@ericgarland Can we all pause for a moment to appreciate the sheer genius of dropping this response to Trump's first, insane pardon, as he dangles full, sweeping pardons for *everyone* inside and outside his Administration?
The possibility of state charges puts him, personally, at risk...
The possibility of state charges puts him, personally, at risk...
@ericgarland With *every* pardon.
People like @TheRickWilson, who have studied Trump intensely, realize he is intensely self-centered.
If there is a real possibility that each successive pardon offered in exchange for something - money, silence, loyalty, favors - increases the likelihood...
People like @TheRickWilson, who have studied Trump intensely, realize he is intensely self-centered.
If there is a real possibility that each successive pardon offered in exchange for something - money, silence, loyalty, favors - increases the likelihood...
@ericgarland @TheRickWilson He will not only end up in prison, but in a *state* maximum-security prison, like Rikers Island, what are the odds he will endanger himself personally to do so?
*Worse,* what happens when that not only occurs to Trump, but to everyone relying on him for a pardon?
*Worse,* what happens when that not only occurs to Trump, but to everyone relying on him for a pardon?
@ericgarland @TheRickWilson Everyone who bet their futures, who bet *everything,* on a full, sweeping pardon freeing them of consequences for anything they've done in this conspiracy?
Not to mention whatever risk they'd be taking on in state charges, themselves, if they *were* pardoned.
Not to mention whatever risk they'd be taking on in state charges, themselves, if they *were* pardoned.
@ericgarland @TheRickWilson Everyone is now facing the reality that the conspiracy can not protect them, and in fact is dragging them to their doom.
It's like the classic SF story, Who Goes There?
Unstoppable aliens with one weakness.
Utterly self-centered. Inherently treacherous.
It's like the classic SF story, Who Goes There?
Unstoppable aliens with one weakness.
Utterly self-centered. Inherently treacherous.
https://twitter.com/Dry_Observer/status/970786912846966792
@ericgarland @TheRickWilson Each part was independent, so if you separated even a drop of blood and held a hot wire to it...
It would flee, caring only to preserve itself, and caring nothing for its progenitor.
The wires are now everywhere.
And they are burning white hot.
It would flee, caring only to preserve itself, and caring nothing for its progenitor.
The wires are now everywhere.
And they are burning white hot.
@ericgarland @TheRickWilson And remember, this is all happening in context.
They have been looking at pardons since impeachment, *months* ago?
It's a little late to pretend nothing has been said about rewards and compensation in the context of pardons.
They have been looking at pardons since impeachment, *months* ago?
It's a little late to pretend nothing has been said about rewards and compensation in the context of pardons.
@ericgarland @TheRickWilson To pretend the @FBI, investigating for months, knows *nothing.*
And let's not even get into the basic point that if you were trying to prove a RICO conspiracy, trying to mass pardon *all* of your fellow conspirators for pretty much anything would be an excellent way to do so.
And let's not even get into the basic point that if you were trying to prove a RICO conspiracy, trying to mass pardon *all* of your fellow conspirators for pretty much anything would be an excellent way to do so.
@ericgarland @TheRickWilson @FBI So what happens now?
If the only door out of this passes through the offices of Federal prosecutors?
What happens to this last, desperate attempt to keep everyone on board before every last rat flees the sinking ship in shark infested waters?
Unleash the Kraken, indeed.
If the only door out of this passes through the offices of Federal prosecutors?
What happens to this last, desperate attempt to keep everyone on board before every last rat flees the sinking ship in shark infested waters?
Unleash the Kraken, indeed.
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