The January 6th Committee

7:55 pm 

Kevin McCarthy, minority house leaders has no place in this. He has no right to prebuttal or rebuttal because he could have been supportive to this investigation and wasn't. He ridiculed the two members of the Republican Party for participating. McCarthy has no right to do anything but listen to the evidence and realize how much of a traitor of the USA Constitution he really has become.

Just to speak to the time frame it has taken to put the facts together. This committee is right on track in comparison to the Watergate investigation which took two years to culminate it's findings.

8:00 pm Co-chairman Bennie Thompson (click here) opened the hearing. He reminded the room about the oath all Representatives take.

“The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.”
— U.S. Constitution, Article VI, clause 3

8:08 pm Attorney General Bill Barr on Election Day 2020, states he had a conversation with President Trump stating he did not support a challenge making false claims about an illegal election. Then Attorney General Barr left the Trump Administration because he could not lie to the American people regarding the results of the 2020 Election.

8:10 pm The Co-Chairman Thompson states January 6 was the culmination of an attempted coup to over throw the government of the United States of America. Chairman Thompson states this is not a political dialogue, but, one based in fact. This committee presentation are the answers the American people deserve. Chairman Thompson states our country's Consitution is still in danger.

8:15 pm The Co-Chairwoman Liz Cheney took the podium to speak to the events of January 6th. Her message is the President of the United States of America then Donald John Trump refused for hours to speak to the violence occurring at the Capitol Building. She states the violent mob of January 6th was assembled and instructed by then President Donald Trump. The Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys have been charged and some have pleaded guilty. She lays out the fact there is evidence to back all the statements before us tonight.

"On the morning of January 6th President Trump's plan was to stay in office regardless of the vote of 2020..." President Trump engaged in promoting false information regarding the election of 2020. 

Jason Miller, Trump campaign stated Donald Trump was told he was going to lose.

Alex Cannon was to find any allogations there was fraud. A conversation with Mark Meadows resulted in Meadows stating, "There is on there, there."

8:23 pm William Barr told Trump there was no evidence of fraud. He also told Trump there was no basis for the allogations regarding the voting machines issuing the results of the election than the people. Trump was building a case in the public for speculation in the results from the voting machines. 

8:25 pm Ivanka Trump states she respects Attorney General Barr and accepted what he stated.

Guilliani stated he communiated false information in regard to the Trump complaints about the election. 

Trump spent millions of dollars of campaign funds in spreading lies to the people.

Trump told Justice Department officials to report the election was corrupt. Trump replaced those that would not lie in the US Justice Department. Jeff Clark Letter, Acting Attorney General stated there was information that would challenge the election 2020. The letter was a lie.

Richard Donoghue stated the Clark Letter was basically fraud. Jeff Rosen and Richard Donoghue will report in the hearings regarding the lack of information of invalid election results.

Presidential pardons were sought for the fraud that was being carried out to benefit Trump's claim the election was wrongly decided.

The Former Vice President and his staff informed Trump that there was no basis for the fraud he was asking for in regard to the proceedings of January 6th.

Marc Short stated Vice President Pence was loyal to President Trump but his fidelity to the US Constitution was greater than to President Trump.

John Eastman 

A federal judge has ordered John Eastman, (click here) the Trump lawyer who wrote memos arguing then-Vice President Mike Pence could overturn the 2020 election, to turn over about 170 documents to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol....

8:36 Chairwoman Liz Cheney laid out the content of the hearings to come.

Flynn, Guilliani and Powell and others went to the White House to discuss the election. Following the meeting Donald Trump instructed people with a Tweet to come to Washington, DC. This would be the first indication there would be a violent mob at the ready on January 6th. The violence was planned and known to Trump.

On January 5th Steve Bannon stated, "All hell will break loose tomorrow...." He stated it twice and not just once. There was no mistake he knew there was going to be a violent mob on January 6, 2021.

McCarthy communicated he was scared and attempted to ask help in ending the violence and call off the mob.

It would seem today, in the face of the death and injury of so very many within the USA Capitol, McCarthy is a turncoat and rather lie than admit the truth.

General Milley stated Vice President Pence was clear in his orders to bring the National Guard to assist in returning to the USA Capitol.  To Meadows, "We have to kill Americans and the Vice President was making all the decisions. Meadows stated Trump was still in charge."

8:45 pm The members of the Trump administration resigned in disgust.

Hannity was involved.

The House Jan. 6 select committee’s request (click here) to sit with Ivanka Trump is further highlighting the close relationship Fox News host Sean Hannity had with her father’s White House.

A letter from the panel to Ivanka Trump includes portions of text exchanges from Hannity and then-White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, who has since returned to Fox.

In the texts, Hannity recaps just a few points of a broader communications plan for responding to the attack, among other pieces of advice.


“1- No more stolen election talk,” Hannity reportedly texted McEnany, who herself sat down with committee investigators last week after being subpoenaed.

Per the letter, he continued, “2- Yes, impeachment and the 25th amendment are real and many people will quit…”

McEnany reportedly responded “Love that. Thank you. That is the playbook. I will help reinforce…,” though it is unclear what else she may have said....

Jared Kushner is involved and was very glib about resignations of the legal staff of the Trump Administration.

8:48 pm The statement by Chairwoman Cheney turned to those that served nobly to the USA Constitution in the peaceful transfer of power.

8:49 pm Chairman Thompson included in the record a video of the violence of January 6, 2021. On that day, at 11:25 amthe Proud Boys marched in unison to the USA Capitol. At 12:06 pm Trump addressed the crowd that Vice President Pence would stand up for "the good" of the country and the US Constitution. Trump stated he would be disappointed if Pence didn't reverse the election.

12:55 pm the Capitol Police was beginning to experience concern for their ability to protect the US Capitol. 1:05 pm the Speaker and Vice President entered the US House Chamber to conduct the Electoral College Count.

The Police declared the group was in riot at 1:55 pm. The Capitol Police is stating at 2:03 pm there was a breach of the building. 

2:24 pm Vice President Pence was decided to be disloyal to Trump. The crowd began to rant to bring out Mike Pence.

2:25 pm The crypt is breached by the mob.

2:28 pm The West Plaza was flooded with rioters. There was tear gas in the air and the Capitol Police were clearly in trouble for their own lives.

2:29 pm The Crypt security door was raised as the Capitol Police had no control of the security of the building. The chamber where the vote was being certified now had armed agents at the doors barricaded with furniture.

4:15 pm The mob was still within the Capitol building. There was still a crowd outside. The Capitol Police had completely lost control of the grounds. There was some evidence of push back from inside the building from the National Guard.

Tonight, June 9, 2022, 9:01 pm Recess for 10 minutes

At one point the Chain of Command reverted to Vice President Pence. Trump was nowhere to be found and the Capitol was under seige.

The presentation by the January 6th Committee tonight clarified so much I did not know was occurring. It is chilling. The audacity of those involved to overthrow the USA Constitution is profound. There is no pause in their thinking. Only plans. At no point does it appear there was any remorse or even skepiticism to call it off. This was a plan that was to transpire. 

9:11 pm Witnesses and family members of the Capitol Police who lost their lives.

Officer Caroline Edwards - US Capitol Police Officer

Nick Quested

Witnesses sworn in by Chairman Thompson. Their statements are made part of the record.

The first breach was at the Peace Circle and the witnesses were there at that point. Officer Edwards was assaulted by the crowd and knocked unconscience.

The crowd verbally assaulted her and the verbal assault continued the following days. She fells passionately about her job and proud of her ability to protect the Represenatives and Senators that came and went from the Capitol over years of service. She is articulate.

Nick Quested - filmmaker - had been working in DC for some time filming rallies. The Proud Boys were filmed and he witnessed the anger and profanity of the crowd. He saw the mob, heard it and filmed it. He was subpoenaed.

"Stand back and stand by" resulted in exponential growth of the Proud Boys. Possibly tripled. The Proud Boys were strategic regarding the movements of their members. 

Steward Rhodes - Oath Keepers - stated civil war was the only way forward and the Capitol was a goal. Oath Keepers set up quick reaction forces outside the city in case the group needed arms.

Tarrio and Rhodes met the night before of the insurrection. "Premonition" film to inspire those that would attend tomorrow. 2 PM rioters were at the East and West plazas - 2:25 rioters preached the east side doors and continued to the Ways and Means Room. The rest of the building was flooded.

Oath Keepers

Proud Boys 

Members of both groups declared their guilt in their actions at the Capitol. Tarrio was released from jail and Quested met him when released that night before the insurrection and released for carrying certain gun magazines and for burning the Black Lives Matter flag.

Pheonix Hotel 

Tarrio and Rhodes met at (Hall of Legends) parking garage. 

DC was busier than usual and the hotels were full.

Quested thought he would cover Trump's speech. Proud Boys were marching in his estimation about a few hundred members (250 - 300). One police officer was at the barriers at the Peace Circle, it was subsequently breached. The Capitol Police began to place their protective attire as it was becoming obvious there was a crowd of unruly persons. Quested took a break after capturing pictures of the East Side of the Capitol.

The Peace Circle was the front door of the Capitol. Trump "We fight like hell." The crowd was sent to the Peace Circle where the Proud Boys were gathered.

9:35 pm Chairwoman Liz Cheney took time to question the witnesses.

Officer Edwards - There were about 5 officers on that line and there were bike racks. The crowd was mostly in civilian clothes, some with military fatigues and some with bullet proof vests. Joe Banks was talking with a megaphone and talked about Congress and the crowd with orange hats joined that group. Joseph Biggs stated things like pay rates and how the officers didn't miss a paycheck during the pandemic. Officer Edwards stated she was being turned into a villian and requested more people to assist with the crowd to her supervisor.

The first barricade was ripped down and the crowd headed for the bike racks. She was unable to hold the bike racks to prevent a breach. There was a bike rack on the top of her head and she blacked out after her head hit the concrete stairs. When conscious she returned to service and tried to assist at the West terrace where the Senate steps. More people began to over power the West Front and the bike officers came to join the Police. She assisted to decontaminate officers that were sprayed by the crowd and she administered first aid. 

Officer Sicknick (click here) was near Officer Edwards. Officer Edwards reports that Officer Sicknick was under severe distress during the time they were together to attempt to control the crowd. The officers would eventually be sprayed with tear gas from the crowd.

9:46 pm Officer Edwards remembered falling behind MPD line and her breath was catching in her throat as it appeared to be a war scene. Officers were on the ground bleeding. She was slipping in people's blood. She caught people as they fell. It was carnage and chaos. She can't find the words to describe what she saw. She states she was trained to handle individuals and a crowd, but, is not combat trained. The scene she looked upon was a war zone that she was unprepared to handle in any way.

9:49 pm Chairman Thompson thanks the witnesses.

Brain Concussions are nothing to ignore. 

The witnesses are to answer in writing the questions of other committee members.

9:52 pm Eric Barbar was invited by Trump to come to the Capitol that day. John Wright was called to the Capitol after Trump laid out the false acts within our government. Matthew Walter was inspired by Trump to be on January 6th.  There were others stating the same thing. They believed Trump when he stated actions within the government was concerning.

9:54 pm Adjorned for the evening.

The infomation presented by the January 6th Committee is new and considered breaking news.

10:02 pm

January 9, 2022

By Isaac Stanley-Becker

, 

Mariana Alfaro

, 

Rachel Weiner

 and 

Matthew Brown

...Trump resisted entreaties (click here) from his staff to call off the mob, Cheney said, and gave no order to deploy the National Guard. Instead, he issued tweets that were read aloud by members of the mob, according to video presented by the committee, which also showed aides in the office of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), the House minority leader, running in fear.

Trump expressed agreement with the chants of his supporters to “hang Mike Pence,” said Cheney, who previewed evidence that the president responded with the sentiment: “maybe our supporters have the right idea.”...

Florida is a racist state.

February 13, 2014
By Robert Beaty

Fort Lauderdale - Florida has a long and relatively unknown history of lynching, (click here) a historian and former Florida International University professor says.

Marvin Dunn, 74, made the remark as he discussed his latest book, The Beast in Florida – A History of Anti-Black Violence with a handful of attendees at the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center on Monday. “Florida has a terrible record of lynching,” Dunn said. “Florida has done its best to hide its history.”

Dunn spent 10 years traveling across parts of the central and northern areas of the state to cities where lynching occurred. He said there was more lynching in Florida after the Civil War than in other states such as Alabama and Mississippi because whites, who fought for the Confederates and lost, came to Florida where there was available land. At the time, the state had a large population of free blacks.

“Race violence became a big problem from the very beginning,” Dunn said. Dunn said the leading cause of the lynching or killing of blacks in the state was not sexual encounters with white women but a black man either involved in a murder or accused of killing a white person.

“Many of the victims were not hanged,” he said. “Most of them were shot to death.” His research took him to Marianna in the panhandle to the infamous town of Rosewood, which is west of Ocala near the gulf of Mexico, where an entire black community was wiped out. His research included interviewing witnesses of lynching and descendants of relatives who were victims or who perpetrated the lynching....

It is called "Revisionist History" and it is happening today in the USA. DeSantis needs to be prosecuted for fraud and Florida sued for enforced racism.

DeSantis is enforcing a mind set when it comes to race. He nor Florida's legislature has the right to determine the extent past events form today's society. The injustices of the past are known to Americans and attempt to mute that truth is an assault on Freedom of Speech.

The WOKE laws oppress expression of known grievances the African-American community has with the American society in general. DeSantis seeks to oppression free expression and enforce silence in the history of racist harm. The WOKE laws will impose punitive measures in order to enforce that oppression. It ends diversity training at all levels of society. The laws are harmful and hurtful.

The question is, does DeSantis represent racists' last breath or the beginning of enforced hatred. Where hatred takes hold there will be repercussions in society. One of the reasons diversity training exists is to remove misunderstandings and prejudice. Minority members of society could lose upward movement if hatred is allowed to exist.

I think this is an extension of the same racism noticed by the Supreme Court in relation to the Voting Act of 1964.

DeSantis doesn't like the feeling of being a member of a society that killed innocent minorities and/or oppressed their wealth and opportunity. Laws reversing racism and discrimination is proven not to be enough as segregation is still a reality. This law by DeSantis and his legislators is more of the divisive measures that continue to cause problems for American minorities. This type of legislation will only bring about justification that will allow violence against minorities.

DeSantis is justifying history of White Supremacy. (click here)

...An individual, by virtue of his or her race, color, sex, or national origin, bears responsibility for, or should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment because of, actions committed in the past by other members of the same race, color, sex, or national origin.

An individual, by virtue of his or her race, color, sex, or national origin, should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment to achieve diversity, equity, or inclusion.

An individual should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress on account of his or her race, color, sex, or national origin.

Such virtues as merit, excellence, hard work, fairness, neutrality, objectivity, and racial colorblindness are racist or sexist, or were created by members of a particular race, color, sex, or national origin to oppress members of another race, color, sex, or national origin. 

May 12, 2022
By Andrew Atterbury

Tallahassee - Florida’s Department of Education (click here) is explicitly aiming to keep critical race theory and “social justice” out of social studies textbooks that the state will ultimately adopt for its new teaching standards.

The agency, in recent undated guidance, asked textbook publishers to avoid those topics on top of “culturally responsive teaching, social and emotional learning, and any other unsolicited theories” as the DeSantis administration and Republicans continue to scrutinize what students are learning in public schools, especially on the issues of race and gender identity. Florida already has received national attention after rejecting scores of math books for broaching topics state leaders deemed “impermissible.”...

Florida has a great deal of inquaity in it's society. Now, thanks to the Florida legislature and DeSantis, it can't be talked about in relation to race.

Will this chart even be allowed within Florida's borders under Florida's WOKE laws (click here).

Florida's inequality

The top 1 percent of income earners (click here) have continued to amass a greater portion of all income earned even after the Great Recession, according to a recent report by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). The analysis shows that although incomes took a hit during the recession, the top 1 percent of families have accrued a disproportionate amount of the income gains in each state and the nation. In Florida, the top 1 percent of families earned 39.5 times as much as the bottom 99 percent, as of 2015....

...Florida’s income inequality has worsened

Nationally, the top 1 percent earned 26.3 times as much as the bottom 99 percent, on average. The average income of the top 1 percent was $1,316,985, compared to $50,107 for the bottom 99 percent.

In Florida, which ranked 46th in 2013, income inequality is much worse than the national average. The average income of the top 1 percent of families was $1,543,124, compared to an average of $39,094 for the bottom 99 percent. It was second only to New York, which has the worst income inequality across all states with a ration of 44.4 between the top and bottom average incomes....