I’m still a combination of angry and depressed over Memorial Day and what this year’s says about the state of our country. I hope people did, in the midst of all the beach trips, cookouts and shopping take some time to mark the day. To be grateful. Thankful for the sacrifice of those who Trump branded “losers and suckers.”
But regardless of whether or how much people think about why we have Memorial Day it’s more or less the kickoff to summer. Summer means lots of cooking out on the ole BBQ grill. Ok, some of us will grill any time of the year. When I’ve lived in houses, and much further north than now there were plenty of times when even in freezing weather I was by god going to have myself some grilled burgers and fired up the grill so I did! Still, summer is when those of us who love grilled food really go to town.
And boy do we have some interesting “fixins” to look forward to this summer!
Look at things this way: E. Jean Carroll provided a snack winning her civil case against Trump and to the tune of five million smackeroos. But it was a civil case and Trump is a criminal. Has been all his life and has skated on it all – until now. Alvin Bragg’s 34 count criminal indictment is a nice set of appetizers but let’s face it. It’s about campaign finance stuff and covering it up and it took some fancy legal footwork (which may or may not hold up on appeal) to turn it from misdemeanor to felony territory. That’s why I call it a plate full of appetizers.
We want something substantial to get plopped on the table! Something that will satisfy the hunger to see Trump nailed to the courtroom wall, and from there off to a prison cell. Something that’s clear and understandable. The kind of food anyone will recognize. Not fancy but it doesn’t need to be. It only needs to be tasty and in an amount that fills you up to the point where days later your burps still taste of it. For me, felony convictions on Obstruction of Justice is one helluva main course.
And Trump is facing that in two different jurisdictions. One federal (Jack Smith) and one state (Fani Willis in Georgia). That’s what I’m talking about! Something straightforward, and where the evidence is both overwhelming and easy for the average person to grasp amidst just trying to scramble through life day to day. But that’s not all that’s gonna get grilled up and plopped down on the picnic table!
Jack Smith also has national security felonies to prosecute, including the Espionage Act. Again, straightforward and easy to understand. He took highly classified information, got caught and spent for-freaking-ever fighting to keep it. AND he didn’t keep it secure, but had it in his office where others could see it. Even as we’ve just learned showed to people. And for good measure had it all transferred onto laptops and computer drives so we’ll never know who he sold/traded it to. For all that, I haven’t told you the best part.
You see, with white collar defendants, rich and powerful people legal talking heads whine pitifully about something called “intent” – which is what pricey and talented lawyers use to bamboozle prosecutors without guts, or juries if it comes to that point. For a certain, small group of people Intent matters. By which I mean rich and powerful people. Regular folks like you and me? Don’t make me laugh. WE don’t rate that type of consideration. Trump however expects it. In fact given all the legal landmines he’s gotten away with stepping on often due to the whole “intent” issue he believes this legal tool is his birthright to have in his favor. A Talisman if you will. A literal get out of jail free card so to speak.
Not anymore. That’s particularly true of what he’s facing from Smith and Willis. The really fun part is that Trump has been his own worst enemy on this. Privately and publicly he’s made it clear that by golly he could do whatever he wanted with that stuff. It was/is HIS goddammit and that’s that. So much for him being able to play the Intent Card. The look on his face when he learns it won’t work will be priceless.
In Georgia, something similar will be afoot. It’s a bit trickier but a good prosecutor (which Willis is) can use Trump’s own words against him. Recorded phone calls of his INTENT to coerce others into illegal activity to overturn the GA election results. Election Interference is a felony too!
So what can we look forward to this summer? Two cookouts with the main dish being giant slabs of burnt to a crisp Trump butt-cheeks as the main course. One in DC and one in Georgia. Both Smith and Willis have got Trump dead to rights. And all the while he’s still got Alvin Bragg up there in NYC to worry about, NY state AG Letecia Jame’s civil suit that can dismantle the Trump Org. and because he can’t keep his freaking mouth shut another possible judgement for a lot more money lawsuit from E. Jean Carrol!
But from where I sit the indictments we can expect this summer from Smith and Willis are going to make for some hellacious BBQs with Trump’s a$$ being the main course.
Fortunately we won’t have to actually eat it. But we will enjoy the hell out of see that burnt to s crisp hunk of Trump on the table. With the added entertainment of MAGA goobers rushing to chow it down and pretending to like it. (Speaking for myself I want to be gone before they start puking it up.)
So “Grill Masters” Smith and Willis – put those finishing touches on things and serve it up!
If I remember correctly, he likes his meat well-done (aka: burnt to a crisp). I hope your predictions come true!