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The Deep State-ATF
« Reply #951 on: December 25, 2020, 04:25:20 PM »

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Re: The war on the rule of law; the Deep State
« Reply #954 on: December 27, 2020, 06:16:42 AM »
Trump’s Weissmann Pardons
Political clemency will inevitably follow political prosecutions.
By The Editorial Board
Dec. 25, 2020 3:06 pm ET



President Trump’s flurry of pardons and grants of clemency this week are being denounced far and wide, and many of them appear to be undeserved, or worse. But the critics would have more credibility if they tried to understand why tens of millions of Americans will discount these as the Andrew Weissmann pardons.

Mr. Weissmann is the former deputy to special counsel Robert Mueller on the Russia collusion probe. He’s a Democratic partisan who can be seen even now on MSNBC suggesting that Mr. Trump obstructed justice in the probe that never turned up evidence of collusion. He and his fellow prosecutors spent two years, with the full resources of the federal government, trying to prove a case that didn’t exist.


Instead they indicted individuals in the Trump orbit of crimes unrelated to their main purpose. They pursued Paul Manafort on a foreign-lobbying statute that is rarely enforced and then turned up evidence of tax fraud. They coerced George Papadopoulos and Alex van der Zwaan into copping pleas on a single count of making false statements. Roger Stone was convicted of obstructing a Congressional investigation.

Mr, Manafort’s tax offenses are serious crimes, and that’s how a jury saw them. He and Mr. Stone, former business partners, have long been political scoundrels of the type Mr. Trump likes to have around him. But there’s no doubt they were targeted not for their specific offenses but because they associated with Mr. Trump. Prosecutors were out to get Mr. Trump—many of them still are—and they were happy to take down others in the hope they would have evidence against the President.


Yet the targeted men had nothing to offer beyond what prosecutors turned up from other sources. It was inevitable that Mr. Trump would pardon these former associates before he left office. If the good and righteous want to avoid political pardons, they should be more critical of political prosecutions.

These points don’t apply to the pardons for former GOP CongressmenDuncan Hunter and Chris Collins. Both men admitted to violating the public trust and at most deserved to have their sentences commuted, not to have their convictions expunged.

The pardons of four Blackwater security guards convicted of killing civilians in Iraq are also hard to justify. It reminds us of Mr. Trump’s previous intervention to save the Trident pin for Navy Seal team chief Eddie Gallagher, whose peers refused to defend his behavior. These decisions show disrespect for American soldiers who must be disciplined under great stress on the battlefield.

The pardons that most seem to exercise the Washington political class, however, are those related to the Mueller-Weissmann probe. And on those they might contemplate their own complicity. The Russia collusion saga has damaged American trust in government institutions far more than its promoters recognize. Their refusal to admit its damage, and their own role in it, feeds the cynicism that Mr. Trump is only too happy to exploit.

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Deep State to postpone census count till after the demented. one is in
« Reply #957 on: December 31, 2020, 08:08:33 AM »
bureauCRATS  to screw us over again:

https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/census-bureau-to-miss-deadline-potentially-foiling-trumps-plan-to-exclude-undocumented-immigrants

which DC lawyer(s) came up with this scam?

Shakespeare was only partly right he should have said partisan Democrat lawyers

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Re: The war on the rule of law; the Deep State
« Reply #958 on: December 31, 2020, 03:25:45 PM »
This will have big consequences.

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remove all potential whistle suckers
« Reply #959 on: December 31, 2020, 03:35:14 PM »
https://www.chron.com/news/article/Secret-Service-to-add-former-Biden-agents-to-15837230.php

I wonder if this was done for DJT?

suddenly whistle suckers are a THREAT TO DEMOCRACY.

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Andy "Deep State" McCarthy
« Reply #960 on: January 07, 2021, 02:20:15 PM »
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/392027.php

Still think he's credible?


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Will never be investigated or prosecuted
« Reply #962 on: January 26, 2021, 12:18:17 PM »
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/392334.php

Fidelity! Bravery! Integrity!





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« Reply #967 on: January 30, 2021, 08:10:11 PM »
Joe Biden’s Rule of Law Problem
Without resistance, the U.S. is tipping toward the mob style in politics—on the left and right.

By Daniel Henninger
Jan. 27, 2021 5:48 pm ET

WSJ Opinion: Joe Biden’s Rule of Law Problem

Wonder Land: Public and political condemnation of the Capitol riot is virtually universal, and rightly so. But why does condemnation of the violence committed during the summer's Black Lives Matter protests remain selective, at best. Images: Getty Images Composite: Mark Kelly



The Capitol occupation and riot of Jan. 6 will haunt American political life for years. Condemnation of the invasion of the Capitol is virtually universal, as is support for prosecuting those arrested inside.

By contrast, condemnation of the violence committed during the summer’s Black Lives Matter protests remains selective. Prosecutions for crimes against property or assaults on police are minimal. Last week, New York state Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against the New York City Police Department for violating “individuals’ basic right to peacefully protest.”

The press is now doing long takeouts on right-wing militias, white supremacists and conspiracy theorists such as QAnon. That’s fine by me. These nuts should be locked up if convicted of crimes.

Meanwhile, the continuing and quite shocking anarchist, left-wing violence in Seattle and Portland, Ore., is inside-page news, if it’s reported at all.



At the White House Tuesday, President Biden’s press secretary, Jen Psaki, was asked whether a federal intelligence-agency review of the Capitol occupiers would extend to the Portland rioters. She said that “all violence happening around the country will be reviewed.” Next question.

Amid 2020’s turbulence, I still think one of the most troublesome political events was that no speaker at the Democratic National Convention mentioned, much less criticized, the violence and looting in numerous U.S. cities.

It is naive and dangerous for the press and responsible political leaders—whether Joe Biden, Kamala Harris or Donald Trump —to think that closing their eyes to lawlessness won’t break down broader respect for the rule of law itself, assuming that still matters.

If you still need a cold-water bath to wake up to where this is going, it is this quotation in a Journal article about police and military veterans involved in the Capitol invasion. Jacob Fracker, a cop from Virginia, defended himself on Facebook —after his arrest:

“I can protest for what I believe in and still support your protest for what you believe in.”

In other words: Both sides now believe that no matter what they do, they should be able to get away with it. You rationalized your criminality during the summer as politically justified, and so we will rationalize ours for the same reason.

The highbrow explanation for staying quiet about the crimes committed this summer is that the greater moral need is elevating public consciousness about systemic racism, which requires defending at all costs, including looking away from the flames.


In a system that claims to be governed by equality before the law, a bedrock measure of even-handedness should be the reality of prosecution for crimes committed. The Capitol invaders face the likelihood of felony charges, while most of those arrested this summer in hundreds of violent protests were charged with misdemeanors, such as violating curfews.


One purpose of prosecution is that otherwise, you “get away with it.” This isn’t just a social observation. Letting off people arrested for clear crimes has become public policy—known as “restorative justice”—in Seattle, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco and other progressive cities, where arguably this is what the voting public wants.

Only inside the cult of critical race theory can a public confused about the content of justice be a good thing. If prosecutors in major cities are dumbing down violent crime, what is the point of giving the system respect? One feels foolish for doing so. The police on the beat have already defaulted to that conclusion.


Slippery slope is a cliché, but a colleague once noted that phrases become clichés because they are true. This is a slippery slope. Instead of respect for the rule of law, the majority develops contempt for the rules. Sometime soon, we may tip toward what one might call the mob style in American politics and not just among anarchists. If justice is biased, well, you do what you gotta do. Law-abiding parents thinking they had to bribe coaches to get their children into college were a portent.

Adrian Diaz, Seattle’s new police chief, said Saturday that protesters who vandalize private property will be arrested and prosecuted. But there is no evidence that City Attorney Pete Holmes will prosecute them for much of anything.

Mr. Diaz replaced Carmen Best, who resigned when Seattle’s City Council abandoned the cops and effectively embraced the mobs. Mr. Diaz, may be the final test of whether equality before the law is officially moribund.

Mr. Trump never spoke forcefully enough against the violence below the surface on his side. At her White House news conference Monday, Ms. Psaki did say Mr. Biden condemns the Seattle violence. But sentiment isn’t enough.

At one of Mr. Biden’s executive-order signings, a reporter should ask the president whose side he’s on in Seattle—Chief Diaz, who wants the book thrown at protesters who commit crimes, or City Attorney Holmes, who just won’t do it. One might even say this is one of those presidency-defining lines in the sand.

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Re: It's almost like there are different rules for different people!
« Reply #970 on: February 01, 2021, 07:35:42 PM »
https://nypost.com/2021/02/01/capitol-officer-who-killed-ashli-babbitt-not-likely-to-face-charges/

It sure looked like a targeted assassination to me on the original video.

"was climbing through a window that had been shattered by protesters when she was killed."

That's not what I remember seeing.

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Re: It's almost like there are different rules for different people!
« Reply #971 on: February 01, 2021, 08:08:48 PM »
I can't wait to hear all the outrage from the left over this in 3, 2, never.


https://nypost.com/2021/02/01/capitol-officer-who-killed-ashli-babbitt-not-likely-to-face-charges/

It sure looked like a targeted assassination to me on the original video.

"was climbing through a window that had been shattered by protesters when she was killed."

That's not what I remember seeing.

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Re: The war on the rule of law; the Deep State, Kevin Clinesmith, WTF?
« Reply #973 on: February 03, 2021, 01:22:52 PM »
$100 fine?  Probation??  The cost of this with the Mueller probe alone was $32 million.
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BREAKING: The DC District Court refused to disbar convicted felon Kevin Clinesmith for his crimes against the President of the United States. Instead they simply suspended him while on probation and until he pays his $100 fine. He should never be allowed to practice law again.
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« Reply #974 on: February 03, 2021, 02:25:31 PM »
I think it was on Lou Dobbs
he had guest on:    "probe" is over

with zero results

as expected

DC swamp wins again

another fiasco of an "investigation "

DC Dem Lawyers always come out on top
  always

and get filthy rich doing it.

Barr ruled in Trumps favor on the Mueller thing

beyond that not sure what if anything he accomplished other than worrying about not looking too partisan
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Re: The Deep State destroying all our institutions
« Reply #979 on: March 11, 2021, 03:42:39 AM »
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2021/03/10/trust-in-the-military-is-dropping-significantly-new-survey-suggests/

Striving to be second best in tbe world.  Under a second term with Kamala, I wonder how many other countries besides China will pass us up.

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Re: The war on the rule of law; the Deep State
« Reply #980 on: March 11, 2021, 04:42:43 AM »
somehow Biden seems to be able to give readings off telepromter

not unusual with dementia

they have good and bad days
perhaps with good night sleep and some stimulants
   they can perk him up enough to read his lines
sooner or later he will fail
if we are lucky it will be tonight

not that any one except us will comment on it.




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above post: "Will FBI ‘Chats’ Send Conservatives To Prison?"
« Reply #983 on: March 17, 2021, 05:07:43 AM »
"The federal false statements law conveys so much power that, according to Clinton administration Solicitor General Seth Waxman, federal agents can “escalate completely innocent conduct into a felony.” One federal judge condemned the law for encouraging “inquisition as a method of criminal investigation.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavrentiy_Beria#/media/File:Lavrenty_Beria.jpg


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Re: The war on the rule of law; the Deep State
« Reply #990 on: March 25, 2021, 01:02:52 PM »
"The incident did not result in charges or arrests"

how about a psych eval for the gun owner

crack addicted money laundering lying criminal ("alleged" , of course ) could easily pass a background check set up by Dems

could anyone image if this one of Trump's sons the MSM outrage and 24/7 nonstop bashing of this.
could the secret service or ATF agents been able to ignore all the bribes they would have gotten for such dirt

and don't tell me msm were not bribing insiders.
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