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[–] 10469710? 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
Another consideration is the long study. Take for example 'Scooter' Libby or Oliver North - two fall guys/doorstops for past corrupt groups surrounding Administrations.
There is a clear pattern of groups dropping a body as they flee a building to slow down zombie hordes. A perfect metaphor, if you shoot your friend in the leg (usually your slowest friend but this is not necessary) as he is blocking the doorway you just flee through, the zombies will stop to feast and then block the door.
It is the same with the FBI and DOJ now. These agencies have been helmed with pure corruption for better than 18 years and, desperate to get those career-making indictments in spite of the entire corrupt system protecting the real criminals, prosecutors and investigators have had to rely on handing out immunity like candy. The Clinton server scandal was perhaps a bit extreme but it is not deviant in that immunity orders are now handed out like bribes in desperate impotent hope that the criminal groups can somehow be cracked.
Lawyers like Hillary Clinton and John Podesta have made careers out of not making many prosecutable mistakes in proportion to their amount of criminality.
Trump and Bannon have observed the use of those fall-guys I mention in my lede. They have seen that 'blowing your load' too quickly and going after the low-hanging fruit is what the swamp wants - normie citizens get their bad guy and in the making of the deal the swamp protects itself from real penalty or justice. It is a show, a lynching, a trifle, not even symbolic of a functioning justice system but symbolic of how broken ours is.
So in 4D Chess you plan your end game before buying your plane tickets, because you've just spent 15 years watching every game your opponent has played.
Edit: 'Scooter' Debbie Schulz