tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post4730655564420803912..comments2024-03-26T20:19:35.180-04:00Comments on Northern Reflections: Trumpism Is Here To StayOwen Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-31441305006644448622021-12-12T11:35:55.846-05:002021-12-12T11:35:55.846-05:00Things will only improve, Cap, if a number of Trum...Things will only improve, Cap, if a number of Trump's people -- including the Orange One himself -- go to jail.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-78266060192212932652021-12-12T11:11:22.014-05:002021-12-12T11:11:22.014-05:00Yeah, that's me, Owen. Garland's DOJ has b...Yeah, that's me, Owen. Garland's DOJ has brought no indictments against Trump administration officials. (Bannon was a private citizen leading up to Jan 6 and was indicted on contempt charges stemming from the House investigation, not anything the DOJ/FBI initiated.) <br /><br />Compare that to the Watergate record and remember that the DOJ was under a Republican president:<br /><br />- H.R. Haldeman and John Erlichman (White House staff), jailed<br />- John Dean (White House legal counsel), jailed<br />- John Mitchell, Attorney-General and Chairman of the Committee to Re-elect the President (CREEP), jailed<br />- Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy (ex-White House staff), jailed<br />- Charles Colson, special counsel to the President, jailed<br />- James McCord (Security Director of CREEP), jailed<br /><br />Or the DOJ's Iran-Contra record:<br /><br />- Robert C. McFarlane (national security adviser), pleaded guilty and got probation, community service and a fine.<br />- Oliver L. North (National Security Council staff), convicted and got a suspended sentence, probation, community service and a fine. <br /><br />Garland's record to date is a sad joke. <br /><br />CapAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-74150432269194884032021-12-12T10:01:00.041-05:002021-12-12T10:01:00.041-05:00I'm assuming this is from you, Cap. And you...I'm assuming this is from you, Cap. And you're right. Unless there is a strong counter-response, it will only encourage more of the same very dangerous behaviour.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-8204943249933485142021-12-12T09:52:23.261-05:002021-12-12T09:52:23.261-05:00When the ringleader aren't prosecuted, they ge...When the ringleader aren't prosecuted, they get the idea they're above the law and will redouble their efforts. It's almost a year since Jan 6. The DOJ has had ample time to gather evidence. The lack of high-level criminal prosecutions is a clear signal that the Biden administration will not fight. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com