I think the conclusion of the editors’ of the Wall Street Journal’s remarks regarding the indictments of Donald Trump, his organization, and his family deserve some consideration:
Mr. Trump has made a business and political career of getting away with whatever he can, and it’s easy to imagine he crossed a line. But the Democrats pursuing him have become Captain Ahabs bent on taking him down by any means necessary. Ms. James is a partisan prosecutor, and her charges and evidence need to be examined in that context.
As I have said many times before I think that Mr. Trump should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law but those who detest him should keep in mind that extent may be more limited than they might like. We’ll see how these cases work out.
Meanwhile, I’m reminded of Vyshinsky’s famous wisecrack: “Give me the man and I’ll show you the crime.” I think you’d be very hard put to find a completely honest individual in high elective office in politics, Democrat or Republican. If that’s not clear enough it’s an indictment of our politics, our system, and us.
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As I have said many times before I think that Mr. Trump should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law
What law? There seem to be several versions of the law — one applicable to republicans, and specifically Trump, and one to the Dems, especially Biden.
For instance, classified documents carry harsher outcomes when Trump is said to have them, secured under lock and key at his Fl home, versus classified documents stored in an unsecured fashion on Clinton’s home server, or in an unsecured furniture factory warehouse for Obama.
Trump questioning financial ties with Ukraine was swirling around the Biden’s before the 2020 election, becoming the basis for impeachment proceedings against him for meddling in an election. But, the FBI hiding Hunter Biden’s incendiary lap top before and after the election was not meddling in an election, only eliciting nothing but crickets? This also wasn’t a classic example of obstruction of Justice?
Now, before the midterm election, the unprecedented raiding of Trump’s home, causing all the negative allegations and press, is not meddling in an election?
You know Trump made it a felony instead of a misdemeanor dont you?
Penalties are harsher for felonies than misdemeanors.
Following is link to letter that proves Obama is keeping confidential material. I cant find any references to confidential material.
https://www.obama.org/wp-content/uploads/BOF-NARA-LOI.pdf
Steve
Legal Check: True.
By sending his records to Mar-A-Lago, Trump declassified and made them “personal” under the Presidential Records Act.
Like Bill Clinton did, per 2012 Obama judge ruling, when he put 8 years of highly classified recordings of his presidency in his sock drawer.
Everything and anything the DOJ can do to stop Trump’s political influence, or another run at the presidency, they will do. Also, the archivist (having an equivalent of a Tish James Trump obsession) working with the DOJ is an Obama lackey, and a useful idiot in creating unnecessary drama and accusations behind this unprecedented raid. Even the FBI involved in the raid are the same ones involved in the deceptive Russia investigations.
Note that Clinton and Obama worked with the Archives and had all of the records checked.
Not going to respond to the false claim you made are you?
Steve
Working with an archivist who doesn’t have an agenda, doesn’t collude with a politicized DOJ will not create sensationalized waves or raids. In this more normal environment contentious files are negotiated between the government, lawyers, and ex presidents. In fact that’s what was supposedly going on between Trump and those in the archives before the raid occurred. There was ongoing communication, FBI personnel were allowed to see the docs, and the suggestion of attaching an extra lock was done.
The Presidential Records Act, however, allows a president considerable latitude to determine what is deemed “personal†records, giving him/her the ability to make copies of these files. From what I’ve read Obama and Clinton took massive amounts of paperwork with them, including ones that were classified. Five years plus, after leaving office, files taken by Obama have not been digitalized, as promised, remaining stored in a far less secure location than the one described at Mar-a-lago. IMO, this raid, the reasons behind it, including even the same culprits who carried it out are all from the same corrupted, maliciously designed Russia Conspiracy episode. The efforts to get rid of and dirty up Trump just never ends!
I haven’t seen the specifics of James’ claims, and only note that it seems to revolve around valuation issues, which made me laugh.
Anyone here been involved in valuations of specialized illiquid assets? It makes sausage making look like rocket science.
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Have you ever heard the story of the mathematician, the lawyer, and the accountant? A mathematician, a lawyer, and an accountant were all applying for the same position. The interviewer asked each of them the same question: how much is 2+2?
Mathematician: 2+2 = 4.
Lawyer: 2+2 could equal 4. If one of the 2s is a negative 2, it could be 0. If both of the 2s are negative two, it could be -4. If the 2s are placed sitting alongside one another, it could be 22. I think that exhausts the possibilities.
Accountant: The accountant thought for a bit and then began to scribble furiously on a yellow pad. He filled several yellow pads with his notes, looked up, and said “What number were you looking for?”
That’s not unlike how specialized illiquid assets are valued.