Election Goodies: Mark Meadows Caves?

From Da Hill, Meadows reaches initial cooperation deal with Jan. 6 committee. It's a compromise when nobody is happy, right?

The tenuous agreement comes as the committee is poised to censure its second witness. The committee announced Monday that it will hold a vote later this week to censure former Justice Department attorney Jeffrey Clark after he failed to cooperate with the committee — a move that would leave his former employer to prosecute him alongside one-time White House strategist Steve Bannon.

While the agreement may help Meadows dodge the same immediate outcome, both sides appeared to hint at the potential for the deal to unravel.

“As we have from the beginning, we continue to work with the Select Committee and its staff to see if we can reach an accommodation that does not require Mr. Meadows to waive Executive Privilege or to forfeit the long-standing position that senior White House aides cannot be compelled to testify before Congress,” Meadows’ attorney, George Terwilliger, said in a statement.

“We appreciate the Select Committee’s openness to receiving voluntary responses on non-privileged topics," he added.

Capt. Ed at Haut Hair, Whoa: Meadows cuts deal to cooperate with January 6 committee?  "Eeeeeenteresting, if true, but likely far less than it seems at first blush."

Just to finish off Jan 6. material before moving on, via Da Beast the CIA claims, Trump Never Got Another Classified Intelligence Briefing After Jan. 6, Given that the CIA was actively working against him, I'm not shocked. Why bother, when all their "intelligence" is designed to damage you? And the Guardian asserts Trump called aides hours before Capitol riot to discuss how to stop Biden victory. So by inserting the riot in there they try  to make it seem illicit. "Multiple sources, speaking to the Guardian on the condition of anonymity..." We saw how that worked with the Steele Dossier. Multiple sources turned out to be a single source with an agenda that made up a lie.

At Insty, REALCLEARINVESTIGATIONS: Harvard’s ‘Lawfare’ Programs Are an Omen of Elections Decided Not at Polls — But in Court. "The important thing to remember is that when Republicans contest elections, it’s unAmerican and a threat to “our democracy,” but when Democrats do it it’s morally required and everyone should believe all their claims because shut up racist." Sundance at CTH, DOJ Prosecutors Using Grand Jury to Subpoena Financial Records of 2020 Election Audit Groups.

I hate to say I toldyaso, but…. well, {Go Deep}. The Washington Post is writing a story today about federal prosecutors using grand juries to subpoena the financial records of individuals and groups who were associated with the 2020 election audit efforts. The motives here are very predictable.

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 11.30.21 (Evening Edition), The Geller Report reports Trump’s White House Physician Calls Omicron Variant A Midterm Elections Trick. David Catron at Am Spec elaborates, Democrats Eagerly Await the Omicron Variant, "They need a pretext to pass the Freedom to Vote Act, complete with nationwide mail-in voting." From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 11.30.21 (Afternoon Edition), the Victory Girls believe Biden COVID Strategy Is All About His Poll Numbers

But the bottom line is that Joe Biden is desperate to look like he is doing something, ANYTHING, when it comes to COVID. The vaccine mandates that are certainly unconstitutional are all a part of Biden’s attempt to make it look like he’s “shutting down the virus.” But when the case goes to the Supreme Court, and they strike it down (God and the Constitution willing), Biden will be able to turn to his base, shrug his shoulders, say “oh well, I tried,” and shuffle awkwardly away from the podium without taking questions. But if Omicron doesn’t become a real issue, expect the White House to keep blaming COVID for everything.

 Also from the Guardian, Trump tested positive for Covid few days before Biden debate, chief of staff says in new book. And then negative again. Back in the "early days" when the PCR test was running too many cycles routinely, false positives were abundant. If you were tested every day, like the President, they were likely to show up. 

Also by way of the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 11.30.21 (Evening Edition), American Power reads NYT so you don't have to, Democrats Struggle Ahead Of 2022, "Frankly, there's little more I love than to see Democrats struggle. This like a Christmas present." And Power Line  and House Democrats Desert Their Sinking Ship. At Star News, a Democratic Virginia 2021 Postmortem Finds Equating Youngkin with Trump Didn’t Work; Youngkin had More Positive Image than McAuliffe. A snake has a more positive image than McAuliffe. Chris Queen at PJ Media, Hillary Thinks Americans Don't 'Really Appreciate' Joe Biden. No, we really don't. Let's go, Brandon!

Becky Noble at PI, Democrats’ Fate In 2022 Could Include Getting Bounced From Committee Seats. They started this war, I propose we end it by ruling all Democrats ineligible for committee assignments. It has the side benefit of being true. 

The Philly Inquirer reports Dr. Oz is expected to join Pa.’s U.S. Senate race as a Republican. Kind of kooky, but we've done worse.