Anonymous ID: 16e45c May 14, 2024, 4:19 a.m. No.20864905   šŸ—„ļø.is šŸ”—kun   >>4917 >>4936 >>4939 >>4941

ā€˜Mr. Fix-Itā€™ Michael Cohen bombs on the stand, offers no new evidence to convict Trump

 

https://truthsocial.com/@KarliBonne/posts/112438733540315899

 

 

ā€˜Mr. Fix-Itā€™ Michael Cohen bombs on the stand, offers no new evidence to convict Trump

By Social Links for Jonathan Turley

Published May 13, 2024, 5:56 p.m. ET

 

Michael Cohen apparently wants a reality show but, if his testimony Monday is any indication, reality is about to sink in for not just Cohen but the prosecutors and the court.

 

In stoking interest in his own appearance, the former Trump counsel promised the public that they should be ā€œprepared to be surprised.ā€

 

Thus far, however, Cohen has offered nothing new and, more importantly, nothing to make the case for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

 

Just before he took the stand, the New York Post revealed that Cohen has been peddling a reality show called ā€œThe Fixer,ā€ including working with Colin Whelan, who helped create ā€œJoe Exotic: Tigers, Lies and Cover-Up.ā€ Whelan appears interested to stay within that genre.

 

The Cohen pitch came with a cheesy promo video where he promised viewers, ā€œI am your fixer.ā€

 

His first post-Trump client, Bragg, may have to disagree.

 

Cohen had only one advantage for Bragg: His notoriously flexible morals and ethics, which allows him to say most anything to support his sponsors.

 

With the prosecutionā€™s case almost over, Bragg needed Cohen to clearly state that Trump intentionally committed fraud to conceal some still poorly defined crime.

 

The problem is that Cohen only confirmed that Trump knew he was going to pay for the nondisclosure agreement and that it would be buried before the election. None of that is unlawful.

 

On his reality show promo, Cohen tells viewers that he is now there to fix their problems because ā€œthe little guy doesnā€™t usually have access to people with my particular set of skills.ā€

 

Those skills seem to have escaped all of the witnesses who were compelled to work with him.

 

Witnesses detailed how Cohen was ridiculed as someone ā€œprone to exaggerationā€ and unprofessional.

 

Former Trump associate Hope Hicks said that Cohen was constantly trying to insinuate himself into the campaign and that he ā€œused to like to call himself Mister Fix It, but it was only because he first broke it.ā€

Anonymous ID: 16e45c May 14, 2024, 4:21 a.m. No.20864917   šŸ—„ļø.is šŸ”—kun   >>4922

>>20864905

Cohen only succeeded in confirming that he put together this payment and advised Trump to go forward with it.

 

He assured him that it would effectively kill the story before the election.

 

None of that is illegal. The ā€œFix it manā€ assured Trump that he fixed it and now wants Trump to go to jail for following that advice.

 

In the course of that representation, Cohen also admitted to taping his client without his knowledge, a breathtaking breach of trust and confidentiality.

 

This is the man who, according to Stormy Danielsā€™ attorney, Keith Davidson, expected to be Trumpā€™s Attorney General.

 

Davidson said that Cohen was ā€œdepressed and despondentā€ and ā€œI thought he was going to kill himselfā€ when he realized that he would not be made a cabinet member.

 

Cohen contradicted Davidson and insisted that he only wanted to be Trumpā€™s personal lawyer.

 

He also admitted that he was unaware that the publisher of National Enquirer, David Pecker, had long killed negative stories about Trump and other celebrities for decades.

 

Cohen has yet to fix the problem for Bragg.

 

More importantly, he has added to the problem for Judge Juan Merchan. Many of us have ridiculed this case as devoid of any criminal act.

 

Indeed, Merchan has allowed the prosecutors to proceed without clearly stating what crime was being concealed.

 

It is not even clear why paying oneā€™s lawyer a lump sum for his services and costs (including the NDA payment) was not a ā€œlegal expenseā€ or how it was supposed to be entered on a business ledger.

 

Absent a sudden epiphany in his final testimony on Tuesday, Merchan should rule in favor of a directed verdict ā€” that is, throwing the case out before it goes to a jury. If he instead sends this farcical case to the jury, it is Merchan, not Cohen, who may have a better claim to a reality show as the ultimate ā€œFix It Man.ā€

 

Jonathan Turley is an attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School.

 

https://nypost.com/2024/05/13/opinion/mr-fix-it-michael-cohen-bombs-on-the-stand-offers-no-new-evidence-to-convict-trump/

Anonymous ID: 16e45c May 14, 2024, 4:33 a.m. No.20864945   šŸ—„ļø.is šŸ”—kun   >>4950 >>4952 >>4954 >>4960 >>4966 >>4968 >>4969

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

26m

Virtually every Legal Analyst and Scholar said yesterday, at the end of the day, THAT THERE IS NO CASE, AND THAT THIS WITCH HUNT SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN BROUGHT, AND SHOULD BE THROWN OUT NOW!!! WHY WASNā€™T THIS HOAX BROUGHT SEVEN YEARS AGO, INSTEAD OF IN THE MIDDLE OF MY WINNING CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT ā€” ELECTION INTERFERENCE. The problem is that this Judge, Merchan, is TOTALLY COMPROMISED, CONFLICTED, AND CORRUPT, MAKING BIG MONEY OFF OF THIS SCAM AND ITS OUTCOME. He canā€™t render a fair decision, too much is at stake for him and the Democrats. The Appellate Division should remove him immediately!

 

May 14, 2024, 7:03AM

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112439104824176733

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Tom Fitton

@TomFitton

Replying to @realDonaldTrump

SHUT IT DOWN!

 

May 14, 2024, 7:14 AM

https://truthsocial.com/@TomFitton/posts/112439150232472965

Anonymous ID: 16e45c May 14, 2024, 4:37 a.m. No.20864952   šŸ—„ļø.is šŸ”—kun   >>4971 >>4973

>>20864945

Stormy Daniels I'm Blue in the Face ā€¦ Trump Affair Never Happened!

 

Stormy Daniels says she can't say it enough ā€“ she never banged Donald Trump, but still ā€¦ she's saying it one more time with feeling.

 

Stormy issued a statement Tuesday, saying she and Trump denied the affair multiple times since it allegedly went down in 2006 ā€¦ and nothing's changed. She says, "I am not denying this affair because I was paid 'hush money' as has been reported in overseas owned tabloids. I am denying this affair because it never happened."

 

The "overseas owned tabloid" the ex-porn star's referring to is The Wall Street Journal, which reported the alleged $130,000 payment. We checked and it's still American-owned.

 

There's some buzz about Stormy's signature on the statement. It looks way different from a previous denial she issued. Despite the obvious difference ā€¦ her rep, Gina Rodriguez, tells us Stormy signed both letters.

 

Stormy claims she won't have any further comment about Trump. Why do we doubt that?

 

https://www.tmz.com/2018/01/30/stormy-daniels-new-denial-affair-president-trump/

Anonymous ID: 16e45c May 14, 2024, 4:38 a.m. No.20864954   šŸ—„ļø.is šŸ”—kun

>>20864945

1287

Q !xowAT4Z3VQ 04/27/2018 20:27:33 ID: 6e1ca8

8chan/qresearch: 1215845

Cohen raid by FBI?

Public context: re: payment toStormy Daniels?

SC & FBI raided POTUSā€™ attorney to pullStormy Danielspayment info?

RR signed off?

What other docs were collected?

How many places raided?

Raid on the President of the United Statesā€™ attorney for payment details re: private case re:Stormy Daniels?

Think logically.

How do you introduce evidence into an investigation (legally)?

Who has everything?

Methods which info collected/ obtained?

Admissible in the court of law?

Insert Rudy.

First public statement.

ā€œIt shouldnā€™t take more than ā€œa week or twoā€ to come to a resolution on the probe.ā€

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/20/rudy-to-rescue-giuliani-vows-to-wrap-up-mueller-probe.html

Think resignations.

Who has the POWER?

If POTUS was in a weakened position (about to be impeached/indicted) would ā€˜theyā€™ resign?

Why are we here?

Public forum.

World watching.

Sharing of intel to bad actors?

Purpose?

Not confirming SC is on /team/.

Question everything.

Timing important.

Planned?

Q

Anonymous ID: 16e45c May 14, 2024, 4:39 a.m. No.20864960   šŸ—„ļø.is šŸ”—kun   >>4963

>>20864945

1670

Q !CbboFOtcZs07/03/201802:26:13 ID: 6bce70

8chan/qresearch: 2008390

Image Name: 4BC52D4F-2778-4544-A02C-EDBA46CF2C4A.jpeg

Filename: f02e85b95ed1150e4fb3a0daf21e57234023f350deb695c02a20beda7551bffb.jpeg

 

[4am]

What will tomorrow be?

Coordinated.

What happened to Stormy?

Fake news!

Q

Anonymous ID: 16e45c May 14, 2024, 4:42 a.m. No.20864966   šŸ—„ļø.is šŸ”—kun

>>20864945

 

TT5527

[Profile picture from source site (Twitter/Gettr/Truth Social)] Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 03/03/2023 19:26:28

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Truth Social: 109962172102213453

 

The Racist Manhattan District Attorney, Alvin Bragg, who is presiding over one of the most dangerous and violent cities in the U.S., and doing NOTHING about it, is being pushed relentlessly by the Radical Left Democrats, the Fake News Media, and the Department of ā€œInjustice,ā€ to bring charges against me for the now ancient ā€œno affairā€ story of Stormy ā€œHorsefaceā€ Danials, where there is no crime and charges have NEVER been brought on such a case before. In the meantime, Hunter & Joe Biden skate!

TT5170

[Profile picture from source site (Twitter/Gettr/Truth Social)] Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 02/09/2023 17:17:58

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ā€œPomerantz recounts in his book exploring whether prosecutors could argue that Stormy ā€œHorsefaceā€ Danials attempt to receive money for her silence was actually extortion. This would have, ironically, made Trump the victim of a crime.ā€ Vice.com. Based on his book, I am certainly a victim of Prosecutorial Misconduct! p.s. I never had an affair, not even close, with Horseface!

TT4903

[Profile picture from source site (Twitter/Gettr/Truth Social)] Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 01/31/2023 11:43:18

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Truth Social: 109784819182102957

 

The ā€œStormyā€ Fake Witch Hunt has been stop and go, on again, off again, for years, to the point where the whole thing has become Prosecutorial Misconduct. Missed Statute Big. The Fake News has been pushing the D.A., and all D.A.ā€™s and Prosecutors, at a level that they have NEVER been pushed before. Just study D.A. Braggā€™s CNN interview from 2 months ago - Disgraceful! Thereā€™s NO GUILT, just Trump Derangement Syndrome. GET this man, even if heā€™s innocent. Itā€™s all WEAPONIZED POLITICS. So Sad!

TT4900

[Profile picture from source site (Twitter/Gettr/Truth Social)] Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 01/31/2023 08:59:18

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Truth Social: 109784174297062266

 

With respect to the ā€œStormyā€ nonsense, it is VERY OLD & happened a long time ago, long past the very publicly known & accepted deadline of the Statute of Limitations. I placed full Reliance on the JUDGEMENT & ADVICE OF COUNCIL, who I had every reason to believe had a license to practice law, was competent, & was able to appropriately provide solid legal services. He came from a good law firm, represented other clients over the years, & there was NO reason not to rely on him, and I did.

TT4879

[Profile picture from source site (Twitter/Gettr/Truth Social)] Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 01/30/2023 14:17:44

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Truth Social: 109779764118991362

 

With murders and violent crime surging like never before in New York City, the Radical Left Manhattan D.A., Alvin Bragg, just leaked to the Fake News Media that they are still going after the Stormy ā€Horsefaceā€ Daniels Bullā€¦.!Working closely with the Weaponized Justice Department, this is a continuation of the Greatest Witch Hunt of all time. They long ago missed the Statute of Limitations, & I recently won big money against ā€œStormyā€ in the 9th Circuit - NEVER HAD AN AFFAIR. This is old news!

 

https://qagg.news/?q=stormy&q2=

Anonymous ID: 16e45c May 14, 2024, 4:42 a.m. No.20864968   šŸ—„ļø.is šŸ”—kun

>>20864945

TT5697

[Profile picture from source site (Twitter/Gettr/Truth Social)] Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 03/10/2023 18:51:55

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Truth Social: 110001672369780351

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Page 1: My friend, the late, GREAT, Robert Morgenthau, the legendary & highly respected District Attorney of Manhattan, would be spinning in his grave if he were told that his Office was even thinking about bringing charges against the 45th President of the United States & leading Republican contender for the 2024 Nomination, based on a Scam concerning Stormy ā€œHorsefaceā€ Daniels & her now incarcerated lawyer, Michael ā€œSleazeBagā€ Avenatti, working with convicted liar & felon Michael Cohenā€¦.

TT5672

[Profile picture from source site (Twitter/Gettr/Truth Social)] Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 03/09/2023 20:58:15

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Truth Social: 109996506859033375

 

I did absolutely nothing wrong, I never had an affair with Stormy Daniels, nor would I have wanted to have an affair with Stormy Daniels.

 

This is a political Witch-Hunt, trying to take down the leading candidate, by far, in the Republican Party while at the same time also leading all Democrats in the polls, including Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Congress and numerous Democrat District Attorneys, Attorneys General, and theā€¦

TT5671

[Profile picture from source site (Twitter/Gettr/Truth Social)] Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 03/09/2023 20:57:38

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Truth Social: 109996504398319240

 

ā€¦Department of Injustice itself, which has unprecedentedly placed top DOJ prosecutors into the Manhattan District Attorneyā€™s office in order to ā€œget Trumpā€, have found that I did nothing wrong. Now, they fall back on the old, and rebuked case which has been rejected by every prosecutorā€™s office that has looked at this Stormy ā€œHorsefaceā€ Daniels matter, where I relied on counsel in order to resolve this Extortion of me, which took place a long time ago. Since then, I have won lawsuitsā€¦

TT5670

[Profile picture from source site (Twitter/Gettr/Truth Social)] Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 03/09/2023 20:56:43

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Truth Social: 109996500841615575

 

ā€¦for hundreds of thousands of dollars against Stormy Daniels, and every prosecutorsā€™ office which has looked at it, which are numerous, including the FEC, have turned this fake case down. This is not a state case, it is a federal case, and they have all passed on it.

 

Even the previous Manhattan DA, Cyrus Vance, did not bring charges because I am guilty of nothing except for the fact that I am beating all Republicans and Democrats badly in the Presidential raceā€¦

Anonymous ID: 16e45c May 14, 2024, 4:42 a.m. No.20864969   šŸ—„ļø.is šŸ”—kun

>>20864945

TT5780

[Profile picture from source site (Twitter/Gettr/Truth Social)] Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 03/13/2023 12:17:38

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Truth Social: 110016873030134030

 

These Four Radical Left investigations of your all time favorite President, ME, is just a continuation of the most disgusting Witch Hunt in the HISTORY of our Country. No different than the RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA HOAX, the UKRAINE, UKRAINE, UKRAINE IMPEACHMENT SCAM, the SPYING ON MY CAMPAIGN, the ā€œNO COLLUSIONā€ MUELLER REPORT, etc. Whether itā€™s the MAR-a-LAGO RAID, the UNSELECT COMMITTEE HOAX, the PERFECT GEORGIA PHONE CALL, or the STORMY ā€œHORSEFACEā€ DANIALS EXTORTION PLOT, ALL SICK, FAKE NEWS!

TT5757

[Profile picture from source site (Twitter/Gettr/Truth Social)] Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 03/12/2023 18:04:44

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Truth Social: 110012575535549465

Townhall / @Townhall 03/11/2023 02:37:00

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Truth Social: 110003501196940038

 

NYT Reporter Torpedos the Left's Hopes for a Trump Indictment in Stormy Daniels Case townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvesp

 

It also helps that I did nothing wrong!

TT5756

[Profile picture from source site (Twitter/Gettr/Truth Social)] Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 03/12/2023 18:03:57

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Truth Social: 110012572492588305

Townhall / @Townhall 03/11/2023 02:38:00

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Truth Social: 110003505128999579

 

NYT Reporter Torches the Left's Hopes for a Trump Indictment in Stormy Daniels Case townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvesp

 

Donald J. Trump reTruthedā€¦

 

https://qagg.news/?q=stormy&q2=

Anonymous ID: 16e45c May 14, 2024, 4:53 a.m. No.20865001   šŸ—„ļø.is šŸ”—kun

Paul Sperry/ @paulsperry_ 05/13/2024 23:39:16

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Twitter: 1790225339739771302

HERE'S A LITTLE-KNOWN FACT: After federal prosecutors found President Clinton suborned perjury, tampered with witnesses and obstructed justice, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered Clinton's name "stricken from the roll of attorneys admitted to the practice of law before this Court."

Anonymous ID: 16e45c May 14, 2024, 4:56 a.m. No.20865013   šŸ—„ļø.is šŸ”—kun

Paul Sperry / @paulsperry_ 05/09/2024 13:59:22

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Twitter: 1788629852960035271

 

Their opulent Upper East Side digs ā€¦

https://streeteasy.com/building/60-east-end-avenue-new_york/26b

 

Colangelo & his wife arent just lawyers, they're radical racialists w/ anti-Trump agenda

 

Both worked for NAACP Legal Defense Fund

Both worked for leftwing judges

Both worked in Obama WH

 

Colangelo worked for Tom Perez & was on DNC payroll

 

They live in $2.2m Manhattan penthouse:

 

 

 

Description

 

HIGH FL 3BR 3.5BA WITH EAST RIVER VIEWS

 

Enjoy open East River and City views from this high floor sunny 3BR 3.5BA coop. Updated and well maintained, there is a wonderful expanse of entertaining space in additon to three generously sized bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms. The windowed kitchen with high end appliances has a charming dining area and a washer/dryer.

 

60 East End Avenue, built as a coop, offers white glove service and a beautiful circular driveway adding charm and convenience. Shareholder amenities include a fitness center, bike room, professional laundry room and an onsite garage ($330/month for shareholders). Carl Schurz Park and the East River Greenway. The resident manager, concierge and attentive doormen are on hand to help you. Pets and pied-a-terres permitted as well as up to 60% financing.

 

https://streeteasy.com/building/60-east-end-avenue-new_york/26b

Anonymous ID: 16e45c May 14, 2024, 4:58 a.m. No.20865019   šŸ—„ļø.is šŸ”—kun   >>5046

Paul Sperry / @paulsperry_ 05/13/2024 23:00:17

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'GENOCIDE' LIE EXPOSED: United Nations Admits It Inflated Gaza Death Toll By 6,700 Because It Relied On Hamas Govt For Numbers

 

Gaza Ministry of Health doesnt have names of 10,000 people it claims died

 

Now, who'll tell our college terrorists-in-training?

 

https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2024/05/11/un-halves-its-estimate-of-women-and-children-killed-in-gaza/

 

 

 

 

May 11, 2024 | Flash Brief

UN Halves Its Estimate of Women and Children Killed in Gaza

Latest Developments

 

The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) revised its child fatality figure from the Gaza war sharply downward, reporting more than 14,500 deaths on May 6 but then 7,797 on May 8. OCHA also revised downward its figure for women fatalities from more than 9,500 deaths to 4,959 deaths. The Jerusalem Post first reported the changes on May 11.

 

The UN attributed its original, higher figures to the Hamas-controlled Government Media Office (GMO) in Gaza, whose figures OCHA has cited continually for the past two months. The UN gave no source for the lower figures in its May 8 update, but the figures precisely match those in a May 2 report from a different Hamas-controlled organization, the Gaza Ministry of Health.

Expert Analysis

 

ā€œThis change may signal that the UN has finally recognized the lack of evidence behind Hamasā€™s original claims that more than 14,000 children and 9,000 women have been killed in Gaza. If so, the UN should state clearly that it has lost confidence in sources whose credibility it has affirmed for months. While this change may only reflect the conclusion of one UN office out of the many operating in Gaza, it is a clear step forward.ā€ ā€” David Adesnik, FDD Senior Fellow and Director of Research

 

ā€œFor observers following the conflict, it should have been evident, since the war began, that data published by Hamas and its affiliates requires rigorous scrutiny. While the UNā€™s belated decision to rectify the casualty figures is welcome, it may come too late to undo the harm already caused. The delay has bolstered Hamasā€™s position and increased its chances of survival in the conflict.ā€ ā€” Joe Truzman, Senior Research Analyst at FDDā€™s Long War Journal

Gaza Health Ministry Admits Flaws in Casualty Data

 

In early April, the Gaza Ministry of Health admitted it had ā€œincomplete dataā€ to document more than 10,000 of the deaths it had previously reported. Subsequently, the ministry indicated that it did not have names for more than 10,000 of the individuals it claimed to be deceased. As of April 1, the ministry also stopped repeating the claim it made since the first weeks of the war that 70 percent of the dead were women and children, even suggesting the media invented this number. Meanwhile, the GMO continues to promote the 70 percent figure while revising its own numbers upwards, to remain consistent with that claim.

Related Analysis

 

ā€œGaza Health Ministry Cannot Provide Names For More Than 10,000 It Says Have Died,ā€ FDD Flash Brief

 

ā€œHamas-Run Gaza Health Ministry Admits To Flaws In Casualty Data,ā€ FDD Flash Brief

 

ā€œHamasā€™s Casualty Numbers Games,ā€ by David Adesnik

https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2024/05/11/un-halves-its-estimate-of-women-and-children-killed-in-gaza/

Anonymous ID: 16e45c May 14, 2024, 5:04 a.m. No.20865036   šŸ—„ļø.is šŸ”—kun   >>5037 >>5039

Paul Sperry/ @paulsperry_ 05/13/2024 22:36:44

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Exclusive: Congress To Probe Biden Voter Mobilization Order

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/05/13/exclusive_house_oversight_cmte_probing_biden_voter_mobilization_order.html

 

 

Exclusive: House Oversight Cmte Probing Biden Voter Mobilization Order

 

The House Oversight Committee is probing a controversial Biden administration executive order tasking the federal government with mobilizing voting groups it says are underrepresented.

 

In a letter obtained by RealClearPolitics, Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) has requested that Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young produce a slew of documents and information concerning the development and implementation of Bidenā€™s sweeping ā€œExecutive Order on Promoting Accessing to Votingā€ no later than May 28, and a staff-level briefing by May 20.

 

The demand by the chairman of the House Oversight Committee signals an escalation in Republican lawmakersā€™ efforts to combat an effort they say may be unlawful, if not unconstitutional.

 

The administration characterizes its efforts as a remedy to ā€œdiscriminatory policies and other obstacles ā€¦ disproportionally affect[ing]ā€ black, non-English-speaking, handicapped, and other minority voters. EO 14019 calls on all federal agencies to develop and execute corrective plans to ā€œpromote voter registration and voter participation.ā€

 

It instructs officials government-wide to consider ā€œsoliciting and facilitating approved, nonpartisan third-party organizations ā€¦ to provide voter registration services on agency premises.ā€

 

Seeing the order as potentially enabling ā€œthe executive branch to circumvent the legislative process,ā€ Comer is asking Young to clarify the ā€œconstitutional or statutory authority the President relied on,ā€ as well as all ā€œWhite House and OMB documents and communicationsā€ pertaining to the drafting of it.

 

In past oversight letters, including ones delivered in June 2022 by then-ranking Republicans on various committees, including Comer, members have also raised concerns that officials could violate the Hatch Act prohibiting their engagement in political activities in carrying out the order.

 

Senate Republicans have also questioned whether the act violates the Antideficiency Act, which precludes federal agencies from using funds ā€œfor a purpose that Congress did not explicitly authorizeā€ ā€“ namely ā€œvoter mobilization.ā€

 

ā€œOverreach by the federal government often leads to confusion and inconsistencies,ā€ Comer also stated. He cites a recent letter from Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson to Attorney General Merrick Garland to illustrate this issue.

 

The order mandates that relevant agencies seek to ensure ā€œaccess to voter registration for eligible individuals in federal custody.ā€

Anonymous ID: 16e45c May 14, 2024, 5:04 a.m. No.20865037   šŸ—„ļø.is šŸ”—kun

>>20865036

To satisfy that charge, the Magnolia State official notes that the U.S. Marshals Service is modifying contracts and/or intergovernmental agreements with jails ā€œto provide voter registration materials and facilitate voting by mail,ā€ and likewise that the Justice Department is working to ā€œfacilitate voter registration and mail voting for individuals in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons.ā€

 

He says these efforts create ā€œnumerous opportunities for ineligible prisoners to be registered to vote in Mississippi.ā€ Illegal aliens, Secretary Watson warns, may be among those receiving information on how to register to vote.

 

The Biden administration issued EO 14019 in March 2021. Despite a raft of oversight requests from House Republicans of agencies within their respective committee jurisdictions, those agencies have largely withheld the strategic plans they were tasked with crafting and implementing, and information regarding the putatively non-partisan groups with which they have coordinated.

 

The White House has rebuffed RealClearInvestigations in its efforts to solicit details about an order that Republicans characterize as little more than a taxpayer-funded Democrat get-out-the-vote effort.

 

As RCI has previously reported, the Biden administration has sought to drive voter registration through agencies as diverse as the Departments of Labor, Housing and Urban Development via job training centers, public housing authorities, and child nutrition programs. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has issued guidance calling for the agency to register voters at naturalization ceremonies.

 

The Department of Education has blessed the use of ā€œfederal work-study funds to pay students for ā€œsupporting broad-based get-out-the-vote activities, voter registration,ā€ and other activities.

 

In January, over two dozen Pennsylvania legislators filed a federal lawsuit challenging the executive order. The Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) ā€“ which has litigated with the Biden administration to pry loose documents concerning the order ā€“ submitted an amicus brief supportive of the suit, asserting that the agenciesā€™ efforts have one thing in common: ā€œThey provide government welfare benefits and other services to groups of voters the vast majority of which have historically voted Democrat.ā€

 

Republicansā€™ concerns over the order extend to the involvement of the third-party groups with which agencies were to consider coordinating. The order itself was built on a blueprint from progressive think-tank Democrats. In a since-deleted but still archived analysis, the outfit estimates that if fully implemented, the order could generate 3.5 million new or updated voter registrations annually ā€“ a significant figure given that recent presidential elections have been determined by thousands of votes across a few states.

 

Dems as well as the American Civil Liberties Union have reportedly worked to implement the directive. Documents obtained by the Heritage Foundationā€™s Oversight Project and released earlier this month show that at a July 2021 listening session convened by the Biden administration, left-leaning activist groups encouraged some of the practices federal agencies would ultimately implement to carry out the directive, for example in targeting prospective voters in prisons and at naturalization ceremonies.

 

ā€œEvery participant whose party affiliation or political donation history could be identified by the Oversight Project was identified as a Democrat except for one Green Party member,ā€ the report noted.

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While the participants suggested efforts to target constituencies including criminals, immigrants, low-income families including those in public housing, and Native Americans, the Oversight Project observed that ā€œThere is no corresponding evidence of efforts [to] increase voter access and education in likely Republican constituencies.ā€

 

As RCI has also recently reported, Democrats have made purportedly non-partisan voter registration targeting groups that vote disproportionately Democrat a linchpin of their plans to prevail in recent election cycles.

 

ā€œIf the Biden Administration wants to use taxpayer-funded buildings to allow ā€˜nonpartisan third-party organizationsā€™ to engage in voter registration,ā€ Comer writes, ā€œthen the American people deserve to know who these organizations are.ā€

 

The Oversight Committeeā€™s pursuit of information regarding the order comes in the wake of the House Small Business Committeeā€™s recent escalation of its own probe of the order.

 

It recently subpoenaed two members of the Small Business Administration who refused to sit for transcribed interviews regarding an unprecedented partnership the agency inked with the Michigan Department of State. Under the relevant memorandum of understanding, among other things, state officials may conduct in-person voter registration at administration small business outreach events.

 

Fox News reported that the Small Business Committee found that nearly all ā€“ ā€œ22 out of 25 such outreach events have taken place in counties with the highest population of Democratic National Committee target demographics.ā€

 

In March, a federal judge dismissed the Pennsylvania legislatorsā€™ case challenging the executive order on grounds of standing.

 

In late April, the legislators took their case to the Supreme Court, filing a petition for writ of certiorari and motioning for expedited consideration of their request in hopes the nationā€™s highest court will rule favorably on the matter of standing prior to the 2024 election.

 

Ben Weingarten is a fellow of the Claremont Institute, senior contributor at The Federalist, and 2019 recipient of The Fund for American Studies' Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship, under which he is currently working on a book on U.S.-China policy.

 

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/05/13/exclusive_house_oversight_cmte_probing_biden_voter_mobilization_order.html

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