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The music is speeding up in this game of of musical ~~chairs~~ not-being-incarcerated
@macattack So when does Trump cut a deal to rat on himself for immunity?
If he weren't the top of the pile of maggots, if the buck didn't stop with him, he'd have been the first to squeal for a deal.
I have so little faith left I wouldn't even be surprised.
Mark Meadows the guy that got me coffee?
Covfefe*
"I don't know him, I never met him."
People are saying it's over for Trump but until I see that fat fuck doing a perp walk nothing is over.
If his name's still on the ballot it's not over
He flipped because he knew he was fucked.
Meadows argued that his arrangement and presence during the phone call was simply a part of his job.
AKA, the Nuremberg defense. (Hint: it didn’t work so well then either.)
He got immunity so it worked out great for him.
Immunity in the federal case. Not in the Georgia case.
Saw this news in another thread and will say here what I said there:
Meadows has been creating chaos to fill his coffers for years now, so it hurts to hear he won't face accountability for it.
RS's article is shorter than the source they cited. From: https://abcnews.go.com/US/chief-staff-mark-meadows-granted-immunity-tells-special/story?id=104231281
According to Meadows' book, the election was "stolen" and "rigged" with help from "allies in the liberal media," who ignored "actual evidence of fraud, right there in plain sight for anyone to access and analyze." ...
Meadows went even further while promoting his book on right-wing media in November 2021. When asked by a podcast host if he believes the outcome of the 2020 election was fraudulent, Meadows responded, "I do believe that there are a number of fraudulent states ... I've seen at least illegal activity in Pennsylvania [and] in Georgia" -- referring to two key states that clinched the White House for Biden.
Under the penalty of perjury, Meadows offered a vastly different assessment to Smith's investigators, telling them he's never seen any evidence of fraud that would undermine the election's outcome, according to what sources told ABC News.
-- So he says he BELIEVES there was fraud despite never seeing evidence -- this side steps the actual proof of accurate counts (hand recounts and the like). He has seen evidence of honestly and he's ignoring it. I guess the man does not believe in honesty.
Meadows has not been charged in Smith's federal case, he has been charged -- along with Trump, Giuliani and 16 others -- by authorities in Georgia for allegedly trying to overturn the election results in that state. ...
Under the immunity order from Smith's team, the information Meadows provided to the grand jury earlier this year can't be used against him in a federal prosecution.
I do hope Georgia gets to prosecute him, and I hope the judge and jury see through his posturing about 'belief' in fraud despite evidence of a good count.
As long as he fills his coffers from the Trump fanbase, I'm fine with that.
Essentially he's getting paid to be a mouthpiece for the far right. Which does mean the trump fanbase is wasting their money in a sense, but it goes toward spreading the message they want told over and over again. So they're still getting something out of it, and dragging us all down in the process
Latest word is that what he said in Atlanta and DC conflict.