Thursday, February 11, 2021

There Was a Riot Goin' On

Like many people across America, I saw the House impeachment managers present video evidence at Donald Trump's Senate trial of how close congressional lawmakers - and then-Vice President Mike Pence came to being assassinated, as shown in the video still below, and the managers tied it perfectly to Trump's call for a "wild" time on January 6.  More is to come today.

Alas, you can count all of the Senate Republicans currently siding with Trump who can be persuaded to change their minds on one hand with fingers to spare.  And I'm being optismtic.  Trump is still going to be acquitted, and that means he's still likely to remain a free man unless the Justice Department finds reason to prosecute him.  And so it's easy to understand why Trump bootlicker Lindsey Graham has been holding Merrick Garland's appointment as President Biden's Attorney General.

But a federal investigation may be unnecessary, as there is now a criminal investigation focusing on Trump's meddling in the state of Georgia for that obscene phone call he made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.  It looks like the case that puts Trump in the slammer will come not from the Empire State but the Empire State of the South.

Peachy.  

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