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Charlie Savage NYT Dec 17, 2022

Even when it's about criminal referrals, "Trump sucks up all the attention, as always," says @[email protected]. "There's a lot of other people that the committee is also thinking about" as we await the final Jan. 6 referrals and report. #velshi

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“Even when it's about criminal referrals, "Trump sucks up all the attention, as always," says @charlie_savage. "There's a lot of other people that the committee is also thinking about" as we await the final Jan. 6 referrals and report. #velshi”

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Charlie Savage NYT Dec 17, 2022

I spoke to @[email protected] @[email protected] this morning about the likely Jan. 6 Committee vote to make criminal referrals to DOJ about Trump and others on Monday. Here is part 1, an overview. /1

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Charlie Savage NYT Dec 17, 2022

Here is part 2 w/ @[email protected] @[email protected], re whether an insurrection conviction would keep Trump from being president again (liberal pipe dream) and why the basis of an insurrection referral might be about assistance rather than or in addition to incitement. /2

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Charlie Savage NYT Dec 17, 2022

Here is part 3 w/ @[email protected] @[email protected], re why criminal referrals are irrelevant to the DOJ investigation but may still have substance as a form of super-censure, becoming part of of the history of this era and the obituaries of those referred regardless of what DOJ does. /end

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Peter Principle

@charlie_savage I'm sure the fascists will be completely devastated to learn the NY Times obit page will say unflattering things about them.

And that's assuming the NY Times will still have the freedom to publish unflattering things about fascists by then.