The Final Weekend Wrap

But Sidebars will go on

Dear Sidebars subscribers:

It’s a wrap for The Weekend Wrap.

Now that the election is behind us, I’m going to be posting less frequently. My wife and I are heading into retirement next year and I plan to spend more time on travel, visiting my grandchildren, and other activities. I will still post here occasionally on various white collar topics but it won’t be on a regular schedule.

A key focus of The Weekend Wrap has been a weekly update on the various Trump prosecutions. As I explained in this post last week, all of those cases are now going away, one way or another:

The Rule of Law Was On the Ballot. It Lost.

To that point: on Friday, Judge Chutkan in D.C. granted Jack Smith’s request to vacate all current filing deadlines and pause the case while he and the Justice Department figure out what to do next. He is to file a report with her by December 2. But as I discussed in that post, the federal prosecutions of Trump are dead — the only unknown is the details of the funeral arrangements. As for the state prosecutions, worst case is they are dead as well, and the very best case is that they are delayed for four years.

I’m sure Trump and his administration will continue to be a great source of material for a writer about white collar crime. But there will no longer be a need for a regular weekly report on his criminal cases.

Notice to paid subscribers: Thank you so much for your support, I’m very grateful. But as I won’t be posting regularly, I don’t feel right asking people to pay to subscribe. I am turning off the “paid subscriber” option and over the next week I will be converting all paid subscriptions to free ones. If you paid on an annual basis, you should receive a pro-rata refund. Please let me know if you have any questions or trouble in that regard.

If you are interested in following me on social media for more frequent and concise commentary, I should let you know that I’m leaving X - The Site Formerly Known as Twitter. Elon Musk has ruined that platform. You can find and follow me on Threads and on Bluesky at the same handle - RDEliason. I hope to see you there.

Thank you for your loyalty and support! I hope you will continue to enjoy Sidebars. As always, I welcome your comments and suggestions about the blog or potential topics.

All the best,

Randall