Posted originally on the CTH on April 30, 2024 | Sundance
Judge Juan Merchan has openly targeted President Trump on behalf of the clients for the judge’s daughter Loren Merchan. Ms Merchan is president of Authentic Campaigns, a Chicago-based progressive political consulting firm who represents the interests of Democrat politicians.
NEW YORK – Donald Trump was held in contempt by Justice Juan Merchan Tuesday morning for social media posts and other statements the former president made that violated a gag order imposed in his Manhattan criminal case.
The judge ordered Trump to pay a $9,000 fine — $1,000 for each violation. And he warned Trump that additional violations could land him in jail.
“Defendant is hereby warned that the Court will not tolerate willful violations of its lawful orders and that if necessary and appropriate under the circumstances, it will impose an incarceratory punishment,” the judge wrote in an eight-page decision. (more)
COMMENT: Mr. Armstrong, You may be a trader, but your understanding of constitutional law far surpasses that of most attorneys. I heard your father was also such a man. As you have raised, Justice Thomas even asked if Trump’s lawyer, John Sauer, had questioned Smith’s power to prosecute any president. Justice Thomas asked, “Did you, in this litigation, challenge the appointment of special counsel?” He said “We hadn’t raised it yet in this case when this case went up on appeal.” This is shocking. Justice Kavanaugh also chimed in along the same lines, warning as you do that this will establish an unending precedent. Justice Gorsuch commented that the court is “writing a rule for the ages.” Are Trump’s lawyers deliberately throwing this case?
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REPLY: Yes, I grew up with debates and discussions about the Constitution. My father was a brilliant many who inspired me to discover history. It was the Age of McCarthy who was ignoring everything just to win as they are doing today. As I have said, Article I, Section 6, Clause 1 prohibits the arrest of a Congressman or Senator to interfere in their vote. The president cannot be the exception. Article II, Section 4 makes it very clear that ONLY Congress can charge the President, and he can ONLY be put on trial in the Senate:
The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
I really do not understand fighting on immunity when they should be fighting on the lack of subject matter jurisdiction to appoint some prosecutor who is UNELECTED and UNSUPERVISED by the Senate, and he can bring charges against a president who interferes in the 2024 election. This is not going to look good historically. Justice Kavanaugh is very smart, and he understands precedents well. He explained: “It’s going to cycle back and be used against the current president or the next president … and the next president and the next president after that.” Justice Gorsuch’s comment that they are “writing a rule for the ages” is absolutely correct.
I am very disappointed in Trump’s lawyers – VERY DISAPPOINTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Merrick Garland and Jack Smith acted as Traitors and should be prosecuted for their actions without any authority for violating their oaths to uphold the Constitution. This would be true even against prosecuting Biden. That must rest in the hands of the House to Impeach (Indict) and the Senate to put on trial in both cases. I am shocked that nobody in Congress has moved to IMPEACH both men, and they should be put on trial themselves.
The Constitution specifically identifies what constitutes treason against the United States and, importantly, limits the offense of treason to only two types of conduct: (1) “levying war” against the United States or (2) “adhering to [the] enemies [of the United States], giving them aid and comfort.” In the good old days of England, Garland and Smith would have been hanged for treason. The Court held in Cramer v. United States 325 U.S. 1 (1945) that they MUST have given aid and comfort to an enemy. You may sympathize with an enemy’s view but you must also commit an act of comfort to the enemy, else there is no treason. This raises the question of Treason domestically when what they are doing is trying to aid the foreign economic policy of Karl Marx – a socialist. I cannot see how nobody has challenged in court that their redistributing wealth violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution.
We cannot have liberty and justice for all, and then we claim that monetary means are the exception so we can discriminate by class. This is so hypocritical it goes right to the foundation of liberty and equal protection of the law. I have studied INTERNATIONAL LAW and how it has evolved since ancient times.
This is not being partisan. We are indeed staring into the eyes of the ABSOLUTE death of the United States. This is why these people want Biden; he is senile and lets them do whatever they want. They are bringing down the United States, and we are looking at not just writing a rule for the ages; we are looking at the total collapse of the United States. These people hate Trump so much that they are destroying everything the Founding Fathers envisioned, all for personal corruption.
Posted originally on the CTH on April 28, 2024 | Sundance
The first part of this interview highlights Alan Dershowitz talking about the history of leftist college campuses in American carrying rabid anti-Jewish sentiments. Dershowitz walks through a history of specific colleges and the organizations who fund and support the pro-Hamas antisemitic protests.
Toward the end of the interview Professor Dershowitz talks about the dangers of the Alvin Bragg prosecution of President Trump saying, “there is no crime.” WATCH:
Posted originally on Apr 28, 2024 By Martin Armstrong |
Ron Paul Trashes Speaker Mike Johnson in Stunning New Monologue
“Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is reported to have bragged to his colleagues about how easily Speaker Johnson gave Democrats everything they wanted and asked for nothing in return.”
We are the enemy. When will people wake up and realize they do not represent us? They view us as the enemy never to be trusted – i.e., 702 they just authorized, and the 80,000 IRS agents are auditing not the rich but people under $200,000 because they do not have lawyers and accountants.
Posted originally on the CTH on April 26, 2024 | Sundance
I’m catching up on perspectives from the talking head class about the ridiculous “hush money” legal case in New York City. As I watched the review by Jonathan Turley, I noticed the video caught someone on the livestream.
For those who do not know, the guy circled coming out of the courtroom is Norm Eisen, one of the primary architects of the Lawfare attack scheme. Eisen, Mary McCord and Andrew Weissmann construct the motions, briefings and legal strategies for the various state and federal prosecutions in DC, New York and Georgia.
Remember these specific names: Mary McCord, Norman Eisen and Andrew Weissmann. You will see them repeated in a pattern throughout the Trump attacks. Weissmann, Eisen and McCord have been enmeshed since 2016 and the original DOJ/FBI targeting effort against Donald Trump on behalf of Hillary Clinton.
Here’s the video:
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As we have noted for the past several years, it’s this same group of Lawfare ideologues, mostly former DOJ administrators and lawyers, who are behind every anti-Trump effort.
Politico outlines how Lawfare operative Norm Eisen organizes the weekly Lawfare meeting and lists the participants who also join in. Remember, Mary McCord, Norm Eisen and Andrew Weissmann are the primary Lawfare agents.
Via POLITICO – […] Every Friday, they meet on Zoom to hash out the latest twists and turns in the Trump legal saga — and intellectually stress-test the arguments facing Trump on his journey through the American legal system.
The meetings are off the record — a chance for the group’s members, many of whom are formally or loosely affiliated with different media outlets, to grapple with a seemingly endless array of novel legal issues before they hit the airwaves or take to print or digital outlets to weigh in with their thoughts.
The group’s host is Norman Eisen, a senior Obama administration official, longtime Trump critic and CNN legal analyst, who has been convening the group since 2022 as Trump’s legal woes ramped up. Eisen was also a key member of the team of lawyers assembled by House Democrats to handle Trump’s first impeachment.
[…] The regular attendees on Eisen’s call include Bill Kristol, the longtime conservative commentator, and Laurence Tribe, the famed liberal constitutional law professor. John Dean, who was White House counsel under Richard Nixon before pleading guilty to obstruction of justice in connection with Watergate, joins the calls, as does George Conway, a conservative lawyer and co-founder of the anti-Trump Lincoln Project. Andrew Weissmann, a longtime federal prosecutor who served as one of the senior prosecutors on Robert Mueller’s Trump-Russia investigation and is now a legal analyst for MSNBC, is another regular on the calls. Jeffrey Toobin, a pioneer in the field of cable news legal analysis, is also a member of the crew. The rest of the group includes recognizable names from the worlds of politics, law and media.
[…] You probably know some of the other regular participants on the call, which draws in some of the most recognizable names in the Anti-Trump Cinematic Universe.
They currently include Obama-era U.S. Attorneys Harry Litman, Barbara McQuade and Joyce White Vance. Litman is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times, a cable news regular and a podcast host. McQuade and Vance co-host a podcast and are under contract with MSNBC, as are two other regular attendees — Jennifer Rubin, an opinion writer for the Washington Post who often covers Trump’s legal affairs, and Mary McCord, a former federal prosecutor and high-ranking official in the Justice Department who co-hosts a podcast for MSNBC with Weissmann. Karen Agnifilo, a former senior prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney’s office and CNN commentator, is an occasional attendee, as is Elliot Williams, also a former federal prosecutor who provides commentary on CNN. (read more)
There are many people in media pretending to be surprised to see this article outlining all the participants in the anti-Trump effort, as it gives the appearance of an organized and collaborative effort between media and the Lawfare group. However, all of the surprise is just that – pretense.
The entire DC world knows exactly what is going on and who is participating. You do not have some super incredible insight, knowledge or discernment that is not also known and available to every politician, pundit and entity in DC circles. They all know this game, and they know the players within it.
Some may pretend to be surprised to see these names in print, but they know exactly who and what these people do. It’s the same “pretending not to know” game they deployed about Robert Mueller and Andrew Weissmann.
The entire town of Washington DC knew Robert Mueller was a figurehead appointment with a team behind him to cover up the 2016 DC operation against Donald Trump.
That is exactly what the Robert Mueller special counsel operation was – a giant coverup operation; or what might be called a Lawfare “catch and kill” operation, where they threw a bag over all the DOJ/FBI and IC unlawful conduct for two years. The entire town of Washington DC knew this. Don’t ever let our representatives ignore the fact that we are aware of this.
They are not involved in the Lawfare operation to prosecute some form of illegal behavior. They are involved in the Lawfare operation simply to manipulate the public and change political outcomes.
The Lawfare effort is intended to embarrass Trump, isolate Trump, ridicule Trump and marginalize Trump. Lawfare is the use of law to manipulate public opinion and change political outcomes.
Posted originally on Apr 26, 2024 By Martin Armstrong
The public has political fatigue. The 24/7 media cycle has been promoting political divide for years. The last election saw an outcome that was in contrast to the will of the people. No one on either side actually believes Joe Biden secured 81 million votes to become the most popular candidate in US history. Half of the nation deeply hates Donald Trump, and they have grown tired of seeing him appear on every broadcast whether it is in his favor or negatively. A new poll shows that interest in the upcoming presidential election has hit a 20-year low.
The NBC News poll found that Americans are largely dissatisfied with both top contenders. Immigration and inflation are the leading issues that concern voters. Only one of the two candidates would be willing to fix these issues, but half of the nation is already hell bent of seeing him lose. The Democrats never gave another candidate a fair chance. The DNC presented the public with a Biden-Harris ticket yet again and expected them to feign excitement.
This same NBC poll found a 74% interest rate in the elections during 2008, 67% in 2012, 69% in 2019, and 77% in 2020. Only 64% of registered voters say they are “highly interested” in the 2024 US Presidential Election. Young voters are especially disinterested in the election, as only 36% of registered voters aged 18 to 34 say they are highly interested in the presidential election.
Gerrymandering, mail-in ballots, thousands of votes cast on behalf of dead voters, prohibiting citizens from being required to show identification and therefore permitting illegals to vote – the last election was a complete disaster and this one will be no different. One in five Americans actually admitted to committing election fraud in 2020. Republicans were more prone to committing election fraud, but studies found that Donald Trump would have been the clear winner if mail-in ballots were prohibited.
Voters, especially the youth, have a “why bother” attitude toward voting as the elections appear rigged. Absolutely no one is excited about a Biden re-election. Biden is not debating at all. He is unable to speak and cannot carry a cohesive thought. The cognitive dissonance surrounding Trump is extremely strong and the people voting for Biden simply hate Donald Trump, but they are fearful of his supporters and a Trump victory because he has vowed to turn the nation in the opposite direction.
It matters not who wins. Neither party is going down without a fight this November. The Democrats have been attempting to put Donald Trump behind bars on ridiculous charges and even those on the far-left can see the overt corruption. Trump has been essentially barred from going on the campaign trail as he must stay in New York to attend meaningless hearings day in and day out. People hate Trump’s supporters openly and it has become taboo in many states to speak favorably of the former president.
America is completely divided. Inflation is a top issue, but the masses do not understand what has been driving inflation, and no, it is not corporate greed. Political fatigue has swept America as WE THE PEOPLE have little say in our political leadership.
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