GIVE IT A REST!
Written in conjunction with guest writer LRM.
The Mueller report (redacted version) has seen the light of day. Both the Democrat Party and the mainstream media claim to have been re-energized. Despite the fact that the report confirms Attorney General William Barr’s summary, they are trying to make it look like they now have more “ammunition”. The report, however, is clear: no evidence was found that President Trump (or anyone in his campaign) colluded with Russia. Nor did they find evidence that Mr. Trump hindered Mueller’s investigation. Nevertheless, and predictably so, the Democrats have seized upon the report’s release to breathe new life into their increasingly tired investigations. They now say that new “evidence” has come to light in the report. For example, it is now clear, they say, that President Trump was very displeased at the appointment of a special counsel (BIG SURPRISE!). It also comes to light that the President was concerned that Mueller’s investigation would hamper his presidency (NO KIDDING!) It has further come to light that Mr. Trump wished the probe would be stopped (ANOTHER BIG SURPRISE!). And, on top of all this, he even uttered a few choice expletives not suitable to mention in polite company. But did any of that constitute obstruction of justice? Not to any sane individual. No one but a rabid Democrat would want to justify what amounts to thought control. Merely wishing about firing special counsel Mueller is not a crime.
Basking in his 15 minutes of fame, Representative Jerry Nadler (D-NY), head of the House Judiciary Committee, basically called Attorney General Barr a liar, and continued to insist that Barr is promulgating a “cover up”. Nadler, apparently, remains UNAWARE that Mr. Barr offered Robert Mueller the opportunity to review and edit his summary before it was released. (Mr. Mueller, being quite aware of Mr. Barr’s integrity, declined).
Nadler, it should be recalled, had earlier made the preposterous claim that President Trump “obstructed justice” simply by characterizing, on numerous occasions, the Mueller probe as a “witch hunt”. Again, any sane individual will recognize that such characterization was an excercise in the President’s right to free speech, not “obstruction” of any kind. Mr. Nadler’s very strange reasoning on this, and other matters as well, suggests that he needs to see a psychiatrist. The diagnosis of paranoid psychosis comes to mind. It’s not surprising, therefore, that he sees obstruction of justice in every other sentence in the Mueller report. As a consequence, until Mr. Nadler (and his fellow schizophrenics) are institutionalized, investigations and investigations of investigations will drag on. During all of this, however, America must never loose sight of the most basic tenant of our legal system: a person is innocent until PROVEN guilty. Nothing that President Trump did can be considered a crime. (Having an annoying and narcissistic personality is NOT criminal). And the President, like every other citizen, deserves a modicum of fairness.
Regarding fairness, consider how differently the investigation of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was handled in comparison to the investigation of Mr. Trump. During the Benghazi investigation, it came to light that Mrs. Clinton was using a private email server in clear violation of the established, and LEGALLY MANDATED, protocols for handling of classified information. During the investigation, at least 30,000 of those emails, UNDER SUBPOENA, were deleted by Mrs. Clinton. Despite criminality in PLAIN SIGHT, FBI DirectorJames Comey, exonerated her. In fact, it is now known that Comey wrote and circulated a draft of the letter of exoneration BEFORE the investigation had formally commenced! Numerous people in Clinton’s inner circle were granted immunity prior to their testimony, and were treated with kid gloves. In contrast, the Mueller investigation used aggressive prosecutorial tactics to subpoena, intimidate, threaten and coerce Trump associates to testify against him.
Recall, also, how, during the Clinton investigation, the surreptitious meeting between former President Bill Clinton and Attorney General Loretta Lynch was glossed over. That meeting, which took place on the tarmac at the Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix, Arizona, in the dead of night, took place just before Hillary was to testify. It’s known that they “chatted” for 45 minutes. While we don’t know exactly what was said at that meeting, it’s safe to assume that it wasn’t grandkids and golf, as claimed. Then, in his formal report in July 2016, Mr. Comey described Hillary’s use of a private server for classified emails as “extremely careless”, but declined to bring charges against her. Under the 1917 Espionage Act “gross negligence” while handling classified documents is the standard for criminality, so labeling Hillary’s actions “extremely careless” rather than negligent was, literally, her “get out of jail free” card. Further, Comey stated that “no reasonable prosecutor“ would pursue such a case. There must be plenty of “unreasonable “ prosecutors out there, therefore, because a number of them were ready to go after President Trump for even THINKING improper thoughts, let alone committing a crime.
So Mr. Nadler, Mr. Schiff, Mrs. Pelosi, Mr. Schumer: GIVE IT A REST! Don’t you have BETTER things to do? Legislating unisex bathrooms, perhaps? Legalizing pot? Disguising the tremendous economic recovery America is now enjoying under President Trump? Covering up the wacky antics of Ms. Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar?… Come ON! There must be SOMETHING constructive you can do!