Balloon Juice | Friday Morning Open Thread: Look for the Helpers
Something just came to me as I was reading about the soon-to-be-former Chicago CEO who was one of the arrested rioters. Many, although not nearly enough, of the domestic terrorists will be in court next year facing extremely serious federal charges carrying “law and order” length sentences. I am certain that their defenses will feature some variation on “Trump told me to do it” as their lawyers attempt to portray their clients as dupes, not villains. Pardons or no, prosecution of Trump or no, videos of the pre-riot rally are going to be seen, heard and read about in local media day af...