Oh to have been a “fly on the wall” a few weeks ago when Donald Trump was trying to figure a way out of his latest CRIMINAL exposure, another attempt to avoid accountability for egregious violations of the American “rule of law.” In an apparent act of STUPIDITY, he was attempting to KEEP a whole bunch of documents belonging to “we the people” including some documents labeled “Top Secret/SCI” – the most sensitive of documents which ALL members of the government need special clearances to view. And, he was LYING about them! Trump said, “they’re mine.” The government replied: “Not so fast!” More CRIMES for “The Donald?” I was visualizing Trump directing his lawyers to find a “Trump Judge” in order to “throw a wrench” into the obvious legal proceeding he was facing. That is, find a way to slow the process down. (He was warned about keeping these documents before he had exited the “White House.”)
Well, it appears they’ve been successful, at least temporarily. They found a judge, Aileen Cannon, who has granted Trump’s wishes with what MOST legal experts I’ve listened to (including William Barr – who I hesitate to call a “legal expert”) are suggesting this order from the bench would be laughable other than it, at least temporarily, has thrown that “wrench” into the Justice Department’s investigation. I’ve come to the conclusion the Justice Department MUST appeal this decision because if they don’t the absurdity of what she said could become “precedent.”
Obviously, I’m not a legal expert, and, based on what we’ve heard lately, it would appear William Barr accidentally took some “truth serum” and is busy shamewashing his record by agreeing Trump was WRONG in all facets of this “I stole THOUSANDS of documents, including the most sensitive of TOP SECRET documents – but, ‘I’m still the president so it’s an OK CRIME,'” because Barr, no doubt, is now on Trump’s s@#t list. He’s actually suggested Trump should be INDICTED and would likely be found GUILTY of CRIMINAL activity. Duh!!!! (Don’t forget, he also testified to the January 6th Committee and called Trump’s claim the “election was stolen,”
“BULLSHIT.”)
However, before you start falling for Barr’s shtick, keep in mind it was William Barr who, in essence, turned the Justice Department into a political arm of Trump’s CRIMINAL impulses. And, of course, if you’ve been following any of this you know if Trump is having an “impulse,” it’s very likely CRIMINAL. Barr interfered in investigations in both the Southern District of New York and the D.C. Attorney’s office – A quick reminder: Roger Stone, Mike Flynn, and Steve Bannon got favorable treatment NONE of the rest of us lowlifes would have received – plus, it was reported tonight on MSNBC that Geoffrey Berman witnessed Barr sticking his nose in one case after another answering to the whims of Trump himself – to me, allegations which very well could open Barr up to OBSTRUCTION of Justice charges. If you remember, Robert Mueller “memorialized” around 10 instances of OBSTRUCTION which he didn’t charge because of the OLC memo stating a “sitting president can’t be indicted” and, which Barr attempted to “whitewash.” (Successfully, apparently) Did they BOTH obstruct justice?
Well, now, tonight, Mr. Berman said it was Barr’s Justice Department which got Trump – as individual 1 – purged from the charging document which helped send Michael Cohen to prison for the Campaign Finance Violations eminating from the payoffs to a couple women who Trump didn’t want the voters, in 2016, to know he’d had affairs with while Melania was pregnant with (or raising) his final son. I’ve wondered on this site why hasn’t Merrick Garland pursued Trump who was, originally, listed as “individual 1” for coordinating the scheme along with Mr. Cohen and the editor of “The Enquirer.” Well, apparently, Trump’s participation in the scheme was “bleached” due to ORDERS from Barr. So, Barr doesn’t get to resuscitate his reputation now after all he did. (Remember, he out and out LIED about the Mueller report to “we the people”)
On this site I referred to Trump as “individual 1” for a couple years because that’s the “name” the Southern District of New York gave him as the “unindicted co-conspirator” with Cohen in the payoffs to the two women. (One of them is a “porn star”) I started referring to him again as Donald Trump recently because it became apparent the Justice Department wasn’t going to hold him accountable for that CRIME. It appears there are so MANY CRIMES to investigate when it comes to Trump that this one isn’t even in the “top ten.” Another issue which frustrates me is those TEN instances of OBSTRUCTION Mueller “memorialized” so that a prosecutor could investigate them once Trump was out of office. And, Don’t forget the “civil actions:” The NY AG is potentially attempting to shut down the Trump organization due to accusations of FRAUD, women have lawsuits against him in regard to his sexual misbehavior, and there are credible civil lawsuits against his actions/inactions on January 6th. A bad look for someone who can’t find competent lawyers, wouldn’t you say?
AG Garland, obviously, decided against pursuing the potential OBSTRUCTION charges stemming from Mueller’s investigation long before all of Trump’s other legal liabilities became so obvious. It seems as if that decision will seem like an “Oh well,” after ALL of the other Trump liabilities have been resolved. A reminder: Trump is facing potential CRIMINAL liability in Georgia’s probe of his attempt to overturn Georgia’s 2020 presidential election, his potential liability in Manhattan for various instances of FRAUD continues to be an active investigation, the January 6th INSURRECTION and charges of SEDITION loom VERY large, and, of course, ALL the documents referenced above – some creating exposure to the Espionage Act could be the FIRST place Trump faces “the music.” As I’ve said here before, the January 6th INSURRECTION could lead to a charge of SEDITION, but, in my view, add to that the STEALING of the documents owned by the Archives of the U.S. and discovering who got access to the Top Secret/SCI files COULD lead to a charge of TREASON! Put a bid Q on that! (Don’t get it, see below!)
I’ve been saying for years now, Trump will end up in the History books right next to Benedict Arnold. You can take that for what you may. And, a BUNCH of his sycophants – including Fox “news” hosts and other right wing “journalists” will be right there next to him – AND, this will include many sitting members of Congress as of this writing. The s@#t is getting very close to the “fan” and Trump very likely is feeling the “walls” closing in on him. That may explain some of his recent public remarks – highlighted by a “rally” he held this past weekend in Ohio, supposedly to support JD Vance’s Senate campaign in the Buckeye state. I say “supposedly,” because, as usual this rally was all about Trump and his blaming others for all his troubles. He did mention Vance, however, as he shared with the crowd they should support him because he was “kissing my ass.” What an aSSet! This was a crowd full of QAnon fanatics and they were saluting Trump almost as if he was Hitler reincarnated!
I’m just not energetic enough to write every day and, as I’ve said many times, it’s almost impossible to keep up with Trump’s CRIMINALITY. Sadly, in that same vein, our so-called “liberal media” has long ago succumbed to the temptation to “both sides” all the issues facing America these days and “chasing their tails” in regard to reporting on Trump. Because keeping up with Trump is dizzying. And, Trump takes full advantage of that – he gets away with one outrageous comment or action after another because the “mainstream” media just isn’t set up to “call it like it is.” And, of course, Merrick Garland, God Bless him, is either timid regarding the likelihood he SHOULD be indicting a “former president” or he’s detail oriented to a “fault,” causing him to be oblivious (or so it seems) to the need for him to ACT (expeditiously) in regard to INDICTING maybe the most DANGEROUS person in the world. (OK, I can’t really put him over his idol, Vladimir Putin, in that regard – so the “Second most……………”) Or should I say, the most DANGEROUS person he COULD indict?
I started calling Trump a “mob boss” a couple years before he LOST the 2020 election (by OVER 7 MILLION votes) and a fascist, maybe a bit before that. I’m finding it interesting to hear more and more “pundits” using those terms these days in regards to Trump and “MAGA” republicans. The CULT is like a massive organized CRIME syndicate. When you watch closely the investigations into Trump and his surrogates you see investigators comparing their investigation to previous investigations of organized CRIMINAL activity. Along the lines of the saying: If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it’s a duck. Well, in a simpler analogy – If Trump talks like a mob boss, acts like a mob boss, looks ………………! Well, put 2+2 Together!
Final Thought: I read the other day something, in the Washington Post, which is what I call “parr for the course” reporting – I read it over and over – in a publication I actually have a subscription to. Much of their reporting is OK, but stuff like this really rankles me. The report was about how the number of “foreign born” people in America had reached record levels under Joe Biden. The evidence? Well, they were using the results of the census which took place in 2020. The first thought which came to my mind was: “Who was president in 2020?” Of course, the answer is no, it wasn’t Joe Biden it was Donald Trump. While this doesn’t matter to me, it’s the reporting which bothered me. Obviously, Trump was president when the census took place – so, why didn’t the reporter acknowledge that? I have no idea, but it really did bother me. The “misinformation” propaganda in America is coming at “we the people” from all directions! I believe America is a “nation of Immigrants” – the so-called “boiling pot” and we all descend from “foreign born citizens” if you check out our heredity – some have families which have been here longer, but, to me, it matters not. (Of course, many African Americans families “got here” way before most of the rest of us) Stay tuned……………..
Another way this same issue “rankles” me is when I hear reoports of the “increase in crime” under Joe Biden using data collected in 2020. For God’s sake people, that would be information which occurred during the term of Donald Trump. Trump figured out how to use and manipulate the media early on after he gained the nomination back in 2016 and the “media” hasn’t caught up yet. Will it? Well, we’ll have to wait and see – and our republic’s future could hang in the balance.
Also: Trump world is so full of LIARS that not much surprises me anymore. So, Mike Lindell had his phone seized by the FBI and, in his complaint, he said, while speaking into a computer “zoom” screen, “I don’t have a computer, I do everything on my phone,” caught my attention. Was he at the library? Go figure!
“Coming Attraction:” I’m planning an attempt to compile my thoughts about the upcoming Supreme Court session. In the past year we’ve seen the result of Trump/McConnell/McGahn stuffing the courts with right wing (young) judges. The Supreme Court made FAR more egregious decisions aside from overturning Roe. “We the people” MUST understand that allowing republicans to control Congress can ONLY make the issue with the courts much more grave. A really good example of what I’m thinking has to do with Judge Aileen Cannon – the judge who, in essence, made a decision in support of Trump which, according to almost every legal expert I’ve listened to. is untethored to the law. I have to wonder how many more judges are there around the country who are willing to sully their own reputation among the legal community in order to “bend” to the MAGA movement? Regarding Judge Cannon all I can say is YIKES!!!