A Capitol rioter who received a call from the White House during the Jan. 6 riot has been named for the first time as text messages surfaced that shed new light on then-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows’ efforts to sway the 2020 election. Anton Lunick, a 26-year-old supporter of former President Donald Trump who traveled to Washington from Brooklyn, was named Monday by CNN as the recipient of an outgoing phone call made from the White House switchboard on Jan. 6. The call came as Lunik and his friends were returning to New York, the agency said. Meanwhile, text messages obtained by CNN showed that Phil Waldron, one of the key players behind the election-rigging effort, briefed Mr. Meadows on his efforts to gain access to voting systems in key battleground states in the late December of 2020. Mr. Waldron said those efforts would be hampered by an Arizona judge’s dismissal of an election-related lawsuit, to which Mr. Meadows responded: “Sad.”
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The text messages show that Mark Meadows was communicating directly with the pro-Trump operative
Text messages obtained by CNN showed that one of the agents behind the efforts to seize voting machines contacted former President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, directly. Phil Waldron, who had promoted conspiracy theories related to the election, reportedly texted Mr. Meadows on December 23 saying a judge in Arizona had dismissed a Republican lawsuit. Mr Waldron reportedly told Mr Meadows he would allow their opponents to engage in “delay tactics” that would prevent Mr Waldron and his allies from accessing the voting machines, to which Mr Meadows replied: “Deplorable”. Eric Garcia has the details:
Texts show Mark Meadows spoke to pro-Trump businessman about confiscating voting machines
The texts reveal the extent of Mr Meadows’ involvement in attempts to subvert the election. Gino Spocchia September 26, 2022 11:00 p.m 1664227802
Capitol rioter who received call from White House on Jan. 6 identified
The recipient of an outgoing phone call made from the White House switchboard to a January 6 rioter was a New Yorker who spent about ten minutes inside the Capitol that day. According to CNN, the nine-second call was made on a cell phone belonging to Anton Lunyk, a 26-year-old supporter of former President Donald Trump who traveled to Washington from Brooklyn, New York, and attended the “Stop the Steal” rally. . in the Ellipse that immediately preceded the attack on the Capitol. In April, Lunick was convicted on video surveillance charges of illegally entering and demonstrating inside the Capitol. Andrew Feinberg has more:
Capitol rioter who received call from White House on Jan. 6 identified
It’s unclear whether the nine-second phone call was made in error, and it’s not known who in the White House made the call. Gino Spocchia September 26, 2022 10:30 p.m 1664226002
Clinton compares Trump fans doing “QAnon salutes” to Nazis
Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is criticizing the gestures made by Donald Trump’s supporters at his rally in Ohio, comparing them to Nazis. Mrs. Clinton, speaking at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin on Friday, said her reaction to the pointer salute at the rally was similar to how she used to feel about Nazis, adding: “What’s going on?” The former US secretary of state spoke about her years as a student when she spent time thinking about how people could be attracted to Hitler. Stuti Mishra has the report:
Hillary Clinton Compares Trump Fans Giving ‘QAnon Salutes’ To Nazis
Trump aide slams her comment as ‘divisive’ Gino Spocchia September 26, 2022 10:00 p.m 1664224202
When will the January 6 committee publish its final report?
The House Select Committee to investigate the Jan. 6 coup likely won’t release its report on the attempted coup before the election, Axios reported earlier this month. But that doesn’t mean he couldn’t make news before November 8. Chairman Bennie Thompson told reporters he did not want the committee to be “perceived as a partisan committee … we’re quite free from that kind of complaint and we wouldn’t want to interfere in elections.”
The January 6 committee could bring a surprise in October for the midterms
The commission is unlikely to release its final report before the election. Gino Spocchia September 26, 2022 9:30 p.m 1664222402
The election naysayer who texted Meadows put together the 36-page Power Point
Phil Waldron was responsible for helping draft language for an executive order as well as a Power Point presentation on how to rig an election, the Jan. 6 committee said earlier this year. That order — if signed by the former president — would allow the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security to seize voting machines on behalf of the White House over false allegations of election fraud in 2020. On Monday, CNN revealed how Mr Waldron texted former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows about a plot to seize voting machines. Here is an earlier report by Andrew Feinberg about the allegations and investigation against Mr. Waldron…
Capitol riot commission subpoenas Phil Waldron
The retired Army colonel was the author of the 36-page PowerPoint presentation that former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows delivered to the House Select Committee. Gino Spocchia 26 September 2022 21:00 1664220602
Trump claims he got ‘nothing of great urgency’ from White House – months before Mar-a-Lago raid
Trump told New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman that he took “nothing of great urgency” with him when he left the White House, months before federal law enforcement seized 11 boxes of classified documents in Mar-a- Lago. In an adapted excerpt from her book, published in The Atlantic On Sunday, Ms. Haberman detailed the moment Trump denied removing documents from the White House when he left office:
Trump claimed he got ‘nothing of great urgency’ from White House, new book reveals
Details of Mr Trump’s handling of highly sensitive government records come at the culmination of a Justice Department criminal investigation Gino Spocchia September 26, 2022 8:30 p.m 1664218502
Haberman “like my psychiatrist,” Trump is quoted as saying
Donald Trump told New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman that he was “like my psychiatrist” during a post-presidential interview about her new book Confidence Man. According to an excerpt published in The Atlantic, the former president turned to two aides during their interview at Mar-a-Lago and said, “I love being with her. he’s like my psychiatrist.” Ms. Haberman cultivated a long and fruitful relationship with the former president dating back to when she covered his business empire for the New York Post and the New York Daily News.
Trump told Maggie Haberman she was ‘like his psychiatrist’
“The reality is that he treats everyone as if they were his psychiatrists,” New York Times reporter Ms. Haberman writes in the new book. Gino Spocchia 26 September 2022 19:55 1664216402
Jen Psaki comments on the midterms, Biden and Rep. Green
Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Democrats know they will lose the 2022 midterm elections if they focus on Joe Biden’s record as president, instead of pointing to the far-right threat from within the GOP. Ms Psaki, who left the Biden administration earlier this year, said: “If it’s a referendum on the president, they’re going to lose and they know it.” Citing Republican Sen. Marjorie Taylor Green, Ms. Psaki added that Democrats can win if the election is about who is more extreme, as Eric Garcia reports:
Psaki says Democrats know they’re doomed if midterms are a vote for Biden
The former White House press secretary warns that Democrats know crime is a big issue. Gino Spocchia September 26, 2022 19:20 1664214602
Where was Andrew Lunyk on January 6th?
Lunick and his friends were convicted and sentenced for trespassing at the Capitol on Jan. 6 after they were seen on a live feed of the attack entering a “secret” office of Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon. Surveillance footage also showed Lunick and two others leaving the Capitol through an open window at about 3:12 p.m. that day – before the alleged call from inside the White House. As Andrew Feinberg reports, the call was not mentioned in the Justice Department’s case against Mr. Lunyak…
Capitol rioter who received call from White House on Jan. 6 identified
It’s unclear whether the nine-second phone call was made in error, and it’s not known who in the White House made the call. Gino Spocchia September 26, 2022 6:50 p.m 1664212502
It remains unclear who was on the “White House end” of the phone call
While the recipient of a nine-second phone call from inside the White House on Jan. 6 to a rioter has been located by CNN, the person who made that call remains unidentified. Denver Riggleman, a former Republican congressman who served on the Jan. 6 committee staff, told NBC’s Meet the Press that he did not know who was “on the end of the call at the White House.” It remains unclear whether the call was a mistake or for what purpose the call was made to Anton Lunyk, 26. Gino Spocchia September 26, 2022 6:15 p.m
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A Capitol rioter who received a call from the White House during the Jan. 6 riot has been named for the first time as text messages surfaced that shed new light on then-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows’ efforts to sway the 2020 election. Anton Lunick, a 26-year-old supporter of former President Donald Trump who traveled to Washington from Brooklyn, was named Monday by CNN as the recipient of an outgoing phone call made from the White House switchboard on Jan. 6. The call came as Lunik and his friends were returning to New York, the agency said. Meanwhile, text messages obtained by CNN showed that Phil Waldron, one of the key players behind the election-rigging effort, briefed Mr. Meadows on his efforts to gain access to voting systems in key battleground states in the late December of 2020. Mr. Waldron said those efforts would be hampered by an Arizona judge’s dismissal of an election-related lawsuit, to which Mr. Meadows responded: “Sad.”
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The text messages show that Mark Meadows was communicating directly with the pro-Trump operative
Text messages obtained by CNN showed that one of the agents behind the efforts to seize voting machines contacted former President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, directly. Phil Waldron, who had promoted conspiracy theories related to the election, reportedly texted Mr. Meadows on December 23 saying a judge in Arizona had dismissed a Republican lawsuit. Mr Waldron reportedly told Mr Meadows he would allow their opponents to engage in “delay tactics” that would prevent Mr Waldron and his allies from accessing the voting machines, to which Mr Meadows replied: “Deplorable”. Eric Garcia has the details:
Texts show Mark Meadows spoke to pro-Trump businessman about confiscating voting machines
The texts reveal the extent of Mr Meadows’ involvement in attempts to subvert the election. Gino Spocchia September 26, 2022 11:00 p.m 1664227802
Capitol rioter who received call from White House on Jan. 6 identified
The recipient of an outgoing phone call made from the White House switchboard to a January 6 rioter was a New Yorker who spent about ten minutes inside the Capitol that day. According to CNN, the nine-second call was made on a cell phone belonging to Anton Lunyk, a 26-year-old supporter of former President Donald Trump who traveled to Washington from Brooklyn, New York, and attended the “Stop the Steal” rally. . in the Ellipse that immediately preceded the attack on the Capitol. In April, Lunick was convicted on video surveillance charges of illegally entering and demonstrating inside the Capitol. Andrew Feinberg has more:
Capitol rioter who received call from White House on Jan. 6 identified
It’s unclear whether the nine-second phone call was made in error, and it’s not known who in the White House made the call. Gino Spocchia September 26, 2022 10:30 p.m 1664226002
Clinton compares Trump fans doing “QAnon salutes” to Nazis
Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is criticizing the gestures made by Donald Trump’s supporters at his rally in Ohio, comparing them to Nazis. Mrs. Clinton, speaking at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin on Friday, said her reaction to the pointer salute at the rally was similar to how she used to feel about Nazis, adding: “What’s going on?” The former US secretary of state spoke about her years as a student when she spent time thinking about how people could be attracted to Hitler. Stuti Mishra has the report:
Hillary Clinton Compares Trump Fans Giving ‘QAnon Salutes’ To Nazis
Trump aide slams her comment as ‘divisive’ Gino Spocchia September 26, 2022 10:00 p.m 1664224202
When will the January 6 committee publish its final report?
The House Select Committee to investigate the Jan. 6 coup likely won’t release its report on the attempted coup before the election, Axios reported earlier this month. But that doesn’t mean he couldn’t make news before November 8. Chairman Bennie Thompson told reporters he did not want the committee to be “perceived as a partisan committee … we’re quite free from that kind of complaint and we wouldn’t want to interfere in elections.”
The January 6 committee could bring a surprise in October for the midterms
The commission is unlikely to release its final report before the election. Gino Spocchia September 26, 2022 9:30 p.m 1664222402
The election naysayer who texted Meadows put together the 36-page Power Point
Phil Waldron was responsible for helping draft language for an executive order as well as a Power Point presentation on how to rig an election, the Jan. 6 committee said earlier this year. That order — if signed by the former president — would allow the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security to seize voting machines on behalf of the White House over false allegations of election fraud in 2020. On Monday, CNN revealed how Mr Waldron texted former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows about a plot to seize voting machines. Here is an earlier report by Andrew Feinberg about the allegations and investigation against Mr. Waldron…
Capitol riot commission subpoenas Phil Waldron
The retired Army colonel was the author of the 36-page PowerPoint presentation that former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows delivered to the House Select Committee. Gino Spocchia 26 September 2022 21:00 1664220602
Trump claims he got ‘nothing of great urgency’ from White House – months before Mar-a-Lago raid
Trump told New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman that he took “nothing of great urgency” with him when he left the White House, months before federal law enforcement seized 11 boxes of classified documents in Mar-a- Lago. In an adapted excerpt from her book, published in The Atlantic On Sunday, Ms. Haberman detailed the moment Trump denied removing documents from the White House when he left office:
Trump claimed he got ‘nothing of great urgency’ from White House, new book reveals
Details of Mr Trump’s handling of highly sensitive government records come at the culmination of a Justice Department criminal investigation Gino Spocchia September 26, 2022 8:30 p.m 1664218502
Haberman “like my psychiatrist,” Trump is quoted as saying
Donald Trump told New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman that he was “like my psychiatrist” during a post-presidential interview about her new book Confidence Man. According to an excerpt published in The Atlantic, the former president turned to two aides during their interview at Mar-a-Lago and said, “I love being with her. he’s like my psychiatrist.” Ms. Haberman cultivated a long and fruitful relationship with the former president dating back to when she covered his business empire for the New York Post and the New York Daily News.
Trump told Maggie Haberman she was ‘like his psychiatrist’
“The reality is that he treats everyone as if they were his psychiatrists,” New York Times reporter Ms. Haberman writes in the new book. Gino Spocchia 26 September 2022 19:55 1664216402
Jen Psaki comments on the midterms, Biden and Rep. Green
Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Democrats know they will lose the 2022 midterm elections if they focus on Joe Biden’s record as president, instead of pointing to the far-right threat from within the GOP. Ms Psaki, who left the Biden administration earlier this year, said: “If it’s a referendum on the president, they’re going to lose and they know it.” Citing Republican Sen. Marjorie Taylor Green, Ms. Psaki added that Democrats can win if the election is about who is more extreme, as Eric Garcia reports:
Psaki says Democrats know they’re doomed if midterms are a vote for Biden
The former White House press secretary warns that Democrats know crime is a big issue. Gino Spocchia September 26, 2022 19:20 1664214602
Where was Andrew Lunyk on January 6th?
Lunick and his friends were convicted and sentenced for trespassing at the Capitol on Jan. 6 after they were seen on a live feed of the attack entering a “secret” office of Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon. Surveillance footage also showed Lunick and two others leaving the Capitol through an open window at about 3:12 p.m. that day – before the alleged call from inside the White House. As Andrew Feinberg reports, the call was not mentioned in the Justice Department’s case against Mr. Lunyak…
Capitol rioter who received call from White House on Jan. 6 identified
It’s unclear whether the nine-second phone call was made in error, and it’s not known who in the White House made the call. Gino Spocchia September 26, 2022 6:50 p.m 1664212502
It remains unclear who was on the “White House end” of the phone call
While the recipient of a nine-second phone call from inside the White House on Jan. 6 to a rioter has been located by CNN, the person who made that call remains unidentified. Denver Riggleman, a former Republican congressman who served on the Jan. 6 committee staff, told NBC’s Meet the Press that he did not know who was “on the end of the call at the White House.” It remains unclear whether the call was a mistake or for what purpose the call was made to Anton Lunyk, 26. Gino Spocchia September 26, 2022 6:15 p.m
