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MissMillie

(39,481 posts)
Sat Oct 29, 2022, 01:56 PM Oct 2022

if "thousands" will be implicated, maybe it's a good idea to continue the investigation

‘National tragedy’: J6 committee condemns AZ GOP chair in explosive new SCOTUS filing

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/national-tragedy-j6-committee-condemns-az-gop-chair-in-explosive-new-scotus-filing/ar-AA13uSVl?ocid=U483DHP&pc=U483&cvid=a3b835e9f60f4505b021bda628e91a8c

"That Dr. Ward was not present at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th is of no moment," the select committee continued. "She coordinated with President Trump and his allies to pressure local and state officials in Arizona to alter the ballot tallies. She and other fake electors convened, voted, and transmitted fake electoral votes 2 for President Trump, creating what she claimed was a challenge sufficient to justify throwing out the valid electoral votes from Arizona on January 6th."

Ward repeatedly invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination when questioned by the select committee.

"The Select Committee’s investigation of those events and their causes is of immense importance, and the Select Committee is only authorized to exist until January 3, 2023, when the 117th Congress ends," the filing said. "Dr. Ward’s insistence that this Court take the highly unusual step of becoming involved now on an emergency basis is deeply flawed both because the rulings by the courts below are correct and because there is no legal issue warranting this Court’s action."

Ward has argued thousands of Republicans could be implicated if the select committee obtains her phone records.



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I mean, interfering with the official Congressional certification is a CRIME, after all. Ms. Ward was involved (fraudulently asserting to be an official elector) in this crime. And apparently it was.... (let's see, what's the word I'm looking for....?) WIDESPREAD fraud.




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MissMillie

(39,481 posts)
4. Well, she's fighting the subpoena and thus far she's managed
Sat Oct 29, 2022, 02:04 PM
Oct 2022

to prevent the J6 committee from getting her phone records. Justice Kagan (????) put an administrative hold on everything.

Here is the J6 Committee's argument to SCOTUS

https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22A350/244313/20221028165043198_Response%20to%20Application%20-%20Ward%20v.%20Thompson.pdf

RockRaven

(18,204 posts)
3. Maybe it would have been a good idea to recognize the time sensitivity of another election
Sat Oct 29, 2022, 02:03 PM
Oct 2022

two years hence, treat it as a hard deadline, and make whatever decisions were necessary -- even if less than ideal -- to have substantive results well before that next election, recognizing that failure to do so would materially degrade the likelihood of ever having fair elections again.

TigressDem

(5,126 posts)
6. WEB OF DECEIT DETECTED
Sat Oct 29, 2022, 02:23 PM
Oct 2022

Notice she didn't say "innocent"



Ward has argued thousands of Republicans could be implicated if the select committee obtains her phone records.

Lonestarblue

(13,034 posts)
11. I have never understood the delay by the DOJ in prosecuting the people who submitted slates
Sat Oct 29, 2022, 03:53 PM
Oct 2022

of fake electors to Congress. Several of them are now running for election to key posts, and if they win will be in position to try to overturn elections. They should already be behind bars, not running election campaigns.

ShazzieB

(21,874 posts)
12. "Ward has argued thousands of Republicans could be implicated..."
Sat Oct 29, 2022, 04:13 PM
Oct 2022
Ward has argued thousands of Republicans could be implicated if the select committee obtains her phone records.


Oh dear, what a shame that would be, implicating all those poor little Republicans. What could they possibly have done to deserve that? *clutches fake pearls*

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