Whatever he wants, all the time
This is so sick.
Jack Smith files to drop Jan. 6 charges against Donald Trump
Not because he didn’t do it, not because there’s no evidence he did it, but because there’s a law that says he can’t be prosecuted.
Special counsel Jack Smith has filed a motion to drop all four felony charges against President-elect Donald Trump in connection with his effort to overturn his 2020 presidential election in the lead-up to the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S Capitol.
Trump was first indicted on four felonies in August 2023: conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy against rights. The case was then put on hold for months as Trump’s team argued that Trump could not be prosecuted.
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“The Government’s position on the merits of the defendant’s prosecution has not changed. But the circumstances have,” Smith’s office wrote in Monday’s filing, adding that it is seeking to dismiss the charges ahead of Trump’s inauguration, in line with the Justice Department’s longstanding position that it can’t charge a sitting president.
“That prohibition is categorical and does not turn on the gravity of the crimes charged, the strength of the Government’s proof, or the merits of the prosecution, which the Government stands fully behind,” the special counsel added.
So he’s an absolute monarch. What a brilliant system we’ve set up here.
Merrick Garland’s pathetic performance as Attorney General suggests that he was not a top drawer pick for the Supreme Court. He might have been better than any of DJT’s nominees, but that is damning with faint praise. If he had had the courage that the public has a right to expect from the ultimate arbiters of the Constitution and the law, he would have proceeded far more expeditiously to hold the treacherous, felonious, corrupt 45th administration to account. It’s utterly infuriating.
I never thought I’d live long enough to see the effects of climate change, and I never thought I’d see the death of the US, but, hey, I’m still alive.
In 1974, ‘Tricky Dick’ Nixon was forced out of office over his part in the Watergate scandal. Trump, on the other hand, managed to avoid going to jail for his leading role in the unglorious ‘March on Washington’ of January 6, 2021, which led to much death and destruction.
I venture to add that there is not a single one amongst Trump’s dopey supporters that the said Trump would not throw to the wolves in order to save his own treacherous and opportunistic hide.
The Constitution includes language about guaranteeing a SPEEDY trial. Obviously this was mostly intended to prevent endless political detention. But the opportunities for endless stalling and delaying by defendants has been the main effect.