Chapter 1.3 - Trump’s Pre-Election Efforts to Delegitimize the Election Process (The January 6th Report)

IV. Russian Government Links To and Contacts With The Trump Campaign (Mueller Report, Nov. 2020 update): This Section describes the principal links between the Trump Campaign and individuals with ties to the Russian government, including some contacts with Campaign officials or associates that have been publicly reported to involve Russian contacts. The... by Government Unfiltered

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The Second Impeachment Report: Materials in Support of H. Res. 24, Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for High Crimes and Misdemeanors: On January 25, 2021, the House of Representatives delivered a single Article of Impeachment against President Trump to the United States Senate. On January 12, 2021, the majority staff of the House Judiciary Committee released the first public , when... by Government Unfiltered

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Chapter 2 - “I Just Want to Find 11,780 Votes” (The January 6th Report): The January 6th Report: A reading of Chapter 2 (Introduction) - “I Just Want to Find 11,780 Votes” In a telephone call on January 2, 2021, President Trump pressured Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger about finding additional votes in... by Government Unfiltered

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II. Factual Results of the Obstruction Investigation (Mueller Report, Nov. 2020 update): This episode covers Section II. Factual Results of the Obstruction Investigation, pages 15 to 158 of Volume 2 of the "Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election." This section of the report details the... by Government Unfiltered

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Introduction to Volume 2 (Mueller Report): This episode covers the "Introduction to Volume 2," pages 1 to 2, from Volume 2 of the "Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election." This volume provides details toward whether the President had obstructed... by Government Unfiltered

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IV. Conclusion (Mueller Report, Nov. 2020 update): The final subsection of Volume 2 is merely one paragraph on page 182 from the report and restates what was in the Introduction and Executive Summary, "While this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate... by Government Unfiltered

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III. Legal Defenses to the Application of Obstruction-of-Justice Statutes to the President (Mueller Report, Nov. 2020 update): Part A of this subsection of Volume 2 provides legal background of the obstruction-of-justice statute most readily applicable to the Special Counsel's investigation: Section 1512(c)(2) of 18 U.S.C. Part B explores how constitutional tension is... by Government Unfiltered

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The January 6th Report: Chapter 1.4 - President Trump’s Launch of the Big Lie: This episode is a reading of Chapter 1.4 - President Trump’s Launch of the Big Lie. The Select Committee provides the origin of President Trump's claim of election fraud as he often referred to “dumps” of votes that were injected into the... by Government Unfiltered

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Chapter 2.6 - The Final Outreach to State Legislators (The January 6th Report): The January 6th Report: A reading of Chapter 2.6 - The Final Outreach to State Legislators President Trump’s Campaign team, advisors, and volunteers generally acted in accord with a “Strategic Communications Plan” when engaging with State... by Government Unfiltered

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Chapter 2.1 - The Electoral College, and President Trump’s Attempt to Subvert It (The January 6th Report): The January 6th Report: A reading of Chapter 2.1 - The Electoral College, and President Trump’s Attempt to Subvert It President Trump and his advisors tried different ways to change the outcome of the election in different states. They pressured... by Government Unfiltered

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Chapter 3.2 - President Trump and the Campaign Adopt the Fake Elector Scheme (The January 6th Report): In early December, the Trump Campaign took note of Kenneth Chesebro’s fake elector plan and began to put it into action. In early December, Mark Meadows forwarded a copy of Chesebro’s November 18, 2020, memo to Jason Miller to set up a meeting. By... by Government Unfiltered

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Chapter 2.5 - Some Officials Eagerly Assisted President Trump With His Plans (The January 6th Report): The January 6th Report: A reading of Chapter 2.5 - Some Officials Eagerly Assisted President Trump With His Plans This section focuses primarily on President Trump's coordination with Pennsylvania State Senator Doug Mastriano and their efforts... by Government Unfiltered

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Senate Russia Report Vol. 1: Russian Efforts Against Election Infrastructure: This is a reading of the first volume from the five-volume Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence United States Senate on Russian Active Measures Campaigns and Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election. This document focuses specifically on... by Government Unfiltered

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The January 6th Report: Chapter 1 - The Big Lie: On December 22, 2022, the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol released their final report. This podcast is a reading of that document without any additional commentary. This... by Government Unfiltered

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Chapter 2.4 - An Outright Request for Victory (The January 6th Report): The January 6th Report: A reading of Chapter 2.4 - An Outright Request for Victory Beyond asking State officials to not certify, to decertify, or to appoint Trump electors for consideration during the joint session, President Trump and some of... by Government Unfiltered

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The January 6th Report: Chapter 1.5 - Post-Election: President Trump Replaces His Campaign Team: This episode is a reading of Chapter 1.5 - Post-Election: President Trump Replaces His Campaign Team. This is the Select Committee's summary about the release of his campaign team that referred to itself as "team normal." In their place, Trump... by Government Unfiltered

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I. Background Legal and Evidentiary Principles (Mueller Report, Nov. 2020 update): This section explains the basic elements that are common to most of the relevant obstruction statutes and provides definitions relevant to events discussed in Section II relating to potential issues of obstruction of justice. This episode covers the... by Government Unfiltered

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The January 6th Report: Chapter 1.2 - Trump’s Pre-Election Plans to Declare Victory: This episode is a reading of Chapter 1.2 - Trump’s Pre-Election Plans to Declare Victory The following episodes will be released in subsequent days: 1.3 - Trump’s Pre-Election Efforts to Delegitimize the Election Process 1.4 - President Trump’s... by Government Unfiltered

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Chapter 1.8 (Introduction) - President Trump Repeatedly Promoted Conspiracy Theories (The January 6th Report): The January 6th Report: A reading of Chapter 1.8 - President Trump Repeatedly Promoted Conspiracy Theories This section of the report gets into some of the conspiracy theories generated following the election. The Department of Justice, state... by Government Unfiltered

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V. Prosecution and Declination Decisions (Mueller Report, Nov. 2020 update): As part of the final section of Volume 1 of the "," pages 174-199, this section explains the Special Council's decisions on whether to exercise its prosecutorial authority with regard to the evidence it found through the investigation. V. Prosecution... by Government Unfiltered

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Executive Summary to Volume II (Mueller Report, Nov. 2020 update): This episode covers the "Executive Summary to Volume 2," pages 3 to 8, from Volume 2 of the "Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election." The executive summary provides an overview of the investigation's... by Government Unfiltered

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The January 6th Report: Chapter 1.6 - President Trump’s Campaign Team Told Him He Lost the Election and There Was No Significant Fraud: This episode is a reading of Chapter 1.6 - President Trump’s Campaign Team Told Him He Lost the Election and There Was No Significant Fraud. In this section of the first chapter, the committee shares the testimony from many of President Trump's... by Government Unfiltered

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Chapter 1.9 - President Trump’s January 6th Speech (The January 6th Report): The January 6th Report: A reading of Chapter 1.9 - President Trump’s January 6th Speech At noon on January 6, 2021, President Trump addressed thousands of his supporters at a rally just south of the White House. By the Select Committee’s... by Government Unfiltered

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Chapter 3.1 - Laying the Groundwork for the Fake Elector Plan: The Chesebro Memos (The January 6th Report): The plan to use fake electors emerged from a series of legal memos written by Kenneth Chesebro, an attorney based in Boston and New York recruited to assist the Trump Campaign as a volunteer legal advisor. Memos by Chesebro in November and December,... by Government Unfiltered

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Chapter 3.5 - On December 14th, the Fake Electors Meet and Vote (The January 6th Report): On December 14th, using instructions provided by Kenneth Chesebro, the fake Trump electors gathered and participated in signing ceremonies in all seven States. All seven of these invalid sets of electoral votes were then transmitted to Washington, DC.... by Government Unfiltered

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Chapter 3.3 - The Campaign Legal Team Bows Out, and Giuliani Steps In (The January 6th Report): Campaign lawyers as well as the Office of White House Counsel expressed concern over the plan to have fake electors submit their votes for President Trump. Legal staffers reduced their involvement in the fake elector effort when they felt there wasn't... by Government Unfiltered

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Chapter 2.2 - The Plan Emerges (The January 6th Report): The January 6th Report: A reading of Chapter 2.2 - The Plan Emerges An article published in The Atlantic in September 2020 reported that the Trump Campaign was discussing contingency plans to bypass election results and appoint electors in... by Government Unfiltered

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The January 6th Report: Chapter 1.3 - Trump’s Pre-Election Efforts to Delegitimize the Election Process: This episode is a reading of Chapter 1.3 - Trump’s Pre-Election Efforts to Delegitimize the Election Process. The Select Committee explains that it found dozens of instances in which President Trump claimed that mail-in voting would produce a... by Government Unfiltered

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Chapter 4.6 - President Trump Is Introduced to Jeffrey Clark (The January 6th Report): Congressman Scott Perry, a Republican from Pennsylvania, introduced a little-known DOJ official named Jeffrey Clark to the President. While Clark was the Acting Head of the Civil Division and Head of the Environmental and Natural Resources Division at... by Government Unfiltered

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Chapter 3 (Intro) - Fake Electors and the “The President of the Senate Strategy” (The January 6th Report): December 14, 2020, was the date when certified electors met to cast their electoral votes for the candidate who won the popular vote in their respective states. However, groups of fake electors also met on this same date to cast electoral votes for... by Government Unfiltered

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Chapter 1.3 - Trump’s Pre-Election Efforts to Delegitimize the Election Process (The January 6th Report)

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