Mr Trump, Mr Giuliani, PROUD BOYS INTERNATIONAL, L.L.C., and OATH KEEPERS KU KLUX KLAN ACT
Those who have followed me know I have a soft spot for Rep Bennie Thompson (D-MS), current Chair of the US House Homeland Security Committee...he’s truly a southern gentleman, scholar and a decent man
You and your sycophants whipped your mob into a tornado of rage, violence and destruction
See NAACP’s February 16, 2021 Press Release which reads in part:
Following acquittal by the U.S. Senate in the second impeachment trial, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell openly encouraged litigation against Trump, saying: “We have a criminal justice system in this country. We have civil litigation. And former presidents are not immune from being accountable by either one.”
♦️Trump’s Mob♦️Trump’s insurrection♦️Trump’s Violence♦️
Complaint via ECF/PACER
“Defendants conspired to prevent, by force, intimidation and threats, the Plaintiff, as a Member of Congress, from discharging his official duties to approve the count of votes cast by members of the Electoral College following the presidential election held in November 2020.”
A straight forward reading of the text in the KU KLUX KLAN ACT 42 U.S.C. § 1985(1) frankly renders my verbosity and opinion moot. Because the statute is clear, like crystal clear - zero ambiguity;
§ 1985 - Conspiracy to interfere with civil rights (1) Preventing officer from performing duties If two or more persons in any State or Territory conspire to prevent, by force, intimidation, or threat, any person from accepting or holding any office, trust, or place of confidence under the United States, or from discharging any duties thereof…
From the Complaint , Plaintiff’s argument mregarding Section 1985(1) - the Plaintiff adds context to the content…which is somewhat important1 2
intended to protect against conspiracies3, through violence and intimidation, that sought to prevent Members of Congress from discharging their official duties. The statute was enacted in response to violence and intimidation in which the Ku Klux Klan and other organizations were engaged during that time period.
Not that my opinion matters, the potential challenge of “proving” a conspiracy existed between the named defendants, has the potential to be problematic for the Plaintiffs. Mainly, it might be difficult to prove all of the defendants have communiques to/from the defendants. Please do not misconstrue that as me being unfairly critical of the Complaint.
“Defendants conspired to prevent, by force, intimidation and threats, the Plaintiff, as a Member of Congress, from discharging his official duties to approve the count of votes cast by members of the Electoral College…
In paragraph five, the plaintiffs reincorporated the claims of a conspiracy, while correctly expanding on what we all saw with our own eyes and heard with our own ears. My understanding is Rep Thompson’s wife called him numerous times because she was genuinely scared for her husband. Importantly though Mrs Thompson’s earlier calls and text, provided Rep Thompson with near real-time info because his wife was watching it all play out on live Television.
Paragraph five is well written and argued. Broadly speaking this paragraph provides a rather concise encapsulation of the undergirding of the Plaintiffs case. Key data point to keep in mind Trump and Giuliani spent more than sixty-three days spreading “the big lie” basically everywhere...
By paragraph six the plaintiffs weave the previous paragraphs together. In part detailing the “coordinated” and “timed” and “foreseeable” (which is actually more important than one would think, in legalese foreseeable equates to dereliction) The plaintiffs expound how Trump and Giuliani incited Trump’s violent mob. With the other two defendants; the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys effectively followed Trump’s and Giuliani’s orders to go to the Capitol.
“…culminating in an assembly denominated as the “Save America” rally held at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021, during which Defendants Trump and Giuliani incited a crowd of thousands to descend upon the Capitol in order to prevent or delay through the use of force the counting of Electoral College votes…”
Fight like hell - trial by combat - today we start kicking some a_s…
Words matter, especially if those words are coming from the (then) President of the United States and other members of Congress. It is as if the QANON-MAGA are fully in a cult and completely indoctrinated. Evidence suggest that some are acting like they have been brainwashed by Trump, his surrogates and reinforced by the likes of Fox News. This creates a massive infinity loop echo chamber, where facts carry little to zero weight. Good luck trying to de-program these individuals, it’s a noble endeavor to try but it’s not something I have any level of expertise to expound on. Conversely it is indisputable, Trump did summon his violent mob and then told them where to go and who to target.
The plaintiffs alleged a pattern of conduct which incited the deadly insurrection. Similar to what the House Impeachment Managers argued, the plaintiffs cite Trump’s repeated refusal to accept the outcome of the 2020 presidential election and the subsequent peaceful transfer of power. Inciting the insurrection is, as Rep Ted Lieu accurately stated “Trump simply ran out of peaceful options” and thus his incitement was the last power play he had, in his quest to desperately hold on to power that he was/is not entitled to. The plaintiffs argue how the coordination between Trump, Giuliani, the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys - culminated the horrific events of January 6, 2021
Here’s an extremely abbreviated list of Trump, Giuliani, the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers,
October 2020 - Enrique Tarrio told CNN on Thursday that there are two Latinos for Trump movements -- one is run by the campaign, while the other is a grassroots movement started in 2016. See. https://latinosfortrump.us/team-trump
February 2020 - Trump’s “stronger” campaign advertisement actually featured the Proud Boyy
Day 2 Trump’s second impeachment Playlist via my YouTube Channel
Day 3 Trump’s second impeachment, Playlist via my YouTube Channel
In general the Plaintiffs and attorneys did an excellent job in their filed complaint. As most would expect much of the statement of facts are a derivative of both public reporting and from the plethora of new evidence House Managers entered into the impeachment record. Paragraphs 19 & 20 cited various Trump tweets. And it closely aligns with evidence House Important Managers introduced in to the Impeachment Record.
The dangerous and grotesque rhetoric that Defendants Trump & Giuliani spewed for months, culminated to their big lie and lying to their supporters- the end result was the January 6th insurrection. Exactly what Trump wanted. He wanted violence. He was willing to repeatedly lie about the facts surrounding the 2020 Presidential Election and he knew just what & how to tap into his supporters rage.
On the successive pages 13 thru 20 the Plaintiffs provide one of the more detailed timelines and manage to draw a “cause and affect” with binds the defendants working in parallel if not in total synchronicity - with an endless loop created by the dangerous echo chamber. Specifically in paragraphs 53 thru 62 the plaintiffs point to various videos that provide near real time reaction from Trump & Giuliani’s incendiary rhetoric to the MAGA-QANON mob that included countless Proud Boys and Oath Keepers. Below is one of the videos referenced in the complaint. Just Security published the video and their article can be found
A copy of the highlighted and annotated complaint can be found on my public drive. in the course of conducting research I was able to obtain not one, not two but three US Park Permits. In no particular order of importance:
Women for America First Jan2nd-Jan8th US Park Service Permit
Rally to Revival Save America Jan2021 US Park Service Permit
Complaint via ECF/PACER or via NAACP or a highlighted/annotated copy can be found on my public drive
So now we wait and see the Defendant(s) response(s), my guess is Trump/Giuliani will move to dismiss on the grounds of Standing (mainly article III arguments) but if Rep Thompson/NAACP survives a MTD then we are off to the discovery races and my gut tells me discovery will be flipping brutal… offering additional confirmation that Trump/Giuliani, Trump’s Campaign et al worked in concert with Permit Holders (we know that to be a matter of fact versus conjecture) and it is likely going to come out that Team Trump had extensive communications with the Proud Boys and possibly the Oath Keepers. Again that’s an educated guess so it’s entirely reasonable to be skeptical of my assertion. I won’t take offense, promise. As always please feel free to leave a comment and I’ll respond with a factually based answer.
See Haddle v. Garrison. (n.d.). Oyez. Retrieved February 16, 2021, from https://www.oyez.org/cases/1998/97-1472
HADDLE V. GARRISON - AMICUS (MERITS) Docket number: No. 97-1472 Retrived February 16, 2021 from DOJ https://www.justice.gov/osg/brief/haddle-v-garrison-amicus-merits
United States v. Harris. (n.d.). Oyez. Retrieved February 16, 2021, from https://www.oyez.org/cases/1850-1900/106us629