A noted intelligence expert explains the best way to prosecute the Orange Menace is to use a single, obscure subsection of the Espionage Act - like the feds getting Al Capone for income tax evasion
"People have wondered why the former president collected classified intel, speculating that he is just a packrat. But he has a long history of gathering and wielding sensitive info to help himself."
So when will Mr. Lodal be joining Trump's defense team? "Well, Trump didn't have the intention to have this stuff used to the injury of the United States, nor did he have reason to believe that it will be used to the advantage of some foreign nation."
First I read the word "integrity" used to describe Henry Kissinger, then that Lodal can read minds. Then, top secret isn't all that secret.
Lodal's theory is clean and concise. Of course, AG Garland should do it - NOW! Screw the pre-election deferrals - just get it on the docket. What the country wants is accountability and an orange jumpsuit in the final act. Indeed, orange is the new black, and Trump is the new Capone.
This is a valuable and insightful article. However, I still think we can show that Trump knew he was helping a foreign government in derogation of the interests of the United States. In short, he was and is a traitor.
The article said that it would be hard to prove what was in Trump's head. However, to convict anyone of any crime one has to prove criminal intent, or what is known as "mens rea." People are adjudged to have criminal intent even though there are of course no mind-reading machines at the disposal of the DA.
How is this done ? A very basic legal principle gives us the answer: If one commits a criminal act, we infer and assume that one wanted to commit a criminal act and the burden shifts to the Defendant to prove that he was without criminal intent.
How can we show that Trump wanted to enhance and aid Russia in derogation of the interests of the United States ? Read on.
For almost two decades, American banks were leery of lending to Trump because of his propensity to have his corporations declare bankruptcy and evade their debts. The New York Times explained that because of this Trump got a lot of money from Russia that was laundered through Deutschebank.
Did Russia give him this money just for the hell of it. Or course not. Trump has consistently aided Russia.
In 2019, he told Ukraine that it could not get American arms, to enable itself to defend itself from Russia, unless it smeared Hunter Biden. This was proven by phone conversations in which Trump's agents explicitly demanded dirt on Hunter Biden and said that no dirt meant no arms.
US policy favored the curtailing of Russian power and the boosting of Ukraine. Trump was working for the exact opposite. Trump is the textbook definition of a traitor.
In the first joint press conference, between Putin and Trump, after Trump ascended to power, Trump said that he did not believe American intelligence services which said that Russia interfered in the 2016 election and said that he believed Russia.
Although the Mueller report, in its conclusion, said that there was no finding that Trump and Russia colluded to shape the 2016 election, the Mueller report's recitation of the facts tells a different story:
The Muller report says that Trump gave the Russians confidential polling data from Midwestern battle ground states. The polling data showed that black support for Hillary Clinton was equivocal and irresolute. The Russians then put ads on facebook, which appeared to have been posted by African Americans, which skewered Hillary.
Of course when Trump absconded with top secret documents, he may or may not have been doing it to benefit Russia. But we should look at the "gestalt" (the whole is greater than the sum of its parts) of the situation. Trump has consistently worked for Russia. When he seized top secret documents, and when he refused to return them, he was not doing it for his own amusement. He was working for Russia.
I just finished reading this very interesting piece from ProPublica:
https://www.propublica.org/article/why-trump-hoarded-documents-information?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=river
"People have wondered why the former president collected classified intel, speculating that he is just a packrat. But he has a long history of gathering and wielding sensitive info to help himself."
So when will Mr. Lodal be joining Trump's defense team? "Well, Trump didn't have the intention to have this stuff used to the injury of the United States, nor did he have reason to believe that it will be used to the advantage of some foreign nation."
First I read the word "integrity" used to describe Henry Kissinger, then that Lodal can read minds. Then, top secret isn't all that secret.
Wow.
I just about fell over when I read the first question re Henry Kissinger and integrity. Great timing Jon, let us know when you're playing at Zanie's!
From old goats to Gods ears
Lodal's theory is clean and concise. Of course, AG Garland should do it - NOW! Screw the pre-election deferrals - just get it on the docket. What the country wants is accountability and an orange jumpsuit in the final act. Indeed, orange is the new black, and Trump is the new Capone.
This is a valuable and insightful article. However, I still think we can show that Trump knew he was helping a foreign government in derogation of the interests of the United States. In short, he was and is a traitor.
The article said that it would be hard to prove what was in Trump's head. However, to convict anyone of any crime one has to prove criminal intent, or what is known as "mens rea." People are adjudged to have criminal intent even though there are of course no mind-reading machines at the disposal of the DA.
How is this done ? A very basic legal principle gives us the answer: If one commits a criminal act, we infer and assume that one wanted to commit a criminal act and the burden shifts to the Defendant to prove that he was without criminal intent.
How can we show that Trump wanted to enhance and aid Russia in derogation of the interests of the United States ? Read on.
For almost two decades, American banks were leery of lending to Trump because of his propensity to have his corporations declare bankruptcy and evade their debts. The New York Times explained that because of this Trump got a lot of money from Russia that was laundered through Deutschebank.
Did Russia give him this money just for the hell of it. Or course not. Trump has consistently aided Russia.
In 2019, he told Ukraine that it could not get American arms, to enable itself to defend itself from Russia, unless it smeared Hunter Biden. This was proven by phone conversations in which Trump's agents explicitly demanded dirt on Hunter Biden and said that no dirt meant no arms.
US policy favored the curtailing of Russian power and the boosting of Ukraine. Trump was working for the exact opposite. Trump is the textbook definition of a traitor.
In the first joint press conference, between Putin and Trump, after Trump ascended to power, Trump said that he did not believe American intelligence services which said that Russia interfered in the 2016 election and said that he believed Russia.
Although the Mueller report, in its conclusion, said that there was no finding that Trump and Russia colluded to shape the 2016 election, the Mueller report's recitation of the facts tells a different story:
The Muller report says that Trump gave the Russians confidential polling data from Midwestern battle ground states. The polling data showed that black support for Hillary Clinton was equivocal and irresolute. The Russians then put ads on facebook, which appeared to have been posted by African Americans, which skewered Hillary.
Of course when Trump absconded with top secret documents, he may or may not have been doing it to benefit Russia. But we should look at the "gestalt" (the whole is greater than the sum of its parts) of the situation. Trump has consistently worked for Russia. When he seized top secret documents, and when he refused to return them, he was not doing it for his own amusement. He was working for Russia.