Trump loyalists in Congress to challenge Electoral College results in Jan. 6 joint session (Update: Insurrectionists storm Congress)(And now what?) (2 Viewers)

[superchuck500]

I guess it's time to start a thread for this. We know that at least 140 members of Congress have pledged to join the objection. Under federal law, if at least one member of each house (HOR and Senate) objects, each house will adjourn the joint session for their own session (limited at two hours) to take up the objection. If both houses pass a resolution objecting to the EC result, further action can take place. If both houses do not (i.e. if one or neither passes a resolution), the objection is powerless and the college result is certified.

Clearly this is political theater as we know such a resolution will not pass the House, and there's good reason to think it wouldn't pass the Senate either (with or without the two senators from Georgia). The January 6 joint session is traditionally a ceremonial one. This one will not be.

Many traditional pillars of Republican support have condemned the plan as futile and damaging. Certainly the Trump loyalists don't care - and many are likely doing it for fundraising purposes or to carry weight with the fraction of their constituencies that think this is a good idea.

https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL32717.pdf

 

[MT15]

Grandpa should just take his meds and go to bed.

 

[Optimus Prime]

Patel denies Trump rant that FBI agents incited Jan 6 riots: ‘Crowd control mission’

The FBI Director stopped short of agreeing with the president that undercover agents had been ‘agitators,’ but agreed that sending them into the mob was a breach of Bureau protocol

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Optimus Prime]

A new book claims that President Donald Trump called Vice President Mike Pence a "wimp" during their final phone call just hours before the Capitol riot occurred.

The interaction was documented by Pence in his personal notes, which are being published for the first time in an upcoming book by ABC News' Jonathan Karl titled Retribution: Donald Trump and the Campaign that Changed America.
The note was reportedly going to be used by Special Counsel Jack Smith against Trump if the president's Capitol riot case ever went to trial.

Trump allegedly wanted Pence to block then-incoming President Joe Biden’s certification as the winner of the 2020 election. When Pence refused, he reportedly told him that he would "go down as a wimp."……….

Trump’s final words on Jan 6 to Mike Pence revealed

The notes were part of the evidence collected by former Special Counsel Jack Smith for his Capitol riot investigation

www.independent.co.uk

 

[faceman]

A new book claims that President Donald Trump called Vice President Mike Pence a "wimp" during their final phone call just hours before the Capitol riot occurred.

The interaction was documented by Pence in his personal notes, which are being published for the first time in an upcoming book by ABC News' Jonathan Karl titled Retribution: Donald Trump and the Campaign that Changed America.
The note was reportedly going to be used by Special Counsel Jack Smith against Trump if the president's Capitol riot case ever went to trial.

Trump allegedly wanted Pence to block then-incoming President Joe Biden’s certification as the winner of the 2020 election. When Pence refused, he reportedly told him that he would "go down as a wimp."……….

Trump’s final words on Jan 6 to Mike Pence revealed

The notes were part of the evidence collected by former Special Counsel Jack Smith for his Capitol riot investigation

www.independent.co.uk

Trump will be remembered on the wrong side of history. Pence will not

 

[bird]

Trump will be remembered on the wrong side of history. Pence will not

Hopefully. Of course, if MAGA gets to write the history…

 

[faceman]

Hopefully. Of course, if MAGA gets to write the history…

Maga cannot write world history.

 

[bird]

Maga cannot write world history.

True. Unfortunately, MAGA doesn’t care about world history except from the bier point that the U.S. is the best in the world and won every (fill-in-the-blank) war, defeated communism etc ad nauseum. They would write American History.

 

[Optimus Prime]

Two federal prosecutors were informed Wednesday that they will be put on leave after filing a legal brief that described the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol as being carried out by "thousands of people comprising a mob of rioters," sources familiar with their removals told ABC News.

The two prosecutors, Carlos Valdivia and Samuel White, were locked out of their government devices and informed Wednesday morning they will be placed on leave, just hours after they filed a sentencing memorandum in the case of Taylor Taranto, the sources said.

Valdivia and White were furloughed due to the government shutdown and informed they would be put on administrative leave following the conclusion of the shutdown, the sources said.

Taranto was pardoned by President Donald Trump over his involvement in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol but faced a separate conviction for firearms and threat charges related to a June 2023 arrestnear the home of former President Barack Obama where he was found in possession of two guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, as well as a machete.

A day before Taranto's arrest, he claimed he would use a car bomb to drive into the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

In their sentencing memorandum, Valdivia and White used only two sentences to detail Taranto's involvement in the Jan. 6 attack.

"On January 6, 2021, thousands of people comprising a mob of rioters attacked the U.S. Capitol while a joint session of Congress met to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election," the memorandum said.

"Taranto was accused of participating in the riot in Washington, D.C., by entering the U.S. Capitol Building. After the riot, Taranto returned to his home in the State of Washington, where he promoted conspiracy theories about the events of January 6, 2021."…..

DOJ places on leave 2 prosecutors who said 'mob' of 'rioters' carried out Jan. 6 attack

Two federal prosecutors have been told they will be put on leave after filing a brief that described the Jan. 6, 2021, attackers a "mob of rioters," sources say.

abcnews.go.com

 

[MT15]

 

[camdudetenger2018]

they should have been sent to the gulags

 

[superchuck500]

There has been an arrest in the January 6 pipe bomb investigation.

Officials say a fresh review of evidence led to arrest in D.C. pipe bomb case

The bombs were planted outside the Republican and Democratic national party headquarters in Washington, D.C., on the eve of the Jan. 6 siege on the Capitol.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[superchuck500]

 

[camdudetenger2018]

There has been an arrest in the January 6 pipe bomb investigation.

Officials say a fresh review of evidence led to arrest in D.C. pipe bomb case

The bombs were planted outside the Republican and Democratic national party headquarters in Washington, D.C., on the eve of the Jan. 6 siege on the Capitol.

www.nbcnews.com

wonder what that person political idelology is

 

[MT15]

Where IS my shocked face?

 

[Booker]

I'm sure his pardon is already being drawn up...

Accused DC pipe bomber told FBI he believed the 2020 election was stolen, sources say

During interviews with the FBI, the suspect arrested in the pipe bomb probe told investigators that he believed the 2020 election was stolen, providing perhaps the first indication of a possible motive for the bombs placed near the DNC and RNC headquarters, people briefed on the matter said.

www.yahoo.com

 

[bird]

Where IS my shocked face?

Soooo…no on Antifa, yes on “lone wolf with mental health issues” because he can’t be MAGA.

Boxes checked.

 

[Optimus Prime]

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[DaveXA]

Soooo…no on Antifa, yes on “lone wolf with mental health issues” because he can’t be MAGA.

Boxes checked.

Where are the maga idiots who thought this pipe bomb thing was either a hoax or some antifa nut. Magats doing magat things.