Co-opting DOJ
Mindy Finn, Intuition, Sarah Kendzior and Andrea Chalupa all seem to be on the same page (below).
Marcy Wheeler provides context.
Reverse Twitter timeline:
Jeff McFadden - @homemadeguitars: Well, y'all, I am officially scared shitless. It only takes one minute to launch a nuclear weapon. It only took one minute to abandon the Kurds. It only took one minute to open a criminal investigation into the people who failed to save our country.
Mindy Finn - @mindyfinn: This here's why it was outright dangerous to elect a dictator aspirant to the White House to start with, and why we must prepare for him to do anything, and everything, with reckless abandon to get re-elected.
Richard Engel - @RichardEngel: There is something I call the Dictator's Treadmill: once you get on, you can’t get off, because falling off means ending up in jail. It's something I often consider wherever I report. What options does the leader have, and what is he/she willing to do not to fall off?
Matthew Miller - @matthewamiller: The AG flew to Italy twice to personally investigate a right wing conspiracy theory the Italian government has now confirmed is nonsense. What is going on at DOJ? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/23/world/europe/italy-trump-conspiracy-conte.html
Glenn Kirschner - @glennkirschner2: I’m beyond troubled, Kathleen. This looks like Barr using - ok, abusing - the DOJ to assist a criminal president. This is how institutions fail. The House should consider drafting articles of impeachment for Barr. They can’t let Barr corrupt/destroy the DOJ w/out a fight.
Kathleen Chu - @KathleenChu5: Glenn. What the hell with grand jury investigation pushed by Barr into origins of Russia probe?
Intuition - @voicebyvote: 🤔 That's strange. @sarahkendzior and @AndreaChalupa have been talking about it since DT came into power. If you wanna know what happens next, listen to @gaslitnation.
Matthew Miller - @matthewamiller: Even with Trump as president, I never thought DOJ could become politicized this badly. Incredibly dangerous moment for our country.
