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I heard Bernie Kerik turned over a slew of docs to the Jan 6 committee. (Original Post) Kingofalldems Jan 2022 OP
What did Kerik have to do with it? He and Giuliani are close, maybe stuff from him? brush Jan 2022 #1
He Was Involved In The Planning Me. Jan 2022 #2
Ok. This is first I've heard he was involved. Maybe he has... brush Jan 2022 #3
Some Info For You Me. Jan 2022 #4
I think a lot of people Andy823 Jan 2022 #6
That must be it. Kerik has been to prison and obviously doesn't want to go back. brush Jan 2022 #7
You nail it malaise Jan 2022 #9
Thank you. Kerik was up to his neck in this. Wonder why... brush Jan 2022 #8
That's what I'm talkin' about! Kingofalldems Jan 2022 #14
Yes, he did. Haggard Celine Jan 2022 #5
Wish my confidence was high .. but ain't mbromell69 Jan 2022 #10
I think the 1/6 Committee wants to expose what Trump Haggard Celine Jan 2022 #11
In actual fact, why are they still bowing to Chump? FakeNoose Jan 2022 #12
I couldn't agree more. Haggard Celine Jan 2022 #13
Kerik was at the Willard Hotel FelineOverlord Jan 2022 #15
Deep. Sounds like receipts are arriving. ancianita Jan 2022 #16
Rtx3 TY.. Willard makes me Cha Jan 2022 #17

brush

(53,784 posts)
3. Ok. This is first I've heard he was involved. Maybe he has...
Sat Jan 1, 2022, 12:59 PM
Jan 2022

incriminating docs against trump and his whole cabal.

Me.

(35,454 posts)
4. Some Info For You
Sat Jan 1, 2022, 01:06 PM
Jan 2022

“Disgraced former New York City police commissioner and Trump confidante Bernard Kerik has turned over a tranche of documents to the House select committee investigating the events surrounding the events of Jan. 6, Politico reported. One set of documents Kerik provided reportedly includes emails between Kerik and others in which they discussed paying for rooms at the Willard Hotel so Trump allies could meet to brainstorm ways to block Joe Biden’s electoral win from being certified. Another, titled, “STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS PLAN—GIULIANI PRESIDENTIAL LEGAL DEFENSE TEAM,” reportedly lays out a strategy to convince congressional Republicans not to formalize Biden’s victory. In addition to the documents requested by the committee, Kerik also reportedly provided a so-called privilege log that listed the materials he refuses to share. One of them is titled “DRAFT LETTER FROM POTUS TO SEIZE EVIDENCE IN THE INTEREST OF NATIONAL SECURITY FOR THE 2020 ELECTIONS.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-ally-bernard-kerik-hands-over-documents-to-jan-6-house-select-committee


“The committee subpoenaed Kerik on Nov. 8, seeking information about his work with Giuliani, as well as his involvement in the so-called “war room” at the Willard Hotel, where Trump allies met to strategize about preventing Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s victory. The letter that accompanied the subpoena incorrectly suggested Kerik was present in the war room on Jan. 5, leading to an apology demand from Kerik.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/23/bernie-kerik-jan-6-ccommittee-526129

Andy823

(11,495 posts)
6. I think a lot of people
Sat Jan 1, 2022, 01:11 PM
Jan 2022

have come to the conclusion that if they don't want to to go jail, they better be making deals to cover their ass, and to hell with trump!

Haggard Celine

(16,846 posts)
5. Yes, he did.
Sat Jan 1, 2022, 01:09 PM
Jan 2022

He has more, but he claims that they're being hidden because of Trump's claim of executive privilege. He says he's waiting for Trump to give him permission to release them. Yeah, right.

https://nypost.com/2021/12/31/bernie-kerik-turns-over-documents-to-jan-6-committee/

 

mbromell69

(44 posts)
10. Wish my confidence was high .. but ain't
Sat Jan 1, 2022, 01:38 PM
Jan 2022

I am afraid the USA is Germany 1923 being replayed out as the odds of top players seeing justice served ain't something I am banking on anytime soon

Haggard Celine

(16,846 posts)
11. I think the 1/6 Committee wants to expose what Trump
Sat Jan 1, 2022, 01:55 PM
Jan 2022

and his cronies did to try to thwart the election process, but really all they can do is lay out the evidence and let the press and the DOJ do their jobs. The committee has a lot of information from various people who have come to them voluntarily.

The DOJ has a small window in which they can get Trump and the others indicted and prosecute them. They need to start to work on that Monday. If they wait too late, it'll be called a political witch hunt. They'll probably call it that anyway, but if they get it done in the first couple months of the year, it will look a lot less like political maneuvering.

But I'm skeptical about it all, too. Right now I don't have a lot of faith in the Justice Department. I hope they prove me wrong, but history tells me that these fuckers will wiggle out of it somehow. They always have.

FakeNoose

(32,641 posts)
12. In actual fact, why are they still bowing to Chump?
Sat Jan 1, 2022, 02:04 PM
Jan 2022

Why does Bernie Kerik or anyone else need "Chump's permission" for anything?

Of course Chump will never give permission. Are you kidding me? I'm not directing anger at you, my friend Haggard Celine. I'm sure you share the same frustration that we all have.

The good news is that the walls are cracking, chip by chip. Someone will finally get smart and figure out that Chump can't save anybody, not even himself.

We need to build more prisons for these a-holes.

Haggard Celine

(16,846 posts)
13. I couldn't agree more.
Sat Jan 1, 2022, 02:12 PM
Jan 2022

It’s like Kerik is honoring Trump as some sort of President in Exile. I think that’s how Trump himself wants to be seen. Kerik is supposedly honoring Trump’s executive privilege, which no longer exists. It’s maddening! I hope the courts tell Kerik to give up all he has immediately. But that will likely drag out for weeks. They’re doing their best to run out the clock, and so far it’s working.

FelineOverlord

(3,580 posts)
15. Kerik was at the Willard Hotel
Sat Jan 1, 2022, 06:00 PM
Jan 2022

I am still confused about how much Kerik is actually cooperating.

He tweeted this morning that what he had to say would "eviscerate" the Democratic narrative (don't know if I'm allowed to post his deranged RW tweet).




Kerik at the Willard Hotel:






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