Harry's Hits: Week of October 16, 2022
Thanks as always @NicolleDWallace for giving me a seat at the table. It is true that the J6C has brought forward evidence of Trump’s intent that should put steel in the spine of DOJ for 1/6 related charges. https://t.co/F4m1QAK2BS
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) October 20, 2022
Judge Carter's ruling finding crime fraud exception is much tougher and more foreboding on Trump than the previous one. That's b/c he finds more likely than not that Trump signed a false certification as part of the effort to overturn Georgia results. DOJ will have to follow up.
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) October 20, 2022
Graham loses appeal in 11th Circuit and now the path is cleared for him to have to testify in Fulton County. As I've noted, he's in a different place a sitting Senator from others in the Trump circle, because I think it's harder for him to take the 5th Am. w/o political costs.
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) October 20, 2022
Hard to overestimate how wrongheaded and obnoxious it is for a convicted defendant to stride out of the court room and give a political stunt speech for one party.
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) October 21, 2022
Manhattan DA criminal charges against Trump organization go to trial Monday. Expected to last six weeks. Dramatic centerpiece will be Alan Weisselberg, having pleaded guilty, testifying against the organization.
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) October 23, 2022
The core finding: I“This email, read in context with other documents in this review, make clear that President Trump filed certain lawsuits not to obtain legal relief, but to disrupt or delay the January 6 congressional proceedings through the courts.”
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) October 20, 2022
Concrete indications today that both Fulton County and DOJ are moving closer towards charging Trump: 1) Cipollone but also former Sen Loefller testify in Fulton County. Loeffler had all kinds of involvement with Trump & family post-election before she decided to go straight.
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) October 21, 2022
New report on Trump's retention of docs of the highest sensitivity involving Iran missile program and China strengthens the case for a different statute we haven't focused on to date -- the Espionage Act, and in particulate 18 USC 793 (d).
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) October 21, 2022
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