As posted over at the legacy site a couple of hours ago:

As I said a few days back, none of this happens without explicit direction from the Oval Office. And, to answer my question from that post: Yes, is seems Team FJB is stupid enough to do it:

A RUBICON IS CROSSED

So the Democrats decided to indict Donald Trump after all. (I assume that Alvin Bragg would not have proceeded without a green light from higher-ups in the party.) Here, as in so many other areas, we are in uncharted waters. The Democrats have launched a sort of blitzkrieg against our traditions, our Constitution, our culture (at least, our culture as it was), and every form of restraint that makes civil society possible. They have unleashed a wind, and seem serenely confident that they will never face a whirlwind. I don’t know, maybe they are right. I do know that after today, our country will never be the same again. …

But I do know that today is an evil day in America’s history. The Democrats are behaving like a party from a pre-Enlightenment, pre-constitutional era. Seeing themselves in the driver’s seat, they are making a naked grab for totalitarian power across a broad range of issues and institutions. Indicting a former president on frivolous grounds is shocking, but it is of a piece with the strategies Democrats are following in Washington and across the country.

[Emphasis added]

Into the abyss…

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March 31, 2023 UPDATE: The morning after…

LEVIN: ‘AMERICA, YOU ARE LOOKING TYRANNY IN THE FACE RIGHT NOW’

What happens when those tasked with enforcing the law are the biggest thugs of all?

This is not a rhetorical question. It is now obvious that the federal government has become hopelessly corrupt. A deliberate campaign to weaponize government agencies against political foes began during the Obama administration and accelerated when President Joe Biden took office. …

Equal application of the law is the single most essential feature of a democratic republic. Without it, a nation cannot call itself a democracy.

We’re witnessing the death of the rule of law in America. …