The department responded by saying that it would withhold from public release the classified documents volume as long as criminal proceedings against Nauta and De Oliveira remain pending. Though U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon had dismissed the case last July, a Smith team appeal of that decision related to the two co-defendants remained pending.
But prosecutors said they intended to proceed with the release of the election interference volume.
Good; also completely irrelevant. The portion of the report pertaining to the insurrection four years ago has been released and we have learned- or, rather, been reminded
Indeed, but for Mr. Trump’s election and imminent return to the Presidency, the Office assessed that the admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial.
Good on the Special Counsel for laying it out but we already knew Donald J. Trump is a criminal. Last May, he was convicted in New York City, NY on 34 counts of falsification of business records, a felony which garned him an unconditional discharge last week. Nine months after conviction, the ex-President was sentenced to nothing because, well, No One Is Above The Law.
Everyone in this country, except individuals who have not been here the past 48 or 39 months, has not only heard about the attempted coup in January 2021, but has seen video of it, repeatedly. Some- only some- people who watch only Fox News and other right-wing outlets have seen video edited to include protesters merely hanging out inside the Capitol. However, they have viewed clips and have their mind made up, as have the rest of us..
Even a spattering of loyal Trump supporters knew that he did wrong on January 6, 2021 and even committed a crime, yet decided to vote for him, anyway. Everyone has had a working knowledge of that day and has had his or her mind made up a long time ago.
Yet, little is known about the classified documents case, which has mostly escaped attention of the public. Donald Trump may have kept top-secret and other classified files merely to satisfy his ego. Or he may have intended to turn them over to Russia, Saudi Arabia, or other enemies or rivals. Or he may have intended to keep them for the time being and kept them as a chip to bargain with nations for personal advantage. We don't know.
So, this: The Justice Department, helmed by a Democrat in a Democratic Administration, will not be releasing the portion of the report which pertains to a matter of the highest national security and which might foster justified concern about the President-elect. It is the matter not well understood by the American people because there has been relatively little attention paid to it by news media or politicians, and the matter which might engage the public's interest if details about it became known.
It appears that this portion of the report could have been released (and could be in the next 4-5 days) were it not for charges pending against Nauta and De Oleveira, who appear to be creeps. Creeps who would not have committed their crimes if not for Donald Trump. Creeps whom only a few people have heard of and whom have been forgotten by most of those. Creeps who even if acquitted will never become members of the United States House of Representatives or Senate, let alone President of the USA.
But prosecutors must have their trophies, even if they let the big one go. The cases against Nauta and De Oliveira will almost certainly be dismissed by the Trump Justice Department. It turns out that Donald Trump was right about two things. There is a Deep State, only not that which Trump whines and lies about. It is a legal system which, whether because of a feckless Attorney General or a malevolent, opportunistic federal judge, will opt for prosecuting nobodys rather than a very big, very significant somebody.
The other is that Donald Trump has won. Oh, for now and pending adjudication of an appeal of the jury verdict in New York, he is a convicted criminal. He also, for the second time, will be President of the United States of America after an election which he would not have won had Merrick Garland not spent several months dithering. Now, with the blessing of the Supreme Court, free to do virtually anything he wishes in the office, Donald Trump has emerged victorious. Not only has he slammed the Democratic Party, he has scored a knockout victory over the vaunted American legal system.
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