So the best we can do is to reveal the truth about this treason to the American people and that requires the release of unredacted information from FBI/DOJ. Our political system was undermined by conspiratorial elements of the Obama administration. They simply must be exposed for their treachery.
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I agree with a lot of this. The truth about the weaponization of the DOJ/FBI and rest of the deep state must be revealed to the American people. But much has been revealed already and we haven’t seen the reaction from Congress and the American people that I would hope for/ expect. So, I am not sure revealing some more documents or unredacted versions of those document (by Congress) will change much.
I do think that the termination of McCabe was big and should have been bigger. His peers did that. Too many tried to minimize that. Ultimately, DOJ/FBI must be reformed from within. This was a start.
If the IG’s report is less restrained than you predict, that could help. There are reasons to be optimistic. Here is a good history or Horowitz: https://www.themarketswork.com/2017/12/23/an-introduction-to-inspector-general-michael-horowitz/
If Horowitz exposes the abuses of McCabe, Comey et. al in a significant way, that could be big and could help with the gumption that will be required for the Utah prosecutor to put McCabe in jail.
Horowitz’s work has resulted in a lot of activity within the deep state, including a significant of resignations and demotions. https://www.themarketswork.com/2018/02/18/resignations-demotions-some-details-complicity-at-the-fbi-doj/
If the facts are just set out in further detail by Congress (perceived to be biased because of partisanship), I don’t see sufficient reaction on the horizon for real reform.
People have to go to jail, in my opinion.
People have to go to jail, in my opinion.
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I hope that happens. But look at the infamous Lois Lerner who played a significant role in the political weaponization of the IRS. After all that, she is now enjoying a comfortable taxpayer paid retirement instead of being behind bars. And I might add, the notroious Commissioner of the IRS, John Kishkinon, only recently left his position.
Without belaboring the point, the elites in DC rarely pay a high price for their wrongdoing and corruption. Even if they are caught, they know how to grind out the process so that legal action takes years and usually ends in some minor inconvenience to them in terms of a financial penalty, probation or a minimal sentence in a country club like “prison”.
One of the reasons why so few people ever do time or are ever held accountable is that the rest of Washington is afraid they might turn on them and expose their own transgressions. Best not to punish those who might open the closet door and expose skeltons.
Washington is corrupt. Slapping wrists won’t fix the problem. My preferred solution would be to expose the deep seated corruption and use that to reform and/or reorganize the agencies to make them more accountable.
Unfortunately for us, the self-serving congress is only interested in keeping their seats, perks, access to inside information, and campaign donations. They don’t care about us. That’s why we elected Trump. He has the power to make some beneficial administrative changes.