The prosecution has called on senior White House advisers to testify before a grand jury to testify about the former president’s actions around Jan. 6.
Two investigations are trying to determine responsibilities for the January 6 uprising: one very public and the other very private. It is the latter that Donald Trump should be most concerned about.
There is no doubt that he has followed with indignation the eight public hearings of the bipartisan committee of the House of Representatives that presents the investigations with television productions. Two of these have taken place in prime time night time, the rating grid Trump likes the most. Ultimately, it’s a gratifying show for those who had already judged him on those facts and want to know more details to back up his initial conclusion.
The case that the Justice Department is running behind the scenes is a very different case. Since April, he has been asking the congressional committee for official documents, phone records and transcripts of testimony, but as of Tuesday, the Washington Post also knows that he is questioning witnesses to submit their statements to a grand jury.
According to his sources, the circle around Trump is tightening on charges that can range from sedition to election fraud. The prosecution is said to have spent hours questioning some of its advisers and senior White House officials about the president’s campaign to change the election results that won his rival Joe Biden. Also among those surveyed are two high-ranking members of Vice President Mike Pence’s cabinet, who have decided to wipe the slate clean of what could have ended with his lynching. Pence has his sights set on running for president in 2024 and returning to the White House as an Oval Office resident, but the Justice Department has no reason to bury the case. Not even to advertise it.
No one has received word from Attorney General Merrick Garland this Wednesday incriminating him. The prosecutor’s office has limited itself to saying it is “watching their actions” during the critical days ending with the January 6 uprising. Garland assured NBC that he will go after “everyone” responsible for that dark chapter or attempt to change the peaceful transition of powers. “Everyone,” he insisted when pressed.
Never in US history has a former president been charged. In fact, if they come forward, there is no doubt that Trump’s lawyers will challenge their legality under presidential immunity. A constitutional challenge that could end up in the Supreme Court, with a majority of conservative judges appointed by Trump. Something Garland isn’t afraid of either.
The attorney general could have been one of those judges with lifelong positions who decide the life of the country today, but Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell did not want to put his candidacy, elected by Barack Obama, to the vote and waited. until Trump is elected president. As a consolation prize, Biden appointed him Attorney General, a position that also includes positions equivalent to those of Attorney General. His fame as a just and politically moderate man made him the perfect man for the moment. That’s the bar you’re trying to hold.
Those who closely followed the January 6 hearings accused him of failing to take legal action against those still serving as evidence, starting with the former president. Garland made it clear on Tuesday that he has “hundreds” of men and women working on these studies.
According to The New York Times, one of the emails they allegedly found is from one of Trump’s lawyers in Arizona, a state whose election results have been disputed. Jack Wilenchik would describe a “wild/creative” plan there to send “false voters” (representatives from the Electoral College) to the Congressional plenary session in Washington, where the election results would be confirmed. The plan would be that “someone” in Congress would object when the votes began to be counted, arguing that false votes were being counted. “A better word would be to call them ‘alternative voices,'” he added, using a smiley emoji.
Vice President Mike Pence was unwilling to engage in any strategy to prevent the final certification of the results, something Trump has not forgiven him. The president on Wednesday doubled down on his charges of fraud, accusing Democrats of going after him under any pretext. “People forget that these are corrupt and stolen elections,” the former president wrote on social media. “He must go after the people who seek the truth and go after the crime of the century.”
Source: La Verdad
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