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Charges Dropped ≠ Innocent: What They’re Hiding From You
Good morning, everyone. I’m Beth Guy with Talking Purple, and today I want to walk you through something that sounds simple on the surface but is anything but: what it really means when the media tells you “the charges were dropped.”
We’re going to talk about James Comey, Letitia James, John Cornyn, Wesley Hunt, Marjorie Taylor Greene, immigration, and why journalism as a profession is on life support. All of these pieces connect to one big theme: you are being managed, not informed.
“Charges Dropped” Does NOT Mean “Innocent”
Yesterday, the news broke that charges were dropped against James Comey and Letitia James. For most normal Americans, that sounds like this:
“Oh, they must have been innocent. The system worked. They got cleared.”
That’s how TV and movies have trained us to hear those words. But in reality, that’s not what happened here.
These cases didn’t end because a jury listened to the evidence and said, “Not guilty.” They didn’t end because the facts cleared them. They ended on technicalities:
- Arguments over whether the U.S. Attorney was properly appointed
- Questions about a grand jury process that, it turns out, did know what it was voting on
- Statute of limitations running out because of timing and politics
- And a judge who, in my opinion, seemed more interested in helping the defense than being neutral
Notice what’s missing from that list:
Anything about whether Comey or Letitia James actually did what they were accused of.
When you can’t win on the facts, you attack the process. That’s what happened here. And it’s a huge part of why so many Americans have lost faith in our justice system.
Lawfare, Technicalities, and a Politicized Judiciary
What we’re watching more and more is lawfare—using the legal system as a political weapon.
Instead of standing up and saying, “I didn’t do it, I’m innocent, bring on the trial,” people with power are lawyering up, working the angles, and trying to get cases tossed before a jury ever hears them.
In Comey’s case, the statute of limitations ran out on September 30th. Right before that, Trump replaced the Southern District of Virginia U.S. Attorney with someone more aligned with his agenda. That new U.S. Attorney brought charges right up against the deadline.
So what did the defense and the judge focus on?
- “Revenge prosecution”
- Whether the U.S. Attorney’s appointment followed every procedural rule
- Whether the grand jury process had an internal technical flaw
Again, none of that says: “This man is innocent.”
It says: “We found a loophole.”
The same pattern shows up with Letitia James. We’ve put Real Housewives in prison for mortgage fraud, but suddenly when it’s a powerful political figure, we’re deep in “technicality-ville.”
That’s how you take a supposedly blind system of justice and turn it into a political game.
The Filibuster, Appointments, and a Broken System
Part of this mess comes back to how we appoint U.S. Attorneys and judges.
The President nominates. The Senate confirms. Simple, right?
Except it isn’t, because we’ve turned the Senate into a procedural choke point with the filibuster.
Instead of doing its job, the Senate drags confirmations out forever, forcing temporary appointments and weird workarounds. That’s where these 120-day appointments and court-selected placeholders come into play. And that gray area becomes fertile ground for legal challenges later.
I’m a conservative. I don’t love the idea of changing rules just because my side isn’t winning today. But let’s be honest:
The filibuster is being used to avoid governing, not to protect debate.
We’d be better off with a simple majority and accountability at the ballot box than this endless procedural warfare that gives us badly structured appointments—and then “charges dropped” because something on page 97 of the rulebook wasn’t followed perfectly.
Texas Republicans: Cornyn, Paxton, and Wesley Hunt
Let’s bring it home to Texas, because the same disconnect between voters and elites is playing out right here.
You have three big figures in the conversation:
- John Cornyn – Longtime senator, classic Bush-era, country-club Republican
- Ken Paxton – Our current Attorney General, aggressive, effective, but with that undeniable “ick factor”
- Wesley Hunt – Younger, ex-military, charismatic, unapologetically aligned with the conservative base
Cornyn is spending millions on ads trying to convince us he’s been some kind of border hawk and Trump ally. Texans lived through the last decade. We watched what he supported—and what he didn’t. These ads aren’t just ineffective; they’re insulting.
Meanwhile, Paxton is the guy a lot of conservatives support in spite of his personal baggage because he’s been willing to go to the mat legally to keep Texas from getting dragged into the worst of the national nonsense.
Then there’s Wesley Hunt. I’ve met him in person. He’s grown a lot over the years—more confident, more commanding, still personable. He supports secure borders, stands with the president, and doesn’t come with the “Clintony marriage” weirdness Paxton does.
If you want someone who represents today’s conservative, populist, America First base, Wesley Hunt looks a whole lot more like the future than John Cornyn.
Marjorie Taylor Greene and Why I Don’t Like Quitters
I’ll say something that may not be popular in some circles: I like Marjorie Taylor Greene personally. She’s bold, she’s willing to fight, and she doesn’t tiptoe around the issues.
But when she walked away after Trump pulled his support, that crossed a line for me.
You don’t quit mid-term. Voters sent you there to do a job. You don’t bail because the political winds shifted or your sponsor isn’t as enthusiastic as he used to be. Don’t run again? Fine. Hand off the baton gracefully. But quitting mid-stream is not leadership.
If we expect courage in Washington, quitting can’t be part of the playbook.
A Real Immigration Compromise No One Wants
Let’s talk immigration for a second, because this is another place where the political class just uses us.
We have people protesting with ice scrapers at Home Depot to “make a point” about ICE. We have politicians on both sides using migrants as props. But where’s the actual solution?
Here’s the compromise nobody in power seems to want:
Legalize those who are here, but do not grant the right to vote.
They get out of the shadows, into the system, paying taxes, living their lives—but they don’t instantly become a political weapon in the next election.
Most normal Americans could live with that. The people who can’t live with it are the political strategists who want permanent voter blocs and never-ending outrage.
The Death of Real Journalism
All of this brings me to the last piece: journalism.
Only 28% of Americans say they trust the media. Honestly, I’m shocked it’s that high.
I went to school for journalism. I was taught you don’t use the microphone to steer people—you give them facts and let them decide. I spent an hour this morning just trying to find a clear, unbiased explanation of why this particular U.S. Attorney’s appointment was considered improper.
It took digging through multiple sites, old rulings, and reading between the lines to get the truth: the appointment process didn’t match the spirit of what Congress intended. That’s a factual thing. But nobody would just say it plainly.
Why? Because we don’t have news anymore. We have:
- 24-hour entertainment channels
- Outrage as a business model
- Newsrooms catering to “their side” instead of the truth
Left and right both do it. They’re not trying to inform you. They’re trying to keep you watching.
That’s how we ended up with the media insisting Joe Biden was razor-sharp when anyone paying attention could see the decline. That’s why I half-joke about needing a “Joseph Goebbels Award” for the politicians and pundits who repeat the biggest lies the longest.
Gratitude, Skepticism, and What Comes Next
As I’m recording this, it’s Tuesday, November 25th, just two days before Thanksgiving. So let me end here.
We do have a lot to be grateful for: our families, our faith, our communities, the freedoms we still have—even when they feel under attack. But gratitude doesn’t mean blindness.
Be grateful. But also be skeptical.
Don’t take headlines at face value.
Don’t let “charges dropped” automatically translate to “innocent.”
And don’t let elites in politics, media, or Hollywood tell you that you’re too dumb to understand what’s really going on.
You’re not. You’re the backbone of this country.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your families. Stay thankful, stay sharp, and if you want more straight talk like this, stick around—because I’m not done talking about it yet.
