Trump on Trial: A Model Prosecution Memo for Federal Election Interference Crimes
Second Edition
There are several federal charges Special Counsel Jack Smith may bring against criminal suspect Donald Trump for criminal interference in the 2020 election.
There is sufficient evidence to obtain and sustain a conviction of Trump for his three-step plan to overturn the election:
▪️18 U.S.C. § 371, which prohibits conspiracies to defraud the United States
▪️18 U.S.C. § 1512, which prohibits obstruction of an official proceeding.
▪️18 USC 2383 "Aiding & abetting." ➔ 18 U.S.C. § 2383 prohibits inciting an insurrection and giving aid or comfort to insurrectionists.
"For now, the fight is at a stalemate. #Democrats say... they don’t want to give in to Tuberville’s demands and encourage similar blockades of nominees in the future.
Here, A trump org emp has received a target letter, possibly for lying to the grand jury in DC. The person isn’t named but his lawyer is Woodward (whose isn’t?) the calamari’s are too high on the totem pole, so perhaps the IT guy or the fellow that flooded the server room?
FLASH: #OathKeepers Founder Stewart Rhodes has been transferred to the Cumberland federal correctional facility in Maryland.
He's set to serve 18 years in Jan 6 seditious conspiracy case.
maga criminal in prison, convicted of #SeditiousConspiracy here working with Trump advisor Mike #Flynn (Flynn convicted of lying to the FBI about contacts with Russians) and Patrick Byrne (his GF is a convicted Russian spy).
3/ Investigators have former #DoD official’s testimony that Mike #Flynn told him “something’s about to happen” and that DoD needed “to have the military take over the election and redo the election.”
Flynn repeatedly took the #5th, refusing to answer questions about it because his answers would incriminate him in his crimes
Prosecutors are prepared to hit #Trump & his allies with new charges, sources say
The #DOJ is prepared to seek #indictments against multiple figures in Trump’s orbit & may yet bring between 30 to 45 additional #criminal#charges against the former president in the coming weeks
…the #DOJ has made preparations to bring what is known as a “#SupersedingIndictment” — a 2nd set of #charges against an already-#indicted defendant that could include more serious #crimes — against the ex-president in the Southern District of Florida.
But prosecutors may also choose to bring additional charges against #Trump in a different venue, depending on how they feel the case they have brought against him in is proceeding. #ClassifiedDocuments#obstruction#espionage#law#legal#justice
One of #Trump’s new attys proposed an idea…fall of 2022…. atty, Christopher Kise, wanted to quietly approach #Justice to…negotiate a #settlement that would preclude charges, hoping AG #MerrickGarland & the #DOJ would want…to avoid prosecuting a fmr president. Kise would hopefully “take the temperature down,” he told others, by promising a professional approach & the return of all documents.
But Trump was not interested
A #SpecialCounsel was appointed months later.
Kise, a former solicitor general of Florida who was paid $3 million upfront to join Trump’s team last year, declined to comment.
That quiet entreaty last fall was one of many occasions when lawyers & advisers sought to get #Trump to take a more cooperative stance in a bid to avoid what happened Friday.
#Trump time & again rejected the advice from #lawyers & advisers who urged him to cooperate & instead took the advice of #TomFitton, the head of the conservative group #JudicialWatch, & a range of others who told him he could legally keep the #ClassifiedDocuments & should fight the #DOJ, advisers said. Trump would often cite Fitton to others, &Fitton told some of Trump’s lawyers that Trump could keep the docs, even as they disagreed, the advisers said.…
#TomFitton, who appeared before the grand jury & was questioned about his role in both the #ClassifiedDocuments case & the investigation into #Jan6…, acknowledged the advice he gave to #Trump. He added that he read the indictment & did not believe it laid out illegal or obstructive conduct. Multiple witnesses said they were asked about Fitton in front of a grand jury & the role he played in Trump’s decisions.
Several other #Trump advisers blamed #TomFitton for convincing Trump that he could keep the #ClassifiedDocuments & repeatedly mentioning the “Clinton socks case” — a reference to tapes Bill Clinton stored in his sock drawer of his secret interviews w/historian Taylor Branch that served as the basis of Branch’s 2009 book documenting the Clinton presidency.
Prosecutors have started calling witnesses to a federal grand jury in Miami after months in which activity in the investigation was centered on a separate grand jury in Washington.
Federal prosecutors have obtained audio in which the criminal suspect donald acknowledged he retained a classified paper on Iran
Criminal suspect Trump and his lawyer want to frame his use or misuse of national security documents as whether or not they were classified. In fact, that is not the issue. Did he retain or disseminate national defense information? Classification is irrelevant!
Convicted sex abuser and criminal suspect donald trump got a target letter from #DoJ. They invite the target to appear in the grand jury with a Miranda warning about what it means if they do.
The criminal suspect sends letter to Garland asking for a meeting at his earliest convenience. The letter is thin on details, but sources familiar with the request tell me his lawyers want to present arguments that he shouldn't be indicted related to his handling of classified information.
They know that Garland hasn't got control of the case so it's a free move. So, he got a target letter that means an indictment is coming soon. Plus going to Garland evidences he's terrified of Jack Smith. #espionage#obstruction#sedition#fatdon#crime
The January 6th Committee may have a former DoD official’s testimony that Mike Flynn told him “something’s about to happen” and that DoD Department of Defense needed “to have the military take over the election and redo the election.”
Flynn repeatedly took the 5th, refusing to answer questions about it. Because his answers would incriminate him in his crimes.