Key Takeaways
- The January 6th Committee prepared to vote on criminal referrals for Donald Trump.
- The Department of Justice obtained emails from John Eastman, Jeffrey Clark, and others.
- A Capitol riot defendant faced new charges for allegedly plotting to kill FBI agents.
- The Georgia grand jury investigating 2020 election interference is nearing its final report.
- Twitter briefly suspended journalists reporting on Elon Musk, prompting widespread criticism.
- Donald Trump's NFT project was detailed as a 'scam' by a business fraud expert.
Deep Dive
- The January 6th Committee was scheduled to vote on criminal referrals for Donald Trump at a 1 p.m. ET hearing.
- Newly unsealed court documents revealed the Department of Justice obtained search warrants for email accounts of John Eastman, Jeffrey Clark, and two others in May.
- The DOJ seized Congressman Scott Perry's phone due to probable cause of crimes after a judge ruled his emails were not privileged.
- Over 330 drafts of Jeffrey Clark's memoir, detailing a draft letter to Georgia about election irregularities, were handed over.
- John Eastman's memoir reportedly includes Trump's reaction to a draft letter, offering potential evidence of intent for prosecutors.
- Edward Kelly, a Tennessee man previously charged in the Capitol riot, faces new conspiracy charges for allegedly planning to kill FBI agents.
- Kelly obtained a list of 37 law enforcement personnel involved in his investigation.
- He allegedly discussed collecting intelligence and planning assassination missions against these individuals and attacking the FBI's Knoxville field office.
- Austin Carter is listed as a co-defendant in the new charges related to the alleged plot.
- Twitter suspended the accounts of several journalists who had reported on Elon Musk's ownership and policies.
- The suspensions drew widespread criticism for violating press freedom.
- Following public backlash and an informal poll conducted by Musk, some of these accounts were subsequently reinstated.
- A poll indicated 58.7% of voters favored immediate reinstatement of the suspended accounts.
- Business fraud expert Kurt Eichenwald described Donald Trump's NFT announcement as 'scuzzy,' featuring poorly photoshopped digital cards.
- NFT terms indicated purchasers did not traditionally own the digital assets and had to 'kick back money' to CIC Digital, an entity linked to Trump.
- The fine print stipulated purchasers could not sue CIC International or Trump in relation to these transactions.
- The entity's registration led to a Wyoming address commonly used by shell companies for fraudsters and criminals.
- The host suggested that selling trading cards and merchandise is a desperate attempt to generate funds to meet a $400 million debt due next year.