Hearts in misery

Today’s earworm is a nod to the bad week Kenneth “The Cheese” Cheseboro and Kraken Karen, Sidney Powell (both, BTW, lawyers), have had. They’re among the 18 co-conspirators indicted in Fulton County, Ga., with Cadet Bonespurs on RICO charges associated with attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

Karen and The Cheese demanded—as is their right under Georgia law—a speedy trial, so DA Fani T. Willis said, “Sure thing—y’all show up in the courthouse on 23 October. We’ll get ‘er done.” Calling their bluff, so to speak.

But then the two defendants immediately moved to sever their cases from one another, basically citing, “Ew—s/he has cooties and besides I’ve never met this sleazeball.”

However, Judge Scott McAfee reminded them of the definition of RICO under Georgia law—which is that anyone associated with any part of a criminal conspiracy is a co-conspirator and therefore cooties don’t count, so no severance.

So let’s have Neil Sedaka singing “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do”. Because it is.