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| A Coup Is Dead. Now For The Counterintelligence Investigations We Really Need |
| 2019-02-20 |
| [THE LID] Victor Davis Hanson had a superb article at American Greatness on Monday, proclaiming the death of the Deep State coup attempt against Trump and offering an autopsy of it. The autopsy is gripping, and I can’t recommend strongly enough that you read it in full. The scope of what was attempted, and the losses in institutional trust and integrity, are breathtaking. There’s another issue however, all of the legitimate counterintelligence investigations that were ignored while the Deep State was trying to overturn the Trump presidency. I do think Hanson is right to say that the coup attempt, as we can legitimately call it ‐ since there was never any evidence of Russia-Trump "collusion" to interfere with the 2016 election ‐ has failed. The attempt he outlines, involving the Department of Justice, the FBI, and a slew of Obama officials at the NSC and other vital agencies (e.g., State, CIA), has been too thoroughly exposed to continue. Indeed, Hillary Clinton is in no position to keep paying anyone to pump air into it. And whatever the DNC’s involvement was in 2016, the leadership has changed since then, and the party itself is undergoing a transformation only dimly understood right now. If DNC HQ is pulling strings in a current effort to unseat Trump in an untimely, extra-electoral way, there’s no sign of it. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 Interesting point. So, it's sort of like saying, "Let's talk about ridding me of this troublesome priest." Apologies to Thomas Becket |
| Posted by: Bobby 2019-02-20 15:12 |
| #2 I do not consider the discussion of implementation of the 25th Amendment to be a coup attempt. The people who would have to participate would largely be the President's own appointees and a majority of them would have to agree that he was not capable of discharging his duties. It is not an unreasonable thing for discussion, and in this case came nowhere near implementation. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2019-02-20 10:09 |
| #1 If Maxine Waters, Adam Schiff (Ds-CA) and others have their way, the Democrat-led House will spend the next 23 months invading the lives of as many Trump associates and family members as necessary to draw blood from Trump himself. Look into the House investigator's (Waters, Schiff, etc.) backgrounds and dealings. There is most likely plenty there. Why else are they getting so aggressive when going after Trump? Cover up. Meanwhile, prosecutions need to move ahead rapidly. If the Trump admin. doesn't cut out the cancer, the country's future looks dim. Either Hillary or an evil twin of Hillary will return to do evil. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2019-02-20 09:06 |