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For me, the news is that Merrick Garland and his DOJ no longer seem to be comatose and MIA. The seizure of John Eastman’s electronic devices is big news.

The publicly known evidence of this Jan. 6 criminal conspiracy around Trump is becoming a flood. (Lord knows how much evidence is still under wraps)

The question is no longer, “Was there a wide-ranging criminal conspiracy in the West Wing and in Congress to block Biden’s victory and retain Dumpster as President,” because that question is answered. All that’s left is for the legal beagles to do their work. The only real question which remains: “Is Merrick Garland’s DOJ going to do its job and indict these jokers.”

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I'm trying to imagine the outcome if trump had made it to the Capitol. The mob would have been in a frenzy. Thousands more would have entered the building in search of Pence, Pelosi, and anyone else they deemed a "traitor." More people would have died.

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I'm still mystified by the news that the Secret Service is denying Hutchinson's allegations that Trump tried to grab the steering wheel of the car, and tried to choke one of his agents while doing so.

Do they have a higher loyalty to Trump than the truth? I ask because why would Ms. Hutchinson lie about something that shocking (while under oath) and they take exception to it? They're calling her a liar? Are they seriously trying to protect the big liar or themselves?

I think it must be themselves because as of lately, the Secret Service has been caught in various scandals, and they can't be seen to be that incompetent or lazy.

Something's going on, and I don't like the smell of a coverup.

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Yep! That sizes the whole thing up in a nutshell. A fearful sitting president of the United States took out an insurance policy in the form of a propaganda message disseminated steadily over many months that the election would be rigged against him, starting this campaign off by saying mail in ballotts were subject to tampering by foreign powers, then realizing that sounded a bit ridiculous dropped that line of "reasoning" and focussed on the big lie that the election was rigged against him. This attracted all kinds of nut cases and fanatics who set out to identify the fraud inventing all kinds of theories like bamboo chips in the ballot paper which would prove the Chinese were behind it, then Italian satellites were the cause, changing the vote count in the machines even though not connected to the Internet. I forgot to mention Chaves, Venezuela and the Dominion voting machines. , then Venu. Hollywood even couldn't make this stuff up.So as a last ditch effort after the courts threw out this collection of junk Trump recruits a well armed militia to storm the Capitol and stop the electoral college count, He had planned to lead them into battle but better heads prevailed to his chagrin. And he winds up slinking out of the WH with his tail between his legs not even doing the new president the courtesy of a welcome. You'd think he and his gang of ctrooks would be in handcuffs by now. In russia they's have all been shot. And after all this the dumbest most stupid people in America still believe the election was stolen

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I don't know about anyone else but what Ms. Hutchinson revealed yesterday was the inevitable outcome of what was until then a slow rolling multi stage attempt to subvert the will of the people and to replace the ballot box with the gun as the ultimate deciding factor in the election of 2016.

What this Committee has shown us is that Trump and his advisors were frustrated by the law and reality at several different sequential steps in the overall multi stage plan to steal an election. First, they tried to conjure up either votes for him which did not exist or nullify legally cast votes for Biden in seven key states. Then they tried to create a slate of false electors in seven states and have their certificates presented to Congress as legitimate. To do that the had to have an incompetent Trump lackey as Acting AG to declare the process legal. When that did not work they went to Plan D which was to send a mob of approximately 12 thousand armed insurrectionists to intimidate the Vice President and Congress from carrying out their sworn duties. And as Ms. Hutchinson's testimony laid out, Mr. Trump wanted to be at the head of that column and lead it into the Capitol to subvert the will of the people.

But, what I concluded from yesterday was this. A man with an ego the size of Montana had tried every hook and crook way to get his way and has reached the end of his rope. He retreated, yes, unwillingly, to his lair in the White House where he watched with glee as his army laid waste to the Capitol and cheered them on via Tweet to do their duty and hang his Vice President. Ms. Hutchinson filled in the gaps with names, faces and actions which I am sure the Committee has validated and can prove with multiple other sources yet unnamed.

This brave young women yesterday gave us her front row seat to the meltdown and demented behavior of a narcissistic megalomaniac who saw his power and dream slipping away and he exploded. Fortunately, the line held at the Capitol and someone (s) within the White House power structure got him to issue his less than half hearted order to withdraw.

Donald Trump went from CIC to demented dictator in a flash. He saw his dreams fading away and he simply decided if he couldn't stay he would burn down the People's House while he sat rested and relaxed swilling diet coke and watching the carnage unfold on television. If Merrick Garland does not have the evidence and information now to indict him, he never will.

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If she is a "leaker," as Trump described her...she has something to "leak."

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Thank you for everything you write. You give me hope. 🇺🇸

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The Secret Service had Trump in the bunker during the previous summer’s BLM demonstrations, which were nowhere near as violent as Jan 6. Why was he wandering around watching TV on Jan 6?

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When someone tries to grab the wheel of a car, tries to choke someone, and throws his food against the wall, that’s called a TANTRUMP.

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Like all Trump plans, it was haphazard and destined to fail. It nearly didn't though. More armed maniacs at the Capitol and enough chaos to invoke the Insurrection Act or declare martial law and then where would we be today? The bigger issue is getting everyone held accountable, including the MOC who were in on this and apparently some SS agents who were prepared to whisk Pence to oblivion (not that he doesn't deserve it).

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What about the plan for Trump to declare martial law?

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The supertight sausage casing has been sliced open and a lifetime of sewage is oozing out

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Jun 29, 2022·edited Jun 30, 2022

As grateful as I am for Hutchinson's testimony, I am curious about her history of voluntarily working for some of the most despicable members of the republican party. How does that square with her disclosures?

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All things considered, the real story is to what extent AG Garland is willing to become the first AG to prosecute a president for sedition or insurrection knowing the emotional response and months of national hysteria. Mr. Garland might be buying time, to wait until after the midterm elections. History will be quite nasty if all those crazies who attacked the capitol are prosecuted, but the men who supervised Jan 6th are allowed to slip away.

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It seems to me that the family of the dead officer should be able to sue tRump& minions & RNC for losses and damages due to their deliberate endangerment .

In fact, they should seek criminal charges of homicide.

WTF is the FBI?

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I just heard on MSNBC that Ginni Thomas is refusing to speak to the January 6th committee. Doesn’t surprise me one bit. Her guilt will become more evident.

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