The money quote:
Sheriff Bill Masters said his office was happy to help authorities with this case. “It’s no surprise to those of us who have had to deal with this career criminal that he, along with the other clowns, violently assaulted peace officers who were attempting to protect our Republic.”
Daddy is illiterate.
I read one article that speculated that Senior probably sent Junior’s call to voicemail, so he had to resort to this text message workaround.
Another reporter pointed out that these people texting Meadows were surely texting other people too. It’d be interesting to get an insight into what else they wrote, and to whom.
I’ve seen several members of the committee clearly state the names are being withheld for the time being. The names will be put forward at the appropriate time. Successful prosecutors like to get all their ducks in a row.
It’s pretty clear at this point why Republican House members are trying so hard to block this Committee; They know that there is evidence that they themselves were complicit in a plot to overthrow the legally elected president.
I hope the committee is looking very closely at who gave tours to the insurrectionists the day before, and who provided them with floor plans.
Traitors. Literally, treason. Lifetime sentences or worse.
The Committee was apparently unmoved by Jordan’s impassioned references to Obama misdeeds last night and subpoenaed his Jan. 6 phone records. Along with a handful of others, including Empty Greene and Matt Gaetz.
I missed that speech last night. Any time I miss Jim Jordan speaking, that’s good. What are the odds that the committee actually gets those records?
What does Jordan care about Obama’s tailor or grocery choices?
Pretty good, since the phone companies are complying with subpoenas.
(shred, shred, shred, shred) Destroying evidence has a long and storied tradition among Republican politicians.
I don’t understand. How will Republicans remove the records from phone company databases?
They won’t. They’ll say it’s a fabrication by a librul media conspiracy or some shit.
We’re long past the point where objective reality matters. If you can insist on your own substitute reality hard enough, you win.
There may be a record of calls, but Republicans will refuse to say what was said, or release recordings or transcripts.
But many people text, especially people in a crowded chamber where people are attempting a coup and don’t want to be overheard. Phone company keeps records of text. I doubt that that congress critters were any smarter than the mob, probably took videos of themselves talking about overthrowing the libs today . . . for historical purposes in order to prove their treasonous leadership.
My understanding was that the subpoenas were for the phone companies’ records. I may not know what I’m talking about.
I believe all that the records will show is that this here phone called that there phone from this here location at this here time for this here duration.
The texts that were read by the committee were provided as messages by Meadows.
You’re correct. With good cause, Congress can subpoena those records directly from the phone and other media companies. They have good cause. They are tasked with investigating these things.
What they may not have access to are all the text messages from Signal. But the Committee has interviewed around 300 witnesses, and I understand quite a number of them are cooperating with the Committee’s subpoenas. Maybe Signal, too.
Think about how the Committee knew that Meadows had failed to turn over large numbers of text messages and emails from his private gmail account. They know because they likely already have a lot of this stuff. They just want to see how often Meadows will lie to them and rack up the lying-to-Congress charges.
This is how normal investigations work. Start with the little guys and work your way up. You can’t go after Mark Meadows until you have the foundational evidence.
The FBI has rolled up over 700 participants in the insurrection and still counting. A lot of them are cooperating. So are quite a lot of members of Congress. They will have turned over their text messages and emails.
Which is why Meadows is now refusing to testify. I think he figures that a charge of contempt of congress is better than a charge of perjury at best, and exposure that he’s a traitorous piece of shit at worst.
Ooof! This is prolly gonna hurt!