Of particular interest, according to a CNN report, are Trump’s activities on January 6 and his efforts to use government leverage to overthrow the election. The commission has issued at least 80 calls seeking testimony or phone records from Trump’s close advisers, including Rudy Giuliani and former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Stop the Steal organizers and former White House officials. Some GOP lawmakers have also been asked to cooperate. The panel has received more than 2,000 Meadows text messages, including exchanges with GOP lawmakers, the Trump family, Fox presenter Sean Hannity, and conservative activist Ginni Thomas, among others. Several sources told CNN that the committee plans to make a multimedia presentation and hire a writer as part of its effort to turn its largely secret work into a compelling narrative.
January 6: Lawsuits by Democratic MPs and police officers
Several Democrats and members of the U.S. Capitol Police and the Washington Metropolitan Police have sued Trump, saying his words and actions sparked an uprising. Various cases accuse Trump of directing the attack and the attack. aiding and abetting aggression and aggression; and violates local laws in Washington, DC that prohibit rioting and disorderly conduct. A federal judge in February said Trump’s statements to his supporters before the uprising “are the essence of the political conspiracy,” Judge Amit Mehta wrote in an 112-page opinion because Trump spoke for himself and those involved in the rallies working “towards a common goal” to fight and walk on Pennsylvania Avenue. “The president’s speech on January 6 can reasonably be seen as a call for collective action,” Mehta said, allowing civil affairs to move forward. Mehta, however, rejected the provocations against Giuliani, Donald Trump Jr. and Republican MP Mo Brooks. Trump and his top advisers have not been charged with any crime. Trump and others who have been sued have claimed that they are not responsible for the actions of the people who invaded the Capitol.
White House Documents: Moved to Mar-a-Lago? Classification; blushed?
The National Archives, which is in charge of collecting and sorting presidential material, says at least 15 boxes of White House records have been recovered from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort – including files that may have been classified. It has been widely reported that Trump would break down and also published documents in the White House, but Maggie Haberman of the New York Times reported that some toilets may have been flushed. (Trump has denied this.) Any unauthorized possession or destruction of White House documents raises a red flag under criminal law that prohibits the removal or destruction of official state records, legal experts tell CNN. The FBI and federal prosecutors are investigating.
Elections 2020: Efforts to overturn the results in Georgia
Georgia Fulton County Attorney Fanny Willis set up a special panel on Monday to investigate what Trump or his allies may have done in trying to overthrow Biden’s victory in Georgia. The investigation began last year after Trump’s call with Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, in which he pushed the Republican to “find” votes to overturn the election results. “This is a criminal investigation. We are not here to play a game,” Willis told CNN’s Sara Murray. “I intend to use the power of law. We are all citizens.” As part of the investigation, Willis is investigating Trump’s calls with Raffensperger and another official in the Secretary of State’s office. Giuliani made presentations to state lawmakers full of electoral lies. a phone call between South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham and Raffensperger. and the sudden departure of Byung “BJay” Pak, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia. Willis became the target of racist threats and asked the FBI for security assistance.
2020 Election: Fake Voters in Michigan
The Department of Justice is considering an aspect of a conspiracy to promote fake voters from seven states following the referral of the attorney general of the state of Michigan. The fake certificates were created by Trump allies in Georgia, Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Nevada and New Mexico, who tried to replace the legitimate presidential voters in their states with a plaque. . Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said falsifying public records and election records could lead to nearly 20 years in prison, under state law. Although no one has been charged with the crime, Nessel said she has referred her investigation into the Michigan attempt to the US Department of Justice. A fake Michigan voter boasted at a recent Republican rally that the Trump campaign was running the entire operation. “We fought to get the voters to sit down. The Trump campaign asked us to do that,” said Meshawn Maddock, co-chair of the Republican Party of Michigan, at a public rally last week by the conservative Stand Up Michigan group. received by CNN.
Trump Organization: NY AG criminal and political investigation
New York Attorney General Letitia James is investigating Trump’s business and recently explained what her office thinks are “misleading or fraudulent” financial statements. James says her office has uncovered “significant” evidence “indicating that the Trump administration used fraudulent or misleading asset valuations to obtain a range of financial benefits, including loans, insurance coverage and tax breaks.” She recently expanded her political research to include the role of Cushman & Wakefield’s longtime appraiser. In April, a state judge moved to keep Trump in political contempt in a dispute over summoning James for documents. Trump has denied any wrongdoing and has repeatedly said that James’s investigation is politically motivated.
Trump Organization: NY DA Criminal Investigation
Alvin Bragg inherited his office’s investigation into Trump’s operations, but the allegations seem more likely as the grand jury expires. Prosecutors were focusing on the accuracy of Trump’s financial statements when seeking funding, people familiar with the matter told CNN. In February, Carey Dunne and Mark Pomerantz, two of the group’s top prosecutors, resigned last month – a day after Bragg informed them he was not ready to prosecute, CNN’s Kara Scannell reported.
Personal finances: Trial with niece Mary Trump
Trump and Mary’s niece are in court for breaking the family deal in 2001. In 2020, Mary Trump sued Trump, the sister of Marian Trump Barry, a retired judge, and the executor of her uncle Robert Trump’s estate, claiming that “they designed and implemented a complex plan to divert funds away from her interests. to hide their sadness. , and to deceive her about the true value of what she had inherited “. The former president, meanwhile, has sued his niece and the New York Times in New York State court for leaking his tax information.
Defamation: A lawsuit for denial of rape claims by E. Jean Carroll
Journalist E. Jean Carroll claimed that Trump raped her in the dressing room of a New York department store in the mid-1990s and defamed her when she denied rape, saying she was not his type and claiming to increase sales of her book.
Trump and the Justice Department say Trump was a federal official and his statements denying Carroll’s allegations were made in response to questions from reporters while he was in the White House. They argue that the Ministry of Justice should be replaced as the accused, which, because the government can not be sued for defamation, will terminate the lawsuit.
A federal judge denied the allegations. The DOJ and Trump have appealed the decision and no decision has been made.
Trump lost a counterattack earlier this year. A judge called Trump’s proposal “futile.” He agreed with Carroll’s argument that Trump’s attempt was “at least in part for expansive purposes and therefore at least in part in bad faith.”
Michael Cohen: Allegations of retaliation against Trump and Barr
Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, has sued Trump, former Attorney General William Barr and others, claiming they put him back in jail to prevent him from promoting his upcoming book while he was under house arrest. Cohen was serving the remainder of his sentence for lying to Congress and campaign violations at home over concerns about Covid-19 when he launched a social media campaign in the summer of 2020, the Courthouse News reported. In retaliation, Cohen says he was sent back to prison and spent 16 days in solitary confinement until a federal judge intervened. CNN’s Kara Scannell contributed to this report.
