Add possible witness tampering to the growing list of Trump crimes flowing from the January 6 insurrection, according to a reading of the January 6 Committee report summary. Yesterday, the Committee referred evidence of four serious crimes to the Justice Department's Special Counsel Jack Smith: obstructing an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the U.S., conspiring to make false statements, and incitement of insurrection. In his statement before the Committee yesterday, the eloquent Constitutional law expert Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) stated that these four crimes were "not the only statutes that are potentially relevant" to the Malignant Loser's activities related to the 2020 election.
His formidable colleague Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) noted in her statement that the Malignant Loser raised millions of dollars from his cult to advance his stolen election lies, but instead hired lawyers for his own criminal defense. From the linked article:
“'For example, one lawyer told a witness, the witness could in certain circumstances tell the committee that she didn’t recall facts when she actually did recall them,' Lofgren said. 'That lawyer also did not disclose who was paying for the lawyer’s representation, despite questions from the client seeking that information.'
In another case, Lofgren added, 'a client was offered potential employment that would make her, quote, "financially very comfortable" as the date of her testimony approached, by entities that were apparently linked to Donald Trump and his associates. These offers were withdrawn or didn’t materialize, as reports of the content of her testimony circulated. The witness believed this was an effort to affect her testimony.'" (our emphasis)
If this sounds like something that an organized crime boss would do to get a witness to change her testimony, you wouldn't be the only one and you wouldn't be off the mark. The Malignant Loser copied his lifetime modus operandi from the mob-controlled building trades world of 20th century New York City real estate, and combined it with the influence of his sinister mob lawyer / mentor Roy Cohn. It's his way. He's just now at the beginning of paying for a life of flouting the law while profiting from it.
BONUS: Lawfare has the 160-page executive summary of the January 6 committee's report here.
