The lawyer who questioned Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) in a Georgia voters’ lawsuit difficult her proper to run for reelection stated Monday that he discovered it “surprising” how typically she claimed beneath oath she couldn’t recall feedback that thousands and thousands of individuals know she made.
Requested by CNN’s “New Day” host John Berman if he thought Greene was responsible of perjury, lawyer Andrew Celli Jr. stated that that willpower was as much as the state administrative regulation choose who heard the case in Atlanta final week.
“I'll say it stretches credulity that this lady could make these sort of statements, make them publicly on her Fb web page in entrance of her tons of of 1000's of Fb followers, and thousands and thousands of people that view her feedback on a regular basis, after which declare she doesn’t bear in mind,” Celli stated. “It’s surprising to me.”
Celli is representing a bunch of Georgia voters and the nonpartisan voters rights group Free Speech for Folks of their motion arguing that Greene must be barred from working for reelection due to the so-called rebellion disqualification clause of the Structure.
Part 3 of the 14th Modification bars lawmakers who, after taking an oath to “help the Structure,” then “engaged in rebellion or rise up in opposition to the identical” or gave “assist or consolation to the enemies.” The part was added after the Civil Warfare to ban lawmakers from representing a authorities that they had needed to see toppled.
Greene repeatedly stated on the stand Friday that she couldn't bear in mind a few of her most memorable statements, together with urging that the 2020 presidential election be overturned and that a peaceable switch of energy be blocked. After a number of questions, Celli referred to as up social media messages or movies by which Greene stated precisely what he had requested about.
In a single exceptional second, Greene initially stated she couldn't bear in mind calling Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) a traitor. As Celli cued up a video, she stated, “Oh, no, wait. Maintain on now.” She then claimed Pelosi had damaged her oath of workplace by not retaining out immigrants.
“I’m not taken with her oath of workplace. I’m taken with that you just stated she’s a traitor to our nation,” Celli responded. Then he performed a video of Greene saying Pelosi was responsible of “treason,” which is “punishable by demise.”
Requested which motion posed the largest menace to Greene’s proper to run for reelection, Celli stated it was the congresswoman calling for a “1776 second,” referring to the American Revolution, the day earlier than the assault on the U.S. Capitol final 12 months. The time period “1776 second” was being utilized by extremists just like the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers to discuss with a violent overthrow of the presidential election that Joe Biden had received.
“Folks understood that ′1776′ was code for ‘break into the Capitol, do violence, and, most significantly, block the certification of Joe Biden.’ That's an act of rebellion. And we demonstrated and proved that,” Celli said.
Celli referred to different actions by Greene which have just lately come to gentle that would have additional helped the case.
In line with textual content messages offered to the Home choose committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, rebellion that have been obtained by CNN on Monday, Greene mentioned the imposition of martial regulation with then-White Home chief of workers Mark Meadows and instructed him: “We've got to get organized for the sixth.”
Requested in regards to the possibilities that Greene will in the end be blocked from reelection, Celli answered: “There’s partisanship in our nation, that’s very clear. However I’ve dedicated my life as a lawyer to the idea that the rule of regulation will prevail ultimately, and I believe we have now the rule of regulation on our facet.”
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