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ancianita

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36. Both Clark and Eastmans pushed the idea, doesn't matter who thought of it first, does it?
Wed Jun 15, 2022, 01:23 PM
Jun 2022

They're both being investigated by the DOJ, and likely could lose their licenses -- Eastman, for Pence's part in nullifying votes in the House, and Clark, for legislatures' later part in voter nullification through fake electors.

Like the Eastman letter, the Clark letter drew support from an all-star cast of lawyers across the political spectrum. Donald Ayer, deputy attorney general under George H.W. Bush, signed, as did his former colleague Stuart Gerson, who served as acting attorney general under Bush.
The letter lays out Clark’s corrupt efforts to throw the Justice Department behind Trump’s plan to overturn the election. Although he joined the DOJ as an environmental lawyer, Clark ascended to assistant attorney general of the Justice Department’s civil division in Trump’s final months. In this capacity, he hatched a plot to coerce swing states’ legislatures into denying the legitimacy of Biden’s victory and to award their electors to Trump instead. In a draft letter, Clark alleged that mass voter fraud had tainted the race, requiring legislatures to toss out the results—exclusively in states won by Biden—and declare Trump the true winner. When acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen refused to send this letter to seven state legislatures, Clark launched a conspiracy with Trump to oust Rosen and seize his position.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/10/john-eastment-jeffrey-clark-coup-consequences.html

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WOW is right! liberalla Jun 2022 #1
That's quite the read. Grokenstein Jun 2022 #2
I think Donpghue played it right with the threatened resignations Tom Rinaldo Jun 2022 #12
Yes. Plus a Saturday massacre leading to mass resignations wouldn't play into wiggs Jun 2022 #18
If...... our nightmares come true and the Orange Emperor rises again in 2024 LiberalLovinLug Jun 2022 #33
That's it! 2naSalit Jun 2022 #38
I think Donoghue played Trump perfectly. CrispyQ Jun 2022 #34
Whoa PatSeg Jun 2022 #3
No worries--someday, regardless of the outcome, it will be. Grokenstein Jun 2022 #5
I hope I the movie has a happy ending. ms liberty Jun 2022 #19
Same here PatSeg Jun 2022 #29
Yes, eventually PatSeg Jun 2022 #28
Holy crap... Ocelot II Jun 2022 #4
There is a sedition and there is treason jgmiller Jun 2022 #6
I'm definitely ready for Jeffrey Jerkoff to start his time in the barrel. Fucker better not get off Comfortably_Numb Jun 2022 #7
Repiublicans were happy to steal everything from you. PerceptionManagement Jun 2022 #8
Oh, to have been a fly on that wall - Maybe Pence's fly got a better gig. Ocelot II Jun 2022 #9
I recently took out the video of All The President's Men wnylib Jun 2022 #26
Watergate wasn't how we remember it - read this! Ocelot II Jun 2022 #27
Not many surprises in that linked article. wnylib Jun 2022 #30
What a piece of work. chowder66 Jun 2022 #10
Old news inthewind21 Jun 2022 #11
See article title: cilla4progress Jun 2022 #15
Wait, I thought the idea was Eastman's? Baitball Blogger Jun 2022 #13
Both Clark and Eastmans pushed the idea, doesn't matter who thought of it first, does it? ancianita Jun 2022 #36
Apparently Scott Perry (PA-10) / Jeffrey Clark relationship was ID'd over a 1.5 years ago BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #14
"After the New York Times reported in January 2021 about Clark's actions, he said he engaged in a "c riversedge Jun 2022 #16
easy to urge MAXIMUM PENALTY for this shit bringthePaine Jun 2022 #17
they planed it a while back but still wow.lies and the lying liars . AllaN01Bear Jun 2022 #20
TY for the chance to read this, wide eyed again with what was going on Bev54 Jun 2022 #21
Clark should go to jail rizlaplus Jun 2022 #22
Yes! SunSeeker Jun 2022 #24
I don't see what's 'new' here. Grins Jun 2022 #23
And we have it. calimary Jun 2022 #25
THANK YOU, cilla4progress Haggis 4 Breakfast Jun 2022 #31
Traitor Clark, a DOJ lawyer... did not know the DOJ is NOT the POTUS's defense law firm? Justice matters. Jun 2022 #32
THIS will be a scene in the movie Pluvious Jun 2022 #35
I hope that movie comes out by August. ancianita Jun 2022 #37
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