Willard Hotel Was Insurrection 'Command Center'

Washington Post: “They called it the ‘command center,’ a set of rooms and suites in the posh Willard hotel a block from the White House where some of President Donald Trump’s most loyal lieutenants were working day and night with one goal in mind: overturning the results of the 2020 election.”

“The Jan. 6 rally on the Ellipse and the ensuing attack on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob would draw the world’s attention to the quest to physically block Congress from affirming Joe Biden’s victory. But the activities at the Willard that week add to an emerging picture of a less visible effort, mapped out in memos by a conservative pro-Trump legal scholar and pursued by a team of presidential advisers and lawyers seeking to pull off what they claim was a legal strategy to reinstate Trump for a second term.”

https://politicalwire.com/2021/10/23/willard-hotel-was-insurrection-command-center/


Updated to add:

“Kerik said his firm billed the Trump campaign more than $55,000 for rooms for the legal team. ...
The three people familiar with the operation described intense work in the days and hours leading up to and even extending beyond 1 p.m. on Jan 6, ...”

A federal judge just expedited Trump's case of "Executive Privilege" to November 4th. This is fast.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge will consider on Nov. 4 former President Donald Trump's claim of executive privilege in response to a document request from a congressional panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol.

Trump on Monday sued the Jan. 6 Select Committee, alleging members made an illegal request for his White House records as part of their investigation.

In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Trump asserted that materials sought by the House of Representatives committee are covered by a legal doctrine known as executive privilege, which protects the confidentiality of some White House communications.

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who was designated by random assignment to hear the lawsuit, on Friday signed off an agreement by Trump and the committee to expedite the case for a Nov. 4 oral argument.

https://twitter.com/NotHoodlum/status/1451660299724075008?s=20
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/judge-sets-nov-4-hearing-170036522.html

Once again: Why We CAN'T Have Nice Things.

So did THIS really happen? "Stop The Squeal"

It took less than two hours for Donald Trump's new social media to collapse under the weight of embarrassment. Trump's own account was quickly compromised and proceeded to post a photo of a pig defecating on its own scrotum. Access to the site is now shut down.

https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow/status/1451186805445836815?s=20
https://twitter.com/stevanzetti/status/1451031457590353922?s=20

Right Before Our Eyes

You know what's more radical than abolishing the filibuster?

Clay Bennett, political cartoonist extraordinaire, has an opinion on Virginia's Glenn Youngkin

& So, The Left & The Right Began...

Too Soon?

Oh My - THERE IS HOPE!

Sen Manchin to Sen Sanders as they get in their respective cars: "Never give up, Bernie."
https://twitter.com/frankthorp/status/1450229801424498688?s=20