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Joinfortmill

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Tue Mar 29, 2022, 07:03 AM Mar 2022

An excellent timeline of Trump's actions up to and including the Jan 6 insurrection

Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-28-2022?s=r

"Today, United States District Judge David O. Carter of the United States District Court for the Central District of California ordered John Eastman to disclose 101 documents to the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol.

During the riot, Pence’s lawyer Greg Jacob emailed Eastman that the rioters “believed with all their hearts the theory they were sold about the powers that could legitimately be exercised at the Capitol on this day…. [a]nd thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.” Eastman responded: “The ‘siege’ is because YOU and your boss did not do what was necessary to allow this to be aired in a public way so the American people can see for themselves what happened.”

Judge Carter concluded that Trump’s actions “more likely than not constitute attempts to obstruct an official proceeding.” He also concluded that “Trump likely knew the electoral count plan had no factual justification.” The plan, Carter wrote, “was a last-ditch attempt to secure the Presidency by any means.” He also found that “it is more likely than not that President Trump and Dr. Eastman dishonestly conspired to obstruct the Joint Session of Congress on January 6, 2021.”

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An excellent timeline of Trump's actions up to and including the Jan 6 insurrection (Original Post) Joinfortmill Mar 2022 OP
Great cite. A judicial finding about trump's actions' empedocles Mar 2022 #1
Just making sure to keep this one. calimary Mar 2022 #2
Lock them up mercuryblues Mar 2022 #3

empedocles

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1. Great cite. A judicial finding about trump's actions'
Tue Mar 29, 2022, 09:53 AM
Mar 2022

" . . . That disclosure is important. But far more important is what is in Carter’s decision. It lays out, point by point, what depositions have now told us about the actions of former president Trump in the days before January 6, and explains what those actions mean.

Judge Carter explains how Trump and Eastman fostered the public belief that the 2020 presidential election was tainted by fraud, despite the lack of evidence for that claim. They urged state legislators to question the results of the election. On January 2, 2021, Trump and Eastman hosted a briefing urging several hundred state legislators from states Biden won to “decertify” the electors. . . '

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