Filing: criminal conspiracy to defraud

[Qutzupalotl]

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FLASH: In new legal filing, the US House Select Jan 6 Committee says:

"The Select Committee also has a good-faith basis for concluding that the President and members of his Campaign engaged in a criminal conspiracy to defraud the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371."

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Committee (more): "The evidence supports an inference that President Trump, Plaintiff, and several others entered into an agreement to defraud the United States....."

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Committee (continued): "... by interfering with the election certification process, disseminating false information about election fraud, and pressuring state officials to alter state election results and federal officials to assist in that
effort"

MORE from Jan 6 Committee court filing: "In addition to the legal effort to delay the certification, there is also evidence that the conspiracy extended to the rioters engaged in acts of violence at the Capitol."

Jan 6 Committee wants records from John Eastman.. and uses this argument:

"Communications in which a “client consults an attorney for advice that will serve him in the commission of a fraud or crime” are not privileged from disclosure."

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1499208610613796864.html

Here's the filing:
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__january6th.house.gov_sites_democrats.january6th.house.gov_files_2022.03.02-2520-2528ECF-2520160-2529-2520Opposition-2520to-2520Plaintiff-2527s-2520Privilege-2520Claims-2520-2528Redacted-2529.pdf&d=DwMFAg&c=jGUuvAdBXp_VqQ6t0yah2g&r=zE5sJaLkBN-7ClioX4P7zEP8J6V-skURfD1nOYJVTks&m=HB6kU10RKL9bJKwHoa_qZHppBHR-iAOHxFMVHLa8G53l8N45EwwLClYdcAiM2-OG&s=6385LLRNLGYAElaQiSSDok8fitz-SJhjLqO4rXuSZR8&e=

[BigmanPigman]

1. tRump should be worried.

This shows what the potential crimes are. This is documented too, which is important. tRump knew it was false info that he spread about fraud.. There was no fraud and he knew it and went along with Eastman spreading the BS.

[Probatim]

2. What is the implication to bullshit voter suppression laws if they lose this case?

We all know there was no voter fraud, but multiple states passed these laws based on TFG's lies. Can they be challenged if he loses in court?

[Marius25]

3. Why would he be worried?

He's gotten away with every crime he's ever committed.

And Garland has shown no interest in charging him.

[Qutzupalotl]

7. We've never been able to document TFG's state of mind this extensively

which is what you need to show criminal intent in court.

And we do not know what the DoJ is or isn't doing until they do it.

[dalton99a]

4. Kick

[Qutzupalotl]

5. This could blow Eastman's attorney-client privilege.

That does not shield criminal acts.

[SheltieLover]

6. K&R!

[Karadeniz]

8. Wow! I read to p. 23 of the filing. It makes clear that Trump was told by many people that the

election was fair and his election fraud claims were untruthful. It also shows that Trump was personally involved in pseudolegal ploys to rally state officials to fabricate results to his benefit.

The bits I read are very easy to understand, written in language that's normal prose rather than legalese.

[burrowowl]

9. K&R Hope there is enough to indict the dipshit!