The Clinton email investigation performed by the FBI under Comey is becoming Republican rhetoric.
Comey is fired and that is the leverage point the Republicans are using to say there was bias in the Clinton email scandal. The Democratic leadership needs to address this. Comey insured Trump's win, so the rhetoric is meaningless from a political point of view. The numbers are there to put forth a graph regarding the falling approval numbers of Clinton AND the down ballot AFTER Comey made the announcement regarding the Weiner laptop.
The extremist right wing sentenced Secretary Clinton during the Trump campaign, "Lock her up." Well, it seems to me there are a lot of people that were involved in the Trump campaign that faced being "locked up" if they didn't cooperate with the Mueller investigation. That has to be driven home to the country. There are real criminals and real crimes and real deals to accumulate as much knowledge as possible about the Russian interference in the 2016 elections.
The are all Trump people involved that are real criminals, with real crime and real deals (not deals by Trump, the deal master) were part of the Trump election strategy and personnel. What else needs to be said, when Trump himself is holding secret meetings with Putin in Helsinki?
Trump should be radioactive to the Republicans, but, his constituency seems to be desperate for some kind of anti-government rant and outcome. Find out what is so attractive to the extremist right wing about any anti-government movement? I remind there are folks from within prison known to run for an out of prison office. They rarely win, but, end up as candidates, the highest office I think was tried from West Virginia. How many of the right wing extremists have or had or are facing a criminal history WITH OR WITHOUT the potential to vote even after they served their time (which is another Democratic stronghold - returning full citizen rights to ex-cons).
This may be a few of the organizations that try to help those released from prison or jail to a life within the law. (click here) The real issue of returning citizen rights to former prisoners is profound. There are companies that would normally attract these former prisoners, like the trucking industry, that won't go near a former felon anymore. Even those with misdemeanors are not necessarily hired. I know J.B. Hunt requires a misdemeanor free record of three years before they consider hiring anyone. That same company won't even talk to former felons.
As far as I am concerned the attitudes of the employers can all be litigated, but, who has the money and legal clinics are few and far between to take this on. The fact of the matter is some of the criminal records that exist are heavy with ACCUSATIONS and not convictions. Those accusations stay on their record forever. An innocent man or woman could be looking at huge hurdles to living their lives because they were wrongly charged. That needs to be investigated by the Democrats and legislation to assist these people passed into law, even if it means subsidizing clinics that specialize in expungement. At least every state should introduce their departing inmates to lawyers that can help clean up a messy record to help facilitate employment and that doesn't happen. Then there is the issue of voting rights that are simply out of reach in many states and they should not be. Someone that has served their time to society should have all their citizen rights returned to them. There needs to be a process before exiting prison to correct the records these men and women need to restart their lives.
At any rate, "Lock him up!" doesn't belong to the former Secretary of State, but, to the administration now in the White House. Interesting isn't it? Trump yells "Lock her up," when a high percentage of his staff was eligible for the chant.
September 16, 2018
By Emily Tillett
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, (click here) says he's intent on ensuring special counsel Robert Mueller completes his investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election with political interference. Graham's comments on Sunday's "Face the Nation" come after former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort reached a plea deal with Mueller's team and agreed to cooperate with investigators.
"Nothing's going to happen to Mueller's investigation politically. He's going to be allowed to finish it," Graham said.
Graham said the Senate Judiciary Committee has found no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia when asked what Manafort might reveal to Mueller's team....
