The LuLac Edition #5, 159, August 27th, 2024

 

TRUMP RE-INDICTED

Donald Trump Has been saying the Justice Department under the Democrats weaponized itself against him. He has been saying it so  long was an un-truth, the Jack Smith team decided to make it so.

In response to a Supreme Court ruling granting broad immunity to presidents for official acts, special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday filed a new federal indictment against former President Donald Trump in the Jan. 6 case involving riots at the U.S. Capitol more than three years ago.

The filing, which accuses Trump of leading a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election, comes just 10 days before the Justice Department's "60-day rule" would have taken effect and banned the filing of new charges against the Republican nominee for president.

In Tuesday's new 36-page indictment, which has been reduced from the original 45 pages, Smith removed allegations that the Supreme Court determined were wrongly filed.

Trump is no longer charged with trying to force election fraud investigations on the Justice Department or urging state lawmakers to choose fraudulent electors. Those interactions are immune from prosecution because they are considered official presidential acts.

Trump will undoubtedly cry. This goes out to him.

 

 

ACTION IN LULAC LAND

The campaign season is underway here in this region and Luzerne and Lackawanna County will be taking center stage. On Monday Senator Chris Cooons of Delaware stopped in Scranton and Dunmore to advocate for Vice President Harris and Governor Walz. Cooms is best friends with President Bien and intimated that he was lobbying for a visit to the Scranton area from the current President, Mr. Biden and his would be successor.

Meantime in The Lu, Malcolm Kenyatta stopped by Luzerne County headquarters on Monday to have coffee with a full house of volunteers. Kenyatta is running for State Auditor General against incumbent Tim Floor.

Kenyatta was the keynote speaker at the Wilkes-Barre NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner in 2019 and rocked the house.

This is just one of many campaign stops by political luminaries coming our way.

 

THIS WEEK IN MAGA LAND

This story was making the buzz because it came from The Guardian. I was made aware of this because of the involvement of convicted felon Frank Scavo. Scavo an ardent supporter of Mr. Trump rally laid it on the line regarding how he sees the election. It was a candid take on both parties that represent uzerne County.

We rerun it for you to see the cracks in MAGA land that are starting to show not only locally and statewide bt on a national and internation level.

Frank Scavo of Old Forge was recently quoted in both The Guardian and Raw Story expressing concern that Donald Trump’s speeches are becoming increasingly erratic and troublesome. The choice of the word "starting" might be up for debate, considering Scavo's history of blind faith support for Trump.

Frank Scavo is well-known for his controversial past, which includes being removed from the Old Forge School Board for making racist comments on social media, multiple unsuccessful runs for political office, and organizing four busloads of people for the January 6th trip to the Capitol. Although Scavo initially lied to the media that he left the Capitol when trouble started, photos later surfaced showing him inside the building during the insurrection attempt. He was subsequently charged, sentenced, and served several months in prison. Adding to the irony, just weeks before January 6th, his wife Caren was arrested for shoplifting several hundred dollars’ worth of wine from Gerrity’s Supermarket.

Currently, Scavo serves as treasurer for the "Luzerne County Republicans" PAC, a far-right group that has clashed with, and has taken over the official Republican Party of Luzerne County. The group's president, TJ Fitzgerald, is a convicted drug felon who, along with Luzerne County Election Board member Alyssa Fusaro, was ejected from the election office for using racial slurs and causing a disturbance. Although the County Office of Law recommended Fusaro's removal from the board, the Republican-majority County Council chose not to pursue the issue.

The Citizens Advisory of Pennsylvania (CAoP), despite being a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, continues to endorse local and national MAGA candidates, contradicting their public claims of neutrality. Among the group's political posters are the  group's president, Benny Herring, who serves on the County Ethics Commission, and vice president, Ed Brunn, who is a member of the Northwest School Board. Enclosed in attachments are just a small sample of their political posts.

This past week, two proposed solar farms in Nanticoke and Lehman were shut down due to opposition from residents, an effort led in part by Citizens Advisory founder Jamie Walsh, with support from the organization.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/26/trumps-campaign-rallies-harmful-or-helpful

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-rally-speeches/

https://www.alternet.org/trump-rallies-guardian/