For whatever reason the Federal Government is currently conducting two separate probes of the January 6th event. The House of Representatives and the Department of Justice are both investigating. The House Committee is examining the people, their actions and supposedly their intentions to determine whether they should refer their findings to the DOJ for prosecution. Why the DOJ isn’t doing that work is beyond us unless the House Committee has no confidence in the DOJ. And therein lies the problem. Attorney General Merrick Garland has suggested that his department is not to act “politically”–meaning that he won’t pursue criminal charges against Trump–especially if Trump states his intent to run for president in 2024. So Trump sees his “get out of jail free” card consistent with his continued bilking of his fanatical base of “campaign funds”. We see the fork in the road. What most Americans see as a gross dereliction of duty and a criminal abetting of the Capitol mayhem plus an accessory role during the famous 187 minutes of silence may be swept aside by a simple “I’m announcing my candidacy” statement. Can you say “screw up”? “Intent” may be hard to prove; but not impossible. When the overwhelming weight of evidence before, during and after the event points to intent it is not a political move to indict, try and convict. Can anyone commit a crime but avoid prosecution by declaring his/her intent to run for president? Surely that can’t preclude justice being served. We expect Merrick Garland to make every effort to avoid charging the former president and we sincerely hope we are wrong.
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