The Elements of Offense in the Trump January 6 Indictment
https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/08/03/the-elements-of-offense-in-the-trump-january-6-indictment/
The Elements of Offense in the Trump January 6 Indictment
https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/08/03/the-elements-of-offense-in-the-trump-january-6-indictment/
Whether a sitting president can be tried in a state court is an untested #legal matter that is sure to be fought out in higher courts.
4 of #Trump’s 19 original co-defendants have already pleaded #guilty & taken deals w/the prosecution, including #SidneyPowell & Kenneth #Chesebro, a legal architect of the plan to deploy #FakeElectors who has become a witness in 5 different state election inquiries.
Wut.
Via Kyle Cheney:
Apparently, in #Texas, state bar investigators did such a "scattershot" job putting together its complaint against #SidneyPowell for her role in the 2020 election that an appeals court has thrown the case out. #legal
https://search.txcourts.gov/SearchMedia.aspx?MediaVersionID=430b390e-0f80-43e2-9d6b-53a97caf9fb9&MediaID=e591d629-9c76-4d77-920d-f04faab58bf7&coa=%22%20+%20this.CurrentWebState.CurrentCourt%20+%20@%22&DT=Opinion
The #Trump #attorneys in the #Michigan Federal Court ruling were:
1. #SidneyPowell,
2. #LinWood,
3. #EmilyNewman,
4. #JuliaHaller,
5. #BrandonJohnson,
6. #ScottHagerstrom,
7. #HowardKleinhendler,
8. #GregoryRohl &
9. #StefanieLynnJunttila.
Judge Parker also ordered them to complete 12 hrs of continuing #legal education in pleading standards & #election #law within 6 months of her decision.
#SidneyPowell, #LinWood & 7 other #lawyers were found to have #deceived fed courts & #debased the #judicial process, a fed judge in #Michigan ruled. Judge Parker of #Detroit’s Fed Dist Court ordered the lawyers to be referred to the local #legal authorities in their home states for possible #suspension or #disbarment.
2/
#MAGA = #MakingAttorneysGetAttorneys
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2021/08/25/election-lawyers-ordered-pay-state-city-costs-may-face-disbarment/8162355002/
Just a quick rundown of the fates of the various #attorneys who were involved in the #TrumpCoupAttempt:
Besides #JohnEastman & #JeffreyClark, both were in court today for disbarment proceedings, 3 other #lawyers for #Trump in 2020 — #SidneyPowell, #KennethChesebro & #JennaEllis — pleaded #guilty to #criminal charges in #Georgia risking their law licenses.
That suit, one of dozens in the sweeping effort by #Trump’s campaign & allies to challenge #Biden’s victory, alleged that state ofcls had schemed to “fraudulently & illegally manipulate the vote count.”
A district court in #Michigan in Dec 2020 rejected the lawsuit’s call for ofcls to decertify the state’s true election results & falsely certify Trump as having won MI.
#SidneyPowell, #LinWood # several other #lawyers who advanced #Trump’s false claims of a stolen election will face #legal penalties after #SCOTUS declined to take up their appeal.
The penalties — upwards of $130k in legal fees incurred by the #election ofcls they sued, + referrals to their state #bar assns for discipline — stem from a lawsuit the lawyers filed in #Michigan in Nov 2020.
#MAGA #law
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/us/politics/trump-sidney-powell-kraken.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
It’s nearly 5 hours into this *hearing*, it is notable how far it has gone beyond the underlying facts of the #Trump #RICO #ElectionInterference case, that have barely been addressed at all. To be abundantly clear: FOUR of the 19 #codefendants have already pleaded #GUILTY, including #SidneyPowell, #JennaEllis, #KennethChesebro & some of Trump’s other apologists/ci-defendants.
Pro-#Trump network #OAN execs may have ‘engaged in criminal activities’ while promoting 2020 election lies, #Smartmatic alleges
“In the wake of the 2020 election, the president of the far-right network One America News sent a potentially explosive email to former Trump campaign lawyer #SidneyPowell, with a spreadsheet claiming to contain passwords of employees from the voting technology company Smartmatic” #legal
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/29/business/oan-smartmatic-election-lawsuit?cid=ios_app
“DC bar investigators have filed disciplinary charges against three lawyers who aided #Trump ally #SidneyPowell’s campaign to mount discredited legal challenges to the 2020 election results.
Filings made public Friday accused attorneys Juli Haller, Lawrence Joseph and Brandon Johnson of making knowingly false representations to courts about a slew of lawsuits they filed in the weeks after the 2020 election.” #legal
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/19/dc-trump-2020-election-lawyers-00136667
I asked @emptywheel to discuss what the TV lawyers missed, not just for the "I told you so" but to highlight OTHER things they missed.
Like what the #DOJ has on #RudyGuliani & how they can use it on Trump, depending on what the Supremes do next.
Here's her article on it, The Overt Investigative Steps into Trump's Co-Conspirators TV Lawyers Ignored
https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/08/09/the-overt-investigative-steps-into-trumps-co-conspirators-tv-lawyers-ignored/
Great stuff with Marcy on the
@nicolesandler show
https://youtube.com/watch?v=5hY0uTs1Xgw
@GottaLaff
#JackSmith #JeffreyClark #SidneyPowell
#FoxNews founder Rupert Murdoch deposed in Smartmatic election lawsuit
Also named as defendants #MariaBartiromo, #SidneyPowell, and #LouDobbs
11-14-23 Nicole Sandler Show — Love and Hate and Death and Life … And Hypocrisy Reigns Supreme
View on Zencastr
I'm pretty disgusted right about now. I've spent the better part of the day watching the March for Israel livestreaming online from a few different sources. None of the cable so-called-news channels aired the thing, as expected. But most of t
https://nicolesandler.com/11-14-23/
#NicolesBlog #FaniWillis #Hagee #JennaEllis #MarchForIsrael #peace #SidneyPowell
Jenna Ellis and Sidney Powell Captured on Tape Spilling to Prosecutors
Good!
Sidney Powell’s Proffer Is Devastating For Trump https://www.politicususa.com/2023/11/13/sidney-powell-proffer.html
Insurrection Day would only be celebrated by about half the country and instantly derided by the other half. That’s all the more reason to do it.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjvx9w/jan-6-commemoration-insurrection?at_medium=Social%20media&at_campaign=Mastodon
#News #DonaldTrump #January6 #GuyFawkesNight #MikeJohnson #aileencannon #JackSmith #SidneyPowell #kenbuck
Via Anna Bower:
Judge McAfee orders unsealing of criminal case dockets for Ken #Chesebro & #SidneyPowell.
During Powell & Chesebro's plea hearings, McAfee ordered that their cases be sealed. He now reverses that decision after weighing the strong public interest in a publicly available docket. #Georgia #TrumpIndictment #legal
Trump’s about to go on trial for his right to run for president
https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7zxpx/no-coup-ers-allowed-trumps-14th-amendment-trial-starts-monday?at_medium=Social%20media&at_campaign=Mastodon
#News #DonaldTrump #MikeJohnson #jennaellis #14thamendment #January6 #insurrection #mattgaetz #SidneyPowell #JackSmith
I surely hope there are more felony indictments in Sidney's future! #SidneyPowell #GQP #GOP
Sidney Powell pushes claims that 2020 election was rigged and prosecutors 'extorted' her after she pleaded guilty to election interference https://www.yahoo.com/news/sidney-powell-pushes-claims-2020-214339386.html