#Election Subversion

[nodynasty4us]

From the April 9, 2024 opinion piece:

Special counsel Jack Smith will likely have only one chance before the November election to tell the public the story of Jan. 6, 2021, and Trump’s role in it. That opportunity will occur not in front of a jury of ordinary citizens, but before the nine justices of the Supreme Court on April 25, when they consider whether Trump is absolutely immune from prosecution for his efforts to remain in the office American voters had decided he must surrender.

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Smith should resist the rarefied practice of SCOTUS advocacy and high constitutional theory. He must not allow the justices to draw him into epicycles of arcane hypotheticals: What if a president did this? What if a president did that?

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At every opportunity—in its opening remarks, in its answer to questions, in its entire presentation of the case before the justices—Smith’s team must tell the court and the public the most specific and vivid story it can about what Trump did.

Donald J. Trump wants to make every public event about him. By all means: Let the Supreme Court case United States v. Trump be about him, his knowledge, and his actions leading to the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. And let the public watch it, hear it, and make their own decision in November about whether this is someone who should be returned to the Oval Office.

[theknightlywolfe]

From 2022. Worth watching again.

[lastweeksshirttonight]

I'm behind again on LWT clips, but this one is really important. I think anyone even remotely politically plugged in knows that MAGA is going to pull out all of the stops to try and have election results thrown out so they can install Trump as the country's god-king. It's horrifying we're at this point, but we need to do everything we can to stop it, including vote.

I have some hope that the US will not fall, but I'm tempering it.

(I wrote the above before last night's episode - I knew this week would suck so I have things queued. Seriously please vote.)

[hellyeahheroes]

The GOP vs. Your Right/Ability To Vote – SOME MORE NEWS

[aunti-christ-ine]

[janebdean-blog]

“The former president, meanwhile, will turn himself in on Thursday after agreeing to a $200,000 bond.”

I can’t WAIT to see his mugshot! 🤣

[stephen-barry]

Donald Trump's obsession with "election integrity" has led his team to build a network of more than 150,000 poll watchers and poll workers, while relying mostly on outside groups to connect with voters on the ground.

Why it matters: Some Republicans worry that Trump's focus on preventing a "rigged" election has hurt the party's ground game, the get-out-the-vote operations that can be crucial in an election as close as this one.

Trump's "election integrity" team also has raised concerns among Democrats about potential voter intimidation at the polls. If Trump loses on Nov. 5, the election teams would be his evidence collectors for what almost certainly would be a barrage of legal challenges — and calls for state officials not to certify the election results.

www.axios.com/2024/08/15/trump-election-integrity-campaign-harris-2024

‘Prepare, prepare, prepare’: How Trump and Harris legal teams are wargaming for historic legal fights

[gwydionmisha]

Election Subversion 2024: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

[marvelgreyson]

Election Subversion 2024: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

John Oliver educating and terrifying people with truth.

[nodynasty4us]

This is part of Trump’s claim that he has presidential immunity against the federal election subversion charges.

From the January 3, 2024 article:

Tucked into Trump’s latest legal brief in his appeal for presidential immunity in his federal Jan. 6 case is a remarkable citation. His attorneys refer to a social media post from Trump the same day of the filing — Tuesday — which links to a report from an unnamed source running down various voter-fraud claims.

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The report goes on to cite multiple accounts of alleged fraud that don’t appear to be publicly available.

It cites seven chapters from an apparently voluminous “Report on Widespread Fraud in the Georgia 2020 Presidential Election.” No author or link is provided, nor does a report with such a title appear in a Google search. It also cites claims in 2023 from a woman named Kim P. Brooks, featuring titles that Google doesn’t recognize. Ditto a report from a man named Joseph Rossi called “Risk Limiting Audit Spreadsheet Analysis.”

No links are provided to the claims or documents. A Trump campaign spokesman didn’t respond to a request for the documentation.

Citations to documents and authors that can’t be found anywhere? Could it be that Trump’s attorneys are using AI to write their briefs?

[eatthebearfirst]

I guess Stalin was a Democrat

[cediweb]

Trump Allies Indicted in Arizona on Charges of Election Subversion

PHOENIX — In a significant development in the ongoing legal battles surrounding the 2020 U.S. presidential election, seven attorneys and aides affiliated with former President Donald Trump’s campaign, along with 11 Arizona Republicans, have been indicted by an Arizona grand jury on felony charges related to alleged efforts to overturn President Joe Biden’s victory in the state. Among those…

[nodynasty4us]

Tweet from @ CREWcrew on 8/26/23:

Remember that Trump didn't get arrested for saying the election was stolen. He got arrested for trying to steal the election.

Understand the difference