Just two days after the Supreme Court rejected Donald Trump's final bid to keep his White House records under wraps, the House Select Committee on Jan. 6 is now in possession of "more than 750 pages" of Trump's White House documents, according to The Independent.
The Jan. 6 Committee has receipts galore now. The legal liabilities will be endless, no doubt. Whether they amount to anything is another question altogether. But the first juicy revelation from the trove included a draft executive order, dated Dec. 16, 2020, that would have directed the Secretary of Defense to seize voting machines.
Who authored that order remains unclear, but the scheme is consistent with one that one-time Trump attorney Sidney Powell had been pushing around the same time. In a Dec. 18 meeting at the White House detailed by Axios, Powell urged Trump to seize the machines and then appoint her to a special counsel role to investigate voter fraud.
So stay tuned—there's surely more to come.
But, by and large, it's been a terrible week for Trump and his family, as the Washington Post noted. Here's a quick rundown:
Happy Friday, readers!
The Jan. 6 Committee has receipts galore now. The legal liabilities will be endless, no doubt. Whether they amount to anything is another question altogether. But the first juicy revelation from the trove included a draft executive order, dated Dec. 16, 2020, that would have directed the Secretary of Defense to seize voting machines.
Who authored that order remains unclear, but the scheme is consistent with one that one-time Trump attorney Sidney Powell had been pushing around the same time. In a Dec. 18 meeting at the White House detailed by Axios, Powell urged Trump to seize the machines and then appoint her to a special counsel role to investigate voter fraud.
So stay tuned—there's surely more to come.
But, by and large, it's been a terrible week for Trump and his family, as the Washington Post noted. Here's a quick rundown:
- The Supreme Court rejected Trump's bid to block the release of White House records to the Jan. 6 panel.
- New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a 157-page document outlining an alleged pattern of fraud by Trump and his children in an ongoing civil case.
- The Jan. 6 Committee requested voluntary testimony from Ivanka Trump, then a White House adviser, about Trump's actions before, during, and after the pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol. The committee noted that witnesses had told investigators that Ivanka had direct knowledge about Trump's activities surrounding the insurrection.
- The Jan. 6 Committee subpoenaed former Trump “elite strike force” attorneys Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and Jenna Ellis.
- Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis requested the formation of a special grand jury to assist her probe into whether Trump broke the law when he tried to pressure Georgia election officials to "find" votes for him.
Happy Friday, readers!