'Seditionist square': Trump allies gobbling up properties two blocks from the US Capitol - RawStory

[GGoss]

'Seditionist square': Trump allies gobbling up properties two blocks from the US Capitol - RawStory

The Washington Post is reporting that allies of former President Donald Trump have been gobbling up residential properties in a Washington D.C. neighborhood located just two blocks from the United States Capitol building.

According to the Post, the Conservative Partnership Institute, an organization led by former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows, recently went on a $41 million property buying spree that left it in possession of "four commercial properties along a single Pennsylvania Avenue block, three adjoining rowhouses around the corner, and a garage and carriage house in the rear alley."

The goal of the spending splurge is to create what Trump allies describe as a "Patriots' Row" in the heart of Washington D.C., although Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) told the Post that he doesn't see anything remotely patriotic about the project.

"It just seems like a massive real estate coming-out party for the extreme right wing of the Republican Party," he said.

Link: https://www.rawstory.com/conservative-partnership-institute-2659599692/

[Walleye]

1. There's probably money laundering involved as well

[Thomas Hurt]

2. Got to have somewhere to put up the next round of insurrectionists....

store the guns, and armor, etc.

[Lovie777]

3. Headquarters for another coup.......

GQP sees that "woke and crt" failing, and they got nothing, and majority of USA citizens think they are beyond nuts.

[Tanuki]

4. This organization...Cleta Mitchell, voter suppression, the Big Lie...

The "Conservative Partnersip Institute"...
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/18/election-integrity-summits-conservative-partnership-institute

"An influential conservative group that includes two Trump allies who helped push lies about voter fraud in 2020 is spearheading “election integrity” summits in battleground states, advocating for expanded poll watching, “clean” voter rolls and other measures watchdogs say could curb voting rights to help Republican candidates.

The Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI) “election integrity network” is run by the veteran GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell, who helped to spread misinformation about supposed election fraud in 2020.

Mark Meadows, Donald Trump’s last White House chief of staff, is a senior partner of the CPI and reportedly had a lead role in at least one of its summits.
....
Mitchell, CPI’s senior legal fellow, has hosted multi-day summits, seeking to mobilize hundreds of conservative activists for elections this year in Georgia, Arizona and Pennsylvania, all states that Trump lost to Joe Biden, and Florida, which he won.

CPI is slated to hold summits this spring in Virginia, Michigan and Wisconsin, as it seeks to build “election integrity” infrastructure in swing states.

Powerful groups on the right such as Heritage Action and Tea Party Patriots Action have participated in previous summits.

Ties between CPI and Trump were underscored last July, when the former president’s Save America leadership Pac donated $1m to the group weeks after the House voted to create a committee to investigate the attack on the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 by Trump loyalists seeking to disrupt certification of Biden’s election victory."....(more)

[TheBlackAdder]

5. One will have evesdropping equipment for China, one for Russia, one for the Saudis, etc.

[Tanuki]

6. ..."creating MAGA-oriented political infrastructure..."

https://documented.net/investigations/conservative-partnership-institute

"The Conservative Partnership Institute (“CPI”) is a $45 million “America First” institution boosted with a $1 million donation from former President Trump’s PAC. Led by former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and former Heritage Foundation president Jim DeMint, CPI is creating the MAGA-oriented political infrastructure that the Trump administration lacked.

CPI is recruiting America First staffers and providing in-depth training for Hill offices, as well as creating legal institutions, opposition research firms, think tanks, and other groups helmed by former Trump officials and allies, including Stephen Miller, Russ Vought, and Cleta Mitchell. Formed in 2017, CPI's fundraising surged to $45 million in 2021.

The group’s ambitions are sprawling, from amplifying conspiracies around stolen elections and “critical race theory,” to tanking Democratic nominees and filing lawsuits against the Biden administration. CPI’s president, Ed Corrigan, helped lead Trump’s 2016 transition team, and the group is positioned to staff and support far-right Congressional offices and the next MAGA administration.

CPI is located blocks from the U.S. Capitol, and serves as a hub for the far-right "America First "movement. The House Freedom Caucus holds weekly meetings at CPI, and texts obtained by the January 6 committee show lawmakers like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Sen. Mike Lee referencing meetings at CPI in the tumultuous period following the 2020 election. Nearly two dozen individuals tied to the January 6 attempted coup are connected to CPI, according to Grid's analysis."...(more)

[bluestarone]

7. Dirty fucking money being used to destroy us

Somehow this bullshit needs to be stopped. Things are getting real crazy scary for all of us. THIS is not good!

[Liberal In Texas]

8. Someplace to stage the arsenal next time.

A weapons depot for the traitors.

[Susan Calvin]

9. That was my first thought. nt

[patphil]

11. That's what I thought. A staging ground for the next insurrection.

[fightforfreedom]

10. Many of them will be going to prison.

Meadows is one of them.

[Hortensis]

12. Well, they were exposed fast enough. Some investigative journalists

probably do routine queries of contacts and professional search engines to pick up mentions of Jim DeMint's name alone. Like so many now, wherever he is, people are up to no good.

Huge money behind them, but this was purchased for purpose and we'll see how long they own it as legal screws are turned on those involved in this one.