Impeachment Chronicles

CNN salivates over impeachment witness’ deranged claim 600,000 Americans died because Trump acquitted

The Democrats’ star witness for President Trump’s first impeachment trial was back on television this morning to provide CNN more deranged commentary on the former president. New Day co-host Brianna Keilar helped Retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman go off on Trump, blaming him for 600,000 dead Americans, left-wing riots, and America’s “slide toward authoritarianism.”

Impeachment witness Vindman: If Trump had been removed, 600,000 Americans wouldn’t have died of COVID

Vindman: ‘Direct logic link’ to Trump being acquitted during first impeachment and the coronavirus pandemic

Why Trump supporters believe the election of Joe Biden was fraudulent

I think I’ve had discussions w/enough Boomer-tier Trump supporters who believe the 2020 election was fraudulent to extract a general theory about their perspective. It is also the perspective of most of the people at the Capitol on 1/6, and probably even Trump himself. 1/x

Judge dismisses claims against Trump over clearing DC protestors from Lafayette Square

US District Judge Dabney Friedrich ruled against Black Lives Matter on Monday, dismissing claims that Trump, Barr, and Esper directed a conspiracy targeting black protesters.

Yet another media tale — Trump tear-gassed protesters for a church photo op — collapses

That the White House violently cleared Lafayette Park at Trump’s behest was treated as unquestioned truth by most corporate media. Today it was revealed as a falsehood.

Trump celebrates FEC dropping their case against him

The Federal Election Commission has dropped its investigation into former President Donald Trump. He was accused of sending hush money payments to a number of women, including porn star Stormy Daniels.

The media lied repeatedly about Officer Brian Sicknick’s Death. And they just got caught.

Just as with the Russia Bounty debacle, they will never acknowledge what they did. Their audience wants to be lied to for partisan gain and emotional pleasure.

Mollie Hemingway on some of the many Trump hoaxes the media ‘created’

Today’s reveal that WaPo allowed a political opponent to anonymously invent Trump quotes is quite the story. But my favorite "anonymous" story remains "Anonymous"! That was when the NYT tried to suggest a disgruntled low-level staffer was Trump cabinet official or family member.
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) March 16, 2021

DOJ watchdog criticizes Trump’s firing of IGs, but omits key facts in matter

Michael Horowitz, the Justice Department inspector general who wrote the Dec. 9, 2019, Review of Four FISA Applications, recently reaffirmed his earlier statements that Trump fired two inspectors general “for doing their jobs” and called Trump’s presidency “a challenging time … particularly in the last year” during a Feb. 10 online discussion hosted by Harvard Law School and moderated by Jack Goldsmith.