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[SVPete]

KRAZEE-EYEZ KILLA TESTIFIES

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/01/the-krazee-eyez-killa-testifies.php

... Killa sat for a deposition conducted by the House Judiciary Committee on December 17.

Other aspects of the deposition have given rise to minor news stories, but I want to concentrate on just one point: Smith’s determination to send Trump to prison for his actions relating to the January 6 protest in Washington. I don’t think Trump covered himself in glory that day, but what did he do that was a crime? He said that he thought the election had been stolen. So what?

Q But the President’s statements that he believed the election was rife with
fraud, those certainly are statements that are protected by the First Amendment, correct?

A Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and they are made with knowing falsity, no, they are not. That was my point about fraud not being protected by the First Amendment.

Q I mean, there is a long list of disputed elections, I mean, the election of 1800,
1960, year 2000, where candidates believed they were wronged by the — you know, because they lost. And there’s a long history of candidates speaking out about they believe there’s been fraud, there’s been other problems with the integrity of the election process. And I think you would agree that those types of statements are sort of at the core of the First Amendment rights of a Presidential candidate, right?

Spoiler alert, Smith was so fixated on getting Trump that he was re-splitting a re-split split hair.

[SVPete]

Jack Smith Admits Judges Not Told of GOP Phone Seizures

https://www.newsmax.com/us/jack-smith-gop-lawmakers-phone-records/2025/12/31/id/1240347/

Jack Smith admitted that judges were not told his team was seizing the phone records of Republican congressmen when asked to sign off on nondisclosure orders for associated subpoenas, according to a transcript of the ex-special counsel's deposition obtained by the New York Post on Wednesday.

Smith told members of the House Judiciary Committee in his testimony on Dec. 17 that keeping the subpoenas — which were part of the FBI's investigation into 2020 election interference — hidden was necessary to avoid a "grave risk of obstruction of justice."

Asked by a Judiciary Committee member whether judges who approved the subpoenas knew they were demanding that AT&T and Verizon hand over the call logs of lawmakers, Smith said, "I don't think we identified that, because I don't think that was department policy at the time."

Shamvestigators did not tell, and judges did not ask. How cozy!

[SVPete]

Scott Adams Shares Grim Health Update

https://dailycaller.com/2026/01/02/scott-adams-shares-grim-health-update/

“Dilbert” creator Scott Adams shared on Thursday that his radiologist gave him a dire prognosis during an episode of “Coffee with Scott Adams.”

Adams, who first announced his prostate cancer diagnosis during a May episode of his show, has recently dealt with complications like constipation and lower-body paralysis, which led to a brief hospitalization in December. He suggested on Thursday that January may be his final month of life.

Sad news.