Doctors probably use medical analogies to discuss the big Mueller investigation. The investigators performed an annual physical from hell. On President Trump and his associates.
They ordered x-rays, pet scans, MRI’s, blood work, endoscopies and colonoscopies. They prodded, poked, kneaded and scoped. They invited themselves into every orifice.
Trump’s enemies dreamed of conducting an autopsy. After the Mueller assault team asphyxiated the Trump presidency.
Ahhh, but the tests seem to have come up pretty empty. His enemies still clamor for impeachment. However, that drumbeat does not resonate much these days. If we are to believe the latest polling, that is.
So what are we going to do for entertainment now? So many of us depend upon the many twists and turns of this intrigue. We have had more “other shoe” drops than a Foot Locker store in an earthquake. We cannot picture our President in any room whose walls are not closing in.
Not to worry. We now begin Act Two.
You probably remember the song “That’s Entertainment”.
The guy, who was waving the flag/That began, with the mystical hand/Hip hooray! The American way/The world is a stage, the stage is a world, of entertain-ment.
In this act, many of the accusers will now be accused. Or at least investigated. There are two major investigations going on at the moment. Two that we know about.
One is peering under rocks at the FBI and other intel agencies. Concerning possible abuses in spying on Americans.
Another is looking into how the FBI handled the Hillary email brouhaha. It certainly seems clear she got special treatment other violators have been denied. An honest investigation may explain this.
If we get a genuine investigation into the Clinton Foundation we may see an immense can of worms peeled open. Again, it seems clear that while Madam Clinton was in a position of influence, millions poured into her foundation. From people who sought favors. Worse, from people who got them.
Such influence buying, if true, is pretty concerning. However, investigations into the intel agencies are more serious.
Joe diGenova is a former U.S. Attorney in Washington. He also advised the FISA court on legal matters. He has swum enough in the swamp of Washington to know all the creatures. It is no accident that he has been spot-on with his many analyses of the shenanigans in Washington. (I’ve cribbed from an American Spectator article for this.)
diGenova sees a plot. To exonerate Hillary illegally. And a plot to frame Trump. He reckons Hillary’s team created the infamous Steele dossier of gunk about Trump. And former intel directors Brennan, Clapper and Comey and others used and promoted the gunk to bring down Trump.
He also claims that four years before the election the FBI used private contractors to spy on Americans. To amass info that could be used against the Republican Party. That is a new charge. A frightening one.
He believes many officials lied to the FISA Court. He says the Chief Judge of the court has told the Justice Department which top Obama officials did the lying.
Trump supporters see evidence accumulating. Evidence that would point toward treason.
The situation is entertaining, yes. But it is also disturbing. Trump haters were disappointed that Mueller found no smoking guns. He uncovered no crimes. Trump enemies still cry for his blood. They want him impeached. They want him sent to jail.
Meanwhile, his supporters cry for blood-letting as well. And it appears they are prepared to tackle the job. Or, to return to the earlier analogy, they have unsheathed their scalpels, scopes and needles. They have cranked up their scanning equipment. They are prepared to threaten oscopies. (Bet you have never seen that word.)
A byword for the Democrats might be: Don’t turn your back on any of these accusers. You never know who is a proctologist
From Tom…as in Morgan.
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