Very sad to see, but unfortunately expected, even predicted by many as inevitable the way Trump and McCarthy played their hands.
Starts with Trump directing everyone to the Capitol, telling them he would meet them there, but never showing up. Oh I know, the story is the secret service wouldn’t drive him there, but with no chaperon at the party it quickly got out of hand. He should have realized he was being setup and been doing everything to shut it down virtually, instead of teasing other politicians on the phone when it was going down. Even his own kids including Don )r. were begging him to shut it down, which is documented, so don’t get mad at me for saying this.
Fast forward to the J6 committee being setup. Yes it was unfair how a couple of our rightful members were denied participation, but the decision by McCarthy to just boycott the whole thing completely, and let the train run off completely on it’s own, to its inevitable end, was idiotic beyond comprehension. Trump should have realized McCarthy wasn’t doing him any favors and asked to have his own team participate if McCarthy wouldn’t.
But the full green light given by Trump and McCarthy gave the Trump haters on the committee the right to say and do anything they wanted, completely unopposed. There’s no official dissent of any kind on the record. Historians will likely equate this to a “fold” or a plea of “no contest” when trying to draw an analogy. No Contest means you don’t mount any defense and throw yourself at the mercy of the court. Very risky and rarely results in not being charged with something. In this one sided committee it should have been obvious what the outcome would be.
Rather than spending his time and money to build up any sort of brilliant legal team to deal with these issues, Trump instead decided to hire several hot young female lawyers in Florida to run his Legal campaign on TV, which I’m sure everyone has noticed, and build Truth Social to run his PR campaign online.
He, just like many of his supporters, seem to be living in some sort if fantasy world where he’s Teflon Don, the untouchable one. Well maybe he has been, but with several obvious missteps along the way, and a lot of nasty people out to get him, that could unfortunately be coming to a sad end, which will affect us all. I hope and pray not, but he’s not in a strong position right now, as his sole reliance on self generated PR has been insufficient to counter those out to get him. Whether he’ll ever try anything different remains to be seen, but so far it appears his philosophy is once a promoter, always a promoter, and let the chips fall where they may.
“the committee’s members have been in wide agreement that they feel the former president committed a crime.”
They FEEL the former president committed a crime. That is not grounds for an indictment. The feels. If I FEEL those on the Jan. 6 committee are all corrupted, do they get indicted too?
(In reality, they’re lying. They really know Trump didn’t commit any crime.)
Trump didn’t help himself by uttering something that could be interpreted as desiring the overturning of the Constitution.
They will do anything to avoid discovery, they cannot allow that to happen. Period.
All theater until cases hit a real court of law where BOTH SIDES get to present testimony, evidence, question witnesses and have discovery.
The Department of Justice must prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the 2020 Presidential election was fair and honest, BEFORE it can indict anyone, on any charge, related to January 06.
Perfect. They will overplay yet another fakenews™️ crime and embarrass themselves even further. Id say erode more credibility but they had none to begin with so let the winning begin (again).
In the future, we’ll all be indicted.
Donald Trump Is Going to Be Indicted
Joey and Hunter count money
Yep, and McCarthy and McConnell will breathe a sigh of relief. The GOP is dead.
Red State = Unreadable publication from Trump hater Erick Erickson’s mother’s basement noozroom that has been an absolute toilet bowl since 2015 - Trump Derangement Meter = 10
Trump or nothing - screw the UniParty.
They forgot Ray Epps and associates.