Donald Trump has real reason to be worried: Democrats are pursuing accountability this time

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Donald Trump has real reason to be worried: Democrats are pursuing accountability this time
From the New York Attorney General to the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Democrats are on Trump's case

By HEATHER DIGBY PARTON
DECEMBER 18, 2020 2:45PM


(Salon) Ihave been chronicling the atrocities of the Trump era almost daily for five years and I'm exhausted. I don't think I'm alone. One of Trump's most insidious talents is to dominate the spotlight to such an extent that you can't look away even if you want to. He's everywhere. There is just so much, more than we can fully absorb, so we just keep watching, waiting for the spectacle to end, paralyzed and psychically drained.

And now it's almost over.

Aside from some short appearances in the press room to declare himself the winner, a couple of desultory interviews with friendly cable news hosts, one low energy rally in Georgia and the extended, puerile whine of his Twitter account, Donald Trump has been blessedly out of sight for most of the past five weeks. There's been no chopper talk, no televised Cabinet meetings with sycophantic tributes to his greatness, no crude insults toward reporters, nothing.

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Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, gave notice this week that his committee intends to pursue the subpoena of former White House Counsel Don McGahn. You will recall that McGahn was not allowed to testify before Congress on the basis of a novel legal concept called "absolute immunity" which, if allowed to stand, would render congressional oversight practically impotent.

So while Democrats continue to pursue the subpoena as a means to push back against a legal principle that attempts to usurp their oversight powers, they will undoubtedly follow up on just what happened with all of that obstruction of justice Trump committed. They may not be able to sanction Trump for it, but they need to build the record — after all, this guy may try to bust his way back into power in four years. ............(more)

https://www.salon.com/2020/12/18/donald-trump-has-real-reason-to-be-worried-democrats-are-pursuing-accountability-this-time/

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1. The MAGATs don't give a damn how much justice he obstructed

Don't give a damn that he's a traitor, that he stole tax payer money, that through depraved indifference he killed 300K+ Americans, or that he runs a criminal enterprise.

The MAGATs hate government. They hate liberals, non-whites, education, and people with more money. They reflexively just hate anything and everything that isn't just like themselves.

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2. You forgot spelling...

MAGAT's aren't really good with spelling, and sentence structure. They also don't use reliable sourcing.