Given that the Donald Trump-controlled DOJ has already brought or attempted to bring phony criminal indictments against everyone from James Comey to Letitia James, it came as no surprise at all this week when it leaked that the Trump regime had instructed the DOJ to find something to charge Gavin Newsom with.
After all, Newsom is (for now) the de facto 2028 frontrunner for President of the United States. And even though a senile and decrepit Trump is unlikely to even live that long, let alone figure out a way to succeed at illegally running again, Trump’s narcissism is still carrying the day. Trump wants Newsom out of the way just in case – or maybe merely out of spite.
Either way, two things have served to quickly blow up Trump’s plot. First, some brave soul at the DOJ apparently decided to tell the Washington Post that the Trump regime had ordered the DOJ to target Newsom. The best way to get out ahead of this kind of thing is to, well, get out ahead of it. But then Newsom himself took charge.
Gavin Newsom didn’t merely utter a lament about the danger and the damage and legal guardrails and blah blah blah. All of the above is true, but it’s an approach that our side has been trying to use against Trump for a decade – and it never gets us anywhere. Instead, Newsom promptly asked the courts to force the DOJ to turn over all communications between the Trump White House and the DOJ about pursuing a case against Newsom.
Why is this so important? For one thing, it immediately puts the Trump regime on the defensive. Now the Trump DOJ will have to go into court and try to fend off Newsom’s formal request. Trump DOJ representatives may have to risk committing perjury or obstruction of justice in order to cover up the Trump regime’s attempt at targeting Newsom. And the Trump DOJ might even have to abandon the idea of targeting Newsom altogether, in an effort to make it all go away.
Gavin Newsom didn’t just call out Donald Trump for targeting him in a corrupt manner. Newsom won. He showed that he’s a savvy enough politician to defeat this kind of evil yet two-bit plot against him. And he showed the voting public that he’s stronger than Trump.
2028 is a very long way away. We still need to focus on the 2026 midterm elections first, to help make sure there ends up being a legitimate 2028 presidential election. And we have no idea if Gavin Newsom will still be the Democratic Party frontrunner by then, or if JD Vance will be the Republican frontrunner, or if a seemingly dying Trump will even still be alive by then. But as far as right here and right now, Newsom sure did win the day.
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