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'Everything he told me has been disproven': Maggie Haberman explains how Trump lied to her face during interview
October 03, 2022
New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman on Monday explained to CNN's Jake Tapper about the ways former President Donald Trump concocts wild falsehoods that he would recite without batting an eye.
During the interview, Tapper zeroed in on Trump's claim to Haberman that he wasn't watching any television coverage during the January 6th Capitol riots, despite the fact that multiple people have testified under oath that he was glued to his television set.
Haberman responded that she was struck by how casually Trump made this false claim given how much evidence there is to contradict it.
"The House Select Committee investigating the Capitol riot has documented, in its public hearings and in its private witness information gathering, that Trump was watching television," she said. "Trump was aware of what was going on pretty early on, that he was told what was happening. I was very struck... in the interview where he told me that he believed that the Capitol Police would have control of it. It was very clear pretty early the Capitol Police did not have control of it and it is not even clear why he believed that they would have control of something in the first place if he was so surprised that this event took place."
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Haberman summed up her exchange with Trump thusly: "Everything he told me there just has been completely disproven."
Watch the video below or at this link.
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DOJ audio shows Oath Keepers' founder said he 'regretted' that Jan 6 rioters didn't bring more firearms
October 03, 2022
Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the right-wing militia group the Oath Keepers, was recorded on audio days after Jan. 6 Capitol riot saying that rioters should have brought more weapons, NBC News reports.
“My only regret is that they should have brought rifles,” Rhodes said in a recording from Jan. 10 played by the government during opening statements in the seditious conspiracy trial of Rhodes and his co-defendants Kelly Meggs, Kenneth Harrelson, Jessica Watkins and Thomas Caldwell.
Rhodes added that rioters could’ve “fixed it right then and there” if they had weapons with them at the Capitol.
According to the Justice Department, Oath Keepers under the leadership pf Rhodes plotted to oppose the peaceful transfer of power, stockpiling guns in "quick reaction forces" just outside of D.C.
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His' lawyers say he followed D.C.'s strict gun laws, "which they say is an indication that he would have only acted upon an order from then-President Donald Trump. But the audio recording and other evidence prosecutors presented Monday suggest that Rhodes planned to disrupt certification of the presidential election regardless of what Trump said," NBC News' reports stated.
Rhodes' attorneys also plan to argue that he believed his actions on Jan. 6 to be legal.
Read the full report over at NBC News.
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Critics shred Elon Musk for purportedly spouting Putin talking points about Ukraine
October 03, 2022
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is being criticized for weighing in on Russia's invasion of Ukraine with his proposed "peace plan," which critics allege is cribbed straight from Vladimir Putin's talking points.
On Monday, Musk posted a proposed deal on Twitter that would end the war if Ukraine gave up its claim to the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia had originally annexed in 2014.
This earned a profane reaction from at least one Ukrainian government official.
"The only outcome is that now no Ukrainian will EVER buy your f...ing tesla crap. So good luck to you @elonmusk," said Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andrij Melnyk. "F*ck off is my very diplomatic reply to you..."
Olga Lautman serves as an analyst and researcher for Kremlin intelligence and eastern Europe at the Center for European Policy Analysis -- and as an expert in Kremlin propaganda, she noted that Musk was repeating it exactly.
"Why is he whitewashing Russia’s illegal invasion/genocide campaign?" she also asked. "Absurd how everyone is an instant Russia ‘expert’ these days with some pushing Ukraine to cede territory."
National security lawyer Bradley Moss couldn't help but notice that Musk's comments are similar to those purporting to be "anti-establishment 'free thinkers'" and they all appear to "have the same solution to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? Surrender, Ukraine. Appease Putin. Surrender, Ukraine. Putin must be coddled. Surrender, Ukraine."
Alina Mykhaylova, the deputy of the Kyiv City Council, took issue with Musk for claiming only bots were disagreeing with him.
"I’m a deputy of Kyiv city Council and an officer. I’m verified by twitter, as yourself, and I testify that those words of yours are absurd and speaks of your narrow-mindedness, dullness and some serious gaps in history," she said. "But for now it looks like you’re full of Russian sh*t."
Alexey Navalny's chief of staff, Leonid Volkov couldn't help but wonder how Musk would respond to "solutions for Israel/Palestine and Gondor/Mordor" with a single tweet.
Advisor to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Anton Gerashchenko joked that Russia should take back Alaska next.
"It used to be Russian and Putin loves to 'gather Russian lands,'" he said. "So obviously the US should oblige and give it back before Russia declares war on them. It's so easy for some to manage the lives and lands of Ukrainians."
The official account for the Parliament of Ukraine said simply "no," when responding to Musk.
The Kyiv Post joined the criticism too, saying that Musk is "a cool guy" and they're grateful for Starlink, but "it’d be so very wonderful if you were to carry out votes on things that you know about. We don’t carry out votes on apartheid and Nelson Mandela."
Serhiy Prytula, a former actor and television presenter, also pointed out Musk's confusion about the region's history.
"Elon, man. Seems like you have missed a lot history lessons while concentrating on space and e-cars. Your proposals sound much like Putin’s. Hope you did not mean it that way," he said.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) similarly urged Musk to read a little more before trying to weigh in on foreign policy.
"This idea reminds me of fourth grade social studies where we came up with a peace plan between USSR and USA," said the Congressman. "We thought that if Gorbachev and Reagan were forced to eat one dinner of American food and 1 of Russian, they would become friends. For reals."
Paul Massaro, who serves as is a senior policy advisor for the U.S. Helsinki Commission focusing on counter-corruption and sanctions, had another contrasting prediction to Musk's about how Ukraine-Russia peace will be established.
"Ukraine liberates all its sovereign territory," he listed. "Russia decolonizes, demilitarizes, and denuclearizes."
Atlantic columnist Tom Nichols, who previously taught at the U.S. Naval College, explained to Musk that up until Feb. 24, Putin had many chances to negotiate with the global community standing with Ukraine. His only option now is to walk away in defeat.
Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, Sergiy Kyslytsya mocked Musk by saying that the next time he needed a plumber he'd call Musk.
"He doesn’t do plumbing?! Then what the heck’s the matter, why does he speak of international relations and international law? Btw a good plumber is better than Musk’s secondhand opinions on illegally occupied territories of a foreign nation," he burned.
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