The January 6th Committee Hearings

Amid the frenzy of Sen. Josh (fist pump) Hawley memes, this one's my favorite. 😄

https://twitter.com/FrancisWegner/status/1550297565299621889

More Memes:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/7/22/2111895/-Josh-Hawley-became-the-laughingstock-of-the-internet-and-a-thousand-hilarious-memes-were-born

Countdown to the eighth January 6th Committee Hearing tonight at 5:00 PM (PT), 8:00 PM (ET), 12:00 AM (GMT).  The wrap-up will focus on Trump's inaction during 187 minutes of rioting at the U.S. Capitol.  The live video will be carried by all major broadcast networks and cable news channels except Fox News.

In the meantime, here's a familiar ditty from the 60's TV show, "Gilligan's Island" called A Three Hour Tour.   Enjoy!

Day 7 of the hearings:  Another bombshell of witness testimonies leading up to Jan 6th and beyond.

Liz Cheney: "Trump defenders say Trump was manipulated by fringe extremists to push election fraud lies. Donald Trump is a 76 year old man, he is not an impressionable child."  [Some close to Trump might disagree.]

Details were revealed about the secret "unhinged" meeting in Yellow Oval between DJT,  attorney Sidney Powell, former national security adviser Michael Flynn and former Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne.  The meeting devolved into a profane shouting match when WH counsel & staff intervened.   [What the hell was Overstock owner, Patrick Byrne doing there?] 

Trump's campaign official, Jason Miller, confirmed that Rudy Giuliani team's so-called "evidence of fraud was very thin and virtually nonexistent."

A former Twitter employee testified that the platform was being used to coordinate a violent attack on Jan 6th but could not convince Twitter decision makers to act.  "Had Trump not been POTUS, his account would have been banned immediately."

Former Oath Keepers-insider described it as a paramilitary militia group whose goal is to to overthrow the U.S. government.  Roger Stone recruited Oath Keepers for a Jan 6th take over.  In preparation, Oath Keepers and Proud Boys purchased additional weapons & explosives en route to Wash. D.C.

Since the last hearing, Trump contacted an unnamed Jan 6th Committee witness who has not testified.  Witness refused Trump's call and called their lawyer instead.  Matter has been referred to the DOJ for possible witness tampering.

Stay tuned for the 8th hearing.

News update.  An unscheduled hearing will commence tomorrow  “to present recently obtained evidence and receive new witness testimony.”

The surprise hearing, set for 1 p.m. ET on Capitol Hill, was announced Monday. It was not immediately clear what new evidence the committee planned to reveal nor did the panel identify who is scheduled to testify.

I'm guessing we may hear from Mo Brooks or Jeffrey Clark whose names came up several times in last week's hearings.  

Meanwhile, the Dept of Justice has just demanded the Jan 6th Committee hand over all their documents & transcripts immediately. I wonder what that could mean? 😮

By @Nancy OShea

That means probably a criminal investigation into those documents, and bad news for some people involved into this scheme. The ones entering the Capitol were so kind to post the proves on social media, but those working in the background may need a more in-depth investigation.