(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . It's now officially their Defense: "We were Acting at the Direction of the President." [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-08-26 — — While the country was preoccupied with mugshots this week — and exactly which mobster was it, that Don John most resembled (Capone or Gotti) — there were actually some legal documents filed, worthy of equal scrutiny ... It seems that the “blame game” has begun in earnest — at least legally speaking anyways: Three Trump codefendants say they became false electors at Trump’s ‘direction’ by Kyle Cheney, Politico — updated 08/25/2023 [...] In a series of court filings this week, those [three Georgia] false electors, who became part of Trump’s last-ditch bid to subvert the 2020 election, said it was Trump and his campaign lawyers who urged them to sign the false documents , claiming they were necessary to preserve Trump’s flailing court efforts to reverse his defeat to Joe Biden. That exhortation from Trump’s campaign lawyers, they said, amounted to federal government permission to take the actions they did. [...] “Mr. Still, as a presidential elector, was also acting at the direction of the incumbent president of the United States,” an attorney for Still argued Thursday in a court filing seeking to transfer the case against him to federal court. “The president’s attorneys instructed Mr. Still and the other contingent electors that they had to meet and cast their ballots on Dec. 14, 2020.” Latham similarly argued that she was acting “at the direction of the President of the United States.” And Shafer in a similar petition seeking to move the Fulton County case to federal court contended that he “and the other Republican Electors in the 2020 election acted at the direction of the incumbent President and other federal officials.” [...] As far as legal defenses go, that one seems like it might fare them well. It is certainly better than: “We plotted to overturn Georgia’s [certified and re-counted] Election, because we thought it was a good idea. We came up with the idea all by ourselves too, as kind of a social experiment.” Yeah, No. That kind defense is only the kind that a designated “fall guy” would make — and these 3 Fake Electors ain’t falling for it. Not anymore anyways. Not when their own hides are on the line. They have decided to put the blame, where it most deservedly lies … on the coup kingpin himself: “We were acting at the direction of the President of the United States.” Smart move. — — May other codefendants be quick to follow their lead. Afterall, it’s the only rational play they have left. Or put in a more common vernacular: “Why do the time, for someone else’s crimes?” Damn good question. — — [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/8/26/2189776/-It-s-now-officially-their-Defense-We-were-Acting-at-the-Direction-of-the-President Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/