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It is not often, that we get to see history being made. The RICO Conspiracy Indictment just handed down against the former president and his foot-soldiers, is one of those historic events.
Initially I thought I'd spotlight the overt acts of KENNETH JOHN CHESEBRO in the furtherance of the Conspiracy plot. They take up 2 pages of the indictment (32-33), and outline his efforts at coordinating the Fake Electors scheme, across multiple states. That's a lot of "cheese" -- and I encourage you to read his e-mail barrage attack on various state officials.
But then it dawned on me, that this back-office grunt was probably set-up to be the "fall guy," assuming it all went South, like it has in triplicate. Therefore it would be far better to spotlight the overt acts of DONALD JOHN TRUMP in the furtherance of the conspiracy, instead.
There can be no feigning ignorance by the BIG CHEESE himself, if it can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt DONALD JOHN TRUMP was an active player, and even coordinator/director, in this Election Fraud attempt. (I'm looking forward to your jokes about Trump "feigning ignorance" in the comments).
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Here are just some of the "overt acts" allegedly committed by the BIG CHEESE himself. Recall that only 2 of these Acts must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, to get the RICO Conspiracy conviction. See: Indictment link.
BTW It may be helpful to know the meaning of this word, since it is used frequently to describe Trump's actions. Definition courtesy of Google search:
importuning: persistent harassment of someone for or to do something.
(Or in other words: Defendant Donald’s M.O. )
[Any emphasis added is my own, as well as any text transposition errors.]
Act 1.
On or about the 4th day of November 2020, DONALD JOHN TRUMP made a nationally televised speech falsely declaring victory in the 2020 presidential election. Approximately four days earlier, on or about October 31, 2020, DONALD JOHN TRUMP discussed a draft speech with unindicted co-conspirator Individual 1, whose identity is known to the Grand Jury, that falsely declared victory and falsely claimed voter fraud. The speech was an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy.
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Act 5.
On or about the 20th day of November 2020, DONALD JOHN TRUMP and MARK RANDALL MEADOWS met with Majority Leader of the Michigan Senate Michael Shirkey, Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives Lee Chatfield, and other Michigan legislators in the Oval Office at the White House, and DONALD JOHN TRUMP made false statements concerning fraud in the November 3, 2020, presidential election in Michigan. RUDOLPH WILLIAM LOUIS GIULIANI joined the meeting by telephone. This meeting was an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy.
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Act 7.
On or about the 22nd day of November 2020, DONALD JOHN TRUMP and RUDOLPH WILLIAM LOUIS GIULIANI placed a telephone call to Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives Russell "Rusty" Bowers. During the telephone call, RUDOLPH WILLIAM LOUIS GIULIANI made false statements concerning fraud in the November 3, 2020, presidential election in Arizona and solicited, requested, and importuned Bowers to unlawfully appoint presidential electors from Arizona. Bowers declined and later testified to the United States House of Representatives Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol that he told DONALD JOHN TRUMP, "I would not break my oath." The false statements and solicitations were overt acts in furtherance of the conspiracy.
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Act 9.
On or about the 25th day of November 2020, immediately after the meeting of Pennsylvania legislators in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where RUDOLPH WILLIAM LOUIS GIULIANI and JENNA LYNN ELLIS appeared, spoke, and presented witnesses, DONALD JOHN TRUMP invited a group of the Pennsylvania legislators and others to meet with him at the White House. Later that day, DONALD JOHN TRUMP, MARK RANDALL MEADOWS, RUDOLPH WILLIAM LOUIS GIULIANI, JENNA LYNN ELLIS and unindicted co-conspirators Individual 5 and Individual 6, whose identities are known to the Grand Jury, met with the group of Pennsylvania legislators at the White House and discussed holding a special session of the Pennsylvania General Assembly. These were overt acts in furtherance of the conspiracy.
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Act 14.
On or about the 27th day of November 2020, DONALD JOHN TRUMP placed a telephone call to President Pro Tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate Jake Corman for the purpose of soliciting, requesting, and importuning Corman to unlawfully appoint presidential electors from Pennsylvania. This was an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy.
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Act 19.
On or between the 1st day of December 2020 and the 31st day of December 2020, DONALD JOHN TRUMP and MARK RANDALL MEADOWS met with John McEntee and requested that McEntee prepare a memorandum outlining a strategy for disrupting and delaying the joint session of Congress on January 6, 2021, the day prescribed by law for counting votes cast by the duly elected and qualified presidential electors from Georgia and the other states. The strategy included having Vice President Michael R. "Mike" Pence count only half of the electoral votes from certain states and then return the remaining electoral votes to state legislatures. The request was an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy.
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Act 22
On or about the 3rd day of December 2020, DONALD JOHN TRUMP caused to be tweeted from the Twitter account @RealDonaldTrump, "Georgia hearings now on @OANN. Amazing!" This was an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy.
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Act 26.
On or about the 3rd day of December 2020, DONALD JOHN TRUMP caused to be tweeted from the Twitter account @RealDonaldTrump, "Wow! Blockbuster testimony taking place right now in Georgia. Ballot stuffing by Dems when Republicans were forced to leave the large counting room. Plenty more coming, but this alone leads to an easy win of the State!" This was an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy.
Act 27.
On or about the 3rd day 0f December 2020, DONALD JOHN TRUMP caused to be tweeted from the Twitter account @RealDonaldTrump, "People in Georgia got caught cold bringing in massive numbers of ballots and putting them in 'voting' machines. Great job @BrianKempGA!" This was an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy.
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Act 28.
On or about the 3rd day of December 2020, DONALD JOHN TRUMP met with Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Bryan Cutler in the Oval Office at the White House and discussed holding a special session of the Pennsylvania General Assembly. This was an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy.
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Act 30.
On or between the 3rd day of December 2020 and the 26th day of December 2020, DONALD JOHN TRUMP placed a telephone call to President Pro Tempore of the Georgia Senate Butch Miller. This was an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy.
Act 31.
On or about the 5th day of December 2020, DONALD JOHN TRUMP placed a telephone call to Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and solicited, requested, and importuned Kemp to call a special session of the Georgia General Assembly. This was an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy.
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Act 32.
On or about the 6th day of December 2020, DONALD JOHN TRUMP caused to be tweeted from the Twitter account @RealDonaldTrump, "Gee, what a surprise. Has anyone informed the so-called (says he has no power to do anything!) Governor @BrianKempGA & his puppet Lt. Governor @GeoffDuncanGA, that they could easily solve this mess, & WIN. Signature verification & call a Special Session. So easy! 'https://t.co/5cb4QdepU." This was an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy.
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Act 40.
On or about the 7th day of December 2020, DONALD JOHN TRUMP requested that Bill White, an individual associated with the Trump Campaign then residing in Fulton County, Georgia, provide him with certain information, including contact information for Majority Leader of the Georgia Senate Mike Dugan and President Pro Tempore of the Georgia Senate Butch Miller. The following day, White sent an e-mail containing the requested information to RUDOLPH WILLIAM LOUIS GIULIANI, unindicted co-conspirator Individual 5, whose identity is known to the Grand Jury, and others. This request was an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy.
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Act 42.
On or about the 7th day of December 2020, DONALD JOHN TRUMP committed the felony offense of SOLICITATION OF VIOLATION OF OATH BY PUBLIC OFFICER, in Violation of O.C.G.A. §§ 16-4-7 & 16-10-1, in Fulton County, Georgia, by unlawfully soliciting, requesting, and importuning Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives David Ralston, a public officer, to engage in conduct constituting the felony offense of Violation of Oath by Public Officer, O.C.G.A. § 16-10-1, by calling a special session of the Georgia General Assembly for the purpose of unlawfully appointing presidential electors from Georgia, in willful and intentional Violation of the terms of the oath of said person as prescribed by law, with intent that said person engage in said conduct. This was an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy.
Act 43.
On or about the 8th day of December 2020, DONALD JOHN TRUMP placed a telephone call to Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr for the purpose of making false statements concerning fraud in the November 3, 2020, presidential election in-Georgia and elsewhere. During the telephone call, DONALD JOHN TRUMP asked Carr not to discourage other state attorneys general from joining a federal lawsuit filed by the State of Texas contesting the administration of the November 3, 2020, presidential election in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. This was an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy.
Act 44.
On or about the 8th day of December 2020, DONALD JOHN TRUMP and JOHN CHARLES EASTMAN placed a telephone call to Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel to request her assistance gathering certain individuals to meet and cast electoral votes for DONALD JOHN TRUMP on December 14, 2020, in certain states despite the fact that DONALD JOHN TRUMP' lost the November 3, 2020, presidential election in those states. This was an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy.
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It hopefully should be obvious that DONALD JOHN TRUMP was an active participant in his own demise. With no one to blame, but his own pathetic self.
This is not the end of the "overt acts" allegedly committed by the BIG CHEESE. They continue chronologically from here, and I encourage you to read/scan this historic document, and see the scope of this endless Abuse of Power for yourself:
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23909543/23sc188947-criminal-indictment.pdf
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Kudos and respect to Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis and her intrepid team for the thoroughness and clarity of their work. They truly have done a remarkable job in the pursuit of Justice, concerning this criminal conspiracy against the state of Georgia. And indeed against the entire United States itself. Excellent work!
As a parting thought, to illustrate the participation and pathetic delusions of DONALD JOHN TRUMP, in the furtherance of his Ego -- I give you one two last overt acts of his, long after the transfer of power to certified winner, Joe Biden had taken place:
Act 156.
On or about the 17th day of September 2021, DONALD JOHN TRUMP committed the felony offense of SOLICITATION OF VIOLATION OF OATH BY PUBLIC OFFICER, in Violation of O.C.G.A. §§ 16-4-7 and 16-10-1, in Fulton County, Georgia, by unlawfully soliciting, requesting, and importuning Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a public officer, to engage in conduct constituting the felony offense of Violation of Oath by Public Officer, O.C.G.A. § 16-10-1, by unlawfully "decertifying the Election, or Whatever the correct legal remedy is, and announce the true Winner," in willful and intentional Violation of the terms of the oath of said person as prescribed by law, with intent that said person engage in said conduct. This was an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy.
Act 157.
On or about the 17th day of September 2021, DONALD JOHN TRUMP committed the felony offense of FALSE STATEMENTS AND WRITINGS, in Violation of O.C.G.A. § 16-10-20, in Fulton County, Georgia, by knowingly, willfully, and unlawfully making the following false statement and representation to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger:
1. "As stated to you previously, the number of false and/or irregular votes is far greater than needed to change the Georgia election result";
said statement being within the jurisdiction of the Office of the Georgia Secretary of State and he Georgia Bureau of Investigation, departments and agencies of state government, and county and city law enforcement agencies. This was an act of racketeering activity under O.C.G.A. § l6-l4-3 (5)(A)(xxii) and an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy.
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All this importuning (persistent harassment of someone for or to do something), by a former president of the United States is truly below the dignity of the Office; and a betrayal of the Oath of Office he once swore to uphold.
Or in the parlance of the BIG CHEESE himself:
"It is just Pathetic, SAD and WEAK."
Just like the former “big boss” himself.
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Note: this Story was originally posted Tuesday morning, but was unpublished for further editing, and rescheduled to be published Tuesday evening instead.
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