responding to garland s speech wednesday, constitutional law professor laurence tribe arguing the doj not going far enough. i heard absolutely nothing, nothing about the larger plot to overturn the election. that was not january 6th. january 3rd was the date on which the president, then-president, twisted the arm of raffensperger. late december he was doing things with people like jeffrey clark. you don t work your way up from the people who smashed windows to the arm twisting, which itself violated federal law and was part of a better plot. the pace of efforts to hold trump accountable led to this criticism from arizona congressman ruben gallego this week. i think merrick garland has been extremely weak, and i think there should be a lot more of the organizers of january 6th
that was not january 6th. january 3rd was the date on which the president, then-president, twisted the arm of raffensperger. late december he was doing things with jeffrey clark. you don t work your way up from the people who smashed windows to the arm twisting, which itself violated federal law and was part of a better plot. the pace of efforts to hold trump accountable led to this criticism from arizona congressman ruben gallego this week. i think merrick garland has been extremely weak, and i think there should be a lot more of the organizers of january 6th that should be arrested by now. the problem that we have right now is that we have a very obstructionist republican party that should be part of helping us decide how to save democracy instead of trying to cover up for their crimes, and you have, again, an attorney general who is, you know, feckless and has not been helpful in terms of preserving our democracy.
quick felony charge using the phone call as the basis of that. i will say this, i also think that there is some really interesting legal arguments around the tape and the admissibility of the tape based on who knew what and when about when it was being recorded some statements in the public record even if that is a problem and is not for some reason admitted you still have the testimony of raffensperger. he has been all over the news media when this happened. he told everybody about he wrote a book about it. and marketed for his book as he made appearances. we have other statements from him that could be used in a prosecution. that s one of the reasons that i think a clear criminal grand jury would be easy. what this tells me about what she s doing, moving forward looking at conspiracy charges, possible charges on other people. that s fine. there s validity to casting a wider net. the thing you have to be aware of as prosecutor, the wider the net, the more shots you make