The Democrats’ war on Donald Trump is revealing the nature of the Left. It is not very different from how the Bolsheviks and the Soviet Union treated wrong-thinkers as the “Revolution” devolved into brutality and murder. So far, at least, the Biden administration has held off from extorting confessions from those who don’t agree with Administration thinking about virtually anything. No one has mentioned bullets in the back of the head to solve wrong-thinking problems, but locking up political opponents is doing the job.
Sadly, a lot of stupid violence took place on January 6th, 2021. Organized protesters went to Washington with shared, poorly conceived ideas about actually taking over the Capitol, a few of whom were armed and foolishly violent. We still don’t know how involved federal agents were in those groups, but there were many, evidently. And the FBI and others have shown their willingness to embed themselves into conspiratorial groups in order to learn about planning for future crimes. We’ve even seen how the FBI will practically create such a group in the case of the kidnapping of Governor Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan. There are many questionable actors who were in the crowd on January 6th, but no one has identified or questioned them.
On the other hand, many of those currently incarcerated due to January 6th events, assaulted no one, smashed nothing and did no worse than enter the Capitol through open doors. Their treatment in jail seems to be outside of legal norms; some have yet to be charged two and a half years after the fact. Those are they who can be considered “political” prisoners. Having watched FBI agents storm the private homes of pro-life activists while permitting illegal demonstrations at the homes of Supreme court Justices, shows that the motivations within the FBI are political in many instances and worth questioning. Could there have been a cadre of FBI and other agents embedded in groups that went to the Capitol intending violence? Apparently, yes.
There are other oddities about the so-called “insurrection.” One is that President Trump wanted to reinforce the Capitol Police with thousands of National Guard troops. Legally, only the mayor of Washington and / or the Speaker of the House could “ask” for federal troops to function in their jurisdictions. Both refused to do so.
Information and “intelligence” existed that indicated subversive groups were planning to create troubles on January 6th. Trump was holding a huge rally near the White House and thousands of people would be in the city and probably attempting to approach the Capitol to protest the certification of electoral votes. If there were a way to turn such a protest to Democratic advantage, no pair of Democrat leaders would be better positioned – or likely – to take such advantage than Pelosi and Bowser. Having the crowds storm the Capitol, particularly in conjunction with rabble-rousers whom both knew were intending to do so, could create the perfect storm of confusion and illegality with which to smear Donald Trump and conservatives in general. It was all too well played out for the benefit of Democrats.
Within hours, Speaker Pelosi ordered fencing with razor wire and guarded gateways to surround the Capitol complex. Added to that “security” were thousands of National Guard troops that she treated fairly poorly, causing them to sleep in parking garages among other things. Soon the “January Sixth” committee was formed outside of Congressional traditions and yet another impeachment of Trump was attempted to no avail. But, the January 6th Committee continued its tightly slanted “investigation” for a year and a half, yielding mostly political claims and talking points, while copious real evidence was hidden or kept secret. Little of value derived from the committee’s “work” although lots of fearsome claims were made about conservatives and Trump supporters. Now we’ve learned that the “Committee” destroyed much of its recorded work – a travesty, if not multiple crimes. Another set of tactics were developed and implemented through the Department Of Justice.
Soon, three state and two separate federal charges were concocted and fed to grand juries in New York State and City, Georgia, Florida and Washington, DC. – fed by prosecutors, a District Attorney and Attorneys General who are known to hate Donald Trump or to have backed Democrat politicians financially. Naturally, they would set aside all biases in the matters of accusations against former President, Donald Trump, who believes that the 2020 elections were rigged against him fraudulently and that his likely victory in 2020 was “stolen” from him and the 75 Million voters who voted for him. (Wink, now.)
Trump, however, is in legal jeopardy, starting with the New York City charges brought by District Attorney, Alvin Bragg. In order that he could “gin up” charges against Trump, a “count” against him was created for every check paid to reimburse Trump’s then-attorney, Cohen, who had created a means of payment to adult dancer, Stormy Daniels, of some $150,000. At one point she claimed the money was to keep her from talking about a sexual encounter with Trump while he was married. In other statements, she denied such an encounter. Trump’s counter-argument is that Ms. Daniels had tried to extort money from Trump and that he paid her “hush” money to prevent public embarrassment. This would naturally and automatically help him as he began his campaign to become president in 2016. So, depending on how you look at it, paying her to keep quiet made sense on several levels, not simply political.
But Bragg is certain that the misdemeanor “crimes” of incorrect bookkeeping entries by the Trump organization were done to cover up a larger, Federal crime, of illegal campaign contributions. That case can be made, but has virtually never been made before. “Getting” The Donald trumps every other consideration.
Letitia James, the New York State Attorney General, ran for her office on a promise to “get Trump.” She’s doing everything she can. She’s cobbled together a host of charges against Trump’s companies, going back several years, claiming that properties and assets were “overvalued” to obtain loan rates and amounts that were, therefore, obtained fraudulently. That those institutions that loaned money to Trump entities all made money and profits from dealing with Trump, makes no difference if there’s a way to damage Trump, himself. That poorer individuals wouldn’t have been able to obtain the same terms is simply stating the nature of finance. If it involves Trump, however, there must be a racist, homophobic, insurrectionist crime that’s prosecutable. “Show me the man and I’ll show you the crime.” Lavrenti Beria would be right at home in the Attorney General’s office.
Jack Smith, prosecutor of the “Documents Case,” is a different matter, and so is his case. Trump had retained documents upon leaving the white House that were, evidently, still classified. Some of his own statements seem to confirm that he knew some of them were problematic and still classified. There are more than 32 felony counts filed against him and some may stick. Trump has done his best to call Smith, himself, into question, but he is still the person who could get him convicted. Many of the circumstances surrounding the case are unprecedented, and done for political reasons, but the facts on the ground are what they are. The whole premise could have been – and heretofore, always have been – resolved through negotiation. Virtually every President has retained records from office; Trump is the first to be charged criminally for doing so. So, this case is eminently unfair, but it’s legal and the former President faces legal jeopardy as a result.
Georgia District Attorney for Fulton County, Fani Willis, in fairly obvious collusion with the federal DOJ, is attempting to strip away attorney-client privilege and executive privilege, while criminalizing opinions about a clearly questionable 2020 election process. This is very bad legal country. Will it lead to any state District Attorney now being able to hobble a President with conspiracy charges for speaking with advisors and attorneys? What a mess Democrats are strewing across our judicial system.
What is it that makes Trump such an object of hatred and political fear? Clearly, he threatens a lot of people in government and in the “industries” that survive on the largesse of government. There are nearly 3 MILLION fairly permanent employees of the federal government. Each has his or her own biases, beliefs and political leanings. Most, unintentionally, some, intentionally, are part of the problem America faces: The rights and desires of the majority of Americans can barely be acknowledged, let alone become public policy, regardless of federal elections. There exists a general resistance to significant change within the administrative morass called “the government.” Trump intended and intends to restore power to the electorate; by default, this requires removing it from the bureaucracy. The levers of power within the bureaucracy – what is called “The Deep State” – include numerous police and investigative agencies, most of which are populated by people who have their own, largely globalist, not nationalist, attitudes toward America. If they deem it necessary, they will do what is being done to Donald Trump to protect their power, not ours. Trump is the symbol, patriotic Americans are the target.