It seems as if nothing materialized from the FBI's seizure of Republican Scott Perry's phone. Nor did any indictments emerge after the seizure of John Eastman & Mike Lindell's phone. Same goes for Rudy Giuliani & Sidney Powell. What does this mean for the fate of Donald Trump? /1

Either there is a "grand plan" in the works, or there is simply no plan. It is quite remarkable, however, that nearly 2 years have passed since the Insurrection -- and no higher-ups have been held accountable. Even Bannon & Navarro remain free to spread more lies on RW media. /2

There are also others, like Republicans Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz, Jim Jordan, Paul Gosar & Andy Biggs -- who all sought pardons after January 6. From the outside, there does not appear to be any investigations into them. Instead, they were re-elected into Congress. /3

I cannot make any definitive claim about Merrick Garland and his Special Counsel selection of Jack Smith -- but I can explain what I have seen thus far. And thus far, there has been no legal accountability for any Republican lawmakers who broke the law, including Donald Trump /4

They may indict tomorrow. They may indict next month. Or they may indict next year. Nobody, other than Merrick Garland & Jack Smith, knows what will happen until either sweeping indictments are issued, or none are thrown down at all. Nobody can factually claim to truly know. /5

All I will note, is that the longer this process takes -- which AG Merrick Garland's decision to appoint Special Counsel has undeniably elongated the process -- the more the GOP and Donald Trump are allowed to openly threaten Democracy and the safety of the American people. /6

All the "experts" are split about DOJ's decision. Only time will tell. I will continue to use my platform to demand justice for the crimes that I witnessed on January 6. All we can do, as citizens, is express our First Amendment right to hold the Justice Department accountable./7

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Acyn
@Acyn

Tim Ryan has heard enough

Seth Abramson
@SethAbramson

Either John Roberts is in the majority on the MS abortion case and passed over Clarence Thomas to assign the opinion to Alito, or Thomas is the senior Justice in the majority and chose not to assign the opinion to himself.

Either way, there’s a story here media must investigate.

My two preliminary thoughts:

(1) Thomas understands there’s heat on him and his wife over January 6, and moreover is in a position to know if that heat is *justified*. That in this context he passed up the chance to write the most important opinion of his life is *very* telling.

(2) There’s reasoned speculation from a Yale prof who was a former SCOTUS clerk—see link in my feed—that this opinion was leaked by a conservative clerk (with Thomas’s clerks the top suspects) to strongarm either Kavanaugh or Gorsuch into joining an opinion they were wavering on.

Remember that “Thomas Clerk World”—the private listserv for Thomas clerks past and present *and* insurrectionist Ginni Thomas—has been under scrutiny over January 6. These are the most radical clerks in America. *If* there was a far-right leak, they would be the leading suspects.

In fact, John Roberts’ investigation might well think to *start* with “Thomas Clerk World,” as it’s the one known digital venue for the sharing of information where Supreme Court clerks interact with insurrectionists who we *know* do not believe in rule of law: like Ginni Thomas.

TizzyEnt
@TizzyEnt

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