Acyn

Acyn Does anyone know if the R cheerleaders are using their own wallet to travel up to NY? Or is this all on taxpayers? Also, shouldn’t they be working during daylight hours? They’re not in recess now, are they?

Raskin: Our original performance was postponed when members of the majority chose to join a mass spiritual pilgrimage to the NY criminal trial of a Florida man. An adjudicated fraudster and rapist as he faces 34 counts of falsifying records to cover up hush money paid to a porn

Ben Meiselas Arrest Vivek then...he is not in congress

Ben Meiselas I thought that applied while actual on the Floor of the House. That shouldn’t stop Merchon from issuing a subpoena to appear in front of him & using Federal Marshalls to enforce it. It’s time R’s Plans for DISRUPTION of Justice to get the proverbial punch in the face.

Ben Meiselas So the gag order is INEFFECTIVE if you can have your interlocutors and surrogates stand next to you and utter the words you have written down for them to speak on the steps of the court house. America is not a real place.

Ben Meiselas Not sure how making disparaging comments about the judge's daughter can be considered 'legitimate legislative acts'. 🤔Does she hold a political office, running for political office, &/or the focus of a bill? 🤷🏽‍♀️

Ben Meiselas So looking at who is attending is an indication of who is guilty of colluding with Trump. 🤔

Ben Meiselas TalkinToU Trump has also been notoriously good at getting the entire MSM to deflect to cover the new shiny object (GOP sycophants) to take attention away from negative coverage (Cohen testimony)… & they fall for it every damn time.

Ben Meiselas How was that a legitimate act. More like contempt. He instructed them to break the gag order for him. And it sounds like he passed scripts to them.

Ben Meiselas but the speech and debate clause wouldn't apply here them going to a NYC court trial is not there duty as a member of congress, thus the protections are 100% moot/void ... plus they don't represent NYC OR THE STATE in congress

Ben Meiselas Mueller, She Wrote Governor Doug Burgam is a notable exception; the Speech and Debate Clause only applies to sitting Members of Congress.

Ben Meiselas Apparently, Mr. Jim, 'Get away from me. You fucking did this,' Jordan, got the memo & already started. He’s probably in charge of assigning lies & negative commentaries to members of his House #FreeDumb Caucus.
This smells like witness intimidation & jury intimidation to me.

Ben Meiselas MAGA legislators sitting in the front of the courtroom and speaking to the cameras condemning the prosecutor and judge would be like John Gotti having his capos stand outside the courtroom to intimidate jurors and witnesses.

Ben Meiselas Not worth the judges time, better to convict him asap and let the judge add on penalties to violating the order. Trump literally said they were his surrogates.Tuberville literally said he was speaking for Trump to avoid the gag order. There is not a question of what he has done.

One reason Donald Trump is directing MAGA Members of Congress to violate the gag order in the Manhattan criminal case is that the Constitution gives Members of Congress “immunity” for “legitimate legislative acts” to avoid testifying in court proceedings under the Speech or

The pathetically craven Trump sycophants, who exploited their public platforms outside the Manhattan courtroom to kowtow to their cult leader, engaged in a despicable assault on our judicial system by condemning Judge Merchan’s ability to be fair. It was the kind of gang assault

“He doesn't listen to his lawyers. If he doesn't testify, it's because he's scared. …Donald, I hope you're listening to me. You, Donald, are a wuss. You are scared of actually doing what Stormy Daniels had to do and what Michael Cohen had to do.”
Deadline White House Nicolle Wallace

Boebert says that Cohen has “lied in front of all branches of Congress”

Every once in a while, Mitt Romney says the sensible thing, like saying how disgusting it is for his fellow Republicans to bow down to trump at his criminal trial.

And then he ruins it by saying that President Biden should have just pardoned trump so he could be 'the bigger