{"id":591588,"date":"2023-09-17T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/all-the-presidents-henchmen-the-hill\/"},"modified":"2023-09-17T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T18:00:00","slug":"all-the-presidents-henchmen-the-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/all-the-presidents-henchmen-the-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"#All the president\u2019s henchmen | The Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/GettyImages-1229684346-e1694891516588.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In the Nixon years, not \u201call the president\u2019s men\u201d went to jail. Four of Nixon\u2019s closest aides \u2014 John Mitchell, H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman and Charles Colson \u2014 were imprisoned for their transgressions; three others were indicted but narrowly escaped conviction. Those around Donald Trump face a similar fate.<\/p>\n<p>Seven members of Trump\u2019s post-election legal team \u2014 Rudy Giuliani, Jenna Ellis, Jeffrey Clark Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro, John Eastman and Ray Smith \u2014 find themselves among the 19 defendants, including Trump, who stand indicted in Georgia. If convicted, neither Trump nor any other president will have the power to pardon them. The court has granted Powell and Chesebro a speedy trial, and they will be tried together beginning late next month. A quick trial often means a quick conviction.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>In Jack Smith\u2019s federal case in Washington, Trump is the sole defendant, but six unindicted lawyers with pseudonyms like \u201cCo-Conspirator 1,\u201d were, according to the indictment \u201cenlisted \u2026 to assist him in his criminal efforts to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election and retain power.\u201d Five of the six are clearly identifiable from their de<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a>ions in the indictment: Giuliani, Eastman, Powell, Clark and Chesebro. Additionally, political apparatchik Boris Epshteyn, also a lawyer, is thought to be \u201cCo-Conspirator 6,\u201d though no one knows for sure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am being indicted because I am a lawyer,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/us-news\/rudy-giuliani-turns-himself-in-for-booking-in-georgia-629a322d\">Giuliani said with pious indignation<\/a> outside the Georgia court house. But, as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has stated <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/casetext.com\/case\/united-states-v-hyde-2\">has stated<\/a>, \u201cdoctors and lawyers have been known to commit crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then there is Mark Meadows, Trump\u2019s fourth and last White House chief of staff \u2014 not a lawyer, but a close adviser, who is also among those charged. The conduct of Meadows in connection with the attempted coup is particularly significant. White House chief of staff is a very important job. As Chris Whipple, author of the important book \u201cThe Gatekeepers,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/08\/31\/opinion\/mark-meadows-georgia-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare\">observes<\/a>, the chief of staff must be the \u201cpresident\u2019s gatekeeper, confidant, honest broker of information, \u2018javelin catcher\u2019 and the person who oversees the execution of his agenda. But the chief\u2019s most important duty is to tell the president hard truths.\u201d Meadows, Whipple argues, fell far short of the task.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, the dichotomy between official duties and personal conduct figures strongly in Meadows\u2019s case. Indicted by Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis, he is appealing his unsuccessful effort to remove his case to the federal court. Everything he did, he argues, was accomplished in the course of his official duties as White House chief of staff. Really! Meadows is the guy who allegedly helped Trump in arranging Oval Office meetings with key players and participating in the infamous \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/trump-raffensperger-call-georgia-vote\/2021\/01\/03\/d45acb92-4dc4-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html\">find 11,780 votes<\/a>\u201d phone call between Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger. Meadows also <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ed to Cobb County, Ga., where he tried to barge into an election audit meeting. Georgia officials slammed the door in his face \u2014 as did the federal district judge.<\/p>\n<p>Others in Trump World find themselves with big bills to pay. Trump\u2019s PAC, while footing Trump\u2019s legal bills to the tune of $40 million, has refused to underwrite the legal fees of Giuliani, Ellis or Eastman as their troubles begin to mount.<\/p>\n<p>Giuliani faces a big judgment in the defamation action brought in D.C. by Georgia election workers Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman. District Judge Beryl Howell has just entered a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/19thnews.org\/2023\/08\/rudy-giuliani-defamation-georgia-election-workers-ruby-freeman-shaye-moss\/\">default judgment<\/a> against him as a sanction imposed by the court for Giuliani\u2019s failure to provide discovery.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Giuliani not only suffers a financial penalty, with the amount of compensatory and punitive damages he must pay to be determined. He will also be responsible for paying the plaintiffs\u2019 attorneys\u2019 fees. Republican strategist Rick Wilson was prescient when he entitled his 2018 book \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Everything-Trump-Touches-Dies-Republican\/dp\/1982103124\">Everything Trump Touches Dies<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cusual suspects\u201d closest to Trump were not the only ones recruited to upend the election result. Norman Eisen, a topnotch former federal prosecutor and fellow at Brookings, has <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2023\/08\/31\/opinion\/politics\/trump-indictment-election-key-players.html?campaign_id=39&amp;emc=edit_ty_20230831&amp;instance_id=101576&amp;nl=opinion-today&amp;regi_id=65260730&amp;segment_id=143343&amp;te=1&amp;user_id=e86c0b5997b8756ba10698d68e0c53a3\">constructed a rogue\u2019s gallery<\/a> of more than 1,200 people who put Trump\u2019s plot against the republic in motion. The construct demonstrates that Trump put together a band of brothers resembling a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/file-repository\/mafia-family-tree.pdf\/view\">mafia org chart<\/a>. The frightening thing about this revelation is how many people were prepared to go to the mat for Trump \u2014 and how close they came to succeeding.<\/p>\n<p>Many in Eisen\u2019s ugly cast of characters will pay dearly for their involvement with Donald Trump. Others will not. But Trump is central to the conspiracy. There are four criminal cases naming Trump as a defendant containing 91 felony counts, 44 federal and 47 state charges. In addition, there are the serious civil actions, already brought in at least three states, alleging that Trump is disqualified from holding public office by reason of Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. That one for sure is headed for the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>In the eyes of the law, Trump is presumed to be innocent, but we can assume there was some basis for the 91 felony charges against him. His first trial is set for March 4 in Washington. He might be convicted before the election. Can it happen that an indicted man, much more a convicted felon, can become the 47th president of the United States?<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, according to Five Thirty Eight, the latest polling shows <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/polls\/president-primary-r\/2024\/national\/\">Trump with 50.3 percent<\/a> of the vote among Republican primary voters, and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/polls\/president-general\/\">one point ahead of Biden<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> election.<\/p>\n<p>As Cicero <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/O_tempora,_o_mores!\">sighed<\/a> some 2,100 years ago, \u201cO tempora! o mores!\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p><em>James D. Zirin, author, and legal analyst, is a former federal prosecutor in New York\u2019s Southern District. He is also the host of the acclaimed public television talk\u00a0show and podcast <\/em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/conversations-with-jim-zirin\/id1660145057\"><em>Conversations with Jim Zirin<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Four of Nixon\u2019s closest aides \u2014 John Mitchell, H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman and Charles Colson \u2014 were imprisoned for their transgressions; three others were indicted but narrowly escaped conviction. Those around Donald Trump face a similar fate. 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