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Seth Abramson @SethAbramson
69/ ...struggled to stay on the *very simple and obvious message* he was supposed to deliver—everyone in the Capitol who doesn't work there should go home immediately—by wanting to call the rioters "patriots" and soft-shoeing around the urgency of them leaving the Capitol ASAP. — PolitiTweet.org
Seth Abramson @SethAbramson
68/ But it appears that today we'll *also* see out-takes from the video Trump put out on January 6 after 187 minutes of inaction (during which Pence did all the things you'd expect a commander-in-chief would have done, like call the Pentagon). In those takes, Trump apparently... — PolitiTweet.org
Seth Abramson @SethAbramson
67/ That sinister and callous statement from Trump—added to by Hutchinson testifying that Meadows told her Trump "didn't want to do anything" to stop the attack, and reports Trump endorsed Pence being hanged—gives us a good sense of what Trump was doing and thinking on January 6. — PolitiTweet.org
Seth Abramson @SethAbramson
66/ When Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)—who needs Trump's support to become Speaker if the GOP takes the House in January—demanded that Trump do something to call off the Capitol attack, Trump infamously replied that the rioters were just more upset about the election than McCarthy. — PolitiTweet.org
Seth Abramson @SethAbramson
65/ As PROOF reported in January 2021, at least six sources report that Trump was *thrilled* by the attack on the Capitol. These sources used words like "happy," "giddy" and so on. And we all know about the Trump-McCarthy phone call that McCarthy has since lied ruthlessly about. — PolitiTweet.org
Seth Abramson @SethAbramson
64/ For a long time, January 6 researchers like myself thought such information would be anti-climactic—as we "know" what Trump was doing, and it was... *nothing*. He was sitting in his private residence watching TV and occasionally fielding calls from his allies on Capitol Hill. — PolitiTweet.org
Seth Abramson @SethAbramson
RT @SethAbramson: 2/ This live thread is free. If, as you follow along over the next 4 hours, you feel moved to use the Venmo tip jar in my… — PolitiTweet.org
Seth Abramson @SethAbramson
RT @SethAbramson: 1/ At times I may make reference in this thread to evidence previously published in the 200+ reports on January 6 that ap… — PolitiTweet.org
Seth Abramson @SethAbramson
RT @SethAbramson: (📢) LIVE THREAD: I’m live-tweeting the House January 6 Committee primetime hearing tonight. I’m an attorney, journalist,… — PolitiTweet.org
Seth Abramson @SethAbramson
63/ But it goes without saying that the biggest-ticket item for American viewers—at least in terms of drama, if not criminal culpability—is the question of what the sitting President of the United States was doing during an armed attack he and his team knew in advance was coming. — PolitiTweet.org
Seth Abramson @SethAbramson
62/ Thus far, *when* the HJ6C has focused on the events of January 6 themselves—which it has not done as often as you might expect, because there was/is *so much* pre-January 6 malfeasance to cover—it has looked at people besides Trump, like (say) VP Mike Pence or the Proud Boys. — PolitiTweet.org
Seth Abramson @SethAbramson
61/ Okay, so how about tonight's big HJ6C hearing? How does it fit into the massive, sprawling, complex picture of the worst betrayal of America since the U.S. Civil War that the House January 6 Committee has been painting for Americans for well over a month now? Here's how: — PolitiTweet.org
Seth Abramson @SethAbramson
60/ I mention this to underscore how fluid everything is. I have said before that, under *normal* circumstances, we would see the House January 6 Committee as being only about halfway through its work—and only because it has worked its butt off—and I think the news confirms that. — PolitiTweet.org
Seth Abramson @SethAbramson
59/ At the time, Bobb had intel to offer from both inside the Capitol on January 6 *and* the Willard Hotel war room. Posobiec appears to have been atop the Newsmax building—an "overwatch" position in view of the Capitol—while Ali Alexander, Alex Jones and Owen Shroyer were there. — PolitiTweet.org
Seth Abramson @SethAbramson
58/ PROOF readers may recall that a year ago PROOF was the first to identify OANN "journalist"/Trump lawyer Christina Bobb as a January 6 Willard Hotel "war room" attendee. She spoke on the phone to DHS, and may also have spoken to colleague Jack Posobiec. https://t.co/d1nUwhp8UK — PolitiTweet.org
Seth Abramson @SethAbramson
57/ ...three Trump lawyers—Christina Bobb, Victoria Toensing and Joe diGenova—were involved in the "fake elector" scheme we know DOJ is investigating. That means there are 3 witnesses the HJ6C may be looking to speak to that PROOF has been urging them to speak to for over a year. — PolitiTweet.org
Seth Abramson @SethAbramson
56/ Before we move on to discussing the subject of today's HJ6C hearing, some recent news: (1) Rep. Thompson has COVID-19 and will be appearing by video; (2) in keeping with my comment above about all the witnesses left to question, we had breaking news today suggesting that... — PolitiTweet.org
Seth Abramson @SethAbramson
55/ You can expect that trend to continue today, tomorrow, and until the *actual* last day of the House January 6 Committee. There will never be *any* substantive contradiction of their work, even as all of it—short of when someone pleads the 5th!—is incredibly damning for Trump. — PolitiTweet.org
Seth Abramson @SethAbramson
54/ The HJ6C invited Ornato and Engel to come back and testify under oath that Hutchinson had *anything* wrong. But did they? Nope. It's a pattern the media keeps missing: there is *never* any *substantive* contradiction from Team Trump of *anything* we hear from the HJ6C. Ever. — PolitiTweet.org
Seth Abramson @SethAbramson
53/ His allies created a whisper campaign claiming Trump stooge Tony Ornato—who has a documented history of lying to protect Trump—and USSS agent Bobby Engel would testify that Hutchinson had lied. But did they? No. They stayed quiet and said nothing. Why? https://t.co/qY6ln73bKM — PolitiTweet.org
Seth Abramson @SethAbramson
52/ After Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony revealed that Trump a) wanted to *lead* an armed attack (which he knew was an armed attack) on the Capitol, and b) was himself a January 6 insurrectionist inasmuch as he assaulted a federal official that day, did you notice what Trump did? — PolitiTweet.org
Seth Abramson @SethAbramson
51/ So when I say—as a journalist, not a partisan—that there seems to be *no exculpatory evidence* relating to Trump and January 6, it's because we would've seen it. No one is stopping Trump or his minions from volunteering to testify, supplying affidavits, and so on. They won't. — PolitiTweet.org
Seth Abramson @SethAbramson
RT @SethAbramson: 2/ This live thread is free. If, as you follow along over the next 4 hours, you feel moved to use the Venmo tip jar in my… — PolitiTweet.org
Seth Abramson @SethAbramson
RT @SethAbramson: 1/ At times I may make reference in this thread to evidence previously published in the 200+ reports on January 6 that ap… — PolitiTweet.org
Seth Abramson @SethAbramson
RT @SethAbramson: (📢) LIVE THREAD: I’m live-tweeting the House January 6 Committee primetime hearing tonight. I’m an attorney, journalist,… — PolitiTweet.org
Seth Abramson @SethAbramson
50/ When the Democrats created a minority-only committee to investigate election abuses in Ohio back in 2004, they compiled sworn affidavits and *tons* of evidence. The GOP couldn't and didn't stop them. Have you noticed that Trump's supporters have...nothing? Like... *nothing*? — PolitiTweet.org
Seth Abramson @SethAbramson
49/ I focus on this last point—and on how Trumpists will respond to Matthews—because it's easy to forget that the Trumpists *never* counter the HJ6C with *evidence*. They could be filing sworn affidavits from Trumpists every single day if they wanted to—if they had *anything*. — PolitiTweet.org
Seth Abramson @SethAbramson
48/ But here's the thing: Matthews is quite likely to (a) be testifying to things she saw and heard with her own eyes, and (b) be testifying to things that *multiple* other witnesses have, can, and will corroborate. Remember that the Trumpists always attack out of fear and anger. — PolitiTweet.org
Seth Abramson @SethAbramson
47/ Because the embedded misogyny of the contemporary far right is so predictable and because Matthews was with the White House as Deputy Press Secretary for only 4 months—a period that covered January 6—we can already see how and why she will be attacked, and it will be risible. — PolitiTweet.org
Seth Abramson @SethAbramson
46/ Because Trump was known for wanting to hire young attractive women he deemed "looked the part" for TV—i.e. telegenic folks—his minions are now misogynistically using that trend *against* ex-Trump employees by casting them as unqualified social climbers with no abiding values. — PolitiTweet.org
