S3E11: The Big Rip-Off

Capitol Insurrection Report

Focusing on recent reporting that signals Special Counsel Jack Smith is investigating a question that figures in Appendix 3 of the final Committee Report, "the Big-Rip Off." Possible charges include wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, as the Big Lie was used after the conclusion of the 2020 election campaign to supposedly pay for an "election defense fund" that was never created. Instead, these funds were used to create the Save America PAC on November 9th, 2020. Appendix 3 of the Report details the flawed and possibly criminal process whereby these fundraising appeals were created and approved, and the uses to which these funds were allegedly put, in a scheme reminiscent of the "We Build the Wall" plot that has resulted in federal felony convictions for Bannon associate Timothy Shea. We will also examine a transcript from a witness who is a possible recipient of Save America PAC funds, who invoked his 5th amendment right against self incrimination to a wide variety of questions, including whether he worked on the Navarro Report, how he got his job in the Trump administration, whether he was involved in campaign activities, and whether he knows Michael Flynn, Sidney Powell, Patrick Byrne, Joanna Miller, Lin Wood, Mike Timarco, Rudy Giuliani, Ivan Raiklin, Phil Waldron and Steve Bannon. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-06/special-counsel-jack-smith-hires-anti-corruption-prosecutors-in-trump-probe https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/american-samoa-department-education-official-convicted-federal-jury-district-columbia-witness https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/former-virginia-governor-and-former-first-lady-convicted-public-corruption-charges https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/12/politics/subpoenas-special-counsel-trump-associates/index.html https://bipartisanreport.com/2023/01/12/trump-suffers-terrified-public-fit-after-jack-smith-issues-subpoenas/ https://www.salon.com/2022/11/23/launches-truth-social-on-new-special-counsels-wife/ https://apnews.com/article/steve-bannon-new-york-manhattan-donald-trump-government-and-politics-748410bc7d5aa006bad02e5bd7b68180 https://apnews.com/article/steve-bannon-crime-new-york-manhattan-elections-ff4731f198d9e71df765afb37bb42da6 https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/press-release/file/1306611/download https://twitter.com/trumpemail https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/08/trump-save-america-pac-eyed-by-federal-grand-jury.html https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-election-breaches/