Reuters.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

You might not care about legal issues and Trump may well have fought/bought off many legal challenges for years but this is different.

He is no longer Trump the big mouth dodgy businessman turned reality TV "star".

This will be Trump the ex-President with his opponent the USA who he won't be able to buy off. They do care about legal issues and have done for the past 4 years as his behaviour, immunity from prosecution and escape from impeachment became more and more infuriating.

Now this has happened and he is rapidly becoming isolated with only those likely to go down with him still by his side.

The most significant recent critic may well turn out to be Bill Barr, who undoubtedly knows a great deal more than any of us and could be a significant witness.

So I think he will be in trouble and after Biden is inaugurated his new AG Merrick Garland, who was nominated by Obama for the Supreme Court but stymied by McConnell, will have the job of overseeing all the prosecutions resulting from the events on Weds.

I suspect we may well see a "Special Prosecutor" appointed tasked with investigating all aspects of how these events happened. Who planned them. Who incited them. Who failed to prepare for them. Such an investigation would run parallel to those being conducted by the FBI into those directly involved.

So who would be a suitable candidate to undertake such an investigation? Who has the experience, contacts, abundant energy and resilience to handle the type of people likely to need investigating?

One name springs immediately to mind. James Comey. Now wouldn't that be sweet irony!

The only problem seems to be that he doesn't want the gig and appears to believe that Trump ought not be prosecuted.

Maybe that's just establishing his lack of bias in advance!

Edited by Wisbech Eagle (08 Jan 2021 10.47pm)

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Trump has been permanently banned from Twitter

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Until this week I would have agreed but this has escalated things to the point where the need to do something may not be capable of being brushed under the carpet by political will alone.

Democracy itself has been threatened and it will probably have to demonstrate that it remains the solid rock upon which all who try to destroy it get destroyed themselves.

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Hahaahahahahaahaah.

Aaaaaahahahahaahahaah.

Poor little sociopath trump, sitting in his office, about to be impeached, divorced, prosecuted and jailed.

And cut off from social media.

Just beautiful.

Trump lost. Badly. Hahahahahahaha.

“Mick Mulvaney, a former White House chief of staff, said Trump’s incitement of the mob compelled him to quit as special envoy to Northern Ireland. He predicted more resignations but said not all disillusioned staff would leave. “Those who choose to stay, and I have talked with some of them, are choosing to stay because they’re worried the president might put someone worse in,”

Now it’s getting interesting. When’s the implosion going to occur? It’s as worrying as it is exciting. Which is worrying in itself.

Did you know? 98.0000001% of people are morons.