Avlon: Trump’s Attempted Coup Is in Fact Worse than Watergate, Makes Nixon Look Like a Boy Scout

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AVLON: “Watergate was an attempt to influence an election outcome through a burglary and a subsequent cover-up. Trump's plot was an attempt to overturn an election after the fact using lies and intimidation to incite a violent insurrection. And just in case you still doubt its seriousness, listen to how Federal Judge David Carter describing Trump's plot in a ruling yesterday. He said it would have permanently ended the peaceful transition of power, undermining American democracy and the Constitution. Judge Carter concluded that Trump likely attempted to corruptly obstruct Congress from counting the electoral votes on January 6th. And in the same ruling describing the effort as a coup in search of a legal theory. He ordered Trump lawyer John Eastman to release 101 emails from around the insurrection he'd been trying to keep secret from the January 6th committee. Now, this investigation is ongoing. Despite all the attempts to hid evidence and rewrite history. What we know is damning already and more is going to come out. And even during the past 30 days, while attention has rightly been focused on Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine, there have been big news on the January 6th fronts that you might have missed. Now here's a quick list. So, we've learned from Congresswoman Liz Cheney that Trump was warned that January 6th could and likely would turn violent. We've learned that Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, was actively pushing bonkers conspiracy theories to Trump's chief of staff, encouraging him to overturn the election. We've learned about Senator Ted Cruz's complicity with team Trump to delay the certification of the election. We've learned that Alabama Congressman Mo Brooks, a MAGA loyalist who had his endorsement pulled by Trump, now says he was pressured by the ex-president to rescind the 2020 election. In other words, remove Biden and reinstate Trump. We've seen the January 6th committee unanimously recommend the Department of Justice hold two top Trump advisers, Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino, in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with subpoenas. And we've found out about an alleged pre-insurrection meeting between leaders of the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers, which was reportedly caught on film by a documentary crew. And that's just in the past few weeks, folks. So, yes, a lot more is going to come out. But judging by what we know now, Trump's plot to overturn the election was worse than Watergate. The guy makes Nixon look like a boy scout.”