This is still early in the process, so there may be a superceding indictment that includes that as well. But at this point, I think they're trying to go for the easy to prove shit to help flip his cronies so they can get an airtight case on it.
It's probably an unpopular opinion but I'm going to say it anyway. Trump needs brought to justice and this country needs a "come to jesus moment." As shitty as it sounds, I don't see a way forward WITHOUT violence. Trump is a symptom, not a cause. He just managed to push things harder and faster than those before. Something is going to come to a head, and it's not going to be pretty, but I don't think we as a country can truly heal until that happens.
Consider that my $0.02 after drinking on a Friday night, lol.
Agreed. And if they try to pull a J6 in 2025, they're going to find out what the government does to insurrectionists when they don't have an idiot in the whitehouse putting their thumb on the scale.
We hope. There are a frightening number of Trump supporters still in positions in our government that could end up backing a second insurrection. Look at all (literally all) of the Secret Service messages from on or about January-6. Oh wait, you can't because every single agent erased their phones and the servers on which those messages were stored. An that was after they were told to retain those messages. How many people still in positions of power would, either discretely or overtly, support a second insurrection?
Yes, but the anti-anti-Trumpers need some kind of scapegoat to explain their predicament. And the Democrats are always a popular target for their base.
They have to blame somebody and they certainly can’t accept responsibility for it themselves. Scapegoating is a time-honored tradition with these people.
Nixon was the most important criminal prosecution that should have happened. I fully understand the Ford wanted Nixon out of the headlines so he could move on to governing. But at the same time, it established a glow of immunity (even impunity) around even former presidents. In so many ways, Nixon paved the way for Trump, with Reagan and Iran-Contra extending the principle.
Any reasonable person would want this to be settled before the next election. Sadly the venn diagram of reasonable people and people who vote for Trump is just two completely separate circles.
Honestly, I would love to see him put away in prison for the rest of his natural life, and see the fruits of his grifting utterly destroyed. But if I can’t have that, death by natural causes also works.
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