14, February 2020 The
Godfather strikes again
Following a sham
impeachment trial with the Senate packed with his enablers, President “Corleone” Trump, the Godfather, continues to
trash the US Constitution. He makes a complete mockery of the critical clause,
“equal justice under law,” to favor his friends and punish his enemies. No
longer can we claim to be a liberal democracy with respect for the law.
He exposed his
authoritarian nature during his 2016 campaign mocking his opponent as “crooked
Hilary” smiling and clapping when his former national security advisor, Michael
Flynn chanted “lock her up.” He ridiculed his first attorney general, Jeff
Sessions because he recused himself and failed to protect him from the Mueller
investigation. He pressured James Comey,
the former FBI Director to drop criminal charges on Flynn. He pardoned the
former racist Arizona sheriff, Joe Arpaio.
And now we are witnessing another blatant interference in the Justice
Department overruling the prosecutors in favor of his friend and former
campaign advisor, Roger Stone. The meek and compliant attorney general, William
Barr readily agreed and overruled the prosecutors. A jury convicted Stone of
obstruction of justice, lying to Congress and threatening a witness and the
presiding judge with bodily harm, charges that should have condemned the
unrepentant Stone to a life sentence. Kudos to the four courageous prosecutors who
resigned in protest.
Contrast the
treatment of Stone and Flynn with Trump’s former fixer Michael Coen who spoke
the truth and is now languishing in jail.
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