Republicans object after Sen. Leahy announces he, not Chief Justice Roberts, will preside over impeachment trial

Leahy made the announcement on Monday

As the Senate prepares to conduct an impeachment trial for former President Donald Trump, Republicans are criticizing the procedural development — that Chief Justice John Roberts will not preside over the trial.

Instead, Senate President Pro Tempore Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) will preside over the trial. Leahy, the most senior Democrat in the chamber, announced Monday he will hold the gavel and pledged to deliver "impartial justice."

"The president pro tempore has historically presided over Senate impeachment trials of non-presidents. When presiding over an impeachment trial, the president pro tempore takes an additional special oath to do impartial justice according to the Constitution and its laws. It is an oath that I take extraordinarily seriously," Leahy said.

"I consider holding the office of the president pro tempore and the responsibilities that come with it to be one of the highest honors and most serious responsibilities of my career. When I preside over the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, I will not waver from my constitutional and sworn obligations to administer the trial with fairness, in accordance with the Constitution and the laws."

When presiding over an impeachment trial, the president pro tempore takes a special oath to do impartial justice ac… https://t.co/Sx6hGfzQ2Y

— Sen. Patrick Leahy (@Sen. Patrick Leahy)1611605506.0

The Hill reports that the procedures for the trial are currently being negotiated by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).

"Leaders have been negotiating all process issues about the trial, and all along we have deferred to them for any announcements about this and all other process matters," a spokesman for Leahy told The Hill.

Several Republican senators have spoken out against the decision to have Leahy preside, given that he's previously voted to convict Trump the first time the Senate impeached the former president. Some have raised constitutional objections.

"There's only one constitutional process for impeachment and it is of the president, not a president," said Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.). "It requires the chief justice to preside."

Article I, Section 3, Clause 6 of the U.S. Constitution states:

The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.

Leahy's statement explains there is historical precedent for having the Senate president pro tempore preside over impeachment trials as a "neutral arbiter" for impeachment cases that do not involve a U.S. president. Because Trump is no longer the president, the logic goes that Chief Justice Roberts is not lawfully obligated to preside over the trial. And because what the Senate is doing is unprecedented, there's plenty of room for the Senate to interpret its own rules.

However, that does not preclude Republicans from complaining. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) told The Hill that having Leahy preside over the trial "really undermines the legitimacy."

https://www.theblaze.com/news/republicans-object-after-leahy-announces-he-not-chief-justice-roberts-will-preside-over-impeachment-trial

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'Attempted sedition': Justice Department launches investigation into alleged Trump plot

Donald Trump is being investigated by the Justice Department watchdog over a purported scheme to install officials to overturn the election result.

Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael Horowitz announced the investigation today.

"The DOJ Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is initiating an investigation into whether any former or current DOJ official engaged in an improper attempt to have DOJ seek to alter the outcome of the 2020 Presidential Election," a statement from Mr Horowitz read.

"The investigation will encompass all relevant allegations that may arise that are within the scope of the OIG's jurisdiction.

"The OIG has jurisdiction to investigate allegations concerning the conduct of former and current DOJ employees."

Mr Horowitz was appointed as Inspector-General of the Justice Department by Barack Obama in 2012, but was kept on throughout the Trump Administration.

The investigation follows a report from the New York Times detailing an alleged plot by Mr Trump to replace the acting attorney-general.

Jeffrey Rosen became acting attorney-general a few days earlier following the resignation of Bill Barr.

The supposed plot would install Trump loyalist Jeffrey Clark as attorney-general, who would then use the power of the Justice Department to pressure states to overturn the election.

https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-justice-department-jeffrey-clark-inspector-general-investigation-sedition-oig/26700f8e-708f-425c-8ec7-1c03166071e0

Biden Fires Trump’s White House Doctor – Brings In His Personal Doctor to Replace Him

Joe Biden has replaced President Trump’s doctor in the White House. This unusual move goes against past practices. Hmmm… why would Biden do this?

Joe Biden is replacing the President’s doctor in the White House. Hot Air reports:

The position of White House physician is not normally one in the spotlight. We don’t live in normal times, though, so the replacement of Dr. Sean Conley, the White House physician during the Trump administration with President Biden’s choice is news. Biden is bringing in his personal physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor.

O’Connor is no stranger to working in the White House. He was Biden’s physician throughout the Obama administration and continued to count Joe Biden as a patient after Biden left the White House. Dr. O’Connor recently treated Biden when he fractured his ankle chasing his dog. The reason this is a story today is that the personnel change is being used to dunk on Trump. Because, of course.

It is unusual that an incoming president brings in a new doctor. Most White House physicians serve more than one presidential administration, as a matter of fact. But during the Trump administration, Dr. Ronny Jackson, who joined the White House Medical Unit in the mid-2000s under George W. Bush, and served as Physician to the President from 2013 to 2018 under Barack Obama and Donald Trump, became a lightning rod for partisan attacks. Trump nominated Jackson to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs to succeed David Shulkin. The long knives came out for a man who was highly respected by White House employees in three administrations because of this nomination, led by Democrat Senator Jon Tester. Suddenly Dr. Jackson became Dr. Feel-Good, a man inclined to over-generously hand out pills. It was a disgraceful partisan attack on Jackson. Jackson is now a member of the House, representing his home district in Texas.

Doctor Jackson was removed in part due to remarks made by VP Pence’s doctor, Dr. Jennifer Pena, who raised questions about Jackson in the White House:

Pena had raised concerns about Jackson, who had been tapped by President Donald Trump to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, involving his medical treatment of Pence’s wife, Karen, last fall, officials told NBC News. Pena had reported the concerns to Pence’s chief of staff who took the issues to Trump chief of staff John Kelly.

Dr. Pena was apparently not Biden’s White House doctor.

It’s rumored that Biden is bringing into the White House his own doctor due to suspected cognitive challenges Biden may be having. Many believed Biden lost much of his cognitive abilities last year.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/01/biden-fires-trumps-white-house-doctor-brings-personal-doctor-replace/

Donald Trump Announces ‘Office of the Former President’, Pledges to ‘Carry on the Agenda of the Trump Administration’

President Trump will "carry on the agenda of the Trump Administration through advocacy, organizing, and public activism."

Today President Donald J. Trump announced the Office of the Former President, staffed by President Trump’s former White House advisors. According to a statement from the Office of the Former President, Trump will continue to push for his America First agenda using the Office.

“Today, the 45th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, formally opened the Office of the Former President,” the statement began.

“The Office will be responsible for managing President Trump’s correspondence, public statements, appearances, and official activities to advance the interests of the United States and to carry on the agenda of the Trump Administration through advocacy, organizing, and public activism.”

“President Trump will always and forever be a champion for the American People,” the statement concludes.

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— Ezra Levant 🍁 (@ezralevant) January 25, 2021

CNN White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins noted that the Office will be “run by former White House aides” and will operate from “Palm Beach, Florida.”

Trump has now established the "Office of the Former President," which is run by former White House aides and "will be responsible for managing President Trump’s correspondence, public statements, appearances, and official activities" from Palm Beach, Florida.

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) January 25, 2021

There has been much speculation about if, when, and how President Trump would return to the political stage.

Some questions seemed to be answered when he broke his uncharacteristic post-presidency silence to endorse Kelli Ward’s reelection bid to gain a second term as the Arizona Republican Party Chairwoman.

Following President Trump’s endorsement, Ward’s reelection was a success. She won 51.5% of the vote, with another Trump ally earning 48.5%.

It is such an honor to have President Donald Trump’s total & complete endorsement as I run for re-election as @AZGOP Chairwoman! 🇺🇸#Humbled #Blessed #AmericaFirst pic.twitter.com/y8U2ZcepjL

— Dr. Kelli Ward 🇺🇸 (@kelliwardaz) January 23, 2021

This move appears to have been foreshadowed by former Trump adviser Jason Miller, who indicated that President Trump would use his time out of office to advocate for election integrity across the country, and would use his dynamic influence to campaign for candidates willing to enact his agenda.

It is also worth noting that there is a similarity in naming conventions between the Office of the Former President, which President Trump established today, and the fictional Office of the President-Elect that Joe Biden claimed to represent during two month period that President Trump contested the 2020 election. Biden’s fictional office was widely mocked by conservatives.

It remains unclear if President Trump is planning a return to presidential politics in 2024.

https://nationalfile.com/breaking-donald-trump-announces-office-of-the-former-president-pledges-to-carry-on-the-agenda-of-the-trump-administration/

Goya Foods moves to muzzle its Trump-supporting CEO

Goya Foods has voted to silence its pro-Trump CEO Robert Unanue following his recent television appearances questioning the results of the presidential election, The Post has learned.

The Hispanic foods giant on Friday agreed to censure Unanue, 67, for controversial remarks in the wake of the deadly Jan. 6 invasion of the US Capitol building, including on Jan. 20 when he called Biden’s election “unverified” during an appearance on Fox Business.

The vote by a majority of Goya’s nine-member board means Unanue must now obtain board permission before making any more media appearances, sources close to the situation said.

“Bob does not speak for Goya Foods when he speaks on TV,” Goya board member and third-generation owner Andy Unanue told The Post last week leading up to the vote. “The family has diverse views on politics, but politics is not part of our business. Our political point of views are irrelevant.”

“I think this it is mission accomplished. Mission accomplished by the union, the partnership, the conglomerate of social media, Big Tech, big media and government, big government, for ushering in the dawn of a new world order. This great reset,” Unanue said on Fox Business’ Mornings With Maria. “With an unverified election, and the big prize is the United States.”

Robert Unanue on Monday declined to comment on the vote but acknowledged that he’s having second thoughts about publicizing his political views.

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“Independently, I’ve made the decision to lower the temperature and walk away from speaking about politics and religion,” he said. “I realize it’s important because of the diverse views of the company and our market.”

The CEO personally owns less than five percent of the business.

He didn’t fully close the door on speaking out either. “I don’t believe I should speak politically or in a faith-based manner on behalf of the company,” he said. “But I leave open the possibility of speaking on behalf of myself.”

The head of the seller of canned beans and tropical drinks has been at odds with some of his fellow directors since July when he declared that the US was “truly blessed” to have Trump for president.

That led to calls for a boycott of the company — founded in Manhattan in 1936 by immigrants Don Prudencio Unanue and his wife Carolina — by people like US Rep. (NY-Dem) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who say Trump has vilified people from Mexico and Latin America.

“Oh look, it’s the sound of me Googling ‘how to make your own Adobo,” the New York congresswoman famously tweeted in response to Unanue’s July 9 remarks.

https://nypost.com/2021/01/25/goya-foods-votes-to-silence-pro-trump-ceo-robert-unanue/

‘$1 MILLION FOR EACH BLACK PERSON’: Demand for Australia to ‘pay up’

Australia Day: Police vow crackdown on Invasion Day protests across the country

A speaker at a massive Invasion Day protest in Sydney says there is only one real way to make sure white Australians pay for what they’ve done.

https://www.news.com.au/national/australia-day-police-vow-crackdown-on-invasion-day-protests-across-the-country/news-story/7c1abc3c0672086fdeae0c57a6f0fc83

Race baiting anyone?

Dutch and Danish police clash with anti-lockdown rioters

https://nationalpreview.com/watch-dutch-and-danish-police-clash-with-anti-lockdown-rioters/

Dutch mayor warns the country is heading for 'civil war' following violent anti-curfew protests as France and Italy admit they're facing ANOTHER Covid-19 lockdown

Europe is in the midst of Covid chaos as countries race to tighten their restrictions amid high case numbers

France due decide on a third national lockdown this week; Italy's top medic has also called for new shutdown

Meanwhile the continent's vaccine program is in disarray, with France's Pasteur Institute admitting today that its vaccine doesn't work and AstraZeneca cutting supplies of its jab due to 'EU supply chain issues'

Disorder is also growing following riots in the Netherlands, with mayor warning 'we're on the path to civil war'

Europe's battle against coronavirus entered a dangerous new phase this week as politicians pushed to tighten lockdown measures across the continent even after a weekend of rioting brought scenes of chaos to the Netherlands and Denmark amid warnings of 'civil war'.

France is due to decide whether to bring in a third national lockdown this week as Prime Minister Jean Castex warned the situation there is 'worrying', with Italy's top medic also calling for a month-long national shutdown.

That is despite John Jorritsma, mayor of Eindhoven which was hit by its worst riots in almost four decades at the weekend, warning 'we're on our way to civil war' after new nationwide curfew measures sparked public outcry.

Meanwhile hopes that vaccines might provide a quick way out of the crisis all-but faded after France's Pasteur Institute was forced to scrap a jab it had been developing with US drug-maker Merck because it doesn't work.

The news came as AstraZeneca - whose jab has yet to be approved by EU regulators - announced it was cutting vaccine supplies to the continent by up to 60 per cent because of problems with supply chains, thought to be due to under-production at a factory in Belgium.

Head of the EU executive Ursula von der Leyen had a call with the firm on Monday to 'remind them of their commitments', but EU President Charles Michel admitted that vaccinating 70 per cent of Europe's population - the figure theoretically needed to ensure herd immunity - by the end of summer as planned will now be 'difficult'.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9184963/Dutch-mayor-warns-country-heading-civil-war-riots.html

They are pushing civil war worldwide

The Media Destroyed America

It did not take long for the Lie Machine, aka American media, to create the false news and fake narrative of the “storming of the US Capitol” on January 6 by a “white supremacist insurrection.” Here is an example from Bloomberg Weekend Reading on January 23, 2021:

“The scenes from the first day of Joe Biden’s presidency unfolded against the backdrop of a devastated U.S. economy, continuing fallout from a white supremacist insurrection, and a coronavirus death toll surpassing 400,000.” *

The fake narrative is accepted everywhere. It is endemic in the world press. Even news sources such as RT and Sputnik which endeavor to give us real news instead of presstitute lies have repeated the insurrection story.

President Trump was impeached by the House on the sole basis of this fake news story, and now stands to be tried in the Senate on the same fake news charges.

On the basis of the same fake news story, two Florida banks in which Trump had multi-million dollar deposits closed Trump’s accounts.

Signature Bank in New York also closed Trump’s account.

As did Germany’s Deutsche Bank.

New York mayor Bill de Blasio, who permitted Antifa and BLM to loot and burn Manhattan, has terminated the city’s contracts with Trump businesses that run ice skating rinks and a carousel in Central Park and a golf course in the Bronx.

The PGA of America voted to take the PGA Championship away from Trump’s New Jersey Golf course.

See this.

Other sources report that conventions are avoiding his hotels and that creditors will not renew loans.

That fake news can have such real world consequences should scare every American to death.

Notice also how the fake news story worsens with each repeat. On January 6, the alleged insurrection was by “Trump supporters.” By January 23 Trump supporters had been morphed into “White supremacist insurrectionists.”

The entire world now believes in something that does not exist.

This is an example of what it means to live in The Matrix. Everyone lives in a false world created by lies repeated endlessly by pressitutes.

The ruling lies are lies that enable Establishment agendas by getting rid of non-establishment explanations and shutting down non-establishment leaders. Trump had to go because he was in the way of Establishment agendas. An example is being made of Trump as a lesson to others who value service to the people higher than service to the Establishment.

There is no doubt whatsoever that Trump won reelection. The accumulated evidence of electoral fraud is overwhelming. Yet the Lie Machine was able to prevent the evidence being presented and examined. All the presstitutes ever said was that “there is no evidence of fraud,” followed by “all who support examining the evidence are enemies of democracy.”

In other words, democracy is a stolen election. If you protest the theft, you are an enemy of democracy.

https://patriotrising.com/the-media-destroyed-america/

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you can I'll keep my focus on the controllers and stopping them

Biden’s 100-Day Plan Includes Attack On Gun Industry

We’re still waiting on Joe Biden’s first round of executive actions dealing with gun control, but the new administration is signaling that it will work with Democrats in Congress to target the firearms industry with legislation as well as using the power of the executive branch to restrict the Second Amendment rights of Americans.

According to Biden’s plan for his first 100 days in office, the president plans on introducing a bill to repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act. The law, signed by President George W. Bush in 2005, curtails the filing of lawsuits seeking to hold the firearms industry responsible for the third-party acts of criminals and was approved by a bipartisan majority of Congress when it became clear that the gun control movement was using a strategy of trying to bankrupt the industry through litigation.

Even if none of the cases filed against gun manufacturers went to trial, the companies still were on the hook for legal fees, while the cities and individuals who’d filed suit often relied on pro-bono representation by anti-gun litigators. It was a “death by a thousand cuts” strategy, but the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act put a stop to the vast majority of the lawsuits that had been filed.

As NRA’s Institute for Legislative action explains in a new alert to members:

While portrayed by opponents as providing “extraordinary” immunity to the firearms industry, the essence of the PLCAA is simply that the gun industry would be subject to the same rules of third party liability that apply to other businesses. Thus, the PLCAA prohibits, in state or federal court, a civil action or administrative proceeding by any person against a manufacturer or seller of a firearm, ammunition, or “component part” thereof, or a trade association, for harms resulting from the criminal/unlawful misuse of the product by the person or a third party.

Contrary to the way the PLCAA is portrayed by the antigun media and other opponents, it does not provide “absolute immunity” to unscrupulous gun companies. Most common and legitimate forms of recovery are still available to plaintiffs under the PLCAA, including those based on the manufacturers’ or sellers’ own violations of gun control laws or laws governing the sale or marketing of the products; negligent entrustment by sellers; breach of contract or warranty; design or manufacturing defects (when the harm was not caused by a volitional criminal act); and enforcement of federal gun control laws.

Some courts have even allowed lawsuits based on the marketing of firearms to proceed, as with a lawsuit filed against Remington by survivors and family members of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut.

https://nationalpreview.com/bidens-100-day-plan-includes-attack-on-gun-industry/

Trump Campaign Disavows Link To 'Patriot Party' In Official Filing

Former President Donald Trump's campaign has formally disavowed any affiliation with the Patriot Party - a new political party he was rumored to have been mulling despite concerns over it fracturing the GOP - handing Democrats easy wins in future elections.

In a Monday notice filed with the Federal Election Commission, the Trump Campaign disavowed 'the activities of a committee named Patriot Party, whose listed Treasurer is Michael Joseph Gaul.'

Gaul filed a Statement of Organization (Form 1) listing the Trump campaign as a participant in joint fundraising activities - which the campaign says they never authorized.

The campaign said in their filing that they have "not entered into any joint fundraising agreement to fundraise through Patriot Party, and has no knowledge of Patriot Party's activities whatsoever."

"To be clear: DJTFP [Donald J. Trump for President, Inc.] has no affiliation with Patriot Party, which is not authorized by Mr. Trump or DJTFP."

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-campaign-disavows-link-patriot-party-official-filing

FALSE FLAG FOR LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

(POSSIBLE GUN CONTROL EVENT)

JAN 26-28TH 2021

EYES ON…this was taken down already..this people are sick. We have seen many of this posts in the past.

https://lasvegas.craigslist.org/tlg/d/las-vegas-role-players-needed-disaster/7265119181.html

https://theunhivedmind.com/news/2021/01/23/false-flag-for-las-vegas-nevada-possible-gun-control-event-jan-26th-28th-2021/

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last one should be titled MSM spin