Jack Smith, who led prosecutions of Trump, resigns
Jack Smith, who led prosecutions of Trump, resigns
Mr. Smith, a special counsel appointed by Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, had signaled that he would step down before Donald J. Trump’s inauguration.
Article does a very poor job of discussing precedence and likelihood that report does get release and when? Can Congress release it? Under what circumstances? Can Garland release it? How? Can Biden release it? How?
Need pressure on the systems that still exist to act before the 20th
Poor guy.
Imagine qualifying as a lawyer - spending years learning the legal system and full of hope and promise. You're going to change the world and make it a better place. Your life is spent working your way up in seniority until you land the ultimate case - prosecuting an ex president for fraud and corruption. You expose the lies and illegal manipulation and prove them beyond reasonable doubt. And against all odds, you win! Best day ever. Everyone slapping your back and telling you what a great guy you are, so clever, and this piece of shit is really going to get his comeuppance.
And then, despite knowing that they're voting for a criminal, half the voting people of your country still elect him into office, knowing full well that he's going to continue being the same awful human being that you proved him in court to be.
Justice, the system you've spent your life believing in and working for is pushed aside. The sentence is reduced to nothing - less than a starving person would get for stealing a loaf of bread to feed their family.
How the fuck do you continue after that?
How can you believe in any system that lets that happen?
Obviously he couldn't, and I respect that. I'd be heading into the woods to get away from everyone.
Just another example between the "legal" and the "justice" system...
What makes you think people who become DAs believe in the justice system? Many do it because they know it’s a path to become a judge or a politician. Many know how broken the system is before they enter.
Or maybe this just makes for a great origin-story for becoming an epic Batman-like vigilante. I'm waiting to see his next career take off...
How the fuck do you continue after that?
By fleeing the country if he has any sense because his life will be worth nothing in America in a few days.
I think that to stay sane in the legal system you have to satisfy yourself with knowing you've done your best even if you didn't get the outcome you wanted.
Yes, but you also have to believe the system produces satisfactory outcomes often enough for the whole thing to be worth it. It looks increasingly like a system that does little more than punish poor people for being poor and foreign people for being foreign. I would certainly be reevaluating my life choices if I were a criminal lawyer.
Imagine spending your entire life licking the boots of the ruling class and then being surprised when they refuse to be held accountable.
Jacks a chump and always was, maybe this woke him up but I doubt we'll see him in the streets with molotovs when the time comes. He'll be hiding in his gated community looking for tasty boots to tongue.
Living in America right now is like being in a room with a dead body.
But one you can’t bang.
While also knowing the body will rise as a zombie on a set date.
Being in a room with someone you recently lost can be beautiful and healing. Living in America today is like being in a room with your own dead body and you mostly have no idea what’s happening.
...and if he wants to stay out of prison and/or live he might want to get the fuck out of the USA pronto after resigning.
might want to get the fuck out of the USA pronto
Probably not a bad idea in general.
This is true, and incredibly fucked up. Have to flee for pursuing facts and attempting to enforce the rule of law.
That's fascism for you. That's where the US is headed
That honestly goes for anyone who's a protected minority
Oh it goes for so much more than just that, although those are obviously the most at risk. The minority groups are just who they'll come after first so we better stand by them when it happens.
Should he have stayed and made them fire him?
Then he wouldn't have got a pension I believe if he is fired
He'd be lucky to just be fired.
There could be firing involved, or maybe a rope.
No.
For his own safety he should probably leave the country
Shit, we all should.
And I wish I could take anyone who wanted to come with me. I'm sorry.
I always wanted to live abroad, but not like this. Definitely not like this.
All I can say is I sincerely hope that my pessimism is shown to be completely misguided. But I doubt it is.
A job well done...?