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Ridiculous attempt to revise #history

#FBI executing search warrant at #Georgia #election office related to 2020 vote, law enforcement official says

#law #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy #FakeElectors #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #Trump #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi-executing-search-warrant-election-office-georgia-related-2020-vote-fox-news-2026-01-28/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

Here is #JeffersonVanDrew’s #Jan6 revisionist #history section followed by 🚨🚨#TroyNehls yelling at fmr MPD Officer #MichaelFanone that he “needs to be on medication.”🚨🚨

#HouseRepublicans have no respect for the law, democracy, facts, or the people of the United States. If they did, they wouldn’t keep lying to you.

#law #JackSmith #House #Judiciary #Trump #propaganda #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

“#Republicans would rather talk about the #criminality of Donald #Trump in trying to steal an #election & trying to stop the #PeacefulTransitionOfPower, & the criminality of Donald Trump in stealing #ClassifiedDocuments & #ObstructionOfJustice than about Donald Trump’s associations with Jeffrey #Epstein & his #pedophilia ring,” #Rep TedLieu said.

#law #JackSmith #House #Judiciary #propaganda #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution

Earlier Rep #TedLieu (D-CA) kicked some #GOP ass for their #lies & #hypocrisy.

Lieu called out his Republican colleagues for choosing to hold a hearing on #JackSmith’s probes into #Trump instead of an oversight hearing into #DOJ’s slow release of files related to the late sex offender #JeffreyEpstein.

#law #House #Judiciary #propaganda #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

Rep #HankJohnson (D-GA) is also questioning #JackSmith very effectively. Unfortunately it is very clear that this “hearing” is designed to be a sound bite generator for the #Republicans to shop around to #FarRight #media outlets.

#law #House #Judiciary #Trump #propaganda #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

#House #Judiciary Committee #JackSmith testimony is back in session after a long recess for unrelated House votes.

#law #Trump #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

#Republican #House #Judiciary Committee members are going to focus on things like #CassidyHutchinson & the #subpoenas for #Congress members’ phone logs, because if they let #JackSmith get into the actual #evidence he gathered against #Trump, it will be damning.

#law #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

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.

#law #House #Judiciary #Trump #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

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.

#law #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy #insurrection #Trump #coup #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

“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.

#law #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

“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

Former special counsel #JackSmith is publicly testifying before the #House #Judiciary Committee today.

The hearing will examine the operations of Smith’s office & his team’s investigations and prosecutions of #Trump & his co-defendants, according to the committee.

#law #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
https://www.c-span.org/event/house-committee/former-special-counsel-jack-smith-testifies-on-trump-investigations/439618

#GiftArticle

#JamieRaskin: #Jan6 Never Ended

…5 years after Jan 6, 2021, we are still caught up in a struggle between forces who are willing to use #authoritarian #violence outside the #Constitution to take & wield power & those who stand up nonviolently for our Constitution in the streets & in the polling places. Neither side can claim victory yet.

It’s still very much Jan 6 in #America.

#NeverForget #insurrection #Trump #democracy #law #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/opinion/jamie-raskin-jan-6-anniversary.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CVA.IEzf.1h69ekSslxqe&smid=nytcore-ios-share

The #Republicans under #MikeJohnson have tapped Rep #BarryLoudermilk of Georgia [who literally gave a tour of the Capitol building to some insurgents the day before the #insurrection] to stand up their own special committee to uncover what the speaker calls the “full truth” of what happened. They’re planning a hearing this month.

#Jan6 #NeverForget #history #PoliticalViolence #Trump #coup #AntiAmerican #democracy #law #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

The #Republicans under #MikeJohnson have tapped Rep #BarryLoudermilk of Georgia [who literally gave a tour of the Capitol building to some insurgents the day before the #insurrection] to stand up their own special committee to uncover what the speaker calls the “full truth” of what happened. They’re planning a hearing this month.

#Jan6 #NeverForget #history #PoliticalViolence #Trump #coup #AntiAmerican #democracy #law #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

The #Republicans under #MikeJohnson have tapped Rep #BarryLoudermilk of Georgia [who literally gave a tour of the Capitol building to some insurgents the day before the #insurrection] to stand up their own special committee to uncover what the speaker calls the “full truth” of what happened. They’re planning a hearing this month.

#Jan6 #NeverForget #history #PoliticalViolence #Trump #coup #AntiAmerican #democracy #law #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

The #Republicans under #MikeJohnson have tapped Rep #BarryLoudermilk of Georgia [who literally gave a tour of the Capitol building to some insurgents the day before the #insurrection] to stand up their own special committee to uncover what the speaker calls the “full truth” of what happened. They’re planning a hearing this month.

#Jan6 #NeverForget #history #PoliticalViolence #Trump #coup #AntiAmerican #democracy #law #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

The #Republicans under #MikeJohnson have tapped Rep #BarryLoudermilk of Georgia [who literally gave a tour of the Capitol building to some insurgents the day before the #insurrection] to stand up their own special committee to uncover what the speaker calls the “full truth” of what happened. They’re planning a hearing this month.

#Jan6 #NeverForget #history #PoliticalViolence #Trump #coup #AntiAmerican #democracy #law #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

“It is implausible,” #DOJ attys wrote, to suggest installation of the plaque “would stop the alleged death threats they claim to have been receiving.” [what’s that got to do with it?]

The DOJ also said the plaque is required to include the names of “all law enforcement officers” involved in the response that day — some 3,600 people.🙄

#Jan6 #NeverForget #history #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #Trump #coup #AntiAmerican #democracy #law #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

The #Trump #DOJ is seeking to have the case dismissed. #USAttorney #JeaninePirro & others argued #Congress “already has publicly recognized the service of law enforcement personnel” by approving the plaque & displaying it wouldn’t alleviate the problems they claim to face from their work. [huh?]

#Jan6 #NeverForget #history #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #AntiAmerican #democracy #law #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

“By refusing to follow the #law & honor officers as it is required to do, #Congress encourages this rewriting of #history,” said the claim by officers #HarryDunn & #DanielHodges. “It suggests that the officers are not worthy of being recognized, because Congress refuses to recognize them.”

#Jan6 #NeverForget #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #Trump #coup #AntiAmerican #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

The 2022 resolution said the #US “owes its deepest gratitude to those officers,” & it set out instructions for an honorific plaque listing the names of officers “who responded to the violence that occurred.” It gave a one-year deadline for installation at the #Capitol.

This summer, two officers who fought the mob that day sued over the delay.

#Jan6 #NeverForget #history #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #Trump #coup #AntiAmerican #democracy #law #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

Unlike the twin light beams that commemorated the #Sept11, 2001, attack or the stand-alone chairs at the #OklahomaCityBombing site #memorial, the failure to recognize #Jan6 has left a gap not only in #memory but in helping to stitch the country back together.

“That’s why you put up a plaque,” said Rep Mary Gay Scanlon, D-PA. “You respect the memory & the service of the people involved.”

#NeverForget #history #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #Trump #democracy #law #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

Unlike the twin light beams that commemorated the #Sept11, 2001, attack or the stand-alone chairs at the #OklahomaCityBombing site #memorial, the failure to recognize #Jan6 has left a gap not only in #memory but in helping to stitch the country back together.

“That’s why you put up a plaque,” said Rep Mary Gay Scanlon, D-PA. “You respect the memory & the service of the people involved.”

#NeverForget #history #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #Trump #democracy #law #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

Unlike the twin light beams that commemorated the #Sept11, 2001, attack or the stand-alone chairs at the #OklahomaCityBombing site #memorial, the failure to recognize #Jan6 has left a gap not only in #memory but in helping to stitch the country back together.

“That’s why you put up a plaque,” said Rep Mary Gay Scanlon, D-PA. “You respect the memory & the service of the people involved.”

#NeverForget #history #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #Trump #democracy #law #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

Unlike the twin light beams that commemorated the #Sept11, 2001, attack or the stand-alone chairs at the #OklahomaCityBombing site #memorial, the failure to recognize #Jan6 has left a gap not only in #memory but in helping to stitch the country back together.

“That’s why you put up a plaque,” said Rep Mary Gay Scanlon, D-PA. “You respect the memory & the service of the people involved.”

#NeverForget #history #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #Trump #democracy #law #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

Unlike the twin light beams that commemorated the #Sept11, 2001, attack or the stand-alone chairs at the #OklahomaCityBombing site #memorial, the failure to recognize #Jan6 has left a gap not only in #memory but in helping to stitch the country back together.

“That’s why you put up a plaque,” said Rep Mary Gay Scanlon, D-PA. “You respect the memory & the service of the people involved.”

#NeverForget #history #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #Trump #democracy #law #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

5 years ago, the jarring scene watched the world over was declared an “#insurrection” by the then-GOP leader of the #Senate, while the #House #GOP leader at the time called it his “saddest day” in #Congress. But those condemnations have faded.

#Trump calls it a “day of love.” And #MikeJohnson, who was among those lawmakers challenging the 2020 election results, is now House speaker.

#Jan6 #NeverForget #history #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #law #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

Visitors can pass through the #Capitol without any formal reminder of what happened that day, when a mob of #Trump supporters stormed the building trying to overturn the Republican’s 2020 reelection defeat to Democrat #JoeBiden. With memory left unchecked, it allows new narratives to swirl & revised histories to take hold.

#Jan6 #NeverForget #history #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #AntiAmerican #democracy #law #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

In Washington, a capital city lined with monuments to the nation’s #history, the plaque was intended to become a simple but permanent marker, situated near the Capitol’s west front, where some of the most #violent fighting took place as #insurgents breached the building.

But in its absence, the missing plaque makes way for something else entirely — a culture of forgetting.

#Jan6 #NeverForget #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #Trump #coup #democracy #law #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

“On behalf of a grateful Congress, this plaque honors the extraordinary individuals who bravely protected & defended this symbol of #democracy on #Jan6, 2021,” reads the faux bronze stand-in for the real thing. “Their heroism will never be forgotten.”

#NeverForget #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #Trump #coup #AntiAmerican #democracy #law #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

Determined to preserve the nation’s #history, some 100 members of #Congress, mostly #Democrats, have taken it upon themselves to memorialize the moment. For months, they’ve mounted poster board-style replicas of the #Jan6 plaque outside their office doors, resulting in a #Capitol complex awash with makeshift remembrances.

#NeverForget #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #Trump #coup #AntiAmerican #democracy #law #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

#House Speaker #MikeJohnson, a Louisiana #Republican [& #Trump lackey], has yet to formally unveil the plaque. And the Trump admin’s #DOJ is seeking to #dismiss a #police officers’ lawsuit asking that it be displayed as intended. The #Architect of the #Capitol, which was responsible for obtaining & displaying the plaque, said in light of the federal litigation, it cannot comment.

#Jan6 #NeverForget #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #AntiAmerican #democracy #law #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

#House Speaker #MikeJohnson, a Louisiana #Republican [& #Trump lackey], has yet to formally unveil the plaque. And the Trump admin’s #DOJ is seeking to #dismiss a #police officers’ lawsuit asking that it be displayed as intended. The #Architect of the #Capitol, which was responsible for obtaining & displaying the plaque, said in light of the federal litigation, it cannot comment.

#Jan6 #NeverForget #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #AntiAmerican #democracy #law #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

#House Speaker #MikeJohnson, a Louisiana #Republican [& #Trump lackey], has yet to formally unveil the plaque. And the Trump admin’s #DOJ is seeking to #dismiss a #police officers’ lawsuit asking that it be displayed as intended. The #Architect of the #Capitol, which was responsible for obtaining & displaying the plaque, said in light of the federal litigation, it cannot comment.

#Jan6 #NeverForget #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #AntiAmerican #democracy #law #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

#House Speaker #MikeJohnson, a Louisiana #Republican [& #Trump lackey], has yet to formally unveil the plaque. And the Trump admin’s #DOJ is seeking to #dismiss a #police officers’ lawsuit asking that it be displayed as intended. The #Architect of the #Capitol, which was responsible for obtaining & displaying the plaque, said in light of the federal litigation, it cannot comment.

#Jan6 #NeverForget #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #AntiAmerican #democracy #law #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

#House Speaker #MikeJohnson, a Louisiana #Republican [& #Trump lackey], has yet to formally unveil the plaque. And the Trump admin’s #DOJ is seeking to #dismiss a #police officers’ lawsuit asking that it be displayed as intended. The #Architect of the #Capitol, which was responsible for obtaining & displaying the plaque, said in light of the federal litigation, it cannot comment.

#Jan6 #NeverForget #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #AntiAmerican #democracy #law #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

This #Jan6 plaque was made to honor law enforcement. It's nowhere to be found at the #Capitol

The official plaque honoring the #police who defended #democracy that day is nowhere to be found.

It’s not on display at the Capitol, as is required by #law. Its whereabouts aren’t publicly known, though it’s believed to be in storage.

#NeverForget #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #Trump #coup #AntiAmerican #law #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
https://apnews.com/article/capitol-riot-jan-6-anniversary-police-plaque-f6fd39b437c339fa9ff477318a7d36e2

&, in particular, police officers who were brutalized by Trump’s army of deluded followers—these days can seem infernal. Trump’s term is one-quarter over; a piece of advice often attributed to Churchill has it best: When you’re going through hell, keep going.

#Jan6 #NeverForget #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #Trump #coup #AntiAmerican #democracy #law #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

We are in a long Lord of the Flies moment, led by a man who, to borrow from Psalm 10, possesses a mouth “full of cursing & deceit & fraud.” For many people—government scientists seeking cures for diseases; FBI agents investigating corruption & terrorism; military leaders trying to preserve respect for the rules of warfare;

#Jan6 #NeverForget #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #Trump #coup #AntiAmerican #democracy #law #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

@Nonilex

Today would be a great day to start the General Strike.

https://generalstrikeus.com/

#Politics #USpol #Trump #MAGA #Fascism #Strike #GeneralStrike #Jan6 #NeverForget #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #AntiAmerican #democracy #law #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

A day after the #pardons were announced, #Trump said in a press conference, “I am a friend of #police, more than any president who’s been in office.” He went on to describe the rioters. “These were people that actually love our country, so we thought a pardon would be appropriate.”

#Jan6 #NeverForget #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #AntiAmerican #democracy #law #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

(14 people, mainly senior figures in the #OathKeepers & #ProudBoys movements, saw their sentences commuted but did not receive #pardons.)

Of the 1,500 or so offenders who received pardons, roughly 600 had been charged with assaulting or obstructing #police officers, & 170 had been accused of using #DeadlyWeapons in the siege.

#Jan6 #NeverForget #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #Trump #coup #AntiAmerican #democracy #law #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

After the riot, Dempsey returned to California, where he was eventually arrested. In early 2024, he pleaded #guilty to 2 #felony counts of assaulting an officer with a dangerous #weapon. He was sentenced to 20 years in #prison.

#Jan6 #NeverForget #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #Trump #coup #AntiAmerican #democracy #law #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

Shortly before he assaulted several police officers, he shared his perspectives in an interview given while standing near a #gallows. The gallows had been erected as a reminder to Vice President #MikePence to do, in Trump’s words, “the right thing.”

#Jan6 #NeverForget #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #Trump #coup #AntiAmerican #democracy #law #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

Shortly before he assaulted several police officers, he shared his perspectives in an interview given while standing near a #gallows. The gallows had been erected as a reminder to Vice President #MikePence to do, in Trump’s words, “the right thing.”

#Jan6 #NeverForget #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #Trump #coup #AntiAmerican #democracy #law #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

Shortly before he assaulted several police officers, he shared his perspectives in an interview given while standing near a #gallows. The gallows had been erected as a reminder to Vice President #MikePence to do, in Trump’s words, “the right thing.”

#Jan6 #NeverForget #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #Trump #coup #AntiAmerican #democracy #law #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

Shortly before he assaulted several police officers, he shared his perspectives in an interview given while standing near a #gallows. The gallows had been erected as a reminder to Vice President #MikePence to do, in Trump’s words, “the right thing.”

#Jan6 #NeverForget #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #Trump #coup #AntiAmerican #democracy #law #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

Shortly before he assaulted several police officers, he shared his perspectives in an interview given while standing near a #gallows. The gallows had been erected as a reminder to Vice President #MikePence to do, in Trump’s words, “the right thing.”

#Jan6 #NeverForget #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #Trump #coup #AntiAmerican #democracy #law #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

Some in #Congress agree, even sounding alarms about the comments. “I think the secret yesterday that he [#Trump] referenced very likely may relate to his compact with #MikeJohnson to—as a back-up plan for when he loses—to overturn this election on #Jan6,” said Rep #DanGoldman on Monday morning.

#Election2024 #democracy #PeacefulTransitionOfPower #law #criminal #conspiracy #insurrection #coup #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024