First, there was General Michael Flynn but he committed criminal acts and he had to leave the National Security Advisor position less than a month after Individual One’s Administration started. General H.R. McMaster served the remainder of 2017 and into 2018, offering skilled service. He left in the winter of 2018 after reported policy differences … Read more
One of the questions asked of the Democratic Presidential Candidates last Wednesday and Thursday was how they would deal with Grim Reaper/Enemy of the People Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell if the Republicans retained control of the Senate in 2021. No one, except Colorado Senator Michael Bennet, gave a forceful answer to that question. McConnell … Read more
Richard Nixon was going to be impeached for the very same misconduct Donald Trump is engaged in now, before he resigned. Article 3 of Nixon’s Articles of Impeachment was for “obstruction of Congress,” i.e, his failure to comply with the lawful subpoenas from Congress. The latest on the Trump administration’s “total obstruction” of Congress: House Judiciary … Read more
To paraphrase the great Betty Davis in All About Eve, “Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy week.” There are several congressional committee deadlines coming due this week in the Trump administration’s policy of “total obstruction” of Congress: Stunned by the administration’s refusal to allow officials to testify or respond to document requests, … Read more
An update to my earlier post, Congress and Americans need to hear from ‘SilentBob’. Former U.S. Attorney Neal Katyal, who drafted the Special Counsel regulations and therefore is the expert on their purpose, intent and meaning, explains at the New York Times why Why Barr Can’t Whitewash the Mueller Report: Many who watched Attorney General … Read more