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Showing Original Post only (View all)Alito was poised to stop Pence counting Electoral College votes on Jan 7; Pelosi foiled this [View all]
Link to tweet
"This new interview by Powell is interesting. It suggests that the purpose of the insurrection was to DELAY the electoral college certification to give Alito time to intervene on this legal challenge. But, Powell says they didnt anticipate Pelosi reconvening Congress that day."
If you don't want to watch the video on Twitter, Sidney Powell admitted it in writing on this wingnut website: https://defendingtherepublic.org/why-pelosi/
Timeline:
Sat Jan 2: 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals throws out Gohmerts and several Arizona Republicans lawsuit seeking to force Pence to help throw the election to President Donald Trump next week when Congress meets to count the Electoral College votes.
Wed Jan 6: Powell, Gohmert and the others file for an injunction at SCOTUS. Powell's account, with her italics showing what she thought was important (she, of course, claimed it was a "democrats' coup" because she's a lying idiot):
We filed for an injunction at SCOTUS on January 6th, the day of the electoral count. We filed electronically and had a congressman deliver the paper filing required by SCOTUS. The Congressman was turned back by Capitol Hill Police, due to the unrest. We succeeded in getting the case docketed at 3:51 pm on January 6th.
Given Pelosis participation as amicus, she would receive notice of the Gohmert filing for an injunction with the Supreme Court. She would understand that Justice Alito could alone enter an injunction against use of the Electoral Count Act because he is the Circuit Justice for Louie Gohmerts district.
Abandoning any concern for mass covid infection from the deplorables in the Capitol, Pelosi fired her political kill shot: she shockingly announced at 6:30 pm that members would resume the count at 8 pmjust hours after Michael Byrd killed Ashley Babbitt and demonstrators were still in the Capitol.
Notably, Pelosis rush to restart at 8 pm did not prevent the process continuation to January 7th. Members could have gone home to rest and resumed the vote early in the morning without losing a day. In other words, nothing would have changed regarding the date of the completion of the count. The absurdity of driving Congress to complete a process amidst such unrest was driven by something entirely different.
Speaker Pelosi had to act quickly to prevent Justice Alito from enjoining application of the Electoral Count Act and throwing a big wrench in the democrats coup.
Given Pelosis participation as amicus, she would receive notice of the Gohmert filing for an injunction with the Supreme Court. She would understand that Justice Alito could alone enter an injunction against use of the Electoral Count Act because he is the Circuit Justice for Louie Gohmerts district.
Abandoning any concern for mass covid infection from the deplorables in the Capitol, Pelosi fired her political kill shot: she shockingly announced at 6:30 pm that members would resume the count at 8 pmjust hours after Michael Byrd killed Ashley Babbitt and demonstrators were still in the Capitol.
Notably, Pelosis rush to restart at 8 pm did not prevent the process continuation to January 7th. Members could have gone home to rest and resumed the vote early in the morning without losing a day. In other words, nothing would have changed regarding the date of the completion of the count. The absurdity of driving Congress to complete a process amidst such unrest was driven by something entirely different.
Speaker Pelosi had to act quickly to prevent Justice Alito from enjoining application of the Electoral Count Act and throwing a big wrench in the democrats coup.
Thur Jan 7: Alito denies the application, because it's too fucking late, ha-ha.
Powell felt confident that Alito would give the injunction, and is really pissed off that Pelosi saw what was happening, and made sure the count resumed that evening, and not the next day when Alito could have played his part.
Kudos to LetMyPeopleVote for spotting the tweet about this back in Sept 2021: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215897554#post29 . I don't think I noticed anything about this at the time. I've seen it now because Roy Edroso posted about it today:
The absolutely bugfuck crazy story of Mrs. Sam Alito and the Upside-Down Flag. Three things make it even crazier: First, that Justice Alito ratted out (or passed the blame onto) his own wife to the Times; second, that per Sidney Powells testimony Alito was lined up to assist the Jan. 6 insurrection that his distress flag portended; and third, that Alito ran back to the Times to bitch that his wife had to wave the insurrection flag because one of his neighbors put up a sign with a swear word on it.
https://alicublog.blogspot.com/2024/05/friday-round-horn-hate-rally-round-flag.html
https://alicublog.blogspot.com/2024/05/friday-round-horn-hate-rally-round-flag.html
Thank goodness Pelosi was so damn good at her job.
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Alito was poised to stop Pence counting Electoral College votes on Jan 7; Pelosi foiled this [View all]
muriel_volestrangler
May 17
OP
They are evil to the core, no doubt about that at all, but, what they seem to misunderstand
MarineCombatEngineer
May 17
#89
Heads need to roll, on this fake insurrection by all of these people. They need to be ID'ed, arrested and
SWBTATTReg
May 17
#56
I always thought the Capitol Police were betrayed, set up to fail, & hung out to dry.
elocs
May 17
#85
I think there is at least ONE reason why the investigation did not go to the highest levels...
Shipwack
May 18
#127
Unbelievable, Nancy Pelosi is a bad ass hero. She saved the ACA and a little over 10 years later she saves our Democracy
Demsrule86
May 17
#2
I don't know. They hate her and she ruined their insurrection...it is possible
Demsrule86
May 17
#46
She did didn't she? She is a smart badass! It seems like that guy who did it could have been manipulated.
Demsrule86
May 17
#55
True. One wonders if this guy was manipulated into doing this? I usually would not even wonder about this.
Demsrule86
May 17
#67
Yes I hope to God someone is developing a strategy to defeat our domestic traitors.
Irish_Dem
May 18
#115
Thank God for Speaker Emerita Pelosi. The insurrectionists Powell, Gomert and Alite...
brush
May 17
#4
Powell described a plot, a conspiracy, to overthrow the constitutional order of this country.
Trust_Reality
May 18
#116
Shocking..I doubt they could have raised a legal challenge. There were 60+ cases, some heard by SCOTUS
PortTack
May 17
#12
On January 7th Alito could have stopped the count by taking the case...and it is being said it was part of the plot...
Demsrule86
May 17
#68
That's why he flew the flag upside down. When she outfoxed him, it WAS a dire emergency (to him).
Wonder Why
May 17
#17
Well, I wondered, but she seems to put a lot of emphasis in Alito getting to make the decision alone
muriel_volestrangler
May 17
#39
I hope to live to see the book & movie: "How Nancy Pelosi Saved Our Democracy" ...
Hekate
May 17
#40
Alito and Thomas are clearly corrupt but also Chief Justice Roberts has lost all credibility. His legacy
walkingman
May 17
#42
It's becoming more difficult by the day to keep the conservative brand from looking spoiled and spotty.
Torchlight
May 17
#44
This is why all the Federal Trials are being delayed. If the US DoJ can ask TSF what happened to create th Jan 6th, 2021
Traurigkeit
May 17
#53
Not even John Grisham. a mastermind in crafting legal thrillers, could come up with this.
tulipsandroses
May 18
#103
This narrative is believable, but requires more evidence of Alito's role than Powell's say-so.
Martin68
May 18
#112