Can't help but speculate ...

[NanceGreggs]

The GOP was convinced that Trump would be re-elected, one way or ‘another’.

And as a result thereof, Barr’s DOJ would be free to pursue or quash any investigations currently underway – including the activities of Matt Gaetz.

In other words, such Barr-sanctioned investigations would be gathering kompramat on high-profile Republicans that could be used to ensure their loyalty to Trump in future, no matter how out-of-control his actions might be during his expected second term.

I can only wonder how many other Republicans Barr’s DOJ were “investigating” in the belief that the details of such investigations would never surface publicly, but would serve as a compelling incentive to toe-the-party-line for many GOPers, under the threat of having such details revealed if they refused to go-along-to-get-along.

After four years of Trump, I have learned to be extremely suspicious – and with good reason. And I have a feeling that Biden’s win has thrown the proverbial monkey-wrench into what the powers-that-be in the GOP were convinced would never go beyond the internal workings of the Trump party’s machinations.

I believe that Gaetz is just the first of many high-profile Republicans who will be outted as a result of the kompramat their own party put together to ensure their loyalty to the Former Guy – never realizing that there might be a new sheriff in town who would uncover the details of the offences the GOP were convinced would never see the light of day thanks to Trump’s expected second term in office.

Gaetz is just the proverbial tip of the iceberg. And every high-profile Republican currently in office is shitting themselves at the thought that the kompramat their own party has on them will now be used against them by the new political regime.

There are a million stories to be told – and Matt Gaetz’s story is just one of them. Others are bound to follow – and some of them will make Gaetz’s tale of woe seem trivial by comparison.

[malaise]

1. Great post

Off to the greatest page

[SharonAnn]

78. Wasn't that the way J. Edgar Hoover supposedly operated? Kompromat?

[malaise]

80. Supposedly?

That was his way

[bluestarone]

2. You are so right

[SoCalDavidS]

3. I Sooooo Hope You're Right

I've been meaning to stock up on popcorn.

[electric_blue68]

6. Get the Corporate Triple Pack Can - plain, caramel, and cheddar! 😁

[electric_blue68]

4. Ooooo, I hope you are so right! It's certainly quote plausable!

[rzemanfl]

11. "o" "i" don't think that was what you meant to say.

[electric_blue68]

84. Oops lol

[robbob]

73. Can I quite you on that?

😁

[electric_blue68]

85. Lol ooopsies! :D

[Heartstrings]

5. I agree with your speculation.....

Lock them all up!

[agingdem]

7. this is very much like J. Edgar Hoover

he had dirt on everyone in power and they were afraid to fire him...the bastard held on to his job for 37 years...

[Karadeniz]

10. You read my mind exactly!

[Golden Raisin]

27. Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner.

[sheshe2]

8. The list is long.

Few, IMO, are exempt from Barrs's list.

[Ocelot II]

9. That's more or less what J. Edgar Hoover did.

He had dossiers on just about everybody.

[Nevilledog]

12. ...

[Bo Zarts]

13. Bingo! You've been reading my mind.

And one of my US Senators is Mr. Kompramat himself: Lindsey Graham.

[wnylib]

20. My sympathies to you. Glad that I have

Schumer and Gillibrand.

[True Blue American]

56. Lindsey and his about face

Starting with inviting Ivanka and Jared to the McCain funeral. The over head camera panned on Lindsey looking nervous as a cat, darting eyes. I wondered why. It seemed so out of place.

Then bingo, I found, against all wishes he had invited those 2 Social Climbers.

[usaf-vet]

62. Did you mean Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin?

[murpheeslaw]

14. EXACTLY!

I said this to my partner this morning!

I wonder if what turned Lindsey around will come out now?

[wnylib]

22. That would be interesting to know.

Wonder, too, if possible exposure of kompromat is what prompted the turtle to decide to retire.

[fwvinson]

79. When did Mitch retire? News to me.

[Mr.Bill]

15. Basically I'm assuming, until someone proves otherwise,

that for every republican in Congress that voted not to remove Trump from office, there exists a video of them raping 12 year-old girls. Or worse.

[lagomorph777]

66. They seem to be more afraid of Kompromat, than getting assassinated by the Trump mob.

[TheRickles]

16. I think the Cheney link is crucial here.

When Gaetz went to WY to work against Liz Cheney's campaign, her Dad got so pissed that he called Barr have the DOJ investigate Gaetz, in order to derail his career. Nothing as complicated as blackmail, just directly sabotage the bleeper.

Although blackmail could also be part of the picture - these aren't mutually exclusive theories. Now that I think about it, I actually hope you're right, Nance, because there would be many more stories like this coming to light under AG Garland.

[Eyeball_Kid]

42. Gaetz' affront to Liz hit a nerve.

Dick made a phone call and used up some chips. He still has a lot remaining. Gaetz is finished. Don’t fuck with Liz.

[gldstwmn]

53. Let hope he used some on Jr.

[c-rational]

17. I agree. When I heard when the investigation started, I thought along the same line.

[wnylib]

26. I'm disappointed in myself that it did not

occur to me. It should have, since I can remember the Hoover years.

[Mickju]

69. Yeah, same here.

[Politicub]

18. Everything you said, plus there are hundreds of CD roms that were

in Jeffrey Epstein’s home. I believe the justice department has those, too.

[FakeNoose]

32. We should assume Barr destroyed or buried anything with Chump's name on it

... but yeah, anybody else is fair game. I hope Bill Barr starts getting subpoenas real soon.

[True Blue American]

57. We know Barr visited Epstein several times

Then the Guards fell conveniently asleep and the cameras did not work. Epstein did not commit suicide.

[TheRickles]

60. Yes, agreed. That was the most blatant coverup we've seen in a long time.

[lagomorph777]

67. No, Barr kept the juicy Trump bits in his personal briefcase.

Never know when it might come in handy.

[niyad]

19. Spot on, as ever.

[liberalmuse]

21. Brilliant!

I was puzzled as to why the Trump DOJ was investigating his lap dog. This makes perfect sense!

[cachukis]

23. Very sordid. From the time of the ancients.

Nice probe. Lot of fleas there.

[uponit7771]

24. K&R, IE the reason the new AG was delayed

[Atticus]

25. And, when one considers that SO MANY Republicans are morally and legally compromised and

are members of perhaps the most mentally unbalanced demographic in the nation, one has to ask how long it will be before one of these desperate and frantic Second Amendment worshippers cracks wide open and opens fire on "the enemy".

That Lindsey is bloviating about his very own AR-15 may be another "tip of the iceberg".

[I_UndergroundPanther]

28. Republicans ARE the conspirasy they warned us

about.

[Blue_true]

29. Well. Lindsay Graham has been pretty quiet lately. nt

[spanone]

30. 🇺🇸K&R🇺🇸

[Escurumbele]

31. Very good thought...and the only think I can say is "Amen"

That would be so great if the GOP could have a cleansing, which I find very hard for it to happen anyway, even if a bunch of them are kicked out of office.

Throughout the history of the GOP they have always been trash and yes, there are exceptions, but very few. The mentality of people who belong to the republican party is something that is taught through generations, and it is very difficult to clean, these people are indoctrinated, they belong to a cult.

[FakeNoose]

33. Thanks for this astute analysis

[calimary]

34. Now THAT is MOST interesting!

MOST interesting.

And not beyond the realm of possibility, considering who the players were.

Not AT ALL beyond the realm of possibility.

[dlk]

35. Good point

Given how Trump & co. operate, it makes perfect sense.

[BadGimp]

36. I like the way you think!

Occam's Razor:

Occam's razor, Ockham's razor, Ocham's razor, or the principle of parsimony or law of parsimony is the problem-solving principle that "entities should not be multiplied without necessity", or more simply, the simplest explanation is usually the right one.

Source Wikipedia

[ancianita]

37. Good framing of power maintenance that can work across administrations. Thanks!

If what you say sits in DOJ records, or even if Republicans know it does, or even if they wonder what else the new DOJ inherited, this administration could be looking at some surprise "sincere" bipartisan votes.

[Joinfortmill]

38. I love it!

[Tommymac]

39. Best Post of the YEAR so far.

Stock up on popcorn.

[samplegirl]

40. Drunk with power

Because they all thought they were home free.

[MyOwnPeace]

41. I immediately thought of Moscow Mitch......

and of course, his wife, the recent Secretary of Transportation. There's Mitch's flip-flopping all over the place with how to "handle" IQ45 (not impeach, but sure slam him in a speech 10 minutes after the Senate set him free) and the workings of his wife to support business with her family firm and China.
That and SO much more to watch - the cold sweat running down their cheeks (perhaps along with some hair dye) - is going to be SO telling......

[MFM008]

43. lindsey G

that's the best explanation for his change.

[flying_wahini]

44. Yes, Barr was involved from the beginning with his ties to Epstein And Trump.

The ‘Pee’ tapes were really P for Perv. They got them all having sex with girls and boys.

Putin didn’t have to work too hard to get them to come around, I Bet.

I hope All of it comes out; Epstein, Deutsche Bank loans, SCOTUS Kennedy getting the boot
Eric Prince and the Saudi’s deals with Trump, the stolen PPE’s
ALL of it!

I hope they are all lying awake at night sweating a late night knock at the door.

[Ilsa]

45. Brilliant. Bookmarking. nt

[dalton99a]

46. Yep. The asshole actually said he was 'entitled' to at least three terms

[BobTheSubgenius]

47. That is an excellent theory.

Like a modern-day J Edgar Hoover.

[Schmice3]

48. Your argument is pretty compelling

[lastlib]

49. The tRumpers intended that the organs of government would become....

the implements of perpetual republiqan power in the second tRump term, concentrated in the hands of the former guy and his demon-spawn (including Jared). When that didn't come to pass, all hell broke loose. Now they're all scrambling to avoid exposure and ultimately capture. Hence Lindsey's "Count me out" speech after the insurrection failed.

You may have a great insight here, Nance!

[Pepsidog]

50. Nunes and Jordan next please.

[Backseat Driver]

51. I just go with the assumption that most, if not all, GOP are vile cockroaches eom/

[Sogo]

52. I remember early on in 45's Presidency

at a gathering of the GOP in the Rose Garden, he pointed out at those gathered in a sweeping gesture and said, “I know things about all of them.”

[bucolic_frolic]

61. Are you suggesting

private covert surveillance keeps them in line? Shocking!

[Blue Owl]

54. Open the FloodGaetz

[lagomorph777]

68. Then there's Ivanka... Daughtergate....

[True Blue American]

55. Sure explains

Lindsey Graham.

[scarytomcat]

58. some are going to want to spend more time with family.

if you're going to be outed time to retire
Say bye bye

[bucolic_frolic]

59. The guy with fake licenses including some foreign ones

I uncovered a YouTube video yesterday on Stalin's spies. In the early part of the Cold War, the video said he stripped Soviet passports from citizens abroad, returned them to Moscow, and put his own new people with photos in the passports. So these were now actual spies with the ID's of ordinary citizens.

I wonder why the fake IDs? Sounds like a stalk, surveillance, perhaps even kompromat or blackmail operation nipped in the bud.

[Roc2020]

63. I agree Trump may have

thought he could successfully steal the election. Him and the 'R's are still shocked and then they loss AZ and GA to boot

[RVN VET71]

75. I remember all too well Karl Rove's reaction to Obama's second victory.

He was literally stammering, incredulous when Fox News revealed to him that Romney was getting his ass kicked. He really could not believe it -- and I thought then and still do that it was because he and his venomous POS’s cronies had thought they’d rigged the election (just as they did to give Bush a victory over Kerry in ’04). But something went wrong, Romney went back to Utah, and Obama led the nation for another 4 years.

Same thing, I believe, happened here. The Party of Traitors' attempts to rig the election was overcome by events. Changes to mail-in voting and other laws that made it, if not easier, then at least possible for people to vote, and the result screwed up Trump’s plan to steal the election.

Meanwhile, Barr, could well have assumed he’d be the new Hoover in the lifetime Trump administration, protected from harm by his carefully kept files from secret investigations.

It makes sense and would (will?) make a helluva movie! ‘Course the movie will have to wait until at least one other traitor’s foul, perverted deeds are publicly exposed. Please let it be Lindsey!

[OAITW r.2.0]

64. Compromising incidents in one's personal life are a qualifying feature to run for federal office.

That's how the GOP maintains the Party line. If you grow a conscience, expect to get primaried next cycle. The Party has self-selected the very worst characters for office over the past 50 years.

[lagomorph777]

65. I think Kompromat is a major component of Trump's grip on the GQP.

[randr]

70. Right on!

I have long felt that the Trump machine was following the model of long dead FBI director Hoover. He quietly collected dirt on everyone and used it to his advantage for decades. For Hoover is was sport, for Trump is a way of life.

[iscooterliberally]

71. I hope to soon see Gaetz perp-walked across our televisions. n/t

[Texin]

72. That's a very good theory. And it' what Putin would do (does).

This might also explain several of the other Senate departures among the rethugs. Now they feel "safe" to "retire". I wonder if it won't trigger another raft of congressional rethug departures as well to be out of the limelight when the inevitable Sword of Damocles starts swooshing above their heads - both of them.

[IronLionZion]

74. I hope Garland shines a bright spotlight exposing all of them

[ShazamIam]

76. Trump had made it clear he wanted a partisan DOJ from the beginning,

How can we forget the Comey dismissal. To me the Republican party has been operating like an organized crime outfit since the 1968 campaign year that delivered the Nixon adm.

[Grins]

77. "...will make Gaetz's tale of woe seem trivial"

I think you are hoping that is true. I’m jaded enough by now to think, even if others are investigated and more comes out, nothing will happen.

[hunter]

81. The Republican Party is a gang.

You can't join top management unless you've murdered people, stolen millions of dollars, and/or raped children.

Trump knew that and with Russian assistance bullied his way to the top.

[czarjak]

82. Bill "Land the Plsne" Barr? Laura "We Won" Ingraham?

Agendas, agendas.

[Upthevibe]

83. NanceGreggs....

Bingo.....

Man, are things starting to make sense.

It's REALLY been emphasized that this investigation was during the trump administration when Barr was A.G. As I've also speculated, a lot of dirt was being dug up and held against a lot of these Republicans to use against them and keep them in line no matter what the former guy did while in office and assuming he'd win re-election by using every trick in the book. Unfortunately, for them, they still lost. Maybe they underestimated the Judiciaries commitment to the rule of law..

I'm REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY looking forward to hearing about what they have on Lindsey Graham.

[Evolve Dammit]

86. Plausible and Hell yeah I hope it's right!