Originally Posted by James Brown
Just drove back to the mountains from DIA - so quite a bit of news on Sirius. I listened to Fox Headline, CNN, NPR's A-1 show, and the BBC. John Dean was on CNN, he thought it would be a "document heavy" case that might be easy to prove. He is just speculating of course. But he assumes Bragg has a smoking gun, perhaps an email from Trump to his lawyer saying "pay the B_____ off, and make sure you hide it in the books so that no one ever knows..." Pure speculation on his part.
We'll know soon enough if the prosecution has any merit.
My worst nightmare is that the prosecution does have a flimsy case. A lot of foreign heads of state are worried about that too, according to the BBC. Jim
p.s. My actual worst nightmare is nuclear war, and according to the BBC and NPR, China has announced plans to quadruple their nuclear arsenal by 2034. Our CNN and Fox missed that story. A lot of news about Taiwan's visit too. China is unhappy. But China is apparently not giving Putin what he wants either, so that is good. Also much discussion on NPR about Netanyahu's attempt to castrate the Israeli court system. A naked power grab. Rod, what do your sources think? Apparently Bibi stepped back from the brink, but the issue is still there. All kinds of other important news out today, but you would not know it today, listening to CNN or Fox.
"A naked power grab. Rod, what do your sources think? Apparently Bibi stepped back from the brink, but the issue is still there. "
Agreed, and pretty much in line with the sources you've noted. Bibi is overstepping on this one, to be sure, but I hope he finally backs off on this one.
On a similar level, this reminds me of what we're seeing now, with the house GOP leadership and various notable GOP leaders elsewhere condemning Alvin Bragg before they even know what the counts are and threatening to take steps against him. Their actions threaten the independence of a judicial system in much the same manner as with Bibi...