I genuinely hope that Fani Willis is in front of a secret Georgia grand jury right now, presenting the investigation, the report, and its findings to a “real grand jury,” the type with the power to hand down indictments. Because after reading that Jack Smith was subpoenaing Jared and Ivanka yesterday, it just reaffirmed the very long way we have to go with the DOJ indicting Trump. Shockingly, for crimes clearly committed in January of 2021 and crimes clearly established in August of 2022, it may be the end of 2023 before Jack Smith and the DOJ get around to indicting Trump. At which point it is effectively too late.

After all, one cannot get a federal criminal trial court date within a year (We’re really already in danger now), and without a verdict, Trump, or any Republican president, can just pardon him, and that’s it. Thanks for the effort. Georgia’s Gov. Kemp cannot pardon Trump, but a clemency board might, and if we reach that stage where Trump is running for president…

For now, our best hope is Georgia. If Trump is indicted in Georgia, former federal prosecutor, Glenn Kirschner,  says that a narcissist like Trump is going to start dumping dirt on everyone around him who he sees as having failed him. This would include people like Graham and Meadows, in particular, which gets back to January 6th. But it also includes people like Roger Stone, Steve Bannon, Rudy Giuliani, and Mike Flynn – who likely has the most direct ties to Russia of all of them sans Trump.

Listen to Kirschner predict all hell breaking loose:

Ivanka and Jared get subpoenaed. Donald is about to be indicted. So the question arises . . . who will throw whom under the bus?
(h/t to #TeamJustice editor @petersoby ): pic.twitter.com/hHdiCQXJrE

— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) February 23, 2023

Makes a lot of sense to me, and yes – Justice matters.

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[email protected], @JasonMiciak, with Nicole Hickman