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When do you need cover? When you do something illegal, natch. John Eastman knew that much when he told Pennsylvania state legislators they could get "cover" for sending a fake slate of Electors to DC if they illegally manipulated the popular votes for president to make it look like the Crime Boss won their state. US Person wants to know if Eastman charges more for crooked math. “Having done that math, you’d be left with a significant Trump lead that would bolster the argument for the Legislature adopting a slate of Trump electors — perfectly within your authority to do anyway, but now bolstered by the untainted popular vote,” Eastman wrote in a Dec. 4, 2020 email to Pennsylvania Rep. Russ Diamond. The email was obtained from the University of Colorado, where he was a visiting professor while he worked on Trumpillini's campaign. The records were obtained by the Colorado Ethics Institute, which forwarded them to the January 6th Select Committee of the House. A more clear indication of criminal intent to defraud the United States US Person cannot cognize.
Trumpillini got a break of sorts this week from Judge Engoron in New York, who lifted the civil contempt citation for failing to comply with a subpoena in the civil fraud investigation by the New York Attorney General. The withdrawal came with the condition that he pay the two weeks of fines at $10,000 a day, and a proviso that he would reinstate the citation retroactively if Trump and his company did not meet the subpoena demands by May 20th. What the government giveth, it taketh away. The DOJ is actively investigating the removal of classified documents from the White House to Mar-a-Lago, another potential criminal offense.
The Select Committee is apparently getting very serious before public hearings start in early June. The Committee issued subpoenas to five Repugnant members of Congress who refused to testify volutarily. According to inside sources, the Committee could no longer ignore their deep involvement in Trump's autogolpe.
