When this whole Transition process started, Trump had Pat Cipollone and Bill Barr around to help him through his many legal woes. Now, his post-election antics have drove both of them away.
The place to start an investigation into whether Trump planned to use the insurgency on Wednesday to delay the certification of the election until after Rudy Giuliani could try to float more hoaxes is not with Josh Hawley or Ted Cruz. It’s with Tommy Tuberville, with the added benefit that his involvement precedes the time when he had the formal protections of a Senator.
Bill Barr keeps issuing statements condemning the insurrection yesterday. But he bears part of the blame for it, since last year he treated incitement to such violence a technicality.
We are not yet out of the woods. Trump, even while stating he will leave office, nevertheless has promised to sustain his insurgency. On top of everything else President-Elect Biden has to deal with, he now has to think of ways to coup-proof the US government.
Appointing Merrick Garland as Attorney General is better than you think.
Trump’s attempt to burn the Constitution to the ground creates an opportunity for Democrats given the division it has created among Congressional Republicans.
Last night, Georgia made it clear that John Lewis has indeed passed on his torch to future leaders.
Judge Vanessa Baraitser just ruled against Julian Assange’s extradition based on human rights grounds.
Georgia’s Secretary of State made a tape of President Trump threatening him in an attempt to overturn the vote.
Unless the GOP breaks out of its Donald Trump spell, the United States still faces an uphill battle at protecting democracy.
