'I Keep Waiting for the Feds to Come': The Jan. 6 Investigations Have Trumpworld on Edge

[Nevilledog]

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/jan6-hearing-congress-trump-justice-department-1376063/

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After a jaw-dropping Jan. 6 committee hearing and a string of aggressive moves by the Biden Justice Department, Donald Trump’s associates are realizing what the ex-president can’t admit: The dual investigations into the efforts to overturn the 2020 election are far more than show trials — and there may be serious legal consequences for the people involved.

“I keep waiting for the feds to come raid my shit,” says a current close adviser to former President Trump, who was also intimately involved in the effort to overturn the 2020 election results. This person spoke on the condition of anonymity to candidly address their ongoing anxieties. “I’m not sure how high on the food chain the Department of Justice considers me, but it wouldn’t be the most out-of-the-blue thing if I…got subpoenaed or served a search warrant.”

Another former Trump adviser tells Rolling Stone that, in recent days, they consulted with their lawyer about possible “worst-case scenarios” that could come from the DOJ investigation and the House select committee on Jan. 6.

Tuesday’s hearing of the Jan. 6 committee turbocharged Trumpworld’s anxieties, as former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified about a string of damaging — and potentially criminal — activities Trump and his team engaged in in the run up to the Capitol attack.

“In the time since Cassidy testified, there has definitely been an uptick in chatter in [Trumpworld] about who is and who isn’t criminally exposed,” said a former senior Trump aide. “There are some people who don’t take these hearings or the DOJ probe seriously, and think of it as ‘Mueller Part 2’ or yet another example of the media getting over its skis. There are others who think that, whatever you think of the committee, criminal charges could easily come after all these testimonies and subpoenas. I count myself among the latter group, and Tuesday made me feel even more confident in the idea that we should all be preparing for the Biden Justice Department to really go after Trump people. This isn’t a joke, and should not be treated like one.”

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[3Hotdogs]

1. Testimonies are one thing. It's the texting and emails that will fuck 'em up.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

2. I disagree with the term "Biden Justice Department",

it's AG Merrick Garland's Justice Department, other than that, I hope they have a lot of anxious filled days and sleepless nights wondering when that knock on the door is coming.

[NJCher]

6. That's a trumper speaking

That’s how they think.

[intrepidity]

3. Good, you motherfuckers; stay on edge

we will get you. Fuck YOU!!

[Cha]

4. Mmm.. wonder who those two Scaredies are?

Save Our Democracy💙 in 2022 & 2024!

[C Moon]

5. "I keep waiting for the feds to come raid my shit."

I'm sure they will.

[NJCher]

7. Actually

I think making out a big fat retainer check to a GOOD criminal defense attorney is the hardest part, but the sentiment is appreciated.

[Justice matters.]

8. RICO case.

WHEN?

[asiliveandbreathe]

9. Reduce anxiety for this anonymous tfg aide...come on in and speak the truth to J6..

Door is still open..or continue to sleep in street clothes...with one eye open...

[gratuitous]

10. If you haven't done anything wrong, you have noth--

Sorry, I couldn't possibly have finished typing that.