During World War II Japan, itself a significant imperial power, drove the European powers out of Asia

Well, this video in a very simple manner shows that Westerners left China because of Japan's attack! That's the basic story of this video. It's a historical fact too. "During World War II Japan, itself a significant imperial power, drove the European powers out of Asia. After the Japanese surrender in 1945, local nationalist movements in the former Asian colonies campaigned for independence rather than a return to European colonial rule." ("Decolonization of Asia and Africa, 1945–1960" by Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute: United States Department of State) https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/asia-and-africa#:~:text=In%20the%20mid%20to%20late,and%20territory%20for%20future%20settlement

現在のアメリカにおける麻薬やギャンブルに対する態度の底にはこの「禁酒法」の経験がある

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBibpyQ-fQ0 アメリカではかつて「禁酒法」があった。1920年から1933年までアメリカ合衆国憲法修正第18条下において施行され、消費のためのアルコールの製造、販売、輸送が全面的に禁止された。しかし、犯罪を取り締まるためのこの法律は逆に犯罪を増加させることになった。なぜなら、マフィアなどの犯罪組織がアルコールの暗黒市場に目を付け、かれらの力がいっきに増大したからだ。 「禁酒法が提出された時、私はそれが大衆の意見によって、広く支持される日が来ることを望みました。そして、アルコールの凶悪な影響が認められる日が、すぐに来るだろうと思いました。しかし、これが私の望んだ結果ではないと、不本意ながらも信じるに至りました。飲酒はむしろ増加しました。不法酒場がサロンに取って代わりました。犯罪者の巨大な群れが現れました。我々の最高の市民の多くでさえ、禁酒法を公然と無視しました。法律の遵守は大いに軽んじられました。そして犯罪は、かつては決して見えない水準にまで増加しました。」 現在のアメリカにおける麻薬やギャンブルに対する態度の底にはこの「禁酒法」の経験がある。つまり、麻薬利用者やギャンブル利用者を地下組織のギャングの手に任せてしまっては、むしろより悪い結果を社会全体に及ぼす、という考えだ。大麻の合法化もその結果の一つ。アメリカは潔癖主義（ピューリタニズム）を捨てて結果主義（プラグマティズム）を選んだということ。 政府関係者が麻薬利用に直接介入するという事態も、質の悪い危険な薬や汚れた注射器による病気から麻薬利用者を守るという結果主義（大悪より小悪を選んだ結果）がそこにある。

都内総生産（名目）は平成２７年度（２０１５）の104兆3千億から令和元年度(2019)の115兆7千億円へ増加（１１兆４千億）

https://www.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/tosei/hodohappyo/press/2018/03/28/18.html#:~:text=1%20%E9%83%BD%E5%86%85%E7%B7%8F%E7%94%9F%E7%94%A3%EF%BC%88%E5%90%8D%E7%9B%AE,%E5%84%84%E5%86%86%E3%81%A8%E3%81%AA%E3%82%8A%E3%81%BE%E3%81%97%E3%81%9F%E3%80%82 平成27年度(2015)の都内総生産（名目）は、前年度の102兆3千億円から、卸売・小売業、専門・科学技術、業務支援サービス業などが増加し、2兆円増の104兆3千億円となりました。 また、都内総生産（名目）が全国に占める割合は、19.6％となりました。（図1～2） https://www.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/tosei/hodohappyo/press/2018/12/25/16.html#:~:text=1%20%E9%83%BD%E5%86%85%E7%B7%8F%E7%94%9F%E7%94%A3%EF%BC%88%E5%90%8D%E7%9B%AE,%E5%84%84%E5%86%86%E3%81%A8%E3%81%AA%E3%82%8A%E3%81%BE%E3%81%97%E3%81%9F%E3%80%82 平成28年度(2016)の都内総生産（名目）は、前年度の104兆8千億円から、建設業、不動産業などが増加し、7千億円増の105兆5千億円となりました。 また、都内総生産（名目）が全国に占める割合は、19.6％となりました。＜図1～2＞ https://www.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/tosei/hodohappyo/press/2019/12/25/16.html 平成29年度(2017)の都内総生産（名目）は、前年度の105兆2千億円から、建設業、不動産業などが増加し、1兆円増の106兆2千億円となりました。＜図1＞ また、都内総生産（名目）が全国に占める割合は、19.4％となりました。 https://www.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/tosei/hodohappyo/press/2021/02/24/04.html 平成30年度(2018)の都内総生産（名目）は、前年度の106兆円から、情報通信業、保健衛生・社会事業などが増加し、1兆円増の107兆円となりました。＜図1＞ また、都内総生産（名目）が全国に占める割合は19.5％となり、前年度の19.4％から上昇しました。 https://www.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/tosei/hodohappyo/press/2022/05/31/24.html#:~:text=%E4%BB%A4%E5%92%8C%E5%85%83%E5%B9%B4%E5%BA%A6%E3%81%AE,%E5%84%84%E5%86%86%E3%81%A8%E3%81%AA%E3%82%8A%E3%81%BE%E3%81%97%E3%81%9F%E3%80%82 令和元年度(2019)の都内総生産（名目）は、前年度の115兆4千億円から、不動産業、情報通信業などが増加し、3千億円増の115兆7千億円となりました。 また、都内総生産（名目）が全国に占める割合は、20.7％となりました。 https://www.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/tosei/hodohappyo/press/2023/04/27/28.html#:~:text=%E4%BB%A4%E5%92%8C2%E5%B9%B4%E5%BA%A6%E3%81%AE,20.4%EF%BC%85%E3%81%A8%E3%81%AA%E3%82%8A%E3%81%BE%E3%81%97%E3%81%9F%E3%80%82 令和2年度(2020)の都内総生産（名目）は、前年度の115兆1千億円から、卸売・小売業、運輸・郵便業、宿泊・飲食サービス業などが減少し、5兆5千億円減の109兆6千億円となりました。 また、都内総生産（名目）が全国に占める割合は、20.4％となりました。

都民ファーストの会、次期衆院選へ準備急ぐ １９日に政経塾開講

https://www.sankei.com/article/20230818-3Q6YGBVJV5PHTATUBIONBBSXBY/ 都民ファーストの会、次期衆院選へ準備急ぐ　１９日に政経塾開講 2023/8/18 19:07 力武 崇樹 政治 地方自治 地方 関東 東京 Twitterでつぶやく 反応 Facebookでシェアする はてなブックマークに追加する リンクをコピーする 年内の衆院解散・総選挙の可能性も取り沙汰される中、国政進出を目指す地域政党「都民ファーストの会」は、次期衆院選に向けた準備を急いでいる。１９日には昨年に続き、２回目となる「ファースト政経塾」を開講。衆院選のみならず、今後の地方選も念頭に有為な人材を発掘し、党勢の拡大につなげる考えだ。 小池知事も登壇 「社会のため、未来のため、子供たちのために、自分の能力を生かそうという人に入ってきてほしい」 都民ファの森村隆行代表は１０日の記者会見で、政経塾の開講に期待を込めた。 塾では「多様性と包摂性」「少子化と子育て支援」「デジタル政策とスタートアップ」などをテーマに１２月までに計５回の講義を予定。９月に予定する２回目の講義では都民ファ特別顧問の小池百合子東京都知事が登壇する。 都議会では自民党に次ぐ第二党の都民ファにとって、最大の課題は国政に足場を築くことだ。少子化への対応や物価高騰対策、環境問題への取り組みなど、都が抱える政策課題の多くは国政との連携が欠かせず、国会に一定の勢力を持つことが都政の推進にもつながるからだ。 「期待が戻りつつある」と手応え だが、国政の壁は厚く、新党「ファーストの会」を設立して臨んだ令和３年１０月の衆院選では、当時の荒木千陽代表が「国の将来に責任をもつ改革を国政の場でも進める」と意気込んだが、候補者を擁立できなかった。４年７月の参院選では荒木氏自身が東京選挙区で出馬しながら、惨敗した。 知名度の高い小池氏のもとで、かつては目を見張る躍進を果たした都民ファ。今年４月の統一地方選で、都内で４４人が当選し改選前からほぼ倍増したことで、「有権者の期待が戻りつつある」と手応えを語る都民ファ議員もいる。 維新とは勢いの差否めず ただ、都内で６７人が当選し、議席が選挙前から３倍超に増えた日本維新の会と比べると、勢いの差は否めない。６月の都議補欠選挙（大田区選挙区、欠員２）でも、敗北した都民ファ候補は、同じく落選した維新候補の得票を約１万票下回っていた。 森村氏は補選後、「今の私たちの偽らざる力を示している」と指摘。選挙態勢の立て直しを図り、次期衆院選では都内３０選挙区のうち、１５程度の選挙区で候補者の擁立を目指す。 ADVERTISING もっとも、主要政党はすでに候補者を決め、着々と準備を重ねている。国政の与党関係者は「選挙は新顔が短期間で勝てるほど甘くない」と冷ややかに語った。（力武崇樹）

小池都政の実績は多い

【小池都政の実績】 

石原都政自民党都連が生んだ豊洲移転問題を小池がしりぬぐいをして最終解決

東京都公文書管理条例の制定

東京都受動喫煙防止条例の制定

東京都児童虐待防止条例の制定

都政のデジタル化（ペイパーレス・ハンコレス・キャッシュレス）

都庁における自律改革システムの導入

都政の情報公開（情報公開ポータル）

グリーンボンド導入

東京都のＧＤＰが１０４兆円から１１５兆円へ４年間で１１兆円増加

財政調整基金を６０００億円から９０００億円へ４年間で３０００億円増加

小池都政で刑法犯件数は半減

何もできなかった自公政権に代わり、日本のコロナ対策のリーダーとなって日本を導いた

何もできない自公政権に代わり、日本の温暖化対策のリーダーとなって日本を導いている

【ゼロを目指す改革の例】

満員電車解消を目指す改革（テレワークシステム、時差出勤システム）

待機児童解消を目指す改革（大幅改善）

無電柱化を目指す改革（センター・コアでほぼ１００％完成）

ペット殺処分ゼロ達成

花粉症対策のための森林植え替えプロジェクト 等々、

公約すべて達成。

トランプ氏の元補佐官ナヴァロ被告、議会侮辱で有罪 米連邦地裁

https://www.bbc.com/japanese/66738433 米議会襲撃事件を調査する下院特別委員会の召喚に応じなかったとして、議会侮辱罪に問われていたピーター・ナヴァロ被告について、ワシントンの連邦地方裁判所の陪審は7日、有罪評決を言い渡した。 ドナルド・トランプ前大統領の補佐官を務めたナヴァロ被告は、2020年大統領選の結果を覆そうとする試みに関する調査への協力を拒否した。検察は、同被告は特別委の召喚を無視し、「法を超えた」行動を取ったと指摘した。 ナヴァロ被告は評決が言い渡された後、裁判所前で、「アメリカにとって悲しい日」だと述べ、連邦最高裁まで争うと誓った。 「大統領の分身であるホワイトハウスの上級顧問が、このような犯罪疑惑で起訴されたのは、この国の歴史上はじめてだ」 同被告は、司法省には50年前から、ホワイトハウスの上級顧問は議会での証言を強制されないという方針があったと主張した。 「それなのに彼らは裁判を起こした」 量刑言い渡しは来年1月。2件の侮辱罪について、それぞれ最長で禁錮1年が科される。また、最大10万ドル（約1470万円）の罰金刑となる可能性がある。 議会襲撃事件をめぐっては、トランプ氏のもう1人の盟友、スティーヴ・バノン被告も昨年7月に議会侮辱罪などで有罪評決を受けた。 特別委の召喚に応じず 下院の特別委は2022年2月、トランプ政権で通商顧問を務めたナヴァロ被告に召喚状を送付した。 しかし、特別委が要求した電子メールや文書を提出せず、召喚に応じなかった。 特別委は2020年大統領選の投票結果の認定を遅らせようとした試みについて、ナヴァロ被告から聞き取りをするつもりだったと、特別委の元関係者は法廷で証言した。 ナヴァロ被告は2022年6月、ワシントンの空港で、テネシー州ナッシュヴィル行きの便に搭乗しようとしていたところを、米連邦捜査局（FBI）の捜査官に逮捕された。 検察は最終弁論で、被告は召喚状に従うことよりもトランプ氏への忠誠を選んだと指摘した。 「これは侮辱であり犯罪だ」と、エリザベス・アロイ検事は述べた。 ＜関連記事＞ 極右「プラウド・ボーイズ」メンバー2人に10年と18年の禁錮刑　米議会襲撃事件 極右「プラウド・ボーイズ」のリーダーに禁錮17年　米議会襲撃事件 極右民兵組織のリーダーに禁錮18年　米議会襲撃事件 米議会襲撃、下院議長の机に足のせた被告に禁錮4年半　公的手続き妨害罪など8件で有罪 米連邦議会襲撃から2年、警官遺族がトランプ氏を提訴 Presentational white space ナヴァロ被告の弁護人スタンリー・ウッドワード氏は公判中、ほとんど証拠を提出せず、検察側の主張の信用性を落とすことに努めた。 特別委から連絡を受けた際、ナヴァロ被告はトランプ氏から、行政特権を主張するよう指示されたと述べた。 この特権は、ホワイトハウスの特定のやりとりを秘密にしておくことを認める法原理だ。 しかし、アミット・メータ判事は先週、トランプ氏あるいは行政特権が、ナヴァロ被告に特別委の召喚状を無視することを認め得た証拠はないとした。メータ氏はバラク・オバマ元大統領によって連邦判事に任命された。 ナヴァロ被告は2021年出版の自著「In Trump Time」の中で自らについて、広範な不正投票があったとして選挙結果に異議を唱える戦略の立案者だったとしている。 一方で特別委は、大規模な不正投票があったとするナヴァロ被告の主張は根拠がないことが、州や地方の当局者の証言によって露呈したとした。 「政治的動機」による起訴と トランプ氏の元顧問、ブライアン・ランザ氏はBBCに対し、ナヴァロ被告に対する起訴は政治的動機に基づいているようだと述べた。 「議会が政権の元メンバーや現役メンバーに侮辱行為の責任を問うことはめずらしくない」 しかし、「実際に司法省がこのような起訴に踏み切るのはめずらしい」と、ランザ氏は指摘した。 ランザ氏はオバマ政権時代のエリック・ホルダー元司法長官を例に挙げた。ホルダー氏をめぐっては2012年、求められた文書の提出を拒否したとして、共和党が多数派の下院が同氏を侮辱罪で告発する決議を可決した。ただ、実際に起訴されることはなかった。 「このようなことをエスカレートさせるのは危険だ」 「我が国の政治制度にとっていいことではない」と、ランザ氏は付け加えた。

Georgia election case latest: Where Trump, 18 allies stand after pleading not guilty to racketeering

https://news.yahoo.com/georgia-election-case-latest-where-trump-18-allies-stand-after-pleading-not-guilty-to-racketeering-204431401.html Former President Donald Trump and his 18 co-defendants in the Georgia racketeering case have all pleaded not guilty and waived their right to an in-person arraignment that had been scheduled to take place this week. Trump and his allies are accused of illegally attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in that state. The judge overseeing the case denied requests Wednesday from two of the 19 defendants to be tried alone. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee ruled that lawyers Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell, who both filed demands for a speedy trial, would be tried together starting on Oct. 23. Now the question is whether the remaining 17 defendants, including Trump, will also be tried together starting on that date, as requested by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. “It just seems a bit unrealistic to think we can handle all 19 in 40 days. That’s my initial reaction,” McAfee said at Wednesday’s hearing. The judge indicated he would make a decision on when to try the rest of the defendants by next Thursday. Georgia prosecutors say they expect the trial to take four months, not including jury selection, and plan to call at least 150 witnesses. While some of the defendants have sought to speed up the trial, others, like former Trump campaign lawyer Ray Stallings Smith, have indicated they won’t be ready to go to court in October. Some, like former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, are seeking a legal advantage by trying to move the case from state court to federal court. “The legal maneuvering that has begun in the three weeks since the indictment was returned underscores the logistical complexity inherent in such a sprawling indictment with so many defendants,” the Associated Press reported. The already elaborate case is expected to get only more complex as proceedings move forward. Here’s where the 19 defendants stand so far: Donald Trump, former U.S. president Fulton County Sheriff’s Office Fulton County Sheriff’s Office Charges: 13 counts, including: • Violation of the Georgia RICO Act • Solicitation of violation of oath by a public officer • Conspiracy to commit impersonating a public officer • Conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree • Conspiracy to commit false statements and writings • Conspiracy to commit filing false documents • Filing false documents • False statements and writings Plea: Not guilty; waived in-person arraignment Case status: Trump filed a motion to sever his case from any co-defendant who wants a speedy trial; notified McAfee that he “may” seek to move his case to federal court; awaiting McAfee’s Fulton County trial schedule. Government and campaign officials Jeffrey Clark, former Justice Department official Fulton County Sheriff's Office Fulton County Sheriff's Office Charges: Two counts • Violation of the Georgia RICO Act • Criminal attempt to commit false statements and writings Plea: Not guilty; waived in-person arraignment Case status: U.S. District Court Judge Steve Jones set a Sept. 18 hearing at the federal courthouse in Atlanta for Clark’s bid to move his case from state court to federal court; awaiting McAfee’s trial schedule. Misty Hampton, Coffee County elections supervisor Fulton County Sheriff's Office Fulton County Sheriff's Office Charges: Seven counts, including: • Violation of the Georgia RICO Act • Conspiracy to commit election fraud • Conspiracy to commit computer theft • Conspiracy to commit computer trespass • Conspiracy to commit computer invasion of privacy • Conspiracy to defraud the state Plea: Not guilty; waived in-person arraignment Case status: Awaiting McAfee’s trial schedule Mark Meadows, former White House chief of staff Fulton County Sheriff's Office Fulton County Sheriff's Office Charges: Two counts • Violation of the Georgia RICO Act • Solicitation of violation of oath by public officer Plea: Not guilty; waived in-person arraignment Case status: Meadows testified in court on Aug. 28 in an effort to move his case from state court to federal court. Judge Jones did not immediately rule on the request and is expected to make a decision soon. If he rules that Meadows can move his case to federal court, remaining defendants like Trump could potentially follow suit, which could upend Willis’s criminal case. Michael Roman, Republican strategist Fulton County Sheriff's Office Fulton County Sheriff's Office Charges: Seven counts, including: • Violation of the Georgia RICO Act • Conspiracy to commit impersonating a public officer • Conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree • Conspiracy to commit false statements and writings • Conspiracy to commit filing false documents Plea: Not guilty; waived in-person arraignment Case status: Awaiting McAfee’s trial schedule Trump’s legal team post-election Kenneth Chesebro, attorney Kenneth Chesebro, attorney, is shown in a police booking mugshot released by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office on August 23, 2023. (Fulton County Sheriff's Office) Fulton County Sheriff's Office Charges: Seven counts, including: • Violation of the Georgia RICO Act • Conspiracy to commit impersonating a public officer • Conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree • Conspiracy to commit false statements and writings • Conspiracy to commit filing false documents Plea: Not guilty; waived in-person arraignment Case status: On Sept. 6, McAfee denied Chesebro’s request for his case to be severed from Sidney Powell's. He ruled that both defendants will be tried together starting Oct. 23 in response to their demands for a speedy trial. John Eastman, Trump’s former lawyer Former president Donald Trump's former lawyer John Eastman is shown in a police booking mugshot released by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office on August 22, 2023. (Fulton County Sheriff's Office) Fulton County Sheriff's Office Charges: Nine counts, including: • Violation of the Georgia RICO Act • Solicitation of violation of oath by a public officer • Conspiracy to commit impersonating a public officer • Conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree • Conspiracy to commit false statements and writings • Conspiracy to commit filing false documents • Filing false documents Plea: Not guilty; waived in-person arraignment Case status: Eastman filed a motion to sever his case from any co-defendant who wants a speedy trial; awaiting McAfee’s trial schedule. Jenna Ellis, attorney Jenna Ellis, attorney, is shown in a police booking mugshot released by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office on August 23, 2023. (Fulton County Sheriff's Office) Fulton County Sheriff's Office Charges: Two counts: • Violation of the Georgia RICO Act • Solicitation of violation of oath by a public officer Plea: Not guilty; waived in-person arraignment Case status: Awaiting McAfee’s trial schedule Rudy Giuliani, Trump's former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, Trump's former personal lawyer, is shown in a police booking mugshot released by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office on August 23, 2023. (Fulton County Sheriff's Office) Fulton County Sheriff's Office Charges: 13 counts, including: • Violation of the Georgia RICO Act • Solicitation of violation of oath by a public officer • False statements and writings • Conspiracy to commit impersonating a public officer • Conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree • Conspiracy to commit false statements and writings • Conspiracy to commit filing false documents Plea: Not guilty; waived in-person arraignment Case status: Awaiting McAfee’s trial schedule Sidney Powell, attorney Sidney Powell, attorney, is shown in a police booking mugshot released by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office on August 23, 2023. (Fulton County Sheriff's Office) Fulton County Sheriff's Office Charges: Seven counts, including: • Violation of the Georgia RICO Act • Conspiracy to commit election fraud • Conspiracy to commit computer theft • Conspiracy to commit computer trespass • Conspiracy to commit computer invasion of privacy • Conspiracy to defraud the state Plea: Not guilty; waived in-person arraignment Case status: On Sept. 6, McAfee denied Powell’s request for her case to be severed from Kenneth Chesebro's. He ruled that both defendants will be tried together starting Oct. 23 in response to their demands for a speedy trial. Ray Stallings Smith, attorney for Trump’s 2020 campaign in Georgia Ray Stallings Smith, attorney for Trump’s 2020 campaign in Georgia, is shown in a police booking mugshot released by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office on August 23, 2023. (Fulton County Sheriff's Office) Fulton County Sheriff's Office Charges: 12 counts, including: • Violation of the Georgia RICO Act • Solicitation of violation of oath by a public officer • False statements and writings • Conspiracy to commit impersonating a public officer • Conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree • Conspiracy to commit false statements and writings • Conspiracy to commit filing false documents Plea: Not guilty; waived in-person arraignment Case status: Filed a motion for the court to sever the defendants into “manageable groups” and says he won’t be prepared for an October trial; awaiting McAfee’s trial schedule. Georgia operators and Trump supporters Robert Cheeley, attorney based in Georgia Fulton County Sheriff's Office Fulton County Sheriff's Office Charges: 10 counts, including: • Violation of the Georgia RICO Act • Conspiracy to commit impersonating a public officer • Conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree • Conspiracy to commit false statements and writings • Conspiracy to commit filing false documents • Solicitation of violation of oath by a public officer • False statements and writings • Perjury Plea: Not guilty; waived in-person arraignment Case status: Awaiting McAfee’s trial schedule Harrison Floyd, Black Voices for Trump organizer Fulton County Sheriff's Office Fulton County Sheriff's Office Charges: 3 counts • Violation of the Georgia RICO Act • Conspiracy to commit solicitation of false statements and writings • Influencing witnesses Plea: Not guilty; waived in-person arraignment Case status: Awaiting McAfee’s trial schedule Scott Hall, Fulton County GOP poll watcher Republican poll watcher Scott Hall is shown in a police booking mugshot released by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office on August 22, 2023. (Fulton County Sheriff's Office) Fulton County Sheriff's Office Charges: Seven counts, including: • Violation of the Georgia RICO Act • Conspiracy to commit election fraud • Conspiracy to commit computer theft • Conspiracy to commit computer trespass • Conspiracy to commit computer invasion of privacy • Conspiracy to defraud the state Plea: Not guilty; waived in-person arraignment Case status: Awaiting McAfee’s trial schedule Trevian Kutti, publicist Fulton County Sheriff's Office Fulton County Sheriff's Office Charges: 3 counts • Violation of the Georgia RICO Act • Conspiracy to commit solicitation of false statements and writings • Influencing witnesses Plea: Not guilty; waived in-person arraignment Case status: Awaiting McAfee’s trial schedule Stephen Lee, police chaplain Fulton County Sheriff's Office Fulton County Sheriff's Office Charges: 5 counts, including: • Violation of the Georgia RICO Act • Criminal attempt to commit influencing witnesses • Conspiracy to commit solicitation of false statements and writings • Influencing witnesses Plea: Not guilty; waived in-person arraignment Case status: Awaiting McAfee’s trial schedule Alleged participants in fake electors scheme Cathleen Latham, Coffee County GOP chair Cathleen Latham, Coffee County Republican Party chair, is shown in a police booking mugshot released by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office on August 23, 2023. (Fulton County Sheriff's Office) Fulton County Sheriff's Office Charges: 11 counts, including: • Violation of the Georgia RICO Act • Impersonating a public officer • Forgery in the first degree • False statements and writings • Criminal attempt to commit filing false documents • Conspiracy to commit election fraud • Conspiracy to commit computer theft • Conspiracy to commit computer trespass • Conspiracy to commit computer invasion of privacy • Conspiracy to defraud the state Plea: Not guilty; waived in-person arraignment Case status: Judge Jones set a Sept. 20 hearing at the federal courthouse in Atlanta for Latham’s effort to move her case from state court to federal court; awaiting McAfee’s trial schedule. David Shafer, chairman of Georgia GOP David Shafer, chair of the Georgia Republican Party, is shown in a police booking mugshot released by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office on August 23, 2023. (Fulton County Sheriff's Office) Fulton County Sheriff's Office Charges: Eight counts, including: • Violation of the Georgia RICO Act • Impersonating a public officer • Forgery in the first degree • False statements and writings • Criminal attempt to commit filing false documents Plea: Not guilty; waived in-person arraignment Case status: Jones set a Sept. 20 hearing at the federal courthouse in Atlanta for Shafer’s motion to move his case from state court to federal court; awaiting McAfee’s trial schedule. Shawn Still, Georgia Republican state senator Fulton County Sheriff's Office Fulton County Sheriff's Office Charges: Seven counts, including: • Violation of the Georgia RICO Act • Impersonating a public officer • Forgery in the first degree • False statements and writings • Criminal attempt to commit filing false documents Plea: Not guilty; waived in-person arraignment Case status: Jones set a Sept. 18 hearing at the federal courthouse in Atlanta for Still’s motion to move his case from state court to federal court; awaiting McAfee’s trial schedule.

Judge used Mark Meadows’ own testimony against him in rejecting bid for a move to federal court

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-georgia-indictment-09-08-23/index.html Judge used Mark Meadows’ own testimony against him in rejecting bid for a move to federal court From CNN's Marshall Cohen US District Court Judge Steve Jones concluded that some of Mark Meadows’ high-stakes testimony on the witness stand last month was lacking – and even used some of the former Trump chief of staff's testimony against him. “When questioned about the scope of his authority, Meadows was unable to explain the limits of his authority, other than his inability to stump for the President or work on behalf of the campaign,” Jones wrote, saying he would give Meadows’ testimony on that topic “less weight” than the other evidence. Jones also cited Meadows’ acknowledgment that the lawyers he included in an infamous 2021 phone call with Georgia’s secretary of state were working for Trump or his campaign — not the government. Remember: The distinction between government and political work is key because the effort to move Meadows' case to federal court was motivated by seeking a type of immunity sometimes extended to people who are prosecuted for conduct tied to their US government roles. More from the ruling: In his 49-page ruling, Jones also highlighted Meadows’ testimony about a December 2020 meeting with state lawmakers from Michigan. Meadows said most of the meeting “had to do with allegations of potential (election) fraud” and Trump “had a personal interest in the election in Michigan,” Jones noted. “Accordingly, the meeting … was outside the scope of his federal executive branch office as they related to State election procedures following the presidential election,” Jones concluded. The judge said in a footnote that his findings shouldn’t be interpreted as an opinion on “Meadows’s propensity to be truthful as a general matter.”

Judge rejects Mark Meadows’ bid to move Georgia election interference case to federal court

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/08/politics/meadows-georgia-criminal-case-federal-court-rejected/index.html Judge rejects Mark Meadows’ bid to move Georgia election interference case to federal court Jeremy Herb Marshall Cohen By Jeremy Herb, Tierney Sneed and Marshall Cohen, CNN Updated 6:28 PM EDT, Fri September 8, 2023 military leaders vpx They lead the military and one senator is preventing them from doing their job. Hear why 03:06 Mcconnell vpx McConnell references his latest freezing episode in Senate remarks 00:38 mcconnell gupta split vpx 'Hard to connect all those dots': Dr. Sanjay Gupta on McConnell's 'confusing' health update 01:25 Mark Meadows Analysts break down why judge ruled against Mark Meadows 01:11 michael moore special grand jury Why wasn't Sen. Graham charged? Hear what ex-prosecutor thinks 02:05 Ron DeSantis 9/7 Presser 1 'That is nonsense!': DeSantis dismisses man blaming him for racial attacks in Florida 01:36 peter navarro speaks to press Hear from ex-Trump aide after guilty of contempt verdict 02:11 In this October 2022 photo, co-chair of the Michigan Republican Party Meshawn Maddock waves to an attendee during a Save America rally in Warren, Michigan. Hear Michigan fake elector admit to working with Trump lawyers on radio show 03:58 Maggie Haberman and Donald Trump Haberman on what 'bothers' Trump about the Georgia election case 01:04 tim parlatore Hear what former Trump attorney thinks about having Trump testify 02:15 bash vpx Bash says this moment during Fulton County hearing was a bit of foreshadowing 02:45 mccarthy gaetz split See Matt Gaetz's not-so-veiled threat against Kevin McCarthy 01:39 PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - SEPTEMBER 14: In this aerial view, former U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate is seen on September 14, 2022 in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump's legal team is currently negotiating with the Justice Department regarding the selection of a Special Master to review documents, some marked Top Secret, seized when the FBI searched the compound. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Mar-a-Lago IT worker flips against Trump, makes agreement with Jack Smith 02:30 avlon tuberville split vpx 'Outrageous': Avlon reacts to Tuberville's stand on military nominations 01:06 Maggie Haberman Haberman: Why blaming Trump for Jan 6. is not a legal defense 02:56 michael cohen donald trump split 'Speak now': Michael Cohen publicly advises Trump's co-defendants in Georgia 01:11 military leaders vpx They lead the military and one senator is preventing them from doing their job. Hear why 03:06 Mcconnell vpx McConnell references his latest freezing episode in Senate remarks 00:38 mcconnell gupta split vpx 'Hard to connect all those dots': Dr. Sanjay Gupta on McConnell's 'confusing' health update 01:25 Mark Meadows Analysts break down why judge ruled against Mark Meadows 01:11 michael moore special grand jury Why wasn't Sen. Graham charged? Hear what ex-prosecutor thinks 02:05 Ron DeSantis 9/7 Presser 1 'That is nonsense!': DeSantis dismisses man blaming him for racial attacks in Florida 01:36 CNN — A federal judge on Friday rejected former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’ bid to move his Georgia criminal case to federal court, a significant setback for Meadows and a troubling sign for former President Donald Trump. The ruling against Meadows has significant implications for the former president and his 18 co-defendants in the Fulton County district attorney’s sprawling racketeering case. Meadows was the first of five defendants who already filed motions to move the case to federal court – and Trump is expected to do so, too. Meadows unsuccessfully argued that his case, now playing out in Georgia state court, should be moved because the allegations in the indictment were connected to his official duties as White House chief of staff. His lawyers wanted the case in federal court so they could try to get it dismissed altogether, invoking federal immunity extended to certain individuals who are prosecuted or sued for conduct tied to their US government roles. ADVERTISING The judge’s decision could now set the tone for the other defendants also trying to move their cases. It’s an ominous sign for the other defendants who are hoping to invoke the same federal immunity protections. US District Court Judge Steve Jones wrote in the decision that Meadows had not met even the “‘quite low’ threshold for removal” to federal court, because his activities for the Trump campaign were outside the scope of his federal role as White House chief of staff. “The Court finds that the color of the Office of the White House Chief of Staff did not include working with or working for the Trump campaign, except for simply coordinating the President’s schedule, traveling with the President to his campaign events, and redirecting communications to the campaign,” Jones wrote. “Thus, consistent with his testimony and the federal statutes and regulations, engaging in political activities is exceeds the outer limits of the Office of the White House Chief of Staff.” The Hatch Act, which prohibits federal officials from engaging in political activity as part of their official duties, was “helpful in defining the outer limits of the scope the White House Chief of Staff’s authority,” the judge said. “These prohibitions on executive branch employees (including the White House Chief of Staff) reinforce the Court’s conclusion that Meadows has not shown how his actions relate to the scope of his federal executive branch office. Federal officer removal is thereby inapposite,” the judge wrote in the decision. The ruling is also a personal blow to Meadows, who took a significant risk by testifying at a recent hearing about the removal bid, where he was questioned under oath by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ team. Prosecutors could potentially use his testimony against him in future proceedings. After the charges against Trump and his 18 co-defendants were filed, the former president’s lawyers signaled they intended to try to move Trump’s case to federal court, just as Trump had unsuccessfully sought to do in his New York criminal case. Trump has 30 days from the time he entered his not guilty plea to file to move his case. CNN has reached out to lawyers for Meadows and Trump for comment. In addition to Meadows, Jeffrey Clark, the former Trump administration DOJ official, and three Georgia GOP officials who served as Trump’s fake electors have also filed to move their cases to federal court. Former Georgia Republican Party Chairman David Shafer and former GOP Coffee County Chairwoman Cathy Latham have a joint hearing scheduled on September 20, while the third fake elector seeking federal removal – Shawn Still, a Georgia state senator – has a hearing on September 18. While Meadows’ motion was rejected, Shafer, Still and Latham have made a slightly different argument: They say they acted as fake electors at Trump’s direction. But unlike Meadows, who worked in the White House in 2020, the fake electors have a more tenuous link to the federal government, as nominees to serve as real electors for Trump if he won Georgia, who would’ve participated in the federally mandated Electoral College process. There are several reasons why it would be advantageous for Meadows and the other defendants to move their cases to federal court. In addition to making immunity claims under the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause, a federal trial would likely have a jury pool more sympathetic to Trump and his co-defendants. While the state courthouse for this case is based in deep-blue Fulton County, the federal court district that includes Fulton also contains the more-Republican northern part of the state. High-stakes hearing At his hearing last month, Meadows surprisingly took the stand trying to help move his case to federal court, testifying for more than three hours about what happened in the White House after the 2020 election. Meadows tried to argue that all of his work as the president’s top adviser fit into his role as chief of staff – even when it spilled into politics. “It’s still part of my job to make sure that the president is safe and secure and able to perform his job. And that’s what I was doing,” Meadows said, later adding, “serving the president of the United States and … it takes on all kinds of forms.” But the Fulton County prosecutors peppered Meadows with questions about how his official job involved things like setting up phone calls involving campaign lawyers, such as Trump’s infamous January 2021 phone call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger when Trump asked Raffensperger to “find” enough votes for him to win the state. Fulton County prosecutors also subpoenaed Raffensperger to testify at Meadows’ hearing, where Raffensperger said plainly there was no role for the federal government in certifying Georgia’s elections. “It was a campaign call,” Raffensperger testified. This story is breaking and will be updated.

Bucking his party, Chris Christie makes his case for 2024

https://www.npr.org/2023/09/08/1198338536/chris-christie-president-candidate-2024 Bucking his party, Chris Christie makes his case for 2024 September 8, 20235:00 AM ET By Susan Davis , Tamara Keith , Casey Morell Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks at a town hall-style event at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College on June 6, Manchester, N.H. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is still a Republican – after all, he's running for that party's presidential nomination, as he unsuccessfully did in 2016. But today, his views on Ukraine, on abortion and on other issues put him out of step with many in the party he hopes to lead. "Look, I think our country is in a much different place. And I think I'm a much different candidate than I was eight years ago," Christie told NPR. "I'm looking at this as a real moment for change for our party. And I got into this race because I felt like no one was making that case. No one was willing to take the case directly to Donald Trump as to why he and through his conduct had disqualified himself for ever being president of the United States again. I want to make that case. I've been making that case. I think it's important not only for my party, but for our country." Sponsor Message In a wide-ranging interview with Susan Davis and Tamara Keith on The NPR Politics Podcast, Christie explained his views on potential Republican efforts to impeach President Biden, access to abortion and former President Donald Trump. Interview Highlights On the indictments facing former President Trump DAVIS: Do you have any doubt about these indictments? Do you believe that they're driven by politics? And do you have any reason to doubt the motives of these investigators, in particular, people like special counsel Jack Smith? Trump is arraigned and pleads not guilty to charges he conspired to overturn election LAW Trump is arraigned and pleads not guilty to charges he conspired to overturn election First off, what I see disqualifies are not the indictments themselves. It's the conduct that underlies those indictments. So to be clear, I think it's the conduct of the man that disqualifies him from being president much more than the judgment of any individual prosecutor. I've said publicly too that I think I would not have brought either the New York case or the Atlanta case against Donald Trump. I think the New York case was a silly one to bring. And while I don't approve of his conduct of paying off a porn star to hide a extramarital affair while you're running for president, I do not think that that's something that should be a top priority of the Manhattan DA's office, given what I see happening in Manhattan every week from a crime perspective. And the Atlanta case, I think, had already been brought against Donald Trump by Jack Smith. And I think, you know, doubling up on those kind of prosecutions never makes sense. When I was U.S. attorney, I always tried to make sure I cooperated with local prosecutors. And we either did the case together where possible or we made a choice as to which one of us would bring it based upon what would be best for the investigation. But the two federal cases, I believe, are absolutely appropriate cases to have been brought. He is entitled to the presumption of innocence as everybody in this country is. But I think particularly the classified documents case is one that he will have a very, very hard time, either legally or factually, getting out from under. Sponsor Message On potential Republican efforts to impeach President Biden for his son Hunter Biden's business dealings DAVIS: Do you think that case is there? Do you think that an impeachment case should be brought against the president? Not at this point. But I do think that it's necessary, given what we've seen, for there to be oversight by the House. If that oversight then gives us evidence that the president was somehow involved, and he's been very clear about saying, as has his spokespeople, that he's had no involvement and any time with his son's business. Now, you know, whether those phone calls that we've heard about amount to enough to impeach, I would doubt, but I need to see the rest of the evidence. So, no, I don't think that's the case at the moment. But I do think there's enough smoke that the DOJ should be looking into it, that David Weiss, the special counsel, should be looking into that, and the House should be providing appropriate oversight to get the facts out. Check out NPR Politics Podcast interviews with other 2024 GOP presidential candidates Vivek Ramaswamy and Will Hurd On abortion access and federal legislation concerning abortion KEITH: If Congress sends to your desk any legislation that would put restrictions on abortion access, would you sign it into law? As I've said on this issue, I think we fought as conservatives for 50 years to say this is not a federal issue, it's a state issue. And so first, I hope that what happens over the course of the next 16 months or so is that each of the states and their people weigh in on this issue of abortion, whether it's through referenda or whether it's through actions by the legislature and the governor. After that, if there were a consensus, an obvious national consensus that was adopted by the Congress, I would consider signing such a piece of legislation. But I don't think the federal government should preempt the rights of the states and their people to make these decisions. And I have a hard time at the moment believing you can get 60 votes in the Senate for any of those proposals. But if a national consensus were formed by the wisdom of the 50 states, their action, I'd consider it. But the states should be the ones who are making the calls on this and the people of each of those 50 states. Sponsor Message KEITH: Are there any states that have limits that you think are too strict or too lenient? Sure. I think Oklahoma having no abortion available except to save the life of the mother is too strict. And I think New Jersey allowing abortions up to the ninth month of pregnancy is too lenient. I really believe that the states should make these determinations. I'm willing to give you what I think are outliers on both sides, but I want the states to make these calls. I've argued both as a lawyer and as a politician that Roe v. Wade was wrong, that it shouldn't have been a federal issue, that it's not a constitutional issue. And I think it would be hypocritical of me now to say, well, now that Roe is gone, let's have the federal government take this over. In making the call, I think the states should do it. 2024 Republican presidential candidates: A list of who is or may be running ELECTIONS 2024 Republican presidential candidates: A list of who is or may be running On access to healthcare for transgender youth KEITH: You are the only Republican in the race who opposes bans on specialized health care for transgender youth. And we're wondering what shaped your view on this? Well, I thought what shaped my view is I'm a conservative Republican who doesn't want the government telling mothers and fathers how to treat their children. No one loves my four children more than I do and my wife does, and no one knows what's better for our children than we do. Certainly, no governor sitting in a state capital knows better how my children should be raised than I do. And I believe that's a conservative Republican position, and I'm not a big government Republican. I think any type of government intervention of that kind between parents and their children is wrong, and that's why I oppose it. Casey Morell produced the podcast audio and wrote the digital story.

Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro is convicted of contempt of Congress in Jan. 6 investigation

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/former-trump-aide-peter-navarros-trial-set-closing-arguments-contempt-rcna103790 SKIP TO CONTENT POLITICS U.S. NEWS WORLD BUSINESS HEALTH CULTURE & TRENDS VIDEO NBC NEWS TIPLINE Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro is convicted of contempt of Congress in Jan. 6 investigation SHARE & SAVE — Search NBC News SIGN IN CREATE YOUR FREE PROFILE SECTIONS U.S. NEWS POLITICS WORLD LOCAL BUSINESS HEALTH INVESTIGATIONS CULTURE & TRENDS SCIENCE SPORTS TECH & MEDIA VIDEO FEATURES PHOTOS WEATHER NBC SELECT DECISION 2024 NBC ASIAN AMERICA NBC BLK NBC LATINO NBC OUT TV TODAY NIGHTLY NEWS MSNBC MEET THE PRESS DATELINE FEATURED NBC NEWS NOW BETTER NIGHTLY FILMS STAY TUNED SPECIAL FEATURES NEWSLETTERS PODCASTS LISTEN NOW MORE FROM NBC CNBC NBC.COM NBCU ACADEMY NBC LEARN PEACOCK NEXT STEPS FOR VETS PARENT TOOLKIT NBC NEWS SITE MAP HELP FOLLOW NBC NEWS Print Whatsapp Reddit Pocket Flipboard Pinterest Linkedin POLITICS NEWS Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro is convicted of contempt of Congress in Jan. 6 investigation The two counts each carry a minimum of 30 days and a maximum of one year in prison, in addition to a maximum fine of $100,000. 00:28 /01:55 TAP TO UNMUTE Jury finds former Trump adviser Peter Navarro guilty of contempt of Congress 01:56 Get more news on SAVE Create your free profile or log in to save this article Sept. 7, 2023, 7:00 AM EDT / Updated Sept. 7, 2023, 5:20 PM EDT By Daniel Barnes, Dareh Gregorian, Gary Grumbach and Zoë Richards WASHINGTON — Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro was convicted Thursday of criminal contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a congressional subpoena related to the plot to overturn the 2020 election. The jury deliberated for about four hours at a federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., before finding Navarro guilty of two counts of contempt for refusing to testify before the House Jan. 6 committee and turn over subpoenaed documents. Each count carries a minimum of 30 days and a maximum of one year in prison, in addition to a maximum fine of $100,000. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta scheduled Navarro's sentencing for Jan. 12. Speaking to reporters outside the courthouse after the verdict, Navarro seemed more upset about the protesters standing behind him. "Sad day for America, not because of the guilty verdicts, but because I can’t come out and have an honest, decent conversation with the people of America," he said, complaining about the "divide" in the country and "the woke Marxist left." "This is nuts," he added. Navarro went on to say that he wasn't surprised by the quick verdict. "We knew going in what the verdict was going to be,” he said. “That is why this is going to the appeals court." One of his attorneys, John Rowley, said, “This case is not over by a long shot.” Navarro’s lawyers also made a motion for a mistrial after the verdict was read, telling the judge that the jury had gone outside for a break during deliberations and would have been exposed to protesters outside the courthouse with signs about Jan. 6. The jury said they’d reached a verdict about 10 minutes after the break, according to Navarro lawyer Stanley Woodward. Mehta told Woodward to file a motion based on his concerns and said he would consider the issue at a later time. During his closing argument Thursday morning, Woodward said that the government had failed to prove his client was guilty of criminal contempt of Congress. “For the government to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt it also has to prove that Dr. Navarro’s failure to comply with the subpoena was not the result of accident, mistake or inadvertence,” Woodward said, stressing those final three words repeatedly. “This case is about those three words,” he said, adding that the government had failed to tell jurors where Navarro was at the time he was supposed to appear for his deposition with the Jan. 6 committee. On rebuttal, prosecutor John Crabb said, "Who cares where he was? What matters is where he wasn't." Navarro, 74, has said he didn't appear because former President Donald Trump had told him he should assert executive privilege in the case, although Trump never communicated that to the Jan. 6 committee or submitted any information in Navarro's case saying he'd done so. Prosecutors said Navarro had a duty to show up anyway and answer what questions he could. Recommended 2024 ELECTION Ron DeSantis erupts at audience member who blamed him for the Jacksonville shooting CONGRESS Jim Jordan to investigate alleged DOJ pressure campaign in Trump documents case “Contempt means disrespecting the rule of law,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Aloi said in her closing argument. She said Navarro "knew he was commanded to appear and produce documents and he chose not to for whatever reason.” “It does not matter that the defendant refused to comply because he believed the former president had asserted executive privilege,” Aloi said. “If people like the defendant can choose to ignore the government’s subpoenas, the work of our government to serve its people cannot get done,” she added. The trial moved quickly; Jury selection was Tuesday and opening statements and witness testimony were wrapped up by late Wednesday afternoon. On his way in Thursday morning, Navarro told reporters that “today is judgment day,” and said he’s a victim of a “weaponized Biden Justice Department.” The jury began deliberations shortly after 11 a.m. ET Thursday. "We're in God's hands now," Navarro tweeted in the early afternoon, while asking for donations to his legal defense fund to "fight these weaponized partisan bastards." Navarro was indicted last year on two counts of contempt of Congress: one for failing to provide documents and the other for failing to provide testimony. Woodward told the jury in his opening statement that Navarro did not dispute many of the facts presented in the case, including that he had been issued and accepted a subpoena and that he had neither appeared for testimony nor produced records as required. But Woodward argued that Navarro had not willfully failed to comply with the subpoena, a crucial part of the case. Prosecutors called three staff members of the Jan. 6 committee as witnesses, while the defense did not call any witnesses. Before the trial began, Navarro made several claims of executive privilege to avoid the contempt charges. He argued that Trump had directed him to invoke a power that can be used to protect presidential deliberations to shield him from sharing information with the Jan. 6 panel. In a ruling last week, Mehta rejected that argument, noting that the “extraordinary assertion of power” afforded by executive privilege was “not to be lightly invoked” and highlighting an absence of evidence to support Navarro’s claim. Navarro is one of a number of Trump allies who have been held in contempt of Congress in recent years. Last year, a jury found former White House strategist Steve Bannon guilty on two counts of contempt of Congress over his failure to cooperate with a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee. He was sentenced to four months behind bars and a $6,500 fine. He's appealing and has yet to serve his sentence. In 2021, the Democratic-led House found former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in contempt over his refusal to answer questions about the Capitol riot. The Justice Department declined to prosecute Meadows, who had turned over some emails and documents to the Jan. 6 committee. Daniel Barnes and Gary Grumbach reported from Washington. Dareh Gregorian and Zoë Richards reported from New York. Daniel Barnes Daniel Barnes reports for NBC News, based in Washington. Dareh Gregorian Dareh Gregorian is a politics reporter for NBC News. Gary Grumbach Gary Grumbach produces and reports for NBC News, based in Washington, D.C. Zoë Richards Zoë Richards is the evening politics reporter for NBC News. 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Opinion: Trump “engaged in insurrection or rebellion,” let us prove it in a Colorado court

https://www.denverpost.com/2023/09/06/donald-trump-colorado-14th-amendment-section-3-insurrection-rebellion/ When Coloradans cast their votes for president in 2024, our ballots should include only constitutionally qualified candidates. Donald Trump disqualified himself under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment by engaging in an insurrection against the constitutional transfer of power after the 2020 election. That is why we are representing six Colorado voters – four Republicans and two unaffiliated – who are suing Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold to refrain from taking any action that would place Trump on any Colorado ballot. As our state’s chief elections official, Secretary Griswold has a duty to ensure that the Constitution is upheld and ineligible candidates like Trump do not undermine our electoral process. Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, also known as the Disqualification Clause, bars any person from holding office after they took an “oath…to support the Constitution of the United States” and then “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” or gave “aid or comfort” to enemies of the Constitution. This provision is not a punishment, but rather, a qualification for any officeholder or candidate. It is no different than those spelled out in other parts of the Constitution such as age or citizenship. Donald Trump took the presidential oath of office on January 20, 2017. He swore to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution. Instead, he engaged in an elaborate scheme to overturn the results of a free and fair election and, for the first time in our nation’s history, attempted to use violence to block the counting of electoral votes and the peaceful transfer of presidential power. For months, Trump spread disinformation about the validity of the 2020 election results. He advanced the “Big Lie” and fueled the “Stop the Steal” movement. He mobilized his supporters to travel from across the country to Washington D.C. for a “wild” protest that ultimately led to the Capitol attack. He aided that attack by failing to act for hours as his supporters mounted an insurrection on his behalf. Trump put our country and Constitution in peril. Secretaries of state, like Colorado’s Secretary Jena Griswold, have a key role in ensuring those who engaged in the January 6 insurrection are not permitted to run for an office in the government they tried to overthrow. Along with Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), and our co-counsel Eric Olson, Sean Grimsley, and Jason Murray, our lawsuit states that Secretary Griswold cannot take any action that would help put Trump on the ballot. Refusing ballot access to a candidate found to be ineligible is consistent with Secretary Griswold’s role and her oath of office to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. The rule of law is not a partisan issue. None of us — Republican, Democrat, unaffiliated, or other party affiliation — can let our democracy crumble under the weight of this moment. Trump disqualified himself from holding future office through his actions in the months, weeks, and days leading up to and through January 6, 2021. His repeated attacks on our democratic process, our free and fair elections, and calls for political violence brought us to the brink of a constitutional crisis and undermined the public’s faith in the electoral process. Trump’s ongoing candidacy represents an acute threat to the future and vitality of our democracy. Engage and convert your audience throughout the entire customer journey with LinkedIn Did you know B2B brands grow better when brand and demand efforts work in tandem? Discover what the best approach is and how to effectively build your strategy to accelerate your growth. https://lnkd.in/ejVMRqfW SPONSORED BY LINKEDIN ADS Learn more For nearly two decades as election law attorneys generally representing opposite political parties, we have argued against each other in court on multiple occasions. We have been on opposite sides of ballot access questions that set precedents for candidates in Colorado. We have rarely seen eye to eye on politics and interpretations of the law. But in this case, we agree and stand united in support of the Constitution and our democracy. We believe working together to enforce the Disqualification Clause is the best way to protect our country from irreparable harm. We are proud to stand up for Colorado voters and the Constitution, working to ensure that an ineligible insurrectionist is not on the ballot next year. RELATED ARTICLES Colorado voters sue to disqualify Donald Trump from 2024 presidential ballot Opinion: Just a brief reminder of Trump’s nonsensical ramblings Proud Boys’ Enrique Tarrio gets record 22 years in prison for Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy Biden team isn’t waiting for impeachment to go on the offensive Lawyers indicted with Trump say they were doing their jobs. But that may be a tough argument to make. We filed this lawsuit because a Colorado court can direct Secretary Griswold to refrain from taking actions that would violate the Constitution. Given evidence and proof including through witness testimony, a court can determine that Trump is not eligible to access our ballots. With this case, a court can uphold the Constitution. In court, we will demonstrate how the evidence and law create an overwhelming case to disqualify Trump. The January 6th insurrection was a shameful day for our nation. Donald Trump incited that attack and he should not be granted another opportunity to serve in government. That starts here in Colorado and with Secretary Griswold enforcing Section 3 of the 14th Amendment against him. Martha Tierney practices election law and government relations with Tierney Lawrence Stiles, LLC in Denver, and serves as Chair of Common Cause. Mario Nicolais is an election law attorney at KBN Law, LLC. For the past 15 years, he has primarily represented conservative and Republican candidates and organizations. In 2020, he served as counsel for The Lincoln Project and writes a regular column about politics in The Colorado Sun.

John Eastman declines to elaborate on Trump world discussions about Grassley presiding on Jan. 6

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/07/john-eastman-disbarment-chuck-grassley-00114416 John Eastman declines to elaborate on Trump world discussions about Grassley presiding on Jan. 6 He asserted attorney-client privilege when asked to discuss evidence that Trump’s allies considered the Iowa senator playing a role to keep Trump in power. Attorney John Eastman talks to reporters in Los Angeles on June 20, 2023. Attorney John Eastman was asked at his California disbarment trial to respond to some of the allegations against him in the Georgia indictment. | Jae C. Hong/AP Photo By KYLE CHENEY 09/07/2023 12:35 AM EDT Updated: 09/07/2023 06:49 AM EDT John Eastman, testifying at his own disbarment trial, sidestepped a question Wednesday about whether he and others in former President Donald Trump’s orbit discussed the possibility that Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) — rather than Mike Pence — would preside over the Jan. 6, 2021, session of Congress. During several hours of sworn testimony in a California disbarment proceeding, Eastman said discussions on that topic were protected by attorney-client privilege. When pressed about which client of his he was referring to, Eastman replied: “President Trump.” It was a notable exchange in an extraordinary day of testimony from Eastman, who is seeking to defend his license to practice law in California even as he faces criminal charges in Georgia, where he is one of Trump’s 18 codefendants in an alleged conspiracy to subvert the 2020 election. Despite his criminal risk, Eastman fielded dozens of questions for hours on Wednesday, declining to assert his Fifth Amendment rights and only occasionally asserting attorney-client privilege. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks on Capitol Hill on Sept. 6, 2023. Sen. Chuck Grassley was the subject of significant intrigue in the weeks leading up to Jan. 6, 2021. | Alex Brandon/AP Photo Grassley’s role generated significant intrigue in the weeks leading up to Jan. 6. The Constitution requires the vice president — who also serves as the president of the Senate — to preside over the counting of electoral votes to certify the presidential election. Historically, however, this job has at times fallen to the “Senate president pro tempore,” typically the most senior senator in the majority. In 2021, Grassley held that position. California state bar attorney Duncan Carling also pressed Eastman to respond to some of the allegations against him in the Georgia indictment. For example, they grilled him on his contacts with attorney Robert Cheeley, one of the other codefendants in the Georgia case, about efforts to put Eastman in touch with Georgia legislative leaders. (Eastman said those contacts were attorney-client privileged as well). And Carling probed his relationship with attorney Kenneth Chesebro, another Trump codefendant who was an architect of the last-ditch legal strategy Trump deployed to attempt to remain in power. Chesebro wrote memos that helped drive Trump’s efforts to assemble false slates of pro-Trump presidential electors in seven states won by Joe Biden, and said it was crucial that those “contingent” electors gather and vote on Dec. 14, 2020, on the same day that Biden’s state-certified electors cast their own ballots. Eastman indicated that he had a minimal relationship with Chesebro until late December, even as he, too, pushed for the pro-Trump “alternate” electors to meet. “I didn’t directly deal with Mr. Chesebro at that time,” Eastman said. Rather, he said others in Trump’s orbit forwarded him some of Chesebro’s memos. And Eastman suggested that he never saw one key memo — a Dec. 6, 2020, document recently unearthed by the New York Times — until bar attorneys showed it to him this week. Eastman’s limited contact with Chesebro changed later in December, Eastman said, when he directly sought Chesebro’s input on a now-infamous two-page memo he authored that laid out a set of options for Pence on Jan. 6. Eastman said Wednesday that Chesebro “added a paragraph and changed some words” in that memo. A Dec. 23, 2020 email unearthed by the Jan. 6 select committee hinted at Chesebro’s role in that memo. MOST READ 1636802190 DeSantis built a massive network of big donors. Many have ditched him. Trump’s co-defendants are already starting to turn against him The Giuliani aide who ‘vanished’ We Asked the 2024 Candidates to Pick the Songs That Stir Their Souls Georgia judge frets about timetable for Trump racketeering trial “I’m fine with all of Ken’s edits,” Eastman wrote in the message to Trump adviser Boris Epshteyn, with an attachment titled “PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL — Dec. 23 memo on Jan. 6 scenario.” It was that same email in which Eastman also hinted that he thought Grassley might play a role on Jan. 6. In the message, Eastman told Epshteyn that he hoped members of Congress would avoid taking any actions that might “constrain Pence (or Grassley)” from asserting the power to block Biden’s election. Matthew DePerno and Katherine Friess, right, are greeted by Antrim County Administrator Peter Garwood outside of the Antrim County Building in Bellaire on Dec. 6, 2020. LEGAL The Giuliani aide who ‘vanished’ BY BETSY WOODRUFF SWAN AND KYLE CHENEY | SEPTEMBER 06, 2023 04:55 PM Carling asked Eastman whether the email suggested there had been discussions about Grassley filling in for Pence. After Eastman indicated the matter was privileged, Carling moved on to another topic. A Grassley spokesperson said the senator had “no such indication” that Trump and his aides were discussing the prospect of him presiding over the Jan. 6 joint session. “Every expectation was that Pence would attend and preside,” the spokesperson said. Grassley has also previously indicated that he had no knowledge of Eastman’s strategy to use the Jan. 6 session to block Biden’s election. But the exchange underscores that there are still significant unknown details about the behind-the-scenes planning by Trump and his allies ahead of Jan. 6. Grassley started a furor on Jan. 5, 2021, when he told reporters of Pence “we don’t expect him to be there, I will be presiding over the Senate.” His comments prompted an urgent rush by Pence’s staff to correct the record, eventually resulting in a statement from Grassley’s office indicating the senator had been “misinterpreted” and was merely saying he might fill in for Pence during some portions of the proceedings that day. Eastman wasn’t the only one who had mentioned the possibility of Grassley presiding. Chesebro also mused in a Dec. 13, 2021, email that Pence could voluntarily step aside from his Jan. 6 role and allow it to fall to “Chuck Grassley or another senior Republican.” Eastman has taken the stand on at least four different days in a disbarment trial that began in June but was postponed for two months amid scheduling constraints. The Georgia indictment unveiled last month threatened to upend the California proceedings; Eastman unsuccessfully pleaded with his California judge to delay his disbarment trial until after the Georgia case had ended. After losing that effort, Eastman opted to retake the stand and has taken a barrage of questions about his efforts and intentions ahead of Jan. 6. Aides to Trump and an attorney for Chesebro didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.

LGBT法案に関する世論調査

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvF_n918VZE&t=2417s 産経新聞社とＦＮＮの合同世論調査によると LGBT法案に賛成したのは 自民党の支持層：５７・２％ 無党派層：６７・１％ 立憲民主党支持層：６８・１％ 日本維新の会支持層の７４・８％ さらに、同性婚の法律化に賛成したのは 自民支持層：６０・３％ 無党派層：７６・３％ 立民支持層：７４・０％ 維新支持層の８６・９％ つまり、自民党がどうのこうのというより、自民党支持層や維新支持層など保守系支持層を含む、日本人全体の大多数が賛成している、という現実があります。 https://www.sankei.com/article/20230220-PQDZSMO6ORMX5GHJ5BHHAZOCGM/

女系天皇によってなくなるのは「男系万世一系」であって「万世一系」ではありません

女系天皇がうまれても「万世一系」が途絶えるわけではありません。この例でいえば、タラオ天皇は母のサザエ天皇の父親であるおじいちゃんの磯野天皇の血統をうけついでいるからです。つまり「磯野天皇ー＞サザエ天皇ー＞タラオ天皇」というふうに「万世一系」の血統が継続されています。女系天皇によってなくなるのは「男系万世一系」であって「万世一系」ではありません。 これは日本の歴史の中でもよくある話で、男子が生まれなかった時などの理由で、家系や家系の事業をまもるために娘に婿をむかえさせて家系とその事業を継続する日本の伝統があります。たとえばスズキ自動車の鈴木修（松田修）は二代目社長の鈴木俊三の娘婿として三代目の社長となり鈴木姓を名乗って鈴木家の事業を受け継ぎました。その義父鈴木俊三（木村俊三）も、一代目社長鈴木道夫の娘婿として二代目社長になり、鈴木姓を名乗って、鈴木家の家系と事業を受け継ぎました。二代目も三代目も鈴木家の娘婿としての社長ですが、鈴木家が木村家になったわけでもなく、松田家になったわけでもありません。女系を通して鈴木家が継承されています。 つまり、女系によって「万世一系」がなくなることはありません。 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy2iGFETBp4&t=325s

東京の犯罪：令和4年版（警視庁）

https://www.keishicho.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/about_mpd/jokyo_tokei/jokyo/hanzai.files/tokyo.pdf ２０１５年（小池知事になる前年）の東京都の刑法犯件数は１５万件弱。小池百合子が２０１６年に都知事になって以来、ほぼ毎年連続して刑法犯件数は減少していて、昨年は７万８千件。小池都政で刑法犯件数は半減した。 ２０１５年：148,182 （小池以前） ２０１６年：134,619 （小池知事１年目） ２０１７年：125,251 ２０１８年：114,492 ２０１９年：104,664 ２０２０年：82,764 ２０２１年：75,288 ２０２２年：78,475 （警視庁のホームページより）

外国船の航海日誌に記載された気象データから復元する江戸時代後期の日本周辺の気候

https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ajg/2018s/0/2018s_000324/_pdf/-char/ja 日本の過去の気候を明らかにするには、長期の気象観測 データが欠かせない。現在、世界中で過去の気象データを 復元する「データレスキュー」が取り組まれている。日本 での気象観測は 1872 年に函館ではじまった。それ以前も 気象測器を用いた観測はあるが、個人が短期間実施してき たものが多い(Zaiki et al. 2006)。このため、江戸時代 の気候は主に古文書の記録に頼った調査がほとんどであ った(山川 1993)。 一方で欧米に目を向けると、17 世紀に気圧計が発明さ れ、気象観測が行われていた。江戸時代日本は鎖国をして いたが、欧米各国は大航海時代であり、多くの艦船がアジ アに進出していた。19 世紀になると気象測器を積んだ艦 船が日本近海にも数多く航行するようになった。航海日誌 は各国の図書館に保管されており、航海日誌から気象デー タを復元する試みが行われている(Brohan et al. 2009)。 本研究は欧米の艦船が航海日誌に記録した気象観測デー タに着目し、江戸時代に欧米の艦船が日本周辺で観測した 気象データを用いて日本周辺の気候を明らかにすること にある。

Proud Boy who smashed Capitol window with police shield sentenced to 10 years (NBC)

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/proud-boy-sentenced-rcna102857 Sept. 1, 2023, 10:29 AM EDT / Updated Sept. 1, 2023, 12:41 PM EDT By Ryan J. Reilly and Daniel Barnes WASHINGTON — Dominic Pezzola, a Proud Boy who smashed a Capitol window with a stolen police riot shield, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison on Friday. Pezzola was the only one of the five defendants in the Proud Boys trial who was not convicted of the top charge of seditious conspiracy. Prosecutors had sought 20 years for him. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly who handed down Pezzola's sentence gave two other Proud Boys prison terms of roughly half of what prosecutors sought on Thursday. Joe Biggs, a former InfoWars correspondent, was sentenced to 17 years in federal prison Thursday, and Zach Rehl, a Philadelphia Proud Boy who was found to have pepper-sprayed officers, was sentenced to 15 years. Proud Boys member Dominic Pezzola inside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Proud Boys member Dominic Pezzola inside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP file Pezzola took the stand in his own defense at trial in April, calling the charges against him "fake" and bringing up conspiracy theories about Ray Epps, a Jan. 6 participant who has not yet been charged. Extensive video evidence documented Pezzola's actions at the Capitol on Jan. 6, including a video he filmed inside after leading the breach. He was found guilty of assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers, as well as stealing the police shield and other charges in May. “Knew we could take this motherf----- over if we just tried hard enough,” he said in his own Jan. 6 video. Prosecutors said he "acted as a soldier in the civil war he had envisioned" on Jan. 6. "Pezzola’s actions showed beyond a shadow of a doubt that he had intended to influence or affect the conduct of government by intimidation or coercion, or to retaliate against government conduct," prosecutors wrote. "While sparring with police who were trying to quell the mob’s advance, Pezzola robbed an officer of his riot shield. Rather than taking actions consistent with his self-professed motive of self-defense, Pezzola celebrated, posing with the shield while flashing the Proud Boys hand gesture, and chanting 'USA! USA!' While holding the shield above his head triumphantly." “It boggles my mind,” Kelly said of Pezzola’s actions during the riot, including smashing the window and filming a video of himself taking a “victory smoke” in the Capitol crypt. Recommended ELECTIONS Ohio reproductive rights group sues state Ballot Board over abortion ballot language DONALD TRUMP Trump's Georgia election interference trial will be televised and livestreamed, judge says During Friday's hearing, Pezzola’s longtime partner, Lisa Magee, reiterated what she said on the stand at trial: that Pezzola was “a f---ing idiot.” She said her daughters have had to suffer, and have been bullied at home due to their father’s actions. Magee, who testified that Pezzola was getting drunk and watching Fox News before Jan. 6, said that she’d already canceled cable news at their home. “I truly believe if he could go back and change ... that day that he would," she said. Magee and Pezzola's mother both spoke before the court through tears and Pezzola could be seen holding his head in his hands and wiping away tears with a tissue while they spoke. His 19-year-old daughter remained stoic during her statement, telling Kelly about the positive impact her father has had on her life. “I am everything good that my father has done that you have not seen,” she said. Prior to his sentencing, Pezzola told the judge, “I stand before you today as a changed and humble man. I have never denied what I did on J6.” “This was the worst, most regrettable decision in my life and I’m truly sorry,” he said, promising that he would never again do anything that would land him in a courtroom.