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lol … butt hurt over a felon like trump. Poor Goper’s, got only convict to vote for now. They should have backed Nikki.

They should have backed Nikki. But they didn't believe she would exact revenge, hate, spite and get even for all of the things trump has convinced them of the way he would. They want a revenge president.

Nikki said she’ll pardon Trump. If anyone in the GOP leadership had half a brain they’d start calling for Nikki. Because trump doesn’t have a chance now IMO.

Some people consider this a victory. Same people that were on the playground screaming "no fair" because someone else could kick the ball harder.

Dinesh D'Souza election fraud film, book '2000 Mules' pulled after defamation suit
PUBLISHED FRI, MAY 31 2024 7:01 PM EDT
UPDATED FRI, MAY 31 2024 7:04 PM EDT
Christina Wilkie

Salem Media Group removed the influential election denial conspiracy film "2000 Mules" and a related book from its platforms and will cease distributing them.
"2000 Mules" was produced by conservative gadfly Dinesh D'Souza, who argued President Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump through widespread ballot fraud.

WASHINGTON — The conservative gadfly Dinesh D'Souza's film and book "2000 Mules," which pushes false conspiracies about voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election, has been removed from distribution by its executive producer and publisher, according to an announcement Friday.

Salem Media Group's announcement that it had yanked D'Souza's film and book also apologized to Mark Andrews, a Georgia man falsely accused in "2000 Mules" of ballot stuffing.


Andrews in late 2022 filed a federal defamation lawsuit against the company, D'Souza, and the non-profit advocacy group True The Vote, which contributed to the "2000 Mules' project.

D'Souza and True The Vote did not immediately respond to requests for comment by CNBC about Salem Media's decision to pull "2000 Mules."

Salem Media released the film in 2022.

The company claimed at the time that "2000 Mules" was "the most successful political documentary in a decade," and that it had grossed $10 million in its first few weeks of release.

The film quickly became a part of a canon of media produced by far-right figures intended to discredit the results of the 2020 presidential election, which President Joe Biden won.


Former President Donald Trump, who lost to Biden, embraced "2000 Mules," screening the film at his Florida club Mar-a-Lago.

But since then, the claims made in the movie and the book, which was published by Salem Media's subsidiary Regnery Publishing, have been systematically debunked by journalists and law-enforcement officials.

Late last year, attorneys for True the Vote admitted in a Georgia court that they could not produce any documents to back up allegations about ballot stuffing in the 2020 presidential election in that state, which Biden won."

"2000 Mules" shows Andrews placing five ballots into a box, as D'Souza says in a voiceover: "What you are seeing is a crime. These are fraudulent votes."

Andrews' lawsuit is proceeding in court.

The suit seeks unspecified damages, royalties for the use of his name and likeness, and a court order requiring D'Souza, Salem Media, True the Vote, and others to remove their statements about Andrews.

In its statement Friday announcing it would cease distributing the film and book, Salem Media said, "It was never our intent that the publication of the 2000 Mules film and book would harm Mr. Andrews."

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"We apologize for the hurt the inclusion of Mr. Andrews' image in the movie, book, and promotional materials have caused Mr. Andrews and his family," the statement said. "

"We have removed the film from Salem's platforms, and there will be no future distribution of the film or the book by Salem."

"In publishing the film and the book, we relied on representations made to us by Dinesh D'Souza and True the Vote, Inc. ... that the individuals depicted in the videos provided to us by TTV, including Mr. Andrews, illegally deposited ballots," Salem Media said.

Salem Media sold Regnery Publishing, the imprint behind the "2000 Mules" book, in late 2023.

The conservative publisher was purchased by Skyhorse Publishing, an independent publisher that has released the work of a wide range of controversial authors, including conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Last year, Fox Corp. paid $787 million to Dominion Voting Systems to settle an unrelated defamation lawsuit based on Fox News' claims about the 2020 election.

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/05/31/dinesh-dsouza-election-film-2000-mules-pulled.html

When did kicking people in the balls harder become something to brag about?

I don't really disagree, bro, but to use that same metaphor, I feel like I kick the ball far, but then the referee blocks my kick from going too far because some other player, who sucks but his parents were really good at kickball, gets to make the rules. Meanwhile, other kids who aren't even playing want to share the trophy with me.

Feeling pinched from both ends.

Three Trump allies charged in Wisconsin fake elector scheme
Hannah Rabinowitz
By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN
2 minute read
Published 11:09 AM EDT, Tue June 4, 2024




CNN
—
The Wisconsin attorney general on Tuesday filed charges against three allies of Donald Trump accused of taking part in the effort to put forth a slate of fake electors and usurp the 2020 presidential election, according to online court records.

The men – Kenneth Chesebro, a right-wing attorney who helped devise the fake elector plot; Jim Troupis, a former Trump lawyer; and Michael Roman, a former Trump campaign official – are each facing a single forgery charge.

Wisconsin is the latest state to bring charges against people connected to the former president involved in the broad effort to overturn the presidential election results. State prosecutors in Michigan, Arizona, Nevada and Georgia also have brought charges against a swath of Trump’s allies.

An attorney for Chesebro declined to comment. CNN has reached out to attorneys for Troupis and Roman.

Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers issued a one word response to the charges Tuesday: “Good.”

CNN previously reported that Chesebro was helping investigators in at least four states, including Wisconsin, who were looking into the fake electors scheme. Chesebro’s lawyers had believed that his cooperation would be enough for him to stave off charges.

Last year, the 10 fake electors from Wisconsin disavowed their attempt to overturn Trump’s defeat in 2020, recognized the legitimacy of President Joe Biden’s victory, and pledged not to serve as real electors in 2024 or any election when Trump is on the ballot – or to act as sham electors in any future election, as part of a civil lawsuit settlement.

The 10 fake electors issued a statement acknowledging that the phony certificates they signed in December 2020 were “used as part of an attempt to improperly overturn” the lawful election results.

“We hereby reaffirm that Joseph R. Biden, Jr. won the 2020 presidential election and that we were not the duly elected presidential electors for the State of Wisconsin for the 2020 presidential election,” says a portion of their statement. “We oppose any attempt to undermine the public’s faith in the ultimate results of the 2020 presidential election.”

Supreme Court rules for Jan. 6 rioter challenging obstruction charge

The closely watched case focuses on a charge that former President Donald Trump also faces in his election interference case.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday ruled in favor of a former police officer who is seeking to throw out an obstruction charge for joining the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.

The justices in a 6-3 vote on nonideological lines handed a win to defendant Joseph Fischer, who is among hundreds of Jan. 6 defendants — including former President Donald Trump — who have been charged with obstructing an official proceeding over the effort to prevent Congress' certification of President Joe Biden’s election victory.

The court concluded that the law, enacted in 2002 as part of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act after the Enron accounting scandal, was only intended to apply in limited circumstances involving tampering with physical evidence.

The court sent the case back to lower courts for further proceedings on whether the Justice Department could still prosecute Fischer under the new interpretation of the law.

Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the majority opinion that the government's view of the law's reach "defies the most plausible understanding" of the statute in question, 18 U.S. Code 1512. The provision carries a prison sentence of up to 20 years.

To prove a violation, prosecutors have to show that the defendant "impaired the availability or integrity for use in an official proceeding of records, documents, objects, or ... other things used in the proceeding," he added.

Roberts was joined by four other conservatives and one liberal — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson — in the majority. The other two liberal justices were joined by conservative Amy Coney Barrett in dissent.

Barrett wrote that as no one disputes that the joint session of Congress to certify the election results was an official proceeding, the question of whether Fischer can be prosecuted "seems open and shut."

The majority, she added, "simply cannot believe that Congress meant what it said" when writing a broad statute intended to cover a lot of different conduct. She wrote that the court "has failed to respect the prerogatives of the political branches" in ruling against prosecutors.

The ruling may not affect Trump's case. Prosecutors said that even if Fischer wins, Trump’s conduct would still be covered by a narrower interpretation of the statute.

Fischer faces seven criminal charges, only one of which was the focus of the Supreme Court case. Even if the obstruction charge is ultimately dismissed, the other charges, including assaulting a police officer and entering a restricted building, will remain in place.

The court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, has in the past been skeptical of prosecutors when they assert broad applications of criminal provisions.

In his election interference case, Trump faces four charges, including one count of obstructing an official proceeding and another of conspiracy to do so.

In a separate case, the Supreme Court is considering Trump’s claim of presidential immunity in the election interference case, which will also affect whether all the charges remain in place ahead of a trial.

On Jan. 6, 2021, prosecutors said, Fischer joined the crowd breaching the Capitol from the east side. “Charge!” he yelled again and again before he pushed forward toward a police line while yelling, “Motherf-----s!” the government says.

He and other rioters then fell to the ground. After other rioters lifted him up, video disclosed as evidence in other Jan. 6 trials shows, he tried to appeal to officers protecting the Capitol, telling them that he was an officer, too.

Fischer previously served as a police officer in North Cornwall Township, Pennsylvania. (Another man named Joseph Fisher, who was also a police officer, was recently sentenced to 20 months in prison for his own role on Jan. 6.)

While there are 247 cases of the more than 1,400 Jan. 6 cases that may be affected by Fischer, there are just 52 cases in which it is the only felony offense, and just 27 of those defendants are still serving a sentence. Most recently, Jan. 6 defendant Benjamin Martin was convicted on Wednesday of obstruction of an official proceeding, but he was also convicted of felony civil disorder and misdemeanor offenses.

Recently, judges have been factoring the pending Fischer decision into their sentencing decisions. If a defendant was convicted of another felony, like assaulting an officer, they have stated on the record that they would have reached the same decision regardless of the Supreme Court’s decision in the Fischer case.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/su...-challenging-obstruction-char-rcna155902

Yes, the SCOTUS decided they are political hostages instead of criminals too. It looks like the nation is facing another pandemic.

I want Merrick Garland fired in the next Biden term. He should have prosecuted Trump as the TRAITOR he is after J6. Trump should have faced a firing squad.

Pit doesn't need me to defend him, he's good enough at it. But to say he's the worst of the USA is incredibly crazy.

You won't see Pit ever endorse or support anyone that would overthrow or attempt to overthrow an election...NEVER! That alone makes him a better American than any jackass that showed up to attack the capital,


The people that are giving Putin a Pass are the same ones that support Trump.. Just thought you'd like to know that. Gaitz, MTG and the entire MAGA pile of Poop ,support Trump and Support Putin.;.. LOOK AT THEIR WORDS ...Just look at what they say. It tells you everything you need to know.

Talk about overboard--- firing squad for Trump- never happen. Ain't it interesting Trump claims immunity for Jan 6....as rioters chanted HANG MIKE PENCE- he gets several of his SC judges to rule for him.....make me want to be his VP- do right thing and maybe be hung by a mob.....sorry, patriots. Damn our country has changed.

Actually the ruling was on one case. And it wasn't a ruling involving trump. The biggest ruling to date is supposed to come today. That's whether trump has total immunity for all of his actions while he was president. If he does, so does biden. And biden is still in The White House. Maybe people should be careful about what they hope the outcome of this case is. It may carry consequences that could turn around and bite them in the ass.