Focus turns to alleged FBI/DOJ coup d’etat
The Robert Mueller report has been released in full outside legally required redaction that would compromise sources and methods. It’s over. The Deep State and its media outlets temper tantrum against Attorney General Bill Barr because he feels the need to investigate the beginning of the Trump-Russia collusion hoax, now documented, which will continue for a time but eventually dissipate as new documents supporting Barr’s need to review are declassified. The infamous insurance policy to hide FBI agents Peter Strzok and Lisa Page and other accomplices to the alleged coup d’etat to unseat a president of the United States failed, leaving them exposed to treason.
By the time newspapers print this column, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will have resigned. One of the things that Barr may wish to review, with respect to the coup, was the intent to use the 25th Amendment in their failed plot. In this, outgoing Rod Rosenstein takes center stage.
This was confessed on 60 Minutes by former Deputy Director of the FBI Andrew McCabe, who identified Rod Rosenstein as an accomplice, having discussed with others removing the president using the 25th Amendment. This Rosenstein denies. Look for Rosenstein to be put under oath again before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding this and his offer to wear a “wire” while in meetings with President Trump to entrap him.
They needed Trump to look crazy. This was planned before he was inaugurated. According to The New York Times, Rosenstein told “Mr. McCabe that he might be able to persuade Attorney General Jeff Sessions and John F. Kelly, then the secretary of homeland security and now the White House chief of staff, to mount an effort to invoke the 25th Amendment.”
But the 25th Amendment was never designed to undo an election. Even a casual look at it should end that issue. Deep Staters and their media outlets hated Trump and feared his exposure of their influence in the election. The amendment requires evidence of his mental or physical incapacity. The population had just voted that he was fit and was their best choice of many contenders.
The amendment created the temporary office of acting president, which is filled by the elected vice president serving under the president in one of two ways. First, Section 3, by the president’s voluntarily removal of himself as before surgery that might result in death, or second, involuntarily by his cabinet and vice president.
Section 4 is what Trump’s alleged conspirators sought to use. It begins, “Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore [currently Charles Grassley] of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives [currently Nancy Pelosi] their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.”
Notice that the word “acting” assumes a temporary status, which will automatically be returned to him when he submits to the above named authorities a “written declaration that no inability exists,” that he is fit. He resumes his duties “unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department … transmit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.”
Should that happen, both houses of Congress are required to assemble within 48 hours to deal with the issue and are given 21 days thereafter to vote on the matter. If Congress “determines by two-thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office.”
This amendment is designed to handle a president incapacitated by a stroke, as in President Woodrow Wilson, or a botched assassination attempt leaving a president incapacitated to do his duties, or in a disease like Alzheimer’s, for instance. This is not to be used to impeach a president as such is clearly outlined in Article II of the Constitution or to overturn the results of an election — more especially one just occurring.
At this point, it might be well to review 18 U.S. Code 2385, Chapter 115, pp. 2–6 on what constitutes treason, sedition, and subversive activities in advocating an attempted overthrow of government. This list includes activities respecting “prints, publishes, edits, issues, circulates, sells, distributes, or publicly displays.” In the coming weeks and months, we may wish to review this law.
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein looked mighty uncomfortable standing expressionless and statuesque behind William Barr when Barr announced the results of the Mueller Report as no collusion and no obstruction. Since he had much to do with the investigation and is the last standing original senior executive officer in the Department of Justice, he may have much to worry about. At least the Russian collusion focus will no longer be on Trump.
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Pure right-wing propagandist trash, right here.
Panama Red, maybe you should try Acapulco Gold. The bottom line, the FBI spied on the Trump campaign based upon a fake document bought and paid for by Hillary Clinton after Jeb started the ball rolling.. It is what is called an inside job. Rest assured if crooked Hillary had won, we wouldn’t have heard a peep about any of this. But alas you are brainwashed by CNN and MSNBC NLP garbagio. Facts are facts, and propaganda is two years of Rachel Maddow pushing Russian collusion fantasies that you watched with MK ultra control glee. If you are not a Soviet American, then please accept undermining any political party during an election using government agencies, is against ALL Americans and the future of the Democratic process.
I fail to understand how a FBI investigation into Russia interference in Trump’s presidential campaign is spying. Remember Papadopoulos was the catalyst for the investigation into trump campaign. The republicans platform was changed in July of 2016 to favor Putin there been 34 indictments starting with Papadopoulos the Mueller investigation started with Rosenstein hiring Mueller after trump fired Comey. This article is a political hit piece. It’s a piece of fiction Fabricated to persuade people that the Steel dossier opposition research paid for by the Washington Examiner, and later after trump became the candidate the DNC and Hillary Clinton campaign. The only thing that’s crooked is William Barr stopping the house of Congress of representatives from doing their oversight duties. The evidence that Russia hack into our election is overwhelming as republicans sit on there hands and refuse to secure or election.
Gee, no Russian Collusion found after largest special investigation in the history of the United States. Dossier was a total fabrication. We now know FBI knew this fact before it was used by the inside cabal to get a FISA warrant. along with a. bogus circular press leak. WHAT MORE DO YOU NEED. Hello? Who bought and paid for the dossier? Mother Theresa? The Democrats and their media cohorts are grasping at straws. 2 years wasted on this garbage, and many folks still dont believe it’s not TRUE. Wake up and smell the …. political brainwashing.
Fulcanelli, clearly you get your info from Fox News and, in particular, Sean Hannity. Maybe you ought to pull your head out of your a$$.