Andrew Weissmann
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There was no fraud that changed the outcome of the election. There might be low level stuff, but I mean, that was the sin. And so the claim that the president is doing this in the name of free speech. So let's just remember that this week, The Supreme Court said that the president's violated due process.
You have a judge in D.C., Trevor McFadden, saying that the administration has violated the First Amendment with respect to the Associated Press. The attack on the law firms have been struck down by three judges based on the First Amendment. So the idea that this administration is saying, oh, we're doing this with respect to Chris Krebs saying the truth,
You have a judge in D.C., Trevor McFadden, saying that the administration has violated the First Amendment with respect to the Associated Press. The attack on the law firms have been struck down by three judges based on the First Amendment. So the idea that this administration is saying, oh, we're doing this with respect to Chris Krebs saying the truth,
You have a judge in D.C., Trevor McFadden, saying that the administration has violated the First Amendment with respect to the Associated Press. The attack on the law firms have been struck down by three judges based on the First Amendment. So the idea that this administration is saying, oh, we're doing this with respect to Chris Krebs saying the truth,
And that is in the name of the First Amendment is, this is, I was just reading 1984 with some of my students. And I mean, this is doublespeak. This is freedom is slavery. War is peace.
And that is in the name of the First Amendment is, this is, I was just reading 1984 with some of my students. And I mean, this is doublespeak. This is freedom is slavery. War is peace.
And that is in the name of the First Amendment is, this is, I was just reading 1984 with some of my students. And I mean, this is doublespeak. This is freedom is slavery. War is peace.
And it's more insidious than even that because what the message is, the reason you might be thinking, well, why go after these two people? They're not exactly like household names. This isn't the Fauci's and the Mark Milley's. The message is for the people in the administration now, this will happen to you immediately. if you don't toe the line and say what I think is the truth.
And it's more insidious than even that because what the message is, the reason you might be thinking, well, why go after these two people? They're not exactly like household names. This isn't the Fauci's and the Mark Milley's. The message is for the people in the administration now, this will happen to you immediately. if you don't toe the line and say what I think is the truth.
And it's more insidious than even that because what the message is, the reason you might be thinking, well, why go after these two people? They're not exactly like household names. This isn't the Fauci's and the Mark Milley's. The message is for the people in the administration now, this will happen to you immediately. if you don't toe the line and say what I think is the truth.
In other words, the truth is what I say it is. And if you deviate from that, this is going to happen. So it's really a strategic use of the executive order and the Department of Justice, which has no separation now whatsoever from the White House.
In other words, the truth is what I say it is. And if you deviate from that, this is going to happen. So it's really a strategic use of the executive order and the Department of Justice, which has no separation now whatsoever from the White House.
In other words, the truth is what I say it is. And if you deviate from that, this is going to happen. So it's really a strategic use of the executive order and the Department of Justice, which has no separation now whatsoever from the White House.
Well, the norm post Watergate is that the White House does not do that. I'm going to give you an example. I worked on the Enron investigation, and that was under the Bush administration. And there was lots of talk about the then chairman of Enron, Ken Lay, and his ties to the administration.
Well, the norm post Watergate is that the White House does not do that. I'm going to give you an example. I worked on the Enron investigation, and that was under the Bush administration. And there was lots of talk about the then chairman of Enron, Ken Lay, and his ties to the administration.
Well, the norm post Watergate is that the White House does not do that. I'm going to give you an example. I worked on the Enron investigation, and that was under the Bush administration. And there was lots of talk about the then chairman of Enron, Ken Lay, and his ties to the administration.
There was not a single moment in that administration where the administration said what we should be doing, who we should charge, who we should not charge. It was just a given. I'm using that as a deliberate example because it's a Republican administration, and those are norms that Republican administrations followed.
There was not a single moment in that administration where the administration said what we should be doing, who we should charge, who we should not charge. It was just a given. I'm using that as a deliberate example because it's a Republican administration, and those are norms that Republican administrations followed.
There was not a single moment in that administration where the administration said what we should be doing, who we should charge, who we should not charge. It was just a given. I'm using that as a deliberate example because it's a Republican administration, and those are norms that Republican administrations followed.
And what separates us is to a rule of law country as opposed to just a transactional country. And that is what we have become. And I think it's so important not to normalize what is happening. There's the substance of what's being done with respect to Miles and Chris, but there's also just making sure people are aware that