Chopper pressers are the best pressers. President Trump stops to give brief remarks to the assembled press pool as he departs the White House heading to Walter Reed hospital to visit wounded troops and veterans. [Video and Transcript]
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[Transcript] – THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. It’s very hot. It’s very hot.
So we’re going to Walter Reed Hospital, and we’re going to be seeing soldiers — our great heroes, our wounded, and some badly wounded. And they’re incredibly brave and great people. And we’re going to see also the warriors on the frontline of COVID, and quite a few of them. And we’re going to spend some good time with them, and I look forward to doing it. And it’ll be my honor to be there.
Q What is your message by wearing a mask today?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I’ll probably have a mask, if you must know. I mean, I’ll probably have a mask. I think when you’re in a hospital, especially in that particular setting, where you’re talking to a lot of soldiers and people that, in some cases, just got off the operating tables, I think it’s a great thing to wear a mask. I’ve never been against masks, but I do believe they have a time and a place.
Q Mr. President, can you tell us about Roger Stone and why did you not take the advice of the Attorney General, who cautioned you against clemency?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, he didn’t say that. No, the Attorney General, about a week or two ago, had made a statement, but that was long before anybody knew what I was going to do.
Roger Stone was treated horribly. Roger Stone was treated very unfairly. Roger Stone was brought into this witch hunt, this whole political witch hunt and the Mueller scam — it’s a scam, because it’s been proven false. And he was treated very unfairly, just like General Flynn was treated unfairly; just like Papadopoulos was treated unfairly. They’ve all been treated unfairly.
And what I did —
Q Will you give them clemency too?
THE PRESIDENT: What I did — I will tell you this: People are extremely happy because, in this country, they want justice. And Roger Stone was not treated properly.
So I’m very happy with what I did. He — I commuted his sentence, and by commuting, he now has the right to go and — hey, look, he had a forewoman —
Q Sir, what about a jury?
THE PRESIDENT: Quiet.
Q A jury decided this, sir.
THE PRESIDENT: Quiet. Quiet.
He had a forewoman — he had a forewoman who was horrendous. She should have never been on the jury. The judge should’ve so ruled. The judge didn’t do that. Take a look at the record. The judge didn’t do that. Take a look at the forewoman. He should’ve had another trial. Roger Stone was treated very badly.
Now, take a look at Comey, take a look at McCabe, take a look at the two lovers, Strzok and Page. Take a look at all these people that are walking around and they lied to Congress, and they leaked and they did everything else — a lot of other things. Take a look at Biden, Sleepy Joe. Take a look at Obama. And they spied on Donald Trump’s campaign. Those are the people — let me just tell you something: Those are the people that should be in trouble.
Soros funded St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, the city’s prosecutor, previously said she would be investigating Mark & Patricia McCloskey for having the audacity to protect their home from violent Black Lives Matter thugs who tore down a gate and stormed their property.
Yesterday Ms. Gardner issued a search warrant to confiscate the firearms the McCloskey’s used to defend themselves.
According to local media reports the warrant was executed Friday night at the McCloskey’s home in St. Louis’s affluent Central West End neighborhood.
ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) — A search warrant was executed Friday evening at the Central West End of Mark and Patricia McCloskey, their attorney told News 4.
The McCloskeys made national news when they pointed guns at protesters from the lawn of their home on Portland Place on June 28. Protesters were marching to Mayor Lyda Krewson’s house.
Joel Schwartz, who is now representing the McCloskeys, would not comment on whether anything was seized from the home. The pair was previously represented by Al Watkins.
According to Watkins, the search warrant was executed because Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner “sought weapons held by Mr. and Mrs. McCloskey during June 28, 2020 in defense of themselves and their home at time of the march.” The attorney said he had been given possession of the couple’s hand gun so it could be used as an exhibit in court following the incident and was not dischargeable. (more)
The main goal of Election 2020 is not just to defeat President Donald Trump—it’s to exact revenge for the 2016 embarrassing defeat of Hillary Clinton by returning her to power with whatever means it takes.
Inflicting Hilary, virus-like, on the world is not only Clinton’s Big Comeback Dream but the demented dream of every Democrat, in office office—including over-the-top ‘Squad’ ones.
The Strategy of Dementia
The threat of the Covid-19 pandemic and daily anarchy out on the streets will hold full public attention while the Election 2020 campaign plays out the Democrats carefully orchestrated final hoax.
Time is on the side of the Democrat Revenge Team, as it has been ever since the pandemic replaced the Trump Impeachment hoax within days of Impeachment collapse—and they know it.
In the lead up to Election Day, the Democrats have managed to put Joe Biden on ice and have been able to keep him there while the mainstream and social media keep a largely unsuspecting public on a supposedly soon-to-come second virus wave and ongoing street violence, authorities don’t seem willing or able to stop.
No one describes what is happening better than National Review’s Victor Davis Hanson, writing ‘The Strategy of Dementia’. (National Review, June 30, 2020)
“Victor Davis Hanson: one of the most articulate and brilliant thinkers on the planet. (Which is why you NEVER see him on fake news networks CNN, MSNBC, ABC, etc.),” wrote CFP pundit Don Klein.
“Sadly he is 100% correct on this. Poor Joe who never really had it, has lost it completely. The bag of sleaze known as the Democrat Party will put a shill in as VP and hope that they can defeat Trump by any means -all of them foul, and then install their shill as president.
“If that happens Western Society will cease to exist.”
Hillary Clinton, her mentor Barack Obama, his wife Michelle never did go quietly into the night
With all that has happened since Hillary Clinton’s inglorious defeat back in 2016, it’s not so hard to see what has been going on.
Hillary Clinton, her mentor Barack Obama, his wife Michelle never did go quietly into the night, but began their vengeful 2020 Election overdrive campaign the day after Donald Trump was elected.
One of them, Joe Biden didn’t go away, he was put away, hidden from public view in the basement of his Delaware home.
Hillary, Barack, Michelle, Biden. Who’s missing from the staged comeback for Election 2020?
Not one of them!
With the world not exactly waiting breathlessly for the next ditzy digital appearance of Biden, Hillary Clinton and the Obamas have been in a frenzy of activity.
A re-invented Hillary, who James Woods described in a Tweet as “New teeth, another facelift, Vodka afternoon glow… She’s running!”, is holding another Joe Biden fundraiser today.
Barack Obama is commenting on everything other than the destruction caused by Antifa and Black Lives Matter
As “Donald J. Trump” (e-mail attached below) points out: “Last time this CROOKED duo held a fundraiser, they raked in over $2 MILLION in a single night thanks to their radical base of MEGA HOLLYWOOD DONORS.”
As far as vengeful Hillary is concerned, any job from Joe will do as long as it gets her back into the chain of command again.
Meanwhile, Barack Obama is commenting on everything other than the destruction caused by Antifa and Black Lives Matter.
Wife Michelle, along with celebrity Tom Hanks, is pushing the perfect way to steal election 2020 with a 100 percent VOTE BY Mail effort.
“The democrat frantic push for ‘mail-in’ voting is rife with fraud,” pundit Klein points out.
“The City of Paterson, NJ decided to hold its municipal election entirely by mail this year. They received a total of 16,747 mail-in ballots, but ruled that almost 3,200 of those ballots were fraudulent. That comes out to 19%. 1 in 5 mail-in ballots in this city alone were thrown out. Reports of fraud, voter intimidation, and ballot theft began flooding in.
“The state’s Attorney General announced that four men have now been charged with voter fraud, and his office is investigating more potential instances of fraud.
“And more news from the Garden State. A mail truck carrying mail-in ballots burst into flames, destroying ballots set to be delivered to as many as 100 addresses. The State is now warning everyone living in the mail route that their mail-in ballot may never arrive, and that they need to find another way to get a ballot.
Earlier today Sidney Powell filed a new supplemental brief (#2) [pdf here] in support of the unopposed motion to dismiss. The supplement covers the defense position on the newly released information from USAO Jeff Jensen which includes: notes taken by Tash Guahar at a January 25, 2017 briefing; the FBI work product that was an outcome of that briefing; and later notes by acting DAG Dana Boente.
The notes and FBI briefing summary are also on pdf here and embedded below. It’s a lot of granular information to consider – so it’s worth beginning with the filing by Sidney Powell to see how the evidence released pertains to the current status of the case.
On January 25, 2017, the day after Flynn was interviewed by FBI Agent Peter Strzok and FBI Agent Joe Pientka (he’s the redacted name per his status under an ongoing protective order) the DOJ and FBI group assembled to discuss the Flynn interview and what steps they would take to frame Michael Flynn as part of their ongoing resistance operation.
Tashina Guahar from the DOJ-National Security Division was taking the notes.
Notes of then Deputy Assistant Attorney General Tashina Gauhar, reveal a January 25, 2017, meeting of ten officials including FBI General Counsel James Baker, Bill Priestap, Agent Peter Strzok, and [redacted]; from the National Security Division of DOJ: Mary McCord, George ZT, and STU; from the Office of the Deputy AG: Tash, Scott [Schools], and [redacted].
Additionally, when reviewing the notes and FBI briefing summary it’s worth remembering the release only covers the information pertinent to Michael Flynn; hence the non-Flynn material is redacted (even though some of the non-Flynn material we previously found). [Thanks to Techno Fog for that reminder]
One of the key aspects to the notes taken by Tashina Guahar relates to the group discussion of their own leaking of information to the media, which they worried had now alerted the Trump administration to the nature of their intelligence surveillance.
The resistance group’s media leaks, intended to undermine the Trump administration, “changed the dynamic” by informing the White House that FBI agents were intercepting communication from White House officials.
“Media leaks – re intercepts” pertains to the group telling their allied resistance operatives in media about the Flynn calls. The leak of the Flynn-Kislyak call was one of the more dominating narrative headlines at the time. Yes, it’s quite a surprising admission to admit their own leaks pushed the “investigation in the open” which “changed the dynamic”.
Here’s the attachment with three segments: (1) the Tashina Guahar notes; (2) The typewritten FBI summary of the meeting; (3) the handwritten notes of Dana Boente.
The release is in that order. Tash notes, FBI summary work product, then Boente notes.
The FBI summary of the briefing is an interesting, albeit troubling, dive into the mindset of a resistance group determined to make something unlawful out of ordinary contact between the incoming National Security Advisor and foreign officials.
The basic conflict, the fulcrum upon which they ended up deciding to move forward, surrounded the definition of the word “sanctions.” Flynn never discussed ‘sanctions’, or ongoing punitive policy positions, in his call with Kislyak. However, he did discuss not escalating tensions by reacting -beyond a reciprocal manner- to the expulsion of Russian officials; that is an entirely distinct difference between the “sanctions” imposed by the Obama administration.
In order to advance their “Flynn lied” narrative; the group merged the expulsion of the Russian officials into the ongoing “sanctions” against Russia. In essence, they called the expulsions ‘sanctions’, and then set about saying Flynn lied when he said he never discussed those sanctions. It was a strategic lawfare approach to parse words and meaning in order to advance their legal attack.
Four years of this bullshit over the word “sanctions.” Think about it.
Yesterday during a White House Rose Garden event celebrating Hispanic business, Goya Foods President and CEO Bob Unanue praised President Trump for his commitment and economic action plan. Mr. Unanue previously appeared with President Obama at the White House; however, his remarks supporting President Trump drove the left-wing nuts bananas.
Immediately following Unanue’s remarks, the organized left-wing cancel culture machine starting demanding an immediate boycott of Goya Foods. Mr. Unanue responded to criticism earlier today. He won’t back down from supporting President Trump.
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The insufferable leftists will lose this battle. Goya is a well known shopping staple amid Latinos because the products are really good. Additionally, if the uber-left thinks Hispanics, writ large, are in line with their identity politics, they’re in for a surprise. Faith and family are at the core of the Latino culture.
ACTION ALERT: Let’s turn this nonsense effort by the radical leftists into a positive opportunity. Thousands of supportive Americans have already started purchasing Goya products. Additionally, purchasing Goya products for donations to local food pantries is yet another way to create a positive outcome against the left-wing professional hate machine. I’m in.
The DC circuit court has requested a response from Michael Flynn’s counsel (and/or DOJ), by July 20th, regarding the petition filed by Judge Emmet Sullivan for a full panel en banc review of the mandamus order. The prior mandamus order required Sullivan to accept the unopposed motion to dismiss the case. [pdf here]
Notably the court is not permitting a re-response from Sullivan (implying they have enough information) only a brief reply from Sidney Powell, and inviting a brief response from the DOJ as appropriate. In the interim the writ of mandamus (Rao order) is stayed until the court decides whether to grant the en banc review.
In short: •Petition response (from Powell and/or DOJ) requested by July 20th. •No counter petition allowed. •Judge Rao mandamus order stayed. •Court *may* consider (vote on) en banc review pending petition response.
Apparently stall tactics are all the rage amid a political judiciary that is collapsing from a quickly metastasizing cancer inside the third branch of government.
Today the Supreme court blocked in part, and punted in part, on three cases related to the resistance effort to gain the private financial records of President Trump. The bottom line is that none of the decisions today will likely be resolved before the November election.
♦ In the Trump -v- Vance case, a subpoena by a Manhattan district attorney, the justices (by a vote of 7-2) rejected the president’s claim that he is immune from state grand jury proceedings while he is in office. However, the decision in that case does not mean financial records the grand jury seeks will be turned over. As Amy Howe notes: “the court sent the case back to the trial court and agreed that the president could still argue that complying with this subpoena would interfere with his ability to do his job.”
This was the case outcome that likely frustrated President Trump the most because it forces him to continue fighting, and spending, against Lawfare resistance activists in state courts as accusations are brought by politically motivated state prosecutors.
♦ In the Trump -v- Mazars case, which is a combination of two rolled-up cases combining different legislative efforts (congressional subpoenas) to gain Trump’s financial records, the justices (again 7-2) sent the combined cases back to lower courts after highlighting that legislative subpoenas must be made for a “valid legislative purpose” not for law enforcement. This aspect is based on the clear separation of powers in the constitution.
We anticipated this ruling in the Trump -v- Mazars case because it was clear the efforts of the House were fishing expeditions. Despite initiating an impeachment effort in order to bolster their attempt; and then attempting to backdoor the congressional subpoenas under the guise of the impeachment effort; the Supreme Court rejected that approach.
SCOTUS BLOG – […] Having found both sides’ proposed tests wanting, Roberts outlined a middle ground for the lower courts in these cases, as well as other courts going forward, to follow. Courts, Roberts instructed, should “perform a careful analysis that takes adequate account of the separation of powers principles at stake, including both the significant legislative interests of Congress and the ‘unique position’ of the President.”
Among other things, courts should consider whether the president’s papers are really necessary (because the information cannot be obtained elsewhere); whether the subpoena is as limited in scope as it can be while still serving Congress’ purpose; what evidence Congress has offered to “establish that a subpoena advances a valid legislative purpose”; and what burdens a subpoena imposes on the president. Because the lower courts did not adequately consider these “special concerns,” Roberts explained, the cases will now return to those courts for additional proceedings. (more)
Former Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell discusses the period during the presidential transition period where President Obama’s white house team was coordinating intelligence efforts to research and unmask incoming officials.
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