Harry's Hits: Week of June 19, 2022

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THE DAILY JOURNAL: IT’S THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO NEED TO REPUDIATE THE ‘BIG LIE’

JUNE 18, 2022

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HARRY APPEARS ON MSNBC TO DISCUSS THE COMMITTEE ASKING GINNI THOMAS TO TESTIFY

JUNE 18, 2022

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HARRY JOINS NICOLLE WALLACE ON DEADLINE WHITE HOUSE TO DISCUSS A JUDGE DENYING AN ATTEMPT BY FOX CORPORATION TO DISMISS A $1.6 BILLION DEFAMATION LAWSUIT FROM DOMINION

JUNE 22, 2022

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RAWSTORY: TRUMP ACCUSED OF ‘REVVING’ UP THE JAN 6TH CROWD INTO A ‘MURDEROUS RAGE’ BY FORMER DOJ OFFICIAL

JUNE 18, 2022

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RAWSTORY: FORMER PROSECUTOR CITES CLUES THAT COULD UNCOVER PROOF OF DONALD TRUMP’S SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY

JUNE 20, 2022

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HARRY APPEARS ON CBS NEWS TO WEIGH IN ON JAN. 6 HEARINGS

JUNE 23, 2022

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HARRY DISCUSSES THE SUPREME COURT RULING ON THE NEW YORK STATE GUN LAW

JUNE 23, 2022

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HARRY JOINS ANDREA MITCHELL ON MSNBC TO DISCUSS THE OVERTURNING OF ROE V. WADE BY THE SUPREME COURT

JUNE 26, 2022

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RAWSTORY: TRUMP IN ‘UNCENSORED’ DOCUMENTARY FOOTAGE WILL UNVEIL ‘A LOT OF LITTLE TREASURES’: EX-JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL

JUNE 25, 2022

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How will the Court, highly solicitous of free exercise rights, handle this one? Fla synagogue challenges abortion law, which lacks excep for rape and incest, as viol’nof Jewish law, which requires abortion “if necc to woman’s to protect the health, mental or physical well-being”

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 20, 2022

Hearing starts tomorrow at 1 PM ET. Supreme court issues opinions at 10 AM. If it issues one of the big remaining ones-& the odds grow stronger with each passing issuance day-the committee will hope that the first wave of news will have passed. In any event, fasten your seatbelts

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 21, 2022

Again, notice that Schiff is not using notes. He is a very gifted prosecutor.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 21, 2022

Meadows involved with Giuliani in Nov attempts to change electors in Arizona. Meadows's fingerprints basically everywhere.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 21, 2022

Trump lawsuit alleged 10,400 dead people voted in Georgia. Actual number: 4.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 21, 2022

A large part of this hearing was just illustrating the general thuggery of the Trump criminal syndicate. Lying, tough-talking, knee-breaking, sociopathic jerks. Back to @juliettekayyem : he is a loser with a capital L.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 21, 2022

Getting far ahead of myself, but Eastman is made to order to cooperate against Meadows and possibly Trump

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 23, 2022

DOJ also has searched home of Brad Carver, a Georgia lawyer who allegedly signed a counterfeit doc claiming to be a Trump elector.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 23, 2022

If you haven't been in the DOJ, might be hard to imagine how outrageous it is that Clark went to the White House on 12/22/20, with Scott Perry, without notifying the AG and DAG. It is an instant firing offense. It is completely beyond the pale.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 23, 2022

You can bet there is serious freaking out w/in the ranks of Republican Congressmen, who have been conspicuously silent these last few weeks, in particular whoever among them broached the idea of getting a pardon.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 23, 2022

Jeff Clark and John Eastman have this week become very dangerous figures for Mark Meadows and Donald Trump. They have the information and the motivation: Trump played them both for ambitious stooges.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 24, 2022

Harsh but irrefutable words from the dissent that go straight to core: decision "based on nothing more than the new views of new judges.The majority has overruled Roe & Casey for 1 and only 1 reason: because it has always despised them, and now it has the votes to discard them."

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 24, 2022

Justices Kavanaugh and Alito might try to reassure us that other rights are not on the chopping block and Justice Thomas might Insist they are. But it’s not really up to them. The trigger will be state legislatures that pass draconian laws that harm people who then sue.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 26, 2022

Hearing starts tomorrow at 1 PM ET. Supreme court issues opinions at 10 AM. If it issues one of the big remaining ones-& the odds grow stronger with each passing issuance day-the committee will hope that the first wave of news will have passed. In any event, fasten your seatbelts

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 21, 2022

Breyer: “Court has never previously held what the Court holds today, namely, that a State must (not may) use state funds to pay for religious education as part of a tuition program designed to ensure the provision of free statewide public education."

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 21, 2022

Pence got high marks for eventually not violating the Constitution but he prevaricated all along and since has been mealy. Compare this guy-Bowers-just straightforward strong, I took an oath to the Constitution, full stop.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 21, 2022

Meadows called Raffensberger's office 18 -- that's 18 -- times to set up the notorious Trump call.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 21, 2022

Yes -- Cheney singles out Meadows. He knows more than anyone and is more deeply involved than anyone.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 21, 2022

Yesterday’s hearing put on naked display the despicable human qualities of Trump. Looking forward to discussing on @Morning_Joe coming up right now!

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 22, 2022

Trump: Just "Say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me." one of top 10 quotes for the whole investigation

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 23, 2022

Lawdy lawdy there are notes- of Trump's talk with Donoghue. including "just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the Republican congressmen." Donoghue: this is an exact quote.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 23, 2022

The meeting in the first place w/ Clark and Perry with Trump was a rank violation of clear DOJ policy. In every way, Clark was sneaking around and increasingly emboldened by Trump's support and the heady prospect of being named the AG.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 23, 2022

5 members asked for pardons: what do the Republican leadership do w/ this: Gomert, Brooks, Perry, Gaetz, Greene.
wow
wow

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 23, 2022

WTF? Jeff Clark went on Fox/Tucker Carlson today. That is a textbook inane move for someone who just had a search warrant served on him. And who has been taking the 5th. He calls service of search warrant"Stasi like." A self-respecting attorney would resign the representation.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 24, 2022

If Manchin and Collins are genuinely surprised and irate, there's an easy fix: suspend filibuster, enlarge court, add 4 justices, overrule Dobbs. It would blow up Court, and I'm not saying I'm for it; but OTOH the Court is now positioned to be a regressive force for a generation.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 25, 2022

Harry's Hits: Week of June 12, 2022

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HARRY SPEAKS WTH NICOLLE WALLACE ABOUT CLARK’S CRIMINAL LIABILITY REGARDING THE JAN 6 HEARINGS ON DEADLINE WHITE HOUSE

JUNE 14, 2022

"Is [Clark] looking at criminal liability? You bet, and that's why he and his lawyer have insisted on taking the 5th, because this was a scheme he was attempting to do to make... GA officials... overturn the lawful results of the election" - @harrylitman w/ @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/yNg6IfwS7q

— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) June 14, 2022

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HARRY APPEARS ON CBS’S RED AND BLUE TO DISCUSS WHETHER THE JAN 6 HEARINGS COULD PROMPT THE DOJ TO LAUNCH A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO TRUMP

JUNE 14, 2022

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Look for more damning evidence against Trump from his own people tomorrow inc his campaign manager and his US attorney in Georgia, who was fired for not endorsing the big lie. Imagining the killer cross-examination if Trump or a surrogate ever were to assert the kool aid defense.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 13, 2022

Listen to Trump's tone, just dripping with arrogance: "we were getting ready to win this election. Frankly we did win this election." This should be played on a loop at the Trump library. He's a classic sneering two-bit criminal, just doubling and redoubling down on a total lie

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 13, 2022

Seeing Rudy, Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis a second time around looking into the camera and spouting lie after brazen lie, with the impact of tearing this country apart, is infuriating.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 13, 2022

Barr: Trump was generally "the weak element on the PA ballot." got to be killing Trump to hear that in particular. Barr is deftly and repeatedly twisting the knife.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 13, 2022

22 federal judges appointed by Rs, several by Trump, rejected Trump claims. 11 lawyers referred for discipline.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 13, 2022

Money went to a Save America PAC, unrelated to election efforts. Unreal.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 13, 2022

Interesting that the Republican rotten peanut gallery – McCarthy, Jordan et al– have been basically silent this last week. It’s not out of goodwill or courtesy. Presumably they’ve concluded they would look like idiots trying to rebut the tidal wave of evidence. Thank you, J6C!

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 14, 2022

Wow--new reporting makes clear how close we came to a coup-by-law (ie DOJ). But for threat of mass resignations by honorable public officials, all might have been lost. Looking forward to discussing on @DeadlineWH w/ @NicolleDWallace + @woodruffbets & @nickconfessore at 4 PM ET.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 14, 2022

There’s a lot of maneuvering going on involving the DOJ/Jeff Clark hearing, which was supposed to be tomorrow. I’m thinking we’re going to learn that the postponement is not just a matter of more time for tired aides to put the slides together.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 15, 2022

End of the road for Trump -- and Ivanka and Jr -- trying to evade the deposition in NY AG James's civil action. The highest court in NY turned down his appeal. Absent a ridiculous & quickly denied cert pen to Sup Ct, look for him to have to raise his right hand in a month or so

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 15, 2022

Wow. Details of Loudermilk tour far more sinister than he has admitted. Here is video from Committee combining tour on Jan 5-you can see the guy taking pictures of unusual places—and then in rally next day saying they are coming to get Pelosi Schumer etc https://t.co/nXUQiaKVXq

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 15, 2022

Eastman clerked for Luttig. Luttig is much revered and was perhaps the single most prominent conservative judge on the court of appeals. Eastman is a pipsqueak and rogue. Today is going to be like Luttig taking down Eastman’s pants and spanking him in front of the whole country.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 16, 2022

Imagine Luttig saying these things about a former clerk of his. Just a complete disgrace & public shellacking. Either Eastman a blithering idiot--he'd probably prefer that--or a rank criminal willing to pur a coup. He is 100% forever toast now; Q is just can he avoid jail.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 16, 2022

"I don't want to be your friend anymore if you don't do this."

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 16, 2022

Not clear if you could convict him of attempted murder of the Vice President but not clear you couldn't. This has to be the darkest moment in Presidential history.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 16, 2022

Lots of Trump lawyers have had lots of bad days -- Giuliani license suspended, Powell under DOJ investigation for fraud, Ellis totally unmasked -- and hopefully there will be more to come. But I don't think any Trump lawyer has had as bad a day as John Eastman had today.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 16, 2022

In the meantime, it’s mid June and the Supreme Court has nearly 30 decisions left to issue including five or so barnburners. Get ready for a possibly insane week with three hearings and guns and the Court.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 13, 2022

Love this former Fox News guy -- he's so jazzed and enthusiastic about the technical details of making the call, beating the competition, having the right model. Lofgren: what were Trump's chances after losing Arizona (which Fox called first)? A: None.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 13, 2022

Barr: When Trump tell him about the Dominion machine "I became demoralized because I thought if he really believes this stuff he's lost touch with reality."
The Attorney General of the United States concludes that the President of the United States has lost touch with reality.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 13, 2022

Giuliani committing brazen fraud on videotape. He's got serious potential criminal liability.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 13, 2022

Here you go: normally no litigation would occur past 12/14, but they continued to do it b/c they were able to raise millions of dollars from it. b/t Election Day and jan 6, campaign sent up to 20 emails/day to supporters. soliciting to a non-existent fund. Raised $250 million!

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 13, 2022

And another rage inducing revelation is the bombardment of supporters to cough up an other $20 for an "election fund" that he never even used for the election. He is just a grifter, and no grift too big or too small.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 13, 2022

Wow -- no wonder Clark took the 5th. Next hearing should be wild. "As Rosen and Donoghue listened, Clark told Trump that he would send the letter if the president named him attorney general.

“History is calling,” Clark told the president."https://t.co/TGVwDWDJsb

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 14, 2022

The fundraising fraud revealed by the Committee on Monday--soliciting $250 M in donations for a non-existent election fund--is very similar to the conduct for which Steve Bannon was indicted (fraud for his "We Build the Wall" scam) and for which Sidney Powell now under DOJ inves.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 14, 2022

Hate crime charges filed against Buffalo shooter mean he is eligible for the federal death penalty.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 15, 2022

Bannon, scheduled to go to trial July 18 on contempt charges, in court today seeking to dismiss them, w/ lousy & rejected arguments: 1) Cong lacks authority; 2) Trump told him to assert privilege; and 3) DOJ internal policies preclude the charges. Look for trial to stay on track

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 15, 2022

Forget her marriage. The drip drip drip of involvement of Ginny Thomas continues, and she is now looking more and more like a full fledged potential co-conspirator of her own accord. Committee now has correspondence between her and John Eastman.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 16, 2022

Luttig seems almost pained to have to give such a simple and fundamental civics lesson. If Trump had prevailed, it would have been a revolution and the first constitutional crisis since the founding of the Republic.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 16, 2022

Luttig and Short both talk slow and in lawyer-speak. But that's sort of the point here. They are representing the rule of reason and sobriety, of law in a word; compare the frothing wild-eyed ravings of Giuliani and Eastman at the rally.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 16, 2022

This scheme, among the 7, may seem a little dry and lawyerly to many -- although there is pretty high drama and dastardliness in Trump's many-pronged pressure campaign--but for lawyers this is maybe the most breathtaking and offensive, b/c it's a straight up constitutional coup

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 16, 2022

Again hearing ends and it feels emotionally devastating. blood-draining fury. what they tried to do. what they almost did. words fail.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 16, 2022

As was clear to everyone, Judge Luttig is a serious man not given to hyperbole. So just so Luttig's tag line is not missed: “Donald Trump and his allies and supporters are a clear and present danger to American democracy. “That’s not because of what happened on Jan. 6,...”

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 17, 2022

Harry's Hits: Week of June 6, 2022

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HARRY SPEAKS WTH NICOLLE WALLACE ABOUT CLARK’S CRIMINAL LIABILITY REGARDING THE JAN 6 HEARINGS ON DEADLINE WHITE HOUSE

JUNE 14, 2022

"Is [Clark] looking at criminal liability? You bet, and that's why he and his lawyer have insisted on taking the 5th, because this was a scheme he was attempting to do to make... GA officials... overturn the lawful results of the election" - @harrylitman w/ @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/yNg6IfwS7q

— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) June 14, 2022

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DOJ charging 5 proud boys with SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY -doesn’t get bigger or more serious than that.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 6, 2022

Seditious conspiracy- not for the faint of heart. Thanks very much as always @NicolleDWallace for including me at your great table, https://t.co/HubeyaJlfz

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 7, 2022

Turns out Dr. Oz, Newly victorious Republican candidate for Senate from Pennsylvania,is registered to vote in New Jersey, not Pennsylvania, and has been registered there since the 1980s.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 7, 2022

Judge Carter’s opinion denying Eastman’s claims of privilege over 150+ docs included this pretty huge finding: the crime w/ Eastman and Trump that he previously determined probably was committed “was fully formed and actionable as early as December 7, 2020.”

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 9, 2022

One of the docs that Judge Carter ordered Eastman to turn over is a 2nd piece of proof of a crime- it's an email from 12/20/20 discussing the "Jan 6 strategy" & plotting to avoid the courts because they could "tank the strategy." Also docs re communications w/ high level WH staff

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 9, 2022

The best trial lawyers and prosecutors find their own voice, the one that best communicates their credibility and trustworthiness. For Liz Cheney, that's calm, direct, methodical, not flashy. And she was magisterial with it this evening.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 10, 2022

My pick for the 5 biggest new reveals from the hearing:
5.Ivanka knows he lost; 4.Jared sees threats to resign as "whining"; 3.Congress Members sought pardons; 2. Trump:"Mob doing what they should be doing," & 1. "maybe our supporters have the right idea. Mike Pence deserves it."

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 10, 2022

How effective was it? Will it change hearts and minds? Ultimately, this has to be the wrong question. The Committee did an impeccable job of showing us the facts. It's to the American people to get it right and to preserve their entitlement to "a republic, if you can keep it."

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 10, 2022

Many trial lawyers - I was among them / put a lot of stock in sponsorship theory, meaning a jury or audience reacts differently to evidence depending on the source. Here the Committee’s use of Barr, Ivanka, even Cheney’s starring role, draws power from that idea.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 11, 2022

Look for more damning evidence against Trump from his own people tomorrow inc his campaign manager and his US attorney in Georgia, who was fired for not endorsing the big lie. Imagining the killer cross-examination if Trump or a surrogate ever were to assert the kool aid defense.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 13, 2022

Boom there it is! DOJ charges 5 Proud Boys with seditious conspiracy. Looking forward to discussing on @DeadlineWH with @NicolleDWallace at 4:20 ET

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 6, 2022

.@washingtonpost reports that Trump applied two weeks of persistent pressure on the Secret Service to devise a plan for him to join his supporters on a march to the Capitol from the park near the White House where he was leading a massive rally that he predicted would be “wild.”

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 7, 2022

other shoe falls. Judge Carter orders John Eastman to turn over tranche of 159 documents, rejecting Eastman's (bogus) argument that they were covered by attorney-client privilege.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 8, 2022

Immediate dividends from cooperation of Secret Service and Robert Engel, head of Trump detail. He will testify that Trump asked him about marching to Capitol with insurrectionists.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 9, 2022

On the basic goal of working fast and putting in a huge range of evidence but also punctuating with new and indelible moments, it’s a 10 out of 10.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 10, 2022

How effective was it? Will it change hearts and minds? Ultimately, this has to be the wrong question. The Committee did an impeccable job of showing us the facts. It's to the American people to get it right and to preserve their entitlement to "a republic, if you can keep it."

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 10, 2022

Jared's posture, word choice, general commentary all dripping with supreme arrogance. helped clarify his status as one of most if not most loathed figures in the Trump WH. https://t.co/dTEec5UrGA

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 10, 2022

Referral or no referral, prosecution or no prosecution, last night’s hearing was the most damning and dramatic indictment of any president in US history. Looking forward to discussing with @NicolleDWallace and her all-star ensemble on @DeadlineWH at 5 pm ET.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 10, 2022

Presumably the committee is holding out hope for some kind of cooperation from the recalcitrant Republican five, perhaps because revelations shame them or increase the political pressure to intolerable levels. Why else wouldn’t they have referred them to DOJ at this point?

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 11, 2022

In the meantime, it’s mid June and the Supreme Court has nearly 30 decisions left to issue including five or so barnburners. Get ready for a possibly insane week with three hearings and guns and the Court.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 13, 2022

Harry's Hits: Week of May 30, 2022

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LA TIMES COLUMN: THE SUPREME COURT SHOULD FIND THE ROE LEAKER. BUT THAT WON’T FIX WHAT’S BROKEN

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Sussmann not guilty. Extremely fast verdict. more or less total humiliation for Durham. Jury presumably recognized the picayune pettiness of the case.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) May 31, 2022

Foreperson in Sussmann case told reporters that “politics were not a factor” and that she thought bringing the case had been unwise. Ouch! One thing to vote to acquit, much harsher to say the charges never should’ve been brought.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 1, 2022

New York appeals court upholds conviction for sexual assault of 2 women and 23-year prison sentence for Harvey Weinstein.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 2, 2022

Remember, Navarro is "Mr Green Bay Sweep," the author of a whole game plan of multiple actions to overturn the election, WHICH HE PUT IN A BOOK but refused to testify to Congress about

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 3, 2022

Another interesting point about Navarro: he also has been subpoenaed to testify before a DOJ federal grand jury. That's a separate action, but obviously now cross-cutting and had to have been carefully coordinated at DOJ.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 3, 2022

Navarro is a flamboyantly sketchy character somewhat in the Michael Flynn mold,but nothing about the facts of his contempt case required the DOJ to seal the indictment,arrest him, & keep him in custody.They're treating him like a severe flight risk; we'll likely find out why soon

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 3, 2022

Three years ago, a white supremacist with an assault weapon murdered 51 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. 
One week later the Prime Minister announced a nationwide ban on military-style assault weapons — and parliament passed it with near-unanimous support.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 3, 2022

A reminder that DOJ’s hands were affectively tied: for political reasons they couldn’t dump Durham. But the lengthy investigation with zero results is an even stronger repudiation.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) May 31, 2022

The shooting in Tulsa was with a rifle. We are an abomination where guns are concerned.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 2, 2022

BOOM there it is: Navarro indicted for criminal contempt for snubbing Congress. Also answers the question about what the subpoena was for.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 3, 2022

Two counts for Navarro, one for refusal to testify, one for refusal to produce documents.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 3, 2022

.@maggieNYT scoop: Pence's Chief of Staff warned him and his security detail on Jan 5 that Trump was going to turn publicly against him, and there could be a security risk because of it.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 3, 2022

The revelations that Pence's folks feared a physical threat of him as of 1/5 are impt evidence of TRUMP's state of mind. The worst texts from Meadows show Trump as unconcerned about Pence on 1/6; this shows Trump must at least have known about the threat and in advance.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 3, 2022

Meet your likely star witness:

Cassidy Hutchinson has recalled for the committee various episodes in the chaotic scramble to sustain Trump’s election-fraud falsehood. A mid-level aide, she kept detailed schedules of movements in the West Wing and spoke extensively with Meadows.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 5, 2022

Harry's Hits: Week of May 15, 2022

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HARRY JOINS NICOLLE WALLACE ON DEADLINE WHITEHOUSE TO DISCUSS INSURRECTIONIST CONTEMPLATION ACCUSATIONS

May 19, 2022

Got this news just before the hit on @DeadlineWH w/ @NicolleDWallace so was quickly reacting; now on sober reflection nearly 3 hours later, it’s still absolutely that bad!! Thanks as always for letting me join the discussion, @NicolleDWallace ! https://t.co/3b9cKvQiDs

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) May 19, 2022

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Sussmann jury seated and evidence begins tomorrow. Government's case, brought by Special Counsel John Durham, expected to begin with Marc Elias, who worked with Sussmann at Perkins Coie election law group, and two FBI agents.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) May 17, 2022

Testifying in the Michael Sussmann trial, @marceelias throws water on the Durham theory, telling jurors that it wouldn't have been in Clinton campaign's interest to come forward to the FBI. "Comey was putting a thumb on the scale against Hillary Clinton: at the time.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) May 19, 2022

Very important development: DOJ asks 1/6 committee for transcripts of its interviews now, suggesting its Grand Jury investigation of political actors is wide-ranging and heating up quickly.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) May 17, 2022

Harry's Hits: Week of May 8, 2022

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HARRY JOINS KATIE BARLOW AND DAVD ROTHKOPF ON DEEP STATE RADIO TO DISCUSS THE SUPREME COURT DRAFT OPINION LEAKS

May 16, 2022

.@katieleebarlow, @harrylitman, and @djrothkopf discuss the leaks at the Supreme Court around the draft decision overturning Roe v. Wade during our latest episode. Listen here: https://t.co/YZJfOUhgsL pic.twitter.com/QJmCAfvEil

— Deep State Radio (@deepstateradio) May 16, 2022

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NY court rules to lift the contempt order, Trump must pay what is now a $110,000 fine, detail policies on how docs kept or destroyed, and a few final boxes are searched.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) May 11, 2022

Boom, there it is! The House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol is taking the extraordinary step of sending subpoenas to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and four other Republican lawmakers--Jordan, Perry, Biggs, and Brooks.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) May 12, 2022

Yes if the 5 subpoenaed Members resolve to resist, the committee will not get their info before the hearings. But they can still be referred for contempt, and that won't go away. If DOJ agrees-and the 5 have no real defense-there are legal, financial, & political repurcussions

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) May 12, 2022

As Thomas speech illustrates, the Supreme Court is broken. And while it’s more remote then with the Congress and the republican party, Trump is basically the guy who broke it. Amazing the damage one sub-mediocre sociopath has wrought everywhere.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) May 14, 2022

Lots of people seem to think Trump beat the rap with the civil contempt.Not sure why== he failed to comply with the court's orders and was held in civil contempt until he complied, and then he lost the motion to rescind the fines. That's how civil contempt works.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) May 12, 2022

There are many equally rabid supporters of the Big Lie in Congress, so why subpoena these 5. Because they are fact witnesses. They spoke with Trump on the 6th, or heard his confess responsibility, or worked up the false allegations, etc. Remember the backdrop here:

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) May 12, 2022

Great stuff: Sweden looks likely to join Finland in applying to join NATO, after more than 200 years of neutrality and military nonalignment. Putin is reconfiguring Europe, but not in the way he anticipated.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) May 13, 2022

Waiting with some dread to learn how the Buffalo shooter got his firearm.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) May 14, 2022

Harry's Hits: Week of May 1, 2022

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HARRY APPEARS ON DAN ABRAMS LIVE TO ANALYZE THE DRAFT OPINION TO OVERTURN ROE V. WADE

May 2, 2022

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HARRY JOINS MSNBC TO DISCUSS JUSTICE THOMAS’ COMMENTS ABOUT SCOTUS BEING ‘BULLIED’

May 7, 2022

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RAWSTORY: RUDY GIULANI WANTED ‘TRIAL BY COMBAT’ — BUT NOW HIS LEGAL BILLS ARE OVERWHELMING: LEGAL EXPERT

May 6, 2022

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RAW STORY: LEGAL EXPERT SLAMS CLARENCE THOMAS FOR COMPLAINING ABOUT BEING ‘BULLIED’

may 7, 2022

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TOP TWEETS THIS WEEK

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When Alito applied for a senior job at the DOJ in 1985, he wrote in his cover letter that as a “life-long registered Republican,” he was “particularly proud” to have worked on cases arguing “that the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion.”

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) May 6, 2022

I've posited that the triggering event for the leak of the Alito draft might have been the circulation of a draft dissent eviscerating Alito's reasoning. What might that have looked like?

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) May 7, 2022

Harry's Hits: Week of April 24, 2022

MEDIA HITS

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HARRY APPEARS ON DAN ABRAMS LIVE TO DISCUSS POST-TRUMP IMMIGRATION POLICIES

April 26, 2022

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RICK HASEN WRITES ABOUT HIS APPEARANCE ON TALKING BOOKS

April 20, 2022

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TOP TWEETS THIS WEEK

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A really sinister counter explanation of Meadows’s being told that violence was likely is making the rounds. It’s that Secret Service was trying to get Pence to leave Capitol, at which point Grassley steps in, throws the election, and the coup succeeds.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) April 26, 2022

There have been occasional perjury prosecutions for false “I don’t recall” statements.Tough cases, and don’t hold your breath for one here;but bottom line is we now know that MTG almost certainly committed perjury when she said she didn’t recall asking Pres to impose martial law.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) April 26, 2022

From I Alone Can Fix it by @CarolLeonnig & @PhilipRucker: Pence's security adviser,Keith Kellogg, tells Tony Ornato,who oversees secret service detail: “You can’t [move the VP], Tony...He’s got a job to do. I know you guys too well. You’ll fly him to Alaska if you have a chance."

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) April 27, 2022

McCarthy has now shot himself to the head of the class as the member who most needs to be subpoenaed by the committee. It’s complicated,but if they’re holding back out of concern at his vindictiveness & scandalmongering If he becomes Speaker, it’s fruitless: he’ll be rabid anyway

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) April 28, 2022

Reading @RepRaskin ‘s “Unthinkable,” which beautifully braids together the personal and the political,and it notes his consternation at the leak of the discussion about calling Trump as a witness for impeachment II. Brings home that the leak of the Meadows emails this week doesnt

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) May 1, 2022

At heart of issue is what exactly Pence was thinking when the Secret Service, 3 different times, tells Pence to leave Capitol and Pence, with unusual spine, says “I’m not getting in that car.”

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) April 26, 2022

Apart from the evidence of rampant involvement, the Meadows emails display a CoS the exact opposite of what you want -- he's continually placating and sidestepping, going along w/ everyone. It was 100% his job to put all the nonsense down firmly, like squashing a cockroach.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) April 26, 2022

Madison Cawthorn won't let anyone outpace him for most criminal behavior by a Member of Congress. To his citation yesterday for carrying loaded gun through airport security, he adds new suspicions of an insider trading violation: https://t.co/JLbDdkeyWd

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) April 27, 2022

Boom there it is! Oath Keepers heavy Brian Ulrich pleads to "obstruction of an official proceeding" and seditious conspiracy--the most serious charges DOJ has brought -- and agrees to cooperate with the Department's investigation.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) April 29, 2022

Jury takes 2 hours to convict Thomas Webster, former NYPD, of assaulting a DC, police officer with a metal flagpole during the 1/6 riot. Webster had argued self-defense.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) May 2, 2022