Trump referred to DOJ for criminal prosecution by January 6 Committee https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-referred-doj-criminal-prosecution-january-6-committee The House January 6 Committee announced it will issue referrals to the Justice Department recommending former President Donald Trump be criminally prosecuted. The first referral recommended by the committee is for Trump's obstruction an official proceeding of Congress. The committee will also refer Trump to DOJ for conspiracy to defraud the federal government, making a false statement and inciting, assisting, or aiding and comforting an insurrection. In what is expected to be its final meeting on Monday, the House Select Committee to Investigate January 6 said it will formally ask the DOJ to pursue charges after a nearly 18-month probe into the former president’s involvement in the activities that lead to the Capitol breach on January 6, 2021. (More at above url)
Trump loses in court again after Florida judge denies his bid to block NY AG from obtaining documents https://www.rawstory.com/trump-court-loss/
Trump lawyers ordered to hand over names of individuals hired to search Trump properties for classified documents https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/05/politics/trump-lawyers-property-search-names/index.html
Jack Smith adds two more prosecutors to the team, investigation is expanding... Two years after US Capitol attack, investigation into Trump and insurrection enters new phase https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/06/poli...ent-jack-smith-trump-investigation/index.html
How Trump’s Missing Call Logs Could Become His Nixon Tapes The Trump White House call logs are now public, and they’re about as trustworthy as his business income statements. https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-d...all-logs-could-become-his-richard-nixon-tapes During the nearly nine hours that Congress was under attack on Jan. 6, 2021, the official White House call logs show former President Donald Trump not placing a single phone call. And while historians may consider the missing call logs a crime of inaccurately memorializing history, it may also actually bolster the expected criminal case against Trump. “The first thing one thinks of is the Nixon tapes, the missing 18 minutes. It’s never been resolved,” said American University professor Chris Edelson, who studies the power of the presidency. (More at above url)
New York judge denies motion from Trump and family to dismiss $250 million lawsuit https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/06/politics/new-york-judge-trump-250-million-lawsuit/index.html A New York state judge on Friday denied motions from former President Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and Ivanka Trump to dismiss the New York attorney general’s $250 million lawsuit, finding some of the arguments “frivolous.” Judge Arthur Engoron had previously rejected several of the Trumps’ legal arguments when he imposed a monitor on the Trump Organization last year. On Friday, in a written order, he ruled that the Trumps’ repetition of the arguments was “frivolous.” “Reading these arguments was, to quote the baseball sage Lawrence Peter (‘Yogi’) Berra, ‘Déjà vu all over again,’” the judge wrote. Engoron had considered imposing sanctions on the Trumps’ lawyers but decided against it. “Sophisticated defense counsel should have known better,” the judge wrote, adding, “In its discretion this Court will not impose sanctions, which the Court believes are unnecessary, having made its point.” The judge also rejected the Trumps’ arguments that some of the alleged fraudulent conduct occurred beyond the statute of limitations allowed under the law. Ivanka Trump, who left the business to go to the White House in 2017, argued that the claims against her were time-barred and that she didn’t personally falsify any business records. The judge said the attorney general’s office has alleged liability “sufficiently” on Trump to survive a motion to dismiss. In a motion to dismiss the judge must give more favorable weight to the plaintiffs’ allegations.
Judge tells Trump if he thinks that the trial is a witch hunt, he needs to look in the mirror. Manhattan judge wants Trump to stop calling NY attorney general's $250 million fraud case a witch hunt https://news.yahoo.com/manhattan-judge-wants-trump-stop-015855817.html