'Toontime: TWIT

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In keeping with the penchant au courant, today's acronym stands for This Week in Trump.  Readers must admit it is a bit of rébus too.  Herr Trumpillini's stonewall is beginning to show some cracks just like his folly on the southern boarder.  His inner circle of coup plotters and crime family have seen the writing on the wall and are testifying voluntarily. The latest to agree to give testimony is Donald Trump Jr. The Commitee spent eight hours interrogating Stephen Miller, former White House domestic advisor and speechwriter. People with knowledge of the proceeding told the NY Times that the interrogation was often heated, with Miller involking executive privilege in response to some questions. He helped draft Trumpillini's incindiary Elipse speech that sent the insurrectionist mob to the Capitol where it proceeded to storm the building and beat cops. Miller still maintains that the election was fraudulent. He appeared before the House Select panel only after months of negotiation over his November 2021 subpoena. 

Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland promises the public hearings in June will "blow the roof off the house". Better yet, will it blow DOJ off its hindquarters? He told interviewers, "This was not a coup directed at the president, it was a coup directed by the president against the vice president and against the Congress." He said the Committee will present evidence connecting the former guy to coordinating the rioters on January 6th. This is the vital piece of the puzzle necessary to sustain criminal charges against Trumpillini. The plan was coordinated, "most tightly by Trump and his inner circle," Raskin said, adding that the committee faced the most difficulty in this aspect of its probe. The panel has interviewed more than 800 witnesses but,  "The closer you get to Trump, the more they refuse to testify." 

Speaking of being close, House minority leader, Kevin McCarthy told colleagues he would suggest Trump resign in a phone call before the Inauguration of Joe Biden.  Meadows later denied he ever suggested such resignation, but his lie is revealed by a taped phone call with Rep. Liz Cheney.  He has told the House Select Committee he will not voluntarily testify before them.  Another significant sign of the investigation's progress, is Alex Jone's effort to obtain immunity from prosecution in return for testimony about January 6th,  Jone's is the bombastic host of a conspiracy-laden podcast, "Infowars", and a die hard Trumpist.  Nevertheless, his request of the Justice Department is a hard sell, even though he led rioters on their march to the Capitol.