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For the sake of connecting the dots, and drawing a more complete picture of what a “criminal enterprise conspiracy” looks like, in action — let’s take a look at the Willard Hotel incident.
Particularly the wing of it rented out the week before Jan 6th, for the exclusive use of a very select band of strategists: Donald Trump’s Lieutenants.
Also informally known as the Trump Team “Command Center” — at this most critical pivotal time. Only his most trusted loyalists gained access to this exclusive club.
Ahead of Jan. 6, Willard hotel in downtown D.C. was a Trump team ‘command center’ for effort to deny Biden the presidency
Washington Post — October 23, 2021
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They were led by Trump’s personal lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani. Former chief White House strategist Stephen K. Bannon was an occasional presence as the effort’s senior political adviser. Former New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik was there as an investigator. Also present was John Eastman, the scholar, who outlined scenarios for denying Biden the presidency in an Oval Office meeting on Jan. 4 with Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.
They sought to make the case to Pence and ramp up pressure on him to take actions on Jan. 6 that Eastman suggested were within his powers, three people familiar with the operation said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations. Their activities included finding and publicizing alleged evidence of fraud, urging members of state legislatures to challenge Biden’s victory and calling on the Trump-supporting public to press Republican officials in key states.
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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, when Congress convened for the counting of electoral votes.
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The calls came from inside the House — the White House that is:
Capitol panel to investigate Trump call to Willard hotel in hours before attack
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The Guardian reported last month that Trump, according to multiple sources, called lieutenants based at the Willard hotel in Washington DC from the White House in the late hours of 5 January and sought ways to stop Biden’s certification from taking place on 6 January.
Trump first told the lieutenants his vice-president, Mike Pence, was reluctant to go along with the plan to commandeer his ceremonial role at the joint session of Congress in a way that would allow Trump to retain the presidency for a second term, the sources said.
But as Trump relayed to them the situation with Pence, the sources said, on at least one call, he pressed his lieutenants [Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn and Steve Bannon] about how to stop Biden’s certification from taking place on 6 January in a scheme to get alternate slates of electors for Trump sent to Congress.
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As an fast-forward cross-reference: the Willard Command Center attendees not named in either the Georgia or J6 Indictments: Boris Epshteyn and Bernard Kerik. Why might that be … ?
Fulton County’s sweeping indictment against former President Donald Trump and 18 additional co-defendants also includes details involving 30 “unindicted co-conspirators” – people who Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis alleges took part in the criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election.
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“Prosecutors use the ‘co-conspirator’ label for people who are not charged in the indictment but nonetheless were participants in the crime,” said Elie Honig, a CNN senior legal analyst and former federal and state prosecutor. “We do this to protect the identity and reputation of uncharged people – though they often are readily identifiable – and, at times, to turn up the pressure and try to flip them before a potential indictment drops.”
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The indictment also includes two emails between co-conspirator 3, John Eastman and Kenneth Chesebro, two lawyers who pushed the strategy of then-Vice President Mike Pence trying to overturn the election on January 6, 2021, including one with a draft memo for options of how to proceed on January 6.
According to emails released by the January 6 committee, [Boris] Epshteyn was the third person on those emails.
In on the conspiracy, but not charged in the Indictments.
Trump's lawyers find themselves in unfamiliar roles: Defendants and witnesses
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In April, Trump attorney Boris Epshteyn testified before the grand jury that voted to indict the former president in the Jan. 6, 2021, election interference case. Trump is the sole defendant named so far in that matter, but lawyers who worked for him to overturn the election were also referenced as alleged co-conspirators in the plot. They could still face charges.
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Now for that other Willard insider, who knew all about the Election overturn plot — but for some reason, was conveniently not charged:
Former Giuliani colleague and Trump ally Bernard Kerik meets with special counsel investigators
by Jesse Rodriguez, Garrett Haake and Rebecca Shabad, NBC News — Aug 7, 2023
Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik met Monday with investigators from special counsel Jack Smith's team as part of the probe that resulted in the indictment of former President Donald Trump last week.
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Monday's meeting lasted for about five hours, and Smith was not present, Parlatore said [Kerik’s attorney]. The meeting focused on former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
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Kerik had worked with Giuliani in an effort to uncover voter fraud following President Joe Biden’s victory. Giuliani appeared to be one of the six co-conspirators named in the indictment against Trump. No alleged co-conspirators were charged in the filing.
Former NYPD commissioner turning over documents to Georgia election workers suing Giuliani
by Ella Lee , The Hill — 07/24/23
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Bernard Kerik turned over the records to counsel representing Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, Fulton County poll workers during the 2020 election who sued Giuliani in December 2021 for falsely claiming they played a role in fixing the election.
Kerik has also turned over his records to the special counsel investigating former President Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
He had claimed Trump and his 2020 election campaign held privilege over documents he was withholding from the election workers’ attorneys. But at the former NYPD commissioner’s request, the Trump campaign withdrew its assertions of work product privilege on a number of documents, according to a new court filing. The Trump campaign is still asserting attorney-client privilege over some emails, the filing says.
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In the everyday parlance — Kerik brought the Willard receipts:
[Bernard] Kerik said his firm billed the Trump campaign more than $55,000 for [the Willard Hotel] rooms for the legal team. The former police commissioner, who was helping to head up efforts to collect and investigate allegations of election fraud, was later reimbursed, records show.
www.washingtonpost.com
Hard Evidence, there’s nothing like it.
Except perhaps, the viral contagion of conspiracy insiders, actually being “caught on tape” ...
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It is curious, that Willard Hotel lieutenant Steve Bannon was not mentioned in either Indictment. Especially considering his “in-the-know” proclamations both here:
and here:
It’s hard to imagine Bannon has flipped; or that his Build The Wall scam Pardon extends all the way the Willard Hotel Command Center. Maybe it’s just because he is such a nice honest guy !?
In any case, it will be worth watching if the Trump-incited Doxxing behavior soon extends to either Boris or Bernard?
Such tampering behavior could and should fall under the umbrella of Witness-tampering. In which case, the full weight of the Law should be applied, to protect the integrity of both of these historic criminal trials.
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SOOO, be on the look out for pressure campaigns on this two key Insiders, as this sad sack insurrection saga continues to unfold.
Also, demanding Justice for Bannon too, just might be worthy goal to have as well. Afterall, he was the brains behind Trump, early on. Who’s to say whether or not, the next Trump-successor might also be in need of the same ‘intellectual transplant’ as well … ?
We were warned.
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PS. It’s not over, til it’s over. Indictments are great, but convictions are better.
They ain’t messing around. They still mean business.
Doubling down again, for the tenth time. What is a law-abiding nation to do.
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