The problem with Donald Trump’s latest effort to recycle his “deadly force” lie is not just the fact that it’s dangerous nonsense. The problem is all the more notable because of the former president’s curious timing. The New Republic took note of the Republican’s latest fundraising appeal to supporters. “Biden’s day of reckoning is coming,” Trump wrote in the written message to prospective donors.
Indeed, when the FBI searched Biden’s home in Delaware as part of a separate search for classified documents, the paperwork included the same phrasing. This obviously does not mean that the Biden administration was “ready to take out” the Democratic incumbent himself. But for prosecutors, this was more than just a lie: It was a lie that endangered the lives of law enforcement officials. With this in mind, special counsel Jack Smith’s office asked U.S.