One More Reason Not To Elect An Indicted (or convicted) Felon

'Almost too many targets': Report reveals Trump has plans for a furious wave of revenge attacks https://t.co/eW0fvSXYOc

— Raw Story (@RawStory) August 4, 2023

First, the Rolling Stone article direct (before it shut me out):

Once, Special Counsel Durham was supposed to be Trumpworld’s savior, someone who Trump, his allies on Capitol Hill, and large swaths of conservative media were counting on to expose and imprison “Deep State” foes. But when the Durham probe ended earlier this year with lackluster results for a vengeance-hungry GOP, he became much less a hero and more a cautionary tale to the right.

As one conservative lawyer who has discussed “special prosecutor” ideas with Trump in recent months tells Rolling Stone, the guiding principle of this project is simple: “No more John Durham’s — never again.”

Actually, the guiding principle will be: "We win, you lose.  Make it happen."  As bad as Trump's plans are (and they are very bad), the whole magilla hinges on the courts going along with it.  For example:

One idea that has captured Trump's imagination is the creation of an "Office of Election Integrity" within the Department of Justice that would be tasked with re-litigating his 2020 election loss and aggressively pursuing claims of election fraud, especially in Democratic strongholds, that sources say was pitched by a longtime Republican activist and an attorney who's known Trump for years.

Stare decisis says most of that is dead as doornail.  And what isn't will run into the same original problem:  no evidence.  Even Giuliani went before a federal judge and refused to say the word "Fraud" when prompted, because he knew he had no evidence of fraud.  He was just there seeking the power of a civil suit to conduct the discover to find the fraud he could barely allege existed.

That was one of the 60 cases that got thrown out. 

They can't do this, in other words.  And their "investigations" will be no more successful than Durham's, which ran aground in court, not in intention.

But what Trump wants to do involves gutting the DOJ (literally) and filling it with incompetents and boobs.  And probably empty out all the competent attorneys and destroy the government's ability to...govern.  Imagine the House GOP in charge of the entire Administration.

One more reason not to elect an indicted felon.