Trump supporters and conspiracy theory - Part 2

[Rick Plant]

Donald Trump’s day so far:

- DOJ confirms it’s investigating Trump
- New York AG moves to hold Trump in contempt of court
- Manhattan DA confirms criminal case against Trump is ongoing
- He’s getting hit from all sides now
- Trump is going to prison

No wonder right wingers are freaking out and pushing Hunter Biden conspiracies as a deflection from this huge breaking new day. Donnie is going to prison for his multiple felonies.   

[Rick Plant]

What's wild about Will Smith being banned for 10 years from the Oscars is that Donald Trump Jr. was texting Mark Meadows after the election to orchestrate a coup to overturn the results of the election and install his father as dictator

BUSTED: Trump Jr texted Meadows that overturning the 2020 election would be ‘very simple’



The House Select Committee Investigating the Jan. 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol has obtained text messages from Donald Trump, Jr. to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows laying out a plan for his father to stay in office despite losing the 2020 election.

"Two days after the 2020 presidential election, as votes were still being tallied, Donald Trump’s eldest son texted then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows that “we have operational control” to ensure his father would get a second term, with Republican majorities in the US Senate and swing state legislatures, CNN has learned. In the text, which has not been previously reported, Donald Trump Jr. lays out ideas for keeping his father in power by subverting the Electoral College process, according to the message reviewed by CNN," the network reported.

The committee has previously obtained texts between Meadows and Ginny Thomas along with a GOP member of Congress.

“It’s very simple,” Trump Jr. texted Meadows. “We have multiple paths We control them all.”

Trump Jr.’s lawyer Alan S. Futerfas said, "this message likely originated from someone else and was forwarded.”

CNN explained that "The November 5 text message outlines a strategy that is nearly identical to what allies of the former President attempted to carry out in the months that followed. Trump Jr. makes specific reference to filing lawsuits and advocating recounts to prevent certain swing states from certifying their results, as well as having a handful of Republican state houses put forward slates of fake 'Trump electors.'"

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-jr-mark-meadows-text/

[Rick Plant]

Trump Jr. ‘just wrote it all down’: MSNBC host shocked by text message coup scheme

On Friday's edition of MSNBC's "All In," anchor Chris Hayes examined the new report that Donald Trump Jr. actively communicated with White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on plans to overturn the 2020 presidential election in text messages.

"Today, we are learning new details about the involvement of the ex-president's own son," said Hayes. "We already knew that Don Jr. texted his father's chief of staff, Mark Meadows, while the insurrection was happening, pleading with him to stop ... we are learning, though, that Don Jr. was texting Mark Meadows, quote, 'ideas for overturning the 2020 election before it was even called,' according to CNN.

"The message is from November 5th, just two days after the election, and it is among the texts Meadows turned over to the January 6 committee," Hayes continued. "In it, Trump Jr. lays out ideas for keeping his father in power by subverting the Electoral College process, writing, quote, 'It's very simple. We have multiple paths. We control them all.' He goes on to outline a strategy that is nearly identical to what allies of the former president, like John Eastman or Rudy Giuliani, actually attempted to carry out in the months to follow. He talks about filing lawsuits, and advocating recounts to prevent certain swing states from certifying the results, as well as having a handful of Republican state houses put forward slates of fake Trump electors."

"If all of that failed, Republican lawmakers in congress could simply vote to reinstall Trump as president on January 6th," Hayes said. "Quote, 'Republicans control 28 states, Democrats 22 states, once again Trump wins. We either have a vote we control, and we win, or it gets kicked to Congress January 6, 2021. We have operational control, total average, moral high ground, POTUS must start second term now.'"

"Wow. They just wrote it all down, didn't they?" added Hayes. "So the ex-president's son was stirring up plans to overturn the election, building the case for the insurrection before all of the votes were even counted. Before it was called. In the following days and weeks, Trump and his allies continued exactly that plan, inciting what happened on January 6th."

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[Rick Plant]

Trump Jr. 'belongs in the slammer' after damning texts show his 'treasonous criminality': experts



Donald Trump, Jr. is facing calls for his arrest after CNN published text messages to Mark Meadows showing a scheme to overturn the 2020 presidential election, which was won by Joe Biden.

"Two days after the 2020 presidential election, as votes were still being tallied, Donald Trump’s eldest son texted then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows that “we have operational control” to ensure his father would get a second term, with Republican majorities in the US Senate and swing state legislatures, CNN has learned. In the text, which has not been previously reported, Donald Trump Jr. lays out ideas for keeping his father in power by subverting the Electoral College process, according to the message reviewed by CNN," the network reported.

The messages were obtained by the House Select Committee Investigating the Jan. 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol.

“It’s very simple,” Trump Jr. texted Meadows. “We have multiple paths We control them all.”

Legal experts were shocked by the revelation.

Richard Painter, the chief White House ethics lawyer in the George W. Bush administration, said the messages were evidence of a crime.

"This was an attempted putsch. He belongs in the slammer!" Painter wrote.

Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner called it "treasonous criminality."

"The 'Subject' line of Don Jr.’s email might as well have been, 'I’m a member of my father’s criminal conspiracy to overturn the election.' How long do we have to endure this open, treasonous criminality by Trump and company before someone gets indicted?" he wondered.

Constitutional law expert Lawrence Tribe described the texts as "a smoking rifle."

"The text from Trump Jr. shows how those closest to the former President were already exchanging ideas for how to overturn the election months before the January 6 insurrection -- and before all the votes were even counted.” This text is a smoking rifle."

Journalist Keith Olbermann also expected the president's eldest son would end up in the slammer.

"Hey guess what: @DonaldJTrumpJr is ALSO going to wind up in prison for criminal conspiracy to overthrow the government of the United States of America.

Who'd a thunk it?"

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-jr-mark-meadows-jail/

[Rick Plant]

Trump aide accused of Nazi ties — and a former Pence advisor says it's true



Former acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell was accused of having Nazi ties by a U.S. congressman on Friday.

It started when Ambassador Richard Grenell was called out by Rep. Ted Lieu (R-CA) for his "stupid, racist s**t."

"I served on active duty to defend your right to say stupid stuff. To the extent you now randomly mention China because of my race, then you’re saying stupid, racist s**t," Lieu said.
https://twitter.com/tedlieu/status/1512449756412448773

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) decided to offer his thoughts on the former Trump aide.

"Hey Ted Lieu, did you know Richard Grenell used to hang out with Nazis when he was supposed to be representing us in Germany?" he asked.
https://twitter.com/RepSwalwell/status/1512520017484697603

"To be honest, I don’t really know much about Grennell. (I just view him as a boring internet troll). Do you have proof of this?” Lieu asked.

And then the conversation was joined by Olivia Troye, who served as a homeland security advisor to Vice President Mike Pence.

"I do. While in his role as Ambassador, Grennell tried to get Mike Pence to attend a white supremacist gathering during one of his overseas trips," she wrote.
https://twitter.com/OliviaTroye/status/1512539075911340032

"I’m old enough to remember when @RichardGrenell palled around with Nazis while serving as our Ambassador in Germany.

*There Richard is with a Nazi party member."



https://twitter.com/RepSwalwell/status/1501041984127045632

[Rick Plant]

White House gift records for Trump, Pence missing, State Department says

In a report to be published in the Federal Register next week, the department says the Executive Office of the President did not submit information about gifts received by Trump and his family from foreign leaders in 2020.

It also says the General Services Administration didn’t submit information about gifts given to former Vice President Mike Pence and White House staffers that year.


A man walks past boxes that were moved out of the Eisenhower Executive Office building, just outside the West Wing, inside the White House complex, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, in Washington.

The State Department says it is unable to compile a complete and accurate accounting of gifts presented to former President Donald Trump and other U.S. officials by foreign governments during Trump’s final year in office, citing missing data from the White House.

In a report to be published in the Federal Register next week, the department says the Executive Office of the President did not submit information about gifts received by Trump and his family from foreign leaders in 2020. It also says the General Services Administration didn’t submit information about gifts given to former Vice President Mike Pence and White House staffers that year.

The State Department said it sought the missing information from National Archives and Records Administration and the General Services Administration, but was told that “potentially relevant records” are not available because of access restrictions related to retired records.

The State Department’s Office of Protocol reported the situation in footnotes to a partial list of gifts received by U.S. officials in 2020. The office publishes such lists annually in part to guard against potential conflicts of interest. A preview of the 2020 report was posted on the Federal Register website on Friday ahead of its formal publication on Monday.

The report notes that the lack of gift information could be related to internal oversights as the protocol office neglected to “submit the request for data to all reporting agencies prior to January 20, 2021,” when the Trump administration ended and the Biden administration began. However, it also noted that there had been a “lack of adequate recordkeeping pertaining to diplomatic gifts” between Jan. 20, 2017, when Trump took office, and his departure from the White House four years later.

The State Department report comes as House lawmakers have opened an investigation into reports that Trump had taken boxes of classified materials with him to his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida after leaving office last year. The National Archives and Records Administration has asked the Justice Department to look into the matter.

The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, meanwhile, has identified an almost 8-hour gap in official White House records of Trump’s phone calls as the violence unfolded and his supporters stormed the building, according to two people familiar with the probe.

Regarding the 2020 gifts, the department said it had “made attempts to collect the required data from the current authoritative sources ... but it has confirmed that potentially relevant records are not available to the State Department’s Office of the Chief of Protocol under applicable access rules for retired records of the Executive Office of the President and the Office of the Vice President.”

“As a result, the data required to fully compile a complete listing for 2020 is unavailable,” it said.

Gift records for Trump administration officials such as former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, former Defense Secretary Mark Esper and former Central Intelligence Agency chief Gina Haspel are included in the limited 2020 report, as are records for other senior diplomats, Pentagon and CIA officials.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/08/white-house-gift-records-for-trump-pence-missing-state-department-says.html

[Rick Plant]

'People aren't buying into it': GOP strategist warns Trump's rally crowds are 'getting smaller'

During an appearance on MSNBC's "Weekends with Alex Witt," GOP campaign strategist Susan Del Percio pointed out that Donald Trump's weekend rallies are drawing smaller and smaller crowds because he is losing his hold on the imaginations of conservatives.

During a discussion with fill-in host Cori Coffin, Del Percio was asked if the warm reception Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) received from the crowd was a sign of where the Republican party is going.

According to the strategist, it is but not the way the former president might like.

"I want to ask you about congressman Madison Cawthorn," Coffin asked. "How do you interpret that warm welcome? Is he the future of the GOP?"

"Absolutely not," Del Percio shot back. "He's the future of Donald Trump and his shrinking base and that is what you saw there, his shrinking base. I'm not saying the Republican Party is going to come out for Donald Trump in two, four, even six years, even this congress member is being shunned by members of his own party."

"Donald Trump? Yes, he can bring out those people, but those crowds are getting smaller and people aren't buying into it, mostly because Republicans want to move on," she continued. "They don't want to talk about the big lie. The people of this country don't want to hear about it anymore. They're done with Donald Trump and his lies except for a small group that we see there."

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[Rick Plant]

Jared Kushner's Saudi payday: $2 billion deal with prince came months after exiting White House



Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, brokered a $2 billion deal for his private equity firm with the Saudi crown prince last summer, according to a bombshell New York Times report.

The deal, which was finalized six months after Trump left the White House, reportedly came despite serious misgivings within Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's inner circle.

Kushner reportedly secured the massive cash injection for his Affinity Partners, a private equity firm established months after his tenure as a White House advisor. Kushner's deal reportedly culminates multiple meetings between him and various Saudi leaders, with whom he developed relationships during his time in office.

Back in November, the Times reported Kushner was looking to raise money from numerous countries along the Persian Gulf, like Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. The ex-Trump official was apparently rebuffed by both the UAE and Qatar, leading him to seek financing from Saudi Arabia's chief sovereign wealth fund.

Kushner, who has run businesses in both real estate and media, has no apparent experience in private equity. And during the deal-making process, the former Trump advisor reportedly made numerous unconventional requests with the Saudi government, causing trepidation with the fund's screening committee.

According to the Times, the committee's members – which span current and former heads of Saudi Aramco, Dow Chemical, the Saudi Central Bank, and Saudi Industrial Development Fund – all voted against proceeding with the deal. Members of the panel cited both Kushner's lack of experience in private equity as well as his exorbitant asset management fees. But for reasons that remain unclear, the crown prince unilaterally overruled the committee.

meaning that the Saudi investment comprises the vast majority of the firm's wealth.

Numerous ethics experts have come forward to criticize the deal, suggesting that Kushner may have used his position as a White House advisor to plant seeds for a deal that would be struck after leaving office.

Robert Weissman, president of the nonprofit group Public Citizen, told the Times that Kushner's relationship with the Saudis is "extremely troubling."

Kushner's posture toward the Saudi government, he said, "makes the business partnership appear even more to be both a reward to, and an investment in, Kushner."

Government ethics expert Walter Shaub echoed similar concerns, tweeting, "Makes you wonder if Jared did something with his official authority for MBS before leaving government to earn that investment."

https://www.rawstory.com/jared-kushner-s-saudi-payday-2-billion-deal-with-prince-came-months-after-exiting-white-house/