Two Unpopular Personal Takes
Senator Menendez
He had half a million in cash, gold bullion, and a Mercedes, all with Egyptian origin alleged. His defense is that the cash is because his family history involves a country that was corrupt, and that eventually fell into authoritarian rule where money kept in a bank was subject to confiscation.
I’ve had the opportunity and privilege to get to know well probably more than a hundred people with that kind of history. More than half of them kept their wealth on their bodies, either sewn into pockets or as jewelry. His claim for that is, to me, plausible. He has offered no explanation for the Mercedes, and it’s likely that it is bribe. But, the cash and the gold are both subject to a reasonable doubt. Preponderance of the evidence says he’s dirty; that’s not the standard for a criminal conviction, although it does apply in civil torts.
President Trump
He has been indicted in Manhattan by a DA who ran for office on a platform promising to “get Trump.” The felonies charged all stemmed from activities that occurred in 2017 and are felonies only if in furtherance of another felony, which has not been identified, thus cannot be related to the 2016 election because all of the actions cited occurred in 2017Mr. Bragg is not only the current occupant of the office that originated the famous statement, “I can get an indictment of a ham sandwich:” he also runs a racist regime in which a white heterosexual male will be indicted by any randomly selected grand jury and convicted at trial by any randomly selected petit jury.
Another New York judge with connections to the Democratic Party has ordered the dismemberment of the Trump Organization, no trial necessary. It seems that, in this jurist’s opinion, Trump overstated the value of his real estate holdings. I’ve done valuations of businesses for various purposes over the years and there is a great deal of flexibility in how one applies promotions and penalties to the value. There is also great flexibility in Real Estate on what constitutes a determination of comparables. Broad discretion is also allowed for The judge ruled that the valuations had to be Objective. That is in conflict with IRS Guidelines on all valuations, which is what a willing buyer and a willing seller operating at arm’s length agree upon. The word objective is not contained anywhere in the guidelines. Not a single one of my dozen valuations has ever been challenged by the IRS or any other entity.
Georgia
Similarly, he has been indicted by the State’s Attorney for Fulton County, Georgia, for efforts to steal the 2020 election in the state. It is impossible to determine who actually captured Georgia’s electoral votes because the state buckled to Federal pressure to mail out ballots to the last known address of every voter, Fulton County refused to purge voter rolls as required by Federal law, and Marrk Zuckerberg installed ballot drop boxes throughout the county, which is about 98% Democrat. But none in Republican areas. Add in ballot harvesting, and Fulton County’s history of printing extra ballots and sending them blank to polling locations, the audit trail was intentionally and completely destroyed. Trump’s lawyers who advised him to contest the election were also indicted.
Another 16 defendants were also indicted, the DA refused to allow separating the defendants’ trials, and the court is guaranteed to be of a marsupial species. All requests for removal to Federal court have been refused. This is a clusterfuck. The area named Buckhead, 15% of the population but 38% of the tax revenue, has petitioned to secede from Atlanta. It’s not out of the realm of possibility that this is intended as a shot across Buckhead’s bow.
Indictment and Gag Order
Garland’s Department of Injustice has not only indicted Trump for the January 6 Brouhaha, but has petitioned the court to muzzle the former President via a gag order. Perhaps we’ll finally get access to the thousands of hours of video that a partisan witch hunt committee put off limits, but don’t hold your breath. Garland’s basis for the suit is that Trump should have known that he lost and rejected advice from attorneys with differing opinions from Garland’s attorneys. The current administration is getting desperate. Due Process and Equality before the law are dead.
Miami
The Miami indictment by Garland’s DOJ for failing to return about eleven documents to the National Archives. The documents had been at Mar-a-Lago under Secrett Service Protection. Meanwhile, Top Secret/Special Compartmented Information documents have been found at the Chinese-funded Penn Biden Center under some form of Chinatown protection, and in the current President’s garage under his Corvette’s protection. As President, Trump was authorized to maintain any classification of documents at his residence, while the Biden-held documents were obtained illegally while he was Vice President. The President is the only person in the country allowed to see this type of document outside a Secure Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF). They cannot have been taken to either the Penn Biden Center and/or the then-Vice President’s garage unless illegally smuggled out of a SCIF. No charges have been filed in Biden’s case.
The man was subjected to emotional torture with the Mueller witch hunt, pilloried by people who lied about his record, impeached twice, including once for inquiring about Biden’s activities in Ukraine. He had that last one right. I’m not fond of him, never voted for him, have never been a Republican. Enough is enough. There is little doubt in my mind that we will ever know who actually won the 2020 election. I’ve accepted Biden as my President; he had been inaugurated. I regret that acceptance. The damage done to the Republic by weaponizing the Department of Injustice and the FBI cannot be overstated.
I plan to vote for Trump next year because it is critical that we rid the country of the Biden Administration while there is still a country to save.
Bingo. Exactly right.
i understand and respect your point of view. but trump is temperamentally just as unfit to be president again and he's proven he hires the worst people. and he does not have the maturity to select atough capable vp.
(typing one-handed with wrong hand. broken and casted arm)