Justice is closing in…Good news for democratic standards
(picture found on google)
As some of you know, I have been out of pocket for about 2–3 weeks with a malfunctioning computer. i just got back on on Monday and locked into my favorite sites and started trying to catch up on the news. I found some interesting information that gives me hope for the continuation of the Democratic Republic that we live in. It seems that the chances are that Justice will be done and we will finally establish, hopefully, once and for all, that NOBODY, no matter what their position in our leadership, is above the law. That is something that should make us all proud. The sad thing is that some that think they would benefit from the failure of Justice and the following of law, won’t be happy.
But let’s just continue to look at the good things that have happened over the last month and rejoice that Justice looks like it might well prevail. First of all the House Ways and Means Committee has managed to get ahold of trump’s taxes, at least for the last six (6) years. Oh and remember how he kept swearing he couldn’t disclose them because they were under audit? Well, first of all, their being under audit is no reason that the returns couldn’t have been releases, but in addition, there is no reason to believe that they were ever under audit in any case, because they certainly haven’t been for the last six (6) years even though for years 2017 though 2020, they SHOULD have been under audit because there is a provision that requires auditing of the person in the two top offices of the executive branch.
The next step on that particular issue is to determine WHY trump’s taxes weren’t audited for those four years. Did trump use his power to stop the audit? Or did the IRS simply forget or for other reasons failed to follow though on their mandated action. One extenuarating circumstance is that no other President in recent memory has ever flatly refused to share those documents so the issue was never that big a deal. But then, we know that trump never misses any dodge he can come up with.
The second bit of excellent news is that the Jan 6th Committee, which is bipartisan despite the House Republicans attempts to stop the process, has made their final determination and referred four (4) charges to the DOJ for continued investigation which many of us have been hoping would end up with criminal punishment requiring either financial penalties or jail time for his attempted insurrection against the rightly elected government of the United States. At the absolute least, this man should never be allowed within the government ever again, as even Liz Cheney said, he is NOT fit for office.
The criminal charges they are referring to the DOJ against trump are:
1. obstruction of an official procedure by congress
2. conspiracy to defraud the government
3. inciting an insurrection
4. Making a false statement (I suspect this might more quickly be referred to as the Big Lie)
Eastman, his lawyer has also had charges on two of these four items. Hey, John Smith, let’s see ya do your job with this additional information.
There are charges also being referred against four (4) House of Representative members for their refusal to abide by House Rules in preforming their duty to the nation. Those four representatives are Bigs, Jordan, Perry and the presumptive leaders of the next House, McCarthy for their refusal to reply to subpoenas sent by the Committee.
Thus far, everything has been on the Federal level, however, Justice is coming after trump on more than just that. The Federal Courts in Florida have ruled that trump’s attempt to have them turn the AG of New York’s actions against him overturned are without value or merit. Anybody understanding courts should have known that the courts of Florida have no power to change the actions or decisions of those of another states. You would think as a right wing enterprise, the trump brigade would have been especially clear on that, but apparently, sheer ambition and the desire to get their way overcame their good sense and knowledge of the law, but anyway, that is another piece of wonderful news. Now he will have to deal with New York on New York issues, an with Georgia on Georgia issues, as it should be.
Now, here’s a bit of laugh out loud news. It seems that there is turmoil and bad feelings between two of the most active of the domestic terrorist groups that participate in Jan 6th’s attempted insurrection. Apparently Enrique Tarrio has issues with the Oath Keepers, says he doesn’t like those “militia” groups, which is laughable since his group acts just like them. I suspect he is probably just trying to set himself up as not being in collusion with the Oath Keepers, but hopefully that won’t get his group out of the trouble they are in.
Finally, the last link is just my discourse explaining why I was out of pocket for the two-three weeks…kind of funny.
http://www.blogster.com/vickiecollins/christmas-miracle-or-just-normal-event
