THIS IS ALL ABOUT GETTING PRESIDENT TRUMP AND ITS UNCONSTITUTIONAL THEY WILL SAY ANYTHING AND DO ANYTHING INCLUDING LYING, SHE, LIZ CHENEY SHOULD BE CONVINCED OF PERJURY AND SENT TO PRISON WITH A LOT OF OTHER DEMOCRATS AND RINOS. SHE'S IN THE RUNNING FOR LIER OF THE YEAR WITH BIDEN.
The J6 Committee Openly Defies the Constitution
“Congress was never set up to conduct criminal investigations, of any sort.”
So said Mark Levin on Sunday night, and it seems appropriate to begin our J6 update with that observation. Article 1, particularly Sec. 8, sets up a long, very specific list of powers given to Congress, such as raising taxes, borrowing money, regulating commerce, establishing a “uniform rule of naturalization,” and coining money. Conducting a criminal investigation is not one of them, certainly not against another branch of government, as it violates the separation of powers.
The Entire Enterprise is Unconstitutional
The concept of separation of powers is outlined in The Federalist Papers and is foundational to the republic. This committee talks about “our democracy” and “our Constitution,” but they don’t give a rip about either, as long as they get their way (which in this case is to get Trump).
The goal — the obsession — is to get Trump indicted.
Criminal investigations “as part of a ‘Justice’ Department or U.S. attorney’s effort to target an individual or group of individuals” are beyond their scope. Congressional hearings are supposed to have a legislative purpose. So, without even getting into the “outrageous makeup” of the J6 committee, he says, this committee’s entire enterprise is unconstitutional. And Levin, a constitutional scholar, finds it very troubling that “there’s not a single judge in Washington DC…who has reached that conclusion.”
‘They Want to Control It All’
Levin points out something that’s increasingly obvious: that the left wants chaos, not the balance that comes from having three separate but equal branches. “They want to control it all,” he says. That would explain why they want to pack the Supreme Court with “like-minded ideologues” who’ll legislate, and why they want to rule through executive orders and by controlling the massive bureaucracy “that’s not even present in our Constitution.”
But the legal analysts on TV (“’former’ this, ‘former’ that”), for the most part sit there and play along with this illegitimate committee. They don’t recognize that Congress isn’t supposed to be doing this at all. And when the committee is done, the transcripts of all its interviews, compelled by subpoena, with no defense and no cross-examination, will be turned over to the “Justice” Department and the U.S. attorney’s office to be used against those individuals and, of course, Trump.
That’s not the way it’s supposed to work when those subpoenas are issued as part of a real investigation out of the U.S. attorney’s office. But here, if an individual such as Steve Bannon, say, or Peter Navarro doesn’t want to cooperate with their sham committee — set up in violation of their own House rules, I would add — it’s the pokey for them. At the same time, Nancy Pelosi, whose role was key in the events of January 6 but who personally appointed the committee members who would be investigating it (!!!), is completely immune from scrutiny. If only we had a COVID vaccine that offered immunity like that!
What We Have Learned — From What We Did Not Hear
A few days ago we had a question from a reader about the timeline for January 6, relative to the so-called “187 minutes” Trump allegedly stalled before responding to the riot. We’ve addressed this in a previous edition of the newsletter, but Levin discussed it Sunday as well. He also made a great point: that there are still leftists who haven’t condemned the attempt on Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s life, not to mention all the violent Antifa attacks in DC and other major cities, and almost certainly never will.
Another good point made by Levin: If Trump had really wanted an insurrection, his video wouldn’t have been the appeal for law and order that it was, but an appeal for his supporters to come to the Capitol, armed. He also would have called for assistance from the military. He would have declared martial law. He would have fired top officials at the DOJ. But he never did any of the things that some have suggested he might do to hold on to power. He didn’t even appoint a special counsel to look into the 2020 election, which I think is something that really does need to happen.
“I can only imagine,” Levin said, “every one of these reprobates on this committee, if we could have access to their iPhones, their texts, their emails, their documents, their staffs, their family members, I’m sure we’d find sleaze all over the place, ‘cause most of them are not exactly Daniel Webster…Thomas Jefferson…‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.’”
After eight public hearings, two in prime time, what have we learned? Actually, from what we did not hear, we’ve learned that Trump had no direct role in what happened that day. We know that if he had, they would have presented evidence to that effect. Conversely, since they had none to offer, we know he didn’t. Seems to me, all they can do is read their own opinions and lies off the teleprompter and try to make him look bad.
The Point of the Spear to Get Trump Indicted
Still, keep in mind Levin’s warning: “They’re talking about the 14th Amendment. This committee is basically the point of the spear, a front operation for the Attorney General of the United States and the U.S. attorney, both of whom are politically partisan and corrupt in that sense.” The goal — the obsession — is to get Trump indicted. If they can say he committed insurrection or rebellion against the U.S., they can argue he’s prevented under the 14th Amendment from holding elected office again.
Levin made this same point on Thursday’s Hannity show.
We have to fight back and call this what it is, Levin reiterated on Sunday. “I don’t go along with the mob,” Levin says. “And the mob is in control right now.”
A Last Gasp Power Grab
One thing about this mob — it knows there’s going to be major pushback in November. We have to be prepared for the reaction. “…Democrats have lost the plot,” said Ben Domenech, co-founder, and publisher of The Federalist, on Levin’s show.
They’re doing all these things desperately, trying to hold onto power, trying to use it to the ‘nth’ degree before they get pushed out this November, and it’s almost a last gasp for ‘Boomer [leftists]’ who believe that they’ve had a charted path toward the future and are now infuriated to find that there are some Americans who don’t want to go that same way.
Domenech says that the reason anti-capitalists have to attack and undermine founders such as Jefferson, Washington, and Madison so viciously is that “they want to establish themselves as the new people on those pillars.” Mostly they want to be the ones deciding who gets what. Remember that next time you see a historic statue being pulled down. To be worshiped, they have to eradicate anything that was previously worshiped.
Lying Is What Democrats Do
Derek Hunter at Townhall has a great opinion piece that elaborates on Democrats’ strategy, saying “no lie they’ve told comes close to the ones they’re casually tossing around regarding January 6th.” Actually, I might say the outrageous stories about Trump being an agent of Vladimir Putin — which would be treason if they were true — are on par with their lies about January 6. Lying is just what they do.
Still, Hunter is right about how disgusting these particular lies are. In all his outspokenness, he speaks for us, too. This is a must-read, although, if you’ve been reading my newsletter, you’ll recognize the sentiments as familiar.
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Liz Cheney Flat-Out Lies About J6 on Fox News Sunday
In a late edition yesterday, we discussed the lies that had come thick and fast during the illegitimate January 6 committee hearings. As it happens, there was one huge lie told over the weekend that wasn’t on our radar until later. It should surprise no one that this deceit came from Liz Cheney.
This is a Lie
She was on Fox News Sunday, which seemed to me like a good reason not to watch Fox News Sunday. However, since the internet is forever, her lies were preserved for all time. Cheney told a ginormous whopper about the Oval Office meeting in which President Trump authorized the deployment of 20,000 National Guard troops for his rally a couple of days later. She actually said on the air that then-acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller, one of five present at that meeting, had denied Trump authorized this.
“Chris Miller has testified publicly that Donald Trump never issued any order to deploy the Guard, to protect the Capitol,” Cheney lied in answer to Bret Baier’s question. “And so I would point people to [Trump’s] own secretary of defense’s public testimony.”
Baier didn’t challenge her on this during the show, and, as one might imagine, it has received almost no media attention since. But, as we recently reported, every person at that meeting has confirmed that Trump authorized 20,000 Guard members for his rally. Miller is on video confirming it. So is Kash Patel. Both were interviewed by Sean Hannity, and Miller was present when Patel said that “Mr. Trump unequivocally authorized up to 20,000 National Guardsmen and women for us to utilize should the second part of the law, the requests, come in. But as you highlighted, those requests did not come in.”
Miller could not have been clearer that Trump absolutely made the authorization: “The President was doing exactly what I expect … any commander-in-chief to do. He was looking at the broad threat against the United States and he brought this up on his own. We did not bring it up.”
Cheney Twisted the Facts
According to testimony from Gen. Mark Milley, Pence did call him multiple times from inside the building on the day of the riot, calling for assistance. But Cheney has twisted facts to suggest that Trump did nothing — that all requests for security measures came from Mike Pence.
“Trump gave no order to deploy the National Guard that day…” Cheney said to Baier. Never mind that “order” is not the correct word. The President, any President, cannot order the Guard. He can authorize the deployment of the Guard, which he did — two days earlier. So, why weren’t they there? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser failed to act on that authorization. Bowser even rejected the use of the Guard in writing.
Just to give you an idea of how Liz Cheney’s lies were reported, Rolling Stone ran this headline: “A Sunday Miracle: Fox News Audience Exposed to Jan. 6 Truth During Liz Cheney Interview.” Ironically, their story quoted more of her lies.
“This was a mob that Donald Trump sent to the Capitol,” Cheney said, “and I think that’s important for us to keep our eye on.”
Cheney said that all the witnesses so far have been Republicans. (Aside to Liz Cheney: Liz, you claim to be a Republican. I think you’ve shown us how objective you, as a “Republican,” can be when it comes to President Trump. If you had any credibility left to lose — and I would say you didn’t — you lost it on Sunday.)
NY Post and WSJ Editorial Boards Have Been Had
“Look, it’s not just me that is saying that Donald Trump is unfit for office,” Cheney said. It’s other entities owned by Rupert Murdoch. “It’s the New York Post in their editorial on Friday. It’s The Wall Street Journal — said the same thing after our hearing Thursday night.”
And in truth, we don’t know what to say in polite company about the editorial boards of the NY Post and WSJ, whose members obviously don’t read and heed their own writers’ excellent reporting. The fact that the one-sided J6 committee has been able to lie convincingly enough to bend these editorial boards testifies to their ability to propagandize. Editorial boards, you have been had.
‘A Stunt to Placate Lazy Journalists’
Greg Gutfeld in his monologue on Monday night talked about this show trial and how the left, notably Stephen Colbert (whose team was able to “breach” the Capitol building for hours with no penalty), is gushing over it. As Colbert said Thursday night to MSNBC host Chris Hayes, “It’s gonna change how any congressional hearing is held to a standard, because the, you know, the circus that usually happens is no longer gonna be seen as entertainment.” I’ll pause while you roll around on the floor, laughing helplessly.
Hayes called this televised event “a tour de force of production.” Well, yes, it is a production; a big piece of propaganda, totally one-sided and put together at taxpayer expense. It’s definitely “appointment TV,” as in, you should make an appointment to do anything else but watch it.
I like what Gutfeld said, calling this “a stunt to placate lazy journalists who think summarizing stuff from a televised hearing is work. It isn’t. Know what’s work? Go outside and talk to Americans — how they feel about their money being spent on trials that will now extend into September. My choice [my prayer] is they’ll bite your head off.”
And if you’re ready for another laugh, here’s one. Liz Cheney hasn’t ruled out a presidential run in 2024. I am not kidding.
Not Funny At All
Now, here’s another look at something that’s not funny at all: Ashli Babbitt’s death, from a professional use-of-force expert who has testified in court more than 350 times as an expert witness.
Stan Kephart, who appears in the new EPOCH TV documentary The Real Story of Jan. 6, says, “My conclusion, based on what I saw and observed in the video clips, is that Ashli Babbitt was murdered. She was shot and killed under cover of authority by an officer who violated not only the law but his oath and committed an arrestable offense.” There’s no way, he says, that this officer was in fear of losing his life or being grievously injured.
The attorney for shooter Michael Byrd disagrees, of course. The documentary is for subscribers to EPOCH TV; here’s the link in case you do subscribe.
It was in this documentary that we learned about another woman who was beaten senseless by Capitol police, when she had done nothing. This one did live to tell about it, and the beating (very hard to watch) is on video.
In an update on the Secret Service controversy regarding the loss of text messages around the time of January 6, the agency says it never received a copy of the congressional letter asking it to preserve all records related to the Capitol protest and that the data could have been deleted accidentally. They’re working on recovering data deleted from at least 10 agents’ phones. Here’s what we know about the developing story.
Finally, if you’re thinking Liz Cheney must be the Liar Of The Century, I can tell you who’s giving her a run for her money. Unfortunately, it’s President Biden. You already know enough about what happened on J6 to be able to see through his lies, but so many people don’t (case in point, Rolling Stone readers). Biden probably lacks the cognitive ability to see through his own lies.
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