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Jan 6th Committee plans to vote to subpoena former President Donald Trump during today’s hearing
The inside paper ^

Posted on 10/13/2022 11:08:28 AM PDT by janetjanet998

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To: southernerwithanattitude
"Everybody knows it is a Kangaroo court with no real power."

Apparently - phony as it is - it DOES have the power to issue subpoenas, and those who ignore them (e.g., Bannon, I think) are arrested.

This is galling, since although the committee tries to assume the legitimacy of an actual court and pretends to be defending the Constitution, it violates every core principle of American jurisprudence.

The accused (Trump et al) have no legal representation; they are not able to cross-examine witnesses; they can provide no witnesses of their own; they can offer no evidence of their own; the committee withholds exculpatory evidence; and the committee conducts some of its interviews in private. It also violates the traditional congressional rule for true bipartisanship.

And, of course, the media defend this travesty.
21 posted on 10/13/2022 11:36:01 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: janetjanet998

I say Trump show up and plead the 5th.

Play their game.


22 posted on 10/13/2022 11:36:45 AM PDT by Kevin in California (EP)
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To: janetjanet998

When it comes to impeaching Trump, Congressional Democrats are like the Palestinians for the last 80 years railing about driving the Israelis into the Red Sea. If they perceive they can wring some political benefit trying to convince Independents that Trump assigned a guy wearing bullhorns and animal furs to lead the charge to overthrow the government, they will be holding Impeachment version 71.0 30 years from now long after he is dead Give it a rest, guys. Nobody’s watching other than the media and your partisan groupies, same difference.


23 posted on 10/13/2022 11:36:52 AM PDT by chuckee
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To: janetjanet998

When it comes to impeaching Trump, Congressional Democrats are like the Palestinians for the last 80 years railing about driving the Israelis into the Red Sea. If they perceive they can wring some political benefit trying to convince Independents that Trump assigned a guy wearing bullhorns and animal furs to lead the charge to overthrow the government, they will be holding Impeachment version 71.0 30 years from now long after he is dead Give it a rest, guys. Nobody’s watching other than the media and your partisan groupies, same difference.


24 posted on 10/13/2022 11:36:52 AM PDT by chuckee
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To: mass55th

Lol. I think he’d be happy to go there. They should be careful of what they wish for.


25 posted on 10/13/2022 11:38:01 AM PDT by MrRelevant
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To: janetjanet998
JUST IN - Jan 6th Committee plans to vote to subpoena former President Donald Trump during today’s hearing - NBC News sources

Won't matter. Trump can delay through legal maneuvers and once the new House of Representatives is seated and controlled by Republicans, those subpoena's will very likely be rescinded, if they're even valid from one Congress to the next.

26 posted on 10/13/2022 11:38:49 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: janetjanet998

The J6 committee will dissolve as soon as the November elections are over. They could dissolve as soon as today’s hearing is over.

Thus, they desperately want to have something to show for their evil intents.

But, the J6 committee would not have anything to work from, if the J6 event had gone uneventful and peaceful and according to plans. But, J6 WAS TURNED into a riot and many entered the Capitol, unlawfully.

BUT...

My belief is that, those J6 protesters were riled up by forces which had it in for Trump... like the FBI and other government agents who were instructed to merge with the crowd and incite the riots.

The FBI and DOJ were anti-Trump, as evidenced by the John Durham questioning of the lying FBI agent who insisted that the Steele dossier contained material for which the FBI was willing to pay $1 million, even after it was known to be fake. The FBI was going after Trump as soon as he became the GOP nominee for the presidency in 2016. The FBI has been relentless in their battle against Trump and the DOJ is now front-and-center in continuing the hunt to get Trump.

The Trump rally on J6 was peaceful and only turned uncontrollable when ‘certain’ undesirables took over and incited the riot. I can’t prove it, but, I’m pretty certain that FBI personnel were in the crowd to keep an eye on the proceedings, but, some of the agents were there for ‘extracurricular activities’. Thus, the J6 committee was born in order to continue the pursuit of Trump, with ‘evidence’ which was created by the ‘undesirables’ in the j6 crowd.


27 posted on 10/13/2022 11:41:08 AM PDT by adorno
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To: hanamizu
"Trump would then be found to be in ‘contempt of Congress’. Atty. General Garland would prosecute."

I'd still ignore it. The DOJ has been inconsistent in who they prosecute when it comes to individuals being held in contempt of Congress. I'd like to see them in a court of law trying to defend their previous decisions not to prosecute certain people for contempt of Court while going after others. I love Donald Trump, but I'm not in favor of his running again, because his life wouldn't be any different than it has been these past 7+ years. He's been under a microscope, and under criminal investigation by Democrats ever since he announced his candidacy for President. Congressional Republicans are of no help, and Democrats aren't going to stop stealing elections either, because they know they will never be held accountable. If liberals can't get rid of Trump through the courts, they will kill him, plain and simple. This country is already f*cked so far, I doubt it will ever come back, not in the few years I have remaining anyway.

28 posted on 10/13/2022 11:46:39 AM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: janetjanet998

Is this Season Two? Which episode are they up to?
No spoilers please, I haven’t watched any of them.


29 posted on 10/13/2022 11:55:38 AM PDT by VA40
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To: mass55th

I’d like to see them in a court of law trying to defend their previous decisions not to prosecute certain people for contempt of Court while going after others


I’d like to see that too, but how that might happen, I cannot imagine. And in any case that would also be in front of a DC jury. Trump did beat the write-in candidates in the District in 2020, by a ‘hefty’ margin of 15,000 votes. He’d be lucky to have one juror who voted for him.


30 posted on 10/13/2022 11:57:30 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: Steve_Seattle

All true! All you have to do is look what they did to Bannon. Trump would be no different.


31 posted on 10/13/2022 12:00:02 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
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To: janetjanet998

Trump will just take the 5th. Waste of time and air travel.


32 posted on 10/13/2022 12:11:47 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Steve_Seattle

And like reality TV shows, viewers know the gist of the next episode. It is choreographed, unconstitutional entertainment for the Trump-Deranged designed to knock the bad inflation news off the news cycle.

As you described, this isn’t free government.


33 posted on 10/13/2022 12:19:34 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: janetjanet998

They are truly terrified of Trump. I’ve never seen anything like it. I mean, they hated Bush and Reagan, but it was the hatred of the Shia for the Sunni. They hate Trump like he’s a whole different religion. And I suppose he is.


34 posted on 10/13/2022 12:21:43 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady (The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
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To: Gay State Conservative

It would probably be wise for DJT to ignore the subpoena,commenting that unlike with *real* Congressional committees this one doesn’t have a real member of both parties. This is just another Rat Party Headquarters stunt.

The only question is will the FBI arrest Trump and put him in shackles as they did Peter Navarro for “contempt of Congress”. The DOJ/FBI is probably just insane enough to do it.


35 posted on 10/13/2022 12:42:30 PM PDT by Flick Lives (Cui bono)
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To: MrRelevant

Well, if Trump were to testify before the committee, it would be a major news event, and the ratings would be huge.

Yes, they should be careful what they wish for, because Trump would be able to tear them all apart, if he were going to testify there. Liz and her friends would be left with egg on their faces, figuratively speaking.


36 posted on 10/13/2022 12:48:06 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Exactly. They were hoping it wouldn’t have to come to this.

This is their “Hail Mary”.


37 posted on 10/13/2022 12:50:18 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DannyTN
Trump will just take the 5th. Waste of time and air travel.

If he's smart he will. Give the criminal J6 "panel" absolutely nothing to hang their hats on.

38 posted on 10/13/2022 12:52:44 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: DallasBiff

I didn’t watch. Trump should tell them to kiss his ass.


39 posted on 10/13/2022 12:54:30 PM PDT by abbastanza
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To: janetjanet998

Trump should issue a statement and say he’ll schedule it for January. And then say, “See you all then! Well, except for Liz and Adam.”


40 posted on 10/13/2022 12:55:34 PM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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