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Feb 7 2020

ACQUITTED !! – Now Let’s Get Down To Business…


Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on February 6, 2020 by 

In the spring of 2018 a group of congressional reps led by Devin Nunes, Mark Meadows, Jim Jordan, Matt Gaetz, Louie Gohmert, Lee Zeldin and Bob Goodlatte, asked President Trump to declassify a series of documents so the public could see how former officials in the DOJ & FBI abused their offices and conducted political surveillance.

In September of 2018, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein asked President Trump not to declassify those same documents until after the Mueller probe was complete. Rosenstein informed the President (confirmed in later POTUS interviews) that declassifying the material could be interpreted as impeding the Mueller investigation.

Two months later, in November 2018, the mid-term election took place. Republicans lost the House and their committee chairs. Many people suspectthe mid-term election was the real motive for the Sept. 2018 request from Rosenstein. Four months after the mid-term, March 2019, the Mueller investigation of President Trump ended.

Two months after the Mueller probe ended U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr, a profoundly supportive voice for DAG Rosenstein, asked President Trump to grant him unilateral declassification authority to assist the purposes and intents of his DOJ effort. President Trump granted U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr with the authority to declassify on May 23rd, 2019; granting access to the same documents requested by congress a year earlier.

May 23, 2019:

Each time President Trump came close to declassifying the material someone from the DOJ intercepted the anticipated action and blocked the release. In the fall of 2018 it was DAG Rod Rosenstein. In the summer of 2019 it was AG Bill Barr….

Amid the twists and turns many people have forgotten about the material congress asked President Trump to declassify two-years-ago. Additionally there has been some material cited that just seemingly slipped away without follow-up. Consider:

  • Whatever happened to the forty pages of Lisa Page and Andrew McCabe text messages that Catherine Herridge noted nine months ago? Herridge only published four of the pages in March 2019.
  • Why are the Lisa Page and Peter Strzok text messages still redacted two years after their original release (December 1st, 2017)?
  • Where’s the release of the Susan Rice inauguration day memo to the file?
  • Why didn’t the DOJ/FBI release all of the Bruce Ohr 302’s without redaction? Will those fully unredacted 302’s be part of the IG report release?
  • Where’s the unredacted David Archey FBI declarations that were previously ordered to be released by a DC judge?
  • The Mueller investigation ended 10 months ago. Why are we still not able to see the unredacted three authorization memos that Rosenstein gave to the special counsel on May 17th, August 2nd and October 20th, 2017?

Those simple questions (and releases) are in addition to the original list that congress provided to President Trump back in the spring of 2018. A declassification list that DAG Rod Rosenstein asked President Trump not to release until after the Mueller investigation.

  • All versions of the Carter Page FISA applications.
  • All of the Bruce Ohr 302’s filled out by the FBI. [Without redactions]
  • All of Bruce Ohr’s emails. All supportive documents and material provided by Bruce Ohr to the FBI. [Without redactions]
  • All relevant documents pertaining to the supportive material within the FISA application.
  • All intelligence documents that were presented to the Gang of Eight in 2016 that pertain to the FISA application used against U.S. person Carter Page; including all intelligence documents that may not have been presented to the FISA Court. Presumably this would include the revealed State Dept Kavalac email; and the FBI transcripts from wiretaps of George Papadopoulos (also listed in Carter Page FISA). [AKA ‘Bucket Five’]
  • All unredacted text messages and email content between Lisa Page and Peter Strzok on all devices.
  • The originating CIA “EC” or two-page electronic communication from former CIA Director John Brennan to FBI Director James Comey that started Operation Crossfire Hurricane in July 2016.

Additionally, since the 2018 list was developed, more information surfaced about the underlying material. This created the tell-tale sign of a document trail that is easily followed:

♦ The August 2nd, 2017, two-page scope memo provided by DAG Rod Rosenstein to special counsel Robert Mueller to expand the fraudulent Trump investigation, and initiate the more purposeful obstruction of justice investigation. Also the October 20th, 2017, third scope memo that expanded the investigation again, and targeted additional people including Michael Flynn’s family. The Scope Memos are keys to unlocking the underlying spy/surveillance cover-up. [SEE HERE and SEE HERE]

♦ The July 31st, 2016, Crossfire Hurricane counterintelligence operation originated from a scheme within the intelligence apparatus. The CIA operation created the originating “Electronic Communication” memo. Declassify that two-page “EC” document that Brennan gave to Comey. [The trail is found within the Weissmann report and the use of Alexander Downer – SEE HERE]

♦ Release and declassify all of the Comey memos that document the investigative steps taken by the FBI as an outcome of the operation coordinated by CIA Director John Brennan in early 2016. [The trail was memorialized by James Comey – SEE HERE] Release and declassify the declarations of FBI Agent David Archey that describe the purpose of the Comey memos:

♦ Reveal the November 2015 through April 2016 FISA-702 search query abuse by declassifying the April 2017 court opinion written by FISC Presiding Judge Rosemary Collyer. Show the FBI contractors behind the 85% fraudulent search queries. [Crowdstrike? Fusion-GPS? Nellie Ohr? Daniel Richman?] This was a weaponized surveillance and domestic political spying operation. [The trail was laid down in specific detail by Judge Collyer – SEE HERE]

♦ Did anyone question former DOJ-NSD (National Security Division) head John Carlin, and get his testimony about why he hid the abuse from the FISA court in October 2016; why the DOJ-NSD rushed the Carter Page application to beat NSA Director Admiral Mike Rogers to the FISA court; and why did John Carlin quit immediately thereafter?

♦ The Carter Page FISA application (October 2016) was fraudulent, and likely based on deceptions to the FISA Court. Declassify the entire document, and release the transcripts of those who signed the application(s); and/or depose those who have not yet testified. The creation of the Steele Dossier was the cover-up operation. [SEE HERE] What version of the FISA application will be released (if at all)?

♦ Release all of the Lisa Page and Peter Strzok text messages without redactions. Let sunlight pour in on the actual conversation(s) that were taking place when Crossfire Hurricane (July ’16) and the FISA Application (Oct ’16) were taking place. The current redactions were made by the people who weaponized the intelligence system for political surveillance and spy operation. This is likely why Page and Strzok texts were redacted!

♦ Release all of Bruce Ohr 302’s without redactions. And FBI notes from interviews and debriefing sessions, and other relevant documents associated with the interviews of Bruce Ohr and his internal communications. Including exculpatory evidence that Bruce Ohr may have shared with FBI Agent Joseph Pientka. [And did anyone get a deposition from this Pientka fella?] Bruce Ohr is the courier, carrying information from those outside to those on the inside.

If President Trump genuinely wants to deal with the FBI issue… All he has to do is remind himself what congressional allies wanted almost two years ago; and release the requested documentation… everything after that becomes much easier.

Feb 6 2020

The Dow – Impeachment – Economic Confidence Model


Armstrong Economics Blog/Dow Jones

Re-Posted Feb 6, 2020 by Martin Armstrong

QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong
Thank you for this education. I’ve had to unlearn almost everything from the MBA I got. They’ll never teach this stuff in schools, it’s too dangerous.
Question: If the Dow closes above the January high in Feb, would that be a cycle inversion, with the market going up when it should have turned down on the Jan 2020 ECM? Or it implies a shallower pullback ahead? I’m still a little confused on how to read the signals.

Many thanks

AA

ANSWER: No, we are not in a cycle inversion. The Dow aligned with the ECM, not the NASDAQ which the forecast array showed was aligned with February, not January. Then Socrates wrote in the report on Friday 31st of January noting there was a RARE event that had taken place on the Weekly Level of our model. Socrates wrote:

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RARE SUPER POSITION EVENT

We have elected an Intermediate and Long-Term Weekly Bullish Reversal. However, we have also elected a Short-Term Bearish Reversal in a Superposition Event warning that this may prove to be a low.
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As I have warned, this was not going to be a major crash. This is still a choppy consolidation and even at the WEC, I showed we had a consecutive string of Monthly Directional Changes into April. Each market has its own cycle. If it coincides with the ECM, all that reflects is that such a market is often the focus of attention. But this turn in the ECM is so profound, the changes in the trend are so many it appears that perhaps the most serious issue will be political. I warned that Trump would not be found guilty. But this issue shows that there is a constitutional problem. The Framers of the Constitution NEVER took into account that the impeachment process would be so abused in this manner. There was no HIGH CRIME or MISDEMEANOR that Trump committed.

Even Bill Clinton, who did create a felony of perjury that any citizen would have been put in prison for, I disagreed with his impeachment because it was in a private legal case. It did not involve the office of the president. This claim that Trump sought foreign interference in the US election is really bogus. He asked them to “investigate” which if the FBI had asked it would not be an issue. He did not ask to make up something. Hillary paid to create the fake dossier by a foreign agent alleging acts in Russia. She actually did seek to interfere in the election and it was that dossier which then was used by the FBI to wiretap Trump’s campaign. That is Watergate stuff that forced Nixon to resign.

The whistle-blower met with the Democrat Schiff and he not only lied about that, but then they protected his identity when others like Snowden and Assange would be put to death if they could. This is a complete abuse of the whistle-blower statute that Schiff has violated denying Snowden and Assange Equal Protection of the Law. I would not even shake the hand of Schiff. What he has done is just outrageous and an abuse of power of his office. He has undermined the Constitution and destroyed the very power of impeachment forever. It was NEVER intended to be a tool to remove an opponent to influence elections or to bring an impeachment simply because you disagree with the president’s decision.

The Constitution demands that all members of Congress must take an oath of office to support the Constitution before assuming office. In order to comply with the Constitution, Congress has enacted federal laws to execute and enforce this constitutional requirement. Federal law regulating oath of office by government officials is divided into four parts along with an executive order which further defines the law for purposes of enforcement. 5 U.S.C. 3331 provides the text of the actual oath of office members of Congress are required to take before assuming office. 5 U.S.C. 3333 requires ALLmembers of Congress to sign an affidavit that they have taken the oath of office required by 5 U.S.C. 3331 and have not or will not violate that oath of office during their tenure of office as defined by the third part of the law, 5 U.S.C. 7311 which explicitly makes it a federal criminal offense (and a violation of oath of office) for anyone employed in the United States Government (including members of Congress) to “advocate the overthrow of our constitutional form of government”. The fourth federal law, 18 U.S.C. 1918 provides penalties for violation of the oath office described in 5 U.S.C. 7311 which include: (1) removal from office and; (2) confinement or a fine.

Executive Order 10450 defines “advocate” and specifies it is a violation of 5 U.S.C. 7311  for any person taking the oath of office to advocate “the alteration … of the form of the government of the United States by unconstitutional means.” Our form of government is defined by the Constitution of the United States. It can only be “altered” by constitutional amendment. Thus, according to Executive Order 10450 declarers any actions taken by government officials who have taken the oath of office prescribed by 5 U.S.C. 3331 which alters the form of government other by Constitutional Amendment, is a criminal violation of the 5 U.S.C. 7311.

Adam Schiff should stand trial and a jury should decide if he has violated the Constitution for the personal political gain of his party based upon probable clause that he lied about meeting the whistle-blower.

If we look at the hatred in politics and Pelosi tearing up the State of the Union speech and the Squad not even attending, we have witnessed the very collapse of the United States. This is the end of a functioning government. I BELIEVE this may be the turning point when we look with highlight back on January 18th, 2020.

On January 16th, 2020 at 2 p.m., Chief Justice John Roberts traveled by car from the Supreme Court to the Senate to assume his role as presiding officer over the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. Roberts received a formal invitation to attend from Secretary of the Senate Julie Adams that morning. Upon arriving at the Senate, Chief Justice Roberts was sworn in by Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), acting as president pro tempore of the Senate. Shortly after senators took an oath to do “impartial justice,” the body unanimously moved to issue a summons to President Trump notifying him of their trial and the charges against him. That was all the 16th and Trump was required to respond to the summons PRECISELY in writing by Saturday evening the very day of the Economic Confidence Model – January 18th, 2020.

I have been a real scholar of constitutional law. I have even had lawyers call me for my opinion. In law school, they teach you maybe a few weeks on the Constitution. The vast majority of laws are statutory which is really the meat and potatoes. Rarely do issues rise to the level of the Constitution because most laws are presumed to be constitutional and it is your burden to prove they are wrong. What this Impeachment of Trump has demonstrated is that the Founding Fathers never anticipated that politics would disintegrate in such a fashion. The oath the senators took to be “impartial” was a joke – nobody was for this was a partisan battle to the death of the Constitution. The Democrats know they cannot defeat Trump, so they themselves interfered with the 2020 election and tried to have him removed.

After Clinton and Trump impeachments, as a constitutional scholar, these impeachments demonstrate that because the Founding Fathers never defined what constitutes a HIGH CRIME or MISDEMEANOR, it has allowed the process to be abused. This Trump Impeachment to me was the deathblow to the Constitution and any possible hope of a fair, impartial, and reasonable democracy from here on out.

  • 5 U.S.C. 3331:

    “An individual, except the President, elected or appointed to an office of honor or profit in the civil service or uniformed services shall take the following oath: ‘I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.’”

    5 U.S.C. 3333:

    “…an individual who accepts office or employment in the Government of the United states…shall execute an affidavit within 60 days after accepting the office or employment that his acceptance and holding of the office or employment does not or will not violate section 7311 of this title. The affidavit is prima facie evidence that the acceptance and holding of office or employment by the affiant does not or will not violate section 7311 of this title.”

    5 U.S.C. 7311 (1):

    “An individual may not accept or hold a position in the Government of the United States of the government of the District of Columbia if he (1) advocates the overthrow of our constitutional form of government…”

    18 U.S.C. 1918:

    “Whoever violates the provisions of section 7311 of title 5 that an individual may not accept or hold a position in the Government of the United States or the government of the District of Columbia if he (1) advocates the overthrow of our constitutional form of government [and] shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year and a day or both.”

  • Executive Order 10450
Categories: Dow Jones
Feb 6 2020

Let the Political Games Begin – Battle to the Death


Armstrong Economics Blog/Politics

Re-Posted Feb 6, 2020 by Martin Armstrong

Well when our computer warned that the 2020 election was going to be the most contested and violent, we just saw how it will kick-off. The impeachment trial has ended and it was really a joke. At least Clinton and Nixon committed crimes that anybody else would have gone to prison for committing. This was a serious mistake for the Democrats and it illustrates that the party no longer represents their more middle of the road liberal policies.

It was a symbolic battle of this nation’s state of affairs that was on display for everyone to witness. Trump snubbed Pelosi. Pelosi stood up immediately following President Trump’s State of the Union address and tore up the pages of his speech, on camera, as the president began to exit the podium for the entire world to watch. This was throwing down the gauntlet and this election will be the vilest we have perhaps witnessed, surpassing the most notorious confrontations in history since Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War.

I will state once again — NEITHER SIDE will accept the result in 2020. The government has ceased to function.

 

Feb 6 2020

Rep. Jim Jordan Discusses Impeachment Acquittal and Director Wray Testimony…


Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on February 5, 2020 by 

A member of President Trump’s legislative defense team, Jim Jordan, appears with Lou Dobbs to discuss the Senate impeachment acquittal and other DC business.

Additionally, Mr. Jordan also had the opportunity to question FBI Director Chris Wray earlier today, and provides his perspectives on the very serious issues with the FBI.

Feb 6 2020

UPDATE: Acquitted – Final Senate Vote on Impeachment – 4:00pm Livestream…


Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree house on February 5, 2020 by 

At 4:00pm today the U.S. Senate returns to trial phase.  Supreme court Chief Justice John Roberts will return to the Senate, and the chamber will be voting on two articles of impeachment.  The Each senator will be called individually and will cast their vote guilty or not guilty accordingly.

UPDATE:

♦ Article One ‘Abuse of Power’:  Guilty 48 / Not Guilty 52
♦ Article Two ‘Obstruction of Congress’:  Guilty 47 / Not Guilty 53

Fox News Livestream – CSPAN Livestream Link – Fox Business Livestream Link

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Feb 6 2020

FBI Director Chris Wray Testifies to House Judiciary Committee – 10:00am Livestream…


Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on February 5, 2020 by 

FBI Director Chris Wray is testifying to the House Judiciary Committee today and will likely receive questions about the FISA abuse issue.  Chairman Nadler scheduled the hearing today in a transparent effort to avoid publicity on the content.

Fox News Livestream Link – House Judiciary Link

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Feb 6 2020

Day Thirteen – Senate Impeachment Trial, Senate Speeches and Final Vote – 9:30am Livestream…


Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on February 5, 2020 by 

The House Managers and President Trump defense team have presented their case and defense of impeachment.  Closing arguments are complete.  Today the Senate will finish floor speeches under regular quorum and then re-enter impeachment trial for 4pm vote.

The regular floor speeches are pure partisan politics. Each of the remaining senators is allowed ten minutes for remarks today prior to the impeachment vote at 4:00pm.

  • Wednesday: 9:30am Floor speeches resume (regular senate rules). At 4:00pm the Senate re-enters trial phase to vote on two articles of impeachment.

CSPAN Livestream Link – Alternate Livestream 1 – Alternate Livestream 2

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Feb 5 2020

Rand Paul Discusses Whistleblower Eric Ciaramella During Floor Speech: “Were they plotting in the halls of congress to bring down this president?”…


Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on February 4, 2020 by 

Earlier today Senator Rand Paul delivered his remarks on impeachment from the Senate floor.  During his remarks Senator Paul highlighted the real and present danger of allowing agents within government to plot against a sitting president.

Senator Paul asks the same question he presented to Chief Justice John Roberts as the presiding officer of the Senate trial.  A question Roberts refused to ask:

“Are you aware that House intelligence committee staffer Shawn Misko had a close relationship with Eric Ciaramella while at the National Security Council together; and are you aware -and how do you respond to- reports that Ciaramella and Misko may have worked together to plot impeaching the President before there were formal house impeachment proceedings?“

Feb 4 2020

Has Pelosi Ensured the Breakup of the Democratic Party?


Armstrong Economics Blog/Politics

Re-Posted Feb 4, 2020 by Martin Armstrong

What is very clear is that we no longer have a functioning government. This impeachment of Trump has been a desperate attempt to stage a fake impeachment for the election. History will see this as the lowest point in the history of the Democrats. Even Ken Starr, the former independent counsel whose investigation led to the impeachment of former President Bill Clinton, made a very valid point. The impeachment by the House vote to investigate President Richard Nixon was 410 to 4. That was a serious issue. The vote to investigate Clinton was supported by 31 of his fellow Democrats because he committed perjury that would land anyone else in prison for 5 years.

Here in the case of Trump, not a single Republican joined Democrats in authorizing the inquiry or impeaching him. Pelosi ORDERED all Democrats to vote for impeachment. Pelosi brushed off the calls from Republicans to hold a vote that formally authorized the impeachment probe. She has accused them of focusing on the process in the House in an effort to distract from the allegations against the president. She knew the charges were bogus. This has been all about creating a narrative for the 2020 elections. This is an absolute deplorable new low in American politics. Pelosi herself has abused her power to shove this impeachment down the throats of all Americans.

This is the downward spiral we now face into 2032. There is no coming back. The Democrats have burned the bridge. Bipartisan government has died. Our model has been showing that the Democrats may self-destruct. They have been in a major bear market ever since they championed slavery against the Republicans led by Abraham Lincoln. They have been making lower highs even with Roosevelt during the Great Depression. Post-Roosevelt, they have been making lower low and lower highs which is the classic sign of a bear market.

Pelosi may have destroyed the Democratic Party and our model keeps warning it may split. The Moderate Sensible Democrats may lose their seats because of what Pelosi has done. If the radical left like AOC lose to the moderate democrats because of her narrative over this impeachment in a desperate attempt to create an issue for the campaign, this strategy may seriously disrupt politics going forward

Feb 4 2020

Was the Impeachment a Sham?


Armstrong Economics Blog/Politics

Re-Posted Feb 3, 2020 by Martin Armstrong

QUESTION: Do you think the Trump acquittal was fair?

HB

ANSWER: Yes. This whole thing is political and was staged for the election. Pelosi said she opposed impeaching Bush for the Iraq War and Trump. She also said she would resign immediately if the impeachment failed. I think we will be waiting a long time for that.

She suddenly changed her mind on something that was really a stretch. Take the whistleblower for example. The Democrats called Snowden and Assange traitors and should be in prison for life for releasing information that was absolutely correct. Here, they protect the whistleblower when they clearly met with him before anything was filed which makes them intricately involved in the entire filing.

Sorry, but Bill Clinton was IMPEACHED by the House on a bipartisan vote because he actually did commit a crime.  I disagreed with that because the perjury was in a private case and not as president in regard to his official capacity.

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Moreover, had the FBI asked Ukraine to investigate Biden and his son, there would be no issue. The president is the head of the Executive branch so I do not see how asking to investigate was anything illegal. This is especially in the fact of a conflict of interest when Biden withheld $1 billion in funding UNLESS they fired the prosecutor investigating the company which had hired his son. That is probable cause in any legal case to investigate and that violated the FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT. Since 1977, the anti-bribery provisions of the FCPA have applied to all U.S. persons and certain foreign issuers of securities. Biden violated that law for which ANY CEO would be charged!

The Senate Republican will now retaliate and the Senate Judiciary Committee can now call witnesses about the whistleblower and which democrats met with him in advance of his filing. The 2020 election is just turning into a mud-slinging act.

Categories: Politics