TRUMP IS A J6 PROBE TARGET
Donald Trump posted on his Truth Social Twitter knockoff this morning that he has received a “target letter” from Jack Smith regarding the probe into the January 6 insurrection. The fact that he also received a target probe and announced in there shortly before he was indicted for the Mar A Lago document theft case is an indication that the man who incited the attack on the capitol is likely close to his secod federal criminal indictment.
Trump said the letter includes an invitation to appear before the grand jury, which is an offer that he’s unlikely to accept. He said that the deadline for that appearance would be this week.
While I am certain all readers here have been praying for this news, it’s still breathtaking to realize it has happened. This is a measure of accountability that still remains stunning in the depths of criminality it aims to address: Donald Trump is the only President in U.S. history to not only refuse to accept the judgment of the people, but to attempt to use the powers of his office to subvert that judgement and overthrow it.
When we consider all the events in Trump’s presidency: the attempt to coerce Ukrainian president Zelenskyy to initiate a false probe of Joe Biden to damage his standing before the 2020 presidential elections; portrayingt efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic as a conspiracy against him; the effort to protray the election as fraudulent; and the lawsuits to rob Biden of his victory; they all seem capped by his incitement of a crowd willing to commit treason by declaring war on the government he headed, Followed by two and a half years of constant claims of continuing conspiracies against him and a complete unwillingness to recognize reality, the truth of the massive evil that is Donald Trump - and the willingness of 30 percent of the country to support this evil - is still difficult to completely comprehend.
Nothing matches the utter criminality — and damage done to democracy — of Trump’s attempt to reverse his defeat.
And of course, he followed the announcement of the letter with a denunciation of the system that he is now ensnared in, claiming the case brought in the nation’s capital would be unfair, because “a D.C. jury will do whatever they want.”
This coming case will undoubtedly include the indictment of Trump’s fellow conspirators.
No democractic government has ever had to deal with such a situation as that embodied in Donald Trump, and to bring the criminal and his fellow conspirators to trial in an open court. We are truly in the midst of the curse “May you live in ‘interesting’ times.”
This is worse than the Civil War and more dangerous than World War II.
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I'm not QUITE prepared to say this is worse than the Civil War, but in a significant way it is, because the treason that Lincoln encountered in the North was minor compared with the way it has spread through the republican party today.
An interesting note: this morning, I was at the gym. On CNN, it was all about this news. The entire time, on Fux Noise, it was about the Hunter Biden whistleblower, whose obvious treason and dishonesty went unmentioned.
I went from listening to Diana Butler Bass’ lecture on awakenings in the US and the backlashes that follow to read this news. Diana was lecturing on her book Christianity After Religion which was published in 2010. She said today that this backlash to all the forward movement we had in the 50s, 60s, and 70s is the strongest backlash we’ve had and it’s not just national; it’s global. This morning’s newsletter by Heather Cox Richardson also was very grim concerning the Republicans “talking out” about destroying our democracy. It seems to be coming to a head. I’m scared. Today I will get another list from Postcards to Voters and do what I can. The Civil War was won, but winning didn’t mean that the culture of hate and bigotry ended. I have been of the mind that we are fighting a second Civil War for a long time. Are we going to win? And if we do win, will we make sure that the values we are fighting for will stand? As Dan Rather says, STEADY.