• dhork@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    This one might have some legs, it might be a legit thing. From the NYT:

    What makes the Bolton indictment so unusual in the Trump era is that it is so usual. The prosecution followed normal department channels, without firings, strong-arm orders from the White House, or forced transfers. Kelly O. Hayes, the U.S. attorney in Maryland, signed off on the charges in conjunction with the department’s national security division. In the Comey and James cases, Trump had to install a handpicked prosecutor to get the charges he demanded.

    It would be ironic if among all the charges filed by this administration against it’s perceived opponents, the only one that sticks is against a person that he picked to do that job…

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      4 days ago

      Fuck Bolton, the war-mongering shit but I hope—and won’t be surprised if—he was ordered to do all of these things by Trump himself and he has receipts.