First we have this:
TRUMP: MAYBE THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO TELL PEOPLE I’M RUNNING AGAIN
The twice-impeached president may announce a third bid for the White
House early to distract from the fallout of the Jan. 6 hearings and
stave off potential GOP rivals.
The Jan. 6 committee’s public hearings have led to a slew of bad
headlines for Donald Trump. Most recently, former White House aide
Cassidy Hutchinson’s explosive testimony detailed the former president’s alleged attempt to seize the wheel from his security detail to attend
the insurrection, as well as a lunch-throwing meltdown over the Justice Department’s failure to find election-altering fraud in the 2020
election. And now, Trump apparently thinks the best way to distract from
the narrative of his undemocratic attempt to remain president is to make
an earlier-than-expected announcement of his intention to run for the
third time. The former president “has accelerated his planning in recent weeks just as a pair of investigations”—by the House select committee,
and within the Justice Department—“have intensified and congressional testimony has revealed new details” about his attempt to overturn his
2020 election loss, the New York Times reported Friday. Trump “recently surprised some advisers by saying he might declare his candidacy on
social media without warning even his own team,” according to the Times, “and aides are scrambling to build out basic campaign infrastructure in
time for an announcement as early as this month.” The possibility of a
summer announcement was bolstered by subsequent CNN and CBS reports.
“Every day is different. We get told he’s going to announce imminently,
and by the afternoon that has changed,” one source told CNN.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/07/trump-maybe-this-is-a-good-time-to-tell-people-im-running-again
Then, there's this:
Cheney says January 6 committee could make multiple criminal referrals, including of Trump
The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021,
insurrection could make multiple criminal referrals, including of former President Donald Trump, the panel's vice chair, Rep. Liz Cheney, said in
an interview broadcast Sunday.
"We'll make a decision as a committee about it," the Wyoming Republican
told ABC News when asked about the prospect of referring Trump for
prosecution and saying "yes" when asked whether a referral of Trump was possible.
"The Justice Department doesn't have to wait for the committee to make a criminal referral, and there could be more than one criminal referral,"
Cheney said.
Cheney's remarks come days after explosive testimony before the panel investigating the attack on the US Capitol from former White House aide
Cassidy Hutchinson, who recalled being told of Trump's anger when
informed by his Secret Service detail he couldn't accompany protesters
to the Capitol on January 6.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/03/politics/liz-cheney-january-6-trump/index.html
What do I say? Lock him up! Lock him up! HawHawHaw!
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