BREAKING: Fifth Circuit reverses judge; Engelbrecht and Phillips released
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2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.
John 14:2-3
BREAKING: Fifth Circuit reverses judge; Engelbrecht and Phillips released
Last Monday, True The Vote founder Catherine Engelbrecht and cyber investigator Gregg Phillips were taken into custody on a contempt of court charge for refusing to divulge their source of information that election software company Konnech was allegedly storing American election-worker data on servers in China.
Ironically, Engelbrecht and Phillips had to spend last week behind bars while Konnech CEO Eugene Yu, after being indicted on the basis of the information the two provided to the court, has been out on a $500,000 bond and will remain at home, under house arrest, until his next hearing, set for November 17. Does anyone see something wrong with this picture?
In breaking news, Engelbrecht and Phillips were released from jail Sunday. Catherine released a statement:
“Those who thought that imprisoning Gregg and I would weaken our resolve have gravely miscalculated. It is stronger than ever.
“The right to free and fair elections without interference is more important than our own discomforts and even this detention, now reversed by a higher court.
“We are profoundly grateful for that. We will continue to protect and defend those who do the vital work of election integrity, and we will make sure that their findings become a matter of public record.”
According to a comment on FREE REPUBLIC, President Trump had called for their release during a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. But it was the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Southern Texas (True The Vote is Houston-based) that reversed Judge Kenneth Hoyt and let them out after six days.
True The Vote had appealed Judge Hoyt’s decision last Wednesday. Konnech vehemently opposed their release in a 25-page brief filed Saturday evening. The tactic seemed pretty rotten, especially when they said outlandish things like, “...Petitioners brazenly seek to strip the District Court of its contempt power.”
No, Petitioners didn’t. Petitioners were saying that it had been applied inappropriately in this case, and a higher court has since agreed. According to some reports, this might be the first time in U.S. history that Americans have been jailed in a federal civil defamation suit.
https://www.thepostemail.com/2022/11/06/breaking-engelbrecht-phillips-released-from-prison/
If you’d like to do a deep dive into the technical minutiae of the appeal, here are details of their attorney’s argument that their hesitancy to blow the covers of their sources was not contemptuous of the court...
During their imprisonment last week, True The Vote released a statement that appears on their website. Here’s what they said:
Catherine also released an update from jail last week. She apparently had to spend some time in solitary confinement, in an 8 x 10’ unlighted cinderblock cell. Catherine asked for prayers as she awaited the result of her appeal. She also noted that a patriot friend had set up a website to sell merchandise, the proceeds of which would will go towards their legal defense.
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In related news, Republicans in Congress have released a new report called “FBI Whistleblowers: What Their Disclosures Indicate About the Politicization of the FBI and Justice Department.” REDSTATE’s quick summary of the 1,000-plus pages might help explain why so-called “election deniers” Catherine and Gregg were imprisoned while Eugene Yu walked free. Our ‘justice’ system is playing hardball with anyone who dares to challenge elections, treating them as criminals. They refuse to acknowledge that True The Vote is trying to save Americans’ faith in our system, not pose a threat to it.
Utah Sen. Mike Lee, in an appearance with Maria Bartiromo on FOX NEWS’ SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES, spoke about plans the GOP has –- if (when!) they take Congress –- to get politics out of the FBI. Whistleblowers have been bringing to their attention a long list of issues. “The very first thing we need to do,” he said, “is hold a series of hearings and actually demand answers. We’ve got questions that have remained unanswered for years, from the abuse of Section 702, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, to unanswered questions on the raid on Mar-A-Lago, to...why the attorney general of the United States saw fit to issue a letter, a memorandum, essentially accusing moms and dads concerned about what their kids are being taught in public schools of being domestic terrorists of some sort.”
I know what you’re thinking. UGH, MORE HEARINGS. But they’re a necessary step for getting questions answered on the record, after which they move to the next phase, which Sen. Lee said “perhaps ought to involve some sort of restructuring.” (Perhaps??) Most of the agents are not politically motivated, he said, but “at headquarters, we’ve got problems...” I wish, though, that he'd had a more definitive answer about the quality of leadership the next Senate could count on from Sen. Mitch McConnell. Perhaps that was just because they ran out of time...
Quote of the Day! From President Biden
“No really. This ain’t your father’s Republican Party. This is a different breed of cat. I mean it. Look, they’re all about the wealthier getting wealthy. And the wealthier stay wealthy. The middle class gets stiffed. The poor get poorer under their policy.”
Change just one word - “Republican” to “Democrat” - and we finally have a Biden quote that’s 100% accurate!
NBC throws a lifeline to struggling Democrats
Early voting is done, and tomorrow is your last chance to make your voice heard about the direction this nation has been going under the Democrats since January of 2021. They keep saying if people vote the wrong way, it could spell the end of America. I agree, but I define “the wrong way” as “reelecting them,” and I’m hardly alone.
Still, NBC threw a lifeline to the Democrats over the weekend, bringing out their final poll that claims voter enthusiasm has shifted and Democrats once again lead the generic ballot survey by one point.
As Bonchie at Redstate.com points out, that’s just one poll, and NBC doesn’t have a very good record. And national generic Congressional polls are pretty worthless. Still, desperate Democrats leaped on this junk food like a starving man on the last Twinkie, and are proclaiming that the tide has turned and they will keep the House and Senate. And I’m okay with them thinking that.
First, it will make the wailing and rending of garments of the media talking heads on Election Night even more satisfying. And second, I’ve urged Republicans throughout this campaign season to ignore the polls and vote as if the GOP were down 10 points and America’s future depended on massive Republican turnout (the latter is true.)
This is a crawl-over-broken-glass-in-shorts-if-need-be election. If you have not yet voted, do it tomorrow. Take your Republican family members, friends and neighbors with you if they need a ride. Go early and allow plenty of time so there will be no complaints of “The line was too long, I had to leave without voting.”
This especially goes for the millions of Christians who traditionally don’t vote. There is a war on you, your morals and your religious freedom, and this is how you peacefully fight back. Of course, I know the objections: the candidate isn’t perfect or doesn’t fully abide by Biblical teachings. I addressed that in my TBN monologue this weekend, and you can see that here.
Bottom line: we aren’t choosing a Savior. We have a Savior already, and not being Democrats, we don’t mistake politicians for Messiahs. We have an urgent job that needs to be done, and two choices of people we can hire to do it. Only one of those applicants might be able to fix it while the other actively promises to make the problems worse. If you were hiring a plumber and had a choice like that, which would you make?
If you don’t want things to get even worse, turn out tomorrow and vote as if your country – and your plumbing – depended on it.