This Is Not A Bad Thing

THREAD: The Department of Justice is CRIMINALLY INVESTIGATING:

1. Organizers and speakers on 1/6, but also the other rallies in November & December

2. Anyone who provided security at those events

3. "VIP attendees" at those events 1/

— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) April 6, 2022

But it underlines the reason Justice doesn't discuss ongoing criminal investigations:

6. Members of the EXECUTIVE and LEGISLATIVE branches that obstructed, impeded, influenced, or delayed the electoral count or even ATTEMPTED to 3/

— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) April 6, 2022

Dustin Stockton, Steve Bannon, Cindy Chafian, Mike Lindell, Diamond and Silk, Caroline Wren, Sidney Powell, Andy Biggs, Scott Perry, The Oath Keepers, The Proud Boys, The Three Percenters, and The First Amendment Praetorian. 5/

— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) April 6, 2022

DoJ has tied the Oath Keepers to the Proud Boys with that meeting in the parking garage on 1/5 in court filings. DoJ has also connected DONALD TRUMP to the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers in FIVE separate court filings. 7/

— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) April 6, 2022

There's even a cute picture, for those of you into graphics:

I drew a picture of it. No, it’s not to scale. END/ pic.twitter.com/jj3Lw6zIc3

— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) April 6, 2022

(That one got a lot of attention in certain quarters.)

PPS: please note that I didn't say "GARLAND WILL SAVE US ALL" or "EVERYONE WILL DEFINITELY BE INDICTED" or "I WORSHIP AT THE ALTAR OF THE DOJ" or whatever the fuck else y'all accuse me of doing. lol

— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) April 6, 2022

No, I don't think this is a thread about how "doomed" all the persons named therein are (although I will not a liberal use of all caps in tweets not the final one).  I'm just saying, if this was a GOP Administration and Democrats were under investigation (hem hem James Comey investigating Hillary Clinton, hem hem), the people asking "WHERE THE HELL IS MERRICK GARLAND????!!!!????!!!!!" would instead be shouting "WHAT THE HELL IS DOJ UP TO?????!!!!????!!!!"

Sauce.  Goose. Gander.

I prefer the DOJ remain silent about ongoing investigations.  We the people have no "right" to know who they are investigating, or why, or what their investigation is turning up.  Prosecutors look for evidence upon which to prosecute, not for evidence upon which to acquit.  All the individuals and groups and categories named above may be as guilty as sin or as guileless as doves.  It is not up to me to decide their guilt or innocence, or certainly to condemn them as lawbreakers when the law has not even determined to bring criminal charges.  "Evidence" in news reports doesn't meet the standards of evidence in a courtroom, and it's a damned good thing, too.  As I will say ad nauseum, "Lock 'em up!" is a stupid sentiment that is autocratic and tyrannical no matter which side of the political spectrum chants it.

I will take reports like this as proof DOJ is doing its job (something we couldn't be sure of under Trump and Barr).  I will not take it as evidence harsh prison terms will soon be handed down.