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duforsure

(11,882 posts)
Thu Jan 20, 2022, 04:51 AM Jan 2022

So, now that TFG lost his executive privilege case,

How long before others who've refused to appear before the Jan 6th committee get indicted ? Or will they beg to appear now to escape getting charged, then refuse to answer using the 5th?

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So, now that TFG lost his executive privilege case, (Original Post) duforsure Jan 2022 OP
I think...cooperation may be forthcoming. 634-5789 Jan 2022 #1
Hope you're right, duforsure Jan 2022 #2
I Like to Think that AG Garland has a Plan PBC_Democrat Jan 2022 #3
This looks like a classic Mafia takedown BlueIdaho Jan 2022 #5
I'd like to think that too. maxsolomon Jan 2022 #6
Washington Post Headline for Thurs Jan 20th PBC_Democrat Jan 2022 #8
STATE of Georgia. Not the DOJ. maxsolomon Jan 2022 #9
MSNBC analyst explains why Steve Bannon and Mark Meadows are 'in deep doo-doo' LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2022 #4
Kaytal is the eternal optimist. maxsolomon Jan 2022 #7

duforsure

(11,882 posts)
2. Hope you're right,
Thu Jan 20, 2022, 05:30 AM
Jan 2022

But they could act like they will to escape failure to appear criminal charges only to then do what others have done, refuse to answer any questions, which is a pattern that's been used previously. Hope you're right and I'm wrong.

PBC_Democrat

(401 posts)
3. I Like to Think that AG Garland has a Plan
Thu Jan 20, 2022, 08:07 AM
Jan 2022

to bring the 1/6 insurrectionists to justice starting and the bottom and working all the way to TFG.

I still think the best case, so far, is his attempted interference in the Georgia election.

BlueIdaho

(13,582 posts)
5. This looks like a classic Mafia takedown
Thu Jan 20, 2022, 12:36 PM
Jan 2022

Start with the little fish and work your way to the top. I want to eventually see AG Garland standing in front of a big board with cascading photos all connected by red string explaining the the seditious conspiracy with King Rat at the top in graphic crosshairs.

PBC_Democrat

(401 posts)
8. Washington Post Headline for Thurs Jan 20th
Thu Jan 20, 2022, 04:34 PM
Jan 2022

"Georgia prosecutor requests special grand jury in probe of Trump’s efforts to overturn state’s election results"

maxsolomon

(32,976 posts)
9. STATE of Georgia. Not the DOJ.
Thu Jan 20, 2022, 05:22 PM
Jan 2022

Things are moving very slowly and the clock is ticking.

Yes, I know that prosecutions take time.

LetMyPeopleVote

(143,999 posts)
4. MSNBC analyst explains why Steve Bannon and Mark Meadows are 'in deep doo-doo'
Thu Jan 20, 2022, 12:32 PM
Jan 2022

You are wrong in your analysis. Meadows and Bannon are relying on the claim of executive privilege and the SCOTUS ruled that even if TFG was still POTUS that claim is invalid and executive privilege does not apply. Watch the clip from Neal Katyal




"It's a real problem for them," Katyal told MSNBC on Wednesday night. "Remember, Steve Bannon has been indicted already for contempt for not giving these answers to Congress, so he's facing criminal charges. Mark Meadows is on his way to the same thing. Both of their defenses to contempt is executive privilege, and the Supreme Court today blew that out of the water."

"So that means that these two individuals really do have to go and talk to the investigators in Congress, but it also more significantly means the Trump signature move – which is not just to hide these documents, but all these people from testifying on live televised hearings in Congress, he was going to invoke executive privilege for all that — that's now decimated by the Supreme Court's ruling."

"So it's going to be very hard for all these folks, not just Bannon and Meadows, but (Trump lawyers Rudy) Giuliani and (John) Eastman and the whole cast of characters, to avoid having to testify," Katyal said. "They can try other arguments, like the Fifth Amendment and so on, but today is a real nail in the coffin for them."

maxsolomon

(32,976 posts)
7. Kaytal is the eternal optimist.
Thu Jan 20, 2022, 02:00 PM
Jan 2022

GQP Insurrectionists don't play by the rules. They ignore the rules, and expose them as antiquated and toothless.

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