The Capitol Insurrection Increasingly Appears To Have Been ‘An Inside Job’
While watching the Trump traitors engage in armed insurrection against the Capitol last week, my first thought was that these domestic terrorists had assistance – from Capitol Police, members of Congress or congressional staff, or building staffers.
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A growing number of House Democrats say they’re concerned that tactical decisions by some Capitol Police officers worsened Wednesday’s riots and have raised the possibility that the pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol might have had outside help.
[V]ideos have also surfaced showing a small number of officers pulling down barricades for the rioters and, in another instance, stopping for a photo with one of them.
A judge on Thursday rejected one of several constitutional challenges to a new voter-approved tax on the wealthy to fund education but put off deciding on several other legal arguments brought by opponents.The challenge to a provision of Proposition 208 that opponents said limited the Arizona Legislature’s authority to adjust school funding failed because it only applies to
Court reluctant to enforce Senate subpoenas
Jack Sellers, left, chairman of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, and Deputy County Attorney Tom Liddy show up at the Senate Wednesday morning after getting less than 24 hours to respond to a new subpoena which Liddy is holding demanding a trove of documents and access to voting equipment. They brought none of that along as litigation continues. (Capitol Media Services photo by Howard Fischer)
State senators won’t get the trove of election materials they are demanding, at least not yet – if ever.
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Timothy Thomason said January 13 that it appears the original subpoenas issued by Senate President Karen Fann and then-Sen. Eddie Farnsworth, R-Gilbert, are probably moot. That’s because they were issued in December as part of the 54th legislative session which technically ceased to exist on January 11.