You’ll remember that, in the waning days of the Trump presidency, a crew of conspiracy-theorizing loyalists pushed the president to use the federal government to seize voting machines and investigate his bogus claims of fraud.
Here’s what’s new: It turns out Trump was at a meeting where those nascent, unlawful efforts were also discussed — back in December 2020. Trump was present as allies discussed a plot to unlawfully access voting machine software in Michigan and Georgia, according to testimony heard by the Jan. 6 committee.
And this one:
While the extent to which Trump may have been aware of the plot is still unclear
So he was in the room but not aware of the plot? Some clarification is needed.
Something, anything, they could use to manufacture a story - no matter how obviously full of bullshit and lies - to further their attempt to overthrow the duely elected government.
We have a certain amount of time to deliver the goods. Because the Right is good at manufactured bluster, the deliberate, silent actions of the DOJ, juxtaposed over this background Noise, come off as less than they really are.
In point of fact, the DOJ jabbering every other day (like the Trumpists) would be the ones doing the Performance Art