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The deranged grifter, Herr Trumpillini, announced his third run for President this week, one day after his legal minions filed suit to block the House Select Committee's subpoena for his testimony and records. It is a tragic indictment of 'Merica's legal and political systems that a twice impeached former president and alleged leader of an unprecedented coup can plausibly run for the nation's highest office. In a better world he would be cooling his heels at Mar-a-Lago waiting for trial on federal and state charges relating to his campaign to illegally usurp power after loosing the 2016 election. If federal lawyers want to maintain any semblance of legitimacy they must indict Il Douche even if that means during a national political campaign. About 900 people have been indicted for the Insurrection of January 6th. About half have pleaded guilty and 23 have gone to trial and convicted. Yet the chief instigator remains an unindexed co-conspirator thanks to his litigations and delaying tactics. How could any reasonable citizen not concluded that there are two systems of justice in this country--one for the manipulative rich and one for Joe Blow, who is SOL.
Individual One has successfully reached what he sees as political cover for his crimes, running for office a third time. He is doing so for totally self-serving reasons, not because he care to "make 'Merica great again". Anyone who believes that slogan to be anything more than a sales pitch ought to consult a psychiatrist. Undoubtably the ultimate game plan is to influence any potential jury pools by running for office with its attendant media blitz, and perhaps delaying any trials until 2024 when the Justice Department may decide to defer a prosecution under its election year policy.
The two investigations against Trump that have the highest likelihood of a successful prosecution, are the federal Mar-a-Lago Papers investigation, and the Georgia election interference investigation in Fulton County. Both have been delayed significantly by the Trump legal team. The appointment of a master by a biased federal district judge has caused legal wrangling over the status of individual documents. Judge Cannon will rule on whatever special master decides. Then there is the possibility of further appeals to the Eleventh Circuit and the Supreme Court. So this egregious breach of national secuirty will not go to trial anytime soon. Fulton County's special grand jury investigation has met repeated resistence from witnesses in the Trump camp. However, judges have ruled against a significant list of witness. Former Governor Brian Kemp testified just before Trump announced his candidacy. Former national security advisor Mike Flynn has been ordered to testify, as have House Speaker Mark Meadows, Senator Lindsey Graham and former House Speaker, Newt Gingrich.
In a move that will not engender more public confidence, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the appointment of a special prosecutor to handle these politically charged cases. It remains to be seen if this added layer of authority will speed the legal process due the former guy. Probably not.
