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In reply to the discussion: Let's be clear. Tribe and Weissman are full of shit about the Trump investigations [View all]bigtree
(86,294 posts)...because, if you bothered you'd see that Garland's DOJ was far ahead of the Jan. 6 committee which actually hindered and delayed actual PB and OK trials by withholding discovery materials demanded by denendants in those trials for months, until the end of the year.
Fuck, not reading appears to not be working in your favor.
DOJ April 2022 received phone records of key Trump officials, including Mark Meadows. That effort is another indicator of how expansive the Jan. 6 probe had become, well before the high-profile, televised House hearings in June and July on the subject.
The Washington Post and other news organizations have previously written that the Justice Department is examining the conduct of Eastman, Giuliani and others in Trumps orbit. But the degree of prosecutors interest in Trumps actions has not been previously reported, nor has the review of senior Trump aides phone records.
The revelations raise the stakes of an already politically fraught probe involving a former president, still central to his partys fortunes, who has survived previous investigations and two impeachments. Long before the Jan. 6 investigation, Trump spent years railing against the Justice Department and the FBI; the investigation moving closer to him will probably intensify that antagonism.
This year, the fake-elector scheme has become a major focus of the Justice Department inquiry. After Trump lost the election, lawyers and others close to him urged GOP officials in key states to submit alternate and illegitimate slates of electors to reject the results of the state vote totals. Those would-be electors were aided in their effort by Trump campaign officials and Giuliani, who said publicly that the rival slates were necessary and appropriate, and has been described as overseeing the strategy.
Last month, federal agents fanned out in multiple states to serve grand jury subpoenas, execute search warrants and interview witnesses a significant escalation of overt investigative activity. As part of that effort, agents searched Eastmans electronic devices, and conducted a search at the home of Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice Department official who enthusiastically embraced some of Trumps last-ditch efforts to stop Biden from becoming president. Many of those who received subpoenas were told specifically to turn over their communications with Giuliani.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/07/26/trump-justice-investigation-january-6/