Marjorie Taylor Greene complains ‘evil’ media won’t be barred from trial
Marjorie Taylor Greene will face an administrative judge in a Friday afternoon hearing that could see the Georgia Republican banned from public office because of her alleged support for the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
The congresswoman will be asked about the 2021 uprising by attorney Ron Fein, representing a group of voters who filed a challenge with the Georgia Secretary of State’s office alleging Ms Greene helped facilitate the attack that was ultimately aimed at overturning Congressional certification of Joe Biden’s presidential election. electoral victory.
They say her behavior violates a clause of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution and makes her ineligible to run for re-election.
Among other things, the case against the MP rests on her repeated use of a “password” – in particular, repeated references to the year 1776 – which lawyers say emboldened the rioters who descended on Capitol.
For her part, Ms Greene is appealing a federal judge’s decision allowing a challenge to her eligibility to run for re-election, and in the hour before her hearing, the pro-Trump lawmaker reached out to Twitter to urge fellow Republicans to ‘protect electoral integrity’.
The hearing is currently underway in Atlanta.
Matt Gaetz in court to support Greene
Representative Matt Gaetz from Florida came to Atlanta to support his colleague Marjorie Taylor Greene. He calls the action against Rep Greene an “assault on democracy.”
Olivier O’ConnellApril 22, 2022 2:45 p.m.
Greene arrives at the administrative hearing
Marjorie Taylor Greene arrived at the administrative hearing to cheers from supporters.
Olivier O’ConnellApril 22, 2022 2:31 p.m.
C-SPAN shares live link to watch Greene testify at administrative hearing
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s hearing will begin at 9:30 a.m. ET, where the Georgia Republican will testify at an administrative hearing in Atlanta on a 14th Amendment challenge to her re-election bid in Georgia’s 14th congressional district. .
Johanna ChisholmApril 22, 2022 2:01 p.m.
‘Republicans need to protect election integrity,’ says Marjorie Taylor Greene ahead of hearing that could see her lose her job
Marjorie Taylor Greene took to Twitter early Friday morning before testifying at an administrative hearing to urge fellow Republicans to “protect the integrity of the election.”
“Republicans must protect the integrity of elections. This is one of our country’s most important issues,” the pro-Trump Republican wrote just an hour before the case that will determine whether or not she is eligible to be on the ballot in the midterm election. -mandate.
“When the people lose their right to vote and their freedom to choose their representatives, our country is lost. Only the people have the right to choose who they send to Congress.
Johanna ChisholmApril 22, 2022 1:59 p.m.
Trump accuses Republicans of ‘going through hell’ at Greene
Donald Trump will go to the mattresses for those who remain fiercely loyal to him, and Marjorie Taylor Greene can count herself among that chosen group.
On Thursday, a day before Ms. Greene’s hearing where she will face questions about her involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot by a group of lawyers who hope to prevent the congresswoman from seeking re-election, Mr. Trump said released a statement calling out his fellow Republicans for “allowing” this “horrific thing to happen” in the first place.
“Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, perhaps in collusion with hard-left Democrats, allowed a horrible thing to happen to a very popular Republican, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene “, Mr. Trump wrote in a statement, later shared by his spokesperson, Liz Harrington, on his own Twitter account.
“She is going through hell in their attempt to overthrow her, just more of an election mess in Georgia,” the statement continued, before listing a series of false accusations of voter fraud and election tampering in the state. from South.
“Unlike other Republicans, this governor is doing everything possible to damage the voting process in Georgia.”
Earlier this month, the former US leader endorsed Rep Greene’s reelection to the first term, calling her a “congressional warrior”.
“She doesn’t back down, she doesn’t give up and she has ALWAYS been with ‘Trump,'” Mr. Trump said in a statement via his PAC Save America.
Johanna ChisholmApril 22, 2022 1:33 p.m.
Republican Congresswoman Madison Cawthorn, who faced a similar lawsuit against Marjorie Taylor Greene for her alleged role in supporting the Capitol attack, took to Twitter last night to lend her support to the pro-Republican Trump before his own hearing on Friday.
“The left is trying to remove patriots like @RepMTG and me from the ballot. We expect them to act like this,” the North Carolina Republican wrote.
A Trump-appointed judge, Richard E Myers II, blocked the trial from proceeding early last month, which could have prevented Mr Cawthorn from running for re-election by labeling him an insurgent.
The North Carolina lawmaker then continued in his tweet to call out the Tennessee Republican Party, which voted on Tuesday to remove three congressional candidates from the primary ballot, including Trump-backed nominee Morgan Ortagus, alongside Baxter Lee and Robby Starbucks.
“But seeing Republicans do it to other Republicans is sickening. Secret deals should NOT decide this election – the people of Tennessee should!” he wrote.
Johanna ChisholmApril 22, 2022 1:07 p.m.
Kevin McCarthy calls out the bad lawyer involved in the Greene case
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy tweeted late Thursday night in a show of support for fellow Republican lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene ahead of her Friday hearing that could see her barred from seeking re-election in the Republican primary of May 24.
“American voters should determine who represents them in Congress, not well-funded political activists,” McCarthy wrote, before attempting to shame the lawyer who led the case against the Georgia Republican on Friday.
“The case of Marc Elias against Rep. Taylor Greene is undemocratic and un-American.”
The only problem with McCarthy’s attack, as Mr. Elias himself pointed out, is that he is not involved in the hearing of Representative Greene.
“I haven’t filed any lawsuits against Greene, but I’m clearly living without rent in your head,” the Democratic attorney’s quote tweeted to the GOP lawmaker.
Ron Fein, the lawyer who will question Ms Greene on Friday, is the lawyer who heads the nonprofit Free Speech for People, which represents a group of voters seeking to prevent Ms Greene from running for re-election.
Johanna ChisholmApril 22, 2022 12:42 p.m.
Opinion: Greene is finally facing some consequences. His insurgent friends may soon too
Writing after US District Judge Amy Totenberg allowed the lawsuit against Marjorie Taylor Greene this week, opinion writer Noah Berlatsky explained how Ms Greene’s hearing serves as evidence that there are consequences in the works for Republican lawmakers who have denied the election results, even if it doesn’t come directly from Congress.
One of Josh Hawley’s major donors dumped him. Progressives appealed to corporations, and corporations like Allstate, American Express, and Nike promised to stop direct contributions to lawmakers who voted against confirming the 2020 election results. Most of them kept those promises, although a few – like Cigna and Eli Lilly – went back on their word.
Noah Berlatsky
Read the full opinion piece by Noah Berlatsky, written for The Independenthere.
Johanna ChisholmApril 22, 2022 12:20 p.m.
ICYMI: Greene went wild after judge lit trial that would ban her from voting
Earlier this week, a federal judge dismissed Marjorie Taylor Greene’s bid to have the case against her thrown out, a move the far-right congresswoman emphatically disagreed with.
“I have to go to court on Friday and be questioned about something I was never charged with and something I was completely against,” the Georgia Republican complained following the judge’s ruling.
Ms Greene claimed she did not participate in or help plan the January 6 attack on the United States Capitol, although she provided vocal support to those who have since been arrested and charged for their own involvement in the insurgency.
Speaking on Tucker Carlson’s nightly show earlier this week, the pro-Trump Republican said the hearing was concocted by ‘progressives’ in a wider effort to keep her name off the ballot.
“They hired lawyers from New York who hate people in my district and don’t believe they should have the right to elect who they want to send to Washington, which is me.”
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Johanna ChisholmApril 22, 2022 11:46 a.m.
Greene complains ahead of hearing that ‘mean’ media will be in courtroom
Speaking before her hearing to Jenna Ellis, a former Trump lawyer, Marjorie Taylor Greene took to calling a group of people she is now commonly linked with debasement: the media.
“It’s absurd what they are claiming and lying,” the MP told Ms Ellis, just days before the hearing which could potentially see her lose her job.
“They will allow the press into the courtroom. They’re going to allow everything to be filmed live to go anywhere in the world they want. And you know what that’s gonna be like – the Democrats and the mean mainstream media, you know, the ones who constantly lie about me anyway, well, they’re gonna be able to twist and turn, and cut whatever little piece they want horrible things these funded lawyers will try to say about me.
Watch the clip of the Georgia Republican’s interview with Ms. Ellis below.
Johanna ChisholmApril 22, 2022 11:11 a.m.
