Yes, Jack Goldsmith, probably my absolute favorite mushmouth, phony baloney, “evenhanded” Harvard law professor, is at it again, with a major decepticon offering via the ever-gullible New York Times, Jack Smith and Robert Hur Are the Latest Examples of a Failed Institution, in which he pretends that he’s mad at the Department of Justice’s “special counsel office”, when what he really wants to do, and something he does do, is plant yet another big, fat wet one on Donald Trump’s ass.
You can skip all of Big Jack’s huffing and puffing about the special counsel office in general and Bob Hur’s snide treatment of poor old Joe Biden in particular, because what Jack really wants to do is slip his Cambridge-minted shiv between the ribs of Jack Smith for daring to, you know, prosecute the biggest criminal in American history, Donald Fucking Trump, before Donald has a chance to win the presidency. Moans Moanin’ Jackie,
Mr. Smith has sought to fast-track Mr. Trump’s trial related to the events of Jan. 6 in ways that Mr. Trump’s lawyers and others view as having a purpose of affecting the presidential election in violation of Justice Department rules.
Yes, “Mr. Trump’s lawyers and others”—people who aren’t even in Donald Trump’s pay are complaining about it—like those who, you know, supported Trump’s attempt to, you know, overturn the American system of government, the worst—repeat worst—crime in American history!
I can only guess that Jack’s been in a fucking coma for the last three years. Morally speaking, I mean.
Afterwords
This is not the first time Jackie has sought to create the idea that is somehow wrong to treat a criminal like a criminal. Earlier, he tried to think up reasons why it might be a bad idea even to prosecute Trump in the first place, though, thankfully, libertarian law professor Ilya Somin was on hand to provide frequent beatdowns for Jackie’s gross hypocrisy. But now Jackie’s back, with another round of his mock innocent, nonpartisan, just trying to be helpful bullshit. Why the New York Times feels “compelled” to print the drivel turned out by this Uriah Heep in pinstripes is yet another of life’s little—little and goddamn ugly—mysteries.
UPDATE
Do I impugn Jack unjustly? Over at New York magazine, not exactly a rightie hangout, Eli Honig makes basically the same complaints. Of course, Jack didn’t want to prosecute Trump for trying to overthrow the government at all, while Eli thinks maybe, if Trump is convicted (and Biden is elected), Biden should pardon Donnie. Eli also doesn’t want Trump tried before the election, which, of course, would allow a victorious Trump to shut down all the federal (but not state) prosecutions directed at him. On the other hand, Eli has also written a book, Hatchet Man: How Bill Barr Broke the Prosecutor's Code and Corrupted the Justice Department, so we agree on some things.
