Adam Schiff summed up the twisted nature of Trump's wall funding. Trump pardons ex-strategist Steve Bannon, dozens of others excerpt: “Steve Bannon is getting a pardon from Trump after defrauding Trump’s own supporters into paying for a wall that Trump promised Mexico would pay for,” Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said on Twitter. “And if that all sounds crazy, that’s because it is. Thank God we have only 12 more hours of this den of thieves.”
Roger Stone claims Bannon blackmailed Trump to obtain his pardon. Roger Stone claims Steve Bannon blackmailed Trump to receive his pardon
Trump and his allies try to rewrite, distort history of pandemic while casting Fauci as public enemy No. 1 By Matt Viser and Yasmeen Abutaleb June 5, 2021 at 4:19 p.m. EDT https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...69f022-c55b-11eb-9a8d-f95d7724967c_story.html excerpt: "Donald Trump and his Republican allies have spent the past few weeks trying to rewrite or distort the history of the pandemic, attempting with renewed vigor to villainize Anthony S. Fauci while lionizing the former president for what they portray as heroic foresight and underappreciated efforts to combat the deadly virus. They have focused on the early moments of the coronavirus response and the origins of the virus, downplaying any role they may have played and casting others in the wrong, at times taking comments out of context and at others drawing conclusions that are unproved. And at a time when the number of vaccinated people continues to rise and deaths are at one of their lowest levels, it has placed the coronavirus back at the center of the political debate. Trump, who is expected to discuss the pandemic at an event in North Carolina Saturday night, is planning to make it a chief argument in a reputation rehabilitation effort. And Republicans are also making it a centerpiece of their midterm election campaigns, pledging to hold congressional investigations if they win back the House majority. “Now everybody is agreeing that I was right when I very early on called Wuhan as the source of COVID-19, sometimes referred to as the China Virus,” Trump said in a recent statement. “To me it was obvious from the beginning but I was badly criticized, as usual. Now they are all saying ‘He was right.’ Thank you!”"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...69f022-c55b-11eb-9a8d-f95d7724967c_story.html excerpt: "One would have to come to the firm conclusion that not only was the virus developed in a lab — something experts have said is nearly impossible given the virus’s features — but that Americans helped cover that up, and that President Biden is now aiding in the effort. But more significantly, the focus on from where the virus came appears to be an attempt to distract from the chief failure of the Trump administration — its uneven and chaotic response to the outbreak once it began spreading within the United States. Trump frequently told the public it was not a serious threat and would go away soon, including when the weather changed. He resisted public health policies that medical experts said could save lives and sent conflicting signals to the public about whether to wear masks. He said you should, but he would not. Trump also sought to take little responsibility for the pandemic response, often saying it was the job of state governments, not his administration, to take action."
Trump travels from New Jersey to New York City 'at least once a week' to work 'mostly alone' without attracting much attention: NYT excerpt: "Many of Trump's longtime employees are no longer at the company and family members who once worked with the former president in Manhattan are in different locales. Michael Cohen, Trump's former personal attorney, was once of fixture of the building but has become one of the former president's highest-profile critics after being investigated and convicted of tax evasion and campaign finance violations. According to The Times, the former president works "mostly alone" in his Trump Tower office, with two assistants and a small amount of body men."
Most people would be glad they received a pardon and leave it at that, but not Trump's people. They are sore winners, just like Trump after the 2016 election when he carried on fighting with Hillary for weeks after winning the election.
Trump rioter arrested. Capitol riot attendee argued she was allowed inside the building on January 6 because she looked up the hours online and it said it was open excerpt: "She was arrested in connection to the riot on Friday in Alabama, according to the Department of Justice. Baez documented her experience during the attack in extensive Instagram posts, praising the "patriots" who "stormed" the Capitol and offering to give an interview to a fellow Instagram user, according to a criminal complaint. "I cannot believe the hypocrisy on the left from this. The only bad thing Trump supporters did, which I will call out, was break windows," she told an Instagram user later that night, according to court documents. "Cops LET THEM PAST the barriers. And the citizens of America are ALLOWED TO BE IN THE CAPITOL BUILDING WHEN ANYTHING IS IN SESSION." Months later, during a non-custodial interview with Justice Department officials, Baez would parrot the same justification for her presence in the Capitol that day. Around January 6, the FBI received an anonymous tip pointing authorities to an Instagram user who posted videos of herself during the riot. The tipster identified the user as Baez and officials confirmed her identity using her listed phone number and California Department of Motor Vehicle records, the criminal complaint said."
Capitol police officer knocked unconscious in riot asks court not to release her alleged attacker excerpt: "A US Capitol police officer has requested that one of the people suspected of attacking her and knocking her unconscious during the Capitol riot be denied a release from jail. The officer was allegedly attacked by Ryan Samsel, who was arrested for participating in the riot. Mr Samsel can be seen in photos of the riot wearing a red MAGA hat and squaring up against Capitol police officers. Photos also appear to capture him shoving on the police fencing just before the start of the attack. In a written statement, the officer said Mr Samsel had "stolen moments away from me ... that I cannot get back." "You stole months of me working alongside the country's most dedicated police officers," the officer wrote."
In that incident, one of the Trump's rioters reportedly asked why the police officers got in their way and said that they didn't want to hurt them.
Here in Indiana, Trump still has God status. Last night I heard Sean Hannity on a local am station. He was harping about how bad Fauci is, and how horrible Lisa Murkowski is, and how Trump would make a Great Speaker of the House.
Capitol police officer knocked unconscious in riot asks court not to release her alleged attacker excerpt: "The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that a decade before allegedly participating in the Capitol riot, Mr Samsel was convicted of smashing a hot pizza in the face of his pregnant girlfriend and pouring beer over her head. He also shoved her into a canal and held her head under water until she told him she loved him. Two years before that, he was convicted of holding another woman against her will for five hours and choking her until she was unconscious. Three years before that, he pleaded guilty to running another woman off the road, punching her windshield and threatening to kill her over $60. Mr Samsel may have been part of a larger group that attended the riot on the 6 January. Footage of him yelling at police officers and shoving on the barricade also show an older man in military fatigues and a red MAGA hat walking up and whispering in his ear just before he begins to get aggressive. On Friday, prosecutors said the number of people who will be charged in connection to the insurrection could increase to as many as 550.:"
Can a politician that’s been impeached(twice), even be allowed to hold a position in government AGAIN? He would have to actually “work” if he tried to hold a position in the Senate.