3/26/2023 0 Comments Qanon meltdownWhen impeached a second time-this time for inciting a riot that nearly killed members of Congress-they followed more or less the same strategy. When impeached the first time for trying to withhold military aid to Ukraine in exchange for dirt on Joe Biden-a scandal that only looks worse with every passing week of Russia’s invasion-he and Republicans hung on to a sliver of ambiguity, arguing that there was never an explicit quid pro quo. But throughout his political career-and business career, for that matter-Trump successfully skirted danger, often on some very flimsy premises. Since the DOJ executed its search warrant, there has been little doubt that this was a more serious matter than most other Trump peccadilloes. He’s also unlike other people in another way: He seems bent on personally decimating his own defense, with the help of his allies. If it’s true that a picture speaks a thousand words, then some of those words, in this instance, were, “Wow it sure looks like Trump committed a serious crime,” and, “If this was any other person, they’d likely be indicted right now, if not down a deep, dark hole.” But Trump is not “any other person”: As a once and (he hopes) future head of state, he’s being treated with a lot more deference than most suspects. This week, the Department of Justice released photographs of highly sensitive, top secret documents that were recovered during the FBI’s raid of Mar-a-Lago last month.
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