Former special counsel #JackSmith is publicly testifying before the #House #Judiciary Committee today.
The hearing will examine the operations of Smith’s office & his team’s investigations and prosecutions of #Trump & his co-defendants, according to the committee.
#law #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
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in reply to Nonilex • • •“I am not a politician, & I have no partisan loyalties. My career has been dedicated to serving our country by upholding the rule of law,” #JackSmith says in his prepared statement.
Smith is expected to tell #Congress that his approach is to always follow the facts without fear or favor.
#law #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #Trump #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
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Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •“Rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 presidential #election, President #Trump engaged in a #criminal scheme to overturn the results & prevent the lawful transfer of power,” #JackSmith wrote in his prepared statement.
#law #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
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in reply to Nonilex • • •On #Jan6, 2021, over 140 law enforcement officers were assaulted, #JackSmith plans to tell #Congress, “a fact we should never forget.”
“Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President #Trump engaged in criminal activity. If asked whether to prosecute a former President based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether that President was a Republican or a Democrat.”
#law #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy #insurrection #coup #democracy #Constitution
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •The questioning by #GymJordan about #CassidyHutchinson was made-for-TV drama.
#JackSmith didn’t need to characterize whether he “thought” Hutchinson was a liar.
Her testimony was #hearsay. Hearsay does not hold up in #court. That’s all he had to say.
Unfortunately Jordan actually found a way to politicize Smith’s measured response that he hadn’t made a final decision on a witness list.
#law #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy #insurrection #Trump #coup #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •Also the grandstanding performative courtroom drama behavior of the #congress members is quite heavy handed. #JackSmith who has repeatedly been described as measured & calm is coming off a little stiff especially because he keeps being interrupted. He needs to come back at them like they are hostile witnesses.
#law #House #Judiciary #Trump #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •#Republican #House #Judiciary Committee members are going to focus on things like #CassidyHutchinson & the #subpoenas for #Congress members’ phone logs, because if they let #JackSmith get into the actual #evidence he gathered against #Trump, it will be damning.
#law #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •#House #Judiciary Committee #JackSmith testimony is back in session after a long recess for unrelated House votes.
#law #Trump #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
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in reply to Nonilex • • •Rep #DarrellIssa (R-CA) behaved outrageously, he basically ranted, never allowed #JackSmith to answer & stole extra time. #JamieRaskin tried to negate that stolen time by talking simultaneously in objection so Issa couldn’t keep testifying.
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •Rep #HankJohnson (D-GA) is also questioning #JackSmith very effectively. Unfortunately it is very clear that this “hearing” is designed to be a sound bite generator for the #Republicans to shop around to #FarRight #media outlets.
#law #House #Judiciary #Trump #propaganda #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
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in reply to Nonilex • • •JFC
#StewartRhodes, the founder of the #FarRight #extremist organization the #OathKeepers, was seen on Capitol Hill on Thursday outside of the hearing room where former special counsel #JackSmith is testifying before the #House #Judiciary Committee.
Rhodes was previously convicted of #SeditiousConspiracy & sentenced to 18 YEARS in #prison for his actions related to the #Jan6, 2021 #insurrection at the US Capitol.
#law #Trump #propaganda #coup #democracy #Constitution
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Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •#StewartRhodes was serving his time in prison when his sentence was commuted by #Trump in Jan 2025. It was one of the first actions taken by Trump when he resumed office.
Federal District Judge Amit Mehta ruled in Jan 2025 that Rhodes & other members of the #OathKeepers needed to seek #court permission to travel to #DC or be on Capitol Grounds.
According to the ADL, the Oath Keepers is an anti-government #extremist org within the #militia movement.
#law #HouseRepublicans #SeditiousConspiracy
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •#Trump is literally issuing orders to the #DOJ right now
Trump says he hopes AG #PamBondi is 'looking at' #JackSmith as the former special counsel testifies on Capitol Hill
“Hopefully the Attorney General is looking at what he’s done, including some of the crooked and corrupt witnesses that he was attempting to use in his case against me. The whole thing was a Democrat SCAM — A big price should be paid by them for what they have put our Country through!”Trump posted.
#law #DOJ
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in reply to Nonilex • • •#law #House #Judiciary #SeditiousConspiracy
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •Earlier Rep #TedLieu (D-CA) kicked some #GOP ass for their #lies & #hypocrisy.
Lieu called out his Republican colleagues for choosing to hold a hearing on #JackSmith’s probes into #Trump instead of an oversight hearing into #DOJ’s slow release of files related to the late sex offender #JeffreyEpstein.
#law #House #Judiciary #propaganda #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower