All posts tagged "Conspiracy"

Conspiracy theories — including claims that Barron Trump is a time traveler or that 11 dead scientists were killed by aliens — distract Americans from real issues, an analyst wrote Tuesday.

The Guardian's Arwa Mahdawi suggested that President Donald Trump, who once led the "birther" conspiracy that former President Barack Obama was not born in the United States despite the fact that Obama was born in Hawaii, has pushed forward other speculations and baseless ideas.

"Since then, Trump has fanned the flames of various other bonkers ideas," Mahdawi wrote. "The conspiracy theory du jour being that there is a coordinated plot, possibly involving UFOs, behind the disappearances and deaths of at least 11 US scientists linked to nuclear and space research programmes. Trump recently called the situation 'pretty serious stuff.' The House Oversight Committee chair, James Comer, also went on Fox & Friends to warn that 'something sinister could be happening'. Now the House Oversight Committee is looking into 'a possible sinister connection between the deaths and disappearances', and the FBI might get involved."...

Not everybody in Trump's RICO trial in Georgia is going to get a plea deal.

Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner on his YouTube show "Justice Matters" suspects that there is good reason why former President Donald Trump and some of the 14 remaining co-defendants — namely Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and John Eastman are still facing conspiracy to overturn the 2020 presidential election — and aren't getting offered sweet plea deals by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis like four others have.

"So you know what, Donald, Rudy, Mark [Meadows], y'all want a plea offer," said Kirschner. "Well, here's the offer: You go in and plead guilty to the indictment on every charge on which the grand jury indicted you."...

The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s Jan. 6 election conspiracy case has set hearing date for the special counsel’s protective order request.

Judge Tanya Chutkan set the hearing for 10 a.m. Friday, ending days of wrangling between prosecutors and Trump’s lawyers.

Chutkan waived Trump’s requirement to attend the hearing....

Donald Trump's most recent superseding indictment, which alleged obstruction in connection with the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, reads like "a murder mystery novel written by an 11 year old," according to a former prosecutor.

Charles Coleman appeared on MSNBC's PoliticsNation on Saturday and was asked about the significance of the new charges, which allege a conspiracy to delete footage on Mar-a-Lago security cameras. Specifically, the former federal prosecutor was asked how adding a third defendant changes the game for the Department of Justice.

"It begins to show how wide and vast this operation was," Coleman said. "If you read the indictment, there are parts where they talk about going through different tunnels with flashlights to identify the video surveillance cameras."...

The purported conspiracy to obstruct investigators Donald Trump is accused of is a "bumbling" one, according to a former prosecutor.

Harry Litman appeared on MSNBC on Friday night and was asked by the host about the superseding indictment accusing Trump of a scheme to delete security footage of people moving boxes at Mar-a-Lago. Trump earlier in the day lashed out against the new charges, claiming he voluntarily gave up the tapes and that nothing was deleted "in any way."

"It's a ham-handed conspiracy, and they are dead to rights," he said. "I'm sure if the United States said look, if you will testify, just tell the truth about this 24 minute conversation, for example ... they would be looking at no jail time, no charges at all."...

Donald Trump will likely soon be hit with a "massive conspiracy case" out of Georgia for allegedly attempting to overturn the election there, and there could be dozens of defendants who join him, according to a former prosecutor.

Former prosecutor Glenn Kirschner appeared on MSNBC to discuss Trump's criminal probe and case, and was asked about Trump's legal woes in Georgia. It has been reported that the prosecutor there, Fani Willis, is nearing a charging decision.

Kirschner noted that he has been expecting a large case from Willis, perhaps charging around a dozen people, because of actions she took before this month....