Christensen, a 49-year-old Portland bartender and musician, was found dead on the Walupt Lake Trail the next morning, Aug. 20, 2022, beginning what the area’s top prosecutor said was an error-riddled investigation that made it impossible to file charges against 19-year-old Ethan Asbach.

A suit filed by the family of the hiker against the teen who was investigated but not charged after he admitted to shooting into dark woods has been settled.

According to Maher, the U.S. under Trump is following in the footsteps of countries like North Korea and Syria, where “they have elections, wink wink, but really it’s just the scion of the ruling family that takes over.