Today I was driving around and who, but Rudy Giuliani, comes on spewing what is almost unbelievable nonsense – except that we’ve come to expect that from Giuliani and the so-called president he portrays himself as supporting. I’m going on my 71 year old memory, but I believe Giuliani said something like “first they were looking for collusion, then obstruction, and now this” in regard to those pointing out Trump is credibly accused of at least TWO felonies regarding “hush money” payments made prior to the 2016 election – according to the court filings in Michael Cohen’s pleading – “to affect the outcome of the presidential election.”
Giuliani, who was once the head of the Southern District of New York’s prosecuting attorney’s office which is where the charges are originating, seems to be continually debasing himself and whatever public credibility he still commands outside of the world of Fox “news.” (AKA Trump TV) I’ll point out the absurdity of his remarks in a bit, but this is a great example of how ANYONE who gets affiliated with Trump comes out on the other side in shambles. Trump very well may have been operating a “crime family” operation in his private “business” – but, that’s just not going to work in the federal government. Trump is clearly attempting to undermine the fabric of our constitution, but it appears the document is strong enough to overcome (although, no yet a certainty). The question remains to be determined if America and “we the people” are strong enough to overcome although I have the feeling that “we” will actually come out stronger, eventually, once Trump is out of office, in prison, or whatever – just plain GONE!
Let’s start with the absurdity of Giuliani’s remarks from the bottom up. For example, his contention that the campaign finance violations are minor and there’s some kind of conspiracy to “get” Trump is ridiculous. If it’s no big deal then EVERYONE associated with the issue should STOP LYING about it! In reality, hiding the two affairs in question may very well have allowed Trump to “win” the “election” because of the razor thin margins in the swing states of Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina. Who knows, maybe some of the “Christians” who support Trump “come hell or high water” might have reconsidered if his affairs, which happened while his wife, Melania, was caring for their newborn son, had become public knowledge – especially after the Access Hollywood tapes were made public. Of course, we’ll never know, but the reality is that BOTH of these payments were, according to Giuliani’s former office, serious campaign finance violations. Our so-called president is what amounts to an unindicted co-conspirator in TWO felonies!
Then there’s Rudy’s lamenting “then there was obstruction” which is almost laughable on it’s face in regard to making any sense of what he’s complaining about. Obstruction of Justice occurs when someone attempts to influence, block, or in some way impede an ongoing criminal investigation. Trump brought this one on himself with all his “tweeting,” his public comments, his threats, everything he’s done in an attempt to undermine Robert Mueller’s “Russia Investigation.” If he (Trump) was innocent all he had to do was let the investigation proceed – in fact, I would say cooperate fully with it – and, well, “no worries.” Based on Trump’s actions it doesn’t appear he’s innocent and his actions, along with Rudy’s, are getting more bizarre by the day. Rudy, and Trump, know most of their supporters are either stupid, they don’t care, or they get their “news” from Fox so they believe they can say anything they want and their “base” will simply suck it up. This is apparently why Rush Limbaugh refers to these people as “ditto heads.”
Finally, there’s the “collusion” piece in all of this – which is actually CONSPIRACY to defraud the United States of America which conceivably could be determined to be TREASON. We’re talking about Americans working with Vladimir Putin and the Russians to illegally influence the outcome of an American presidential election – which was an ATTACK on our nation – look up the definition of TREASON. Now, if that doesn’t get your attention, then I would question your loyalty to our nation. If this is proven true – and there are many indications already in the public record suggesting it is true – then it’s the worst CRIME I’ve witnessed in my lifetime (and, quite possibly, in our nation’s history) and, as I’ve said on this site before, it will put Trump in the history books right next to Benedict Arnold. And, there are going to be a lot of republicans along with Fox “news” and other outlets participating in a cover-up, if that is what is ultimately proven, right next to Trump when all is said and done.
Just the now infamous meeting in Trump Tower in June of 2016 which Donald Trump Jr. replied to the email setting the meeting up – knowing it was intended to present incriminating information about Hillary Clinton from the Russian government – with “If it’s what you say it is, I love it!”, well, that was COLLUSION, conspiracy, whatever you want to call it. It was ILLEGAL! And, Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, and Paul Mannafort were all present. Suggestions that Trump Sr. didn’t know about the meeting are preposterous in my mind – I mean right before the meeting he (Trump Sr.) boasted he would have “incriminating information” on Mrs. Clinton “probably Monday.” (The meeting, if I remember correctly, happened on a Saturday and Trump Sr.’s boast happened on a Thursday or Friday.) What is the significance of all this? you say, well, in a word, COLLUSION.
Then there was Cambridge Analytica which was “guided” at this point in time by Steve Bannon and they. at Cambridge Analytica, had pilfered “data” from Facebook on something like 50 (or more) MILLION Americans. Putting that FACT together with the incredible “targeting” the Russians did with their (real) FAKE news which was aimed at vulnerable Americans with amazing efficiency during the run-up to the election causes me to wonder if, when Mueller makes his final report, Cambridge will be exposed as having some nefarious connection with Russian cyber warriors – remember this was an ATTACK on America orchestrated by Vladimir Putin.
The evidence continues to mount suggesting there’s a good reason why Trump does NOT act like he’s “innocent,” there’s a good (well, maybe I should say bad) reason why Trump STILL has not said a bad word about Putin, and, in reality, the “walls” are closing in on Trump. When I was teaching (middle school – often Trump reminds me of a spoiled 6th grader who acts like a bully – we had a sign over the door to the office which read: “Tell the Truth, there’s less to remember.” Well, Trump and Giuliani BOTH continue to contradict themselves in an embarrassing manner over and over again because they have no compulsion with the TRUTH.
As I’ve been saying for over a year I don’t for one minute believe the Russians are NOT still in our midst, I believe they were doing everything they could to prevent the “Blue Wave” in the Mid Term elections and they’re already busy with their plans to help Trump in 2020 (if he lasts in office that long). Just the other day more reports have been made public suggesting that Trump may STILL be “colluding” (or whatever word you want to choose for TREASONOUS behavior) with the Russians – as their actual “Fake News” is mirroring Trump’s tweets and his laments when he’s caught incriminating himself (well, answering questions) on camera. These latest reports, which were published, I believe, by the Senate Intelligence Committee, would suggest I’ve (and many others) been correct in assuming the Russians “are still among us.” Obviously, Trump will need to be IMPEACHED for “we the people” to begin the LONG road to recovering from the DAMAGE he’s been inflicting on our Republic.
Of course, Trump isn’t going anywhere until the republican party grows a spine and decides America is worth risking their jobs over – that is, if they actually believe the 35% of Americans STUPID enough to suck up every word of Trump TV, Rush Limbaugh, and the rest of the right wing “water carriers” who LIE for money in the face of the mounting EVIDENCE that our so-called president is a criminal. In fact, it appears from the way the Justice Department is handling this investigation Trump really is a mafia “boss.” And, of course, that means he’s not going “quietly” as witness to him attempting to plug “loyalists” into as many phases of our government – especially, the Justice Department – as he can who he believes will “protect” him. And, of course, he’s been busy attempting to undermine Robert Mueller from the day he was appointed. In response to what Trey Gowdy said about “if your innocent, act like it” – Trump does not appear to be “innocent.”
The bottom line here is that for Giuliani to be out on the “airwaves” continually attacking the Mueller investigation – showing a willingness to repeat every LIE that originates in the mouth of Trump – to me, puts Giuliani right in the middle of the obstruction. And, today, we saw there are still Americans who don’t look at what is going on here lightly. The Judge overseeing the sentencing of Michael Flynn, today, sent a clear message to Flynn and possibly to Giuliani and Trump. (I believe his name is “Judge Sullivan”) Flynn’s supposed sentence of probation appears to be in jeopardy after he, via his lawyers, sent a veiled “I want a pardon” message to Trump where he claimed entrapment by the FBI.
While those on Trump TV were speculating this brief filed by Flynn’s attorneys could be “the end of Mueller’s investigation” and that the judge might throw out Flynn’s conviction they couldn’t have been MORE wrong. Judge Sullivan not only DIDN’T throw out the conviction, he put Flynn under oath and asked him whether or not he was treated fairly and whether or not he LIED on his own volition. Flynn admitted he LIED with no help from the FBI and the he KNEW he was committing a crime in doing so and then the Judge reminded him that he had been given a “cushy” (my term) charge from the special prosecutor and questioned whether he had committed TREASON in his representations of Turkey during the campaign – when he famously conspired to kidnap a Turkish Cleric for Turkey’s president Erdogan. Then he suggested Flynn do some more cooperating because if he got sentenced right there he was likely going to JAIL – despite the recommendation from Mueller’s team other wise.
To me, this should send a message to Trump, Giuliani, Trump’s children, and anyone else with a propensity for LYING there are people in our court system who actually still believe America is a “nation of laws and not men.” I even believe members of the republican Congress were participating in the OBSTRUCTION of this investigation and should be held accountable. If all the people who have participated in the cover up of the Russia investigation go to jail, there will be even more over crowding. Trump should be feeling very nervous facing a reported 17 investigations. I believe Judge Sullivan’s message today was clearly intended for Trump and Giuliani as well as Michael Flynn – undermining your country is really BAD! Trump very well may soon be standing before him in court!