Jack Smith files to drop Jan. 6 charges against Donald Trump

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/jack-smith-files-drop-jan-6-charges-donald-trump-rcna181667

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  2. Fuck this country. The make America great crowd literally killed what made America great. Fuck them. I will never forgive them for this.

  5. Gonna give the red caps a great talking point of “see this was politically motivated” and “witch hunt”.

    We are so fucked

  7. Complete and total surrender. The coup was delayed but successful, the rule of law is dead.

  8. Okay then release all the evidence. Let everyone see everything.

  9. We are not a serious people and thus not a serious country. What an absolutely terrible precedent the right has set.

  10. Remember this next time you’re call to jury duty and asked to convict one your peers. Can you really vote to convict, for anything, in good conscience in light of this?

  11. That fucker got away with everything; unbelievable.

    EVERYTHING.

  14. Fuck Merrick Garland and fuck every gaslighter who said trust the process.

    There should be riots out front of DOJ starting right now… but Americans are tired, distracted, and lazy.

    Sarkozy and Bolsonaro looking around right now like, “wtf”.

  16. A dark tragic day for Democracy and the rule of law.

  17. “Not based on the merits of the evidence.”

    So he’s so guilty but they won’t pursue because he won’t the election. Shithole country we live in.

  18. Might as well shoot someone on 5th ave. You’d at least have kept one campaign promise 

  20. I’ve started telling myself that in real life, evil prevails and the heroes lose. It’s only a minuscule consolation as I pour myself another shot.

    Screw this government and every moron enabler allowing this. So glad to see the Party of Law and Order head such a miscarriage of justice (through using Dump as their messiah) and spit on every law we have. When you’re orange they let you do it.

  22. German here. I genuinely hope you guys will be okay. I love your country.

  23. Don’t ever come at me with some “arc of justice in history” shit again.

  25. Merrick Garland is responsible for not bringing all these cases in 2021

  26. And to think, if I took *one* classified document and didn’t report it or return it *immediately*, I would already be in jail. I guess it really is rules for thee and not for me in American…

  27. Trump has gotten away with trying to coup the government. America is officially a giant joke in the eyes of the world now.

  28. I never want to hear some neolib shill on TV say “no one is above the law” ever again. It was never true but you can’t even sincerely pretend that anymore.

  29. My vague memory of the last analysis I saw is that either Smith drops without prejudice now or the new admin drops with prejudice and this is dead forever.

  30. This is appalling. Of course team Trump is already calling this a full vindication and proof that the prosecution was nothing but political weaponizarion of the DoJ. If they believed in their case, Smith and Garland should NEVER have allowed it to be dropped. This is absolutely just goddamn appalling.

  31. So he is likely doing this now so that he can wrap up BEFORE Trump takes office because Trump would fire him, and whomever is in charge at the end writes the public report that gets released. Releasing the report may be the only way this information becomes public because if he can’t be charged, it is no longer needed as evidence and can be made public.

    If he tried to preserve the charges, he would fired, and his replacement would drop them and write the report favorably for Trump claiming it as all a witch hunt

  33. The bad guys won.

    Thanks Trump supporters.

    Edit: I have a feeling I’m going to be saying “thanks Trump Supporters” a lot in the next four to five years… At the pump, at the cash register, when I look at my paycheck, when I see any news headlines.

    Thanks a fuckin’ lot.

  34. Crazy how Brazil looks to be the beacon of democracy now that Jair Bolsonaro is facing prison time for doing what Trump did.

    I feel pissed every day that I went to war for this country and got medically fucked up for this failed experiment.

  35. Merrick garland needs to be a stain on history for his utter failure

  36. He got away with every. single. thing. There is no justice in America for the rich.

  37. A sitting president should not be above reproach. The president is a citizen like any other and should be treated as such. Whatever law is allowing this injustice to occur needs to change.

  38. My thinking is that he’s doing this to avoid a Trump appointee dismissing it with prejudice. When it’s dismissed with prejudice, it’s done forever and can never be brought up again. He’s trying to preserve as much of this investigation for the future as can be done.

  40. History will not be kind to Merrick Garland. I hope maintaining a perception of neutrality was worth it for him – he’s going to be forever known as one of the primary people responsible for the fall of the United States.

  42. Trump clearly grabbed the Democrats by the pussy.

    Why TF is Merrick Garland not fired?

  43. Any other person they would be in prison. He was caught red handed breaking several laws. There are mountains of evidence. But since he was elected President, he is above the law. What a sad day in America. The founding fathers are rolling over in their graves.

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