Corruption at Justice
Revenge from the White House
The White House is bent on revenge after the impeachment hearings, and the Department of Justice is seeking to whitewash the President’s conduct. Our best and indeed at this point our only resort is to throw the corrupt rascals out in November.
The Justice Department is being used by Attorney General Barr and President Trump to protect the President’s friends, attack his political “enemies” and whitewash his conduct. Roger Stone served as the conduit between Wikileaks, which was receiving the hacked DNC e-mails from the Russians, and the Trump campaign. He later lied about it to federal and congressional investigators and threatened witnesses who could contradict his testimony and the judge hearing his case. He was convicted on seven counts by a jury of his peers. The US Attorneys handling the case recommended a sentence of 7-9 years; they have now sought to withdraw from the case because of the President and AG Barr’s intervention. The President tweeted his disagreement; higher ups in Justice under the supervision of the Attorney General then withdrew the recommendations, and asked for a lesser sentence. To understand why this matters, review the Mueller report and you will see the key roles Manafort and Stone each played in facilitating Russian electoral interference and thereafter shielding President Trump from Mueller’s inquiry and investigation.
Earlier this month, General Flynn, the President’s pick for National Security Advisor and another Trump campaign official convicted of lying about his contacts with the Russians, was due for sentencing. DOJ officials reversed the US Attorney’s Office recommendation for up to 6 months jail time and instead recommended probation as requested by Flynn’s attorneys.
Attorney General Barr has also made DOJ a conduit for the fevered imaginings of Rudy Giuliani that the Ukrainians not the Russians interfered in the 2016 elections to benefit Secretary Clinton and hurt Candidate Trump. Up is down and down is up, and truth is of no consequence to the President and his re-election apparatus operating inside the Administration.
Finally, Attorney General Barr and his cohort are trying to find grounds to charge ex-FBI Director James Comey with wrongful acts during his tenure. They have been quite busy as the arm of the President’s re-election campaign trying to sanitize the President’s conduct, protect his allies and punish his enemies.
Meanwhile back at the White House, the President sacked two important witnesses of his misconduct with the Ukrainians, Lt. Colonel Vindman and Ambassador Sondland; for good measure, he also removed Colonel Vindman’s twin brother who had nothing whatsoever to do with the President’s misconduct. He is now trying to get the Defense Department to discipline Colonel Vindman. You may remember that the DOJ took away FBI Deputy Director McCabe’s pension on his last day of official duty at the FBI in another act of extraordinary vindictiveness; expect more of this to come.
To put it simply, the President has learned his lessons well from the impeachment hearings. Congressional Republicans with one stellar exception are supine, complicit or cowered by the Trump Administration. His bullying and unlawful actions towards foreign governments and domestic whistle blowers are being condoned. The Attorney General has now ordered that all investigations related to the Presidential election be cleared through him. Americans of all stripes and persuasions who oppose the President and speak truth to the authorities are now at much higher risk of the President’s wrath and the connivance of his Attorney General in politically minded persecutions. The President’s allies can be assured of a heightened prospect for forgiveness and leniency by DOJ for any of their unlawful campaign transgressions. Do keep an eye out for Presidential pardons shortly after the November elections.
Prepared by: Lucien Wulsin
Dated: 2/12/2020