing in on Trump's conduct related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

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The Justice Department is anticipating that Trump will claim executive privilege in order to conceal evidence from the federal grand jury, CNN reported, and prosecutors are getting ready to duke it out in court.

A Trump spokesperson did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

News of the DOJ's planning comes two days after several media outlets reported that the agency's probe has become increasingly focused on Trump's actions following his loss to President Joe Biden.

Two people familiar with the matter told The Washington Post that investigators before a grand jury asked recent witnesses about conversations with Trump, his lawyers, and his allies. Prosecutors have inquired about meetings the former president held in December 2020 and January 2021; his attempts to convince Vice President Mike Pence to not certify the election results; and the level to which Trump is implicated in his attorneys' fake-elector scheme.

The Justice Department's investigation — which is separate from the House Select Committee's probe into January 6 — has been closing in on Trump for months, according to The Post, which reported federal investigators in April obtained phone records belonging to top Trump administration officials and aides, including former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.

A court battle over executive privilege, however, would quickly and publicly escalate the investigation.

The Justice Department has faced growing criticism for its slow-moving investigation, especially as the congressional committee's televised hearings have stoked renewed public interest in the insurrection in recent weeks. But the agency's alleged preparation indicates the caution prosecutors are taking in navigating the difficult situation of investigating a former president for his behavior while in office, CNN noted.

No former president has ever been criminally charged in US history. But Attorney General Merrick Garland this week suggested he hasn't ruled out indicting Trump for his role in the attack.

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/doj-preparing-strategy-force-former-233110781.html

 

DOJ focusing on RNC's 'election integrity' director in fake elector plot: report

Tom Boggioni
July 30, 2022



Judge Merrick Garland testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination to be US Attorney General(AFP)

According to a report from Politico, the Department of Justice's investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection appears to be adding a major focus on a top Republican National Committee official.

As part of their investigation into the fake elector plot, the name of Joshua Findlay --currently the RNC's director of election integrity -- is appearing in subpoenas being issued by the DOJ.

As Politico's Betsy Woodruff Swan wrote, "At least three witnesses in DOJ’s investigation of so-called alternate electors in the 2020 election — two in Arizona and another in Georgia — have received subpoenas demanding communications to and from Joshua Findlay," adding, "Findlay’s appearance in the documents means the Justice Department has taken interest in his communications as part of its probe related to pro-Trump GOP officials and activists who presented themselves as legitimate electors from states where Joe Biden won."

The report notes that Findlay previously worked for Donald Trump in various capacities including serving on the former president's campaign legal team.

RELATED: RNC tells Trump they will stop paying his legal bills if he runs in 2024

Of note, the DOJ subpoenas are asking the recipients to "share all documents and communications from October 2020 on, '[t]o, from, with, or including' a list of people, including Findlay."

The report points out that Findlay's name has come up in testimony before House Jan. 6 panel and that an email was "sent to him on December 12, 2020, showing David Shafer — head of the Georgia Republican Party, and himself an alternate elector — directing one of his subordinates to contact Findlay about the alternate elector plans."

Woodruff Swan also reported that when Findlay assumed his new job after Joe Biden was inaugurated, RNC head Ronna Romney McDaniels introduced him by stating his job would center on "ensuring voters have confidence in future election processes.”

You can read more here.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-rnc-2657779727/

 

Jan. 6 attacker gets over 7 years behind bars after pleading with judge and calling himself an 'idiot'

Sarah K. Burris
August 01, 2022



Guy Reffitt at the U.S Capitol on January 6, 2021. (Court documents)

Guy Reffitt was sentenced to a little over seven years in prison for his involvement in the Jan. 6 attack. He was one of those who was able to get a handgun into the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 and was caught in a video talking about wanting to kidnap House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and drag her down the stairs so her head hit every step.



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"Sorry darling, you better get a bigger damn gun." Jan. 6 rioter Guy Reffitt, who is being sentencing this morning, recorded this Zoom meeting in which he confessed to his actions at the Capitol.


















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"I'm taking the Capitol with everybody fucking else," Guy Reffitt said, as "Tiny Dancer" played at Trump's Jan. 6 rally. "We're all going to drag them motherfuckers out kicking and screaming, I don't give a shit. I just want to see Pelosi's head hit every fucking stair..."










8:31 AM · Aug 1, 2022


After being found guilty, Reffitt pleaded with the judge, promising that he understood he "f*cked up." He called himself a "f*cking idiot" and went on to tell the judge that he swears he was done with all militia groups and other such "sh*t."

“I was not thinking clearly,” he told the judge before apologizing to U.S. Capitol Police officers, the judge, and to Congress, said CBS News reporters on the ground.

The judge didn't buy it, instead saying that he should get 87 months in prison, the longest of any sentence in the Jan. 6 cases thus far.



Scott MacFarlane

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Replying to @MacFarlaneNews
Reffitt had change of heart. Ended up speaking in court. Called himself a “f*** idiot” and says he’s done with militias and other groups. Per my teammate @RobLegare - the judge responded with skepticism. Standby for sentence








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Reffitt had nearly two hours to prepare his remarks to judge. (Not counting the many months in pretrial detention) Here’s what he came up with ===>









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NOW: Guy Reffitt decides to talk to the judge immediately before she imposes her sentence. He says he "regrets" his actions and said he acted like a "f***ing idiot." "I f***ed up." “I was not thinking clearly,” he said, apologizing to USCP officers, the judge, and Congress.
1:38 PM · Aug 1, 2022

https://www.rawstory.com/january-6-guy-reffitt-sentence/

 

Capitol rioter's daughter subtly implicates Trump in plea for leniency at sentencing hearing

Brad Reed
August 01, 2022



(Photo by Blink O'fanaye)

The daughter of a convicted Capitol rioter pleaded for leniency for her father on Monday -- and subtly implicated former President Donald Trump in the process.

WUSA9's Jordan Fischer reports that Peyton Reffitt, the daughter of January 6 defendant Guy Reffitt, said that her father didn't deserve to bear the harshest punishment for his actions, as he was incited by former President Donald Trump to storm the Capitol building.

"My father's name wasn't on the flags that everyone was carrying that day," she said. "It was another man's name. [My father] wasn't the leader."

Regardless, Reffitt appears to be in line to receive the harshest prison sentence yet handed down to a January 6th defendant, as the baseline guidelines for his offense level recommend a sentence of between 87 and 108 months in prison.

RELATED: Trump's plan to escape prosecution by announcing 2024 run could backfire: legal expert

Reffitt became infamous earlier this year when his own son, Jackson Reffitt, testified against him at his trial.

Among other things, Jackson Reffitt said his father sent messages to the family promoting a new civil war, while also talking about "rising up" and "destroying" the United States government.

In all, Guy Reffitt was found guilty on charges of transporting a firearm in furtherance of civil disorder, guilty of obstruction of justice, guilty of entering the Capitol with a firearm, and guilty of obstruction law enforcement officers.

https://www.rawstory.com/capitol-rioter-sentence-2657787448/

 

This is a better story on this.



Trump 'deserves life in prison' says daughter of January 6 rioter who was sentenced to 7 years behind bars
Charles R. Davis
Mon, August 1, 2022 at 5:55 PM·2 min read





Former US President Donald Trump arrives to speak to supporters from The Ellipse near the White House on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC.BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images

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  The daughter of a January 6 rioter said Monday that Donald Trump deserves "life in prison."
  
  
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The daughter of a man sentenced to 7 years in prison on Monday for taking part in the January 6 insurrection told reporters that the former president, whose supporters stormed the US Capitol, deserves to spend the rest of his life behind bars if her father was going to get his sentence.

Guy Reffitt, who was reported to authorities by his teenage son, was the first person to be convicted at trial for taking part in the 2021 riot. Prosecutors had recommended that Reffitt receive a 15-year sentence, arguing that his actions that day — storming Congress in tactical gear, with an alleged aim of assaulting members of Congress, according to prosecutors — constituted domestic terrorism.

His 7-year sentence is still the longest yet received by a January 6 defendant. At least 884 people have been charged in connection with the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election via mob violence.

After Reffitt was sentenced, his daughters spoke to the media and argued that it was not fair for their father to receive such a long prison term while more powerful people remain free.


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FLASH: Minutes after Guy Reffitt was sentenced to 7 years in Capitol riot case... his daughter calls for "life in prison" for Donald Trump








2:37 PM · Aug 1, 2022



"To mark my dad as this horrible person, and then having him prosecuted like this, when somebody is maybe even able to get elected again? Doesn't seem right to me," Sarah Reffitt told reporters.

"Trump deserves life in prison if my father is in prison for this long," Petyon Reffitt added.

The comments come after reports that federal prosecutors have been asking witnesses to speak about former President Donald Trump's actions on January 6. Although no US president has ever been prosecuted over alleged crimes that took place while they were in office, legal experts have said that Trump could potentially be charged with seeking to obstruct an official proceeding of Congress — and that seeking to recognize fake, pro-Trump electors from states won by President Biden could constitute fraud.

Read the original article on Business Insider


https://news.yahoo.com/trump-deserves-life-prison-says-235537567.html

 

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BUT HER EMAILS BUT HER EMAILS BUT HER EMAILS LOCK HER UP LOCK HER UP LOCK HER UP!!!!!

Treasonous conservative/America Hating/Republicans are the biggest raving hypocrites in the world. Now we have THREE government agencies that deleted evidence after being told to preserve it.




'This is nuts': Top Pentagon officials reportedly had phones wiped — deleting potential Jan. 6 evidence

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August 02, 2022



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Top Department of Defense and Army officials had their phones wiped by the Defense Department at the end of the Trump administration, potentially deleting evidence related to the January 6 Capitol riot, CNN reports.

"The acknowledgment that the phones from the Pentagon officials had been wiped was first revealed in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit American Oversight brought against the Defense Department and the Army. The watchdog group is seeking January 6 records from former acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller, former chief of staff Kash Patel, and former Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy, among other prominent Pentagon officials -- having filed initial FOIA requests just a few days after the Capitol attack," CNN's report states.

"This is nuts. When I was at DOD everything on my government phone & laptop was required to be archived. The idea that we just wipe federal records when a presidential transition takes place is an affront to government transparency," tweeted Alyssa Farah Griffin, who previously served as the the Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Media Affairs and the Press Secretary for the Department of Defense.

CNN noted that "Miller, Patel and McCarthy have all been viewed as crucial witnesses for understanding government's response to the January 6 Capitol assault and former President Donald Trump's reaction to the breach."

IN OTHER NEWS: Judge hears same-day evidence Alex Jones defamed Sandy Hook victims just hours earlier

The news comes on the heels of reports that text messages from Secret Service members were deleted.

American Oversight is calling for a "cross-agency investigation" by the Justice Department to investigate wiping of phone records.

"It's just astounding to believe that the agency did not understand the importance of preserving its records -- particularly [with regards] to the top officials that might have captured: what they were doing, when they were doing it, why they were doing, it on that day," Heather Sawyer, American Oversight's executive director, told CNN.

The messages could be important in the House of Representatives and Justice Department investigations into whether Trump and his close advisors encouraged the deadly insurrection by the former president's supporters, which aimed to prevent the certification of his Democratic rival Joe Biden as the winner of the November 2020 election.

"So for those following, we have Secret Service agents' texts disappeared, along with those belonging to top DoD and Army officials. Who is going to go on record as to exactly whose records were wiped, when, and how?" remarked conservative commentator Amanda Carpenter.

"Acting SecDef Miller and Kash Patel of DOD join acting Sec DHS Chad Wolf and Ken Cuccinelli - along with most of USSS - in having their Jan 6 texts deleted. DOD received FOIA for the texts days after Jan 6. Funny all these coincidences stacking up," added former FBI agent Peter Strzok.

RELATED: Liz Cheney schools Fox News host after he goes to bat for 'indefensible' fake Trump electors scheme

Secret Service agents were with Trump during the day of the uprising, and were also with vice president Mike Pence, who went into hiding at the Capitol after pro-Trump rioters called for him to be hanged.

On June 29 a former White House staffer told the House January 6 investigation that Trump had attempted to force the Secret Service to take him to the Capitol to join his supporters on that day.

According to Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi, agents' phones were wiped as part of a planned replacement program that began before the DHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) first asked for the data, six weeks after the insurrection.

"The Secret Service notified DHS OIG of the loss of certain phones' data, but confirmed to OIG that none of the texts it was seeking had been lost in the migration," he said in a statement.

The Secret Service has been criticized for not adequately anticipating the threat of the violent action by armed Trump supporters on January 6.



With additional reporting by AFP



https://www.rawstory.com/pentagon-o...-at-the-end-of-trump-s-administration-report/

 

Ok now this one is huge. Cipollone did a lot of damage to Trump during his J6 testimony but he was still far from being forthcoming and did a lot of hiding behind executive privilege. He will not be able to do that with the DOJ because they are investigating crimes. And I think its another one that will send shitted pants waves of panic through treasonous conservative/America Hating/Republicans because the White House counsel is really high up on the food chain.


DOJ subpoenas Pat Cipollone in ‘dramatic escalation’ of Trump coup investigation: report

Bob Brigham
August 02, 2022



White House photo of President Donald Trump and Pat Cipollone via Stein Mitchell Cipollone Beato & Missner LLP. Composite image.


Former Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone was subpoenaed by a federal grand jury investigating the efforts of Donald Trump supporters to overturn the 2020 presidential election, ABC News reported on Tuesday.

"The sources told ABC News that attorneys for Cipollone -- like they did with the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol -- are expected to engage in negotiations around any appearance, while weighing concerns regarding potential claims of executive privilege," ABC News reported. "The move to subpoena Cipollone signals an even more dramatic escalation in the Justice Department's investigation of the Jan. 6 attack than previously known, following appearances by senior members of former Vice President Mike Pence's staff before the grand jury two weeks ago."

In July, the House Select Committee Investigating the Jan. 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol played testimony from Cipollone's deposition.

Attorney Tristen Snell, who prosecuted Trump University for the New York attorney general's office, said the subpoena was a sign that the Department of Justice "is almost caught up with the January 6 committee."

Cipollone's lawyers told ABC News they plan to engage in "negotiations" over following the subpoena.

Read the full report.

ALSO IN THE NEWS: Kansas upset shows how abortion may backfire on the GOP in 2022 midterms

https://www.rawstory.com/doj-subpoe...scalation-of-trump-coup-investigation-report/

 

Arizona Republicans were warned that creating a group of fake electors could look 'treasonous'

Sarah K. Burris
August 02, 2022



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An email revealed by the New York Times from Donald Trump's campaign lawyer Kenneth Chesebro warned two Arizona Republicans that the fake electors scheme could "appear treasonous."

"Kelli Ward, the chairwoman of the Arizona Republican Party, and Kelly Townsend, a state senator, were both said to have expressed concerns to Mr. Trump’s lawyers in December 2020 about participating in a plan to sign on to a slate of electors claiming that Mr. Trump had won Arizona, even though Joseph R. Biden Jr. had won the state," said the Times.

The email came on Dec. 11, 2020, three days before the states were to finalize their Electoral College results.

As Times reporter Maggie Haberman tweeted, the timeline is important because at that point, there was no legal actions happening in Arizona at that point. The campaign requested the fake electors meet and vote.

IN OTHER NEWS: 'This is nuts': Top Pentagon officials reportedly had phones wiped — deleting potential Jan. 6 evidence

"Ward and Townsend are concerned it could appear treasonous for the AZ electors to vote on Monday if there is no pending court proceeding that might, eventually, lead to the electors being ratified as the legitimate ones,” Chesebro wrote in the email, according to the Times. Rudy Giuliani, Trump's personal lawyer for a time, was copied on the email.

He emphasized the word "treasonous" in bold text.

The fake electors scheme has become part of an investigation by the Justice Department into whether fraud was committed. In Arizona, it's against state laws for the official seal of the state to be used on unofficial documents. Arizona's Republican Attorney General Mark Brnovich has refused to move forward with any prosecutions, however. By contrast, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel conducted a probe into the fake electors in her state and referred her findings to the Justice Department.

Haberman noted that it's another revelation that Arizona Republicans were concerned about the legality of the fake electors scheme.

WATCH: Peter Doocy's bizarre question stuns official: 'It makes it sound like we owned Afghanistan'

Previous reports from the Times cited Arizona-based lawyer Jack Wilenchik, who said over email that the fake electors "aren't legal under federal law" and consistently called them "fake." Wilenchik then pressured the Trump team to quickly file papers with the Supreme Court to dispute the Arizona election results.

“Reason is that Kelli Ward & Kelly Townsend just spoke to the mayor about the campaign’s request that all electors vote Monday in all contested states,” Chesebro wrote to Wilenchik, referencing a conversation with Giuliani.

Townsend refused to sign the document, but Ward did. Both have been subpoenaed by the Justice Department.


https://www.rawstory.com/arizona-republican-fake-electors-treasonous/

 

Yeah the DOJ is starting to really play hardball and the pitches are coming high fast and inside. This is another White House lawyer I don't think will be willing to take any chances for Traitor Trump because the DOJ already has the transcripts of his J6 testimony.


DOJ expands probe with another subpoena for key Trump White House official: CNN

Bob Brigham
August 03, 2022



Official White House photo of President Donald Trump walking in the rain.

The Department of Justice investigation into Donald Trump's alleged coup attempt expanded again with a subpoena of another key Trump White House official.

One day after former White House counsel Pat Cipollone was subpoenaed by the DOJ, CNN's Katelyn Polantz reports that former Deputy White House Counsel Patrick Philbin also received a subpoena.

Anchor Alisyn Camerota gave the story breaking news treatment and interviewed Polantz about her reporting

"They both now have been subpoenaed for both documents and testimony in this federal criminal probe conducted being conducted by the U.S. Attorney's Office in D.C., the Justice Department and the FBI," Polantz reported.

IN OTHER NEWS: Former 'Law & Order' writer: I'd never dream of creating lawyers as 'dumb' as the ones Alex Jones hired

"When you take this together, this is aggressive grand jury activity from the Justice Department and federal prosecutors as they are trying to lock down information about what was happening around the president inside the Trump administration, up to and on Jan. 6, in addition to them, we also know this grand jury has already spoken to two very top advisors in the vice president's office as well, who were in key meetings with Donald Trump," Polantz explained. "Those people were Marc Short and Greg Jacobs, so that's four different people"

"We also have reporting from Pamela Brown on this and Pam and I have both heard that executive privilege is playing into all of these discussions and could potentially play into this testimony," Polantz added. "One thing we learned last week, too, is the Justice Department is looking into a potential court fight."

Watch video below or at this link.



https://www.rawstory.com/doj-trump-white-house-subpoena/

 

This is turning into the most massive and wide spread coverup I have ever seen. This makes Watergate look like a gnat's ass.

DHS watchdog halted efforts to obtain missing text messages from Secret Service, Trump officials
by Rebecca Beitsch - 08/01/22 4:59 PM ET

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The watchdog at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) abandoned efforts to recover missing text messages from across its various agencies deleted in the wake of Jan. 6 and minimized its criticism of those that failed to produce them, according to emails released by lawmakers.

The evidence, released Monday by the House committees on Oversight and Homeland Security, was accompanied by a renewed call for Inspector General Joseph Cuffari to step aside from his investigations into how DHS agencies responded to the Jan. 6 attack.


“These documents raise troubling new concerns that your office not only failed to notify Congress for more than a year that critical evidence in this investigation was missing, but your senior staff deliberately chose not to pursue that evidence and then appear to have taken steps to cover up these failures,” the committees wrote in a letter to Cuffari.

The panel said it has also obtained evidence that Cuffari’s office has not attempted to seek records from a former DHS official’s personal cell phone.

The letter marks the second time in a week that Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), chair of the Committee on Oversight, and Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chair of the Committee on Homeland Security, have asked for Cuffari to recuse himself from the investigation.

“Removing yourself from this investigation is even more urgent today,” they wrote.

The letter from the committees offers more details following a Friday report from The Washington Post outlining how Cuffari’s office halted efforts to recover or obtain text messages from the Secret Service or from top Trump-era DHS officials.

Cuffari first notified lawmakers earlier this month that some Secret Service agents’ text messages were “erased” as part of a device replacement program. (The agency contends any text messages that might be missing were lost through a software transition.)


Documents obtained by the Project on Government Oversight also indicate that Cuffari was unable to obtain text messages from acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf or his deputy Ken Cuccinelli.

In each case, Cuffari knew for months that the messages were lost, and only informed lawmakers of the issues with the Secret Service, a potential violation of laws governing inspectors general that require rapid notification of “particularly serious or flagrant” abuses of public records laws.

“Your July 13, 2022, letter failed to mention that a year earlier, and just six weeks after you initially requested text messages of Secret Service personnel, senior officials in your office instructed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that the Office of Inspector General (OIG) no longer needed Secret Service text messages as part of its investigation related to the January 6 attack,” the committees wrote.


The two panels obtained emails from Cuffari’s deputy, Thomas Kait, directing a liaison to halt efforts to obtain text messages.

“Jim, please use this email as a reference to our conversation where I said we no longer request phone records and text messages from the USSS [United States Secret Service] relating to the events on January 6th,” Kait wrote on July 27.

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) would reverse course roughly four months later and seek some of the messages, but as the watchdog hit a wall in obtaining them, it diminished the issue in an agency memo.


A February document initially noted that OIG had failed to get the requested information. But Kait and others tweaked the document, instead writing that they “received a timely and consolidated response from each component to our December 3, 2021 request; however, additional and clarifying information is needed before we can complete the reviews.”

Other information obtained by the committee indicates that Cuffari’s office has been aware since January that Cuccinelli used his personal phone for DHS business, “yet your office did not seek to collect messages from this device,” it said.

Neither Cuffari’s office nor the Department of Homeland Security responded to request for comment.


The letter asks Cuffari to turn over all communications about the decision not to pursue the text messages, as well as all emails relating to their decision to finally notify Congress about the missing messages.


Concerns over Cuffari go beyond the two panels.

Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) asked Attorney General Merrick Garland to intervene and overtake the Jan. 6 investigation at DHS. Thompson’s other committee, the House panel investigating the riot, also released a letter to Cuffari stating he likely violated the law by failing to ensure more timely notification of the missing records.

https://thehill.com/policy/national...messages-from-secret-service-trump-officials/

 

It looks like Traitor Trump is shitting his Depends.

Trump's legal team now in 'direct communication' with DOJ officials about J6 criminal investigation: report

David Badash, The New Civil Rights Movement
August 04, 2022



Donald Trump (Photo via AFP)

Attorneys for Donald Trump, the former president, are now in direct talks with officials from the U.S. Dept. of Justice.

CNN in its breaking news exclusive calls it "the first sign of talks between the two sides as the criminal probe into January 6, 2021, accelerates."

"The talks revolve around whether Trump would be able to shield conversations he had while he was president from federal investigators," including "whether any communications that witnesses from the Trump West Wing had with the former president can be kept from a federal criminal grand jury under Trump's claims of executive privilege."

READ MORE: Trump-Installed DHS Inspector General Who Ignored Text Deletions Violated ‘Prohibition on Unethical Conduct’: Report

Legal experts generally default to executive privilege resting with the sitting U.S. president, but DOJ has also not prosecuted former top Trump officials, including Mark Meadows, after Congress voted to convict him on contempt charges for not cooperating with the House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack's investigation.

"Mark Meadows could be a key witness," CNN reveals.

"Trump has specifically been counseled to cut contact with his former White House chief of staff," CNN adds, "whose actions leading up to and on the day of the US Capitol insurrection have been deeply scrutinized by the House panel."

READ MORE: ‘That Is a Conspiracy’: Former Impeachment Lawyer Lays Out Damning New Evidence Against John Eastman

"In recent months," CNN states, "the former President has ignored advice from some of his advisers to avoid speaking with former and current aides who have become entangled in the House select committee's probe into January 6 and may become part of the criminal investigation, people familiar with the matter told CNN."

NYU professor of law and former Special Counsel at the Dept. of Defense, Ryan Goodman, pointing to the Meadows news offered this insight: "Sounds like Trump team worried Meadows will flip and cooperate with DOJ."

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-criminal-investigation-2657810277/

 

Oh goody!
So, are we finally gonna get that perp walk we been promised?

Or are you just teasing again?

 

LOL, do you even read any of that shit the general posts?

 

Nah.
Not as a general rule.
But one of 2 or 3 responses always is relevant.
And can be counted on to trigger at least one despicable.

They hate their propaganda to be dissrespected.

 

Missouri man charged with taking firearm onto Capitol grounds during Jan. 6 riot

Federal court documents
Judy L. Thomas
Thu, August 4, 2022 at 4:00 AM·4 min read




Federal authorities have arrested a north-central Missouri man on felony charges that he took a firearm onto the Capitol grounds during the Jan. 6 riot.

Jerod Thomas Bargar, of Centralia, Missouri, was arrested in Osage Beach on Wednesday, according to court documents. He faces felony offenses of entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon and unlawful possession of a firearm on Capitol grounds or buildings. He also is charged with related misdemeanors.

The firearm was a 9mm semi-automatic pistol “held in a distinctive holster that displayed an image of the American flag and had the words ‘We The People’ written on it,” the charging document said.

Bargar, 36, is the 23rd Missouri resident to be charged in connection with the Capitol riot.


According to the court document, on Jan. 6, 2021, protesters on the west side of the Capitol building broke through a line of law enforcement officers around 2:27 p.m. A few minutes later, a Metropolitan Police lieutenant stationed in the area was alerted by a fellow officer about a firearm that had emerged from the crowd and was lying on the ground. The fellow officer dragged the firearm out of the crowd with his right foot.

The firearm contained one 9mm cartridge stamped “WIN 9mm LUGER” in the chamber and approximately 15 9mm cartridges in the magazine, the document said, with a total capacity of more than 10 rounds.

After the riot, the document said, the FBI received an anonymous tip that Jerod Bargar and his friend had posted photos on Facebook saying they were 10 feet away from the woman who was shot inside the Capitol.

FBI agents interviewed Bargar at his home on Jan. 18, 2021, the document said. He told agents that he and his friend traveled to Washington, D.C., by car on Jan. 5, 2021, to attend a political rally. After the rally, he said, the two walked to the Capitol building where they witnessed “chaos.”

“Bargar stated that he did not enter the Capitol building or participate in illegal activity because he knew where the ‘line’ was” and that it “was obvious officers were trying to keep protesters out,” the document said.

The FBI did not know at the time of the interview that the firearm belonged to Bargar, and Bargar didn’t mention it, according to the document. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives conducted a search based on the serial number, and the results gave the owner’s name as someone with the initials “D.F.”

FBI agents interviewed “D.F.” at his home in Missouri on June 14, 2021, the document said. The man told agents he hadn’t owned the firearm for several years and couldn’t remember whether he’d sold it or pawned it. He gave them the name of a Jefferson City pawn shop. Agents went to the shop two days later and were told that “D.F.” had pawned the firearm in November 2011 and that it was purchased by “R.N.” that same month.

On July 13, 2021, the document said, FBI agents interviewed “R.N.” at his Missouri home. He said he’d given the firearm to his stepson, Jerod Bargar, about a year-and-a-half earlier.

Agents then interviewed Bargar again, this time at his friend’s home in Centralia, the document said. Bargar told agents that he and his friend were at the Capitol on Jan. 6 and were in a group of protesters outside the building when police began to spray tear gas and deploy other munitions into the crowd. He said a woman was knocked to the ground, and he and his friend helped her up. Soon after that, he said, he realized he had lost his firearm.

When FBI agents showed him a photo of the firearm found on the Capitol grounds, the document said, Bargar acknowledged he was the owner.

“Bargar stated that he wore the firearm in an inside-the-waistband patriot motif holster,” the document said. “Bargar stated that he is always armed and wanted to be armed when he went to the ‘belly of the beast’ for his own ‘self-protection.’”

Checks run on the firearm revealed that it was not registered in the District of Columbia and that Bargar was not licensed to carry a firearm in the District of Columbia as required by law, the document said.

Bargar told agents that he did not know at the time he traveled to Washington, D.C., that it was illegal to possess a handgun there or on federal property.

Bargar made numerous Facebook posts on Jan. 5 and Jan. 6, the document said, placing him in the Washington, D.C., area and on the National Mall. In one Jan. 6 post he is in a selfie photo amid a large crowd of protesters with the phrases “#FightForTrump #parciallypeacefulprotest #partofhistory.”

A later examination of Bargar’s Facebook account, the charging document said, showed he had made some alterations.

“He had changed the name on the account to Thomas Bargar, and the place of residence to New Jersey.”

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.Just another treasonous conservative/America Hating/Republican. No you fat phony non fuck. You had a chance to stand up for the Constitution, the rule of law, free and fair elections, and a peaceful transfer of power and you cowered at Trump's feet sucking his dick. You don't get to try and wipe the stench off you now with this reputation scrub.


‘It changes my view’: Bill Barr now thinks DOJ is ‘taking a hard look’ at Trump

Bob Brigham
August 05, 2022



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Former Trump Attorney General Bill Barr has modified his views on the Department of Justice investigation into the efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

CBS News correspondent Catherine Herridge interviewed Barr after the DOJ subpoenaed former White House counsel Pat Cipollone and Patrick Philbin, his deputy.

Herridge asked, "do the new grand jury subpoenas suggest that the Justice Department is squarely focused on former President Trump?"

"I think it definitely is a significant event," Barr replied.

RELATED: Mick Mulvaney reveals what he told Jan. 6 committee about Trump

"It changes my view of what's been going on," he continued. "From my standpoint, it looked to me like the department was really focusing on the lower-level people. As you know, since the election they've been going after the people who went into the Capitol."

"And I didn't think they were paying that much attention to the higher-ups and were sort-of leaving it to the congressional committee," Barr explained. "But this suggests to me that they're taking a hard look at the group at the top, including the president and the people immediately around him who were involved in this."

Watch below or at this link.



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For all those including the ones on my side saying Merrick Garland isn't doing anything can just eat shit now. This is another one no one saw coming. And its another pretty big and bold move. Perry was also the one Mark Meadows burned documents in the White House after meeting with him. And one of the treasonous conservative/America Hating/Republicans asking Trump for a pardon/

Trump ally's cellphone nabbed by FBI agents in new search warrant: report

Bob Brigham
August 09, 2022



FBI agent (Katherine Welles / Shutterstock.com)

One day after the FBI executed a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago, federal agents have executed a search warrant on a GOP member of Congress at the center of the Jan. 6 investigations.

"This morning, while traveling with my family, 3 FBI agents visited me and seized my cell phone," Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) exclusively told Fox News.

"They made no attempt to contact my lawyer, who would have made arrangements for them to have my phone if that was their wish," he claimed, even though prosecutors usually prefer that subpoena route unless they fear the evidence could be destroyed or not turned over.

"I’m outraged — though not surprised — that the FBI under the direction of Merrick Garland’s DOJ, would seize the phone of a sitting member of Congress," Perry complained.

While Trump's search warrant was reportedly about alleged mishandling of classified information and public documents, Perry's search may be related to Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

When Perry was subpoenaed by the House select committee in December, Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) wrote that they were searching for information on the effort to install former Department of Justice official Jeffrey Clark as acting Attorney General.

“We have received evidence from multiple witnesses that you had an important role in the efforts to install Mr. Clark as acting Attorney General," Thompson wrote. "Acting Attorney General Rosen and acting Deputy Attorney General Donoghue have provided evidence regarding these issues, and we have received evidence that others who worked with Mr. Clark were aware of these plans. We are also aware that you had multiple text and other communications with President Trump’s former Chief of Staff regarding Mr. Clark—and we also have evidence indicating that in that time frame you sent communications to the former Chief of Staff using the encrypted Signal app. Mr. Clark has informed us that he plans to invoke his 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination in anticipation of a deposition to be conducted by the Committee. When Mr. Clark decided to invoke his 5th Amendment rights, he understood that we planned to pose questions addressing his interactions with you, among a host of other topics."

“In addition, we have information indicating that you communicated at various relevant times with the White House and others involved in other relevant topics, including regarding allegations that the Dominion voting machines had been corrupted," Thompson added.

ALSO IN THE NEWS: Trump 'panicked' after FBI showed up at Mar-a-Lago because he never believed they would do it: Mary Trump

https://www.rawstory.com/scott-perry-2657837651/

 

Looks like the investigation into the armed insurrection and attempted coup are getting serious.

Feds drop subpoenas on multiple GOP offices inside Pennsylvania Capitol: report

Bob Brigham
August 10, 2022



Doug Mastriano and Scott Perry / respective campaigns on Facebook.

After the FBI raided Mar-a-Lago on Monday and seized the cellphone of Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) on Tuesday, the DOJ is now reportedly dropping subpoenas inside the Pennsylvania state Capitol.

"Federal investigators delivered subpoenas or paid visits to several House and Senate Republican offices in the Pennsylvania Capitol on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to multiple sources," PennLive reported on Wednesday. "At least some of the individuals receiving subpoenas were told they were not targets of an investigation, according to at least six sources reached by PennLive, but that they may have information of interest to the FBI. All of the sources had been briefed on the investigative moves in some way, but demanded anonymity in order to discuss them."

GOP leaders did not confirm whether members of their caucuses were subpoenaed.

"The information being requested centered around U.S. Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., and the effort to seek alternate electors as part of former President Donald Trump’s efforts to remain in office after the 2020 election, several sources said," PennLive reported. "Perry, a York County Republican in his 5th term in the House, has come under as much scrutiny as any Pennsylvania office-holder over his involvement in Trump’s efforts to stay in power after his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden. The primary focus on Perry from multiple congressional investigations that have played publicly has been his connection to former Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Clark, one of the few Department of Justice officials who appeared to be sympathetic to Trump’s false claims that the vote in several swing states had been rigged against him."

State Sen. Doug Mastriano, who is now the GOP nominee for governor, was considered by Trump campaign to be the "point person" for the alternate electors slate, The New York Times reported in July.

PennLive noted, "The Trump slate included a number of well-known GOP luminaries, including former congressman Lou Barletta, Allegheny County Republican Committee Chairman Sam DeMarco III, Comfort, the current vice-chair of the Pennsylvania Republican State Committee, and Andy Reilly, one of Pennsylvania’s members on the Republican National Committee."

ALSO IN THE NEWS: Here’s what we know so far about Alex Jones’ role in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol

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