Five years ago today the United States was attacked by internal enemies.
For the first and only time in the history of the American republic, a sitting president refused to recognize the objective fact that he had lost a free and fair election in a landslide and insisted on finding ways to retain his clawhold on power. Convicted Felon Donald J. Trump spent the months between that election filing frivolous lawsuits (all of which he lost, even those that came before judges he himself had appointed), making ominous threats, and spinning ever more elaborate conspiracy theories about why reality couldn’t possibly be any different than his obscene fantasies.
Thanks to bipartisan Congressional hearings and multiple criminal investigations, we now know that Convicted Felon Donald J. Trump and his administration also spent those months actively planning to overthrow the legitimate government of the United States from the inside. This meets the Constitutional definition of treason, for which the penalties are well known.
In a recently released transcript from his testimony before Congress – testimony given behind closed doors at the insistence of Congressional Republicans terrified of what might be revealed, rather than openly to the American people as he had requested – Special Prosecutor Jack Smith stated under oath that “Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power.”
When asked about the violent insurrection of January 6, 2021, he stated that “our view of the evidence was that he caused it and that he exploited it and that it was foreseeable to him. … [I]n the weeks leading up to January 6th [he] created a level of distrust. He used that level of distrust to get people to believe fraud claims that weren’t true. He made false statements to State legislatures, to his supporters in all sorts of contexts and was aware in the days leading up to January 6th that his supporters were angry when he invited them and then he directed them to the Capitol. Now, once they were at the Capitol and once the attack on the Capitol happened, he refused to stop it. He instead issued a tweet that without question in my mind endangered the life of his own Vice President. And when the violence was going on, he had to be pushed repeatedly by his staff members to do anything about it.”
Further, he stated, “President Trump was by a large measure the most culpable and most responsible person in this conspiracy. These crimes were committed for his benefit. The attack that happened at the Capitol, part of this case, does not happen without him. The other co-conspirators were doing this for his benefit.”
In other words, Convicted Felon Donald J. Trump and his subordinates organized and carried out a deliberate attempt to destroy the American republic by replacing the duly elected incoming President with the disgraced loser of the election in November 2020, an act that would have turned the United States into a dictatorship.
The results of this conspiracy were broadcast live to the American people.
For the first and only time in the history of the American republic, a sitting president refused to recognize the objective fact that he had lost a free and fair election in a landslide and insisted on finding ways to retain his clawhold on power. Convicted Felon Donald J. Trump spent the months between that election filing frivolous lawsuits (all of which he lost, even those that came before judges he himself had appointed), making ominous threats, and spinning ever more elaborate conspiracy theories about why reality couldn’t possibly be any different than his obscene fantasies.
Thanks to bipartisan Congressional hearings and multiple criminal investigations, we now know that Convicted Felon Donald J. Trump and his administration also spent those months actively planning to overthrow the legitimate government of the United States from the inside. This meets the Constitutional definition of treason, for which the penalties are well known.
In a recently released transcript from his testimony before Congress – testimony given behind closed doors at the insistence of Congressional Republicans terrified of what might be revealed, rather than openly to the American people as he had requested – Special Prosecutor Jack Smith stated under oath that “Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power.”
When asked about the violent insurrection of January 6, 2021, he stated that “our view of the evidence was that he caused it and that he exploited it and that it was foreseeable to him. … [I]n the weeks leading up to January 6th [he] created a level of distrust. He used that level of distrust to get people to believe fraud claims that weren’t true. He made false statements to State legislatures, to his supporters in all sorts of contexts and was aware in the days leading up to January 6th that his supporters were angry when he invited them and then he directed them to the Capitol. Now, once they were at the Capitol and once the attack on the Capitol happened, he refused to stop it. He instead issued a tweet that without question in my mind endangered the life of his own Vice President. And when the violence was going on, he had to be pushed repeatedly by his staff members to do anything about it.”
Further, he stated, “President Trump was by a large measure the most culpable and most responsible person in this conspiracy. These crimes were committed for his benefit. The attack that happened at the Capitol, part of this case, does not happen without him. The other co-conspirators were doing this for his benefit.”
In other words, Convicted Felon Donald J. Trump and his subordinates organized and carried out a deliberate attempt to destroy the American republic by replacing the duly elected incoming President with the disgraced loser of the election in November 2020, an act that would have turned the United States into a dictatorship.
The results of this conspiracy were broadcast live to the American people.
Speaking as a historian with a PhD in the early American republic, the Founding Fathers would have had this problem resolved by sundown on January 7 and the nation and the world would have been spared a great deal of trouble had they done so. Unfortunately not only has Convicted Felon Donald J. Trump managed to escape the justice due to him, but also a plurality of voters decided that treason was not a disqualifying factor in a leader and installed him back into power last year – a catastrophic failure of American morality, patriotism, and intelligence.
There will come a time when this corrupt neo-Fascist clown and all of his minions, lackeys, cronies, and slaves will face justice.
It is justice long overdue, and it may not happen in my lifetime. But it will happen. There will come a time when everyone will say they were always against this.
In the meantime, I say to Convicted Felon Donald J. Trump and his minions, lackeys, cronies, and slaves, we do not forget.
We do not forgive.
We outnumber you.
We will be here when you are long gone and forgotten.
Sleep well.
4 comments:
"Heads, I Win. Tails, You Cheated"
--DJT
I try not to engage with dementia patients like Trump or delusional bubble dwellers like his supporters. All you get out of that is older.
There is so much to say. I could likely fill a 450-page book with my rage at this point. I have no idea how you exercise such restraint!
I saw a meme the other day that sums up my current mental state:
"Being abducted by
aliens might just be
the vacation I need
at this point"
Lucy
Honestly I'm not sure either. I do the best I can.
Yeah, aliens might not be a bad option.
I saw one the other day that had the alien saying that they'd kidnapped our leader and the response was "Fuckin' A, man."
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