A federal judge has found that former President Donald Trump most likely committed felonies during his effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election, including “obstructing the work of Congress and conspiring to defraud the United States.” In a ruling against Trump’s attorney John Eastman (who now-famously wrote the Trump coup memo), Judge David O. Carter ordered him to hand over some 101 documents, striking down his claim of attorney-client privileges on the basis of the crime-fraud exception–meaning that both Eastman and Trump knowingly worked toward committing felonies in their correspondence.
This ruling could lead to the Jan. 6 Committee going forward on a criminal referral to the Justice Department for Trump, which would put further pressure on Attorney General Merrick Garland to pursue a criminal investigation against the former GOP president. (There’s also evidence that the DOJ is already doing this.)
All of this takes place as the investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol comes into sharper focus with some incredible new details:
- Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, is likely to be pursued by the Jan. 6 Committee for an interview after conspiracy-theory laden text messages between her and Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows surfaced. These correspondences show that she may have been involved in some way in the coup.
- Multiple members in the Proud Boys, including leader Enrique Tarrio, are facing prison over mounting evidence in their roles in the planning of the Jan. 6 coup attempt.
- Apparently–astoundingly, stupidly–former Trump advisor Roger Stone allowed a Danish documentary team to follow him in the lead-up to the 2020 coup attempt. In under a month, footage has pinned him to multiple public lies.
Thanks for listening, defund the police and, as always:
Twitter: @youknowkempa, @ShanNDSTevens, @Flojaune, @guillotine4you
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/voicesrivercity
Sacramentans can hear us on 103.1 KUTZ Tuesdays at 5 pm and again Wednesdays at 8 am.
If you require a transcript of our episodes, please reach out to info@voicesrivercity.com and we’ll make it happen.
And thank you to Be Brave Bold Robot for the tunes.
Comments
