Posted on 03/03/2022 6:01:22 AM PST by Red Badger
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot alleged in a court filing Wednesday that former President Donald Trump participated in a “criminal conspiracy” related to the 2020 election as it sought to pierce his attorney-client privilege.
The committee alleged that the former president and his campaign attempted to illegally obstruct Congress' certification of electoral votes.
"The Select Committee also has a good-faith basis for concluding that the President and members of his Campaign engaged in a criminal conspiracy to defraud the United States," the panel wrote in a brief that was filed in opposition to Trump attorney John Eastman's claims of claims of attorney-client privilege.
The committee also said that Trump "may have" been involved in other criminal acts as well with Eastman offering legal assistance.
"[E]vidence and information available to the Committee establishes a good-faith belief that Mr. Trump and others may have engaged in criminal and/or fraudulent acts, and that Plaintiff’s legal assistance was used in furtherance of those activities."
Jan. 6 Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., released a statement on the allegations Wednesday.
"The Select Committee’s brief refutes on numerous grounds the privilege claims Dr. Eastman has made to try to keep hidden records critical to our investigation. The Select Committee is not conducting a criminal investigation. But, as the judge noted at a previous hearing, Dr. Eastman’s privilege claims raise the question whether the crime-fraud exception to the attorney-client privilege applies in this situation," they wrote.
"The facts we’ve gathered strongly suggest that Dr. Eastman’s emails may show that he helped Donald Trump advance a corrupt scheme to obstruct the counting of electoral college ballots and a conspiracy to impede the transfer of power," the duo added.
This is the first time the committee has accused the former president of participating in criminal activities.
bkmk
They want to prevent Trump (or anyone who would stop the Bush Plan for North Mexico) from running again.
The goal is to disqualify Trump from running in 2024 or to damage him so much that he cannot run. The corruption of our Congress and Government at large is beyond what everyone imagined.
This was ALWAYS the plan. Pelosi didn’t impeach Trump twice for nothing then create this kangaroo banana court for “fact finding”. This was always to stop Trump from running again by hook or by crook.
Our congress and government is corrupt AND treasonous as they work with enemy nations to turn us into a despot nation.
Since the Jan. 6 committee is made up of traitorous Demonicrats and RINOcrats, their flatulent rantings are more hot air.
If they had real proof they would be releasing it.
It’s a partisan committee on a witch hunt.
They are getting close to November......................
Utter nonsense. They fear Trump.
These members are the criminal conspiracy.
Two ridiculous fake impeachments weren't enough.
They are being as theatrical as they were the day they did the “funeral walk” of the articles of impeachment to the Senate.
I don’t take these clowns seriously - except when examining the damage they are doing to our republic. That is VERY serioius.
...and the Republican Party will go right along with it.
It’ll be the way the Party that never wanted him to win the nomination in 16 anyway, can keep him off the primary ballots in 24! imo
Should this prove out, I wonder how the calls for a third party will be seen in the future.
Since he announced his candidacy, the left has done nothing but try to destroy him. They are afraid of him. He is a threat to the empire they have built. The empire that takes our money and gives it to the people who vote for them. The empire that never stops acquiring power over the people.
They are insane now. They tried the “impeachment route” and it didn’t work. They are afraid that the people will actually vote for Trump, now that they have suffered through 1 year of Decrepit Old Fool and 2 years of covid fascism.
This committee is illegitimate. The minority didn’t get to seat its choice of representatives. Pelosi picked the two she knew would do what she wanted.
This committee was formed to do just what they’re doing now. There is no truth search. There have been no subpoenas of Pelosi’s communications, the Capitol police communications, or the sergeant-at-arms.
It’s a total farce and stacked to ensure Pelosi, et al, remained untouched and Trump looks as bad as they can make him look.
Nothing more.
So Congress can now issue indictments, no bother with that musty old Grand Jury stuff?
9 months less for this farce, which is why they are panicked.
Just a guess.... “You have to vote for the Assistant Democrat or a Democrat will win”
Those who recognize the Kenyanesian Usurpation and the abrogation of the Constitution for what it was know just how bad it is.
We are very few in number.
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