While the flag was up, the court was still contending w/whether to hear a #2020election case, w/Justice #Alito on the losing end of that decision. In coming wks, the justices will rule on 2 climactic cases involving the storming of the Capitol on #Jan6, incl’g whether #Trump has #immunity for his actions. Their decisions will shape how accountable he can be held for trying to overturn the last presidential election & his chances for re-election in the upcoming one.
@levampyre An upside-down American flag is a #symbol connected with false claims that the #2020election was stolen from #DonaldTrump. Individuals who were indicted and convicted for #insurrection on #jan6 used the upside down flag as a symbol of the #MAGA movement - so this is part of the symbolism used in the anti-democracy movement in America.
A grand jury in #Arizona has indicted 18 of #Trump's closest advisors — including fmr WH Chief of Staff #MarkMeadows & fmr NYC Mayor Rudy #Giuliani. The defendants are accused of being involved in a #FakeElector scheme that sought to keep Trump in office despite his loss in the 2020 election. The indictment alleges that after President Biden won the #2020election, Trump's allies conspired to give AZ's 11 electoral votes to Trump anyway.
> The Republican electors who submitted votes falsely asserting that former President Trump won Arizona in 2020 have been indicted along with several Trump allies,
> Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Trump's former personal attorney Rudy Giuliani were among seven other unnamed defendants
When we talk about #Trump and his minions, we are talking about people who were willing to lie about the #2020election. We are talking about people who were willing to incite an #insurrection with the intent to stop the peaceful transfer of power. And we’re talking about people whose passion for Trump has only increased with every #indictment. It’s difficult to imagine that there is any line they will not cross.
#NEWS: #AIPAC (American Israeli Public Affairs Committee) is funding the campaigns of 37 #ElectionDeniers b/c “This is no moment to be selective about friends”. This includes a man who espouses the #racist#ReplacementTheory that #ADL called to be fired. Read the #Jewish Insider’s coverage of the controversy.
#BrianPritchard had been sentenced in 1996 in #Pennsylvania to 3 years’ probation for #felony check #forgery charges. His #probation was REVOKED THREE TIMES — once in 1999, after he moved to #Georgia, & again in 2002 & 2004. In 2004, a judge imposed a new 7-year probationary sentence on Pritchard, thus making him #ineligible to vote until at least 2011 in Georgia, where state #law prohibits #felons from voting.
Despite that, court documents showed that #BrianPritchard signed voter registration forms in 2008 in which he affirmed that he was “not serving a sentence for having been #convicted of a #felony involving moral turpitude.” He then cast ballots in four #Georgia primary & general elections in 2008, as well as five special, primary & general elections in 2010.