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Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., addressed the shootings in Lewiston, Maine, that killed at least 18 people, calling it a “horrific tragedy.”

Robert Card is now officially a suspect.

Liam Kent, a Maine resident who is familiar with Robert Card, the person of interest in the Lewiston shootings, said that Card and his family are "gun fanatics." He also went on to claim that people around town knew to "stay away" from the family.

Ellis flips.

• Five years' probation
• $5000 restitution
• Apology to the People of the State of Georgia
• Testimony cooperation agreement

The charge she is pleading guilty to is "aiding and abetting false statements and writings," in relation to the Dec 3, 2020, presentation before the Georgia State Senate committee, where Guiliani and others presented false testimony that:

• 96,000+ mail in ballots were counted falsely
• 2500 convicted felons voted,
• 66,000+ underage people voted,
• almost 2500 non-registered people voted
• 1000+ people voted registered using a PO box
• 10,315 dead people voted
• Fulton County election workers ordered a poll watcher and media to leave and continued to count votes

Ms. Ellis makes a statement to the court at ~17:00, which appears to be her apology statement to the People of the State of Georgia.

At the end of the proceedings, defense requests that Ms. Ellis be allowed to travel out of state prior to the probation being transferred to her state of residence (Florida). The State does not oppose this, and the exception is granted.

In short, Giuliani is ordered to compensate plaintiffs for their legal fees in connection with the three motions filed by plaintiffs to compel discovery, which Giuliani has been loathe to produce.

Highlights:

The jury will be instructed that it must, when determining an appropriate sum of compensatory, presumed, and punitive damages, infer that defendant Giuliani was intentionally trying to hide relevant discovery about the Giuliani Businesses’ finances for the purpose of shielding his assets from discovery and artificially deflating his net worth.
The jury will be instructed that it must, when determining an appropriate sum of compensatory, presumed, and punitive damages, infer that defendant Giuliani was intentionally trying to hide relevant discovery about the viewership of Common Sense and his social media reach for the purpose of artificially deflating the reach of his defamatory statements.

Bail bondsman Scott Graham Hall was involved in the Coffee County voting machine fuckery along with Sidney Powell and Misty Hampton. This hearing was not on the schedule, and was held ad hoc.

Spoiler:

On five counts, $5000 fine ($1000 per), five years probation (one year per), letter of apology to the State of Georgia, required to testify truthfully in relation to this case and any other defendant.

Probation requires he surrender his weapons carry license. His probation will revert to non-reporting probation after two and a half years. There are no travel restrictions.

Other reporting says that there are also 200 hours of community service added to the above sentence, but I did not see that mentioned in the hearing. I may have missed it.

This is a full flip. Now other defendants know what they should expect if they flip.

Scott McAfee is the Fulton County, Georgia judge who will preside over the GA RICO case. He has recently made it clear that all proceedings in that case will be televised, and livestreamed on YouTube.

I thought I would pick a random livestream already on his own channel, just to see how he manages his courtroom. Wow, did I pick a doozie.

This is an evidentiary hearing to determine whether the defendant, attorney Lin Wood, has violated a ruling from another court not to make disparaging statements about the plaintiffs, also all attorneys.

It appears to be oh so timely in the context of defendants in his court making inflammatory public statements, and it hits many of the "talking points" such a defendant might bring:

• First Amendment
• Conspiracy theories
• Communist takeover of the country

No spoilers - I haven't even finished it yet. The link skips over the pre-hearing courtroom milling about and starts right when Judge McAfee enters the courtroom.

Toward the end, there are technical difficulties. After the sound cuts out, move on to part two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz-8EbF07f0

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Happy Father's Day!

Tony.