As more indictments come out today, a reminder that all the "they won't ever investigate/indict Trump" stuff you've been hearing for years was manufactured misinformation.
That WaPo story a while back that Merrick Garland refused to investigate Trump, for example? What actually happened was that Garland insisted on taking down Trump the way he'd take down a mob boss: by going after low-level folks first, then using them to get to higher and higher levels, and eventually to the big boss himself, at which point the special counsel was appointed to finish it.
Trying to go after him directly on day one would have been a dopamine hit and nothing more; it would have accomplished nothing useful and poisoned future attempts at a serious investigation.
So Jack Smith's indictments today are the fruit of years of thankless, tireless work by Merrick Garland's DoJ to build this case and the evidence in it, doing things the effective and largely unseen way rather than the pleasing-to-social-media way. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
@ubernostrum for more receipts and details on this exact thing, i recommend reading https://terikanefield.com/frequently-asserted-rage-inducing-simplifications/ and following @Teri_Kanefield on here
@piebob @ubernostrum @Teri_Kanefield This seems like an exercise in being pointlessly technically correct without addressing the spirit of the things being debunked. Thousands of words of “well actually” don’t help the people who are starting to realise that the US probably doesn’t have any mechanisms by which it can stop a seemingly increasingly likely fascist revolution. Prominent conservatives are openly planning the overthrow of the government, but at least the QAnon Shaman got charged. /s
@whereami People go to the trouble of explaining what’s happening and you dismiss it because… your vibes? This isn’t a low-level dude, it’s the ringleader and former President indicted on felonies (in multiple jurisdictions, with likely more coming!). What, exactly, is your proposed alternative?
I would propose the alternative of actually talking to voters and showing them that the reasons they support the guy are wrong, that he failed on so many of his promises, and simply defeating him on account of his being a loser and failure at the job.
All of this legal nonsense only supports him when there is such a better direction that calls out Trump for being a failure, that nobody should really be behind.
