It goes even farther than that. A member of Congress who has been notified by law enforcement of a federal crime is legally responsible. If they fail to refer it to federal law enforcement they become an accomplice. That’s why none of the members of Congress will acknowledge having heard Zullo’s evidence, and why few have been willing to meet with him. Once they have met with him and know the evidence they HAVE to do something about it.
Those who don’t could become subjects of lawsuits, recalls, etc in their home states, I presume. AV, I’m pinging you so you can correct me if I am mistaken on that.
If my understanding is correct, this brings this battle down to the state level, hopefully right at the time that our elected representatives are back in the state and able to hear from constituents. These people have thus far been able to hide behind the fact that the people reporting crimes are not law enforcement, or they can say their staffers trashed the messages containing the evidence. I think that’s why the Lincoln Police Chief and AG Jon Bruning’s office had to stop my criminal complaint against Bob Bauer from being followed up on. If there was an active criminal investigation that I could point out to my Congress-critters, and my affidavit was part of that file, my Congress-critters would be legally liable for knowing that.
They were able to stop me at the city and state level - taking my criminal complaint and handing it off to the SOS’s office - non-law enforcement. That kept my critters off the hook. But once Zullo meets with them, that is no longer a legal excuse and they are on the hot seat. Once we the peons know they are out of excuses it is up to us to make their seat hot. So hot they can’t just do nothing. And we can have the aid of county attorneys/prosecutors, which is the level of governance where there really IS accountability, if we’re willing to do what it takes.
It’s easy to become discouraged, but the groundwork is being laid for our efforts to make a legal difference, for Congressional do-nothings to be either arrested or primaried over this. It is NOT - I repeat, NOT!!! - time for us to give in to cynicism and blame everybody else for what we’re not doing. The do-nothing Congress members are digging their own graves, and we need to be alive and well when it’s time for them to realize that they will either take up this torch or fall into the graves they’ve been digging for themselves the past 6 years.
To those who are tired, I say: Rest up and keep your powder dry for the time ahead. Do NOT let yourself be demoralized or be a tool to demoralize everybody else. This issue is in the cocoon developing essential foundations and getting strong, and when the time is right we’re gonna need ALL the dormant patriots breaking open that cocoon with power. Rest up, build your resolve, and wait because the time will soon be here.
And it will be over ALL the crimes of this regime, not just this one, because what is holding the system back from exposing the beginning of the coup is also what is keeping them from doing anything about the results of the coup. EVERY “scandal” - regardless of how sound the evidence or how publicly-supported the issue - has had the same net result as this supposed-nutcase “scandal” , but this one has the power to expose the reasons for the political complicity of EVERYBODY, because there is PROOF of a crime and PROOF that the members of Congress knew about the proof. This isn’t a policy issue subject to debate and interpretation. It isn’t a SNAFU. It is deliberate crimes and their cover-up. And with what the public now knows about the regime’s methods to keep insiders from whistle-blowing, we can make a very strong case that the regime is knowingly using Zimbabwe techniques in order to cover up THEIR OWN crimes - not to keep us safe from the same terrorists they are letting walk or fly into our country, no questions asked.
As Sarah Palin would say at this tired, critical juncture, don’t resign, re-load.