It may be sinking in to individual 1 he’s not running against someone with “unfavorables” which approach his own and the reality of him LOSING the election in November is real. In fact, without James Comey as the head of the FBI he may have to actually “win” with only the Russians in his “corner.” (Of course, William Barr is lurking) The reason I bring this up is his most recent “Friday news dump” is the “sacking” of the US Attorney in the Southern District of New York (Geoffrey Berman) 5 months prior to the election. Mr. Berman is the Attorney who was appointed by individual 1 and then renamed him (“individual 1” as an “unnamed co-conspirator) in the case against Michael Cohen.
That, of course, is the reason I call him “individual 1” which is how Mr. Berman referred to him as Mr. Cohen was giving his guilty plea for charges which included the ILLEGAL campaign finance money paid to “Stormy Daniels” and Karen McDougal to hide affairs individual 1 was having while his present wife was having and then raising his final son. I’m guessing I won’t be the only person wondering if this move has something to do with putting up a “firewall” for our IMPEACHED so-called president when he’s no longer protected by the OLC memo which has prevented him from being indicted while in office. In the case involving individual 1 he was so referred as directing TWO FELONIES carried out by his, at the time, “fixer” Michael Cohen. In roughly 7 months he COULD be actually facing those same charges!
I’m sure I’m not the only person in America wondering if individual 1 will actually have to face the charges of those FELONIES which were part of the reason Mr. Cohen was sentenced to 3 years in prison. Joe Biden was asked whether or not he would block any prosecutions against individual 1 should he win the “White House” and he gave a one word answer, “no.” So, I’m guessing individual 1 is planning for the possibility of becoming just another pseudo mafia boss again come January 20, 2021. Many have speculated he is planning to PARDON himself as he leaves the office which would likely lead to an interesting test case with the courts filled with judges appointed by individual 1 and jammed through the Senate by Moscow Mitch.
And, apparently, there were many other cases of interest being investigated by the SDNY. How does someone like individual 1 deal with potential legal trouble? That’s why William Barr is the Attorney General. Our IMPEACHED so-called president simply tells Mr. Barr to figure out how to stop all those investigations going on in New York. He’s now saying Mr. Berman is “stepping down” while Mr. Berman just announce he’s NOT “stepping down” and he’s going “nowhere” until there is a replacement confirmed by the U.S. Senate. This SHOULD be interesting. Maybe we will need Mr. Berman to write a book. Or, maybe Congress should call him to testify as to why he has been ordered to “step down.”
I’ve often said here “I’m not an economist,” but now I have to say “I’m not a lawyer” (although, I did study constitutional law in College :o) so, obviously, I don’t understand how the laws work in this type of instance but I do know how to make inferences. From what Mr. Berman has said, I’m guessing there may be a requirement for his replacement to be confirmed by the Senate before he can be replaced. I REALLY hope that is correct. Another inference: The SDNY has some investigations ongoing individual 1 just doesn’t like. For example, a while back it was rumored they were investigating Rudy Giuliani. Also, do you think they’re investigating individual 1’s taxes and or corruption regarding his LYING on loan and insurance applications. Would getting rid of Berman allow Barr to “short circuit” those investigations?
That would bring me to John Bolton’s book where, essentially, he’s given the Congress more reasons to IMPEACH – and, this time, convict – individual 1. What if members of the Senate decide they don’t want Mr. Berman to be replaced? What if they want to make sure whatever they’re investigating gets investigated? What if republicans in the Senate are feeling a sense of betrayal (is that possible?) so that they would stall the confirmation of whoever is nominated to replace Mr. Berman? What if the Senate Judiciary Committee all of a sudden decided “we the people” need to know the TRUTH about the corruption of individual 1 and called Berman to testify? This should get really interesting! The EVIDENCE supporting IMPEACHMENT continues to mount, doesn’t it?
As usual, I wrote all that last night and, sure enough, today William Barr FIRED Mr. Berman – as was expected – but, now for the interesting part. Is he simply going to go? Can Barr, of course with the concurrence of individual 1 fire Berman? I read this morning that Berman was actually OFFICIALLY appointed to this office by a group of judges (Not sure which court or group) and, he believes – or may believe, it is the judges who must remove him from his job. Again, should be interesting – of course, if it’s not obvious, I hope Berman gets to stay on the job. It appears what is “rankling” our IMPEACHED so-called president is Berman’s continued “out of control” actions. By “out of control,” of course, that would mean contrary to the wishes of the fuhrer.
It was reported this morning two of the cases individual 1 wanted Berman to “drop” were investigations into a Turkish Bank and, of course, his investigation into Giuliani. Have you noticed we haven’t heard much from Giuliani of late? I’m guessing he did some really NAUGHTY stuff while he was wandering around Ukraine trying to find people who would make up stories about Hunter Biden and his Dad. Apparently, Giuliani couldn’t resist the temptation to get in on some of the “action” in Ukraine’s gas and oil industries which are fraught with people SKIMMING as much as they can off an industry as corrupt as they come. I’m guessing Giuliani was trying to get in on the action of the very place where Vladimir Zelensky was trying to STOP all the corruption. The ripping off of Ukraine’s natural resources (Oil and Gas).
I’ve found little about the Turkish Bank other than they ended up getting indicted for violating the sanctions against Iran. I have to wonder if those are the sanctions set when individual 1 backed out of the Iran Nuclear agreement? Apparently our IMPEACHED so-called president assured Turkey’s president (dictator) Erdogan he would “intervene” on behalf of the bank and was, apparently unsuccessful. According to Bolton’s book individual 1 told Erdogan the people at the Southern District of New York “are not my people” and “I’m going to replace them with my people.” Our IMPEACHED so-called president has been committing OBSTRUCTION of Justice pretty much from the day he LIED about his oath to the present. Have “we the people” become numb to this? Firing Berman appears to equal OBSTRUCTION of Justice!
Robert Mueller went out of his way in his report on the “Russia thing” to explain what OBSTRUCTION of Justice is AND why it is such an egregious crime. He suggested it is fundamental to the entire justice system. When someone is interfering in an investigation or prosecution it prevents the system from operating fairly. Of course, there are MILLIONS of African Americans and their supporters in the streets right now pointing out the system is NOT operating fairly – but, the bottom line is OBSTRUCTION of Justice is one of the main reasons why. For example, someone rigging a jury would be OBSTRUCTING justice. Someone falsely accusing a “person of color” (I wish we could all simply be “persons” but….) of a crime would be OBSTRUCTING Justice – among other crimes. The point is our IMPEACHED so-called president has been OBSTRUCTING Justice ROUTINELY for over three years and the FIRING of Berman very well simply be one more example. Will “we the people” allow him to get away with it? Check back in November.
Back to Bolton’s book. I wan’t going to buy it until individual 1 made such a hissy fit trying to block it’s publication – after it was published, of course – which makes me wonder if that wasn’t planned? But, it worked on me. I remember “Fire and Fury” the book written by Michael Wolff who was sitting in the “White House” for over six months taking notes and interviewing people and then individual 1 seemingly was taken aback by what was in the book – kind of confirming some of the characterizations of his “employees” like “he’s a F@#*ing Moron” coming from a couple of the people considered the “adults in the room.” Soon after the book was published Steve Bannon was banished and has little been heard of since. (Although his name popped up the other day for something which my old brain can’t remember)
Well, maybe the FACT some of the information about our IMPEACHED so-called president promising Turkey’s DICTATOR he would intervene for a bank which violated our sanctions and, it appears, bank officials involved in the scheme which included money laundering to help the Iranians was information individual 1 would have preferred “we the people” didn’t know about – do you think? And, from what I can tell, it was the SDNY which was doing the investigating and getting this all out in the open which apparently (in the eyes of individual 1) meant Mr. Berman had to be removed. I guess the plan is to get someone into the US Attorney’s office in Manhattan who is “loyal” to our IMPEACHED so-called president. (It was reported today, Berman FORCED individual 1 to “fire” him so his replacement would be his assistant and all investigations would proceed as if he was still there. Keep in mind, Berman is an “individual 1 supporter who voted for him and gave him money back in 2016.)
Bolton, in his book, supposedly said he was frustrated the democrats didn’t have MORE evidence of individual 1’s IMPEACHABLE behavior in their Articles of IMPEACHMENT. Well, I’ve been categorizing them here for over three years and, of course, no one’s listening to me, but I would have to agree with Bolton. The CONSTANT Obstruction of Justice is unfathomable to me – is this what “we the people” are planning to accept from our presidents in the future? (Hopefully, we’ll make better choices so there won’t be an IMPEACHED so-called president in the future who can’t stop OBSTRUCTING Justice – but that possibility is EXACTLY why the “founders” put IMPEACHMENT into our constitution) Anyway, the reality is republicans in the Senate chose to suggest EXTORTION by a president is NOT impeachable behavior (Of course, they believe LYING about sex is) so, individual 1, who is reported to be “bored” in his job, is back on the campaign trail. Today is the day he’s planning to CRAM about 20,000 of his adoring fans into the BOK Arena in Tulsa Oklahoma for a campaign rally. (Today, it was reported SIX members of his advance staff tested POSITIVE for Covid-19) Now, another day has passed and only about 6,000 people showed up at his rally – a story for another day.
Yesterday was Juneteenth, the day celebrated by African Americans as the day when slavery was officially ended – the last group of slaves were “freed” in Galveston, Texas about 2 and 1/2 years after the emancipation proclamation. They were “freed” by the Union Army which had to go into Texas to liberate them. There were more reasons why this was a “curious time and place” to start individual 1’s 2020 campaign – it reminds me of Ronald Reagan “kicking off” his campaign in 1980 in Philadelphia, Mississippi as a way to assure his white nationalist base he was a strong supporter of “states rights.” Just the same this is all republican “dog whistling” personified!
So, today in Tulsa, Oklahoma you have a large group of African Americans celebrating a holiday, for them, that virtually NONE of the “white” people coming from all over to attend individual 1’s rally in the same place understand. And, of course, individual 1 has already threatened those who might choose to protest against his appearance with something worse than “Seattle.” (What’s worse than mace in a child’s face or shooting someone?) I believe they’ve called out the National Guard already – in anticipation of ???? I turned on the TV this morning and saw a lot of white people pushing their way into the area several hours prior to the start (some of them had been camping out for a couple days to be the first in – Yikes!!! And, I saw a woman being arrested for “trespassing” who was simply waiting in line – with a TICKET – because she was wearing a “I Can’t Breathe” shirt. And, it appeared it was Tulsa police who were arresting her. She was white, but apparently anyone who believes “I Can’t Breathe” is persona non grata with individual 1. My first thought, “What do you have to lose?”
Final Thought: I didn’t watch individual 1’s speech at his rally but I was watching a few “clips” of the speech and noticed the arena was about half filled up. Apparently those 100,000 people he said wanted tickets were just “foolin.” I watched the people entering the arena and as expected virtually ALL of them were white. From what I’ve heard via people who actually listened to individual 1’s remarks his speech was full of the “dog whistles” that brought him into the “White House” in the first place. Simply, as I suggested a couple weeks ago, holding this rally at this time and place (Juneteenth) was calculated. Oh, by the way, today (another day has passed) I did see two African Americans in the crowd with individual 1 garb on as a camera panned all the way around the arena. I would love to talk to both of them!
Apparently, he mentioned – again – his STUPID comment that if they did fewer tests there would be fewer cases of coronavirus. I hear stuff like this and just start shaking my head. I’m guessing he doesn’t like the FACT the numbers of people contracting this virus is almost exploding whether they get tested or not. The past few days there have been over 30,000 each day and there are some states who are headed for the same situation which New York is just coming out of. When the hospitals are full that’s NOT good. This is exactly why scientists were worried about “opening up” too soon. Do you think individual 1 really believes if there were fewer tests there would be fewer cases??? Come on man!!!