Compelling story here from Salon.com (April 25) with
this subject headline:
“Newly revealed Mark Meadows texts appear
to contradict denials by Marjorie Taylor Greene & Rick Perry”
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) urged former White House
Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to have former President Donald Trump declare
martial law after his 2020 election loss in order to keep the former president
in office.
Her plea, first reported by CNN,
came January 17, weeks after the January 6 Capitol riot, when Greene texted
Meadows that she and a number of Republicans felt that declaring a police state
was “the only way to save our Republic,” writing: “In our private chat with
only Members, several are saying the only way to save our Republic is for Trump
to call for Marshall [sic] law. I don't know on those things. I just wanted you
to tell him. They stole this election. We all know. They will destroy our
country next. Please tell him to declassify as much as possible so we can go
after Biden and anyone else!”
Meadows reportedly
did not respond to that message.
That shocking revelation comes just days after Greene was forced to testify in trial about her actions and rhetoric leading up to the Capitol riot.
In one exchange during the
proceeding last week, Greene was asked whether she called on Meadows to have
Trump declare martial law. She under oath spouted this phrase over and
over: “I don't recall,” or “I don't remember.”
Hey Ms. Greene: Watch this 25-min video. It will help you remember.
That response was, more or less, carried through the
entire proceeding, with Greene claiming that she didn't remember saying things
for which there is documented proof of her saying those things.
In another exchange, Greene suggested that the January
6 insurrection was orchestrated by BLM and Antifa (which BTW is patently false).
But according to these newly unearthed Meadows texts, Greene
privately pleaded with Meadows to have Trump ask the rioters to stand down,
indicating that she knew the riot was led by Trump supporters, writing: “Mark I
was just told there is an active shooter on the first floor of the Capitol
Please tell the President to calm people This isn't the way to solve anything.”
Greene's texts to Meadows reportedly came just weeks after a
heated December meeting in the Oval Office, wherein numerous Trump aides
clashed with some of the former president's most ardent election deniers,
including ex-Trump lawyer Sydney Powell and Michael Flynn, Trump's former
disgraced national security advisor.
During that meeting, CNN reported, Flynn suggested that Trump invoke martial law in order to overturn the 2020 election. But numerous Trump aides reportedly pushed back on the idea, deeming it too extreme.
For example, hours before the 2020 election was called, former Trump Cabinet member and Texas Republican governor Rick Perry texted Meadows: “We have the data driven program that can clearly show where the fraud was committed. This is the silver bullet.”
Perry previously denied such participation, but
according to CNN, Meadows' trove included “one text message signed by Rick
Perry, sent from Rick Perry's cell phone, with Rick Perry's phone number,
saying: This sort of thing is my bag.”
My 2 Cents: More people pop up daily who deeply involved in sustaining Trump's “Big Lie” – the newest is Rick “Oops” Perry (R-TX) cited above.
There is little doubt that plenty Republicans still
in office need to be charged, prosecuted, tried, convicted, and sent to jail
starting with Mark Meadows and Marjorie Taylor Greene (proof in those 2,000 plus
texts to and from Meadows).
All that plus Greene’s loss of memory during her recent sworn testimony in GA. She lied under oath countless times.
Long prison terms should await those two and plenty more
including Donald J. Trump.
My earlier post same topic
related is here – FYI.
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