There’s no longer any question about whether Donald Trump would seek prosecutions against his perceived political enemies. Not only does he keep publicly acknowledging his intentions — including in a new interview aired late yesterday — he’s trailed by a record of already having made such attempts. The question, rather, is who he’d go after first. There’s reason to believe members of the Jan. 6 committee would be high on the former president’s list. After U.S. District Court Judge Carl J.
” Trump concluded, “INDICT THE UNSELECT J6 COMMITTEE FOR ILLEGALLY DELETING AND DESTROYING ALL OF THEIR ‘FINDINGS!’” There’s obviously no real point to fact-checking every individual error of fact and judgment from the former president’s harangue, but it’s probably worth pausing to note a few key elements. First, the idea that the Jan. 6 committee illegally destroyed evidence is ridiculous.