“Report by Jack Smith says evidence ‘was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction’ had Trump not won re-election in 2024” - or had Garland not dragged his feet on this whole thing!!
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More convictions but what's the point when no action is taken there are no consquences. Unlike the rest of us.
Everyone change their name to Donald Trump and get a free get out of jail card.
Would have could have is nonsense now. Dems had four years to send the convicted felon to jail. They failed miserably. The convicted felon starts his fascist mandate tomorrow.
Or if we didn't, for some reason, pretend that some random 50 year old memo overrides all laws AND the Constitution. But whadaya gonna do? Enforce the rules? On RICH people? Pfsh!
Yes. It was never about the rule of law so much as the SPEED of law, especially when the one being prosecuted is armed with tens of millions snd lawyers who can delay the courts.
And he sowed the seeds with his court appointments the first time around. I'm sure further down the road a pay to play scheme will be revealed with the corrupt court with whom he couldn't have gotten absolute immunity from.
Thanks to AG Garland this bombshell report is a dud. It doesn't matter. The convicted felon is POTUS, egg prices will soar and it's smooth sailing on the Gulf of America.
Why the fuck aren't we in the streets? Within the week, an illegitimate, felonious, traitorous president, installed by the filthy rich, will be sitting in the Whitehouse and we sit here placidly accepting it all. We will get exactly what we deserve.
They released the report now?
This info has been available for years.
Anyone watch the congressial hearings on Jan 6, years ago?
It's like an uncle wearing a rubber after he got his 15-year-old niece pregnant.
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Put the blame where it belongs, on the corrupt justices of the Supreme Court, led by Roberts, who deliberately delayed their ruling on immunity and then legislated from the bench to prevent the prosecution moving forward. They also ignored the plain reading of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
Garland Garland Garland Garland
Obviously a decent man but what the hell was Biden thinking in putting this sloth in charge of raining fire on the insurrectionists ??
If we are currently writing the history of the rise of fascism in the US it is interesting to consider what the critical junctures were on the way. Certainly the inability/unwillingness to stop Trump from rerunning on the basis of his intent to overthrow the 2020 results should be a major contender.
It’s my understanding the FEC has a Republican majority but does not have a quorum to vote on anything. There’s a seat to be filled but the Republican majority actively opposes filling it.
Nah, it started with him not being arrested by the Secret Service for fomenting an insurrection on Jan 6. Like, that day. The second the Capitol was breached, he should have been cuffed and jailed.
The truth is, even had they brought all of the charges in 2021 sweet potato jesus would have found a way, with his personal judges help, of putting it off until he could be elected again. It is literally what he does.
Yeah, but if people only listened to Hillary Clinton who warned us, we wouldn't have travelled down this path. She was right! &, if people would have chosen a woman this time, Kamala Harris we wouldn't be travelling this worsened path either aka America First not Americans First is as clear as day.
...or if the 2024 votes were scrutinized as us customary!
Knowing Rump is desperate to stay out of prison, that he has Muks investing in the election, and PUUtin is greatly involved... WHY THE HELL WEREN'T THE VOTES RECHECKED!
This really helped me understand all about the Jack Smith Released Explosive January 6 Report Trump Didn’t Want us to See, 174 Pages Simplified for Easy Reading, Plus a Must-Watch Video on YouTube on my Bluesky Profile
Turns out the felon has already responded to the report. He's not a happy camper. He won't be sleeping tonight, he's too angry. Careful it doesn't raise his blood pressure too much.
The only democracy on the entire planet where the leader is above the law. America needs to change how they do things starting with tossing the corrupted members of the Supreme Court to the curb!
I feel like the people that pay attention already knew this. The rest of the country either doesn’t pay attention or don’t care. A report to reiterate what we already knew doesn’t make any difference.
Just proves this election was crap. It was crucial that he wins. And he did! Musk too said himself that he would be fk’d if Trump lost. How convenient.
Honestly having reviewed most of it at this point, there was very little new information. It just makes it more upsetting seeing it in a verified vetted source.
I would really like to know why the DOJ waited two years to begin an investigation about a crime that was broadcast on live TV. On Jan 6. Merrick Garlands incompetence is so bad it borders on complicity. Perhaps trump will now put him on SCOTUS.
Let’s not let #SCOTUS off the hook whom delayed their ruling and ultimately gave this corrupt man immunity. Republicans behind the scenes seem to be far more clever then Democrats to manipulate and influence the courts and the rule of law in this country towards what they want the outcome to be.
It's great how Merrick Garland dragged his feet on prosecuting this as long as he possibly could. Congratulations on letting Trump run out the clock, guys.
Dead Kennedys sang that murder was allowed if you had the badge. Allow me to paraphrase: fascist coup d'etat and putsch are allowed if you are the (incumbent) POTUS....
The first Civil War was delayed over decades of compromises that served the wills of the unjust. This echos that delay, but sped up through the modernized efficiencies of global communications and right-wing outrage culture.
Garland saw the nooses and was looking to save his neck from rope burn.
I almost wish I hadn’t read it. Trump outplayed the American legal system, with help from AG Garland. Now he can dismantle that system from the White House. No consequences. None.
SCOTUS is far more culpable in the failure to hold tRump accountable. The Roberts’ court agreed to hear an immunity argument that has no support in the Constitution, sat on the case for months, and erroneously ruled that the president is above the law. #reformSCOTUS
Medhi Hasan is one of the best outspoken N. Star to truth and he’s spot on about M. Garland. Not only that, M. Garland should have been fired a long time ago for not prioritizing investigation to the treasonous ex-president, leader and plotter of the Jan 6 insurrection-deaths, violence, & division.
Medhi is great, but in this case the narrative about Garland, though a popular sentiment, is misplaced. It is better to know what is actually responsible so we can try to fix it. In this case the real problems were the Supreme Court and the misinformed voters who re-elected Trump.
That is untrue, I suggest you read the article. "The department took overt investigative steps against three of the six alleged co-conspirators identified in Trump’s Jan. 6 indictment in 2021"...
"...DOJ first asked the committee for witness transcripts in April 2022. That June, prosecutors in the trial of leaders of the Proud Boys agreed to reschedule their trial from August until December because the committee would not release transcripts until September."
I don't know the ins and outs of it well enough, but I think @muellershewrote.bsky.social has a different view on Garland's responsibility or otherwise for the delays. Worth considering that it might not be him who is responsible.
I wonder if Garland didn't drag his feet deliberately to prevent the inevitable violence that might have occurred if Trump had been convicted and jailed (as Garland surely knew he might)? Maybe he figured the prospect of a 2nd Trump 'presidency' was better than the possible alternative?...
Yes, we knew what the problem was. It was Garland. If he wouldn’t have waited two years, Trump would be in prison right now and we wouldn’t have him as a president. That was a poor pic.
Trump would have been successfully impeached in January 2021 absent a few Repulican Senators (one of whom will now be Sec of State). And certainly facing prison time in Jan 2025 rather than a return to the White House.
Why is everyone making a big deal about #JackSmith report? It's like witnessing a 18-car pile up car crash on the highway but not acknowledging it until the police report comes out. Unless #TrumpDisqualified #TrumpIsGoingDown for treason, what good is report other than metaphorical "I told you so"?
If nothing else, it documents facts/history that Trump is intent to erase/rewrite. Future generations will understand how their suffering evolved ultimately via voter apathy & corrupt SCOTUS. Americans failed this election. Facts for revolution when it’s so bad they’ll sacrifice for future gens.
I agree with this but when corporate newsmedia is kissing the ring of Orange Hitler who is known for "alternative facts" and rewriting the narrative, i just feel like we are heading down the highway, foot on the gas towards Fascism, American style.
The next questions are achingly obvious. Why is a president above the law. Why is equality in America complete bull?
Can anybody answer why the judicial system has unilaterally decided that the president cannot be prosecuted?
"or had Garland not dragged his feet on this whole thing"
We're seriously tempted to answer: YES!
This was the most damning case against Donald Trump; everything should have been put forth to produce that report at least one year earlier and push for a trial. 🤔
“No person shall hold any office, civil or military,under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath … to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.”
The mass roundups, the concentration camps, the rotting crops, the unsafe meat processing plants, the ensuing riots, the massive spike in violent crime... So many options to choose from.
The convicted felon criminal rapist racist … will soon face the consequences of his despicable behavior and karma will visit him just like it does everyone else!!!😵💫🤯🤮
That's why Trump ran for POTUS. Talk of him spending more time down at the Mar-A-Lago Assisted Living Facility then the White House. Trump will always be FOTUS (Felon Of The United States)
Biden's entire purpose when gifted the nomination was to defeat Trump and he guaranteed a Trump victory, this abdication a chief component of that engineered failure.
Interesting. As the facts of the report contain little we didn’t already know, the attention is now on how the DOJ failed to prosecute indisputable crimes against the state.
Even after the details come out stating how long it took to gather evidence and move through the courts, you’re still blaming Garland instead of Roberts. How can you be so smart on everything else and dumb on this?
I hate how politics is creeping in to bluesky, but surely if he would have been convicted then he still would be convicted...or is the president of the USA not held to the same laws as his citizens?
Indeed. Garland slow-walked this for a reason still TBD. But certainly, justice was not delivered equally. Garland failed, and tied Jack Smith's hands. Why???
if only America had a fair judicial system that man , that rapist criminal would be behind bars and not in the White House! lost all faith in our government!
He ran solely to stay out of jail, he acknowledged during his campaign that he would go to jail if he didn’t win, yet the legal system allowed him to avoid jail because he won the election, so now nobody can do anything because he’s president elect.
This is proof that Donald is above the law. Being a criminal makes his presidency illegitimate. We’re past the norms and rituals. His presidency is meaningless and so is he. We should treat him accordingly.
If people hadn’t voted for the ‘grab them by the pussy’ arsehole in 2016…
If the ‘quit pro quo’ guy had been impeached and removed…
If the insurrectionist guy had been impeached and removed…
If people hadn’t voted for the convicted felon rapist traitorous insurrectionist…
And so the list goes on….
Look at the difference in these headlines! Editors being made to capitulate in advance by ABC’s corporate overlords at Disney, again? https://apple.news/ALixERMizRUWgLPBzm1SRnA
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Everyone change their name to Donald Trump and get a free get out of jail card.
Those two incompetent morons are why we're here.
Lol
See how that works?
What could Biden have done here? 🙄
Learn about your own govt and presidential power, would be my recommendation.
Can we hurry up and invade Canada already?
Genuine question.
This info has been available for years.
Anyone watch the congressial hearings on Jan 6, years ago?
It's like an uncle wearing a rubber after he got his 15-year-old niece pregnant.
🤷
I was worried he might come out and say he didn’t have enough evidence to convict Trump, because that’s totally something he’d admit to if true
Obviously a decent man but what the hell was Biden thinking in putting this sloth in charge of raining fire on the insurrectionists ??
If anything it is now in Trumps interest to do a Netanyahoo and never leave the presidency by becoming a warmonger in chief to stay in power.
As soon as they didn’t take immediate action the die was cast.
https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/servants-of-the-mafia-state
Knowing Rump is desperate to stay out of prison, that he has Muks investing in the election, and PUUtin is greatly involved... WHY THE HELL WEREN'T THE VOTES RECHECKED!
Serious question.
Thank God he never got on the SCOTUS.
https://www.justice.gov/storage/Report-of-Special-Counsel-Smith-Volume-1-January-2025.pdf
What a Shock....NOT!!!!!!
https://bsky.app/profile/muellershewrote.bsky.social/post/3lfosinq2p22e
I’m a huge fan Mehdi but I feel kind of gaslit when you say “Garland dragged his feet on this whole thing”.
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I also worked with ChatGPT on an executive summary for faster insights: https://chatgpt.com/share/67864ab0-908c-8002-90ce-3b5d295f119d
Reading the ToC and "The Results of the Investigations" pp. 2-8 will give you a good overview too.
He wasn’t convicted. The felonies he did catch (Hush Money case) he received no punishment.
Politics are about power and creating material changes.
Not woulda, coulda, shoulda.
My God it is YU from late 1980s all over again.
Garland saw the nooses and was looking to save his neck from rope burn.
Can anybody answer why the judicial system has unilaterally decided that the president cannot be prosecuted?
We're seriously tempted to answer: YES!
This was the most damning case against Donald Trump; everything should have been put forth to produce that report at least one year earlier and push for a trial. 🤔
Stop believing in fairy tales ffs
If it took me 3 years to do my job I wouldn’t fucking have one
Or a corrupt Republican Senate refused their oath of office.
Or ...
That is fucking bananalands.
If the ‘quit pro quo’ guy had been impeached and removed…
If the insurrectionist guy had been impeached and removed…
If people hadn’t voted for the convicted felon rapist traitorous insurrectionist…
And so the list goes on….