Someone just told me that these reports are "meaningless unless . . . "
The truth is never meaningless.
The idea that a report is meaningless because . . . .because . .. because what? Because Trump is not in prison?
That's not how things work, people.
In fact, it sounds a bit autocratic to me.
I'm about to go on a tear . . .
I'm tired of the word "consequences" and "accountability."
Trump was removed from the White House after trying everything he could to subvert an election.
Investigations are ongoing.
If you want elected leaders who abuse their authority to be held accountable . . .
. . . start working on the 2022 election.
We have a political problem in this country. The political problem is that a dangerous percentage of the country fully supports Trump in his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Law enforcement and meting out punishments will not solve the political problem.
Tirade over.
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Make an outrageous statement not based on fact.
When people call it out as wrong, double down.
Finally, assert that following statutory procedure appears "weak."
Yes, the "bad guys" scorn people who follow the laws.
Does that mean we shouldn't?
Reading the Senate Report now on Trump's months-long attempts to subvert the election: cnn.com/2021/10/07/pol…
The attempts involve repeated abuses of presidential power and violations of "longstanding policies" intended to prevent a president from weaponizing the DOJ.
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Finding #1: Trump repeatedly asked DOJ leadership to endorse false claims about the election and to assist his efforts to overturn the election.
I seem to recall @RepAdamSchiff warning Congress that if Trump wasn't impeached and removed he'd keep abusing his power.
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Finding #2: Mark Meadows similarly "violated longstanding restrictions on White House-DOJ communications about specific law enforcement matters."
Why it matters: In an autocracy, the autocrat decides who to prosecute. Independent prosecutors are a safeguard of democracy.
Regulations from this era include the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, and our first affirmative action regulations.
"Insane" indeed.
Does anyone remember the economy tanking during the time from JFK to Nixon?
(That would be 1963 until 1968 or 1974, depending on how to count "Nixon.")
I recommend not arguing with such people. They use the firehose of falsehoods method: throw out lots of garbage and wear people out trying correct errors.
I retweeted because I thought the "insane" comment was interesting.
The hatred of regulations is why they hate government.
Not only would he lose, but such a lawsuit would likely backfire on him spectacularly.
(I first wrote about this in a Just Security piece.)
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2/ It's generally accepted that the privilege is held by the sitting president, and the Biden administration already said won't assert executive privilege over this material.