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It would be grand to think of the report released last week by special counsel John Durham as the last nail in MAGA’s political coffin before it’s lowered into the hell-flames of the abyss. Of course, that’s not the case.
It was a tacit admission that Barr’s chief client had an awkward history of corruption, and a manic compulsion for repeating it.
And an admission that the gop is more than willing to overlook (and even encourage?) corruption in their ranks. It’s all about money and power for them
Barr has been making comments that he wants to put him on a path of redemption. His meager Redemption Tour is an utter failure. He is, was, and will always be corrupt.
It’s too bad money is the metric of how we keep score.
Still, it’s worth wondering why Barr, and Durham, went to such trouble.
That’s easy. The Federalist Society is playing a long game to end democracy as it was originally intended to function here in America.
Is there enough on Barr’s lies to get him disbarred?
I mean, it’s a minor thing, but totally would be hilarious.
The headlines, of course would be fun, but also a nice dig at a former AG.
It would be apropos and put that bit of shame that belongs there. It would also be good when an outlet like NY Times gives him a soapbox to trash their credibility
Fifth Columnists one and all is what the GOP has become.
Does the Dunham report supercede the Muller report, or any other reports…impeachment etc.?
Almost like they were sharing the same copy editor… or political coordinator… or corporate board…
Garland had a duty not to allow bullshit to be spread under his watch.
This report should never have passed to the public.
Nice article but…if you’re pointing the evils of petty theft to an audience 50% the victims of petty theft and 50% petty thieves…don’t expect much.
Barr has proven from his first letter to Trump that included his resume’ and intentions to his scuttling back into the woodwork at coup time that he was just another tool…a willing janitor for the Don who happened to be the head of law enforcement …while having no respect for the people and institutions he was in a position to serve .
How long can we expect to take a very large gallows to be built for these GQP critters?
I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for it.
Always remember and never forget, much of the Democratic leadership is more interested in comity than pushback. It’s how it’s all gotten this far without much retribution for the GQP leaders that brought us here.
Sure, folks have gone to prison for J6, but the prosecution of the planners has yet to even begin. 2-1/2 years later, to boot.
It’s all about appearances. The goal was merely the announcement of an investigation into Hunter Biden by Ukraine. Once they had that announcement, they could run with that and use it against Joe, and would justify doing Putin’s bidding in that country. Same thing here with Durham. The mere presence of this report is enough to vindicate the Dotard, regardless of what it says. Ignorance by the rubes is bliss.
Durham should have been fired Day 1 of Biden’s presidency. As shown by this report and his actions, he’s violated any number of DOJ rules on prosecutorial conduct.
Now, the House MAGAs will take up the banner of Durham’s lies to try to interfere with the FBI’s and DOJ’s prosecutions of Trump.
Holding the planners accountable is needed, but I actually view the Jan 6th prosecutions to be the more important factor at this point.
The people who invaded the Capitol did so because they thought their privilege and support by the planners would make them immune to consequences. The J6 prosecutions show that:
The above reduces the pool of people willing to be insurrectionist foot soldiers for Trump. That will be a key factor in preventing or stopping a future coup attempt.
And all that works just fine as long as the GQP is never put in charge again.
The Texas Lege is trying to invalidate their largest Democratic city with new bills to remove election leaders and to provide the State with the right to invalidate results in just that one county, based on population.
Txlawyer and others say the laws won’t stand, but it won’t stop the Texas Lege from trying some combination of stuff that they can get through the slanted courts.
And until something actually happens, e.g., the 2024 Presidential election, where the city is quite likely to vote blue, no litigation can even start. By then, it may be entirely too late.
