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Analysis: Link-Only Share of NY Post Article on Criminal Referral

This post is a bare URL share of a NY Post opinion piece arguing that the Jan. 6 committee's criminal referral may have actually helped Trump by politicizing the DOJ's prosecutorial decision. No commentary is added.

Context

This is one of several posts on December 20, 2022, all focused on the Jan. 6 committee's criminal referral (voted the previous day) and the FBI/Twitter Files narrative. The post fits a pattern of curating sympathetic media coverage to build a defense narrative.

Authorship

Posted at 3:45 PM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago). Business hours, no commentary, link-only format — consistent with aide/Scavino curation of favorable press. Part of a coordinated batch of posts sharing sympathetic articles (Turley blog post also shared same day).

Psychological Function

The article's thesis — that the referral helps Trump — serves narcissistic supply by reframing a threatening event (criminal referral) as beneficial. This is a classic rationalization defense: transforming a narcissistic injury into a win narrative. The selection of this specific article reveals the need to manage the threat of the referral by finding and amplifying voices that minimize it.

Rhetorical Function

Sharing without commentary lets the headline do the persuasion work while maintaining plausible deniability. The NY Post carries conservative credibility, serving as an appeal to authority.