Senior Trump official at State met with election denial activists on Jan. 6

[Nevilledog]

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Max Burns
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HUGE: @washingtonpost out with an explosive reveal -- a senior Trump official at the State Department conducted a hush-hush official meeting with January 6 insurrectionists *as the attack on the Capitol was unfolding*.

Staggering.

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Senior Trump official at State met with election denial activists Jan. 6
8:48 AM · May 17, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/17/senior-trump-official-state-met-with-election-denial-activists-jan-6/

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On Jan. 6, 2021, around the time that thousands of Donald Trump’s supporters swarmed the U.S. Capitol, a top Trump appointee at the U.S. State Department met with two activists who had been key to spreading the false narrative that the presidential election had been stolen.

The meeting came as Trump’s allies were pressing theories that election machines had been hacked by foreign powers and were angling for Trump to employ the vast powers of the national security establishment to seize voting machines or even rerun the election.

Robert A. Destro, a law professor at Catholic University of America then serving as an assistant secretary of state, confirmed to The Washington Post he met with the two men — Colorado podcaster Joe Oltmann and Michigan lawyer Matthew DePerno — in the midst of the tumultuous day.

The two men have previously claimed to have huddled on Jan. 6 with State Department leaders, who Oltmann has said were sympathetic to the claims that a “coup” was underway to steal the presidency from Trump. They have not identified with whom they met. Destro’s acknowledgment is the first independent confirmation that they successfully gained the high-level audience. It is unclear whether the meeting led to any action.

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[The Magistrate]

1. Can The Gentleman Name Names, Ma'am?

"Mad or sane, rebels must hang. Your Excellency knows this."

[jmbar2]

2. A little more...

Robert A. Destro, a law professor at Catholic University of America then serving as an assistant secretary of state, confirmed to The Washington Post he met with the two men — Colorado podcaster Joe Oltmann and Michigan lawyer Matthew DePerno — in the midst of the tumultuous day.

Before joining the State Department, Destro was a law professor who specialized in religious liberty and had served as an adviser to religious organizations. He has appeared on a podcast hosted by Tony Perkins, president of the socially conservative Family Research Council.

Ginni??

[mopinko]

3. joe rly needs to weed these fuckers out.

every damn dept has these burrowed in clowns.

[lamp_shade]

4. Kick and rec.