Robert Mueller believes the department policy at the DOJ is constitutional when it comes to charging a sitting president with a crime.
February 26, 2019
By Jan Wolfe
Washington (Reuters) - The U.S. Constitution (click here) explains how a president can be removed from office for “high crimes and misdemeanors” by Congress using the impeachment process. But the Constitution is silent on whether a president can face criminal prosecution in court, and the U.S. Supreme Court has not directly addressed the question....
He looks well and is resigning from the DOJ and is going home. Basically, the DOJ has a policy that excludes it from indicting a president because it defers to the impeachment stated in the US Constitution. That might be policy, but, it is not the last word on this issue.
“Charging the president was not an option we could consider,” he said.
As it stands the US Congress needs to remove Trump from office for high crimes and misdemeanors which is found in the Special Counsel's report. I might add Congressman Justin Amash was exceptionally successful in his Town Hall this past week at his home district after endorsing impeachment.
Robert Mueller also stated the investigation is complete.
He made no mention of Bill Barr and his inappropriate 4 page letter or the fact the report was not completely released nor that Congress has not received the supporting documents. I believe there was some progress announced over the holiday weekend in that the DOJ was proceeding in providing the requested documents by the US House oversight committees. We have yet to hear from Congress to the completion of documents provided as requested.
Basically, Robert Mueller is closing the office of the Special Prosecutor after finishing his work with indictments and trials going forward and he is resigning and going back to his private life. He deserves a great deal of respect for coming to serve as the Special Prosecutor to realize the extent Russia corrupted the 2016 elections. I wish him and his family well and hope their lives are happy and enjoyable. I think that is important. He came out of retirement to conduct this Special Counsel. It is important his life returns to happiness and enjoyment as before this extensive work of nearly two years.
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
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There are current government officials in contempt of Congress. That is supposed to mean something and Americans should be worried and appalled this has occurred. I don't know what kind of information technology needs to carry these warnings, but, someone better figure it out. There was a lot of damage done to the American people by the Russian Federation in the 2016 elections, that same media needs to bring the people home again.
Efforts to have McGahn deny that the President had ordered him to have the Special Counsel removed.
That is obstruction of justice and the proof is in the supporting documents to this report.
In early 2018, the press reported that the President had directed McGahn to have the Special Counsel removed in June 2017 and that McGahn had threatened to resign rather than carry out the order. The President reacted to the news stories by directing White House officials to tell McGahn to dispute the story and create a record stating he had not been ordered to have the Special Counsel removed. McGahn told those officials that the media reports were accurate (Where is my headline? This is a factual accounting by the Special Counsel, what else does anyone need? Repeat it over and over until the people hear it. They are not hearing this stuff.) in stating that the President had directed McGahn to have the Special Counsel removed. The President then met with McGahn in the Oval Office and again pressured him to deny the reports. In the same meeting, the President also asked McGahn why he had told the Special Counsel about the President's effort to remove the Special Counsel and why McGahn took notes of his conversations with the President. McGahn refused to back away from what he remembered happening and perceived the President to be testing his mettle.
What is it about resigning from the Trump administration that gives honest men the backbone to stand up to him? McGahn is the second reporting of this phenomenon. Sessions is the first.
Conduct towards Flynn, Manafort, HOM (Harm to Ongoing Matter). After Flynn withdrew from a joint defense agreement with the President and began cooperating with the government, the President's personal counsel left a message for Flynn's attorneys reminding them of the President's warm feelings towards Flynn, which he said "still remains," and asking for a "heads up" if Flynn knew "information that implicates the President." When Flynn's counsel reiterated that Flynn could no longer share information pursuant to a joint defense agreement, the President's personal counsel said he would make sure that the President knew that Flynn's actions reflected "hostility" towards the President. During Manafort's prosecution and when the jury in his criminal. trial was deliberating, the President praised Manafort in public, said that Manafort was being treated unfairly, and declined to rule out a pardon. After Manafort was convicted, the President called Manafort "a brave man" for refusing to "break" and said that "flipping " "almost ought to be outlawed."
The rise of criminality ushered in by Donald J. Trump. Paul Manafort is a criminal who also sought to make money off a banker by promising the banker he would get him a job as the Secretary of the Navy. What was it Trump said, "I like Paul Manafort. He was always a good guy." Paul Manafort was using his status with Trump to defraud a bank. I don't think Paul Manafort is a good guy and it is a shame Trump likes the guy. What is even more unfortunate is that Trump brought in a communist sympathizer as a campaign manager.
Make no mistake. Paul Manafort supports communist regimes and profits handsomely from that relationship. There is something very wrong there. An American took his abilities and put them to work for an enemy of the USA. This is not a casual relationship that Americans think of as "a job." This is a departure from American values to place a communist at the top of the Ukraine government.
Ukraine was completely disarmed of nuclear weapons that were once belonging to the USSR. In exchange for disarming from those nuclear weapons, there was a treaty signed by Germany, the USA, Russia and Ukraine that GUARANTEED peace for Ukraine. Ukraine was never to experience war again. The governance of Ukraine was to be decided by the people of Ukraine. The constitutional processes were being corrupted by a communist leadership of one of the parties and Ukraine was falling from grace as far as the people were concerned. The demonstrates in the Maidan were never supposed to result in deaths, but, it did and Yanukovych fled the country. Why would a president flea any country? Because the people were right, they were losing their democracy in incremental steps and the communists were responsible. These same communists that committed human rights abuses in the Maidan were the same people Paul Manafort worked for. He had to leave Ukraine as the repercussions of the Maidan set in because he was no longer among friends, but, among the people that were losing their democracy.
Paul Manafort was never going to be a lawful campaign manager. Maybe that was what Trump wanted, someone that could have unlawfulness held over their head as if Damocles Sword.
It never occurred to Trump even one time that Manafort was unfit for a presidential campaign.
HARM OF ONGOING MATTER.
I am going to end there for today. I feel as though I have rattled on enough. Until tomorrow.
Efforts to have McGahn deny that the President had ordered him to have the Special Counsel removed.
That is obstruction of justice and the proof is in the supporting documents to this report.
In early 2018, the press reported that the President had directed McGahn to have the Special Counsel removed in June 2017 and that McGahn had threatened to resign rather than carry out the order. The President reacted to the news stories by directing White House officials to tell McGahn to dispute the story and create a record stating he had not been ordered to have the Special Counsel removed. McGahn told those officials that the media reports were accurate (Where is my headline? This is a factual accounting by the Special Counsel, what else does anyone need? Repeat it over and over until the people hear it. They are not hearing this stuff.) in stating that the President had directed McGahn to have the Special Counsel removed. The President then met with McGahn in the Oval Office and again pressured him to deny the reports. In the same meeting, the President also asked McGahn why he had told the Special Counsel about the President's effort to remove the Special Counsel and why McGahn took notes of his conversations with the President. McGahn refused to back away from what he remembered happening and perceived the President to be testing his mettle.
What is it about resigning from the Trump administration that gives honest men the backbone to stand up to him? McGahn is the second reporting of this phenomenon. Sessions is the first.
Conduct towards Flynn, Manafort, HOM (Harm to Ongoing Matter). After Flynn withdrew from a joint defense agreement with the President and began cooperating with the government, the President's personal counsel left a message for Flynn's attorneys reminding them of the President's warm feelings towards Flynn, which he said "still remains," and asking for a "heads up" if Flynn knew "information that implicates the President." When Flynn's counsel reiterated that Flynn could no longer share information pursuant to a joint defense agreement, the President's personal counsel said he would make sure that the President knew that Flynn's actions reflected "hostility" towards the President. During Manafort's prosecution and when the jury in his criminal. trial was deliberating, the President praised Manafort in public, said that Manafort was being treated unfairly, and declined to rule out a pardon. After Manafort was convicted, the President called Manafort "a brave man" for refusing to "break" and said that "flipping " "almost ought to be outlawed."
The rise of criminality ushered in by Donald J. Trump. Paul Manafort is a criminal who also sought to make money off a banker by promising the banker he would get him a job as the Secretary of the Navy. What was it Trump said, "I like Paul Manafort. He was always a good guy." Paul Manafort was using his status with Trump to defraud a bank. I don't think Paul Manafort is a good guy and it is a shame Trump likes the guy. What is even more unfortunate is that Trump brought in a communist sympathizer as a campaign manager.
Make no mistake. Paul Manafort supports communist regimes and profits handsomely from that relationship. There is something very wrong there. An American took his abilities and put them to work for an enemy of the USA. This is not a casual relationship that Americans think of as "a job." This is a departure from American values to place a communist at the top of the Ukraine government.
Ukraine was completely disarmed of nuclear weapons that were once belonging to the USSR. In exchange for disarming from those nuclear weapons, there was a treaty signed by Germany, the USA, Russia and Ukraine that GUARANTEED peace for Ukraine. Ukraine was never to experience war again. The governance of Ukraine was to be decided by the people of Ukraine. The constitutional processes were being corrupted by a communist leadership of one of the parties and Ukraine was falling from grace as far as the people were concerned. The demonstrates in the Maidan were never supposed to result in deaths, but, it did and Yanukovych fled the country. Why would a president flea any country? Because the people were right, they were losing their democracy in incremental steps and the communists were responsible. These same communists that committed human rights abuses in the Maidan were the same people Paul Manafort worked for. He had to leave Ukraine as the repercussions of the Maidan set in because he was no longer among friends, but, among the people that were losing their democracy.
Paul Manafort was never going to be a lawful campaign manager. Maybe that was what Trump wanted, someone that could have unlawfulness held over their head as if Damocles Sword.
It never occurred to Trump even one time that Manafort was unfit for a presidential campaign.
HARM OF ONGOING MATTER.
I am going to end there for today. I feel as though I have rattled on enough. Until tomorrow.
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On June 14, 2017, the media reported that the Special Counsel's Office was investigating
whether the President had obstructed justice. Press reports called this "a major turning point" in
the investigation: while Corney had told the President he was not under investigation, following
Corney's firing, the President now was under investigation. The President reacted to this news
with a series of tweets criticizing the Department of Justice and the Special Counsel's
investigation. On June 17, 2017, the President called McGahn at home and directed him to call
the Acting Attorney General and say that the Special Counsel had conflicts of interest and must be
removed. McGahn did not carry out the direction, however, deciding that he would resign rather
than trigger what he regarded as a potential Saturday Night Massacre.
Actions of a guilty man. Trump was railing against everyone. It is not possible to have everyone as a conspirator of the Deep State. There men have dignity, status, esteem among peers and all of a sudden Trump is right and they are wrong. There is no Deep State, there is only fear mongering.
Efforts to curtail the Special Counsel's investigation.
Efforts to curtail the Special Counsel's investigation.
That is the title to this section of the Executive Summary. It is unlawful to do this. This is the title the Special Counsel decided best described the INFORMATION below.
Two days after directing McGahn to have the Special Counsel removed, the President made another attempt to affect the course of the Russia investigation. On June 19, 2017, the President met one-on-one in the Oval Office with his former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, a trusted advisor outside the government, and dictated a message for Lewandowski to deliver to Sessions.
Excuse me? Corey Lewandowski was Trump's stenographer to deliver a message to Jeff Session. Sessions. The man that was on his cabinet. Trump is a coward. He enlists others to do his bidding. Amazing. And they do it. What is it with Trump that people engage in such behavior. Lewandowski should have told Trump to make a phone call.
The message said that Sessions should publicly announce that, notwithstanding his recusal from the Russia investigation, the investigation was "very unfair" to the President, the President had done nothing wrong, and Sessions planned to meet with the Special Counsel and "let [him] move forward with investigating election meddling for future elections."
Ah, let's have a pity party for Donald. We can have Lewandowski jump out of the cake and report it on FOX News.
Lewandowski said he understood what the President wanted Sessions to do. One month later, in another private meeting with Lewandowski on July 19, 2017, the President asked about the status of his message for Sessions to limit the Special Counsel investigation to future election interference. Lewandowski told the President that the message would be delivered soon.
One month later, the message is not delivered and Lewandowski has the nerve to say so, BUT, it will be delivered soon. It must have come by camel via Saudi Arabia. Camels can't swim across oceans, so I am sure the message never made it.
Hours after that meeting, the President publicly criticized Sessions in an interview with the New York Times, and then issued a series of tweets making it clear that Sessions's job was in jeopardy. Lewandowski did not want to deliver the President's message personally, so he asked senior White House official Rick Dearborn to deliver it to Sessions. Dearborn was uncomfortable with the task and did not follow through.
So, Trump lost his temper over Lewendowski's inability or unwillingness to carry out his ORDER, he turned to the New York Times in an interview to deliver the message to Session. This is all passive - aggressive stuff. The firing of Comey was via Twitter. The message is delivered via newspaper. Trump is not a leader, he is a scared man. Trump is an absent president. There is no leadership.
What is it with these guys that they can't stand up to a man that has no backbone to begin with?
People need to tell Trump, "No." Just that simple, including the newspapers and unfriend from his Twitter feed. This is ridiculous. Newspapers allow themselves to be used in this way? This is not high level negotiations of a peace treaty. Stop it. The press has the right to report on their president. There should be daily briefings and regular interviews AND press conferences IN THE USA, not just abroad.
Try these headlines, "There is nothing to report about the country from the federal government because they are censoring the press."
"There was a press briefing from the Joint Chiefs" and they reported that...
"There was a press briefing from the State Department" and they report that...
It would be so refreshing to have news from real FUNCTIONAL people that have the facts about the USA's interaction with the world.
Efforts to prevent public disclosure of evidence.
Efforts to prevent public disclosure of evidence. This is unlawful.
In the summer of 2017, the President learned that media outlets were asking questions about the June 9, 2016 meeting at Trump Tower between senior campaign officials, including Donald Trump Jr., and a Russian lawyer who was said to be offering damaging information about Hillary Clinton as "part of Russia and its government's support for Mr. Trump." On several occasions, the President directed aides not to publicly disclose the emails setting up the June 9 meeting,...
Trump successfully enlisted others in his crimes of cover up, hence, obstruction. How does this man do this? How does he successfully enlist others into his unlawfulness? This is incredible. He must be some kind of web builder to beat any spider in nature, because, none of this makes sense. Everyone involved with Trump should have a lawyer. Maybe that way this will stop and people will see what they were doing and why it is so very, very wrong. I honestly don't believe there are that many gullible people that work with him. They must consciously decide, "Trump is right and I will do this because he won't abandon me." Really? I think Manafort is expecting the same thing, while he suffers behind bars.
...suggesting that the emails would not leak and that the number of lawyers with access to them should be limited. Before the emails became public, the President edited a press statement for Trump Jr. by deleting a line that acknowledged that the meeting was with "an individual who [Trump Jr.] was told might have information helpful to the campaign" and instead said only that the meeting was about adoptions of Russian children. When the press asked questions about the President's involvement in Trump Jr.' s statement, the President's personal lawyer repeatedly denied the President had played any role.
Lies. Manufactured and premeditated lies.
Further efforts to have the Attorney General take control of the investigation. In early summer 2017, the President called Sessions at home (Amazing, he finally picked up a phone to call someone and actually speak in person) and again asked him to reverse his recusal from the Russia investigation. Sessions did not reverse his recusal. In October 2017, the President met privately with Sessions in the Oval Office (He wasn't getting what he wanted. So, he was going to try a different approach to take attention off him and place it somewhere political points could be garnered. We already know the name Hillary Clinton among right wing voters is a motivator. But, Sessions is not a political employee, he was the Attorney General at the time.) and asked him to "take [a] look" at investigating Clinton. In December 2017, shortly after Flynn pleaded guilty pursuant to a cooperation agreement, the President met with Sessions in the Oval Office and suggested, according to notes taken by a senior advisor, that if Sessions unrecused and took back supervision of the Russia investigation, he would be a "hero." The President told Sessions, "I'm not going to do anything or direct you to do anything. I just want to be treated fairly." Bill Barr is falling for the part where Poor, poor president only wants to be treated fairly. So, it requires fraud. At least the poor, poor billionaire will have some restful sleep. In response, Sessions volunteered that he had never seen anything " improper" on the campaign and told the President there was a "whole new leadership team" in place. He did not unrecuse. Go, Jeff Sessions. No one took example from the then Attorney General who's resignation was not accepted for some time after it was written? No one else had the guts to tell Trump, "No?"
Now I am going to lecture.
FOX News managed to enter into a propaganda campaign to minimize the report's findings and make it go away. How could anyone let this happen? It is unethical and unscrupulous. Neither of those characteristics are part of professional journalism. Where was everyone else demanding more to be done and more actions regarding the fraud of Bill Barr? That should be relentless headlines in the face of censorship.
Tomorrow's headlines across this country should read,
"The White House is Censoring the News Media"
I have never been more serious. It would begin to clear up the propaganda and the one sided reporting that is only FOX News. When Barr was in Guatemala where was ALL the press? I only saw Bill Hammer. What the heck is wrong with media these days? There is no risk in this. A headline caused by blatant anti-American directives would result in astonishment by the people of the USA, but, they would pause and that pause would be enough to begin the doubt that is needed to counter the FOX propaganda.
I have to say this?
Writing books isn't going to do it. The American people need to be rudely awakened to the fact this president is not interested in the Rule of Law or justice of any kind. They need to understand they have a problem and that problem is Donald J. Trump. He is conspiring with others to maintain the propaganda and destroy this democracy. Worse of all he panders to Russia for his own purposes AT THE COST of this democracy. Their votes were toyed with for the purpose of placing a malleable president in the White House so Putin had control, not the American people. Worse than that Trump isn't interested in THAT TRUTH. He wants to assist Russia in destroying this democracy. When does the media get to that part?
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Actions of a guilty man. Trump was railing against everyone. It is not possible to have everyone as a conspirator of the Deep State. There men have dignity, status, esteem among peers and all of a sudden Trump is right and they are wrong. There is no Deep State, there is only fear mongering.
Efforts to curtail the Special Counsel's investigation.
Efforts to curtail the Special Counsel's investigation.
That is the title to this section of the Executive Summary. It is unlawful to do this. This is the title the Special Counsel decided best described the INFORMATION below.
Two days after directing McGahn to have the Special Counsel removed, the President made another attempt to affect the course of the Russia investigation. On June 19, 2017, the President met one-on-one in the Oval Office with his former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, a trusted advisor outside the government, and dictated a message for Lewandowski to deliver to Sessions.
Excuse me? Corey Lewandowski was Trump's stenographer to deliver a message to Jeff Session. Sessions. The man that was on his cabinet. Trump is a coward. He enlists others to do his bidding. Amazing. And they do it. What is it with Trump that people engage in such behavior. Lewandowski should have told Trump to make a phone call.
The message said that Sessions should publicly announce that, notwithstanding his recusal from the Russia investigation, the investigation was "very unfair" to the President, the President had done nothing wrong, and Sessions planned to meet with the Special Counsel and "let [him] move forward with investigating election meddling for future elections."
Ah, let's have a pity party for Donald. We can have Lewandowski jump out of the cake and report it on FOX News.
Lewandowski said he understood what the President wanted Sessions to do. One month later, in another private meeting with Lewandowski on July 19, 2017, the President asked about the status of his message for Sessions to limit the Special Counsel investigation to future election interference. Lewandowski told the President that the message would be delivered soon.
One month later, the message is not delivered and Lewandowski has the nerve to say so, BUT, it will be delivered soon. It must have come by camel via Saudi Arabia. Camels can't swim across oceans, so I am sure the message never made it.
Hours after that meeting, the President publicly criticized Sessions in an interview with the New York Times, and then issued a series of tweets making it clear that Sessions's job was in jeopardy. Lewandowski did not want to deliver the President's message personally, so he asked senior White House official Rick Dearborn to deliver it to Sessions. Dearborn was uncomfortable with the task and did not follow through.
So, Trump lost his temper over Lewendowski's inability or unwillingness to carry out his ORDER, he turned to the New York Times in an interview to deliver the message to Session. This is all passive - aggressive stuff. The firing of Comey was via Twitter. The message is delivered via newspaper. Trump is not a leader, he is a scared man. Trump is an absent president. There is no leadership.
What is it with these guys that they can't stand up to a man that has no backbone to begin with?
People need to tell Trump, "No." Just that simple, including the newspapers and unfriend from his Twitter feed. This is ridiculous. Newspapers allow themselves to be used in this way? This is not high level negotiations of a peace treaty. Stop it. The press has the right to report on their president. There should be daily briefings and regular interviews AND press conferences IN THE USA, not just abroad.
Try these headlines, "There is nothing to report about the country from the federal government because they are censoring the press."
"There was a press briefing from the Joint Chiefs" and they reported that...
"There was a press briefing from the State Department" and they report that...
It would be so refreshing to have news from real FUNCTIONAL people that have the facts about the USA's interaction with the world.
Efforts to prevent public disclosure of evidence.
Efforts to prevent public disclosure of evidence. This is unlawful.
In the summer of 2017, the President learned that media outlets were asking questions about the June 9, 2016 meeting at Trump Tower between senior campaign officials, including Donald Trump Jr., and a Russian lawyer who was said to be offering damaging information about Hillary Clinton as "part of Russia and its government's support for Mr. Trump." On several occasions, the President directed aides not to publicly disclose the emails setting up the June 9 meeting,...
Trump successfully enlisted others in his crimes of cover up, hence, obstruction. How does this man do this? How does he successfully enlist others into his unlawfulness? This is incredible. He must be some kind of web builder to beat any spider in nature, because, none of this makes sense. Everyone involved with Trump should have a lawyer. Maybe that way this will stop and people will see what they were doing and why it is so very, very wrong. I honestly don't believe there are that many gullible people that work with him. They must consciously decide, "Trump is right and I will do this because he won't abandon me." Really? I think Manafort is expecting the same thing, while he suffers behind bars.
...suggesting that the emails would not leak and that the number of lawyers with access to them should be limited. Before the emails became public, the President edited a press statement for Trump Jr. by deleting a line that acknowledged that the meeting was with "an individual who [Trump Jr.] was told might have information helpful to the campaign" and instead said only that the meeting was about adoptions of Russian children. When the press asked questions about the President's involvement in Trump Jr.' s statement, the President's personal lawyer repeatedly denied the President had played any role.
Lies. Manufactured and premeditated lies.
Further efforts to have the Attorney General take control of the investigation. In early summer 2017, the President called Sessions at home (Amazing, he finally picked up a phone to call someone and actually speak in person) and again asked him to reverse his recusal from the Russia investigation. Sessions did not reverse his recusal. In October 2017, the President met privately with Sessions in the Oval Office (He wasn't getting what he wanted. So, he was going to try a different approach to take attention off him and place it somewhere political points could be garnered. We already know the name Hillary Clinton among right wing voters is a motivator. But, Sessions is not a political employee, he was the Attorney General at the time.) and asked him to "take [a] look" at investigating Clinton. In December 2017, shortly after Flynn pleaded guilty pursuant to a cooperation agreement, the President met with Sessions in the Oval Office and suggested, according to notes taken by a senior advisor, that if Sessions unrecused and took back supervision of the Russia investigation, he would be a "hero." The President told Sessions, "I'm not going to do anything or direct you to do anything. I just want to be treated fairly." Bill Barr is falling for the part where Poor, poor president only wants to be treated fairly. So, it requires fraud. At least the poor, poor billionaire will have some restful sleep. In response, Sessions volunteered that he had never seen anything " improper" on the campaign and told the President there was a "whole new leadership team" in place. He did not unrecuse. Go, Jeff Sessions. No one took example from the then Attorney General who's resignation was not accepted for some time after it was written? No one else had the guts to tell Trump, "No?"
Now I am going to lecture.
FOX News managed to enter into a propaganda campaign to minimize the report's findings and make it go away. How could anyone let this happen? It is unethical and unscrupulous. Neither of those characteristics are part of professional journalism. Where was everyone else demanding more to be done and more actions regarding the fraud of Bill Barr? That should be relentless headlines in the face of censorship.
Tomorrow's headlines across this country should read,
"The White House is Censoring the News Media"
I have never been more serious. It would begin to clear up the propaganda and the one sided reporting that is only FOX News. When Barr was in Guatemala where was ALL the press? I only saw Bill Hammer. What the heck is wrong with media these days? There is no risk in this. A headline caused by blatant anti-American directives would result in astonishment by the people of the USA, but, they would pause and that pause would be enough to begin the doubt that is needed to counter the FOX propaganda.
I have to say this?
Writing books isn't going to do it. The American people need to be rudely awakened to the fact this president is not interested in the Rule of Law or justice of any kind. They need to understand they have a problem and that problem is Donald J. Trump. He is conspiring with others to maintain the propaganda and destroy this democracy. Worse of all he panders to Russia for his own purposes AT THE COST of this democracy. Their votes were toyed with for the purpose of placing a malleable president in the White House so Putin had control, not the American people. Worse than that Trump isn't interested in THAT TRUTH. He wants to assist Russia in destroying this democracy. When does the media get to that part?
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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.
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.
Everyone employed by the federal government or is involved with the government in any way is listened to.
At least when there are qualified people involved with the staff of the White House their is some degree of surveillance. I don't want to hear Trump crying about being listened to either. To begin, he hardly does anything with his day except "Executive Time." Additionally, we know for a fact he is still involved with his businesses. He has violated the Emoluments Clause.
Everyone in the country should remember the listening then Chief of Staff Kelly did when Trump called Putin to congratulate him for his re-election after being advised not to call. It was in the newspapers.
Donald J. Trump has been advised and advised and advised by staff all along the way and he carries on as if he never received a word of advice, conducts hate speech with impunity, insults relationships with allies, renege on agreements with Democratic leaders, causes government shutdowns, met with Putin for hours on end in a closed session with no record of the meeting and basically doesn't care about the American people so much as himself.
Donald J. Trump is responsible for his own behavior and the consequences of it. Going forward he has no complaints if he is found to have violated laws that may rise to the level of impeachment. His staff, including Bill Barr is no exception either. Violations of ethics is an everyday occurrence with the Trump cabinet and the American people should be appalled by it. Their government, which is among the most powerful in the world is now Trump's toy and it is chronically toyed with.
Everyone in the country should remember the listening then Chief of Staff Kelly did when Trump called Putin to congratulate him for his re-election after being advised not to call. It was in the newspapers.
Donald J. Trump has been advised and advised and advised by staff all along the way and he carries on as if he never received a word of advice, conducts hate speech with impunity, insults relationships with allies, renege on agreements with Democratic leaders, causes government shutdowns, met with Putin for hours on end in a closed session with no record of the meeting and basically doesn't care about the American people so much as himself.
Donald J. Trump is responsible for his own behavior and the consequences of it. Going forward he has no complaints if he is found to have violated laws that may rise to the level of impeachment. His staff, including Bill Barr is no exception either. Violations of ethics is an everyday occurrence with the Trump cabinet and the American people should be appalled by it. Their government, which is among the most powerful in the world is now Trump's toy and it is chronically toyed with.
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
The header on the Executive Summary are the same. It is a working document and not a complete document.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY TO VOLUME II (same reference source)
Our obstruction-of-justice inquiry focused on a series of actions by the President that related to the Russian-interference investigations, including the President's conduct towards the law enforcement officials overseeing the investigations and the witnesses to relevant events.
Focus on the actions of the president is not difficult. He carries out his law breaking within public view as if that is going to exonerate him. Trump doesn't care about law enforcement, except, as a campaign issue. He will carry on about the police and their good work, but, when it comes down to the Rule of Law he could care less. Any person working on this report expects respect and should be getting it.
Trump's rantings about a Deep State is only campaign rhetoric, but, he is doing his level best to make the lie become the truth. The fact the Special Counsel picked up the disrespect toward the efforts of these prosecutors is not a surprise to me. They were attacks that should have never occurred and the Former Director of the FBI, James Comey should still be leading the department.
Rudy Guiliani can claim to be mayor of New York City at the time of September 11th, but, Robert Mueller lead the FBI because he was worried about this country.
April 19, 2002
I don't want to hear a word about the Deep State. It is completely baseless and political rhetoric. Every American has a profound debt of gratitude to Robert S. Mueller. if there was a trace of a Deep State in this country, he would be the very first person to report it and do something about it. I have no worry about any Deep State AND NEVER WILL regardless of the policial hack known as Bill Barr.
Why does Trump carry out his law breaking in view of the public, besides the fact it provides a venue of legitimacy when a USA president carries it out?
Because the Justice Manual says it does not indict a sitting president. Not even one that CHRONICALLY breaks the law?
FACTUAL RESULTS OF THE OBSTRUCTION INVESTIGATION
The key issues and events we examined include the following:
The Campaign's response to reports about Russian support for Trump. During the 2016 presidential campaign, questions arose about the Russian government's apparent support for candidate Trump. After WikiLeaks released politically damaging Democratic Party emails that were reported to have been hacked by Russia, Trump publicly expressed skepticism that Russia was responsible for the hacks at the same time that he and other Campaign officials privately sought information....
The FBI had engaged in an investigation AS IT SHOULD HAVE when it was discovered the DCCC and the Clinton Campaign had their cyber accounts hacked. There are laws about such issues and they are not minor laws. The FBI was compelled to enter into an investigation because there were laws broken. This was not a Deep State attempting to discredit a political candidate. This was the JOB the FBI was supposed to do.
To the FBI the facts were obvious. They found EVIDENCE that the Russian Federation was responsible for the hacking. There were traces in the cyber record that proved the culprit. Donald J. Trump wanted to discredit the FBI by providing cover for Russia. He did it as a candidate and he continues to carry out these myths about a Deep State to create the idea the Russian Federation IS A VICTIM.
When an American lays down cover for the Russian Federation they are automatically a concern to the intelligence agencies of the USA.
The cyber attacks were unilateral and did not have any effect on the Trump campaign and Donald J. Trump was laying down cover for Russia. You betcha there was going to be an investigation.
HARM TO ONGOING MATTER
...about any further planned WikiLeaks releases....
I think I can guess what the ongoing matter is. Trump lied. We know he lied because his company was actively seeking a Trump Tower in Moscow even after the election results were in.
...Trump also denied having any business in or connections to Russia, even though as late as June 2016 the Trump Organization had been pursuing a licensing deal for a skyscraper to be built in Russia called Trump Tower Moscow. After the election, the President expressed concerns to advisors that reports of Russia's election interference might lead the public to question the legitimacy of his election.
Ya think? Trump's worry about the way Russia would perceive an investigation is what lead to the Twitter firing of James Comey. The Former Director of the FBI, James Comey would not agree to a loyalty oath to Trump. Below is the oath James Comey took.
I [name] (click here) do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.
What could possibly be an oath to Trump that would be better than those words? If Trump wanted to change the oath to include himself there are ways of doing that through Homeland Security where the FBI is housed as an authority. I don't know why anyone would want it changed. It seems like a perfect and constitutional oath.
(Trump's) Conduct involving FBI Director Comey and Michael Flynn. In mid-January 2017, incoming National Security Advisor Michael Flynn falsely denied to the Vice President, other administration officials, and FBI agents that he had talked to Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak about Russia's response to U.S. sanctions on Russia for its election interference....
The surveillance of Michael Flynn was routine. There was nothing exceptional about it. The FBI or CIA would not need a warrant for listening in on matters that concern the country of a person no longer a private citizen.
On January 27, the day after the President was told that Flynn had lied to the Vice President and had made similar statements to the FBI, the President invited FBI Director Corney to a private dinner at the White House and told Corney that he needed loyalty. On February 14, the day after the President requested Flynn's resignation, the President told an outside advisor, "Now that we fired Flynn, the Russia thing is over." The advisor disagreed and said the investigations would continue.
Flynn didn't have to lie. He had to know the intelligence services were listening. The entire episode with Flynn is curious because he knew better. He was former USA military intelligence. He knew the degree to which listening took place. The fact Flynn lied is extremely curious. It is what got him in trouble with the Special Counsel investigation.
I think it is still unclear who and under what circumstances someone in the administration provided the documents Trump gave to Russians in the Oval Office.
I think it is worth realizing that when testimony is taken by the Special Counsel and Congress there is an understanding the witness will respond truthfully to questions.
Do you solemnly (swear/affirm) that you will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, (so help you God/under pains and penalties of perjury)?
Lies indicate an obstruction. The US relies on the truth to carry out the Rule of Law. When it becomes obvious there are lies propagated by persons of interest, there must be a pursuit of the truth. Rove changed his testimony six times before the Grand Jury regarding the outing of Valerie Plame in retaliation for an Op-Ed written by her spouse, Ambassador Joe Wilson. Yet, Rove was never indicted. If he was caught lying without correcting the information to the Grand Jury he would have been indicted on crimes. Yet, Flynn lied as did many others. If find that very curious.
Later that afternoon, the President cleared the Oval Office to have a one-on-one meeting with Corney. Referring to the FBI's investigation of Flynn, the President said, "I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go. He is a good guy. T hope you can let this go." Shortly after requesting Flynn's resignation and speaking privately to Corney, the President sought to have Deputy National Security Advisor K.T. McFarland draft an internal letter stating that the President had not directed Flynn to discuss sanctions with Kislyak. McFarland declined because she did not know whether that was true, and a White House Counsel's Office attorney thought that the request would look like a quid pro quo for an ambassadorship she had been offered.
What are all these letters Trump demands from seasoned professionals? He solicits letters, like that of the Asst. Attorney General Rosenstein. Trump is a strange guy. He arrives in the Oval Office overinflated with his own authority knowing his brand is firing people and proceeds to solicit career professionals for letters that are unethical to ask for in the first place.
He does not belong in government. His understanding of the world doesn't even border on professional. When a family company is run by members of the family it appears as though they hold a great deal of power But, that "idea" of power disappears when they enter government, especially the presidency. This is not a CEO's job. This is a government capacity that has others to answer to in ways that are important. That is why the Office of the White House Counsel exists.
Trump refuses to give up his idea of authority even as the courts shoot down his proclamations. I suppose that is why it is so important for Trump to assign judges at a feverish pace. HIS JUDGES will allow all the proclamations he declares. Amazingly simpleton.
The President's reaction to the continuing Russia investigation. Tn February 2017, Attorney General Jeff Sessions began to assess whether he had to recuse himself from campaign related investigations because of his role in the Trump Campaign. Tn early March, the President told White House Counsel Donald McGahn to stop Sessions from recusing. And after Sessions announced his recusal on March 2, the President expressed anger at the decision and told advisors that he should have an Attorney General who would protect him. That weekend, the President took Sessions aside at an event and urged him to "unrecuse." Later in March, Corney publicly disclosed at a congressional hearing that the FBI was investigating "the Russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election," including any links or coordination between the Russian government and the Trump Campaign. In the following days, the President reached out to the Director of National Intelligence and the leaders of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the National Security Agency (NSA) to ask them what they could do to publicly dispel the suggestion that the President had any connection to the Russian election-interference effort. The President also twice called Corney directly, notwithstanding guidance from McGahn to avoid direct contacts with the Department of Justice. Corney had previously assured the President that the FBI was not investigating him personally, and the President asked Corney to " lift the cloud" of the Russia investigation by saying that publicly.
Trump causes a lot of ethical problems for professionals that work for him. How can a Director of the FBI lift the cloud of the Russian investigation when the reason the president wasn't being investigated was because of a stupid opinion in the Justice Manual? That doesn't mean Trump is innocent. It just means Trump wasn't being investigated personally. A very uninformed man would think those things. Trump doesn't get it. If he wasn't on Twitter day in and day out he might have time to ask questions of professionals available to him to explain the law.
continued in next entry - It is time for dinner.
Our obstruction-of-justice inquiry focused on a series of actions by the President that related to the Russian-interference investigations, including the President's conduct towards the law enforcement officials overseeing the investigations and the witnesses to relevant events.
Focus on the actions of the president is not difficult. He carries out his law breaking within public view as if that is going to exonerate him. Trump doesn't care about law enforcement, except, as a campaign issue. He will carry on about the police and their good work, but, when it comes down to the Rule of Law he could care less. Any person working on this report expects respect and should be getting it.
Trump's rantings about a Deep State is only campaign rhetoric, but, he is doing his level best to make the lie become the truth. The fact the Special Counsel picked up the disrespect toward the efforts of these prosecutors is not a surprise to me. They were attacks that should have never occurred and the Former Director of the FBI, James Comey should still be leading the department.
Rudy Guiliani can claim to be mayor of New York City at the time of September 11th, but, Robert Mueller lead the FBI because he was worried about this country.
April 19, 2002
...As much as I miss San Francisco, (click here) I am grateful to have the opportunity to serve in what I believe to be the world's finest law enforcement agency -- the FBI. It is particularly rewarding to serve at this unparalleled moment in history, when America is depending on the FBI more than ever, when protecting the homeland from terrorist attacks has taken on new meaning and new urgency.
Like most Americans, I'll never forget the day it all began. I had been on the job exactly one week when word came that a plane had struck the World Trade Center. We rushed down to the FBI's command center, hoping it had been a terrible accident but fearing the worst. Minutes later, we watched in horror as a plane hit the second tower. Then, reality hit even closer to home, when across the Potomac, another plane rammed into the Pentagon.
I don't want to hear a word about the Deep State. It is completely baseless and political rhetoric. Every American has a profound debt of gratitude to Robert S. Mueller. if there was a trace of a Deep State in this country, he would be the very first person to report it and do something about it. I have no worry about any Deep State AND NEVER WILL regardless of the policial hack known as Bill Barr.
Why does Trump carry out his law breaking in view of the public, besides the fact it provides a venue of legitimacy when a USA president carries it out?
Because the Justice Manual says it does not indict a sitting president. Not even one that CHRONICALLY breaks the law?
FACTUAL RESULTS OF THE OBSTRUCTION INVESTIGATION
The key issues and events we examined include the following:
The Campaign's response to reports about Russian support for Trump. During the 2016 presidential campaign, questions arose about the Russian government's apparent support for candidate Trump. After WikiLeaks released politically damaging Democratic Party emails that were reported to have been hacked by Russia, Trump publicly expressed skepticism that Russia was responsible for the hacks at the same time that he and other Campaign officials privately sought information....
The FBI had engaged in an investigation AS IT SHOULD HAVE when it was discovered the DCCC and the Clinton Campaign had their cyber accounts hacked. There are laws about such issues and they are not minor laws. The FBI was compelled to enter into an investigation because there were laws broken. This was not a Deep State attempting to discredit a political candidate. This was the JOB the FBI was supposed to do.
To the FBI the facts were obvious. They found EVIDENCE that the Russian Federation was responsible for the hacking. There were traces in the cyber record that proved the culprit. Donald J. Trump wanted to discredit the FBI by providing cover for Russia. He did it as a candidate and he continues to carry out these myths about a Deep State to create the idea the Russian Federation IS A VICTIM.
When an American lays down cover for the Russian Federation they are automatically a concern to the intelligence agencies of the USA.
The cyber attacks were unilateral and did not have any effect on the Trump campaign and Donald J. Trump was laying down cover for Russia. You betcha there was going to be an investigation.
HARM TO ONGOING MATTER
...about any further planned WikiLeaks releases....
I think I can guess what the ongoing matter is. Trump lied. We know he lied because his company was actively seeking a Trump Tower in Moscow even after the election results were in.
...Trump also denied having any business in or connections to Russia, even though as late as June 2016 the Trump Organization had been pursuing a licensing deal for a skyscraper to be built in Russia called Trump Tower Moscow. After the election, the President expressed concerns to advisors that reports of Russia's election interference might lead the public to question the legitimacy of his election.
Ya think? Trump's worry about the way Russia would perceive an investigation is what lead to the Twitter firing of James Comey. The Former Director of the FBI, James Comey would not agree to a loyalty oath to Trump. Below is the oath James Comey took.
I [name] (click here) do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.
What could possibly be an oath to Trump that would be better than those words? If Trump wanted to change the oath to include himself there are ways of doing that through Homeland Security where the FBI is housed as an authority. I don't know why anyone would want it changed. It seems like a perfect and constitutional oath.
(Trump's) Conduct involving FBI Director Comey and Michael Flynn. In mid-January 2017, incoming National Security Advisor Michael Flynn falsely denied to the Vice President, other administration officials, and FBI agents that he had talked to Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak about Russia's response to U.S. sanctions on Russia for its election interference....
The surveillance of Michael Flynn was routine. There was nothing exceptional about it. The FBI or CIA would not need a warrant for listening in on matters that concern the country of a person no longer a private citizen.
On January 27, the day after the President was told that Flynn had lied to the Vice President and had made similar statements to the FBI, the President invited FBI Director Corney to a private dinner at the White House and told Corney that he needed loyalty. On February 14, the day after the President requested Flynn's resignation, the President told an outside advisor, "Now that we fired Flynn, the Russia thing is over." The advisor disagreed and said the investigations would continue.
Flynn didn't have to lie. He had to know the intelligence services were listening. The entire episode with Flynn is curious because he knew better. He was former USA military intelligence. He knew the degree to which listening took place. The fact Flynn lied is extremely curious. It is what got him in trouble with the Special Counsel investigation.
I think it is still unclear who and under what circumstances someone in the administration provided the documents Trump gave to Russians in the Oval Office.
I think it is worth realizing that when testimony is taken by the Special Counsel and Congress there is an understanding the witness will respond truthfully to questions.
Do you solemnly (swear/affirm) that you will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, (so help you God/under pains and penalties of perjury)?
Lies indicate an obstruction. The US relies on the truth to carry out the Rule of Law. When it becomes obvious there are lies propagated by persons of interest, there must be a pursuit of the truth. Rove changed his testimony six times before the Grand Jury regarding the outing of Valerie Plame in retaliation for an Op-Ed written by her spouse, Ambassador Joe Wilson. Yet, Rove was never indicted. If he was caught lying without correcting the information to the Grand Jury he would have been indicted on crimes. Yet, Flynn lied as did many others. If find that very curious.
Later that afternoon, the President cleared the Oval Office to have a one-on-one meeting with Corney. Referring to the FBI's investigation of Flynn, the President said, "I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go. He is a good guy. T hope you can let this go." Shortly after requesting Flynn's resignation and speaking privately to Corney, the President sought to have Deputy National Security Advisor K.T. McFarland draft an internal letter stating that the President had not directed Flynn to discuss sanctions with Kislyak. McFarland declined because she did not know whether that was true, and a White House Counsel's Office attorney thought that the request would look like a quid pro quo for an ambassadorship she had been offered.
What are all these letters Trump demands from seasoned professionals? He solicits letters, like that of the Asst. Attorney General Rosenstein. Trump is a strange guy. He arrives in the Oval Office overinflated with his own authority knowing his brand is firing people and proceeds to solicit career professionals for letters that are unethical to ask for in the first place.
He does not belong in government. His understanding of the world doesn't even border on professional. When a family company is run by members of the family it appears as though they hold a great deal of power But, that "idea" of power disappears when they enter government, especially the presidency. This is not a CEO's job. This is a government capacity that has others to answer to in ways that are important. That is why the Office of the White House Counsel exists.
Trump refuses to give up his idea of authority even as the courts shoot down his proclamations. I suppose that is why it is so important for Trump to assign judges at a feverish pace. HIS JUDGES will allow all the proclamations he declares. Amazingly simpleton.
The President's reaction to the continuing Russia investigation. Tn February 2017, Attorney General Jeff Sessions began to assess whether he had to recuse himself from campaign related investigations because of his role in the Trump Campaign. Tn early March, the President told White House Counsel Donald McGahn to stop Sessions from recusing. And after Sessions announced his recusal on March 2, the President expressed anger at the decision and told advisors that he should have an Attorney General who would protect him. That weekend, the President took Sessions aside at an event and urged him to "unrecuse." Later in March, Corney publicly disclosed at a congressional hearing that the FBI was investigating "the Russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election," including any links or coordination between the Russian government and the Trump Campaign. In the following days, the President reached out to the Director of National Intelligence and the leaders of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the National Security Agency (NSA) to ask them what they could do to publicly dispel the suggestion that the President had any connection to the Russian election-interference effort. The President also twice called Corney directly, notwithstanding guidance from McGahn to avoid direct contacts with the Department of Justice. Corney had previously assured the President that the FBI was not investigating him personally, and the President asked Corney to " lift the cloud" of the Russia investigation by saying that publicly.
Trump causes a lot of ethical problems for professionals that work for him. How can a Director of the FBI lift the cloud of the Russian investigation when the reason the president wasn't being investigated was because of a stupid opinion in the Justice Manual? That doesn't mean Trump is innocent. It just means Trump wasn't being investigated personally. A very uninformed man would think those things. Trump doesn't get it. If he wasn't on Twitter day in and day out he might have time to ask questions of professionals available to him to explain the law.
continued in next entry - It is time for dinner.
I am not going to apologize for starting this later than I had planned. I have a life and sometimes that means complications in ways not planned.
So, with that, let me pull up the report and start reading.
I know I left off with three stars indicating a change in topic. This is the very end of the Introduction of Volume 2.
This report on our investigation consists of four parts. Section I provides an overview of obstruction-of-justice principles and summarizes certain investigatory and evidentiary considerations. Section II sets forth the factual results of our obstruction investigation and analyzes the evidence. Section III addresses statutory and constitutional defenses. Section IV states our conclusion.
There is a lot of instruction to Volume II. I believe it is to bring clarity of the law to the US Congress. HOWEVER, I am already miffed with the DOJ in the fact they will not indict the president, which I believe causes a constitutional crisis and is simply a horrible policy. So, I have no doubt I will not see the instructions as beneficial, necessarily. I don't believe I am alone in that regard either.
THE DOJ IS SUPPOSED TO PREVENT A CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS.
Then there are footnotes which I will review before going to the Executive Summary of Volume II.
5 For that reason, criticisms have been lodged against the practice of naming unindicted coconspirators in an indictment. See United States v.Briggs,514 F.2d 794,802 (5th Cir. 1975) ("The courts have struck down with strong language efforts by grand juries to accuse persons of crime while affording them no forum in which to vindicate themselves."); see also Justice Manual § 9-11.130.
You know what surprises me about US v. Briggs? The fact it took place in 1972. I would expect a young country to stumble over itself to some extent and FORGET that due process ends the abuse of a king/dictator. But, this was 1972. It was focused on Republicans and Nixon was in office.
Updated March 21, 2019
I don't know how I feel about the update either.
If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States, or any agency thereof in any manner or for any purpose, and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
If, however, the offense, the commission of which is the object of the conspiracy, is a misdemeanor only, the punishment for such conspiracy shall not exceed the maximum punishment provided for such misdemeanor.
The defendants or unnamed conspirators did some very dangerous and illegal acts. That is strange to me. That four people could simply walk away from their illegal acts because a grand jury indicted without due process.
Oh, well. I don't disagree with the citation or the judge. I find it strange a prosecutor would be this remiss. I have to wonder what kind of instructions were provided to the grand jury.
If I hear one more reference to the Justice Manual I will probably emesis.
6 OLC Op. at 259 & n.38 (citation omitted).
This is another opinion (click here) that would back up the actions by the Special Counsel. I am not going sort through this.
There are other online references when trying to discern these citations (click here). I am not saying this particular reference is an authority, but, it is another way of accessing legal references.
I will tell you how annoyed I am about the "Justice Manual." The American people pay taxes so their federal government works. There are excellent men and women, Robert S. Mueller is one of them, that works and worked for the Justice Department. These people invested in education and practices that would bring them to a pinnacle for their career. WHY DO THEY NEED A MANUAL?
I have pure and utter disdain for the Justice Manual. To me, it is nothing more than an ego trip by the Attorney General to intimidate US Attorneys and put them in a situation whereby THEIR METHODS will endanger the job they are doing for the American people.
I am sure I will have more musings about this manual in the future. But, it makes absolutely no sense to me. NONE!
If they can't do the job without a politically oriented manual then they don't belong in the US Attorney's office.
This is completely off topic, but, I have wanted to make an entry for some time now. This is about China.
See that pretty lady in the picture. She was known as Ms. Ma. She disappeared at least six months ago. That happens a lot in China. People disappear because they are picked up by the authorities.
"Why China Silenced Clickbait Queen in for Information Control" (click here)
She disappeared before the arrests of a Huawei executive in Canada.
This entire communications issue is a real concern for the USA for many reasons.
continue the Special Counsel report in next entry
So, with that, let me pull up the report and start reading.
I know I left off with three stars indicating a change in topic. This is the very end of the Introduction of Volume 2.
This report on our investigation consists of four parts. Section I provides an overview of obstruction-of-justice principles and summarizes certain investigatory and evidentiary considerations. Section II sets forth the factual results of our obstruction investigation and analyzes the evidence. Section III addresses statutory and constitutional defenses. Section IV states our conclusion.
There is a lot of instruction to Volume II. I believe it is to bring clarity of the law to the US Congress. HOWEVER, I am already miffed with the DOJ in the fact they will not indict the president, which I believe causes a constitutional crisis and is simply a horrible policy. So, I have no doubt I will not see the instructions as beneficial, necessarily. I don't believe I am alone in that regard either.
THE DOJ IS SUPPOSED TO PREVENT A CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS.
Then there are footnotes which I will review before going to the Executive Summary of Volume II.
5 For that reason, criticisms have been lodged against the practice of naming unindicted coconspirators in an indictment. See United States v.Briggs,514 F.2d 794,802 (5th Cir. 1975) ("The courts have struck down with strong language efforts by grand juries to accuse persons of crime while affording them no forum in which to vindicate themselves."); see also Justice Manual § 9-11.130.
Appellants were named as "unindicted conspirators" in an indictment by a federal grand jury charging a highly publicized conspiracy. In this case they challenge the power of the grand jury to charge them with criminal conduct in this manner without indicting them. We conclude that the grand jury exceeded its power and authority and that its action was a denial of due process to appellants.
I don't believe there is something else to understand. Any denial of due process automatically ends the case before any judge in the USA. I believe due process is the 4th amendment. Amendment IV (click here)
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
You know what surprises me about US v. Briggs? The fact it took place in 1972. I would expect a young country to stumble over itself to some extent and FORGET that due process ends the abuse of a king/dictator. But, this was 1972. It was focused on Republicans and Nixon was in office.
This is the law the Grand Jury relied on to indict co-conspirators.
I don't know how I feel about the update either.
If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States, or any agency thereof in any manner or for any purpose, and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
If, however, the offense, the commission of which is the object of the conspiracy, is a misdemeanor only, the punishment for such conspiracy shall not exceed the maximum punishment provided for such misdemeanor.
The defendants or unnamed conspirators did some very dangerous and illegal acts. That is strange to me. That four people could simply walk away from their illegal acts because a grand jury indicted without due process.
Oh, well. I don't disagree with the citation or the judge. I find it strange a prosecutor would be this remiss. I have to wonder what kind of instructions were provided to the grand jury.
If I hear one more reference to the Justice Manual I will probably emesis.
6 OLC Op. at 259 & n.38 (citation omitted).
This is another opinion (click here) that would back up the actions by the Special Counsel. I am not going sort through this.
There are other online references when trying to discern these citations (click here). I am not saying this particular reference is an authority, but, it is another way of accessing legal references.
I will tell you how annoyed I am about the "Justice Manual." The American people pay taxes so their federal government works. There are excellent men and women, Robert S. Mueller is one of them, that works and worked for the Justice Department. These people invested in education and practices that would bring them to a pinnacle for their career. WHY DO THEY NEED A MANUAL?
I have pure and utter disdain for the Justice Manual. To me, it is nothing more than an ego trip by the Attorney General to intimidate US Attorneys and put them in a situation whereby THEIR METHODS will endanger the job they are doing for the American people.
I am sure I will have more musings about this manual in the future. But, it makes absolutely no sense to me. NONE!
If they can't do the job without a politically oriented manual then they don't belong in the US Attorney's office.
This is completely off topic, but, I have wanted to make an entry for some time now. This is about China.See that pretty lady in the picture. She was known as Ms. Ma. She disappeared at least six months ago. That happens a lot in China. People disappear because they are picked up by the authorities.
"Why China Silenced Clickbait Queen in for Information Control" (click here)
She disappeared before the arrests of a Huawei executive in Canada.
This entire communications issue is a real concern for the USA for many reasons.
continue the Special Counsel report in next entry
I will be back to read the Special Counsel report.
In the meantime, Noam Chomsky is saying something I believe many that embrace democracy already knows.
May 27, 2019
By Amy Goodman
In April, (cick here) hundreds of people packed into the Old South Church in Boston to hear the world-renowned dissident and linguist Noam Chomsky speak. He looked back at the rise of fascism in the 20th century and the growing ultranationalist movements of today, from Brazil and the United States to Israel and Saudi Arabia....
May 27, 2019
By Amy Goodman
In April, (cick here) hundreds of people packed into the Old South Church in Boston to hear the world-renowned dissident and linguist Noam Chomsky speak. He looked back at the rise of fascism in the 20th century and the growing ultranationalist movements of today, from Brazil and the United States to Israel and Saudi Arabia....
The Indiana abortion law portion upheld by the US Supreme Court does two things.
It ends the use of fetal tissue in medical research and it makes abortion more expensive by a few hundred dollars. Cremated or buried remains make it impossible for use by medical research.
It is obviously the work of the extreme right wing of the Republican party as signed by Mike Pence when he was governor. It is a ridiculous notion. It is a further attempt by the political right wing to make a fetus a citizen.
May 28,, 2019
By Tucker Higgins
The Supreme Court on Monday (click here) reversed an appeals court ruling striking down an Indiana abortion law governing the disposal of fetal remains, which was signed by Vice President Mike Pence when he was governor of the state. The law, among other provisions, barred the incineration of fetal remains alongside surgical byproducts.
The court declined to take up a second case involving so-called “discriminatory” abortions.
The U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down that law, which barred abortions sought because of the fetus’s expected race or disability status. The court’s order on Monday will keep the law from being enforced, though the justices did not take a position on the constitutionality of the regulation.
The announcement was made in an order released on the court’s website. Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor would have let the lower court ruling that blocked the fetal remains law stand....
This more or less falls into line with burial possibilities following miscarriages. (click here) I suppose this was always a possibility with abortions, but, the bonding is very different and the likelihood of providing this service for abortions is bizarre.
It is obviously the work of the extreme right wing of the Republican party as signed by Mike Pence when he was governor. It is a ridiculous notion. It is a further attempt by the political right wing to make a fetus a citizen.
May 28,, 2019
By Tucker Higgins
The Supreme Court on Monday (click here) reversed an appeals court ruling striking down an Indiana abortion law governing the disposal of fetal remains, which was signed by Vice President Mike Pence when he was governor of the state. The law, among other provisions, barred the incineration of fetal remains alongside surgical byproducts.
The court declined to take up a second case involving so-called “discriminatory” abortions.
The U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down that law, which barred abortions sought because of the fetus’s expected race or disability status. The court’s order on Monday will keep the law from being enforced, though the justices did not take a position on the constitutionality of the regulation.
The announcement was made in an order released on the court’s website. Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor would have let the lower court ruling that blocked the fetal remains law stand....
This more or less falls into line with burial possibilities following miscarriages. (click here) I suppose this was always a possibility with abortions, but, the bonding is very different and the likelihood of providing this service for abortions is bizarre.
Really?
Europe has a very dense interest in the financial sector. Invoking change is difficult. But, Kushner? Well, he has run out of Arab money so he is probably hunting for Europeans to exploit now.
May 28, 2019
By David Reid
Jared Kushner, (click here) senior advisor to President Donald Trump, is set to attend this year’s Bilderberg Meeting in the Swiss town of Montreux this week.
Founded in 1954, the Bilderberg Meeting was designed to foster warmer relations between the United States and Europe. The annual talk fest is considered secretive because guests are not allowed to reveal who said what at the meeting.
The Bilderberg guest list typically includes top politicians, business leaders, financiers, academics and influential members of the media. The event’s website said Tuesday that about 130 participants from 23 countries have confirmed their attendance this year.
Aside from Kushner, this year’s list of attendees features French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire, Credit-Suisse CEO Tidjane Thiam, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt.
May 28, 2019
By David Reid
Jared Kushner, (click here) senior advisor to President Donald Trump, is set to attend this year’s Bilderberg Meeting in the Swiss town of Montreux this week.
Founded in 1954, the Bilderberg Meeting was designed to foster warmer relations between the United States and Europe. The annual talk fest is considered secretive because guests are not allowed to reveal who said what at the meeting.
The Bilderberg guest list typically includes top politicians, business leaders, financiers, academics and influential members of the media. The event’s website said Tuesday that about 130 participants from 23 countries have confirmed their attendance this year.
Aside from Kushner, this year’s list of attendees features French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire, Credit-Suisse CEO Tidjane Thiam, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt.
Total CEO Patrick Pouyanne, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, and former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger are also confirmed....
European Liberals made gains.
May 26, 2019
By Viktoria Dendrinous and Birgit Jennen
Margrethe Vestager (click here) is eyeing a path to become the first woman atop the EU, as focus shifts from the results of the bloc-wide elections to leaders’ haggling over who’ll be put at the helm of the European Commission.
They are fighting corruption. There is a distinct rise in power for women.
The Liberal Danish EU antitrust chief, who has made a name for herself by taking on U.S. tech giants, hasn’t kept shy about her intention to seize the EU’s most powerful post, calling for gender balance in the upper echelons of the European Union and for an end to the center-right’s hold on power in Brussels.
EU leaders will hold a special summit on Tuesday to kick off a first round of horsetrading over top EU jobs that could be mired in stalemate. At stake isn’t just the leadership of the commission, which has major powers on key issues such as competition and trade, but also that of the European Central Bank. This means the final compromise could affect the EU’s economic policy making for the next decade.
Any time there is focus on banking and changing rules and regs there is always a huge power struggle regardless of the election vote. It is time the Europeans that want to fight corruption, actually do it with a leader in Margrethe Vestager that has a PROVEN RECORD (click here). The Europeans need to stand up for her and let their EU leaders know they are under scrutiny for any further corruption allowed within the EU now that the vote is registered. The election is only the beginning for moral advocacy, not the end.
The haggling over the top roles comes at a tricky time for Europe’s traditional political groups. While mainstream EU parties held their ground against the assault from populists in elections for the bloc’s Parliament, that was largely thanks to gains from pro-EU Liberals and Greens....
By Viktoria Dendrinous and Birgit Jennen
Margrethe Vestager (click here) is eyeing a path to become the first woman atop the EU, as focus shifts from the results of the bloc-wide elections to leaders’ haggling over who’ll be put at the helm of the European Commission.
They are fighting corruption. There is a distinct rise in power for women.
The Liberal Danish EU antitrust chief, who has made a name for herself by taking on U.S. tech giants, hasn’t kept shy about her intention to seize the EU’s most powerful post, calling for gender balance in the upper echelons of the European Union and for an end to the center-right’s hold on power in Brussels.
EU leaders will hold a special summit on Tuesday to kick off a first round of horsetrading over top EU jobs that could be mired in stalemate. At stake isn’t just the leadership of the commission, which has major powers on key issues such as competition and trade, but also that of the European Central Bank. This means the final compromise could affect the EU’s economic policy making for the next decade.
Any time there is focus on banking and changing rules and regs there is always a huge power struggle regardless of the election vote. It is time the Europeans that want to fight corruption, actually do it with a leader in Margrethe Vestager that has a PROVEN RECORD (click here). The Europeans need to stand up for her and let their EU leaders know they are under scrutiny for any further corruption allowed within the EU now that the vote is registered. The election is only the beginning for moral advocacy, not the end.
The haggling over the top roles comes at a tricky time for Europe’s traditional political groups. While mainstream EU parties held their ground against the assault from populists in elections for the bloc’s Parliament, that was largely thanks to gains from pro-EU Liberals and Greens....
Donald Trump foments hate.
He can't embrace White Nationalism/White Supremacism while signing a bi-partisan bill with it's roots in years of research that BEGINS to reduce prison populations. Donald Trump had no choice but to sign the bill because it would have passed the House and Senate with enough votes to overcome any pocket veto.
...A rare coalition (click here) of conservatives, liberals, activists, prosecutors and defense attorneys — spanning the political spectrum — pushed senators to pass the "First Step Act" by a final vote of 87-12.
The House is expected to take up the Senate version of the bill at a later date. The House passed a similar version of the bill back in May by a wide margin, 360-59....
Trump turned the signing of the bill into a campaign moment in the White House with an assembly of people that would provide the image of his diversity. Donald Trump has no diversity, not unlike many others on the extreme right, unless it will serve election ambitions.
Besides his lack of diversity, I found it astounding Trump never participated in ceremonies on Memorial Day. What was he doing abroad during a holiday that commemorates our war dead? That surprised me. Even his re-election ambitions didn't prevent his overseas travel.
Donald Trump's White House has been a revolving door of partisan hacks that have used their cabinet position to create a wealth of which they personally benefited. Trump set up a wall of ethics between himself and his appointees in order to keep the corruption that was occurring across the USA away from his image. He never opposed any of the corruption being carried out while he enforced his ethics wall.
That said, the USA needs to find a suitable president in 2020 that will uphold our values, our dignity and provide a sound footing for our children and grandchildren.
The economics under Trump is nothing more than regulation disruption or attempts to dissolve them. There are always monies waiting to be made behind regulations. That is not economic growth, that is an economic retreat. That is not new. Reagan did the same thing. When is real economic growth going to take hold in the USA without the ridiculous retreat into old world economics? If the old world economics of Trump were removed from the USA, the country actually lost ground.
...The 2.2% rate is also a significant slowdown (click here) from the June and September quarter’s 4.2% and 3.4% results, respectively. While the government shutdown played a factor, it probably only impacted the growth rate by 0.1% to 0.2%. Overall, it appears that Trump’s tax cuts had only a temporary effect and were more of a sugar rush than a game changer....
The tax bill provided a surge of liquidity in the USA economy. That bill has worn off. It was artificial and a one time uptick that was to serve as a reason to vote Republican.
There still is the working poor. Their economic relief still doesn't exist. Trump has been cutting back aspects of their well being, such as food stamps and Medicaid. Those reductions are expected to continue and grow. The working poor has work, but, their ability to improve their status has not changed. The way they spend their income changed, but, their status has not improved.
These are all old world strategies to punish the poor as if they are simply too lazy to achieve. The working poor have never worked harder.
The reasons to re-election Trump do not exist. I think he is being primaried and those still involved with the Republican Party should take that primary seriously.
If there isn't a viable and moral answer to the Republican nominee for 2020, it is obvious the death of Senator John McCain was the death of any moral conscience of the Republicans.
...A rare coalition (click here) of conservatives, liberals, activists, prosecutors and defense attorneys — spanning the political spectrum — pushed senators to pass the "First Step Act" by a final vote of 87-12.
The House is expected to take up the Senate version of the bill at a later date. The House passed a similar version of the bill back in May by a wide margin, 360-59....
Trump turned the signing of the bill into a campaign moment in the White House with an assembly of people that would provide the image of his diversity. Donald Trump has no diversity, not unlike many others on the extreme right, unless it will serve election ambitions.
Besides his lack of diversity, I found it astounding Trump never participated in ceremonies on Memorial Day. What was he doing abroad during a holiday that commemorates our war dead? That surprised me. Even his re-election ambitions didn't prevent his overseas travel.
Donald Trump's White House has been a revolving door of partisan hacks that have used their cabinet position to create a wealth of which they personally benefited. Trump set up a wall of ethics between himself and his appointees in order to keep the corruption that was occurring across the USA away from his image. He never opposed any of the corruption being carried out while he enforced his ethics wall.
That said, the USA needs to find a suitable president in 2020 that will uphold our values, our dignity and provide a sound footing for our children and grandchildren.
The economics under Trump is nothing more than regulation disruption or attempts to dissolve them. There are always monies waiting to be made behind regulations. That is not economic growth, that is an economic retreat. That is not new. Reagan did the same thing. When is real economic growth going to take hold in the USA without the ridiculous retreat into old world economics? If the old world economics of Trump were removed from the USA, the country actually lost ground.
...The 2.2% rate is also a significant slowdown (click here) from the June and September quarter’s 4.2% and 3.4% results, respectively. While the government shutdown played a factor, it probably only impacted the growth rate by 0.1% to 0.2%. Overall, it appears that Trump’s tax cuts had only a temporary effect and were more of a sugar rush than a game changer....
The tax bill provided a surge of liquidity in the USA economy. That bill has worn off. It was artificial and a one time uptick that was to serve as a reason to vote Republican.
There still is the working poor. Their economic relief still doesn't exist. Trump has been cutting back aspects of their well being, such as food stamps and Medicaid. Those reductions are expected to continue and grow. The working poor has work, but, their ability to improve their status has not changed. The way they spend their income changed, but, their status has not improved.
These are all old world strategies to punish the poor as if they are simply too lazy to achieve. The working poor have never worked harder.
The reasons to re-election Trump do not exist. I think he is being primaried and those still involved with the Republican Party should take that primary seriously.
If there isn't a viable and moral answer to the Republican nominee for 2020, it is obvious the death of Senator John McCain was the death of any moral conscience of the Republicans.
Sunday, May 26, 2019
This is Memorial Day weekend. It is a time to remember the brave men and women that created the United States of America and those that defended it. It is they every American should be most grateful.
Most of all remember those that have sacrificed their very lives for the love of their country. Honor for them has no bounds. They died in honor and it is our responsibility to maintain the honor, democracy, and freedom they sacrificed to protect.
In remembrance of them, I will not blog tonight.
Have a great three day weekend. Enjoy family and friends. It is our right to enjoy life because of the sacrifices that insured lives in the USA.
I will return to "It's Sunday Night" next week and begin with a discussion of the "Dark-Eyed Junco." The secret to understanding and valuing the bird that is an indicator species to the Northern Hardwoods is the color. The "Slate" color is a rarer bird than the other differently colored Juncos.
I will continue to read Volume II of the Special Counsel report beginning Tuesday morning.
Have a great Memorial Day. Don't miss the parades.
Most of all remember those that have sacrificed their very lives for the love of their country. Honor for them has no bounds. They died in honor and it is our responsibility to maintain the honor, democracy, and freedom they sacrificed to protect.
In remembrance of them, I will not blog tonight.
Have a great three day weekend. Enjoy family and friends. It is our right to enjoy life because of the sacrifices that insured lives in the USA.
I will return to "It's Sunday Night" next week and begin with a discussion of the "Dark-Eyed Junco." The secret to understanding and valuing the bird that is an indicator species to the Northern Hardwoods is the color. The "Slate" color is a rarer bird than the other differently colored Juncos.
I will continue to read Volume II of the Special Counsel report beginning Tuesday morning.
Have a great Memorial Day. Don't miss the parades.
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