And several summers before.
To paraphrase Ice Cube, it ain’t over, mothafucka.
From early in his administration, there were notable media outlets accusing President Trump of treason for whatever he’d done in Russia.
The pandemic and the simultaneous things happening with the Summer of 2020 led to the “mostly peaceful protest” on January 6, 2021.
That same protest where many MAGA stooges ended up with Federal convictions for parading around the Capitol in search of votes that just weren’t there.
The overreach in penalizing people for that day is remarkable for so many reasons. I think about Brandon Staka who didn’t do anything more serious than being unruly. He pleaded guilty to a charge saying basically that, but he spent how long in the awful DC City Jail?
Then they sprung things back into action in advance of last year’s election.
I am happy that President Trump pardoned him, and others like him.
I am not happy that a litany of people who appeared on cable news from late 2016 until the Pandemic get by without the scorn they so deserve.
In my experience, it’s not hard to get a dedicated CNN or MSNBC viewer to nod in violent agreement if you casually mention the things that Michael Cohen did in Prague.
Leaving out that bit when trying to wipe away what DNI Gabbard uncovered is amazing.
Matt Taibi’s reporting over at Racket News has been pretty spot-on. As I’ve explained repeatedly, I didn’t vote for Trump. EVER.
To be kind, it’s convenient to paint over what so many did surrounding an investigation that was predicated on Clinton campaign disinformation.
No. Nobody should ever question what law enforcement on the Intelligence Community said, much less what they did.
I’ve heard some lawyers describe the elements of RICO. Many of these weren’t in reference to Gabbard’s referrals, but to the RICO charges Diddy faced.
That some of these things are old news is noted with interest, but there were raids that can be traced to what DNI Gabbard released until 2023.
It ain’t over.