In looking around the world today, the common theme in the protests and violence is corruption.
Since I first posted this message on Nov. 20 I’ve been keeping this message of “corruption” in the back of my mind. We have Speaker Polosi delaying sending the Articles of Impeachment to the Senate. The subtext of the reasons why seem to say that she’s waiting until she can be assured of President Trump’s conviction by the Senate. There was a report this morning that a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by a 3rd party provided information that may bolster the Democrat’s case, which some see as the reason for Pelosi’s delay. I do not know if there is any way to force Pelosi to send the Articles sooner rather than later. I can’t help but view this as a form of corruption.
In the meantime, we have Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) subpoenaing Gulliani’s phone records. All well and good, and if the information had stayed within the committee that would be acceptable. But the subpoena also included requesting phone records for Devin Nunes (R-CA), a political rival on the committee, as well as for Nunes’s staffers and several journalists. Schiff then released these phone records to the public to say, “Look what we found!” The problem is that in doing so, Schiff violated California privacy laws, and Nunes is now preparing to either file criminal charges or sue Schiff for damages for this violation of not only HIS privacy, but everyone else that was included in the data dump, INCLUDING THE JOURNALISTS.
Corruption? Perhaps. But what is more troubling (and more indicative of corruption) is that numerous main-stream media (MSM) outlets such as the Washington Post and NPR have reported on the alleged activities allegedly exposed in this data dump, not one of them have reported on the illegality under California law of releasing this information to the public. Not one of them have reported on the lawsuits Nunes is filing against Schiff. (This is in addition to the MSM declining to report on the Judicial Branch excoriating the FBI for the misinformation and mishandling of allegations that were used to get the original FISA warrant for the Russia investigation.)
I see this as efforts by groups to smear Trump’s reputation so that when he is cleared of charges by the Senate AND wins re-election in 2020, that will be the justification for riots and civil disorder after the election, since the results will show how corrupt the system is that the voting was rigged to allow Trump to stay in office. (Of course, if he is removed from office OR he isn’t re-elected, there will be no need for violence, since TRUTH will have prevailed and violence can be reserved for those so foolhardy as to oppose the TRUTH.)
G_D, please forgive my country its many, many sins, and stay your hand of justice against us.