Thread by @glennkirschner2

As we continue to wait for long-overdue justice to come for Trump, I’m reminded of a phrase I heard a lot when I was prosecuting murder cases in DC: “the streets know.” When we were investigating homicides proactively in the grand jury (meaning, no arrest had yet been made),

I would regularly meet with the victim’s family members to update them on the status of the investigation. Understandably, they often would ask me what’s taking so long - why has there been no no arrest/indictment. When I’d talk about the need for a thorough investigation to …

identify the killer, the family often would say, “but Mr. Kirschner, the streets know.” And they were right. The “streets” often know who the criminal is long before law enforcement knows. Of course, police & prosecutors need to build cases on admissible evidence as opposed to

word on the street.
But I saw how frustrating/maddening/upsetting it was for families who had a loved-one taken from them by violent crime, knowing who did it but having to wait for what seemed like an eternity for an arrest/indictment. This is precisely where we the people are

right now. We are “the streets.” We know who planned, orchestrated, and executed the insurrection. We know who stole classified documents and national defense information from the White House and unlawfully concealed it at Mar-a-Lago. We - the streets - KNOW Trump committed these

crimes. And we know Trump continues to endanger our democracy. And that’s why it’s so d@mn maddening that we have to sit here, awaiting a Trump indictment, while Trump & his criminal associates continue to try to burn it all down. So yes, the streets know what Trump has done.

But just as I told my homicide families, we have to do a thorough investigation in the grand jury. We have to get this right. Because when the killer is indicted, we want to make sure he’s held accountable. And when Donald Trump is indicted, we want to make sure he’s convicted.

Because #JusticeMatters.
Hang in there friends.