This is hardly surprising. His minions may not be smart, but they have strong survival instincts. Blanket, preemptive pardons would be a condition for accepting the job.

Everyone in this chain of death, from SECDEF to the individual who pulled the trigger, needs to be investigated to determine if murder charges are warranted and, if so, prosecuted.

An explicit order to execute survivors is an illegal order he was obligated to ignore. What he needed was a pardon from POTUS.

Those trillions of dollars of investment are likely illusory, rendering his argument nonsense.

I am sometimes concerned about what they may do to interfere with an election, and then I remember the fake electors scheme and feel better. Still, best to never underestimate the lengths to which people may go.

Pre-Trump, this conduct would likely have been originally charged as a misdemeanor and there would have been a plea deal with a fine. The initial overreach caused the jury nullification.

Absolutely. I'm always exhausted after a trial and I usually get something like bronchitis after each one, even after one as short as a week.

Those supporting him knew he was lying. Pointing out to his supporters his lies is ... pointless. They didn't care then and care less now.

They decided not to pursue the perp walk idea further, but they still fired the guy who justifiably refused the stupid order. Typical for this administration.

Neither Trump nor the US Supreme Court care that the law prohibits what Trump wants to do.