The light of day is a wonderful disinfectant. The judiciary was happy to comply when rulings were intentionally obscured from public view, but now that those records are open, it’s stall, delay, and circle the wagons. The problem was that no one expected him to win.
Wow… Marsha Blackburn sues Jack Smith over the phone records his Arctic Frost team pulled off her cell, and within days every active federal judge in Middle Tennessee steps aside. All four of them. The October 5 order from Chief Judge Campbell says "All District Judges of the Middle District of Tennessee have recused in this matter," gives no reason, and sends it to the Sixth Circuit to go find a judge from somewhere else.
Two Trump appointees, one Clinton, one Obama, and not one of them wants their name on the case where a sitting United States Senator asks for $1 and a ruling that what Smith did to her was unlawful. One dollar. She is not even after his money, she wants it on the record that a prosecutor pulled who she talked to, when, and for how long, off the phone she used to do her job.
Now keep in mind, Blackburn's suit says Smith's people went after roughly 400 Republican individuals and organizations, and he sat in front of Senate Judiciary last week and said he stands by his decisions. So why is it that the moment somebody tries to hold him accountable, the bench empties out? I am not saying any of these judges did something wrong… I am saying you should notice how fast the room clears when the weaponization finally gets its day in court.
Sixth Circuit, pick a judge and let this thing get heard. End stop.