David Cay Johnston: Make no mistake: Trump's insurrectionists were there to kill Pence, Pelosi --

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Make no mistake: Trump's insurrectionists were there to kill Pence, Pelosi -- or whoever they could find

January 11, 2021


The mob Donald Trump sent to sack the Capitol on Jan. 6 intended to assassinate Vice President Mike Pence, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and others, admissions by some of those captured, as well as photographs, videos, texts and tweets show.

The attackers came with a gallows and noose, ready to seize Pence, Pelosi and other lawmakers, police and journalists, among others. "Murder the Media" was scratched on a door.

Once the mob overwhelmed police and broke into the Capitol, pro-Trump lawyer L. Lin Wood, sent this inflammatory tweet on the insurrectionist Parler site:

"Get the firing squads ready. Pence goes FIRST."

Had Trump's mob proved competent to capture and murder our lawmakers, it would have given Trump cover to suspend habeas corpus. That would have allowed him to lock up his perceived enemies while ignoring their right of access to the courts, lawyers or anyone else.

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https://www.rawstory.com/trump-insurrectionists-2649871299/

[brooklynite]

1. Who?

[sheshe2]

17. Investigative Journalist who won a Pulitzer in 2001.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

64. Member of DU. Gave great interview on Democracy Now in 2016 re tRump. He's right. . nt

[sheshe2]

72. Yes he is right...

Thanks for the additional info, Bernardo.

[Kid Berwyn]

24. Chronicled Trump-Mafia ties before 2016 election.

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/05/donald-trump-2016-mob-organized-crime-213910

[H2O Man]

69. David is outstanding.

[bdamomma]

27. Has written many books on

the con job. He knows him well.

[yonder]

51. and corporate con job(s) as well.

[NurseJackie]

35. Here are Wiki and Google and other links...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cay_Johnston

David Cay Boyle Johnston (born December 24, 1948)[1] is an American investigative journalist and author, a specialist in economics and tax issues, and winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting.

From 2009 to 2016 he was a Distinguished Visiting Lecturer who taught the tax, property, and regulatory law of the ancient world at Syracuse University College of Law and the Whitman School of Management.[citation needed] From July 2011 until September 2012 he was a columnist for Reuters, writing, and producing video commentaries, on worldwide issues of tax, accounting, economics, public finance and business. Johnston is the board president of Investigative Reporters and Editors.[2] He has also written for Al Jazeera English and America in recent years.

https://www.google.com/search?q=David%20Cay%20Johnston

https://www.bing.com/search?q=David+Cay+Johnston

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=David+Cay+Johnston

[mountain grammy]

36. Sad question right there.

Google is your friend.

[klook]

40. For some reason I thought of this:

[TwilightZone]

63. Pulitzer Prize winner

And you are?

You keep doing this. It's a really curious thing to do for someone who name-drops people no one else has ever heard rather frequently.

There's a world outside your social circle. Check it out sometime.

[sheshe2]

73. +1

[dalton99a]

2. They got the message loud and clear

Link to tweet

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

76. Somewhat off topic question: Since when does Twitter do "echoed by"?

I've been in Twitter Jail for a few months, so I guess I missed it?

[catrose]

3. Why is Lin Wood not in jail?

[Strelnikov_]

16. Good question n/t

[calimary]

28. A VERY good question.

[onetexan]

42. What i heard on msnbc is they need to build a case &

In the coming weeks & months as more info is gathered& investigations complete there w be alot more arrests

[catrose]

65. How built does their case need to be? If you or I tweeted about firing squads & the VP, wouldn't the

FBI be knocking on our doors post haste dispatch? Meanwhile, he's free to do more.

[onetexan]

67. i'm not a lawyer so i couldn't tell you. I trust that the pundits who are from legal backgrounds

are commenting on the case as they understand the process that needs to be followed.

[Bluethroughu]

4. No doubt.

It was repeated everywhere.

[onetexan]

54. That was my initial thought when i saw the menacing crowd gather the day before and it turned out to

be true - they're out for blood & the whole point was to take out the entire Congress to make the Con a dictator. Dear God Almighty help us make it safe through this week.

[Bluethroughu]

66. We're gonna need all the help we can get

To get these nuts put in prison, so they can not damage this country anymore than they already have.

[rzemanfl]

5. Using a mob as a screen didn't work out for the operatives IMHO. n/t

[2naSalit]

8. +1

Now they are planning to hit Capitols around the country.

[malaise]

6. Let that sink in

The President of the United States sent his goons into the Congressional buildings to assassinate his own WP the Speaker of the House and anyone else who was in the way.

By the way I hope the Obama family has additional security - the racist in chief and his goons must be taken seriously.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

10. This path to dictatorship required planning far beyond Killakon Donnie's ability.

Dumbass couldn't even spell habeas corpus, much less figure out how to use it to lock up his enemies.

Putin to Bannon or Miller or Melania to Dumbass?

[Kid Berwyn]

22. Da.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Puppet.

[calimary]

32. Well that's one photograph that sums it all up.

Russia LITERALLY STANDING BEHIND AND BESIDE HIM. INTHE OVAL OFFICE!!!!!!!!!

A picture that s worth a thousand treasons.

No I’m not yelling. I’m fucking SCREAMING!!!!!

[dchill]

43. I hear you!

[catbyte]

45. These two pictures always encapsulated everything wrong with that thing who is

still infesting the White House. A misogynistic, antidemocratic, dictator wannabe.

[Captain Zero]

39. POMPEO. If they killed Pence, Pelosi, and Grassley on the 6th. Pompeo would be next in line.

Pompeo is in on parts of the planning. Has to be. Cui Bono.

[H2O Man]

70. Security is at

an all-time high. I recognize that sounds odd in the face of recent events. But personal/family security is now at an all-time high. This is due not only to the significant rise in threats, but also as a result of law enforcement/ intelligence's monitoring the communications of numerous groups.

[duforsure]

7. I think Pence has already refused trump a pardon,

And why he needed him murdered, and he fears Nancy, and that he's scared she knows too much already on him. I agree this was a act carried out to murder them, then trump could use his position to escape justice, and move closer to absolute power.

[lagomorph777]

11. Why the fuck won't Pence do the 25th? It's life or death for him!

[obamanut2012]

15. Because he doesn't have teh Cabinet votes

He has leaked that info out, and I believe he doesn't.

[lagomorph777]

19. Fair point. All the less-insane cabinet members have quit.

Though "less-insane" is a pretty generous description for the likes of Cruella DeVos.

[Tommymac]

38. If that is true then We need to get the Media to shine the light on those vermin.

24/7.

[Eyeball_Kid]

49. There's wiggle room in the 25th...

For the Cabinet involvement to be circumvented through the House appointing "another body" to ascertain whether Trump is incapable of exercising his oath of office. THAT needs to be explored immediately.

[Amaryllis]

71. NANcy probably is exploring it. I'm sure they have legal teams looking at every possible option.

[catbyte]

50. Fear and cowardice. I think if Pence told the Cabinet it needed to be done, they'd go along.

But he's still afraid of Mango Mussolini and I'll bet he's scared shitless of The Mob that he unleashed. Hell, they tried to kill him just for following the Constitution. What sort of fatwa would they issue if he actually booted him out of the White House? Former Vice Presidents don't get Secret Service protection like former Presidents do. He'd be looking over his shoulder for years.

[LisaL]

18. Pence can't issue a pardon to Trump.

Pence is a VP and can't issue pardons. No way Trump would resign for Pence to become president.

[lagomorph777]

20. I assume that would be the hypothetical deal (Nixon-Ford type bargain).

[duforsure]

23. After trump resigned he could, which is what I was getting at. trump likely would ask him

Before , and I think he may have, and Pence may have refused to do it for him.

[LisaL]

33. But Trump won't resign. Ever.

His ego won't allow him to resign.

[Lock him up.]

30. oRange anu$ will pardon itself preemptively & expects "its" SC will uphold

That's why it is so important to expand the number up to 13... before any challenge gets there.

[Eyeball_Kid]

52. With impeachment active in the House, Trump's pardoning power is severed.

That's how I'm reading the Constitution. Someone tell me if I'm wrong.

[CaptYossarian]

12. Let me add Legislators of Color to their list.

Even Tim Scott. They wouldn't care. They were just blind piranhas looking for any taste of flesh and blood--just like the cannibals they say we are.

Now Sunday, more of them will be armed. (Whose crutch were they using on that door?)

[Paladin]

13. If Lin Wood still has a law license a week from now, there is no justice. (nt)

[Orrex]

31. What would happen to a Muslim man who openly called for Pence's assassination?

That's what should happen to Wood.

[Paladin]

41. Suits me. The sooner the better. (nt)

[cab67]

62. THIS

[2naSalit]

14. ...

[triron]

21. This!

[colorado_ufo]

25. Would suspend habeas corpus and install martial law.

[Renew Deal]

26. I don't believe they could have gotten anywhere near Pence

I think the Secret Service would have fought to the death on that one.

[Jon King]

29. Anyone left supporting Trump is a traitor..

Its that simple. Lets stop pretending. The Dems won the Congress and Presidency. Enough about reaching across the aisle. There is one political party left in America. Govern well and it America elects more Republicans the country is done anyway.

The Dems need to govern the best they can and the US voters will decide. Quit even trying to placate Republicans.

[calimary]

37. Agreed. It's a yes or no answer. NO wiggle room on this one.

[Captain Zero]

34. Yes. And. POMPEO is in on ALL THIS. He is behind Grassley in the line of Succession.

He has been a huge enabler of Trump all along.
Mark it here. POMPEO has to be dealt with as a THREAT to Democracy.

[FakeNoose]

57. Indeed

He's in on the plot. Complicit all the way.
And here we thought Bill Barr was calling the shots.
It's been Pompeo all along. The FBI will be knocking soon.

[llashram]

44. never will doubt

what the end game would have been on live television...

[TygrBright]

46. Yes, but. They are "terrorists" not "insurrectionists". Domestic terrorists. Messaging matters. n/t

[TryLogic]

58. Yes, big problem.

I suspect there was actually a mix - a mob of terrorists and groups of insurrectionists.

Insiders who aided are clearly insurrectionists.

[TygrBright]

75. They are terrorist co-conspirators and enablers. n/t

[safeinOhio]

47. Take down the name of every Red Hat wearer.

Give them to Bidin so he can send troops to take away their guns and close down the church they go to. After all, that's what they said he'd do.
Now it does sound like a great idea.

[FakeNoose]

48. Small point, but here it is

There was a core group of assassins hidden among the mob of rioters on Wednesday - and their intention was to kill Pence and Pelosi. They used the mob, the violence, & the craziness as a cover to distract police so they could carry out the dirty deed.

Most of the mob didn't know they were being used this way, they were just a brainless mob. Insurrection and disruption was their intention, not murder. At least some of them were there for the selfies and cosplay.

Another group had a separate plan to grab the electoral college votes and carry them off and burn them. However that plan was thwarted by a few Congressional aides who grabbed the containers of documents and brought them to a safe place. Many of the insurrectionists had no plan at all because they're idiots.

A lot of people will be arrested and charged, but very few of them knew anything about the assassination plot. Here's hoping the FBI can sort out the hardcore assassins from the selfie cosplay idiots.

[onetexan]

53. I just posted on another thread that Christopher Wray just announced there are alot of agitators

looking to take advantage of the situation and making it much worse, and that CNN has a chiron that the Pentagon expects 10K National Guard troops in DC by Saturday.

[FakeNoose]

56. Thanks friend - we need to keep alert

This shit is far from over.

[moose65]

59. That is the scary part

On the one hand, we had the crazy cosplayers who were shitting on the floor and taking pictures of themselves in Congressional offices. They were a DISTRACTION, though, so we would laugh at all those loons. There were also pictures of people whose faces were covered and who had the flex-ties. They were the real danger.

Whew. Next Wednesday can't get here soon enough!

[FakeNoose]

68. Yep the FBI are tracking them through their cellphones

Luckily almost all of them were carrying phones with them last Wednesday. The Feds are able to ID them with names and addresses, and use GPS to place them at the scene. How nifty!

As an added bonus, their cellphone IDs allowed Homeland Security to put them on the no fly list almost immediately. It didn't affect the ones who came in by bus, but the ones who flew into Washington couldn't get out. They were stuck at the airport.

Hopefully a lot of them will be locked up before next Wednesday.

[moose65]

74. And these are the people who fear the "chip"

Many of these same people are the ones who go on and on about Bill Gates slipping a chip into the Covid 19 vaccine, so that "they" can track us, while at the same time they carry around a device that's already capable of tracking their every move.

This shit is hilarious and at the same time terrifying.

[dobleremolque]

55. Before President Biden takes his hand off the Bible

at his swearing in ceremony, the Senate should be in session to confirm Merrick Garland as Attorney General, and the printed indictments against the seditionist, insurrectionists should be waiting in his limousine for him to sign during his drive to his new office in the Justice Department building.

[cab67]

60. Has Wood been arrested?

He should be. If there's a picture next to the definition of "terroristic threat" in the dictionary, it would be a screen capture of his Parler post.

[BobTheSubgenius]

61. As a small aside...Lin Wood is the next to be in the crosshairs. Clearly.

He is a terrible lawyer anyway, by all appearances, and there is not a shred of doubt that he is a TERRIBLE human being.

He would never take my advice, but pro se is NOT the way to go here. He'll plea bargain himself into life without parole, then claim a Win.