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Pressing for Evidence, Jan. 6 Panel Argues That Trump Committed Fraud

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Pressing for Evidence, Jan. 6 Panel Argues That Trump Committed Fraud

WASHINGTON — The Home committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol on Tuesday laid out its idea for potential prison fees towards former President Donald J. Trump, arguing earlier than a federal choose that he and the conservative lawyer John C. Eastman have been concerned in a conspiracy to perpetrate a fraud on the American public as a part of a plan to overturn the 2020 election.

The allegations, which the committee first leveled towards the boys final week in response to a lawsuit filed by Mr. Eastman, might decide simply how deeply the panel can dig into emails, correspondence and different paperwork of attorneys near Mr. Trump who’ve argued that such materials ought to be shielded from scrutiny due to attorney-client privilege.

Additionally they kind the core of the panel’s technique for doubtlessly holding Mr. Trump and his allies criminally accountable for what occurred on Jan. 6, 2021, one that activates the notion that they knowingly sought to invalidate legit election outcomes.

“We’re speaking about an rebel that sadly got here very near succeeding to overturn a presidential election,” Douglas N. Letter, the overall counsel of the Home, advised Choose David O. Carter of america District Court docket for the Central District of California, throughout arguments in Mr. Eastman’s case.

The Home committee’s argument is a dangerous one. If Choose Carter have been to reject its claims, the inquiry’s authorized staff can be much less prone to win help for a prison prosecution except investigators unearthed new proof.

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In courtroom on Tuesday, Mr. Letter repeatedly chastised Mr. Eastman for writing a memo that some in each events have likened to a blueprint for a coup. The doc inspired Vice President Mike Pence to reject electoral votes from swing states gained by President Biden, at the same time as Mr. Eastman conceded that the maneuver was doubtless unlawful.

“Violate the legislation — and allow them to sue,” Mr. Letter stated, characterizing Mr. Eastman’s counsel. “Boy, that’s not authorized recommendation that I’ve ever given.”

The committee in current weeks has issued subpoenas to attorneys, together with Rudolph W. Giuliani and Sidney Powell, who labored intently with Mr. Trump as they pursued varied efforts to maintain the previous president in energy regardless of shedding the election. They supplied up false slates of electors claiming Mr. Trump had gained politically aggressive states that he had misplaced, and explored the seizure of voting machines.

Amongst them was Mr. Eastman, whom the committee says might doubtlessly be charged with prison violations together with obstructing an official continuing of Congress and conspiracy to defraud the American folks.

Charles Burnham, Mr. Eastman’s lawyer, stated the committee’s accusations towards the previous president are “groundbreaking prison allegations,” however he argued that each Mr. Eastman and Mr. Trump genuinely believed the claims of a stolen election — regardless of being advised repeatedly that such statements have been false.

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“Dr. Eastman and others completely believed that what they have been doing was well-grounded in legislation and reality, and was obligatory for what they believed was the most effective curiosity of the nation,” Mr. Burnham stated.

In a submitting in Mr. Eastman’s case final week, the committee first revealed the idea of what its investigators imagine might be a prison referral to the Justice Division towards Mr. Trump. Central to the case is the argument that, in repeatedly rejecting the reality that he had misplaced the 2020 election — together with the assertions of his personal marketing campaign aides, White Home attorneys, two successive attorneys basic and federal investigators — Mr. Trump was not simply being cussed or ignorant, he was knowingly perpetrating a fraud on america.

The panel turned over to the courtroom lots of of pages of arguments, displays and courtroom transcripts from Trump advisers telling him there was no widespread fraud within the 2020 election. However Mr. Burnham additionally stated that Mr. Trump was given conflicting authorized recommendation.

“A number of presidential advisers have been counseling the president that there have been points with the 2020 election — fraud, illegality, and so forth,” he stated.

Mr. Burnham cited a guide not too long ago revealed by former Legal professional Common William P. Barr, who recounted how he tried to interrupt by means of to Mr. Trump to inform him his wild fantasies about election fraud weren’t true, at the same time as others knowledgeable the president he was proper.

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“After the election,” Mr. Barr wrote, “he was past restraint. He would solely hear to some sycophants who advised him what he needed to listen to. Reasoning with him was hopeless.”

The arguments in courtroom have been prompted by Mr. Eastman’s try and defend from launch paperwork he stated have been coated by attorney-client privilege. The committee responded that below the authorized idea often called the crime-fraud exception, the privilege doesn’t cowl data conveyed from a shopper to a lawyer if it was a part of furthering or concealing against the law.

Mr. Burnham tried to shoot down that argument Tuesday, telling the choose that there was no overt proof of against the law or a conspiracy to commit one.

“There’s not going to be an e mail the place anyone concerned within the marketing campaign effort says, ‘We’ve received to have some ruffians rush the Capitol if the vice chairman doesn’t make the choice we wish.’ It’s not going to be there,” he stated. “There’s not going to be an e mail that claims, ‘Everyone knows that the election had no fraud or illegality, however we’ve received to provide you with one thing.’ That’s not going to be there.”

However Mr. Letter famous that Mr. Eastman had acknowledged in an e mail obtained by the Home committee that he was encouraging Mr. Pence to interrupt federal legislation in rejecting legit electors for Mr. Biden — one thing he known as a “comparatively minor violation.”

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“He needed the vice chairman to do one thing that was plainly towards the Structure,” Mr. Letter stated, including sarcastically, “It might have been so minor, it might have modified the complete course of our democracy.”

At one level, Choose Carter targeted on a part of Mr. Eastman’s memo by which he inspired Mr. Pence to reject electors “with out asking for permission.”

Mr. Letter stated that a part of the memo was additional acknowledgment that the Trump marketing campaign was attempting to carry onto energy by means of any means obligatory.

“It reveals that what Dr. Eastman was proposing was: Do that — and principally rattling the implications,” he stated.

The choose didn’t give an instantaneous indication of how rapidly he would possibly rule.

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Capitol Police arrest suspect after allegedly assaulting Rep Nancy Mace

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Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., said she was physically accosted on Capitol grounds Tuesday night, and the suspect has since been arrested.

The U.S. Capitol Police said that just before 6 p.m. the office of a member of Congress, later identified as Mace, reported an incident in the Rayburn House Office Building.

House division officers and agents with the Threat Assessment Section of the police department tracked down the suspect, identified as 33-year-old James McIntyre of Illinois.

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Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C. (AP Photo/John McDonnell/File)

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Police interviewed McIntyre and ultimately arrested him on the grounds of assaulting a government official.

“I was physically accosted tonight on Capitol grounds over my fight to protect women. Capitol police have arrested him,” Mace said in a post on X. “All the violence and threats keep proving our point. Women deserve to be safe. Your threats will not stop my fight for women!”

Mace has been vocal about her opposition to transgender individuals using bathrooms not assigned to their biological gender.

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 A transgender rights supporter takes part in a rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court. (Getty Images/File)

She led the charge against allowing Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, a Democrat from Delaware, to use the women’s restrooms on Capitol Hill. McBride is a biological man who identifies and presents as a woman.

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Mace said last month she was receiving death threats, adding that she was being “unfairly targeted.”

Mace also drafted resolution H.R. 1579, which would prohibit members, officers and employees of the House from using facilities other than those corresponding to their biological sex.

Mace’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

Fox News Digital’s Charles Creitz contributed to this report.

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Trump names Kimberly Guilfoyle as ambassador to Greece

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Trump names Kimberly Guilfoyle as ambassador to Greece

Kimberly Guilfoyle has been nominated to serve as United States ambassador to Greece, President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday.

Guilfoyle, a former Fox News host now deeply enmeshed in the broader Trump orbit, was married to California Gov. Gavin Newsom when he was mayor of San Francisco. The former prosecutor announced her engagement to Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. in 2022, though questions about the couple’s current relationship status dogged tabloid headlines on Tuesday.

Guilfoyle was a prominent surrogate for Trump during the 2024 campaign.

“For many years, Kimberly has been a close friend and ally,” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social website, praising her “extensive experience and leadership in law, media, and politics” and her “sharp intellect.”

The post, which requires Senate confirmation, is currently held by Biden appointee George Tsunis.

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Guilfoyle said Tuesday on X that it “was the democratic values born in Greece that helped shape the founding of America,” adding that she looked forward “to delivering on the Trump agenda, supporting our Greek allies, and ushering in a new era of peace and prosperity.”

She also once worked in the San Francisco district attorney’s office with future Vice President Kamala Harris, and the rumored frosty relationship between the ambitious up-and-comers was the topic of San Francisco gossip early in their careers.

Guilfoyle and Newsom — who famously posed together on a rug in a glamorous Harper’s Bazaar profile that declared them “the New Kennedys” — divorced in 2006, the same year she joined Fox News.

The former first lady of San Francisco portrayed the city in dystopian terms during the 2020 Republican National Convention.

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Wisconsin mom mulls lawsuit alleging school district is pushing 'horrifying' race-based policy: 'Problematic'

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Wisconsin mom mulls lawsuit alleging school district is pushing 'horrifying' race-based policy: 'Problematic'

FIRST ON FOX: A Wisconsin parent is mulling legal action over a situation where she alleges her son was passed over being given the extra learning attention he needed due to language on the school’s website that says it prioritizes additional help for students based on race.

Attorneys for the Wisconsin Institute by Law & Liberty to the Green Bay Area Public School District, argue on behalf of their client, Mrs. Colbey Decker, that a “troubling” and “unlawful” policy in the district “explicitly prioritizes reading support resources based on race, thereby violating the U.S. Constitution and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,” according to a letter obtained by Fox News Digital.

“Mrs. Decker’s child, who suffers from dyslexia, has received different (and less favorable) services because he is white,” the letter states. “If he was Black, Hispanic, or Native American, Mrs. Decker’s son would have been treated more favorably and received different services.”

Decker told Fox News Digital that her son had been receiving one-on-one reading services in another district and that she assumed he would continue receiving that when he moved into the current district in January 2024 but that he was waitlisted for that additional help. 

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Colbey Decker told Fox News Digital she believes her son was discriminated against by his Wisconsin school district (Fox News Digital)

Decker explained that she learned of the policy while looking at the school’s website.

I asked them point blank, does he receive less services or is he less of a priority because he’s white?” Decker said. “And even asking that question made me extremely uncomfortable because to think that someone isn’t getting the services they deserve because of the color of their skin is just horrifying. So the principal did respond to me, and much to my surprise, he was very excited to explain to me the work they do in these priority groups.”

The letter alleges, citing the school’s website, that the “district’s literacy policy establishes ‘priority groups’ race—namely, Black, Hispanic, and Native American students—and states that the school will conduct intentional work educating our focus students, prioritizing additional resources to First Nations, Black, and Hispanic students.”

“This policy is in effect and has been applied to Mrs. Decker’s son, according to multiple district employees.”

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A Wisconsin mom said every parent ‘just wants their child to be treated equally’ (iStock)

The language on the school website also states next to an asterisk at the bottom of the page that, “Priority performance goals are established based on data that shows us we are meeting the needs of some student groups better than others.” 

“Focusing on a priority performance group of students will elevate our skills as educators and ultimately benefit all students.”

The letter to the district asks that the policy, known as the King Elementary School Success Plan, be rescinded in favor of a “colorblind approach” to resource allocation along with “immediate and adequate support” to Decker’s son “who has been unfairly excluded from the opportunity to receive necessary resources.”

“Seeing a policy that explicitly prioritizes resources based on race is really troubling, both morally and legally,” WILL associate counsel Cory Brewer told Fox News Digital. “The law demands that Colbey’s son and any child be treated equally to other children, regardless of their race. There should not be special treatment based on skin color. And the fact that this district is embracing the idea that they need to treat children differently based on race is really problematic.”

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“We are asking the district to rescind its discriminatory policy immediately to implement a colorblind approach to how it allocates resources, focusing on the needs of the individual student. And we’re also asking the district to provide Colby’s son with the resources that he needs,” Brewer continued. “There’s no reason it should be taking this long for him to get that support. If the district does not change its discriminatory policy, the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty will pursue all legal avenues to protect the rights of Colbey’s son.”

Fox News Digital reached out to the Green Bay Area School District for comment and received the following statement on Tuesday, “The District received the letter from WILL yesterday and we are investigating the allegations. However, we can state unequivocally that the District does not have a policy that includes the language included in the letter.” 

“All District policies must be approved by the Board of Education and no such policy language exists.”

The spokesperson added that the language in the School Success Plan is “developed to outline the school’s goals toward continuous improvement, but would not be considered Board (District) policy” which the spokesperson called an “important distinction.”

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Decker told Fox News Digital that other parents she has spoken to “can’t believe” the situation when told about it and every parent “just wants their child to be treated equally.”

“Any time a parent or a grandparent advocates for a child, I know that their sincere hope is that that child is just treated equally,” Decker said. “And that’s not what’s happening when someone is a priority. If someone is more of a priority than someone else’s child has to be less of a priority. And I don’t think that’s the way most of America wants to move forward with education.”

“I think everybody wants us to just be completely color-blind and look at children as simply being children. My son is in the 17th percentile in the state for reading, and there are children who are performing at a higher level than him that are more of a priority only because of their skin color. And I don’t think most parents want anything like that to ever happen in any educational setting ever.”

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