This was a distressing week, a week in which it seemed that a lot of criminal consequence was slipping away. And Charlie, part of the press, made no mention of Trump’s prominence in DOJ’s Proud Boys opening argument. It’s not actually clear whether Charlie even knows that Trump’s incitement of the Proud Boys played a central role in the opening argument of a sedition trial, though dozens of reporters covered it, a number in real time. If the former President gets top billing in a sedition trial but you didn’t bother to notice, does it count as evidence about DOJ investigations? This was a distressing week, a week in which it seemed that a lot of criminal consequence was slipping away.

Source: Washington Post January 14, 2023 23:20 UTC