Rep Mo Brooks (R) legal filing today defending himself in lawsuit filed by Rep Eric Swalwell (D)

[Nevilledog]

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Wow

Just read through Rep Mo Brooks (R-AL) legal filing today defending himself in lawsuit filed by Rep Eric Swalwell (D-CA) alleging Brooks helped incite the US Capitol insurrection with "start taking down names and kicking ass" speech

It's quite something

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Wow

Just read through Rep Mo Brooks (R-AL) legal filing today defending himself in lawsuit filed by Rep Eric Swalwell (D-CA) alleging Brooks helped incite the US Capitol insurrection with "start taking down names and kicking ass" speech

It's quite something

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Rep Brooks specifies he was called by the White House on Jan 5 and invited to give the speech at Ellipse on Jan 6. And only did so because the White House invited him

He also says, at last minute, organizers tried to reduce the time he was allotted for speech
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Rep Brooks' court filing includes the vote tally in his District for Trump and Biden

Arguing he was "representing the will" of the Alabama 5th District that day
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About those words we've heard in video clips so many times since Jan 6: "Start taking down names and kicking ass"...

Rep Brooks argues the words "as such" at the start of the sentence were important modifiers or softeners of the language
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Rep Brooks added this nugget on info in his legal filing:

He believes the evidence is "overwhelming" that Nov 3 elections suffered from voter fraud, that Donald Trump won the electoral college and should be serving his 2nd term as President
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Rep Brooks' court filing acknowledges he and other Members of Congress met at White House with Rudy Giuliani after the election for a briefing... but that he "did not use anything of substance" said by Giuliani

(Note: Giuliani is a co-defendant in civil suit)
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Rep Brooks specifies on multiple occasions in his legal filings that he was working within the scope of his employment in challenging the electoral college submissions

Rep. Brooks asks judge to dismiss him as defendant in Rep Swalwell's civil suit

[RockRaven]

1. I'm no expert, but isn't it usually undesirable to have legal reporters/pundits react to one of your

court filings with "It's quite something"? That's usually bad, right?

[Nevilledog]

3. Yes....that's usually bad

[Dawson Leery]

2. kick

[Haggard Celine]

4. What substance did Giuliani say he used?

Meth?

[OnDoutside]

5. "He believes the evidence is "overwhelming" that Nov 3 elections suffered from voter fraud" I look

forward to Brooks proving that under oath.

[drray23]

6. Can his lawyer get sanctioned for claiming

there is overwhelming evidence the election was stolen if it can't be backed up with actual evidence in court ?

[GoCubsGo]

7. The evidence is "overwhelming"?

Let's see it. Put up, or shut up.