Did Trump pardon himself ?

The Select Committee investigating the January 6th insurrection

3:02 pm Convened

The DOJ is the focus. It is stated Donald John Trump misused the US DOJ. Mr. Rosen was to be replaced by an attoney that would work to overthrow the government through legal mechanisms available to him.

Trump was attempting to advance his personal political agenda.

3:06 PM Vice Chairwoman Cheney introduces the purpose of the committee's work stating Donald John Trump used his office to corrupt the election of 2020 and used the hope of his followers, albeit violence and deadly, to raise illegitimate monies for his personal goals.

All these illegitimate claims and actions were overseen by Donald John Trump.

Mr. Jeff Clark letter to the Georgia State Legislator and other versions of the letter was sent to other states. Jeff Clark agreed to assist Donald John Trump in his illegitimate ambitions.

The DOJ investigations already had informed Donald John Trump of the lack of evidence of any of the claims to remove the outcomes of the presidential election of 2020.

John Eastman and Rudy Guilliani were both involved in the plans to overthrow the 2020 outcome of the elections. They and Jeff Clark were moving to carry out false movements to overturn the elections of 2020.

Why did Barr authorize the investigation of the elections and the allogations being made by Trump? Barr states it was the prudent thing to do so he could personally validate the outcome and protecting the elections 2020.

Presidential pardons were sought after the false claims being made to overthrow the elections.

3:14 pm Adam Kinzinger (click here)

He states there are times a person is faced with the risk of losing a job or an elected office to do the right thing and protect the USA Constitution. He states there were people in the DOJ that did exactly that. The department was to sew dought into the election outcomes. It was to justify The Big Lie. The election was to be described as corrupt. 

Donald John Trump turned to a third attorney general in three weeks in order to carry out the fraud, insurrection and sedition. The previous attornies asked to become AG declined to carry out false assertions about the vote outcome in the USA in 2020.

One attorney found one lawyer to overturn the election Jeff Clark. Violation rule 68. Clark had no qualifications that meet the requirements of the AG. Jeff Clark only had to carry out the sedition and for that Trump believed he was capable.

Jeffery Clark was to replace Jeff Rosen. Clark stated he could carry out exposure of wide spread fraud. Clark had the wisdom and will to carry out the deception. Clark not competent to be AG because he never had criminal experience. Pat Cipollone letter is a murder-suicide pac and we should not have anything to do with it.

Richard Donaghue was involved in stating the reality of the moment, but, to Trump it was irrelevant to what needed to be done in Trump's opinion.

3:25 pm Rep. Kinzinger calls upon other Republicans to understand the brevity of the information and this moment in time.

3:26 pm Chairman Thompson introduces today's witnesses.

Jeff Rosen, Richard Donaghue, and Steven Engle. Witnesses sworn in to tell the truth.

Rosen: Was in contact with him everyday sometimes twice a day from December 23rd to January 3rd.

Interruption at this end.

The DOJ would file an objection to the elections in the Supreme Court. Georgia nad other states were to receive a letter. The focus was dissatisfaction with the investigation of the election of 2020.

Donaghue states most of the conversation with Donald John Trump was about Allied Security Group in Michigan. December 15th report stating the election was defective. The report was to be investigated. Antrim County, Michigan.

Steven Engle states he had no reason to question AG Barr's resolution regarding the election of 2020. 

FOX News was looking for information form the DOJ to validate Trump's allogations

Gohmert states there was wide spread evidence of fraud because the DOJ is not doing their job.

Andy Biggs 

Matt Goetz

Jim Jordan 

Mo Brooks

They all carried The Big Lie as the truth and to inspire unrest and violence with their constituents and the mob in Washington, DC on January 6th.

DOJ today and in the time of the insurrection stated clearly to Donald John Trump the allogations were not true. The political machine which included FOX News continued to push The Big Lie.

Antrim County security operations group was saying a 65 percent error rate and the hand recount found one error. 0.0063 percent error rate.

The tractor trailer investigation from New York to Pennsylvania full of ballots was not true. Most of the allogations were in swing states.

State Farm Arena was fraud staring them right in the face. Not true.

Personal notes were necessary to get all the details stated by Trump, 205k votes in Pennsylvania were not counted. States DOJ has a specific roll in these elections but the states were to be responsible for their accurate elections. 

"The American People" do not constitute a client of the USA DOJ. That understanding was validated by other lawyers.

Still notes "...just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to us (the Republican congressmen)..."

Isolation incidents of fraud that would never rise to change the Electoral count in any state.

Jeffery Rosen was called on Christmas Eve with Donal John Trump that election fraud again. Pecular reference about "...knowing Jeff Clark..." Rosen was unaware that Trump knew Clark.

Jeff Clark and his division was never involved in investigating election fraud.

Taylor Green is another fraudster. Why aren't these Congressional members up on ethical investigations and more? There ya go, Trump looking to the Congressmen and women to defraud the election as well as calling up on the DOJ.

Rep. Scott Perry solicited Jeff Clark to carry out the sedition. Perry introduced Clark to Trump. Giuliani advocated the replacement of the AG with someone who was not frightened to what would happen to his/her reputation. Guiliani was at the center of the sedition along with Trump.

Rosen states Clark had gone to a me

h Trump and it was unplanned and organized by Perry. Clark never told Rosen after the fact that the meeting occurred. There is a policy of whom can have contact with the White House. Really? Does Virginia Thomas know that?

The DOJ AG and Assistant AG can authorize others to contact the White House. 

The White House/President has an attorney that carries out assessment of activities for constitutional/legal/ethical content. Meetings not authorized is not to occur at the White House.

Meadows is told by Perry that Clark is to be elevated in his importance in regard to January 6th. Meadows stated Clark needs an Assistant and not Deputy status in order to carry out actions otherwise not recognized by the FBI.

Man, oh, man. These guys scoured the entire system to find where the assault against the USA Constitution through a coup could occur. Giuliani is scum.

The USA Attorney for Pennsylvania stated any difference between the actual vote count and that reported on a computer site was due to lack of updating the computer site. There was no basis for any concern of fraud. 

4:00 pm Donoghue email and an attached letter. He read it and wrote a response promptly rejecting any request to tell states how to choose their electors. Mr. Donoghue seems upset by the email and letter now, he was probably more upset at the first reading as he paused to understand the true content of the letter. This letter and email was the actions of Jeff Clark. There was a contentious meeting to tell Clark it was highly inapproprate to carry out such actions. Clark started to conduct his own investigations regardless of the opposition to the scheme. There was no basis for his concern according to Donoghue. There was no foreign interference but Clark continued to push the idea of corruption. A series of conversations of that week became very confrontation. It seems to me Donoghue was attempting to mimize the brevithy of Clark's action in order to stop further criminal actions. In other words, this infraction is not as serious as one might think if you stop now although it was not the direct words of Mr. Donoghue.

4:07 pm Clark states executive priviledge upon meeting with the January 6th committee.

4:08 pm Recess for 10 minutes

There is a core set people that created the insurrection and subsequent sedition. Giuliani and Donald John Trump were the two leading the planning.

June 20, 2022

By Lee Hedgepeth

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — John Eastman, (click here) a Trump acolyte who advocated overturning the results of the 2020 presidential election, is no longer a member of the American Political Science Association, a representative of the organization said Thursday.

“I can confirm that John Eastman is not an APSA member at this time,” Dan Gibson, an APSA spokesperson, said in an e-mail to CBS 42.

The organization has not responded to questions related to when Eastman’s membership ended and why. A copy of the lawyer’s curriculum vitae posted by Congress shows that Eastman claimed membership in APSA, the largest professional organization of political scientists, from 2001 until at least 2019....

Trump's minions are finding disdain in the real world.

June 21, 2022
By Jonathan Stempel

New York - Donald Trump (click here) is likely no longer in contempt of court for failing to comply with a subpoena in a New York civil probe into the former U.S. president's business practices, the office of state Attorney General Letitia James said on Tuesday.

In a letter filed with a New York state court in Manhattan, a lawyer for James said affidavits filed by employees of Trump businesses appeared sufficient to lift an April 25 contempt order, which led to Trump paying a $110,000 fine.

"Respondent's counsel must rely upon current employees to provide the required information," the letter said. "[We] are prepared to agree that the affidavits satisfy the court's order because it is not apparent what else, if anything, the respondent and his counsel can be ordered to do."

Alina Habba, a lawyer for Trump, did not immediately respond to a request for comment....

June 14, 2022

By Jack Holmes

...As Rosen and Donoghue listened, (click here) Clark told Trump that he would send the letter if the president named him attorney general....

4:21 pm Committee reconvened

Mr. Kinzinger asks Steven Engle about his work relationship with the president. He stated the DOJ had no basis to file a lawsuit to declare the election corrupt. The electors were already chosen and there was no basis for the lawsuit. The draft lawsuit was drafted outside that of the DOJ. That was not the practice of the DOJ

Special Council was proposed by Trump in December 2021. Could the AG chose a state prosecutor to investigate elections. The option was not available to carry out a Special Council. The outside council would only be necessary if there was conflict of interest of the DOJ. Barr in his assessment the need for a special council was not needed. Any concerns have been handled by the DOJ to his satisfaction.

Powell (click here) is suspected of raiding money from a nonprofit that is said to be paying the defense fees for Jan. 6 insurrectionists.

4:30pm

Mr. Donoghue stated there was authority through DHS to investigate and seize voting machines. Donald John Trump stated Cuccinelli (click here) was not doing his job and should be seizing voting machines. Here again Trump is the instigator as soon as he learns about the structure of the government.

Mark Meadows emails raised concerns about state votes. The emails came from political parties and that was not the role of the lawyers within the White House practice. Another stated an Italian company conducted internet conspiracy to change votes from Trump to Biden.

March 16, 2021

Washington – The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), (click here) including the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), released today key findings and recommendations from a joint report to the President issued last month on the impact of foreign governments and their agents on the security and integrity of the 2020 U.S. federal elections. 

The Departments investigated multiple public claims that one or more foreign governments owned, directed or controlled election infrastructure used in the 2020 federal elections; implemented a scheme to manipulate election infrastructure; or tallied, changed or otherwise manipulated vote counts. The Departments found that those claims were not credible.

These conclusions are part of a classified report to the President prepared by DOJ and DHS pursuant to section 1(b) of Executive Order 13848, Imposing Certain Sanctions in the Event of Foreign Influence in a United States Election (the EO), issued on Sept. 12, 2018. Although the 1(b) report notes that Russian, Chinese, and Iranian government-affiliated actors materially impacted the security of certain networks during the 2020 federal elections, the Departments found no evidence that any foreign government-affiliated actor manipulated election results or otherwise compromised the integrity of the 2020 federal elections....

Johnson is working with Giuliani. Private meetings were requested by Giuliani of Mr. Donoghe. Mr. Donoghue was not interested in Giuliani's slight of hand.

Trump/Giuliani continued to pass on the lies to Christopher Miller regarding the Italian theory.

...On Nov. 9, 2020, (click here) Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper and installed a more compliant Christopher Miller. On Jan. 4, 2021, Miller issued a memo requiring his approval to deploy the National Guard in Washington, D.C. On Jan. 6, Defense Department leadership delayed the National Guard’s response to the Capitol siege by three hours....

Same Christopher Miller? He received information about the Italy nonsense and then went on to be Defense Secretary or Acting?

Jeff Rosen drew on multiple attornys to discuss the events surrounding his dismissal. January 2nd meeting with Mr. Clark was to sign letter to Georgia. Mr. Donoghue and Mr. Rosen were not going to sign any letter declaring fraud of any kind. The Trump Administration was only in power for less than three weeks.

Mr. Engle was informed about the change of personnel at this late state of the administration. Assistant Attorney Generals were to have telephone meeting to inform them of current activity to replace persons currently accountable for the government.

It was a circus while Trump pulled power moves and Giuliani continued the corruption.

All the allogations still were floated by Clark and the final conversation was about removing Jeffery Rosen.

Clark was determined to carry out the responsibilities Trump was demanding as AG. Rosen stated the issue wasn't about him but it was the use of the Justice Department. The Department had to remain within the facts, etc. He believed the fundatmental institutions of the DOJ would be damaged. 

Trump, "What do I have to lose?" Trump was told the other lawyers would resign. Every AAG would leave. It was concerning as to know what the US Attorneys would resign. Trump was told hundreds resignations would be the result of Clark being put in at AG. 

Steve Engle states Clark would be disasterous. "Jeff Clark would be leading a graveyard." Clark would ultimately been reviewed by judges and possibly the Supreme Court. It would be disasterous for Trump. I can't imagine any USA judge being willing to carry out the idea of ending electorate votes on Januayr 6th. It was already done. The election was over. Trump and Giuliani just could not handle the idea of trashing their dreams as being a Russian satellite.

Video of Rudy Giuliani Praising Vladimir Putin Resurfaces (click here)

Trump and Giuliani had been conducting fraud for a long time while having power in the White House. They weren't finished yet.

Lev Parnas (left) (click here) arrives with Rudy Giuliani, President Trump's personal lawyer, before a funeral service for former President George H.W. Bush on Dec. 5, 2018. Parnas and Igor Fruman, Soviet-born associates of Giuliani, are accused by U.S. prosecutors of skirting campaign contribution limits as part of a plot to oust the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.

Both Trump and Giuliani were well invested in their plot of sedition. They were determined to see it to the end. Trump should have been impeached. What was wrong with the idea of President Pence? The Republicans were cowering in the corner of their political aspirations for no reason at all. There were enormous number of reasons to remove Trump.

FOX News is just as toxic to Republicans as it is to the country. The paradigm of lies at FOX News is not entertainment it is sabotage of decency while attacking the USA Constitution. Turning lies into fact is an assault against our democracy and corrupt and brainwashes Republicans they have to cower to the FOX News power or lose their seats of power. Murdoch is a problem. 

5:18 pm

Mr. Kinzinger gives closing remarks. He focuses on the function of the DOJ and the importance of its integrity. Trump, "Just state the election was corrupt and leave the rest to us." Trump and Giuliani regarded the DOJ as a method to an end and not the backbone of the Rule of Law of the USA. Trump disregarded his oath the day he took it.

Mr. Kinzinger called on patriotism of the citizen to understand the brevity of this moment in history.

Vice Chairwoman Cheney brings the focus to where the authority of the government lies and that is elections. She brings the clarity to the hearings and committee's work that involved Republicans of any degree of conservativism to bring the truth forward. 

Chairman Thompson brings the facts to this moment while at the time of the insurrection Trump had nothing but fabrications with the brevity of power. Trump looked far and wide for those that would bring his lies forward to be the truth of the 2020 election.

Chairman Thompson brings focus to Vice President Pence as the last place Trump's lies played out and the strength of character needed to protect this country's US Constitution.

Chairman Thompson states the hearings are to bring clarity to the American people.

5:29 pm Adjorned

There has to be research regarding the deaths of Americans in relation to population density that prohibits gun possession and carry. Legislate guns based in population density.

Start here:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-12-14/the-geography-of-u-s-gun-violence

There is a direct relationship between suicide and homicide and liberal gun decisions by the Robert’s Court.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearm_death_rates_in_the_United_States_by_state#/media/File%3A1999-_Gun-related_deaths_USA.png

Reference 

https://www.healthdata.org/

Public health standards are not political fodder. They well studied and established. Gun violence has moved into a public health standard and population density is well established as a focus of those standards.

I also find it odd this decision was leveraged as the US Senate is about to vote on gun regulations.