Fallout Continues From Rolling Stone Bombshell. 01/06 Whistleblowers Could Alter Trump’s 2024 Platform Considerably

You recall when the Wall Street Journal broke news of the Stormy Daniels payoff and how that set into motion an entire sequence of events and investigations that were previously unthought of. Michael Cohen ended up going to prison. Sunday Rolling Stone dropped the same kind of piece. It’s a lengthy and detailed account by two characters, dubbed the “organizer” and the “planner” who helped put together the January 6 events in Washington, D.C. They were pro-Trump people and happy to be on board, especially since Paul Gosar was talking to them about a blanket pardon in the event one became necessary. They, and another individual described as a senior Republican staffer, were dismayed to see the situation turn violent. And for that they blame Donald Trump, first and foremost.

Both the organizer and the planner have described being involved in “dozens” of planned briefings with different congressional leaders. The names Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, Madison Cawthorn, Mo Brooks, Andy Biggs and Louie Gohmert, in addition to Paul Gosar, have all come up and allegations have been made about how they “were intimately involved in planning both Trump’s efforts to overturn his election loss and the Jan. 6 events that turned violent.” Mark Meadows’ name also is mentioned and it is said that of all these people he had the power to stop the violence.

Here are several paragraphs from the middle of the article to give you the feel for where it’s going. Rolling Stone has the article behind a pay wall, but there is so much press out on this piece right now that you will get a lot of details on what’s contained therein.

While it was already clear members of Congress played some role in the Jan. 6 events and similar rallies that occurred in the lead-up to that day, the two sources say they can provide new details about the members’ specific roles in these efforts. The sources plan to share that information with congressional investigators right away. While both sources say their communications with the House’s Jan. 6 committee thus far have been informal, they are expecting to testify publicly.

“I have no problem openly testifying,” the planner says.

A representative for the committee declined to comment. In the past month, the committee has issued subpoenas to top Trump allies, government agencies, and activists who were involved in the planning of events and rallies that took place on that day and in the prior weeks. Multiple sources familiar with the committee’s investigation have confirmed to Rolling Stone that, thus far, it seems to be heavily focused on the financing for the Ellipse rally and similar previous events.

Both of the sources made clear that they still believe in Trump’s agenda. They also have questions about how his election loss occurred. The two sources say they do not necessarily believe there were issues with the actual vote count. However, they are concerned that Democrats gained an unfair advantage in the race due to perceived social media censorship of Trump allies and the voting rules that were implemented as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

“Democrats used tactics to disrupt their political opposition in ways that frankly were completely unacceptable,” the organizer says.

Despite their remaining affinity for Trump and their questions about the vote, both sources say they were motivated to come forward because of their concerns about how the pro-Trump protests against the election ultimately resulted in the violent attack on the Capitol. Of course, with their other legal issues and the House investigation, both of these sources have clear motivation to cooperate with investigators and turn on their former allies. And both of their accounts paint them in a decidedly favorable light compared with their former allies.

“The reason I’m talking to the committee and the reason it’s so important is that — despite Republicans refusing to participate … this commission’s all we got as far as being able to uncover the truth about what happened at the Capitol that day,” the organizer says. “It’s clear that a lot of bad actors set out to cause chaos. … They made us all look like shit.”

And Trump, they admit, was one of those bad actors. A representative for Trump did not respond to a request for comment.

“The breaking point for me [on Jan. 6 was when] Trump starts talking about walking to the Capitol,” the organizer says. “I was like. ‘Let’s get the fuck out of here.’ ”

“I do kind of feel abandoned by Trump,” says the planner. “I’m actually pretty pissed about it and I’m pissed at him.”

The organizer offers an even more succinct assessment when asked what they would say to Trump.

“What the fuck?” the organizer says.

They do sound disappointed and who can blame them? What January 6 did conclusively, for everybody except total diehard MAGAs who would let Trump shoot people on 5th Avenue and walk scot free, was to show the entire world how utterly unhinged Trump is and to disillusion a lot of supporters who otherwise supported Trump’s agenda, such as the individuals interviewed for this piece. Trump went way too far in denying election results and creating the Big Lie. That is a universal truism, again, for everyone except those who have already drunk the kool aide. And he’s still pushing it. He’s obsessed with it. It’s his entire 2024 platform.

I wonder how that platform will change when these whistleblowers testify publicly in front of the January 6 Select Committee?

And Trump is not the only one whose political trajectory is being affected by this expose. Marjorie Taylor Greene spent all Monday morning on right-wing media proclaiming how the story is the usual fake news and her communications director is trying to put out the fire, claiming that Greene was simply there in the Capitol to register an objection to Biden’s certification. And that took “dozens” of meetings? All that Greene has accomplished is to cause people to have a “the lady protesteth too much, methinks” kind of an attitude.

Greene knows what happened and what evidence could come out. Mark Meadows is unquestionably sweating profusely right now, as well.

Both sources also describe Trump’s White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, as someone who played a major role in the conversations surrounding the protests on Jan. 6. Among other things, they both say concerns were raised to Meadows about Alexander’s protest at the Capitol and the potential that it could spark violence. Meadows was subpoenaed by the committee last month as part of a group of four people “with close ties to the former President who were working in or had communications with the White House on or in the days leading up to the January 6th insurrection.”

“Meadows was 100 percent made aware of what was going on,” says the organizer. “He’s also like a regular figure in these really tiny groups of national organizers.”

National organizers are also national fundraisers. The sources say that they were organizing state protests in the states of various senators that were felt to be “persuadable” to Trump’s cause.

An attempted coup d’etat took place on January 6, 2021. That’s as simple as it gets. The GOP has whitewashed it every way that they can but after these sources testify that might be more difficult to do.

The January 6 Select Committee is the only thing standing between democracy and another coup d’etat, one that might be successful.

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