Two things:Properly replying to your posts requires real commitment. Kudos for that.
Let me start by pointing out that any mischaracterization of Trump's role in J6 or any shortcomings of the J6 Committee can and will be addressed in the two criminal trials, assuming Trump is not successful in his efforts to prevent them from ever occurring. As I've said before, the fact that Trump is all in on the presidential immunity defense tells a lot about his guilt regarding the charges.
So back to your post.
Any of the supposed “preparation” much less the activation of the DC National Guard had to go through acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller.
Here is his memo of Jan 4th clearing stating his role in deploying the National Guard.
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Despite repeatedly lying in TV interviews on this topic, here is Miller testifying under oath that no extensive preparation was made and no order to deploy came from the WH.
Here he is lying. Not shading or spinning the truth, just straight up lying.
And here is the audio of his testimony.
So Ornato can testify that he heard a discussion about preparing 10k guard troops, but the person who would actually be responsible for making it happen says he never received that order or had the conversation.
And I can point to the bias of your various articles by their repeated suggestion that Ornato's testimony is "exonerating". One person testifying that he overheard a conversation is in no way exonerating, particularly given the facts I shared about Chris Miller above and all of the public information available on the topic.
Regarding Loudermilk, I am not inclined to take anything he says at face value. He's an election fraud conspiracist and loyal MAGA, so I'll reserve the right to readdress the topic of J6 committee documents once there is more information.
I could go on for hours and actually had to edit this to make it a tolerable length.
- Trump started lying about election fraud months before the election. He had zero evidence of election fraud at the time, during and just after the election, in the lead up to J6 or today, as the lies continue.
- Trump called his followers to help "save the country" in DC on J6, the day of certification, and he goaded that group and his other followers in the lead up to J6 with lie after lie about fraud and the Dems "stealing the country". Trump announces the January 6 rally on Twitter, stating: "Statistically impossible to have lost the 2020 Election. Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!"[89][90]
- While Trump was lying about fraud, Bill Barr refused to contribute to the chaos and made a public pronouncement that the DOJ had no evidence of election fraud. Barr then resigned.
- The senior leadership of the DOJ all threatened to resign when Trump attempted to install environmental lawyer and compliant loyalist Jeffry Clarke as the acting AG. Clarke of course is under currently under indictment for his role in attempting to overturn the election.
- John Eastman and Kenneth Chesebro and others devised the plan of throwing certification into chaos and submitting fake Trump electors in an effort to stop certification.
- Following the results of the 2020 United States presidential election, an obstruction scheme was devised by outgoing 45th U.S. president Donald Trump and his allies in seven states: Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin, Nevada, and New Mexico. The goal of this scheme was to create and submit fraudulent certificates of ascertainment that falsely asserted Trump had won the electoral college vote in those states1. Here are the key points of the fake elector plot:
- Objective:
- The intent of the scheme was to pass the fraudulent certificates to then-Vice President Mike Pence during the congressional certification on January 6, 2021.
- The hope was that Pence would count these fake electors’ votes instead of the authentic certificates, thereby overturning Joe Biden’s victory.
- Legal Theory:
- The scheme was based on a fringe legal theory outlined by Trump attorney John Eastman in the Eastman memos.
- These memos claimed that the vice president had constitutional discretion to swap official electors with an alternate slate during the certification process, potentially changing the outcome of the electoral college vote and the overall winner of the presidential race.
- This theory came to be known as the "Pence Card"1.
- Coordination and Recruitment:
- Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, played a central role in coordinating the scheme across the seven states.
- In a conference call on January 2, 2021, Trump, Eastman, and Giuliani spoke to some 300 Republican state legislators, urging them to convene special legislative sessions to replace legitimate Biden electors with fake Trump electors based on unfounded allegations of vote fraud1.
- Pressure and Attempts:
- Trump pressured the Justice Department to falsely announce that it had found election fraud.
- He even attempted to install a new acting attorney general who had drafted a letter falsely asserting such election fraud had been found. This move aimed to persuade the Georgia legislature to reconsider its Biden electoral votes.
- Trump and Eastman asked Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel to enlist the committee’s assistance in gathering fake “contingent” electors.
- A senator’s chief of staff tried to pass a list of fraudulent electors to Pence minutes before the vice president was to certify the election1.
- Investigations and Indictments:
- Many individuals in several states have been indicted for their alleged involvement in the scheme.
- The January 6 committee identified lawyer Kenneth Chesebro as the plot’s actual architect.
- The Smith special counsel investigation is also examining Trump’s role in these events.
- Testimony revealed that Trump was fully aware of the fake electors plan and knew that Eastman’s plan for Pence to obstruct the certification of electoral votes violated the Electoral Count Act123.
- Trump's efforts to pressure Pence into "doing the right thing" to block certification was Plan A. I believe the rally and the protesters were part of the effort to "encourage" Pence to block certification and to submit the fake electors. Trump and team did not know Pence's intentions until 1:02 p.m.
- 1:02 p.m.: Pence refuses to go along with Trump's plan to pick and choose electors, and tweets a letter[207] stating in part,
- How do I know the purpose of the protestors was the pressure Pence and republicans to go along with the plan? Because of how Trump ended his speech at the rally.
- 1:10 p.m.: Trump ends his speech by urging his supporters to march upon the Capitol Building:[209][181][210][211]
- I have raised the issue of Trump's lack of effort to stop the riot. He waited over three hours before telling people to go home. But here is a tweet that was later deleted, that not only doesn't attempt to calm the situation, but it was also intended to make it worse.
- 2:24 p.m: President Trump tweets "Mike Pence didn't have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify. USA demands the truth!"[165] This is over ninety minutes after the first violence started.
- Ashli Babbit was shot at 2:44 p.m., and Trump didn't release his video asking his people, carrying his flags, who came from his rally, to leave the Capitol until 4:17 p.m. That same video also praised the great patriots who stormed the Capitol, something Trump continues to do to this day, along with the promises of pardons.
- And if you are concerned about deleted records, I bet you are very curious about the absence of WH records between 1:25 p.m. and 4:03 p.m. And of course, the fact that the Secret Service deleted all relevant texts.
- There is an ongoing criminal investigation into the circumstances surrounding the destruction of Secret Service text messages related to the events of January 6, 2021. Here are the key details:
- The Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General (DHS IG) initiated this investigation.
- The missing text messages were potentially relevant to inquiries about the January 6 Capitol riot.
- The results of the investigation could be referred to federal prosecutors depending on the findings.
- The DHS IG informed the Secret Service that the investigation is now criminal and instructed them to halt all internal investigations related to the missing texts.
- The Secret Service faces legal complexities because it also has a subpoena from the January 6 committee and a demand for information from the National Archives12.
So again, given Trump's and his supporter's proclamations of innocence, let's get these trials underway, let's get people testifying under threat of perjury, and let's get Trump cleared or not. We all deserve some clarity before the election in November.
1. Miller testifying there was no "Order" to activate the guard is completely separate from the newly-revealed evidence that Trump asked the Mayor about her desire for NG support...she said no, so of course there was no activation order
2. Using the Immunity effort by Trump as evidence of anything other than lawyers trying to get a case thrown out before it starts is flawed. Why would they not try it? It doesn't say anything about guilt or innocence. Your argument is counter to justice system mechanics. Lawyers attempting to get cases thrown out is standard.
