There's been a flurry of stories recently about new developments in both the classified documents case and the January 6 investigation, featuring Malignant Loser insiders who may provide testimony under penalty of prosecution. Earlier this month, it was revealed that former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows had testified on both the classified documents case and the attempt to overturn the 2020 election. Now, we're seeing more rats possibly leaving the good bad ship SS Trump.
The Department of Justice is prepared to seek indictments against multiple figures in former president Donald Trump’s orbit and may yet bring additional charges against the ex-president in the coming weeks, The Independent has learned.
According
to sources familiar with the matter, the department has made
preparations to bring what is known as a “superseding indictment” — a
second set of charges against an already-indicted defendant that could
include more serious crimes — against the ex-president in the Southern
District of Florida.
But
prosecutors may also choose to bring additional charges against Mr Trump
in a different venue, depending on how they feel the case they have
brought against him in is proceeding. [snip]
The team of federal prosecutors working under Special Counsel Jack Smith
is currently prepared to add an “additional 30 to 45 charges” in
addition to the 37-count indictment brought against Mr Trump on 8 June,
either in a superseding indictment in the same Florida court or in a
different federal judicial district. In either case, they would do so
using evidence against the ex-president that has not yet been publicly
acknowledged by the department, including other recordings prosecutors
have obtained which reveal Mr Trump making incriminating statements.
Additionally, it is understood that Mr Smith’s team is ready to bring
charges against several of the attorneys who have worked for Mr Trump,
including those who aided the ex-president in his push to ignore the
will of voters and remain in the White House despite having lost the
2020 election.
"Attorneys" like Rudy "Toot Toot" Giuliani:
Mr Giuliani, whose law license was suspended in New York and Washington
as a result of his allegedly making multiple false representations while
seeking to help Mr Trump overturn his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden,
reportedly participated in a voluntary interview with prosecutors
working under the supervision of Mr Smith, the Justice Department
special counsel whose office brought charges against Mr Trump earlier
this month.
It is further understood that Mr Giuliani’s cooperation with
prosecutors was undertaken as part of what is known as a “queen for a
day” deal, under which the ex-mayor can avoid indictment for anything he
tells prosecutors about during the interview.
This
will allow the disgraced former federal prosecutor to avoid some
charges, but a source familiar with the matter has said Mr Smith’s
office will “most definitely” bring some charges against Mr Giuliani for
his work on Mr Trump’s behalf in the weeks between the November 2020
election and the 6 January 2021 attack on the Capitol.
The Independent has
also learned that Mr Giuliani’s “proffer” session with prosecutors
dealt mainly with Mr Trump’s machinations during that time period as he
sought to find a way to remain in the White House for a second term,
even against the will of the voters who’d handed Mr Biden the keys to
the White House by way of majorities in key swing states, including
Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Arizona.
It was earlier reported that the Special Counsel has also identified the person in the blockbuster tape of the Malignant Loser showing them a classified document he had no business having, and then proceeded to show them to that person, who didn't have security clearance:
One of the top advisers on Donald Trump's
2024 campaign is among the individuals identified but not named by
special counsel Jack Smith in his indictment against the former
president for allegedly mishandling classified documents after leaving
the White House and obstructing the government's efforts to retrieve
them, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.
Susie Wiles, one of Trump's most trusted advisers leading his second reelection effort, is the individual singled out in Smith's indictment
as the "PAC Representative" who Trump is alleged to have shown a
classified map to in August or September of 2021, sources said.
Trump,
in the indictment, is alleged to have shown the classified map of an
unidentified country to Wiles while discussing a military operation that
Trump said "was not going well," while adding that he "should not be
showing the map" to her and "not to get too close."...
She and others the Special Counsel has identified in that meeting will be called to testify under oath.
Then there's this guy:
A top official in Donald Trump's
2020 campaign team who was a key part of the fake elector scheme to
overturn the results in favor of the former president is cooperating
with federal prosecutors, according to reports.
Mike Roman was director of Election Day operations for Trump's campaign. He has spoken to Special Counsel Jack Smith's
office as part of the expansive criminal investigation into attempts to
overturn the last election and into the events that led up to the
January 6, 2021 attack, reported CNN.
Roman
reportedly spoke to prosecutors under what is known as a proffer
agreement. This means he can share information with investigators on an
understanding that the statements will not be used against him in future
criminal proceedings. Roman also may not have to appear before the
grand jury as part of the agreement. It is unclear what precisely Roman
was asked about during his meeting with prosecutors, or what information
he may have provided...
So many rats...
(Cartoon: Dave Whamond, caglecartoons.com , from December 2020)
