by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
Let's check the math. In April Donald John Trump was indicted in the state of NewYork by a Manhattan district attorney on thirty-four felony counts related to hush money payments to a porn star and falsifying business records, and then in the current month, June, he was indicted on thirty-seven counts by the US Department of Justice for hanging on to highly classified federal documents and even showing those documents to people who did not have clearance to see them - and allegedly obstructing a federal investigation.
If my ciphering is correct, that puts the total so far at seventy-one felony counts agains a former President of the United States, and there are a couple more very interesting cases still in the legal hopper, both of which could result in even more criminal charges. The in-process cases include another Department of Justice investigation, this one into Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election, and an investigation by the district attorney in Fulton County, Georgia over Trump's attempts to overturn the election there.
From a strictly legal point of view, Donald John would appear to be in deep, deep shit, and like any other cornered rat, he is looking for a way out.
One of the escape hatches that the obese political vermin with the bad combover is eyeing is a presidential pardon, a stroke of a pen by a future president (because clearly the present one would never stoop so low) that would absolve Trump of all of his past forays onto the wrong side of the law. And while it might seem ridiculous that any serious presidential wannabe would even consider pardoning someone as felonious as Donald Trump, one GOP candidate has already promised to do just that if he is elected President.
Vivek Ramaswamy, an American entrepreneur and multi-millionaire who is very long-shot GOP presidential hopeful, has already made a campaign promise to give Trump a full pardon on his first day in office should he somehow manage to get elected. Ramaswamy is playing to Trump's diehard base who appear to be ready and eager to follow DJT through the gates of Hell and beyond. Some other candidates are also apparently giving consideration to making the same promise in order to secure a foothold among Trump's base.
Promising a pardon to Trump is a cynical political ploy that seems to be taking root among the group of GOP politicians who are all vying to grab the GOP nomination for themselves next year. The idea is so appealing in fact, that even Trump himself has latched onto it. According to news reports over the past few days, Donald Trump, is now demanding that anyone who wants the Republican presidential nomination make a pledge to give him a full pardon if they are elected.
It's a loyalty pledge to God (Trump) and Party, and it is also a nifty little political trap whose ultimate goal is to benefit one person, and one person alone: Donald John Trump.
Promise to give a full pardon to me - a man currently facing seventy-one felony indictments with more serious charges sure to follow, and a man who is extremely likely to be convicted of multiple serious crimes unless the legal process is disrupted with an undeserved presidential pardon - or face the wrath of the voters in the party that you wish to lead.
Innocent people don't need pardons. Long-term felons clearly do.
Trump spent his four years as President handing out presidential pardons like they were party favors (which, they were), and now he expects some payback. Donald Trump used his pardon pen to absolve the onus of criminality which hung over the likes of Charles Kushner (Jared's dad), Joe Arpaio, Roger Stone, Paul Manafort, Michael Flynn, Bernie Kerik, Michael Milken, Scooter Libby, Dinesh D'Souza, and scores of other denizens of America's political back alleys.
Pardons were so cheap and easy under Trump that they became essentially meaningless - everybody got one, and by God, now he wants one, too. A child of privilege who has spent his whole life taking now expects to go right on taking.
You are being greedy, Donald John, but perhaps you could be demanding even more. After you have been absolved of all of your crimes through a presidential pardon, why not also grab a "Presidential Medal of Freedom" like the one you gifted to Rush Limbaugh? One of those would look great hanging on that bathroom wall down at Mar-a-Lago!
Think big, Big Boy, think big!
1 comment:
News reports about the number of counts in the indictment have not been consistent. Here is a synopsis from the indictment.
Counts 1 though 31 allege the Willful Retention of National Defense Information in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 793(e).
Count 32 alleges Conspiracy to Obstruct Justice in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1512(k).
Count 33 alleges Withholding a Document or Record in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1512(b)(2)(A),(2).
Count 34 alleges Corruptly Concealing a Document or Record in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1512(e)(1),(2).
Count 35 alleges Concealing a Document in a Federal Investigation in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1519,2.
Count 36 alleges a Scheme to Conceal in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1001 (a)(1),(2).
Count 37 alleges the making of False Statements and Representations in violation of
18 U.S.C. §§ 1001 (a)(2),(2).
Count 38 alleges the making of False Statements and Representations in violation of
18 U.S.C. §§ 1001 (a)(2).
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