The pressure on people like Eastman and Meadows is going to be incredible, it already is.

[fightforfreedom]

Prosecutors are going to indict them for every possible charge they can find. They will be pressured to tell all or face many, many, years in prison.

People may debate whether or not Trump will be indicted. I have no doubt people like Eastman and Meadows will be indicted, pressured to talk. So many people, scores of people, were involved in the Coup of Fools. The DOJ has many targets to aim at. It would not be unusual for people to turn on other people in order to save themselves. It would not be unusual for some people to be granted immunity in order to compel their testimony. Testify or go to jail.

When indictments come I expect things to snowball quickly. The Coup of Fools involved to many people in their Coup of Fools.

[CentralMass]

1. That's what we keep hearing.

[secondwind]

4. Folks are going to jail already........

We leave the best for last...

[malaise]

2. Good

Rec

[dutch777]

3. It couldn't happen soon enough for this deserving group of people

And like you said, the more charges the better.

[Quakerfriend]

5. Yes, there will be many inditements.

I won’t be surprised if there are >100.
I think Cipollone and Herschmann might be too.
They both went along up to a point.

[HariSeldon]

6. This only has teeth if Democrats keep the Presidency in 2024

If Republicans somehow engineer to take the Presidency in 2024, they will pardon their new hero/martyrs. That is, if the cases have even made it to a conviction and through appeals. This is why some people here, myself among them, are skeptical about the pace at which the DoJ is moving; I understand the DoJ wants to win each of the cases, but failure to "move up the food chain" fast enough will constitute overall failure.

[TheRickles]

7. Yes, I agree. Plus there'll be a lot of media noise and distraction when the new Congress is seated.

How many news cycles will be dominated by Hunter Biden's laptop, while the indictments start rolling out? Hopefully that BS doesn't gain enough traction to affect the 2024 elections.

[musclecar6]

9. Yes

Politics being politics, now that they have control of the house, they will be full speed ahead to try and throw shit up against the wall to see what sticks as they fuck over our side.

That said, from all indications, Jack Smith is a very bright experienced capable prosecutor and he will be going full speed ahead to start dragging these assholes into court and getting them to flip on his Majesty the Orange laughing stock.

They will have their loudmouth clown who can’t seem to shut his mouth, going 100 miles an hour trying to disparage everything about our party. The infamous Gym Jordan will have his moment in the sun, but most of the Republicans over time will get tired of listening to that little yapping terrier, as he keeps barking away like the fool that he is.

[Eyeball_Kid]

13. A few years ago, I was swallowed up by...

the excitement and enthusiasm of Trump's probable demise at the hands of Robert Mueller. It's now just a visceral reaction I have toward going full-on "Jack Smith comes to town." So far, Jack Smith has done nothing. Let's remember the Mueller experience. Yes, of course, Mueller had Trump breathing down his neck and he had Bill Barr sitting on his head (and that's a ton of weight!). There's reason to suspect that Mueller feels a sense of shame at doing the "special prosecutor" role while having his wings clipped to the bone. Smith won't have those restraints, so at least that's something positive.

As for Jordan, we should expect that he'll be on the hot seat for his participation in the coup CONSPIRACY, otherwise termed a RICO charge. Smith either targets Jordan and about 8 other Congresspersons, or he's giving a wink and a nod toward another coup attempt. He hasn't much of a choice. But, of course, the biggest catch for Smith will be the head of the snake. Decapitate the snake and it dies. After that, Smith's next set of targets should include Bannon and some of the Fox News conspirators. But it's all in the mix and Smith is in the kitchen.

[Hotler]

10. If they take power in 2024 democracy will die, it will become a fascist dictatorship.

Then things will go dark.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

14. Is this the Pessimism subthread on the main optimistic and realistic posted thread?

Cause all I see lately is rock solid, evidence based…real evidence, not social media evidence… from here to the horizon!!

Insurrectionist Light lower tier dude got 16 years just lately! Not enough?… b not an eternal pessimist when the evidence to the contrary is clear!

[Ohio Joe]

18. That makes no sense...

If a repug is going to pardon then what difference does the state of the investigation make? An extremely weak reason to rush an investigation.

[jgo]

22. Unfortunately, time is the enemy ...

as you say. It seems like chances diminish for any indictment not brought in the next three months. After that, civil cases have much better chances than criminal cases imho. My concern is more about defunding investigations and trials in 2024.

[certainot]

8. i'll bet many have already cracked and are competing for the best deals

i want to see stone and bannon jailed and then manafort when they start tracking down the russian connections

[DemUnleashed]

11. MTGreene

I really hope part of that pressure is getting them to reveal who the pipe bomber is (IF they know who it is)! A lot of guesses are that it's MTGreene

[niyad]

12. May all involved receive everything they deserve.

[nightwing1240]

15. And the Philadelphia Eagles are going to win the Super Bowl

They just have to get their first then win the game.

[rlegro]

16. "Coup of fools" is a lovely phrase!

[maxsolomon]

17. Daily Affirmation with fightforfreedom

nt

[usonian]

19. The GOP (fascist) cult has three "factions"

1. A figurehead, or cult leader. These are interchangeable, since they are massively flawed people, and get their come-uppance sooner or later. Unfortunately for us, they really are interchangeable. Slay the dragon in front of you, not the ailing one by the side of the road.

2. A cadre of really evil bastards, worse than any James Bond villain. They persist, being mostly under the radar, and propagate their own in "academies" of hate, racism, division and greed. (referring to the OP, Eastman, Meadows ... The Flynn-Stones[1])

3. Useful idiots who will eagerly sacrifice their own good, health, jobs, friends and even country in service of fascist demagoguery and the cults they conjure. Like other cults, they are hard to escape or help people escape from. Entirely self-defeating. They are like what road signs should read:

THE INCONVENIENCE YOU EXPERIENCE TODAY WILL LEAD TO A MUCH GREATER INCONVENIENCE IN THE FUTURE, IN FACT, A CATASTROPHE.

"Bring on the catastrophe" (or apocalypse), but pay the cult leaders in cash today.
"Before midnight tonight", as they say.

[1] The Flynn-Stones

Flynn-Stones
Meet the Flynn Stones
They're the modern stone-age family
From the Hotel Willard
They made plans to kill democracy

Let's ride in the limo with Mike Pence
His life isn't worth eleven cents.

When you're with the Flynn-Stones
Have a G.O.P. sedition
A great new year tradition.
We're gonna do hard time.

[Wild blueberry]

20. Like your song!

Thank you.

[tavernier]

23. Can we get Springsteen to record it??

He just might!

[usonian]

25. I offer it creative commons license.

The music probably isn't. But Bruce can afford the royalty payments.

[PurgedVoter]

21. Which one do you think will fall from a window first?

The people they have dealings with are Republicans. That mob doesn't like sunlight.

[wnylib]

26. I hope that Cassidy Hutchinson has good body guards.

Can't imagine what stress and fear she must feel.

She has already given sworn statements, so they can't silence her. But they might try to retaliate as a warning to others.

[live love laugh]

28. ✔️➕

[KS Toronado]

24. Hope none of the Coup Planners get granted immunity

We should have enough evidence by now to jail them all. Otherwise they walk free and make millions
selling books, probably hinting at how they would do the next coup better.

[live love laugh]

27. Unless they're Epsteined. 😳