After a year and a half after the insurrection, and the revelations and recordings of McCarthy and

[JohnSJ]

other republican house leaders on trump, followed by their reversal and public loyalty to trump, makes it more imperative that the DOJ indict trump before he runs again in 2024

[Fiendish Thingy]

1. You'll be happy to hear the DOJ has hired an experienced prosecutor for just that purpose

Just confirmed on Rachel’s show tonite

Thomas Windom, a prosecutor from Maryland, was reportedly brought aboard several months ago and has been working with the DOJ’s criminal and national security divisions on the matter.

The Times reports that Windom has been tasked with determining if ex-President Donald Trump and his cronies’ efforts to undo the 2020 election ought to be investigated as part of the DOJ’s Jan. 6 probe, which has largely focused on just the Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol. The DOJ’s Windom addition signals a nod at the theory that legal scholars and the Jan. 6 select committee have been poking for more than a year — that Jan. 6 was about much more than the day of the attack.

However, Windom’s reported involvement seems to be in a preliminary stage; he doesn’t have a team of prosecutors working for him yet, the Times reports.

Harvard Law School professor Laurence Tribe, who spoke to TPM last month about Garland’s slow pace in the Jan. 6 probe, tweeted on Wednesday that Windom’s appointment shows that the attorney general is “NOT asleep at the switch.”

More at TPM:

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/doj-justice-department-signal-expansion-capitol-insurrection-investigation-merrick-garland-prosecutor-thomas-windom

Clearly, DOJ has moved beyond resolving the question of whether the Trump administration’s crimes “ought to be investigated” ; with the convening of the grand jury on February 14, and the calling of witnesses involved in the planning of the January 6 rally and the fraudulent electors scheme, we are beyond the “should we investigate” phase.

[JohnSJ]

2. Thanks, however this should have been done much sooner than several months ago I think

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3. Brings Up This Question To Me .....

If the Repugs approached TFG with calling for his resignation - What did he respond to them that made them do a 180 on this?

What does he have on them to make them back down from what they were thinking to actually backing TFG and spreading the 'Big Lie'?