{"id":14652,"date":"2023-05-03T18:19:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T01:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=14652"},"modified":"2023-05-03T18:40:08","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T01:40:08","slug":"an-emptywheel-update-on-the-jan-6-stolen-documents-and-ga-fraud-investigations-bradcast-532023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=14652","title":{"rendered":"An &#8216;Emptywheel&#8217; Update on the Jan 6, Stolen Documents and GA Fraud Investigations: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 5\/3\/2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_JackSmith-FaniWillis-TrumpHeadBack_050323.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">On today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a> we catch up on where each of the major, still-unindicted criminal investigations of <b>Donald Trump<\/b> currently stand with the one person who may pay closer attention to the details of the cases than even the prosecutors working on them! [<i>Audio link to full show follows this summary.<\/i>]\n<p>Over the weekend, longtime national security journalist <b>MARCY WHEELER<\/b> of <a href=\"https:\/\/emptywheel.net\">Emptywheel<\/a> wrote three articles, summarizing the latest status in each of the three ongoing criminal probes of the already-criminally-indicted-in-New-York former President, and what the final issues are that prosecutors must nail down before indictments can be brought.<\/p>\n<p>Those cases include Special Counsel <b>Jack Smith<\/b>&#8216;s federal investigations of Trump&#8217;s January 6 related conspiracies and the documents he stole from the White House, as well as Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney <b>Fani Willis<\/b>&#8216; broad probe into Trump&#8217;s failed attempt to strong-arm state officials into stealing the 2020 election from <b>Joe Biden<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Among the many points discussed with Wheeler, who joins us today from Paris&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.emptywheel.net\/2023\/04\/30\/where-the-trump-investigations-stand-the-january-6-conspiracies\/\">On Jan 6 and related matters<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Why determining the legal definition of &#8220;corrupt purpose&#8221; in the D.C. federal court circuit, in regards to Trump&#8217;s attempt to obstruct the Electoral College vote certification, is so important to Smith&#8217;s case.<\/li>\n<li>Why pending cases against Jan. 6 insurrectionists remain key to that definition.<\/li>\n<li>Why the fake electors schemes in several states and Trump&#8217;s fraudulent fundraising on his lies about election fraud is also critical to Smith&#8217;s case.<\/li>\n<li>Evidence that Trump&#8217;s own attorneys knew in advance that their fake electors scheme was unlawful.<\/li>\n<li>Why nailing down testimony from cooperating witnesses is so important and whether former VP <b>Mike Pence<\/b> &#8212; who testified before Smith&#8217;s federal grand jury last week about Trump&#8217;s attempt to have him assassinated &#8212; can be made into a sympathetic witness on the stand.<\/li>\n<li>Will we see a broad set of indictments against Trump regarding Jan. 6 or just one or two focused, easily provable charges?<\/li>\n<li>Is Smith investigating the <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=14643\">multi-state conspiracy<\/a> to breach voting system software in states like <b>Georgia<\/b>, <b>Michigan<\/b>, <b>Colorado<\/b> and elsewhere as part of his probe?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.emptywheel.net\/2023\/04\/30\/where-the-trump-investigations-stand-stolen-documents\/\">On the Stolen Documents<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What&#8217;s the hold-up in bringing charges on what has always seemed like the simplest of the many ongoing cases?<\/li>\n<li>Why it&#8217;s helpful that Smith is overseeing both this case and the Jan 6 probe, given that several witnesses are key to each of the cases.<\/li>\n<li>What the specific criminal charges may ultimately be, and the important related decision on whether they will be brought in <b>Florida<\/b> or in <b>D.C<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.emptywheel.net\/2023\/04\/30\/where-the-trump-investigations-stand-georgia\/\">On the GA Conspiracy<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What&#8217;s the hold-up for D.A. Willis in bringing charges in the Georgia-related crimes?<\/li>\n<li>Why Trump is likely to try and move any GA charges to the federal level (and into Smith&#8217;s lap).<\/li>\n<li>How and why a number of co-conspirators may have suddenly decided to cooperate with Willis after all in recent days.<\/li>\n<li>How there may be an additional 24(!) previously-unknown witnesses to Trump&#8217;s infamous Jan 2, 2021 phone call to the GA Sec. of State attempting to strong-arm him to &#8220;find&#8221; 11,000 votes to steal the state&#8217;s election from Biden.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s just a sample, of course. Wheeler joins us for the full hour. 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