"I think the president has every right to be frustrated, because I think what happened to him was one of the greatest travesties in American history. Without any basis uh, they, uh, they started this investigation of his campaign; and even more concerning, actually, is what happened after the campaign; a whole pattern of events while he was President. uh, So I, to sabotage the presidency; and I think that, uh, or at least had the effect of sabotaging the presidency."
"If people broke the law, and we can establish that, they will be prosecuted"
"The people who abused FISA have a lot to answer for.""If people broke the law, and we can establish that, they will be prosecuted"
Those astonishing, and ominous, quotes are from a recent interview US Attorney General William Barr gave to Fox News' Laura Ingraham, and one can imagine those involved in the FISA abuses are rapidly lawyering up.
Treason is defined in Title 18, section 2381 of the U.S. Code, which states "Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000, and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States." -- (Cornell)
Who, and what penalty?
People in the FBI and CIA swear allegiance to the United States. Engaging in a pattern of events to sabotage the presidency is adhering to their enemies. It can't be much clearer, if it can be established that people within the most powerful intelligence agencies broke the law, by definition, they are guilty of treason.
When you strike at the King and fail, the King is obligated to strike back because declining to do so invites further treachery. AG Barr, the King's spokesperson has laid it bare, those who broke the law will be prosecuted.
It's beyond ludicrous to suggest that low or mid-level bureaucrats and agents have the power and authority to launch an investigation against the president. Obviously, the investigation was designed and executed from the top down. This means the actions of people like John Brennan, former director of the CIA, James Comey, former Director of the FBI, and Andrew McCabe, former Deputy Director of the FBI will be thoroughly scrutinized.
That the FISA process was abused is no longer in question. According to the Department of Justice's inspector general, 29 FISA applications from eight different FBI field offices over the past five years were reviewed for accuracy. All of them had issues. [https://www.heritage.org/crime-and-justice/commentary/fbis-failure-be-scrupulously-accurate-fisa-information-undermines] Two of the FISA's against Trump's former foreign-policy advisor, Carter Page, were found to be invalid.
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FISA related indictments are coming but are unlikely to start with those at the top
FISA related indictments are coming but are unlikely to start with those at the top. A solid prosecutorial foundation would be necessary to go after the big names, and that means beginning at the bottom of the pyramid, such as with the FBI lawyer under criminal investigation for altering a document which was used to obtain a FISA against Carter Page.
It will take some time to inform the public about the scope and scale of the attempt against the president. As that knowledge grows, so will the pressure on the leadership involved. If someone like Brennan or Comey is found guilty of treason, how could the penalty possibly be as minor as a fine? The sure to follow multi million-dollar book deals would make a mockery of the process, the president, and the people.
Fact is, the Department of Justice is set to resume Capital Punishment after a nearly two-decade lapse. [https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-government-resume-capital-punishment-after-nearly-two-decade-lapse] Right now, in the middle of criminal investigations of possible treason. Even if it is coincidence, which is doubtful, it must be weighing on the minds of those who face prosecution and makes it likely that they would be more willing to turn against those they once worked under.
Speaking of penalties, because two of the Carter Page FISAs were deemed invalid, it seems that the cases against General Michael Flynn, Paul Manafort, Roger Stone, and Michael Cohen, all require a second look. Maybe the president expects their sentences to be overturned, which would explain why he hasn't pardoned any of them.
The Media Will Pay A Price
The mainstream media has ruthlessly and relentlessly attacked Trump from the moment he announced his candidacy. They've mocked him, his wife Melania, and his children, including young Barron. For two years they hyped the failed Mueller "Russia collusion" investigation, essentially accusing him of treason. They alleged criminal misconduct to aid the Democrat's impeachment trial, a fiasco doomed to fail in the Senate right from the beginning. Now, the COVID-19 crisis is being used not only to paint him as incompetent but to accuse him of willfully wanting Americans to die. They have been complicit in the failed coup attempt.
The attempt to take out President Trump is not only a travesty, as Barr stated, it's one of the greatest scandals in the country's history. It will become the next, big story. However, If the media remain true to form once the first FISA indictments drop, they can be counted on to trash the process as the personal, political vendetta of a tyrant, discredit AG Barr and the investigators, bury relevant information, and protect the coup plotters, plus themselves, by pinning any wrongdoing on the rank and file.
The level of screeching hatred will be directly proportional to the state of their existential panic. Their credibility will fall as their decibel levels rise, placing it where it truly belongs, below ground.
The mainstream media are dead institutions talking.
Finally, something to celebrate.
Mark Gray hails from the Kirkland Lake, Ontario area and has spent over 30 years as an Analyst/Developer in Big IT, mostly in Calgary’s Oil-And-Gas Sector. Creator of an non-partisan, analytical methodology that seeks out and identifies Bias and Deceit embedded in weaponized information.
