Consider this my FRiend...
The DOJ and FBI have CLEARLY grown into uncontrollable monstrosities. The DOJ just “missed” another deadline to provide the documents requested by members of congress who are cleared to see them and who hold positions in committees charged with oversight responsibilities. This is stonewalling and obstruction of justice. And still, the DOJ continues to display contempt for the representatives of the people of the United States and their lawful oversight duties. This is nothing but pure defiance.
I appreciate your points but I think you’re missing the larger issue. Your arguments reflect mostly political considerations. I’m far more concerned about the direction the country is heading and where this obstruction and abuse of power is leading us. We are going down a very dark road.
What we are witnessing is the rise of a fourth branch of government that is wholly unaccountable to anyone, apparently even to the president. They act independently and do what they want.
I don’t know about you but that’s a very frightening development to me. It smacks of a police state and that simply cannot be allowed to happen in our democracy. And further, we know for certain that several agencies have been weaponized against citizens for partisan political purposes. This is unacceptable and the president needs to act swiftly to restore the public’s confidence in the rogue agencies.
Not to be melodramatic, but it seems that this de facto fourth branch of government (which stonewalls the congress, is so far unaccountable to the president, lies to the courts, violates individual rights, and has unlimited surveillance powers) is becoming like the loathsome Hydra in Greek mythology.
I think you would agree that we need to restore some semblance of accountability and integrity in the federal agencies that should be faithfully serving the American people instead of undermining our elections, conducting illegal surveillance against Americans, and refusing to submit to legitimate oversight.
I understand the political maneuvering and ramifications but we have a runaway train being driven by Rod Rosenstein, the de facto AG, and his subordinate Jeff Sessions. The train needs to be stopped before it derails and causes great destruction to the Republic.
The only way that runaway train will be stopped is with political power. Political power that the president does not currently possess. He barely has the tepid suppprt of his own reluctant party. He needs to acquire the power to change the personnel and the very culture of the federal government. It is him putting himself on the line (as he is) and winning that will give him that power. He won’t have it unless that happens. If he made the attempt now and failed in November, it’s all over, the gig is up.
It is only by winning the elections that we will reestablish accountability and integrity to our federal institutions. Well, there is another way - but that way leads to great upheaval, death and destruction...and is most certainly not the way that Trump is pursuing. We got these crimes because the people turned the power over to Obama. There is no recourse for that, except consistently electing the opposite of Obama. That is why you do nothing that has the potential to rebound negatively on you until you know you have the power.