we should be grateful that Democrats elected a lot of smart, fearless women in recent years

[dajoki]

JANUARY 6 DECONFLICTION: “THIS IS PART OF A MUCH BIGGER CONSPIRACY”
https://www.emptywheel.net/2022/01/15/january-6-deconfliction-this-is-part-of-a-much-bigger-conspiracy/

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Consider what happened to lead to this federal criminal referral. After electors sent fake certifications to the National Archives, NARA then sent them to Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs.

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Arizona took immediate action; given Nessel’s comments, Benson appears to have referred the matter to Nessel. Some of these details were made public last March after American Oversight obtained them. But after the January 6 Committee put them all in context and focused renewed attention to how the fake certificates fit into a larger effort, it led Nessel to hold off on pursuing potential 14-year charges against some of the most powerful Republicans in the state, and instead to formally refer the investigation to the Feds, based on the logic that the obviously coordinated effort to forge fake electoral certificates is part of a larger whole.

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Regardless of what Willis decides, she can also refer actions to the Feds because it, like the forged electoral certifications, “is part of a much bigger conspiracy.”

The point is (besides that we should be grateful that Democrats elected a lot of smart, fearless women in recent years) that there are lots of moving parts to this “much bigger conspiracy.” And all those moving parts have, as an option, referring their investigative findings to DOJ to drop it into the “much bigger conspiracy.”

So during the year when DOJ has been laying what Merrick Garland called “the evidentiary foundation for more complex cases,” states and local authorities have been conducting investigations that can be joined to that evidentiary foundation.

These are all parts of a much bigger conspiracy.

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[PortTack]

1. We should turn it all over to these kinds of women..they would have things fixed in no time!

[Cha]

2. And, I am! TY for this

report that appreciates what Dems do instead of Dragging on them.

[sheshe2]

4. This

[Cha]

8. Hey she!

TY

[sheshe2]

10. Hugs

[Cha]

13. Back..

[we can do it]

7. Yes times 10000

[Cha]

9. TY We can do it!

[we can do it]

11. You are most welcome!

Build up, not tear down.

[Cha]

14. YES.. "Build UP NOT tear down"..

[Lovie777]

3. Yea ........

and they are SANE.

[Budi]

5. Just giving this brilliant fighter an applause. NOW GO BE THE GOVENOR!

There's determined might behind the organizing for Democrats
Thanks Ms Abrams
💙

[MLAA]

6. +1000

[Cha]

12. Co-sign!💙

TY Stacy Abrams

TY for the pic, Budi!

[we can do it]

15. This thread makes me so happy💜💙💜💙

[Torchlight]

16. K&R

Couple years ago, my g/f was playfully taunting me when a snowstorm hit DC, and to the last, only female lawmakers showed up to work that particular day. 'Lil' dudes took a snow-day, I guess." she jokingly said. As Sen Murkowsi noted that morning:

“As we convene this morning, you look around the chamber, the presiding officer is female. All of our parliamentarians are female. Our floor managers are female. All of our pages are female,” she told the floor.

[dajoki]

17. They stopped the coup in its tracks...

and now they are on the front lines of holding them to account.