OA749: Clarence Thomas Grifts. Kari Lake Sinks. Stewart Rhodes Comes To The End

Liz and Andrew update you on a bunch of stories, including today’s breaking news regarding the sentencing of Stewart Rhodes and the Texas Legislature committee referring out articles of impeachment for AG Ken Paxton.

Notes
OA 693
https://openargs.com/oa693-mike-pence-cant-testify-against-trump-cause-hes-a-senator-now/

OA 698
https://openargs.com/oa698-will-clarence-thomas-break-the-internet-probably-not/

OA 723
https://openargs.com/oa723-right-wing-judges-take-the-money-and-run-away-with-your-civil-rights/

OA 746
https://openargs.com/oa746-derp-off-dersh-off-2-sidney-powell-vs-kari-lake/

Investigators detail years of alleged misconduct by Texas AG Ken Paxton in stunning House committee hearing
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/24/ken-paxton-abuse-power-house-investigation-texas/

Kari Lake ruling
https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/CV2022-095403-926-05222023-PDF.pdf

Kari Lake War Room tweet 5/23 tweet
https://twitter.com/KariLakeWarRoom/status/1661095473695035392?s=20

May 8 Senate Judiciary Letter to Harlan Crow
https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/May%208,%202023%20letter%20to%20Harlan%20Crow16.pdf

 May 22 letter from Gibson Dunn to Durbin re Harlan Crow
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23822175/crow-letter.pdf

5 U.S.C. § 13103
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/13103

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OA702: Will Donald Trump Be Held Civilly Liable for Inciting the January 6th Insurrection?

Today, Liz and Andrew break down the latest developments in Blassingame v. Trump, a set of consolidated cases pending in the DC Circuit that will affect whether Donald Trump will have to compensate the victims of his attempted January 6th coup. You won’t want to miss this one!

Notes
US amicus brief in Blassingame v. Trump https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.38510/gov.uscourts.cadc.38510.1218497852.0_4.pdf

42 U.S.C. 1985
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/1985

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