Trump advisors,ex-aides, ex-lawyers,ex- confidents leave his team
One of the most litigious former U.S. presidents is facing a whirlwind of legal cases aided by many of his former aides. He faces at least 22 civil cases, and lawsuits,defamations, and federal investigations and of course he blames a corrupt American country and crooked Joe Biden. Included are the 2021 capital attack and official documents found in his residence in Mar-a Lago Florida. Why he would take the official papers is beyond me. He is charged as well, with Georgia`s state`election results. I present to you a list of all Trump officials who willingly and a unhappily reached out.
Among the list of persons who have left the Donald Trump team are the following (former chief of staff Mark Meadows), those who pled the fifth during their interviews ( lawyer John Eastman) , assistant attorney general Jeffrey Clark) and national security advisor Michael Flynn, among many others and those subpoenaed but have not answered.
Ginni Thomas, conservative activist and wife of Justice Thomas. She urged state officials to overturn to the election results, because she did believe in a stolen election.
William Barr, the former attorney general, once a staunch defender of Trump, said Trump`s election lies were “bull-shit” and prfoundly disagreed with the idea of a “stolen election”He also stated in no uncertain terms Trump had no “legitimate reasons ” to have classified material at his home in Florida.
Pat Cipollone, as a high ranking official has been a key witness in multiple federal cases. He was deposed by the January 6 panel and subpoenaed by a federal grand jury investigating Jan 6th. He invoked executive privilege for some questions . According to the Washington Post, he spent 2 1/2 hours in a closed room with the grand jury. He was also interviewed about the sensitive documents at Mar-a- lago by the FBI.
Aileen Cannon was Trump`s former campaign lawyer, and despite his name was a male. He expressed doubts about the conspiracy theories claiming that the voting machines provided by Dominion interfered with the votes. Peter Navarro accused Cannon of being a “deep-state-operative.
Elaine Chao, the former secretary of transportation and wife of Sen.Mitch McConnel met with the January 6th panel in early August. She provided information about the cabinet`s plan to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office. She resigned first after the capitol riot.
Justin Clark , a former Trump campaign lawyer was interviewed by DOJ prosecutors regarding former Trump advisor Steve Bannon. According to ABC criminal contempt case. Clark contradicted statements from Bannon who said that Trump claimed executive privilege over Bannon`s testimony to the January 6 committee. According to ABC News Clark said this was untrue.
John Deere in response to a subpoena spoke with the January 6 panel. Deere said to the committee it was late to challenge the election. The Electoral college had met. That is the U.S.A. system to elect a president, confirmed by Axios.
Richard Donoghue strongly opposed efforts to overturn Biden`s election. He testified before the Jan 6 panel to that effect on June 23.
Steven Engel was a former assistant attorney general. He was in Trump`s Justice Department but still opposed the overturning of the election. He also testified before the Jan 6th panel on June 23
Rudy Giuliani – Was a former personal attorney for Donald Trump and was removed by the Jan 6 panel. He was subpoenaed by a grand jury in the Justice department probe
Eric Herschmann- he told the Jan 6 panel that he opposed Trump’s plan to overturn the election of 2020. He pushed John Eastman by saying he was out of his” effing mind for supporting it.” Herschmann was also subpoenaed by the Georgia special grand jury, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Chris Hodgson, was the former director of legislative affairs for Mike Pence. He was deposed by the Jan 6th panel. According to text messages retrieved by the committee Hodgson denied Sen. Ron Johnson`s request to give an alternate slate to the vice president.
Cassidy Hutchinson was the former White House aide to Mike Meadows chief of staff. He spoke before the January 6 panel, in public and private that Trump lashed at his Secret Service on the day of the Capitol riot.
Keith Kellogg was the former national security advisor to Mike Pence He told the Jan6th panel he was one of the officials to tell Trump`s supporters to back down on riot day. He also testified he never heard Trump call for National Law enforcement when the breach happened.
Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of Donald Trump and one of many advisors. He was one of the first of the former family members to speak with the Jan 6 committee. He was focused , he told investigators, to get as many pardons as possible before Trump left office. In an interview with Sky News on the second of Sept he suggested he will return to the white house, but declined to comment on whether the election the election was stolen .
Nick Luna, a former white house aide was deposed by Jan6 panel. He could provide an account of how Trump went off script in press briefings according to CNN.
Derek Lyons was a former staff secretary in the White House. Lyons confirmed the discussion between Cipollone, Herschmann, Trump about the lack of real evidence about election fraud.
Sarah Matthews former deputy press secretary who testified before Jan 6th panel. She resigned from her position after the Capitol riot. She pushed the white house employee Kayleigh McEnany to urge Trump and his team to send a message to his supporters to leave the capital.
Kayleigh McEnany the former white house press secretary was deposed by the January 6 panel and provided several accounts of Trump`s response including that he wanted to join the protest.
John McEntee the former director of White House presidential personnel office. He was deposed by the Jan 6th committee and mentioned all the rioters would be pardoned.
Jason Miller a former Trump campaign spokesman and advisor.He told the investigators Trump was told he would lost the election according to CBS News.
Max Miller, a former White House aide confirmed he also wanted to join the protestors. Max is a candidate for Ohio`s 7th district and called the investigations “partisan witch hunts” He looked forward to ending the witch hunts and get on with the safe business of the people building an economy that works for my constituents.. Miller testified to the Jan6th committee behind closed doors. He was inside the White House on insurrection day.
Gen. Mark Milley chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff. He expressed over Trumps lack of action Nothing? No call? Zero? He said he was close to resigning from his position as Chair of the Joint Chiefs after Trumps` infamous photo in front of St. John`s Church during George Floyd protest
Doc Mitchell sat for a deposition with Jan 6th panel was subpoenaed by the Georgia grand jury in an attempt to overturn state`s election results that gave Joe Biden the presidency.
Matthew Morgan former Trump lawyer showed footage of Miller`testimony , in which he testified there was not sufficient evidence in the election results adding to the people who knew Biden won. Trump lost according to the Washington Post.
Robert O`Obrien former national security advisor according with to NBC news he met on Aug 23 met Jan6th committee. He was asked about removing Trump from office., whether he resisted resigning and what kind of access Mike Lindell the CEO had to Trump. Reported by NY Times.
Patrick Philbin a former White House deputy counsel. According to Politico he was expected to speak to the Jan 6th panel. He was also subpoenaed for the Justice Department`s probe into the capital attack. Reported by CNN. He was also interviewed by the FBI on matters related to the White House documents stored at Mar-a-lag. He and Cipollone were the point people to deal with the National Archives and Records administration after Trump left office.
It should be quite obvious that most of the people in Donald Trump`s cabinet and his closest advisors were not happy with the actions of Trump after losing the election to Joe Biden. To do what Trump said they did would bring jail terms and who knows what else. But that is not what bothers me the most. At this point Trump is facing many charges that he paid some of his lawyers bills with money he raised to fight the campaign and he is being charged with other felons that could also lead to jail terms. Trump has put off trials until the coming election I also resent even although I am a Canadian that he calls the present president “crooked Joe” That Joe Biden`s son was involved in taking banned drugs is something that Biden as president and very busy ,probably was not aware of. Donald Trump did not sign the papers turning over the presidency to Joe Biden at the previous election and not only that he said if he loses this election he will say it was again stolen. It seems the only fair election is one won by Trump. Is the USA still a democracy? Who knows?
