I intentionally chose to ruminate for several days before writing regarding Donald Trump’s ongoing legal problems, looking to distance myself from having no better than knee-jerk reactions. It didn’t help.
I can’t get past the glaring inconsistency of our legal system. Yes, Donald Trump is a crass guy. I’m not sure I’d like him personally if we ever met. I also voted for him – twice – because the Democratic alternatives were a do-nothing progressive continuing to bank largely on her husband’s name, or, in the latest instance, a man I wouldn’t trust to get my food order correct as a waiter — or not trip when carrying the food to the table!
To repeat, Trump seems to be far from likable on a personal level. But, the same can be said for Hunter Biden, and he continues to skate on various legal matters.
Hunter’s father, aka “The Big Guy,” fails to be held accountable for scandals ranging from his own mishandling of classified documents, to various doubts about he and his family.
Shillary Clinton had her own classified problem with home computer servers, but, typically, she received no more than a slap on her thick wrist.
Along that line, years-long investigations of Clinton-named foundations just ended quietly.
The list is lengthy of those on the left who never seem to get their date with justice, as long as they further the big lie about who truly runs our government. Some on the right also lack the guts to speak the truth.
Trump’s true offense – never mind what he’s charged with this time – is taking on the deep state in Washington, D.C. Those who wield the power, the same ones making the calls from behind the curtain for our animated cadaver current president, cannot stand up to scrutiny.
If the average Americans can take time from their various navel-gazing diversions and actually look at the big picture, they would/should be disgusted by how our government has been taken over by unelected bureaucrats and their behind-the-scenes puppetmasters.
Trump, for all his foibles real and imagined, shined the spotlight on these roaches. A man steeped in the sham of D.C., Trump political rival and Senate Democrat leader Chuck Schumer, noted early in 2017, that Trump would pay a price for this. “Let me tell you, you take on the intelligence community, they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you.”
Early, clumsy attempts by the FBI that included fudging reports, spying on the Trump campaign and feeding less-than-truthful information to judges to secure surveillance warrants, failed to put Trump’s head on a pike.
If only the FBI would put similar effort into the Bidens, or even providing documentation to Congress without having to be threatened with legal action.
Understand, the FBI and the CIA leadership past and present hates Trump to their core because he’s threatening their hold on power, one that transcends elections.
A legal scholar I have found to be quite insightful, Jonathan Turley, has opined in print that it’s almost as if Trump has invited these latest charges, that he might try his case in the court of public opinion.
Some have suggested that Trump could continue to run for president during any trial, or in its aftermath and, if elected, pardon himself should he be convicted.
If that is Trump’s thinking, he’s taking a huge gamble.
True, if only based on the proven anti-Trump bias of our justice department, this case could be won by Trump on technicalities. But that presumes no continuing interference and manufacturing of evidence, if necessary.
Haul a Biden or two into the courts for legal action and I will regain my faith in our legal system. Until then, not so much.
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