No one tried to force them off the road. No one planted a racehorse’s head in their bed.

The message came at them from a very different angle.

“Log on to your Chase account.” it said.

Dick and Jane saw a deposit they didn’t recognize.

The former White House staffers have been subpoenaed to testify in the Capitol riot trials. They helped create the Big Lie that the election was stolen. The rioters claim they were following orders from the defeated president.

Jane and Dick won’t be able to fall back on the conspiracy theories they’ve repeated again and again. Every word they utter under oath will be compared to their emails, texts and memos.

“You as worried as I am?” Dick asked Jane.

“I’m scared fucking shitless, Dicky.” she replied.

Pat Shiplett

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