Posted on 05/26/2019 6:18:59 PM PDT by TigersEye
“... but he is going to made whole,...”
I assume you meant well by your comment, but it is at best naive... and calling what was done to him “time and trouble” is glib.
No, he is not going to be made whole - because he cannot be completely made whole. He has lost his house, his reputation, his career, and suffered the fears for his family - going on years now. The stress alone has probably worsened his health, and possibly shortened his life.
No amount of monetary compensation can turn back the clock, and efface what was done to him. This is not the MCU Multi-Verse.
Compensation is not eradication.
One of the reasons I refuse to “pass the popcorn” is because I actually understand the damage that has been done to the Constitutional Rule of Law, and to the Constitutional Rights of American citizens.
I include those for whom Trump supporters typically care nothing - or worse, for whose suffering they actually celebrate, such as Michael Cohen.
(Note Well: There are those on this very forum who have said that Flynn was corrupt, possibly a traitor, and that he deserved everything that happened to him.)
It is irrelevant if any of them committed crimes; those possible crimes were not lawfully investigated and prosecuted. What is relevant is that the unelected bureaucratic state abused their power under the color of law to damage and destroy the lives of citizens, simply because they supported and assisted Donald Trump at some point in some way.
Conservatives generally have been far too concerned with the potential damage to Donald Trump, and far too little concerned with the actual damage done to those around him.
This personal destruction via unbridled Federal power has been going on for decades - Robert Bork, Tom DeLay, Scooter Libby - it has simply become more extreme and blatant due to Trump receiving the nomination, and then winning the election.
Paul Manafort is an old man in solitary confinement, for “crimes” that are S.O.P. in D.C., and from the consequences of which the Podesta brothers were protected by the very Deep State that destroyed Manafort. Michael Caputo has said that he will never serve on another Republican campaign. Roger Stone, an unarmed man, had his life and the life of his deaf wife endangered by a wholly unnecessary SWAT. The list goes on.
None of these people will ever be as they were before this; therefore, none of them will ever be made entirely whole. Period.
You would think that our intelligence folks would be a lot more skilled and nuanced, but the Papa D thing sounds like a bad spy skit with bad acting. Seriously....
They were desperate to pull such a stunt to frame a US citizen. The injustice of it reeks, but the really dangerous question is likely why? The answer is obvious - they were trying to post-date the prior surveillance AND the leaders of the cabal at the top still believed Trump was dirty. The same group showed why they were bosses and not field agents - amateur hour!
Look at the list of new questions this raises for Mueller and it is getting worse by the day. If Weismann or Mueller knew this exculpatory information in any way at all they would have needed to put it in every search warrant affidavit for the special counsel team. They would have needed to notify the Judge in the PapaD case and Flynn cases. Roger Stone would be entitled to all of it.
How about those marbles?
I heard Chris Christie in an interview with Brian Kilmeade and according to Christie Flynn isn’t entirely innocent - and I think he was up to something before the whole trap for Trump was set up.
Seems to me Roger Stone should be compensated and if Manafort has to take the rap then so should all the rats for doing what they did and worse...including Hunter Biden and probably half of Congress.
Very well said!
“...according to Christie Flynn isn’t entirely innocent - and I think he was up to something before the whole trap for Trump was set up...”
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Chris Christie is one of the LAST people I’d believe and I’d NEVER turn my back to the treacherous bastard!
I very much appreciate your passion and agree with what you wrote. I have been confused by the Flynn case from the beginning and never doubted for a second that the deep state hated him for having a different opinion.
With that said, there is CLEARLY something else at play with his case. We don’t like the case nor does the Judge. I don’t know what it is and we can only speculate that it was bad enough that he was willing to settle for a minor infraction to avoid something worse. There are plenty of articles that say it was his son, but the media has spun plenty of crap to “get Trump” so who really knows.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mike-flynn-s-son-subject-federal-russia-probe-n800741
That is the most logical reason as reported, but it does not mean Flynn did anything wrong - he may be acting as a father and not in his own interest. I wish General Flynn nothing but the best and hope I am wrong.
The real irony for me that gets my Irish up just like you is this - what if Flynn did what he did to protect his son and Joe Biden and Hunter Biden waltz away free and clear for what appears to me to be much worse x 2 (China and Ukraine).
see complaint in 6
This sounds like Ted Cruz talking about Roger Stone
I especially like how it is footnoted to make it okay.
Will JR allow us an RFer every once in awhile when appropriate? And with Barr getting things started I believe we’ll have plenty of opportunities.
Another thread unravels...
“You would think that our intelligence folks would be a lot more skilled and nuanced, but the Papa D thing sounds like a bad spy skit with bad acting.”
Arrogance breeds sloppiness.
“You would think that our intelligence folks would be a lot more skilled and nuanced, but the Papa D thing sounds like a bad spy skit with bad acting.”
Arrogance breeds sloppiness.
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Also, they never believed they would get caught. That’s how confident the Permanent State is.
I'm probably just being dense but I couldn't figure out what an RFer is.
Oh...you didn’t read the Complaint. The Plaintiff called Halper a ratf**ker.
No, I read it. I just wasn’t able to make my synapses connect the acronym to the text.
You tell 'em, Yogi!
TESTIFY!
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