{"id":36940,"date":"2022-08-11T15:24:09","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T20:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=36940"},"modified":"2022-08-11T15:26:45","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T20:26:45","slug":"controlling-the-narrative-ctd-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2022\/08\/11\/controlling-the-narrative-ctd-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Controlling The Narrative, Ctd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s been a lot of muttering behind Democratic and other doors concerning the speed at which AG Merrick Garland operates, but I think that Garland is beginning to demonstrate how being deliberate and thoughtful can be just as useful as blazing speed.<\/p>\n<p>And <a href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2022\/08\/10\/controlling-the-narrative-ctd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remember my comment<\/a> that the former President has to control the narrative? I hope he didn&#8217;t have too strong a grip on the narrative, because otherwise he might be losing his fingers.<\/p>\n<p>Again, a <em><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/em> source, but it&#8217;s worth a quote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I fully expect the court to grant DOJ&#39;s motion to unseal the warrant and we will see it soon, maybe even later today. This will be a substantive blast against Trump after Garland&#39;s procedural one this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Barb McQuade (@BarbMcQuade) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarbMcQuade\/status\/1557807508974055424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/PXL_20220731_003214914.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-36941 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/PXL_20220731_003214914.jpg?resize=318%2C424&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"318\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/PXL_20220731_003214914.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/PXL_20220731_003214914.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/PXL_20220731_003214914.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/PXL_20220731_003214914.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/PXL_20220731_003214914.jpg?resize=113%2C150&amp;ssl=1 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/a>Unsealing the warrant as well as the records of what was found.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And, from what I&#8217;ve read elsewhere, Trump really can&#8217;t oppose this tactic. Oh he can, legally, but politically it&#8217;s a bad looking move.<\/p>\n<p>So now the Republicans who&#8217;ve been yelling about the politicization of the <em><strong>Department of Justice<\/strong><\/em> are about to get a full look at the FBI&#8217;s suspicions, as confirmed by a judge, as well as what was found.<\/p>\n<p>And I can&#8217;t imagine Garland would walk down this path without some real goodies to show off.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>MAGA<\/strong> base will get to see it as well, and, having read Republican hysteria, will now get to compare and contrast Cruz, Rubio, et al, with reality. That&#8217;ll do some damage.<\/p>\n<p>But worst of all for Trump is the loss of control. Control is part of his psychological makeup, and while I&#8217;m sure he&#8217;s used to losing control of narratives before, he&#8217;ll still be in danger of losing personal control with Garland&#8217;s foot up his ass.<\/p>\n<p>And I still wonder if Trump has self-exile plans setup in case everything goes South in a hurry for him.<\/p>\n<p>This may be a pivotal moment in the Trump investigatory era.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s been a lot of muttering behind Democratic and other doors concerning the speed at which AG Merrick Garland operates, but I think that Garland is beginning to demonstrate how being deliberate and thoughtful can be just as useful as blazing speed. And remember my comment that the former President \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2022\/08\/11\/controlling-the-narrative-ctd-2\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36940"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36944,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36940\/revisions\/36944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}