Thank you Hawg, for that brief synopsis.aggiehawg said:What is and what isn't important varies between people. Being a retired attorney, the legal issues were always the ones that got my attention. But having suffered throughout the last years, in hindsight what started out as a way to get Hillary's emails off of the front page news and slam her opponent with a phony story about Russian collusion morphed into a specific plan to impeach Trump in any way possible and to hide their misdeeds.Jabin said:
Thanks, hawg & sicandtired, but I was hoping for something a bit shorter, perhaps 1 page. It is impossible to get someone to actually read through and digest websites as lengthy as those. Great resources, but not great summaries.
Like all events/scandals/conspiracies, there have to be 3-5 events that are critical, that cannot be explained away. Then, there are another 20 or so events that are important to providing background and color to the 3-5 key events.
If there is no such summary, I may take the time and effort to prepare one. What's retirement for, anyway?
The Mueller investigation was designed to accomplish three things:
1) Appropriate singular control of the matters under investigation to forestall any Congressional investigations. That's the reason Rosenstein had to change the scope twice after the initial appointment. Mueller had control of the narrative. And he could also cover up or memory hole any fingerprints on the malfeasance occurring at the FBI with the FISA warrants.
2) use grand juries to harass the Trump administration endlessly with subpoenas and distract the WH from implementing Trump's agenda. It was also a perjury trap and attempts to bait Trump into an obstruction charge. Failing that, they had the final plan to get to impeachment;
3) Use the grand jury materials to draft articles of impeachment against Trump after the 2018 midterms and the Dems retook the House. Although it did not get much attention at the time, the second Pelosi took the gavel she implemented sweeping changes to the House Rules all designed solely for impeaching Trump. The Mueller Report was seen as the crown jewel they would use.
But then a weird thing happened, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision about the use of grand jury materials. They held that federal judges did not have inherent authority to release grand jury materials outside of the specific exceptions written in the federal Rules of Criminal Procedures. Meaning Nadler and Schiff could not get their hands on all of the grand jury material Mueller had accrued.
Then a second unexpected thing happened, Bill Barr was confirmed as AG before Mueller could get his report out. Before he was confirmed, Barr had Rosenstein pass along to Mueller that he expected the report to protect grand jury materials and have them segregated so he would be able to release the report without having to redact a lot under the new holding of the DC Circuit. But Team Mueller defied that order and put a ton of grand jury materials throughout the report. That caused a delay as Barr and Rosenstein then had to redact those materials, making it look as if Barr was covering up for Trump.
The Democrats hinged EVERYTHING on getting Trump out of office. The democrats had an agenda that started during Obama, and Hilary was supposed to continue on that agenda unabated.
But Donald Trump threw a wrench in their machinery. So they HAD to get him.
Now that they control all levers of government, I think they are trying to make up for lost time. And are destroying the United States.
