The Context Of What Rudy Said

Giuliani warning Americans that THEIR attempts to extort foreign leaders could be investigated by the feds, too, and do they really want that? https://t.co/rqUtXFmDKI

— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) April 30, 2021

There was never any such norm against investigations initiated and led by career law enforcement. The norm that Trump repeatedly violated, on the other hand, was that elected officials shouldn’t intervene to order or direct such investigations against their rivals. pic.twitter.com/BFQLAfcWjh

— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) April 29, 2021

Aside from the fact the norm is, we don’t extort foreign leaders or force out State Department officials to cover up such extortion.

Conservatives consider the routine operations of the American criminal justice system immaculate and unquestionable when applied to black people and the foulest totalitarian oppression when applied to them and their buddies. https://t.co/FtCpvXqCgO

— Adam Serwer 🍝 (@AdamSerwer) April 30, 2021

(The funny thing here is how this ties into Critical Race Theory, or perhaps even predates CRT.  It has been a tenet of the liberal/progressive critique of criminal law that such law exists primarily to suppress and punish the lower class, where "class" is either a racial or an economic distinction.  When rich/privileged white people squeal about the unjustness of law enforcement, they are only making that case.)

NOW: @RudyGiuliani says @AlanDersh is joining his legal team (because of course he is)

— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) April 30, 2021

I anxiously await the defense.