#TedLieu continued: “I demand this committee, this chairman & #Republicans, call an immediate hearing asking why the Department of Justice is refusing to release 99% of the #EpsteinFiles & why the #DOJ is violating the #law right now.”
DOJ said earlier this month that it has released <1% of its Epstein-related files, with >2 million documents still being reviewed.
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“I am not a politician, & I have no partisan loyalties. My career has been dedicated to serving our country by upholding the rule of law,” #JackSmith says in his prepared statement.
Smith is expected to tell #Congress that his approach is to always follow the facts without fear or favor.
#law #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #Trump #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/jack-smith-trump-house-testimony-01-22-26?cid=ios_app
“Rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 presidential #election, President #Trump engaged in a #criminal scheme to overturn the results & prevent the lawful transfer of power,” #JackSmith wrote in his prepared statement.
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@Nonilex any idea when the transcript comes out?
His closed door testimony came out on New Year’s Eve.
This is happening now broadcast live so it’s most likely we’ll see transcripts produced by news outlets before the government releases one.
“President #Trump attempted to induce state officials to ignore true vote counts; to manufacture fraudulent slates of presidential electors in 7 states that he had lost; to force his own Vice President to act in contravention of his oath & to instead advance President Trump’s personal interests; and, on Jan6, 2021, to direct an angry mob to the United States Capitol to obstruct the congressional certification of the presidential election & then exploit the rioters’ violence to further delay it.”
On #Jan6, 2021, over 140 law enforcement officers were assaulted, #JackSmith plans to tell #Congress, “a fact we should never forget.”
“Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President #Trump engaged in criminal activity. If asked whether to prosecute a former President based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether that President was a Republican or a Democrat.”
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The questioning by #GymJordan about #CassidyHutchinson was made-for-TV drama.
#JackSmith didn’t need to characterize whether he “thought” Hutchinson was a liar.
Her testimony was #hearsay. Hearsay does not hold up in #court. That’s all he had to say.
Unfortunately Jordan actually found a way to politicize Smith’s measured response that he hadn’t made a final decision on a witness list.
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Also the grandstanding performative courtroom drama behavior of the #congress members is quite heavy handed. #JackSmith who has repeatedly been described as measured & calm is coming off a little stiff especially because he keeps being interrupted. He needs to come back at them like they are hostile witnesses.
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