January 6th legal proceedings and investigations megathread

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

https://twitter.com/TheBaxterBean/status/1514299474964881415

Paging #BadLegalTakes

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

This *should* spell the end of Clarence Thomas's career.

https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1537278723958968320

I mean, the fact that he sexually harassed multiple weapon and then lied about it under oath should’ve ended his career.  The fact that Kavanaugh once tried to rape a woman (and also lied about it under oath) should’ve ended his career.  This isn’t really about what should happen.  The “should” is obvious, but it doesn’t effect what will happen: nothing.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

So what are everyone’s official predictions?

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Do ya'll think Trump will be indicted?

It’s less an evidentiary question than one of the DOJ’s will to act (or lack thereof) at this point

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

So they are not revealing names tomorrow?

Trump plus these four.

https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1600979720010715151?s=20&t=rHFCWNFDmGQu5bvlrr...

At a minimum

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Sounds like she's all but saying they recommended indicting Trump.

That's how I interpreted it.

Who knew? Prosecuting based on the infamous Trump phone call, and the insane legal theory to seat rogue GA electors, would be a terrible mistake.  There is no crime there, as a higher court at some point,  maybe SCOTUS will make clear. Hawking in broad daylight insane legal theories is not a crime, and to interrupt what Trump said as beyond a reasonable doubt, that he was asking the GA SOS to criminally falsify (God knows how he would do it), the vote count, as opposed to just venting, damn it I know I won, there has to be a counting error, find it damn it), would be a travesty.

The press is by and large a POS on this matter. Sloppy thinking, here, there and everywhere. And if the GA action goes forward, and Trump beats it like a drum (this broken down old lawyer's take), it just might make him POTUS again, with Ukraine flushed down the toilet. Think about that one for a moment.

I cried almost when Biden and now Pence was found with docs they should not have had. I really almost did.  What a sad political class we have.  Just pathetic.

They listened to Trump phone calls that haven’t been publicly released and lots of witness testimony.  I think it’s a mighty big assumption to say that an indictment would be based solely on that phone call.  We don’t necessarily know what we don’t know here.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

I am reading the indictment and from the information within, Giuliani is definitely co-conspirator one and Powell is definitely co-conspirator three.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Co-conspirators:

1 is definitely Giuliani
2 is definitely Eastman
3 is definitely Powell
4 is definitely Jeff Clark
5 might be Kenneth Chesebro, but I am not too sure about this one
6 is likely Boris Epshteyn

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Why isn’t the Atlanta case a separate thread?

It’s a separate indictment from what this thread is about.

I’ll sticky it if you make one.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Why isn’t the Atlanta case a separate thread?

It’s a separate indictment from what this thread is about.

I’ll sticky it if you make one.

https://talkelections.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=560407.0

Done

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

He can argue it involves conduct during the course of his duties as President. It has a decent chance of succeeding. Unlike the NY case where he tried the same thing and was shot down.

No it doesn’t…?  He is facing state, not federal, charges.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

The state charges can be moved to federal court if he can show that the conduct in the indictment relates to his Presidential duties. It's a high bar and I'm not predicting it will happen.

The chances of this succeeding are slim to none

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

This was two Trump appointees and an HW Bush appointee who concurred narrowly.

Yeah, this could easily be reversed on en banc appeal.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Aw! I wanted Meadows to go to prison.

He still may in Georgia