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Quoting from the executive summary:

"And his cooperation with our investigation, including by reporting to the government that the Afghanistan documents were in his Delaware garage, will likely
convince some jurors that he made an innocent mistake, rather than acting willfully -- that is, with intent to break the law -- as the statute requires."

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Stephen Smith 🇺🇦  

Here's the link to the complete special counsel report released today concluding that no charges will be brought against for possession of classified documents.

s3.documentcloud.org/documents

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Stephen Smith 🇺🇦  

Okay, I found the "Griffin's Case" they're talking about. It's an 1869 ruling.

law.resource.org/pub/us/case/r

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So far, it seems to me that no one, including Trump's attorney, has raised the issue of whether or not Trump committed insurrection. The question seems to be if a State has jurisdiction (it's a Congress issue).

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This is the U.S. Term Limits v. Thornton case is discussing now.

supreme.justia.com/cases/feder

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I believe this is the Griffin case being discussed by .

citizensforethics.org/news/pre

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Stephen Smith 🇺🇦  

Nikki Haley lost yesterday's primary to "None of These Candidates."

You can see the results at the below link.

None 62.94%
Haley 30.78
Pence 4.00
Scott 1.36
Others 0.92

silverstateelection.nv.gov/nvo

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Stephen Smith 🇺🇦  

This week's "This Modern World" by Tom Tomorrow, available on Daily Kos.

dailykos.com/blog/Tom%20Tomorr

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Stephen Smith 🇺🇦  

Because House Republicans refuse to pass a budget bill, has been forced to lay off 570 employees.

jpl.nasa.gov/news/jpl-workforc

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Stephen Smith 🇺🇦  

From :

Brevard County Public Schools board votes to ban another book despite protests from students.

floridatoday.com/story/news/20

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Stephen Smith 🇺🇦  

A representative for House Speaker Johnson just posted on Zombie Twitter that the Republicans will hold another vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas once they have the votes for passage.

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Stephen Smith 🇺🇦  

BREAKING From :

House votes against impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas. The vote failed 214-216, with three Republicans joining all Democrats.

cnn.com/politics/live-news/bor

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Stephen Smith 🇺🇦  

According to an executive on Zombie Twitter, they'll have an all-star panel tonight at 8 PM EST with Chris Hayes, Rachel , and Lawrence O'Donnell to discuss today's appellate court ruling. 🍿

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Stephen Smith 🇺🇦  

From :

New Hampshire attorney general says Texas companies were behind the fake robocalls during the New Hampshire Democratic primary.

cnn.com/2024/02/06/tech/nh-ag-

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Stephen Smith 🇺🇦  

So much winning! 🤣 🤣 🤣

(One 🤣 for each appellate judge who ruled against him.)

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You can find the complete appellate ruling at this link.

storage.courtlistener.com/reca

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BREAKING From :

"A federal appeals court has unanimously ruled that Donald Trump can be put on trial for trying to stay in power after losing the 2020 election, rejecting Trump’s sweeping claim of presidential power that one judge feared could allow for political assassinations."

The article notes that will appeal to the entire appellate court and probably to .

wapo.st/3SOmuph

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BREAKING From :

Federal appeals court rules that doesn't have presidential immunity.

“For the purpose of this criminal case, former President Trump has become citizen Trump, with all of the defenses of any other criminal defendant. But any executive immunity that may have protected him while he served as President no longer protects him against this prosecution,” the court wrote.

cnn.com/2024/02/06/politics/tr

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From : U.S. Senators release bipartisan bill to provide , , and funding while also curtailing asylum requests at the Mexican border.

cnn.com/2024/02/04/politics/se

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* Section 4 basically says that the U.S. doesn't have to pay Confederate war debt, nor does the U.S. have to compensate slave owners for the emancipation of their slaves.

* Section 5: "The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article."

Hmmm ... Will this be the off ramp? They may interpret S5 as meaning that only Congress may bar .

Anyway, all this is my armchair pundit reaction to the 14th Amendment. (4/4)

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