Posted on 08/16/2022 3:09:11 PM PDT by ScaniaBoy
Reading all the professional political chatter from both wings of the uniparty bird about the DOJ position on the Trump raid in Mar-a-Lago, something sticks out to me that readers here will relate to, but others, likely not so much. Consider this written to all the reasonable and intellectually honest people.
You see, there is an actual mechanism that is being ignored by members within the professional DC silos and the DC ‘outrage’ stenographers. I was reminded of it when reading the professional obfuscation in the Wall Street Journal as they outlined how Merrick Garland “weighed the raid on Mar-a-Lago for several weeks” prior to August 8.
Technically there is a mechanism for executive branch conflict resolution that involves actual transparency, not the political talking points of the illusion of transparency. However, when the Fourth Branch of Government was created, the conflict resolution measure that provides oversight and escape from accusations of unequal application of law was dispatched. It was dispatched because, well, the unequal application of the law was the intent.
What I am talking about is the legislative branch oversight mechanism known as the Gang-of-Eight. Whenever the executive branch runs into a conflict that involves sensitivity within an issue they define as “national security,” the executive branch is supposed to use the tool of the legislative branch to extricate themselves from the conflict.
Quite simply the DOJ/FBI could have briefed the Go8 on the nature of the sensitive ‘national security’ issue, and this bipartisan briefing to both democrats and republicans removes Main Justice from the appearance of political impropriety. If, later on, the nature of their investigation is ever questioned, Main Justice (the representatives of the executive branch) have the shield of telling the American public that congress was notified.
That is essentially the intent of the Gang of Eight construct. Leaders and key officials within both parties are informed of ongoing investigative activity that involves the national security of the United States. That’s the mechanism for the DOJ and FBI to avoid the appearance of political targeting.
On March 20, 2017, we saw for the first time how the newly weaponized DOJ and FBI had intentionally and purposefully begun to stop that notification process as part of their intentional effort to politically weaponize the justice dept. {link}
In that March 2017 hearing, former FBI Director James Comey was asked why the FBI was investigating President Trump for the past eleven months (April ’16 origination), revolving around a Trump-Russia collusion investigation, and not informing congress about the potential national security compromise.
James Comey justified the targeting operation by saying, “because of the sensitivity of the matter(?)” while looking uncomfortable and surprised about the smart question from representative Elise Stephanik.
That outlook of unilateral authority without oversight lies at the heart of the Trump-Russia collusion and targeting problem. That lack of transparency and failure to follow the required briefing schedule to congress was as subtle as a brick through a window in showcasing the political intents of the FBI and DOJ under the Obama administration.
The FBI and DOJ (executive branch) cannot operate unilateral political targeting operations and simultaneously permit oversight (legislative branch). That was the core issue outlined within the answer by James Comey. Unfortunately, it was a core issue the entire DC system, including republicans, needed to avoid admitting… and so they pretended the admission by James Comey didn’t exist, brushed it away under the cloud of media assisted outrage on other matters, and just moved on.
In the current dynamic of the DOJ/FBI -vs- Donald Trump Mar-a-Lago raid, we see an almost identical issue. Not surprisingly we also see identical action from the DOJ/FBI in not briefing the Gang of Eight about the post-election Trump investigation. It becomes clear the DOJ National Security Division is intent to avoid any transparency that might exist if they were held accountable to following the system checks-and-balances.
Obviously, the DC stenographers (MSM) will avoid pointing out this issue; and obviously the right wing of the DC UniParty (republican leadership) will avoid mentioning this conflict resolution mechanism exists; however, their willful blindness doesn’t negate the fact the mechanism does exist.
If AG Merrick Garland and FBI Director Chris Wray wanted to avoid what Wray has previously called, “even the impression of impropriety,” the DOJ could simply have briefed congress on the issues and challenges related to President Trump and their perceived problem with classified documents.
The reality of Main Justice not seeking to avoid their conflict, stands as a stark reminder that they consider the mechanism of oversight as a risk to their intent.
The absence of congressional notification is evidence that the targeting by Main Justice is political.
I will not argue against you, but remember most of those congressmen/senators are both lazy and less than brave. Make life a little harder for them by posing intelligent questions that are hard to avod answering unless they want to out themselves completely.
2. The author misses the most important point of all: Under our constitutional form of government, the DOJ shouldn’t even exist. This country was never designed to have a Federal government with its own prosecutors and police force that effectively functions as a fourth branch of government.
Get them to state that, in that case.
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All we’ll get out of them is rambling non-answers.
Dodging responsibility and lying are their only ‘talents’.
Try this instead of some blogger dude who thinks he’s smart.
https://geopolitics.co/2022/08/16/why-was-former-president-trumps-mar-a-lago-estate-raided/
I’ve been saying it for a while. This is not a USA thing. Trump was disrupting the “New World Order” which according to Biden is not the “Liberal World Order”.
We’re dealing with enemies foreign and domestic. That’s all you really need to know. We’re not alone. Netherlands, Canada and many other nations are dealing with the globalists as well.
Pray........
bkmk
LET THEM KNOW WE KNOW what’s going on.
The Gang of Eight consists of:
1. The Speaker of the House, Nazi Pelosi
2. The Minority Leader of the House, Kevin McCarthy; 23rd California
3. Majority Leader of the Senate, Chuck U Schumer, D-NY
4. Minority Leader of the Senate, Mitch McConnell, R-KY
5. Chairperson of the House Permanent Committee on Intelligence, Adam Schitt
6. Minority leader from the same committee; Michael Turner, 10th Ohio
7. Chairperson of the Senate Intelligence Committee Mark Warner D-VA
8. Minority leader of the same committee; Marco Rubio, R-FL
[The US], the last best hope of man on Earth
Ronald Reagan
I hear ya, but they’re all a bunch of Swamp creatures who, in reality, are representatives of DC, not their respective constituencies who put them there. They really don’t care what we think.
They are there for one reason only: to protect and defend the system that is so useful to them.
There has apparently been a coup but we were mistaken to think it was the Democrats or even the communists within the Democrat Party who led such coup.
It seems that the U.S. is now controlled by the Deep State as demonstrated by the raid on Mar-A-Lago.
But thus far, the Deep State acts like an octopus without a central command and control structure. It seems to operate like a collective with a hive mind. Whatever its reason for that, it sure makes it difficult for an enemy, foreign or domestic, to strike at its brain/heart or to hold a leader responsible for its action.
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To Conservative Tree House:
One man could’ve prevented the whole thing, including all the future attacks coming for Trump from these agencies:
JEFF SESSIONS.
The Coup Masters knew this would only work if they could protect the DC players. They weren’t only protected, they got Multi-Million dollar Book and media deals, and the FBi expedited they approval of their books for their paydays.
Sundance spread Fairytales about how Sessions was waiting for secret reasons to pounce, non-sensical reasons.
Sessions was compromised, and he did precisely as he was told, and that allowed the Dems to control everything.
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It’s like when Obama flew Iran Terrorists Millions In Cash in the black of night on secret flights.
The Gang of 8 was always behind Obama.
They are either okay, or fine with being bypassed.
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Yep.
Thank you for the details.
Y/v/w
“I’m still chewing on they just threw out 27% Of signed votes in LA.”
The fix was in. First, some judge ruled the recall election wasn’t “an election.” Therefore, they didn’t have to allow observers. Bingo. Threw out just enough to stay below the amount required.
Total. Corruption. Everywhere.
bttt
Need more people to wake up which is happening but slowly
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