Appreciate how insidiously manipulative / deceitful what the DOJ is doing to Dave Rubin, Tim Pool and Benny Johnson...

By alleging in the indictment that the commentators are victims of a crime, the DOJ has effectively forced them to state as much publicly, thus effectively manipulating (or coercing) them to ratify/legitimize what are now mere allegations in an indictment. DOJ gets the headlines they needed 60 days out from an election.

If the commentators come out and say "we don't feel like we were victims of a crime" or "we don't even think there was a crime here", DOJ / media will say they are complicit.

Once DOJ labels them as victims of a crime, any refusal to cooperate with authorities will be viewed as highly suspect. After all, if they are victims, why wouldn't they want to cooperate to clear their names/seek justice?

So they will be asked to sit down, cooperate - and at least from a DOJ / fake news media perspective, corroborate - the DOJ's assertion that they are victims, which will be weaponized as a confirmation of the broader allegations of "Russian interference".

And, who knows what the DOJ will find in the course of any such "amicable discussions" with Pool et al... Did you have a license for this? A registration for that? Did you report this income? Oh what's that, an improper entry in your corprorate ledgers?

We have lived through, and are still in the eye of an era of "bring me the man and I will find you the crime".

Dave Rubin, Tim Pool, Benny Johnsons et al. are just as much a "threat" to the the administration as any alleged "Russian interference". They might very well have been the targets from the beginning.

If the DOJ didn't nab them in this scheme (which we have good reason to suspect is just as crooked as the 2016 FBI falsifying evidence to obtain unlawful FISA spy warrants on Carter Page first iteration of the Russia-Gate Hoax), they are still ideological targets who, in my view, are currently being strong-armed / coerced by insidious manipulation that is is no way intended to exonerate them legally or the in court of public opinion.

My humble assessment.

See you all tonight!