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choie

(6,905 posts)
Fri Jan 6, 2023, 07:25 PM Jan 2023

Insurrectionists acting with impunity

Traitors and criminals gathering at Mark Meadows' office:

Several Republican House members fighting to stop Rep. Kevin McCarthy from becoming speaker met Friday morning at the offices of the Conservative Partnership Institute, an organization run by Mark Meadows and Jim DeMint.

Meadows, a former Republican congressman from North Carolina, was chief of staff to former President Donald Trump and played a central role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election. He joined CPI as senior partner in January 2021, a few weeks after Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

DeMint, a former Republican senator from South Carolina, launched CPI in 2017. Since Trump left office in 2021, it has become a connective hub for a host of former Trump advisers, including Meadows, budget chief Russ Vought and adviser Stephen Miller.

A little before 8:30 a.m. on Friday, Yahoo News observed several House Republicans who are leading the effort to block McCarthy, a California Republican, walking into the CPI offices a few blocks from the Capitol.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/house-members-blocking-mc-carthy-speaker-bid-meet-at-offices-of-ex-trump-chief-mark-meadows-162229890.html

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Response to rubbersole (Reply #1)

JT45242

(4,043 posts)
4. How is meadows not indicted yet...
Fri Jan 6, 2023, 07:34 PM
Jan 2023

Voter fraud over the trailer.

Insurrection...

Document stealing....

Defying a subpoena...

Seriously, so sick of rethugs from Nixon onward never facing real consequences.

Response to brush (Reply #6)

kacekwl

(9,144 posts)
8. Will still be talking about this in 2024
Fri Jan 6, 2023, 09:08 PM
Jan 2023

and there will still be those who argue that ducks must be lined up, evidence must be gathered, blah blah. I was steamed a year ago now just furious.

Response to kacekwl (Reply #8)

 

brush

(61,033 posts)
10. Guess you don't know Meadows is up to his neck...
Sat Jan 7, 2023, 01:38 AM
Jan 2023

in the fake elector skam. Ever heard of it? Smith has already subpoenaed people over the fraudulent documents.

But it doesn't sound like you've been keeping up.

Response to brush (Reply #10)

 

brush

(61,033 posts)
12. I'm not the cynic you are. I believe trump and others...
Sat Jan 7, 2023, 01:27 PM
Jan 2023

will be held accountable for the attempted coup, the document thefts, the stupidity of sighing their names to fake elector documents filed with National Archives and other crimes.

You don't. I do. let's leave it at that.

Response to brush (Reply #12)

 

brush

(61,033 posts)
14. Too much evidence not to indict. I wager you a buck.
Sat Jan 7, 2023, 01:37 PM
Jan 2023

If nothing happens I'll gladly cough it up. I take it you'll do the same if there is an indictment?

Response to brush (Reply #14)

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