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Fani Willis Claps Back Hard At Jim Jordan: ‘You Lack A Basic Understanding Of The Law’

Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis has had quite enough of the petty threats and other distractions from House Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), and she’s responding to his childish actions by reminding him that his knowledge of the law is tenuous at best.

Jordan has repeatedly accused Willis of trying to “interfere” in the 2024 election by charging former president Donald Trump as part of a racketeering conspiracy to overturn the results of balloting in the Peach State as part of the 2020 election, which Trump lost in an electoral landslide.

Focusing on a letter Jordan sent in August, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports, Willis accused the congressman of using “inaccurate information and misleading statements” for his own political gain.

“Its obvious purpose is to obstruct a Georgia criminal proceeding and to advance outrageous misrepresentations,” Willis said in response to Jordan’s letter. “As I make clear below, there is no justification in the Constitution for Congress to interfere with a state criminal matter, as you attempt to do.”

Willis also noted that Jordan was legally ignorant.

“Your letter makes clear that you lack a basic understanding of the law, its practice and the ethical obligations of attorneys generally and prosecutors specifically.”

It should be noted that Jordan never sat for the bar exam in his home state and has never actually practiced law, as MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell noted in a brutal takedown of the Ohio Republican earlier this year.

“An Ohioan who is a graduate of Capital University Law School, but has never passed the bar exam – so is not a lawyer – Congressman Jim Jordan got a reply to his letter from Harvard Law School graduate Alvin Bragg, the district attorney of Manhattan.”

“Alvin Bragg’s reply letter to Jim Jordan is the single most humiliating letter ever received by a chairman of the House Judiciary Committee – every one of whom has known much more about the law than Jim Jordan.”

Jim Jordan is a sycophantic jackass who wants to advance his political career when he isn’t busy serving as Donald Trump’s full-time fluffer. He’s an embarrassment to his party, the Congress, and the United States.

 

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Court Documents Reveal Mark Meadows And Other Co-Defendants Are Already Flipping On Trump

With each day and each new court filing from attorneys representing co-conspirators who allegedly worked with disgraced former president Donald Trump to try and overturn 2020 election results in the state of Georgia, it becomes clearer that many of those charged are eager and willing to toss the ex-president under the bus in order to save their own asses, according to a report from Politico.

One of those co-defendants is former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.

During a hearing in Atlanta, a defense attorney for Meadows called attention to Trump’s prominent role in what is certain to be a crucial element of prosecutors’ case there: the infamous Jan. 2, 2021, phone call in which Trump demanded that Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, “find” enough votes to declare Trump the winner.

Meadows arranged that pivotal call. But after prosecutors played audio of the call in the courtroom, an attorney for Meadows emphasized that his client’s part in the actual discussion was both more minor and less provocative than Trump’s.

“There’s a lot of statements by Mr. Trump. Mr. Meadows’ speaking roles were quite limited,” Meadows’ lawyer, Michael Francisco, observed as he cross-examined Raffensperger, who was called to testify by prosecutors.

“He didn’t make a request that you change the vote totals — Mr. Meadows, himself?” Francisco continued.

“Correct,” Raffensperger replied.

And then there was this, which also appeared in court documents:

Meadows made clear in his own testimony at last week’s hearing that Trump viewed the false electors as a significant part of his strategy to remain in power. He said he sent an email pushing the campaign to assemble those slates because he feared a tongue-lashing from Trump.

“What I didn’t want to happen was for the campaign to prevail in court action and not have this” lined up, he said.

“Why?” prosecutor Anna Cross asked him.

“Because I knew I’d be yelled at by the president of the United States,” he said.

The Georgia racketeering charges filed against Trump and 18 co-defendants by Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis could send each person to prison in the Peach State for decades, meaning that everyone associated with the conspiracy has a strong incentive to cooperate with prosecutors or prepare for a long term of incarceration.

Trump has also been indicted in Florida and Washington, D.C. by Special Counsel Jack Smith.

 

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Bombshell Report: Trump Knew Giuliani Was Drunk While Giving Him ‘Legal Advice’ – Which Destroys Donald’s Defense

The main defense being used by failed former president Donald Trump to shield himself from criminal charges related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election results is that he was merely acting on the advice of legal counsel.

But what if one of the people giving Trump legal advice was intoxicated? And what if the ex-president knew that but continued to let one of attorneys guide his decisions?

Thanks to a blockbuster report from Rolling Stone, we now know that Trump was indeed listening closely to what his personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani told him, despite the fact that several people allege Guiliani was drunk most of the time while dispensing legal guidance.

Some witnesses told (Special Counsel Jack) Smith’s team that they saw Giuliani consuming significant quantities of alcohol; some told the special counsel’s office that they could clearly smell alcohol on Giuliani’s breath, including on election night, and that they noticed distinct changes in his demeanor from hours prior, the sources tell Rolling Stone.

Some have already told investigators that they were directly aware of moments when Trump had talked to others about Giuliani’s drinking, and that Trump spoke negatively about his then-top lawyer’s alcohol consumption. (Trump is known for being a longtime teetotaler.)

That would mean that the “advice of counsel” ploy being used by Trump is no longer valid, according to Mitchell Epner, a former Assistant United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey:

“In order to rely upon an advice of counsel defense, the defendant has to, number one, have made full disclosure of all material facts to the attorney. That requires that the attorney understands what’s being told to them. If you know that your attorney is drunk, that does not count as making full disclosure of all material facts.”

Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner noted on MSNBC that Trump might have taken bad advice from an inebriated Guiliani as a “cover” to engage in illegal activities.

“Is he taking the advice from somebody who everyone in the room knows is drunk?” Kirschner asked. “If you’re taking advice from a thoughtful, sober, learned counsel, that, you know, might give you some protection on the advice of counsel front. But if you’re taking advice from, you know, from the town drunk sitting in the public square yelling at the clouds, you’re not going to have much of an advice of counsel defense.”

Kirschner added, “These are not salacious issues and I think more fundamentally, on the advice of counsel defense, I also think it is really hard for Donald Trump to pursue that when his counsel are his co-defendants in the Jan. 6 trial. They’re his unindicted co-defendants and there is no advice of co-defendant offense. So, that also complicated the advice of counsel defense that Donald Trump might otherwise have.”

Donnie might want to start thinking about a plea deal with Jack Smith.

 

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Co-Defendant In Georgia Racketeering Case Is Already Tossing Trump Under The Bus

A co-defendant of former president Donald Trump’s in the Georgia racketeering case filed by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is already making it clear he isn’t willing to go to prison for the failed ex-president.

According to Politico, Kyle Still was one of the “fake electors” selected to help overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, and a filing from his attorney places the blame for the entire scheme on Trump.

“Mr. Still, as a presidential elector, was also acting at the direction of the incumbent president of the United States,” his attorney Thomas Bever argued Thursday in a court filing seeking to transfer the case against him to federal court. “The president’s attorneys instructed Mr. Still and the other contingent electors that they had to meet and cast their ballots on Dec. 14, 2020.”

Fake electors were chosen in seven states where Trump had lost, including Georgia. The goal of the plan was to have an alternate slate of presidential electors pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence to recognize the Trump electors instead of those Biden had legitimately won, which would have tipped the election to Trump despite his having lost both the popular and electoral vote.

Still’s argument is similar to one being used by David Shafer, former chair of the Georgia GOP:

Still, who took office as a state senator in January, aligned his argument closely with co-defendant David Shafer, a former chair of the Georgia GOP who also served as a false elector on Trump’s behalf in December 2020. Like Still, Shafer is seeking to transfer his charges to federal court, arguing that the advice of Trump campaign attorneys was consistent with historical precedents and federal procedures.

“Mr. Shafer and the other Republican Electors in the 2020 election acted at the direction of the incumbent President and other federal officials,” Shafer’s attorney wrote in a petition seeking to move the Fulton County case to federal court.

Trump was booked, fingerprinted, and photographed at the Fulton County Jail on Thursday evening, later complaining about the ordeal.

“I went through an experience that I never thought I’d have to go through, but then I’ve gone through the same experience three other times. In my whole life, I didn’t know anything about indictments. And now I’ve been indicted, like, four times.”

Just imagine how upset Donnie will be when he has to put on an orange prison jumpsuit.

 

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Text Message From Don Jr. Appears To Implicate Him In Plot To Overturn 2020 Election

A trove of text messages obtained by Talking Points Memo shows that former president Donald Trump’s son, Don Jr., was actively involved in the attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, and the could also lead to enormous legal jeopardy for him.

In one of the texts, which was sent to then-White House Chief of staff Mark Meadows, Don Jr. proposes an approach to making sure his father remain in office even though the election results showed he had lost to Joe Biden.

“It’s very simple. If through our lawsuits and recounts the Secretary of States on each state cannot certify that states vote the State Assemblies can step in and vote to put forward the electoral slate Republicans control Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina etc we get Trump electors There is a Safe Harbor on 8 December if for whatever reason you miss that the Electors then cannot meet in the individual state Capitols on 14 December So we either have a vote WE control and WE win OR it gets kicked to Congress 6 January 2021 the House meets to vote- by state party delegation 1 vote per state California 1 ; Montana 1 Republicans control 28 states Democrats 22 states Once again Trump wins Senate votes for VP Pence wins Summary We have multiple paths We control them all We have operational control Total leverage.”

Another text from Don Jr. calls for the firing of anyone designated as an enemy of the administration.

“POTUS must start 2nd Term now Fire Wray ; Fire Faucci (sic) Make Grennel interim head of FBI Have Barr select Special Prosecutor on HardDrivefromHell Biden crime family,”

With Special Counsel Jack Smith now leading the Justice Department’s investigation of possible crimes committed by the ex-president while he was still in office, Don Jr. could soon find himself having to testify before a grand jury on the 2020 election plot. If he testifies truthfully, that would incriminate his father. If he lies, he’s facing a charge of perjury.

In other words, it seems that Don Jr. is screwed no matter what he does.