Paul J. Berating

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Trump's FBI probes elections the way arsonists investigate fires

The Trump administration's FBI investigation into the 2020 US election has been dismissed as detached from reality, with concerns mounting that similar probes will target the upcoming midterm congressional elections.

Trump's FBI isn't investigating an election — it's rehearsing for the next one. Every probe into 2020 is a dress rehearsal for delegitimising any result that doesn't suit, the way a bloke who accuses every partner of cheating is really telling you about his own intentions. The midterms loom and the machinery of inquiry is already warmed up. When the state investigates democracy itself, you're not protecting elections — you're replacing them.