Outside the Beltway

It appears that the DOJ has enough evidence to indict someone.

As more details emerge about the documents he stole, defenders are falling away.

Running down the latest “known knowns” with just a bit of analysis

That’s some catch, that Catch-22.

This is as close as we get to Garland saying “Eff around, find out!”

The former President and his supporters are crying “weaponization of the justice system.”

A loudmouth III%er cried like a baby during his sentencing.

Meeting with people who are essentially couplotters should be disqualifying.

What is the right measure of success for the Committee investigating the Capitol riot?

New evidence gets us a wee bit closer to a smoking gun.

You’re goddamn right he did.

Here we go again . . . .

The laying out of the case begins.

The retired general and think tank president is in hot water.

An unprecedented manuever in response to unprecedented obstruction.

Did we not already know this?

The Biden administration’s mandate has been lifted immediately.

Whether deliberate or another ‘gaffe,’ he’s likely right.

A former Virginia police officer has been found guilty, partly on the testimony of a former colleague.

A Michigan jury believed the FBI created the crime.

A key planner of the Capitol riot has agreed to testify against others in exchange for a lighter sentence.

Two hundred-odd people have pled or been found guilty. One has been acquitted.

The US conducted a preemptive strike against the GRU’s systems.

Democrats want the DOJ to act more quickly.

His conversations with lawyers about stealing the election are not protected by privilege.

New evidence changes the story ever so slightly.

A novel and persuasive argument.

The former President should have known that his claims of election fraud were baseless.

Two notorious cases indicate a policy shift on federal prosecutions of cases already tried in lower courts.

An example of how lack of regulation leads to practices that damage public faith in policing

With choices like these it’s easy to understand why people take plea deals

Because of course he did.

Our system lacks accountability.

Former President Trump routinely broke the law with respect to protecting public records.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

Once again, today marks a day where folks who would never have supported Dr. King decide they should praise him

A year after the Capitol riot, DOJ is coming after the most violent perpetrators.

Yes the riots were a disgrace but the Democrats . . . .

It doesn’t matter what I believe. It only matters what I can prove.

The head of the House investigatory committee seems to think so.

A pattern is emerging.

The erstwhile QAnon Shaman will spend another three-and-a-half years in jail.

Resolving the legal issues will take time we don’t have.

A massive investigation into the Capitol riot looks at what came before, during, and after.

There is a lot of anger out there.

DOJ has settled a civil suit with the former official.

It appears to be only a matter of time before the SECDEF orders active-duty troops to get the shots.

Despite a rising groundswell of support, the obvious solution to our crisis has not been implemented.

The President hit all the right notes.

The President announced a whopping 72 initiatives to rein in corporate power and lower prices.