Yesterday, much of the Front Range (as the eastern edge of the Rockies is nicknamed) woke up to snow on the ground. I didn’t look, but it was cold enough all day to suggest that was also true here. That is supposed to end starting today – at least for a while. We’ll see if it does. The news, of course, has been full of the Trump** indictment in Manhattan. Joyce Vance, who had previously explained the diference between a “bare bones” indictment (which just lists the charges) and a “speaking” indictment (which also describes the actions which led to the charges), shared that, in New York, they don’t use “speaking” indictments, but they do use a separate document called a “statement of facts,” which does the “speaking” for the indictment. She also provided a link to Trump**’s, which I’m sharing. It’s only 13 pages, and they are double spaced.
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HuffPost – Mike Pence Drops Fight, Will Testify Against Trump In Jan. 6 Investigation
Quote – Pence had originally said he would take his battle to quash the grand jury subpoena to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary. But a week ago, he said that he was “pleased” that James Boasberg, the chief judge of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., had agreed with his argument that the “speech and debate clause” in the Constitution applied to him in his role as president of the Senate. Prosecutors’ main interest in Pence’s testimony, though, is not in his dealings with members of Congress. Rather, it is in his interactions and conversations with Trump and his aides, who had been pushing him for weeks to use his role as presiding officer at the election certification ceremony on Jan. 6, 2021, to award Trump a second term[.]
Click through for details. This makes it clear that his appeal was just for show. The court’s minor concession will allow him not to testify about what happened on the day, January 6, while requiring him to testify truthfully (or plead the Fifth) about eveerything that happened on every day leading up to that day. And that, of course, is what matters.
Mother Jones – Tennessee House Republicans Move to Expel Three Members for Gun Control Protest
Quote – A little over a week after a devastating shooting at a Nashville grade school, the Tennessee House of Representatives, in a historically rare move, took the first steps to expel three Democratic members for participating in a gun control protest. On Monday, Republican lawmakers filed resolutions to remove Reps. Gloria Johnson, Justin Jones, and Justin Pearson, alleging that the three participated in “disorderly behavior.”
Click through for story. This is so typically Republican that I really can’t think of a new way to say it.
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