You and I, the American taxpayer, are paying for these travesties of justice.

it's the last chance for a military coup.

Just a temporary one!

to reduce the fury that we should all be expressing about their entirely baseless, retributive prosecution. I'm not a fan of either of them. But I no longer give a single fuck about Comey's mishandling of the Clinton investigation or Bolton's awful foreign policy entanglements, and I'd be more than happy to be out in front of DoJ HQ with a torch and a pitchfork screaming about these absolutely outrageous, downright Stalinist efforts. If you're still holding a grudge against these guys, drop it right now, because "our" people are next: Adam Schiff and Letitia James are in the crosshairs now, and God knows who else - probably other members of the January 6 committee, Jack Smith, Fanni Willis, E. Jean Carroll and her lawyer Roberta Kaplan. Maybe some Democratic governors like Gavin Newsom. There's the judge in Milwaukee who's already being prosecuted on a bogus obstruction charge. It doesn't matter that they've never done anything wrong; like despots everywhere they start with the target and sift through their lives until they find something that could be twisted into something prosecutable. Stick up for Comey and Bolton as if they were "our" people, because with respect to what's happening now, they are our people.

Fortunately statutes of limitations prevent prosecution of just about anything that happened more than five years ago, which protects Clinton and Obama (which is why Trump was pushing AG Barbie so hard to indict Comey right away), but Biden is still a likely target. And I wouldn't put it past them to fake some recent "evidence" to go after Obama and Clinton, too.

He would love to do that.

Trump doesn't understand he lost because he had shitty lawyers and was guilty as all fuck. Comey is unlikely to be guilty and will have really good lawyers.

Hopefully, the judge will toss the Comey charges on Day 1 as they were obviously baseless.

But the mere accusation against opponents--and then blaming the judiciary if they don't follow in lockstep--is enough for the time being.

The early and disappointing folding of companies, law firms, and universities was absolutely the wrong response. Comey is not pleading guilty. They are likely to get their ass handed to them in a trial, if it gets to trial. Looking like fools will not play well.

but just as it looks like Trump isn't backing down on trying to suppress or control free speech in the media, he won't stop prosecuting political critics either.

That doesn't matter. The harassment and intimidation is the point, not the vanishingly slim likelihood of a conviction. Comey will have to spend a lot of money on legal fees; his life and his family's lives will be disrupted; he'll be harassed and threatened by MAGA goons; and other people who don't want to go through the same misery will be intimidated into shutting up and obeying the regime. That's why they're doing this.

Instead of play acting and slow walking.

Who picked someone who would act as his lapdog.

As is Fani Willis. John Kerry. Probably all of us here on DU.

Then is surprised when they aren't as soft as he thought.

After orchestrating the charges against the former FBI director, does the president expect to prosecute other foes? Of course he does.

After orchestrating the charges against James Comey, does Trump expect to prosecute other political enemies? Of course he does.

“There will be others,” he boasted. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-09-26T16:11:05.312Z