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A couple, who are Maga activists and involved with the planning of 1/6 are now talking with the 1/6 committee. While reading their interview with Rolling Stone, it appears to me that they may be trying to rehabilitate their reputations, I concluded it was some sour grapes from not getting a previous pardon from Trump and the fact that some of the more elite Maga's are getting their legal expenses funded in relation to their defense from 1/6 committee, this couple is getting nothing.
In any event they have named some names like Bannon, Gosar, Cawthorn and Amy Klemer and have handed over social media messages etc. Sounds like they may have a plethora of information and evidence. They are still believers of wrong doings in the election but they considered the coup attempt a step too far. (I am not convinced that they are not just protecting themselves).
That is the problem when the Maga elite ignore those on the ground, they tend to turn on them.
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Among the documents the couple is providing are conversations they had with staffers and members of Congress as they planned the main rally that took place on the White House Ellipse that day. Stockton described these discussions as largely logistical and focused on planning the members participation in objections to the electoral certification on the House floor and various events that were staged to protest against the election. They include Instagram messages Lawrence exchanged with Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) as she tried to get him to speak at the Ellipse rally. Cawthorn, whose office did not immediately respond to a request for comment, ultimately appeared onstage at that event.
Were turning it all over and well let the cards fall where they may, Stockton says.
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https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/jan6-rally-trump-2020-election-capitol-congress-gosar-1253392/
The link is paywalled but I was able to open incognito. Long article but good read.
louis-t
(23,295 posts)of public opinion. Whether it's "he left us hanging after promising pardons" or just a general disgust with the criminality, winning over more and more Americans is what is needed.
MagickMuffin
(15,942 posts)investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol. The pair will deliver testimony and turn over documents, including text messages, that indicate the extensive involvement members of Congress and the Trump administration had in planning the House challenge to certifying Bidens election and rally near the White House where Donald Trump spoke efforts that ultimately contributed to a massive and violent attack on the Capitol.
Runningdawg
(4,516 posts)empedocles
(15,751 posts)Funtatlaguy
(10,875 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)Duppers
(28,120 posts)former9thward
(32,006 posts)So what is the "spilling all"?
lindysalsagal
(20,686 posts)information from staffers and congress people.
It proves they intended to go way beyond the limits of a typical rally.
former9thward
(32,006 posts)Maybe to you but it would go nowhere in a court. The social media stuff is all public anyway. It is not secret.
Runningdawg
(4,516 posts)This is about more than social media posts. This is about who in the inner circle of hell knew what and when.
Bev54
(10,052 posts)and staff efforts to interrupt the peaceful transfer of power. It all relates to Trump attempts to overturn the election. Yes the insurrection coup attempt was the crescendo but there was a lot of other schemes going on. They had contacts with many and are in the know of who was involved. Do I for one minute believe these two did not have more information, no, they are cohorts of Bannon. I think they are holding back their own involvement but we will have to wait and see on that.
librechik
(30,674 posts)should be interesting, if they show...
GoodRaisin
(8,923 posts)shithouse down on the Trump conspiracy to overthrow the government and insert himself as an unelected dictator. The higher level traitors like Bannon, Meadows, etc. arent going to tell on themselves but these activists can provide the link between those close to Trump and those who mobilized the insurrectionists in months leading up to Jan. 6.
Once they start talking the vail should really start falling off all the traitors in Congress and Trumps cronies and their roles. Get the popcorn ready.