The Jan. 6 Committee - The Gift That Keeps on Taking
I Didn't Know You Could Subpoena a Circus
Thanks again to American Thinker for running this piece. You can visit the website at: https://www.americanthinker.com/
Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.
I hate to say it, but I was wrong about when the farcical House’s January 6 committee would call it a day.
Previously, I had written that the laughably lauded lefty lumpenausschuss would wrap things up in September to give a desperately needed defibrillator jolt to the Democrats before the November vote – see here: https://thomas699.substack.com/p/laptop-vs-lapdog .
After Hurricane Ian delayed the last week in September wrap-up(ish) meetings, that “September surprise” option evaporated, leaving the ThumpBumpDump Trump-ists on the committee desperately searching for some sort of pre-midterm relevance.
And whaddayaknow? They found something to grab a headline and cling to the news cycle: let’s subpoena former President Donald Trump.
Since the whole thing was about Trump supposedly trying to violently overturn the results of the 2020 election, flush the whole concept of American democracy, and remain in office surrounded by an army of toadies and piles of ill-gotten cash and mounds of Russian hookers - Jabba the Trump style - until his death – at which point Ivanka would be installed – it would seem that thinking about asking to talk to him a bit earlier in the process would have aided the committee’s quest for the truth.
(True, criminal probe targets are often brought in late in the process so investigators have some specific information to use to trip up the suspect, but in this case I am pretty sure - not to go too far out on a limb, here - Trump is at least vaguely aware of the committee’s work and the info it thinks it has.)
But, serendipitously, they did not so they now have a headline to offer the media. True, the DC media will have to hold off on running their already written “Trump Really, Really, Really Did It and Liz Cheney is a Hero” stories, but all they have to do is change a few dates and run them anyway – easy peasy. Like every other Demon Trump article ever.
The subpoena announcement is good for more than just one headline. Expect in the coming days to see stories about Trump fighting the subpoena, how this will impact his “battle” with the FBI, will he plead the Fifth, if he shows up what a circus it will be, can Liz come back as a special advisor if it runs past the end of her term, what lies will Trump tell, how skeevy his lawyers are, how many times will he commit perjury, when will he be – finally and certainly this time https://thomas699.substack.com/p/maybe-this-time – sent to prison and on and on.
What will also be emphasized is the need for the Democrats to prevail in the mid-terms to make sure the committee can continue its crucial work to end the existential threat to democracy that is Donald Trump and avoid a paradigm shift -
- towards fascism (the committee’s authorization ends at the close of session on December, 31, so unless a hivemind AI android clone of Nancy Pelosi manages to pod people itself into the body of incoming Speaker Kevin McCarthy on January 2, no more committee.)
Thankfully, the committee chair – didn’t catch the name, doesn’t matter anyway - assured the nation that the subpoena is not about party or politics but only a search for the truth.
Phew - I was worried there for a bit but I feel better now.
A pair of updates - First, Trump has reportedly said he would “love” to testify, presumably in public and - if he’s smart - only in public. Calling a bluff or hoping to play Master of Chaos, either way Trump’s eagerness may be causing a bit of tummy upsaet on the committee.
Seecond, on not having to wait to predict the future: I submitted this piece for publication yesterday afternoon. Between that moment and it appearing on the American Thinker site, this article ran on The Daily Beast - https://www.thedailybeast.com/jan-6-committee-subpoena-means-trump-is-going-to-create-yet-another-constitutional-crisis?ref=home
So it turns out I wasn’t predicting the future but predicting the present…I think that makes sense…well, you know what I mean. Kind of like saying “It will - (drops start falling) - rain today.”