Rolling Down Like Waters

Trump keeps saying there is a 10 year prison sentence for these crimes — but that is not what even his own DOJ has been seeking in similar cases. https://t.co/cdFQPTwIOZ pic.twitter.com/PbSgGbDqHp

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) June 22, 2026

Yeah, about that. Trump’s DOJ is no longer held in highest regard.

NEW: Judge Schiltz says the DOJ subpoenas were a clear-cut example of the Trump administration's "well-established history" of using the department to punish Trump's adversaries. https://t.co/gktPUmTz7T pic.twitter.com/rydDKZTgUa

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) June 22, 2026

BREAKING: A federal judge has blocked the Trump admin from implementing a new system she says is being used by states to "actively" and "haphazardy" purge purported non-citizens from voter rolls using inaccurate data. https://t.co/bAj125omY6 pic.twitter.com/Di9yG0wUcx

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) June 22, 2026

That dam has burst, and justice is rolling down like waters.

Most D.C. juries would immediately blanch at the idea of a 10-year sentence for what would be, in this case, grabbing a piece of the flooring from the Reflecting Pool. The sandwich-guy case proved that jurors notice if a case is over-charged, and respond. https://t.co/4joxSNbcvh

— Martin Austermuhle (@maustermuhle) June 22, 2026

My rough guess is that a ten year sentence would be for a felony, and felonies require grand jury indictments. I don’t think they’d get there; or really want to try.

The metaphor, by the way, especially in a desert culture, where it originated, describes something akin to a flash flood, carrying away everything in its path. Washing out the Augean stables, IOW, by washing them away, too .

I can live with it.

ADDING:

MacFarlane: The judge said those postings indicate coercion, therefore striking down the subpoenas. It's just the latest example of when Trump says stuff on social media, how it causes him trouble—from the trash talk, as JD Vance characterized it, on the Iran peace process to the… pic.twitter.com/uZRgihct0u

— Acyn (@Acyn) June 22, 2026

Trump mouthing off on social media is now all it takes. The media still ignore it, but the courts don’t.