Sunday, November 10, 2019

The Color of the Sky in Trump's World


I'm trying to think of a Congressional hearing where the witness' lawyer got to ask questions of other witnesses, especially if that witness was the subject of a Congressional investigation.  Or, since Trump keeps raising "Due process" and Rand Paul keeps raising the 6th Amendment, a criminal investigation where the subject of investigation gets to ask questions of witnesses under oath during the investigation.  Grand jury proceedings are secret, and the grand jury asks questions.  A witness can leave the room to consult with counsel, but that's the best they get.  The people being investigated don't even know what's being said about them in the jury room.  Trump, meanwhile, has been offered "due process," and refused it, preferring to stonewall (another mark against him) rather than be transparent. So.....
Several witnesses and thousands of pages of transcripts beg to differ.  Clearly there is "something" there.  As for the things Congress should be doing, why aren't you working on that, rather than going to football and baseball games and wrestling matches, and tweeting all through the weekend?
If you would release the transcript, we'd all be happy to read it.  As for nothing being done wrong, you couldn't even admit how badly you were punished by the NY Court for your fraudulent charity, a charity where you took money for children with cancer and spent it on yourself.  You haven't so much as acknowledged that (though the settlement did) and apologized for it.  Nor have you talked about how you cannot have anything to do with any charity into the future, without severe and restrictive government oversight.  You are not exactly the best judge of when "NOTHING WAS DONE WRONG!"

Maybe if you started doing something right, it would be easier to credit your complaint.


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