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Trump: The Final Days

The January 6 Committee shows just how ugly Trump was

John Dean
4 min readJul 16, 2022

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Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash modified by author

We are nearing the end of the public hearings of the January 6 Committee. Even without reading their final report or learning whether Attorney General Garland will pursue an indictment, we know not only that Trump committed serious crimes but just how disgusting a human being Donald Trump was during the final days of his presidency.

It is a painful image, but the emperor (Trump) will soon have no clothes. We are learning that he cheered on the January 6 insurrectionists (they were his team, after all), was comfortable with his vice president getting hung, and refused to order his mob to leave the Capitol even after people were hurt.

If you had any doubt that Trump is a sociopathic, lying narcissist, you need to watch the final public hearings of the Committee and read its final report.

I have been astounded at the numbers of Republicans who agree with Trump that the January 6 Committee investigation is a “witch hunt.” The videotape doesn’t lie. And a cascade of former Trump loyalists, many now ashamed of their affiliation with the defeated ex-president or fearing prosecution, are talking. What the “turncoats” are saying, and what the videotape is showing, is a man devoid of empathy for…

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John Dean

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