"Donald Trump would have been convicted of crimes over his failed attempt to cling to power in 2020 if he hadn’t won the presidential election in November: that’s the finding of Jack Smith, the special counsel who investigated him.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@zenkat Perhaps. For my part, I'm in favor of waking any time at all.

[kierkegaanks@beige.party]

@wdlindsy i wonder if smith would be up for running doj once the goblin is gone

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"The oath will be administered by a Chief Justice who granted the president-elect immunity from criminal liability, freeing Trump to ignore, attack, and undermine the Constitution."

#Trump #crime #criminal #JackSmith #Constitution #insurrection #Jan6 #SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts
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[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"The brief proceeding [i.e., Trump's swearing in] will begin with sharp irony as Chief Justice Roberts, whose Supreme Court has given the president immunity to act as he pleases, reads the oath. It will end with the absurdity of Trump responding that he will in fact preserve, protect, and defend a document that he has openly ridiculed."

~ Dan Rather

#Trump #crime #criminal #JackSmith #Constitution #insurrection #Jan6 #SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts
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“I Do Solemnly Swear ... ”

A historic oath that suddenly means nothing

(steady.substack.com)

[lotuslumineux@piaille.fr]

@wdlindsy
IF he truly won which I still doubt with EM in the picture and his very friendly ties to Russia as well as his singular technical possibilities... Mistrust towards certain people is clearly a rational option...

[yuhasz01@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy January 20th,2025 POTUS inauguration. Surreal swearing in a convicted felon who disregards the Constitution, and all laws, and tried a coup attempt 4 years ago.

Beyond politics, there is something very wrong, morally and ethically, here with US society.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@yuhasz01 "There is something very wrong, morally and ethically, here with US society": This seems absolutely correct.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@lotuslumineux I think we have strong reason to mistrust all of those hoping to profit — like vultures — off chaos, destruction, spreading of disinformation, attacking minorities.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Kierkegaanks I myself don't have an answer to that question.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@mloxton Thank you for the link. I'll post this with a note thanking you, in the thread to which you're responding.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

Here is a link to Jack Smith's report, and a note of thanks to reader @mloxton for providing the link.

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https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25486132/report-of-special-counsel-smith-volume-1-january-2025.pdf

[doreen32128@universeodon.com]

@wdlindsy @mloxton Thanks!

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

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[lotuslumineux@piaille.fr]

@wdlindsy I live in Germany and was right now really shocked to see this election advertisement from the party whose leader worked at BlackRock - they really believe while surfing on the global fascist vague that they have already won over the whole world!!!

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@lotuslumineux Yes, the arrogance is deep and piled high. Let's hope that hubris prepares the conditions for its downfall, as Aristotle told us many centuries ago it inevitably does.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"From what I see and read, most of the country has currently put itself in a trance, a state of paralyzing denial over Trump, over what his election means, and over what we should do about it. We don’t really want to think about it. We are dillydallying, waiting to see."

~ Gene Weingarten

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https://geneweingarten.substack.com/p/the-unbearable-parable

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"Like a lightning bolt, it struck me —most Americans simply didn’t care. The realization was crushing, a bitter truth about the apathy of my adopted country. Since immigrating to the U.S. in 1985 and becoming a citizen in 2000, I've believed in the resilience of the American electorate and its capacity to discern the dangers of demagoguery. By 2024, that belief was shattered."

~ Peter McLaren

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https://www.salon.com/2025/01/14/there-will-be-no-rebuilding-bracing-america-for-the-implementation-of-project-2025/

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

David Pepper offers a helpful summary of Jack Smith's report, focusing on the facts of the case as the report lists them and the charges against Trump.

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https://davidpepper.substack.com/p/new-summary-of-final-jan-6-report

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"As with his sentencing in New York following his conviction by a jury on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, Trump remains fixated on how history will record him, and perhaps more immediately how he will be viewed by the public and the world during his second term."

~ Jay Kuo

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https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/jack-smith-has-his-say

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"Today, we face the deep injustice of Trump having escaped a trial and conviction. But one day, when the history of this era is taught, it is Smith’s exhaustive report, and not Trump’s online bloviations, that will stand as the definitive narrative of the crimes that took place."

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