Thank you for this. Yes, I followed the Brad Raffensperger saga ‘live’ and followed some of the latest hearings on QAnon and the Oath Keepers.
Van Tatenhove’s testimony as to the organisation being a ‘violent militia’ and his fear he that former President Donald Trump may incite even more extreme violence if he runs again in 2024 may be beginning to resonate with the public. NYT reports a poll showing that 50% of the GOP electorate would not wish Trump to be the Republican nominee in 2024.
Two new candidates would hopefully be a good start to putting this sordid period behind us.
Across the pond, Boris Johnson, the British PM, has finally ‘been hoisted by his own petard’ and unceremoniously dumped out of office by his own party. It took almost 60 resignations (actually 59, one reconsidered at the very last minute) - a figure not seen since the early 1900’s.
As one commentator wrote, ‘he ruled with impunity’ - not so dissimilar to the Big Orange One.
Hope and pray for a similar ending.
The smoking gun evidence that a Georgia grand jury is currently considering, along with other evidence, is the recording of his threatening Georgia state officials and attempt at coercing them to commit election fraud among other potential crimes. There is a mountain of other evidence being collected from and about other major players in the fraudulent attempts to overturn the election and the incitement of an insurrection which may or may not implicate him in additional criminal activities or conspiracy to commit crimes.
