Manu Raju

Manu Raju @mkraju

Between Dec 23-Jan. 3, Trump called acting AG Rosen “virtually every day” as Trump said the DOJ had “not done enough to investigate election fraud.” Trump pressed him to name a special counsel, to meet with Giuliani, file a brief with SCOTUS, lean on states. — PolitiTweet.org

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Eric Herschmann, former WH official, to Trump DOJ official Jeffrey Clark: “When he finished discussing what he planned on doing, I said, good fucking a-hole, congratulations, you just admitted your first step or act you would take as attorney general would be committing a felony” — PolitiTweet.org

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Sean Penn in attendance at Jan. 6 hearing. Says: “I’m just here to observe — just another citizen.” Penn: “I think we all saw what happened on January 6 and now we're looking to see if justice comes on the other side of it,” per @AnnieGrayerCNN https://t.co/g5TnEc3ZVj — PolitiTweet.org

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Cheney says “there’s much more to come” and they are just beginning to present evidence of their findings — PolitiTweet.org

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Jan. 6 committee members were caught off guard by news of Jeffrey Clark’s home being raided by the feds. Elaine Luria says the news “elevates how central he is” to today’s hearing. “Just heard about it,” Bennie Thompson said. “Just shocking how the timing works,” Aguilar quipped — PolitiTweet.org

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Just asked Scott Perry about the feds raiding the home of Jeffrey Clark, the former DOJ official. Perry was among those who helped play a role connecting Clark to Trump. No comment. — PolitiTweet.org

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Mo Brooks says he still hasn’t been served with his subpoena to testify before the Jan. 6 committee. He says he’s not evading being served. “They know where I am all the time.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Feds search home of Jeffrey Clark, former DOJ official who pushed Trump's false election fraud claims, ⁦@evanperez⁩ reports https://t.co/c2DXJZatPH — PolitiTweet.org

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New clip shows Trump talking about the rioters in March 2021: "They were angry from the standpoint of what happened in the election. Because they're smart, and they say and they saw what happened, and I believe that that was a big part of what happened on Jan 6" https://t.co/13wnIZ3BZB — PolitiTweet.org

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New footage from British filmmaker shows Pence's reaction when the House was moving forward with a resolution on Jan. 12 demanding he invoke the 25th Amendment and remove Trump from office. https://t.co/ozKjKzHIna — PolitiTweet.org

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The lawyer for filmmaker Alex Holder, Russell Smith, tells @AnnieGrayerCNN that Holder cooperated with panel because “there were inconsistencies” in previous statements from Trump and his family when comparing Holder’s footage with previous statements Trump and his family made — PolitiTweet.org

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The 15, per @alizaslav: Mitch McConnell Joni Ernst Todd Young Shelley Moore Capito Lisa Murkowski John Cornyn Thom Tillis Roy Blunt of Missouri Richard Burr Bill Cassidy Susan Collins Lindsey Graham Rob Portman Mitt Romney Pat Toomey — PolitiTweet.org

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65-34, Senate clears biggest hurdle facing guns package, breaking a filibuster and moving towards final passage. Fifteen Republicans voted to advance it — PolitiTweet.org

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He did say at presser when asked by @jason_donner about Trump criticism: “I do not regret not appointing anyone at all,” to Jan. 6 committee. Asked after if he agrees with GOP officials who testified that there was no widespread fraud, he wouldn’t say. “I didn’t see the hearing” — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @therecount: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy refuses to answer @mkraju’s question about fraud in the 2020 election: “You ever visi… — PolitiTweet.org

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“It will all be clear and you’ll never have to ask me this question again,” he said.     “I’m going to give you everything we know. This happened 18 months ago.. My staffs involvement was over the course of minutes. My own personal involvement was probably seconds” @tedbarrettcnn — PolitiTweet.org

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Ron Johnson tells us he plans to release a statement today explaining what happened when his aide made an offer of fake MI and WI electors to Pence on Jan. 6. “We are piecing this together. … You’ll find out what a nothing burger this is. It’s a complete non-story” — PolitiTweet.org

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Just tried to ask McCarthy if he agrees with GOP officials testifying there was no widespread fraud in 2020. He wouldn’t take question, citing the subject of the presser. After the presser, he wouldn’t say if he believes there was no wide fraud, saying he hasn’t watched hearings — PolitiTweet.org

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Senate voting NOW to break a filibuster to advance guns package, the last major hurdle it faces. Needs 60 votes, which it is expected to get — PolitiTweet.org

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Josh Hawley, who backs Vicky Hartzler in the #mosen race, won’t say if he’ll back Eric Greitens if he wins the GOP nomination in his state’s Senate race. "He's not going to win the primary," he told me. "It's not going to come to that." — PolitiTweet.org

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“The majority's expansion of what the Second Amendment protects will have monumental ramifications …. on everything from age restrictions to assault weapons bans to limits on high-capacity magazines," ⁦@steve_vladeck⁩ says https://t.co/UxKC0lxy0C — PolitiTweet.org

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One of the biggest decisions of this term —> — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SchneiderCNN: 2nd case from SCOTUS: ruling in favor of a death row inmate who prefers to die by firing squad over lethal injection (bc… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ryanobles: SPOTTED by ⁦@AnnieGrayerCNN⁩: Filmmaker Alex Holder arriving this morning for his deposition with the Jan 6 Select Committee… — PolitiTweet.org

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House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer tells @DaniellaMicaela that if the Senate passes the gun bill today, the House will attempt to pass it today and send it to Biden’s desk. “We'll try to do it today," he said. — PolitiTweet.org

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"Some argued to the former President and public that the election was corrupt and stolen. That view was wrong then and it is wrong today, and I hope our presence here today helps reaffirm that fact," Jeffrey Rosen, acting AG under Trump, will testify today https://t.co/JbShCrN6jo — PolitiTweet.org

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Senate votes around noon tomorrow to break a filibuster and advance guns package. No timing on final vote but the betting now in the Senate is it will pass Thursday so senators can get out of town for their two-week recess — PolitiTweet.org

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"When it comes to the primary, I will not be supporting him. I'll be looking for a better candidate," said Don Bacon, Republican in a swing Nebraska seat. He noted to me tonight he's been done with Trump for about a year. https://t.co/nEPWacJh73 — PolitiTweet.org

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Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of the committee, said tonight that the panel has "redone his subpoena" and "he's the only member we hadn't been able to serve.” “So we are in the process of either redoing it or it's out the door already.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Even though the committee announced subpoenas for Brooks and four other Republicans last month, he had yet to be served with one because he has been campaigning for the GOP Senate primary in Alabama. Brooks lost his bid on Tuesday night. — PolitiTweet.org