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Thank you to Jack Smith and his team. And, Good luck from here on out. [1]

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Date: 2023-08-04

This will be a short post: Jack Smith picked a terrible time to indict Donald Trump for his crimes related to Jan. 6, in the sense that I am way too busy right now to write anything about it. But that probably was low on Smith’s list of priorities.

It’s been over a year since I started writing these posts raising the alarm over the DOJ’s lack of progress...and now, at last, that page has turned. I still believe those criticisms were valid and warranted, though particularly in regard to the DOJ’s performance prior to the appointment of Smith. I also remain concerned that they still haven’t caught the bomber. Finally, I have misgivings about the decision to indict Trump prior to his any of his high-level co-conspirators (including but not necessarily limited to, the other conspirators identified anonymously in Trump’s indictment). You can read the post I wrote a few months ago to understand some of those concerns.

And yes...wait for it...wait for it...Yes, I am in fact aware that Marcy Wheeler has helpfully explained for us why it is totally ok to charge Trump first. There’s the link. You are more than welcome to read it. I don’t agree, but I don’t want to comment further…

..because, the team has finally taken the field, and now is the time to support them—not blindly, but at least with the recognition that they have jumped into the fight. I hope Smith’s team expands their work to roll up Trump’s entire network of conspirators who would have overthrown our democracy and placed us under a dictator. Bottom line, I wish Smith and his team good luck and hope they succeed.

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