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Yes, but today’s republicans-at-large are mindless automatons, devoid of any mental processing; and those in government are traitors, unworthy of the oxygen they draw.
So, nothing will happen, except by extraordinary means. The American system is a cunt hair’s breadth from failure.
Came here to post the Reuters article "US prosecutors formally ask judge to drop case against NY mayor Eric Adams", but saw that it's already posted.
I'll just quote a part from the other article and add some comments about it:
"The pending prosecution has unduly restricted Mayor Adams' ability to devote full attention and resources to ... illegal immigration and violent crime," Bove, Trump's former personal lawyer and a political appointee, wrote in the memo seen by Reuters.
Essentially, they are sending a letter to a court of law saying "we're playing politics, don't distract us with your laws". I think that should be named "political corruption" and "obstruction of justice".
Fortunately not everyone was spineless:
"I am confident that Adams has committed the crimes with which he is charged," Sassoon wrote on Wednesday in a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi seen by Reuters. "I cannot agree to seek a dismissal driven by improper considerations."
My viewpoint:
I find it fascinating that there are still regular references to Watergate in American political reporting/commentary. It just doesn't seem relevant.
From my contacts with Americans, it seems that anti-trump Americans are in a state of shock (understandable), but still clinging to the hope that their institutions will save them (debatable considering global examples with the rise of authoritarian/corporate regimes in democratic environments; generally a "second term" tends to be a make or break period).
The pro-trump group seems to be doubling down on trump and even low key trying to justify statements like the Gaza annexation proposal by claiming "that's just Trump, he says things." Some of the stuff I've heard honestly made me a bit uncomfortable (these are people I know well for 15+ years) and I don't discuss internal US matters with the pro-trump camp.
Watergate was a really big deal. By all accounts, it still technically is. It’s pretty blatant corruption and was cartoonishly executed. That said, what’s happening now is under the guise of “making America greater.”
The players are equally cartoonish goons (Anthony Scaramucci? Guilliani? Steve Bannon? His entire administration was toon town) but Trump is slimier than Nixon and is great at getting people to do his bidding for access. The deluge of news and control of the narrative they have has greatly played into their hand. They figured out how to rig the modern media machine. Nixon could never have done that.
Watergate is about as far back as the average person can connect the historical dots. My view is that it goes much further back, to slavery itself - but many still view Watergate as some kind of original sin.
We need to disallow allow any elected Official, or anyone they appoint, to have or even talk about anything to do with the Justice Department.
The Justice department has to be answerable to someone. Or elect them directly as a fourth branch of government. That's frankly the problem with any system of government. At the end of the day, someone must be granted powers they could but don't abuse. Power must be wielded to keep the system functioning.
The trick is to not let your country get run by the wrong person. Whoopsie!