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brooklynite

(96,882 posts)
Tue Aug 1, 2023, 05:56 PM Aug 2023

Name that defendant!

Co-Conspirator 1, an attorney who was willing to spread knowingly false claims and pursue strategies that the Defendant's 2020 re-election campaign attorneys would not.

Co-Conspirator 2, an attorney who devised and attempted to implement a strategy to leverage the Vice President's ceremonial role overseeing the certification proceeding to obstruct the certification of the presidential vote.

Co-Conspirator 3, an attorney whose unfounded claims of election fraud the Defendant privately acknowledged to others sounded "crazy". Nevertheless, the Defendant embraced and publicly amplified Co-conspirator 3's disinformation.

Co-conspirator 4, a Justice Department official who worked on civil matters and who, with the Defendant, attempted to use the Justice Department to open sham election crime investigations and influence state legislatures with knowingly false claims...

Co-conspirator 5, an attorney who assisted in devising and attempting to implement a plan to submit fraudulent slates of presidential electors to obstruct the certification proceeding.

Co-Conspirator 6, a political consultant who helped implement a plan to submit fraudulent slates of presidential electors to obstruct the certification proceeding.
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Name that defendant! (Original Post) brooklynite Aug 2023 OP
I say Eastman, Bannon and Powell are three of them? gopiscrap Aug 2023 #1
Damn, I hope you are right about that fucker Bannon. zuul Aug 2023 #5
me too, I hate that POS gopiscrap Aug 2023 #8
Where Rudy? Historic NY Aug 2023 #2
#1? emulatorloo Aug 2023 #14
Either Rudy or Powell have be #3 - the "crazy" one nt csziggy Aug 2023 #21
3. is Sydney Powell 5. Cleta Mitchell maybe? Tomconroy Aug 2023 #3
Lisa Rubin says #5 Kenneth Cheseboro Fiendish Thingy Aug 2023 #7
Could be. Don't know him. Tomconroy Aug 2023 #9
Jan 6 report reveals identity of Trump ally who was architect of fake elector plot KewlKat Aug 2023 #18
2. Eastman 1. Rudy Tomconroy Aug 2023 #4
number 4 is probably jeffrey clark drray23 Aug 2023 #6
Name That Tune NowISeetheLight Aug 2023 #10
They are not yet defendants; not yet charged. Sogo Aug 2023 #11
Political consultant could certainly be Bannon calguy Aug 2023 #12
My guesses: Ocelot II Aug 2023 #13
Sounds right to me Unwind Your Mind Aug 2023 #16
I think you nailed it.....hope #6 is Bannon KewlKat Aug 2023 #19
#6 Peter Navarro or Steve Bannon (Green Bay Sweep) agingdem Aug 2023 #15
Crap...forgot about Navarro........ KewlKat Aug 2023 #20
Powell is Number 3. Tommy Carcetti Aug 2023 #17
#5 Kenneth Cheesebro... agingdem Aug 2023 #22

KewlKat

(5,810 posts)
18. Jan 6 report reveals identity of Trump ally who was architect of fake elector plot
Tue Aug 1, 2023, 06:11 PM
Aug 2023

Kenneth Chesebro, a little-known attorney, allegedly led the scheme to plant fake electors in seven states where President Joe Biden had won the 2020 presidential election, according to the committee’s bombshell report.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kenneth-chesebro-jan-6-report-trump-lawyer-b2250654.html

drray23

(8,754 posts)
6. number 4 is probably jeffrey clark
Tue Aug 1, 2023, 06:00 PM
Aug 2023

who was willing to send a letter from the doj to states saying there was fraud.

Sogo

(7,191 posts)
11. They are not yet defendants; not yet charged.
Tue Aug 1, 2023, 06:03 PM
Aug 2023

Trump is THE defendant, and the others are co-conspirators who have not yet been charged.

Ocelot II

(130,526 posts)
13. My guesses:
Tue Aug 1, 2023, 06:04 PM
Aug 2023

Co-Conspirator 1, an attorney who was willing to spread knowingly false claims and pursue strategies that the Defendant's 2020 re-election campaign attorneys would not. Giuliani

Co-Conspirator 2, an attorney who devised and attempted to implement a strategy to leverage the Vice President's ceremonial role overseeing the certification proceeding to obstruct the certification of the presidential vote. Eastman

Co-Conspirator 3, an attorney whose unfounded claims of election fraud the Defendant privately acknowledged to others sounded "crazy". Nevertheless, the Defendant embraced and publicly amplified Co-conspirator 3's disinformation. Powell

Co-conspirator 4, a Justice Department official who worked on civil matters and who, with the Defendant, attempted to use the Justice Department to open sham election crime investigations and influence state legislatures with knowingly false claims... Clark

Co-conspirator 5, an attorney who assisted in devising and attempting to implement a plan to submit fraudulent slates of presidential electors to obstruct the certification proceeding. Cheseboro

Co-Conspirator 6, a political consultant who helped implement a plan to submit fraudulent slates of presidential electors to obstruct the certification proceeding. Bannon

They aren't defendants, though... YET.

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