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Looks like Mark Meadows aide testified for 6+ hours yesterday. (Original Post) Kingofalldems Jan 2022 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author AZSkiffyGeek Jan 2022 #1
It was his aide Ben Williamson, not Meadows Nevilledog Jan 2022 #2
His aide not himself IbogaProject Jan 2022 #3
Typo. Got it. Kingofalldems Jan 2022 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author EYESORE 9001 Jan 2022 #4
Not Meadows, his aide. Ocelot II Jan 2022 #5
That tweet says an 'aide' testified, not Meadows spanone Jan 2022 #6
Typo, refresh. Kingofalldems Jan 2022 #8
Thanks, I was hoping you were right the first time... spanone Jan 2022 #9
This is still excellent news, gab13by13 Jan 2022 #10
I like to think there is more going on than 'sitting' empedocles Jan 2022 #11
Why? gab13by13 Jan 2022 #22
Lol! An aide to Mark (I will sing) Meadows is talking. fightforfreedom Jan 2022 #12
all these backstabbers will sing faster and louder if media would stop certainot Jan 2022 #17
I was reading Salon last night. wnylib Jan 2022 #23
i imagine the extremism is hiking up after jan 6 set an example but i'll bet there is very little certainot Jan 2022 #24
If you want to find out what REALLY happened, ask the hired help. Midnight Writer Jan 2022 #13
Office temps know everything. Given keys and passwords for a three day hitch, oh boy. cbabe Jan 2022 #15
Would an aide to Mark Meadows lie for him? Kingofalldems Jan 2022 #14
even if he wasn't in the room he could help coordinate the timing on certainot Jan 2022 #18
Chump has probably been threatening Mark Meadows with all kinds of stuff FakeNoose Jan 2022 #16
Almost impossible for an aide to Mark Meadows to know less than Mark Meadows. PurgedVoter Jan 2022 #19
What's the math? krkaufman Jan 2022 #20
If he was taking the 5th would they waste 6 hours on questions? Kingofalldems Jan 2022 #21

Response to Kingofalldems (Original post)

IbogaProject

(2,804 posts)
3. His aide not himself
Wed Jan 26, 2022, 12:44 PM
Jan 2022

His aide not himself.

🚨BREAKING: Former top Mark Meadows aide Ben Williamson testified to 1/6 Committee yesterday for **6-7 hours**.

Response to Kingofalldems (Original post)

gab13by13

(21,299 posts)
10. This is still excellent news,
Wed Jan 26, 2022, 12:54 PM
Jan 2022

Just maybe this is why DOJ is sitting on the Meadow's criminal referral(Day 42) maybe DOJ is going to charge Medows for more than ignoring a subpoena. Hey, I can hope.

gab13by13

(21,299 posts)
22. Why?
Wed Jan 26, 2022, 03:11 PM
Jan 2022

It usually takes 8 days for similar referrals. It took 22 days for Steve Bannon's referral. There is no guarantee that DOJ will send Meadows to a grand jury, it may drop the referral.

 

fightforfreedom

(4,913 posts)
12. Lol! An aide to Mark (I will sing) Meadows is talking.
Wed Jan 26, 2022, 01:06 PM
Jan 2022

I have been predicting for weeks Mark Meadows in the end will spill his guts. He is a backstabbing coward.

 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
17. all these backstabbers will sing faster and louder if media would stop
Wed Jan 26, 2022, 02:30 PM
Jan 2022

propping up trump and his rapidly diminishing support as intimidators and a 'force' of the future

wnylib

(21,425 posts)
23. I was reading Salon last night.
Wed Jan 26, 2022, 03:52 PM
Jan 2022

They don't think over there that Trump's support is diminishing as much as some media are reporting. They gave his AZ rally as an example of how the fascists (and they are not afraid to use that word) are both recruiting and upping the calls for violence.

 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
24. i imagine the extremism is hiking up after jan 6 set an example but i'll bet there is very little
Wed Jan 26, 2022, 07:08 PM
Jan 2022

coordination. without limbaugh the unified central messaging that he was point man for is breaking up and a lot of that extremism is stimulated by the fear of that disunity and lack of leadership. and a lot of the extremists are going to lose cred as 'leaders' as these investigations ramp up and people they were influencing start to back up. i'll bet they will get more and more marginalized - and what would help that along a lot would be more exposure of russian influence in US media. we know about social media but rw radio/limbaugh has been a major putin tool too.

 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
18. even if he wasn't in the room he could help coordinate the timing on
Wed Jan 26, 2022, 02:34 PM
Jan 2022

when he was with trump and what communications were going out at those times

FakeNoose

(32,628 posts)
16. Chump has probably been threatening Mark Meadows with all kinds of stuff
Wed Jan 26, 2022, 02:21 PM
Jan 2022

... but it's not likely he's ever had a conversation with Meadows' staffers. That's why Meadows clammed up, but the aide is free to do the talking. This could be a very good thing.

PurgedVoter

(2,216 posts)
19. Almost impossible for an aide to Mark Meadows to know less than Mark Meadows.
Wed Jan 26, 2022, 03:06 PM
Jan 2022

If you were an aide to one of these guys, I think you would have to keep notes.

krkaufman

(13,435 posts)
20. What's the math?
Wed Jan 26, 2022, 03:07 PM
Jan 2022

What’s the math on how many questions might have been asked during that period if every one was answered, after a quick lean to hear the lawyer’s whispers, with an “on advice of counsel, I respectfully invoke my rights under the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution on the grounds that answering questions may incriminate me."

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