The two have much in common. True, Beria was the longest serving
head of Stalin’s secret police and Mueller is the former head of the FBI, yet
they share one thing in common.
And based on what we’ve seen so far, it’s a big thing.
Beria is often quoted as saying: “Show me the man and I’ll find
the crime.” Isn’t that what Mueller is
doing in his role as head of the current Special Counsel Investigation?
Here in America we normally require there be a crime before we
investigate. Mueller and his team have flipped that and are apparently
following Beria’s philosophy. They are
targeting individuals first and trying to find the crimes second. This isn’t how it’s supposed to work.
They are targeting Trump as their end game. That much is perfectly
clear. They also don’t care how they get
him. That’s also clear. They have the entire justice apparatus to
help them, along with cheerleading from Democrats and the media. It’s an awesome
array of power.
So far Mueller and his team have uncovered crimes that have
nothing directly implicating Trump in an actual crime. Bad judgement on Trump’s part, perhaps, but
not a crime.
They hope that terrorizing anybody associated with Trump with
threats of financial ruin and lengthy jail time will get someone, somewhere
frightened enough to incriminate Trump in a major crime. Almost every day there’s a news story about
someone Trump knows – a former lawyer, a Trump campaign associate, a Trump donor,
someone Trump had sex with, someone who had business dealings with Trump or his
companies before he took office, and others – who has
revealed details to Mueller’s team that tie Trump to some possible crime.
But so far, despite all the breathless reporting, there’s been no “there”
there.
Sure, a bunch of Trump supporters and hangers-on have been subjected to
the wrath of Mueller’s team. Some have
copped pleas to past crimes that have nothing to do with Trump or his election.
Some have been convicted of lying to Congress or the FBI, or both, on matters
not related to Trump, even though whether they actually intentionally lied is
questionable. Some, like Cohen, have blamed Trump for illegal acts they may have
committed. And every day the media
reports that the noose is tightening around the neck of Donald J. Trump and
pushing him toward inevitable impeachment.
Adam Schiff, a California Democrat, has even said that Trump may
be the first President in years to face jail time when he leaves office.
What Mueller, Democrats, never-Trumpers like Bob Corker and Jeff
Flake, and the media won’t admit is they have zero chance of removing
Trump from office before his term’s up. Democrats don’t have the votes in Congress to impeach him, even after the midterms.
They’d need two thirds of the Senate to convict him of an impeachable
offense, and that’s never going to happen.
As far as Trump going to jail, forget about that, too. His cabinet invoking the 25th
Amendment to force him out – something talking heads at CNN and MSNBC, as well
as geniuses like Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar, have pushed for – isn’t going
to happen, either.
Trump may not be their idea of a President – in fact, they hate
him with a passion that borders on insanity – but they can’t kick him out
before his term expires. Just not going to happen. To believe otherwise is a fever dream. The
best they can hope for is to damage him so much he doesn’t get re-elected in 2020. And even that’s a long shot.
They’ll continue to vent their frustration. Mueller will continue to torture anyone he
can to try to make his two years of investigations and the millions he’s spent yield
something of substance. Even though he knows, as all torturers know, that with
enough pain and pressure anyone will eventually say whatever you want them to
say, whether it’s true or not.
Beria knew that. Mueller and
his team know it as well.
Mueller and his team are using Beria’s tactics, plain and
simple. I don’t know if he’s pissed
because he got passed over for FBI Director by Trump. I don’t know if he’s
pissed because his buddy James Comey got canned by Trump.
I honestly can’t figure out his motives, except to get Trump at
all costs.
It’s a sad time for our justice system when a murderous monster
like Beria is a de facto role model for how we now conduct investigations.
It’s also a sad reflection on who we’ve allowed ourselves to become
as a nation.
We should all be
appalled.
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