Jason Moyer on 1/12/2020 at 05:56
If I were a lawyer for the DNC in Georgia, I'd call one of these asshats on the stand and ask the following questions:
1. Were Dominion machines used in Georgia? (yes)
2. Who approved the use of these machines in Georgia? (whichever GOP-led branch of the state govt ran the election)
3. Why do you allege that these machines were used to fraudulently alter vote totals? (presumably a list of QAnon bullshit about Hugo Chavez and Germany and whatever)
4. Why did you approve these machines for use when all of that information would have been widely available at that time were it true?
It seems like we're supposed to believe that it's a coincidence that suddenly all of this information about Dominion, which is bullshit btw, suddenly became known when a pile of Republican Qtards realized their guy was getting his ass kicked. And that these alleged ties to Chavez and Germany and whatever would have been some kind of big secret before then. Oooook.
rachel on 1/12/2020 at 08:57
These claims are ridiculous.
The rigged election is clearly the work of Dr. Doofenshmirtz, and his Electionator-inator.
prengle on 1/12/2020 at 10:47
suddenly Captain Spandex's incessant shilling of the Orange Man™ on twitter makes sense, this thread is a fucking dumpster heap
it's the looking glass curse in action... all of the cool kids that went to mit with our good friend epstein grew up and turned into neoliberal boomer hacks :tsktsk:
Dia on 1/12/2020 at 13:42
I'm confused. I'm not a lawyer, so I'm not sure about this, but I was taught that interfering with a federal election was a crime. So of course I had to look it up and this is what I found:
18 U.S. Code Chapter 29 is the part of the federal penal code that defines offenses related to elections and political activity. There are 22 different statutes found within Chapter 29, but two of those statutes – 18 U.S. Code section 591 and 18 U.S. Code section 612 – have been repealed. The remaining statutes include the following:
18 U.S. Code section 592 – Troops at polls
18 U.S. Code section 593 – Interference by armed forces
18 U.S. Code section 594 – Intimidation of voters
18 U.S. Code section 595 – Interference by administrative employees of Federal, State, or Territorial Governments
18 U.S. Code section 596 – Polling armed forces
18 U.S. Code section 597 – Expenditures to influence voting
18 U.S. Code section 598 – Coercion by means of relief appropriations
18 U.S. Code section 599 – Promise of appointment by candidate
18 U.S. Code section 600 – Promise of employment or other benefit for political activity
18 U.S. Code section 601 – Deprivation of employment or other benefit for political contribution
18 U.S. Code section 602 – Solicitation of political contributions
18 U.S. Code section 603 – Making political contributions
18 U.S. Code section 604 – Solicitation from persons on relief
18 U.S. Code section 605 – Disclosure of names of persons on relief
18 U.S. Code section 606 – Intimidation to secure political contributions
18 U.S. Code section 607 – Place of solicitation
18 U.S. Code section 608 – Absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters
18 U.S. Code section 609 – Use of military authority to influence vote of member of Armed Forces
18 U.S. Code section 610 – Coercion of political activity
18 U.S. Code section 611 – Voting by aliens (Source: (
https://www.lvcriminaldefense.com/usc/elections-and-political-activities/))
Then I read stuff like
'Allies of President Donald Trump want a federal court in Michigan to force state leaders to set aside election results and award its 16 electoral votes to the president.' and
'A separate conservative group also wants the Michigan Supreme Court to invalidate the results that show President-elect Joe Biden won the state.' ((
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-allies-michigan-judge-force-123316617.html))
as well as
'Mr Giuliani appeared in Phoenix on Monday to urge Republican legislators to interfere with the election’s outcome, as he claimed that votes were “embedded" in voting precincts and voting machines had been manipulated and part of a conspiratorial scheme involving Hugo Chavez.' ((
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-news-live-president-says-081107977.html)) and my brain starts to hurt wondering why Trump and his associates haven't been outright charged with interfering in a federal election.
I mean, Trump stated that he wanted to have the 'battleground states' get rid of their electors and replace them with pro-Trump electors to guarantee his victory and that was
after the election, which I know would be illegal if he were to actually succeed in doing that. I also know Trump has gotten away (so far) with tons of illegal and borderline-illegal shit, but come on! Why is there not even a whisper of charging and prosecuting him and his lapdogs for blatant interference with a presidential election? Can someone more familiar with this law explain?
Starker on 1/12/2020 at 13:46
In related news, another one of Lord Dampnut's lawyers called for Chris Krebs to be executed:
Quote:
(
https://thebulwark.com/trump-lawyer-dhs-whistleblower-should-be-executed/)
On Monday President Trump's campaign lawyer and former U.S. Attorney Joe diGenova said that fired Trump cybersecurity chief Chris Krebs should be executed for saying that the election was the “most secure in United States history.”
DiGenova, appearing on the Howie Carr show, which simulcasts on Newsmax, took aim at Krebs as an aside during a wheels-off segment full of false claims about how the United States election had been rigged.
“Anybody who thinks that this election went well, like that idiot Krebs who used to be the head of cybersecurity [for Trump]. That guy is a class A moron. He should be drawn and quartered. Taken out at dawn and shot,” diGenova said.
[...]
DiGenova's execution wishcasting comes on the heels of a Krebs interview with 60 Minutes in which he debunked the Trump team's outlandish and conspiratorial claims about the election. Krebs is a lifelong Republican who Trump put in charge of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which had oversight of election security. (Trump fired Krebs via tweet.)
[...]
lowenz on 1/12/2020 at 14:22
The Trump team (Bannon, this DiGenova - italian I would say - guy, others) are so wrong on so many lavels of human decency (behead! shot!) that must be simply put in mental institutes.
(
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_diGenova)
Joseph diGenova (born February 22, 1945) is an American lawyer, political commentator, and conspiracy theorist who served as the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia from 1983 to 1988.[1][2] He and his wife, Victoria Toensing, are partners in the Washington, D.C., law firm diGenova and Toensing.[3][4] He is known for promoting conspiracy theories about the Department of Justice and the FBI.[13] He and Toensing frequently appeared on Fox News and Fox Business channels, until diGenova used a November 2019 appearance to spread conspiracy theories about George Soros, leading to widespread calls for him to be banned from the network.[14][15] In November 2020, President Donald Trump named diGenova, Toensing, Sidney Powell and Jenna Ellis to join a legal team led by Rudy Giuliani to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election in which Trump was defeated.Classic.....
heywood on 1/12/2020 at 22:07
Traitor!
Turncoat!
Put his head on a pike!
Where's Steve Bannon?
The Trump rats are going into personal damage control mode, distancing themselves in an attempt to preserve whatever professional reputation they might have left. SORRY. It's a little too late for that.
Barr is well connected. But if there's any justice to be found in this country, his career should be well and truly over for good.
lowenz on 1/12/2020 at 22:15
LOL. Venezuela Lair of the Devil!!1111 (It's McCarthyism all over again, now that Castro is no more)
Now let me ask: how can even be possible that half of US people voted for this team of lunatics.
