QAnon leader attending Arizona rally scrambles to convince followers Trump isn't a 'body double' https://t.co/wOgPT2uRZG
— Raw Story (@RawStory) January 16, 2022
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) January 16, 2022Just because a reporter and an editor say it's the narrative, doesn't mean it is the narrative.
The WaPo has published their second piece in a row that does embarrassing transcription work for Trump flunkies claiming they’re not under investigation for January 6.I tweeted about the latest admission that four journalists from WaPo know fuckall about the actual investigation (or that into Rudy at SDNY) here. I tweeted about how alarming it was that people who called themselves journalists wouldn’t disclose that Jonathon Turley was the Former President’s impeachment lawyer here.As I noted, apparently none of the four WaPo journalists are familiar enough with the investigation to know where to look to test their questions about whether DOJ is investigating Trump. But I guess it’s a good thing that WaPo relied on the expertise of their embedded Mar-A-Lago journalist (!!!) for these issues.
Or that they even know what they are talking about. Then again, DOJ is not going to call up WaPo and demand a correction, either.
One might think it newsworthy that an attorney for the Proud Boys revealed that prosecutors are, in fact, investigating Rudy’s militia ties. But the WaPo took from that, instead, that DOJ is not investigating Trump or anyone who might have been coordinating with the militias from the Willard Hotel.
WaPo's reporting doesn't affect what the DOJ is actually doing; and it might make it easier for them to conduct their investigations without drawing undue attention to their work. Besides, the Congressional committee is gathering a lot of information DOJ can use long before statutes of limitations start running.
Justice is not about swift and sure vengeance, after all.
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