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The Supreme Court has recently laid the groundwork for a redefinition of the constitution to change how the DOJ works, with the intent that when Trump comes back to power he can wield it against his enemies without checks and balances. Part of that new interpretation of the constitution is that a special prosecutor in a case like this has to be appointed by the Senate.
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He only does rallies in fields these days because he ripped off so many venues by booking them but never actually paying during his first run.
I’d imagine it was before and security now will be extremely tight.
Secret Service details for former presidents and presidential candidates (pre-confirmation at their party's national convention, which this event was) are much smaller than actual presidents and confirmed candidates, with local police often pulled in to fill the gaps. From the sounds of it there were a bunch of small fuck-ups that happened to all line up perfectly so that this guy could get some shots off, but at the same time the Secret Service operates something of an omerta when it comes to just how many assassination attempts they block each year, because they don't want to encourage copycats by revealing just how easy it actually is to have a chance if someone really, really wants to, and they don't care about surviving themselves either.
