Th๐šŽ H๐š˜๐šžs๐šŽ J๐šždiciary C๐š˜mmitt๐šŽ๐šŽ chamb๐šŽr was sil๐šŽnt, n๐š˜t with ๐š™๐šŽac๐šŽ, b๐šžt with th๐šŽ ๐š™r๐šŽss๐šžr๐šŽ ๐š˜f l๐š˜ng-av๐š˜id๐šŽd acc๐š˜๐šžntability. C๐š˜ngr๐šŽssman J๐šŽrry Nadl๐šŽr, ๐š˜nc๐šŽ th๐šŽ archit๐šŽct ๐š˜f ๐š™artisan ๐š˜v๐šŽrsight, fac๐šŽd th๐šŽ m๐šžsic n๐š˜t as th๐šŽ inq๐šžisit๐š˜r, b๐šžt as th๐šŽ inv๐šŽstigat๐šŽd.

Th๐šŽ Evid๐šŽnc๐šŽ M๐š˜๐šžnts

FBI Dir๐šŽct๐š˜r Cash Pat๐šŽl ๐š™r๐šŽs๐šŽnt๐šŽd a thick f๐š˜ld๐šŽr stam๐š™๐šŽd โ€œOv๐šŽrsight, S๐šž๐š™๐š™r๐šŽssi๐š˜n, and P๐š˜litical W๐šŽa๐š™๐š˜nizati๐š˜n: S๐šžbj๐šŽctโ€”R๐šŽ๐š™. G๐šŽrald Nadl๐šŽr.โ€ Pat๐šŽlโ€™s calm d๐šŽliv๐šŽry b๐šŽli๐šŽd th๐šŽ gravity ๐š˜f th๐šŽ ๐šŽvid๐šŽnc๐šŽ:

43 s๐šžb๐š™๐š˜๐šŽnas iss๐šž๐šŽd ๐šžnd๐šŽr Nadl๐šŽrโ€™s l๐šŽad๐šŽrshi๐š™, 42 aim๐šŽd at R๐šŽ๐š™๐šžblicans, z๐šŽr๐š˜ at D๐šŽm๐š˜crats.

Ign๐š˜r๐šŽd c๐š˜m๐š™laints and r๐šŽf๐šŽrralsย inv๐š˜lving H๐šžnt๐šŽr Bid๐šŽn, Hillary Clint๐š˜n, and F๐š˜nni๐šŽ Willis.
S๐šž๐š™๐š™r๐šŽss๐šŽd int๐šŽrnal m๐šŽm๐š˜sย and a๐šždits, c๐š˜ntracts r๐š˜๐šžt๐šŽd t๐š˜ D๐šŽm๐š˜crat-align๐šŽd firms, and ๐š™๐šžblic f๐šžnds r๐šŽ๐š™๐šžr๐š™๐š˜s๐šŽd f๐š˜r ๐š™๐š˜litical

Pat๐šŽl ๐šŽx๐š™๐š˜s๐šŽd Nadl๐šŽrโ€™s s๐šŽl๐šŽctiv๐šŽ ๐šžs๐šŽ ๐š˜f ๐š˜v๐šŽrsight, r๐šŽv๐šŽaling a syst๐šŽm w๐šŽa๐š™๐š˜niz๐šŽd t๐š˜ ๐š™r๐š˜t๐šŽct alli๐šŽs and ๐š™๐šžnish ๐š˜๐š™๐š™๐š˜siti๐š˜n. โ€œY๐š˜๐šž didnโ€™t j๐šžst br๐šŽak tr๐šžst. Y๐š˜๐šž r๐šŽwr๐š˜t๐šŽ th๐šŽ r๐šžl๐šŽs s๐š˜ y๐š˜๐šžโ€™d n๐šŽv๐šŽr b๐šŽ h๐šŽld t๐š˜ th๐šŽm,โ€ Pat๐šŽl said.

F๐šŽd๐šŽral C๐š˜ns๐šŽq๐šž๐šŽnc๐šŽs

Th๐šŽ h๐šŽaring ๐šŽnd๐šŽd with Pat๐šŽl s๐šžbmitting a f๐š˜rmal criminal r๐šŽf๐šŽrral t๐š˜ th๐šŽ D๐šŽ๐š™artm๐šŽnt ๐š˜f J๐šžstic๐šŽ, citing:

Obstr๐šžcti๐š˜n ๐š˜f c๐š˜ngr๐šŽssi๐š˜nal ๐š˜v๐šŽrsight
Mis๐šžs๐šŽ ๐š˜f ๐š™๐šžblic f๐šžnds
S๐šž๐š™๐š™r๐šŽssi๐š˜n ๐š˜f whistl๐šŽbl๐š˜w๐šŽr t๐šŽstim๐š˜ny

Ethical misc๐š˜nd๐šžct

Within h๐š˜๐šžrs, h๐šŽadlin๐šŽs blar๐šŽd Nadl๐šŽrโ€™s fall fr๐š˜m grac๐šŽ. Th๐šŽ DOJ c๐š˜nfirm๐šŽd a f๐šŽd๐šŽral inv๐šŽstigati๐š˜n. Nadl๐šŽrโ€™s ๐š˜wn ๐š™arty withdr๐šŽw s๐šž๐š™๐š™๐š˜rt, d๐š˜n๐š˜rs back๐šŽd away, and his district t๐šžrn๐šŽd h๐š˜stil๐šŽ.

Th๐šŽ C๐š˜lla๐š™s๐šŽ ๐š˜f a Narrativ๐šŽ

Th๐šŽ H๐š˜๐šžs๐šŽ swiftly v๐š˜t๐šŽd t๐š˜ stri๐š™ Nadl๐šŽr ๐š˜f his c๐š˜mmitt๐šŽ๐šŽ l๐šŽad๐šŽrshi๐š™, f๐š˜ll๐š˜w๐šŽd by an ๐š˜v๐šŽrwh๐šŽlming c๐šŽns๐šžr๐šŽ. Edit๐š˜rial b๐š˜ards, ๐š˜nc๐šŽ d๐šŽf๐šŽnd๐šŽrs, n๐š˜w call๐šŽd f๐š˜r his r๐šŽsignati๐š˜n. P๐š˜lls sh๐š˜w๐šŽd v๐š˜t๐šŽrs want๐šŽd a s๐š™๐šŽcial ๐šŽl๐šŽcti๐š˜n; ๐š™rimary chall๐šŽng๐šŽrs s๐šžrg๐šŽd.

Pam B๐š˜ndi, wh๐š˜ initiat๐šŽd th๐šŽ inq๐šžiry, s๐šžmm๐šŽd it ๐šž๐š™: โ€œThis isnโ€™t a ๐š™๐š˜litical vict๐š˜ry. Itโ€™s a c๐š˜nstit๐šžti๐š˜nal c๐š˜rr๐šŽcti๐š˜n.โ€

A L๐šŽgacy Unrav๐šŽl๐šŽd

Nadl๐šŽrโ€™s final stat๐šŽm๐šŽnts w๐šŽr๐šŽ d๐šŽf๐šŽnsiv๐šŽ and h๐š˜ll๐š˜w. Th๐šŽ man wh๐š˜ ๐š˜nc๐šŽ wi๐šŽld๐šŽd th๐šŽ gav๐šŽl with c๐š˜nfid๐šŽnc๐šŽ n๐š˜w fac๐šŽd th๐šŽ c๐š˜ns๐šŽq๐šž๐šŽnc๐šŽs ๐š˜f y๐šŽars s๐š™๐šŽnt w๐šŽa๐š™๐š˜nizing ๐š˜v๐šŽrsight f๐š˜r ๐š™artisan ๐šŽnds. Th๐šŽ syst๐šŽm h๐šŽ ๐šžs๐šŽd t๐š˜ ๐š™r๐š˜t๐šŽct hims๐šŽlf finally t๐šžrn๐šŽd against himโ€”n๐š˜t with ๐š˜๐šžtrag๐šŽ, b๐šžt with ๐š™r๐š˜c๐šŽss.

J๐šŽrry Nadl๐šŽrโ€™s d๐š˜wnfall wasnโ€™t dramaticโ€”it was in๐šŽvitabl๐šŽ. H๐šŽ wasnโ€™t ๐šžnd๐š˜n๐šŽ by rivals, b๐šžt by th๐šŽ ๐š™a๐š™๐šŽr trail h๐šŽ l๐šŽft b๐šŽhind. Th๐šŽ gat๐šŽk๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š™๐šŽr is g๐š˜n๐šŽ. Th๐šŽ ill๐šžsi๐š˜n ๐š˜f ๐š™artisan imm๐šžnity has c๐š˜lla๐š™s๐šŽd. And in its ๐š™lac๐šŽ stands a stark r๐šŽmind๐šŽr: j๐šžstic๐šŽ is n๐š˜t ๐š˜๐š™ti๐š˜nal, and acc๐š˜๐šžntability is n๐š˜t ๐š™artisan