'Toontime: This Week in Trump--the Longest Gap

credit: D. Whammond
Wackydoodle sez:  'Nother hole in one!

US Person takes cold comfort from a factual finding by a California federal judge. In case concerning John Eastman's withholding of evidence from the January 6th Committee on the grouds of attorney-client privilege, he found that it was "more likely than not" Herr Trumpillini and Eastman committed federal crimes when he led a coup against the US government. US Person has been publicly stating that for almost a year now. Of course, such a finding, not just obiter dicta, is significant. The crime or fraud exception to the privilge is now clearly inapplicatble to plotters' claims of privilege. The district court judge was explicit in his findings, laying out the crucial elements of obstructing an official proceeding (electoral vote count in Congress) and fraud against the United States. Judge David O. Carter wrote in his opinion released Monday that "their campaign was not confined to the ivory tower--it was a coup in search of a legal theory." Eastman, as close readers will recall, authored the ingenuine coup blueprint, calling upon the Vice President to refuse to count votes from states in which there were unfounded allegations of vote fraud. His efforts were eagerly sponsored by the desperate Trumpillini clinging to power.

To show his corrupt intent, Judge Carter properly referred to Trumpillini's own arrogant words in his phone call to the Georgia Secretary of state demanding he find 11,780 more votes so he could win the state. This cynical president was repeatedly told by senior officials and aides, including the Attorney General, that there was no significant vote fraud in the election of Joe Biden. Another development this week may produce even more evidence of Trump's corruption. As noted here previously, there is a significant gap in the White House communication logs of about seven hours prior to the insurrection on Capital Hill. Former Attorney General Bill Barr told reporters that his former boss was familiar with "burner phones"--disposable cell phones often used by drug dealers and mobsters--that would allow circumvention of the White House communications surveillance system. Of course, when he saw that statement in the press, Trump denied he even knows what a burner phone is--fat chance! The Committee is now asking communication companies to search their records for evidence that these communications took place.  Following the facts is a good thing, ignoring them is malfeasance in office.