Tuesday, January 14, 2025

"Unprecedented Criminal Effort"


Special prosecutor Jack Smith's REPORT ON EFFORTS TO INTERFERE WITH THE LAWFUL TRANSFER OF POWER FOLLOWING THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OR THE CERTIFICATION OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE HELD ON JANUARY 6, 2021 has finally been released to the public. You can read it for yourself. It's full of solid evidence and coruscating truth. We are about to be governed again by a man who respects no laws, who doesn't understand the Constitution or our Republic of checks and balances, who runs his mouth and his petty desires like any downtown mob boss.

Part of Smith's summary of Trump's (alleged, yeah, right!) criminal activity leading up to the January 6th insurrection:

In 2020, then-President Donald J. Trump ran for reelection against Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Mr. Trump lost. As alleged in the original and superseding indictments, substantial evidence demonstrates that Mr. Trump then engaged in an unprecedented criminal effort to overturn the legitimate results of the election in order to retain power. Although he did so primarily in his private capacity as a candidate, and with the assistance of multiple private co-conspirators, Mr. Trump also attempted to use the power and authority of the United States Government in furtherance of his scheme.

As set forth in the original and superseding indictments, when it became clear that Mr. Trump had lost the election and that lawful means of challenging the election results had failed, he resorted to a series of criminal efforts to retain power. This included attempts to induce state officials to ignore true vote counts; to manufacture fraudulent slates of presidential electors in seven states that he had lost; to force Justice Department officials and his own Vice President, Michael R. Pence, to act in contravention of their oaths and to instead advance Mr. Trump's personal interests; and, on January 6, 2021, to direct an angry mob to the United States Capitol to obstruct the congressional certification of the presidential election and then leverage rioters' violence to further delay it. 

 

3 comments:

Wolf's Head said...

Boy, are you going to love the next 4 years.

Red Hornet said...

I'm getting ready. I have an appointment at the tire store Saturday the 18th.
I'd be a fool to wait for tariffs. A spike in tire prices alone could grind down our economy. Old Hound Dog will be dragging his butt and howling along with all the other victims, but it will hurt him worse because he voted to "bring it on."
Not as if Dumpy will throw Houndy a scrap, probably just kick his ribs.

Wolf's Head said...

Bug, you should probably stock up on your meds as well.