I am nauseated by the failure to prosecute Trump & Co. for their attempt to overthrow the government. Bannon won’t cooperate, Eastman pleads the Fifth, Meadows thought maybe he would cooperate but has since changed his mind, Jeffrey Clark is likely to refuse to answer any significant question, the whole Republican Party refuses to cooperate, and all the House Committee can do is seek an ineffective charge of Contempt of Congress

The House of Representatives is not the body that should be acting on Jan 6. The House and the Senate are incapable of doing anything at all constructive. That is their contribution to the overthrow of the government. Trump and his entourage have been active in their attempts at a coup. The Congress’ inaction is a coup attempt as well.

No, the investigation of Jan 6 should be assigned to the F.B.I. and the Justice Department should then prosecute on the basis of the incriminating evidence that the investigation is sure to find.

Our American justice system is not making a very good showing. What are we learning from current developments? We have learned for sure that if you are sufficiently shameless and have enough money to hire enough lawyers, you can virtually shut down the justice system. You can delay and appeal and delay and appeal so long that you are likely to be dead before you come to trial.

Again I say, justice delayed is justice denied. If a plot to overthrow the government, a plot that is still ongoing, is not taken seriously enough to prompt immediate action, a dismal future for the United States of America can with confidence be predicted..

If America simply “moves on” from Jan. 6 and the Big Lie Campaign with barely a friendly admonition to the conspirators, American democracy will be completely vulnerable to the next coup. And unless we deal sternly and quickly with the Jan 6 conspirators, another coup attempt is inevitable, if not from Trump & Co., then from another demagogue who would like to be king, and the Republican Party is now dominated by people of that kind. Putin and the Russian Empire are not a greater threat to the United States than Trump and his co-conspirators and those who will come next to follow their example.