Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Continued from a previous entry.

I also do not believe the Democrats have done nothing while elected to a majority in the US House. They have done a great deal of work, have ended a government shutdown and carried out oversight which has been neglected for two years. If anyone should be taking issue with Congress it should be in citing the fact they have conducted no oversight for two years and left the USA at risk for problems, including a very irreverent president still conducting business from the Oval Office. The Republican majority does not care if they conducted themselves unlawfully and outside the US Constitution. The oversight now being conducted should have been carried out two years ago, but, instead, they basked in their majorities and passed a tax bill for the wealthy. Quite frankly, the Democratic majority arrives two years too late.

The President's termination of Comey.

On May 3, 2017, Corney testified in a congressional hearing, but declined to answer questions about whether the President was personally under investigation. Within days, the President decided to terminate Corney. The President insisted that the termination letter, which was written for public release, state that Corney had informed the President that he was not under investigation. The day of the firing, the White House maintained that Corney's termination resulted from independent recommendations from the Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General that Corney should be discharged for mishandling the Hillary Clinton email investigation. But the President had decided to fire Corney before hearing from the Department of Justice. The day after firing Corney, the President told Russian officials that he had "faced great pressure because of Russia," which had been "taken off' by Corney's firing.

Trump confided with the Russians about his understanding of stress as it related to the Russian investigation. "faced great pressure because of Russia" is because there was an investigation following the interference by Russia in the election of 2016 that he never opposed. Even today, Trump does not oppose the interference in the 2016 elections by Russia. Why would he ever listen to the Justice Department? He has no reason to. He does as he pleases even today.

The day after firing Corney, the President told Russian officials that he had "faced great pressure because of Russia," which had been "taken off' by Corney's firing.

The Russian Federation is an enemy to the USA. They invaded Ukraine where Paul Manafort lost his very lucrative job as election adviser to Putin's henchmen. Kindly remember the national military of Ukraine was disbanded and replaced with oligarch militias in every major city and town. The people were terrified of what occurred under Yanukovych. These are affiliates of Paul Manafort and it made him very wealthy.

The next day, the President acknowledged in a television interview that he was going to fire Corney regardless of the Department of Justice's recommendation and that when he "decided to just do it," he was thinking that "this thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story." In response to a question about whether he was angry with Corney about the Russia investigation, the President said, "As far as I'm concerned, I want that thing to be absolutely done properly," adding that firing Corney "might even lengthen out the investigation."

There are reasons Trump does as he pleases with the power of the presidency. Because no one else would advise him to carry out directives that harm the country.

"FBI Agents Supported Comey, Survey's Show, Weakening Trump's Claim of Turmoil" (click here)

Trump had no case to fire Comey. I remember his rantings before he was elected about the evil of James Comey. He didn't even know him, all Trump knew was the Russian Investigation was being carried out by the FBI, hence, Comey was the problem. After he was elected, Trump stated he might even keep him on since everything worked out so well.

The same rantings about the federal government authority continued past the firing of James Comey and right into the recusal of Sessions and defaming the Special Counsel and his investigators. The firing of James Comey was not about the former FBI Director, it was about ending the Russian Investigation. Still today, with the fraud of the 4 page letter, it is about ending the Russian Investigation. James Comey was never the issue. I think the country knows that. For Trump it was always the Russian Investigation.

...the President said, "As far as I'm concerned, I want that thing to be absolutely done properly," adding that firing Corney "might even lengthen out the investigation."

Trump is an opportunistic liar. Some would say he is a pathological liar. Regardless, he is a liar, period. After James Comey was no longer leading the FBI, the ridicule went to every man that took that spot. The ridicule then went to Robert Mueller and his team. Trump doesn't care about the truth, he cares about money and the Russian investigation would get in the way of his money. It sure didn't get in the way of Kushner's money.

Putin stated to Trump "Jump!" And Trump replied, "How high?

The firing of Comey and every offensive lie stated about every acting director or director that followed Comey was simply more and more obstruction of justice. It is amazing the working copy of the Special Counsel has made it this far.

When it comes to Trump, obstruction of justice is everywhere. His presidency is a travesty to the USA constitution.

There is no one that can read this document and state there was no obstruction of justice. At the very least it started with Comey and simply continued and still does today.

The appointment of a Special Counsel and efforts to remove him. 

These are facts that the Special Counsel is including in the report. These are not just words on a page. These are the facts AS REPORTED by the Special Counsel under the RULE OF LAW.

There is no room for doubt. These are the facts. Every word written in this report are the facts and Bill Barr in his fraudulent 4 page letter should be impeached as well. Bill Barr obstructed justice by denying the report to Congress and substituting a false document. Bill Barr did not act according to the Rule of Law and is not trustworthy.

May 9, 2017, the 7th director of the FBI was fired and in one week and one day the Special Counsel was instated according to law.

On May 17, 2017, the Acting Attorney General for the Russia investigation appointed a Special Counsel to conduct the investigation and related matters. The President reacted to news that a Special Counsel had been appointed by telling advisors that it was "the end of his presidency" and demanding that Sessions resign. Sessions submitted his resignation, but the President ultimately did not accept it. The President told aides that the Special Counsel had conflicts of interest and suggested that the Special Counsel therefore could not serve. The President's advisors told him the asserted conflicts were meritless and had already been considered by the Department of Justice.

Nothing the Special Counsel did was freelanced. Did anyone ever think Robert Mueller would engage in freelancing a report or carry out a witch hunt? There are some things people are capable of and Robert S. Mueller is not capable of carrying out a witch hunt.

continued in next entry. I need to make some tea.