THE CAPE CHARLES MIRROR AUGUST 14, 2021 AT 6:15 PM
Paul Plante says:
And continuing with this CNN article entitled “Former Republican congressman to join staff of January 6 committee” by Jamie Gangel and Rachel Janfaza on August 6, 2021 for the rich background it provides us in the interests of establishing an accurate contemporary history with which to confront, refute and debunk the fake history Nancy Pelosi is having Bennie Thompson and his team of WITCH HUNTERS fabricate in order to influence the 2022 congressional elections in the favor of the Democrats, we have further as follows to consider, to wit:
“In addition to being a former House colleague, Mr. Riggleman brings a deep background in national security and intelligence matters,” Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson, the chair of the select committee, said in a statement late Friday announcing the selection of Riggleman and Homeland Security Department Principal Deputy General Counsel Joseph Maher as senior staff for the panel.
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Denver brings a deep background in national security and intelligence matters?
Get real, Bennie!
The dude is a failed politician who in 2014, with his wife, opened Silverback Distillery, a 50-acre craft distillery in Afton, Virginia, outside Charlottesville, and according to his published bio, Denver has pushed for deregulation of distilleries in the state and changes to the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority and together with other distillers, the Rigglemans established a “loosely formed distillers guild” and hired a lobbyist, while Denver has “criticized the state’s alcohol and tax laws as unfairly harsh toward spirits producers and spoke[n] of a new ‘whiskey rebellion.'”
So there’s a dude to be investigating insurrections, given that he looks like he is planning one.
And since leaving Congress in January 2021, Denver has been working with a spooky bunch of alleged “experts” and “academics” at something called the Network Contagion Research Institute, where Denver is studying disinformation and how to combat it, which would seem to have him over into the corner of government thought control,
In their website, the Network Contagion Research Institute Denver is working with seeks funds as follows:
SUPPORT OUR MISSION
NCRI relies on the donations of individuals and corporations who share in its mission to mitigate the epidemic of hate.
As the world wide web continues to expand, so too will the “red zones of infection” which continue to propagate the web.
Your donation will help the NCRI continue to invest in the people and technology to combat these ominous trends in network hate.
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And the irony here is that Denver is joining up with Nancy Pelosi’s overt effort to spread the epidemic of hate on the web as her technical expert, which takes us to December 11, 2020, and Denver’s moving and poignant farewell address on the floor of the House, where Denver said his experience as an Air Force intelligence officer taught him “… the invaluable lesson of considering the source” when examining disinformation.
And as we consider the disinformation Nancy Pelosi, Bennie Thompson and his WITCH HUNTERS are putting out to deflect attention away from the crappy security at the Capitol on 6 January 2021, I am doing exactly that: considering the sources, which takes us to a Pelosi Press Release from her official government page for the Speaker’s Office, which is supposed to protect the rights of the minority, to wit:
House Republicans Repeat Debunked Lies About January 6th
JULY 27, 2021
McCarthy & House R’s Attempt to Distract From Testimony of January 6th Heroes With Lie-Filled Press Conference
From the Speaker’s Press Office:
Kevin McCarthy and House Republicans have desperately tried to undermine and prevent a real investigation into the events of January 6th from the start.
Now that the bipartisan Select Committee is beginning its work, the only tools left in House Republican’s arsenal are deflection, distortion, and disinformation.
Unfortunately for McCarthy and his conspirators, their pathetic attempt to distract from the Select Committee’s upcoming hearing featuring the testimony from law enforcement officers who protected them and our democracy on January 6th has fallen flat once again.
Every single lie uttered by the Republicans this morning has been debunked time and again.
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Now that Nancy’s Select Committee, which is not bipartisan by any stretch of the imagination, is beginning its work, the tools from the House Democrat’s arsenal it is using, and masterfully so, given the Democrats are masters of deception, are the very same tools of deflection, distortion, and disinformation Nancy would have us believe the Republicans are using, which raises the question of the ethics of Nancy Pelosi using the official website of the Speaker of the House of Representatives to run down the Republican members of the House and to lie to us, while doing so.
Given the language in the public document entitled House Practice: A Guide to the Rules, Precedents and Procedures of the House, Chapter 34. Office of the Speaker, from the U.S. Government Publishing Office, http://www.gpo.gov wherein is stated in Sec. 1, Role of Speaker that the Speaker’s role as presiding officer is an impartial one, and his (her) rulings serve to protect the rights of the minority, I would say that using the official website of the Office of the Speaker to attack and denigrate the Republican members of the House is highly irregular and highly unethical, as well, and there is not a thing we American citizens can do about it, because quite literally, Nancy Pelosi is above the law and can lie to us with impunity without ever having to be concerned with being held to account, which takes us back to Denver’s farewell speech, to wit:
He stated that “a well-instructed” and knowledgeable people are the pillars of a functional republic, and that “Those pillars are now being assaulted by disinformation and outlandish theories surrounding this presidential election.”
“As we transition to a new administration I implore all to consider the sources of information you receive, to fact check diligently”, he pled, asking his fellow Americans “to recognize that many bad actors who spread spurious and fantastical conspiracy theories under banners like QAnon, Kraken, ‘Stop the Steal, ‘Scamdemic’ and many other emotive terms and coded language are not disseminating information rooted in knowledge but with questionable motives and greed.”
“They are rooted in misunderstanding, or fraud or in some cases, ignorance.”
He told “all those on the end of the disinformation fire hose” that “unbiased, fact-based information sustains our republic,” adding that “disinformation hinders our free exchange of ideas and creates super spreader digital viruses that create a fever of nonsense.”
He asked his audience to remember that “people are more important than party” and that “pandering is a political sickness.”
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And now Denver is coming back from his failed political career to serve as a “senior staffer” on a selected committee that is intentionally using disinformation to hinder our free exchange of ideas and to thereby create super spreader digital viruses about the Republicans in Congress that create a fever of nonsense in the minds of the American people to bias them in favor of the Democrats in the congressional elections in 2022!
http://www.capecharlesmirror.com/news/r ... ent-402716
THE JANUARY 6th SELECT COMMITTEE
Re: THE JANUARY 6th SELECT COMMITTEE
THE CAPE CHARLES MIRROR AUGUST 19, 2021 AT 9:37 PM
Paul Plante says:
And getting back to this on-going drama as we wait for Labor Day to pass and the Pelosi-ite KANGAROO COURT to resume its WITCH HUNT, let us go back to July 27, 2021, and the first hearing held by the WITCH HUNTERS, where we have the GRAND INQUISITOR Bennie Thompson, as loyal a Democrat as you will ever find, speaking on the record as follows:
We’re going to be guided solely by the facts, the facts of what happened on January 6th and the run up to that tragic day and what has taken place since.
That’s what we’re charged to do by House Resolution 503.
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And here, before we go to a LAW & CRIME article entitled “Sentencing Suddenly Delayed for MAGA-Hatted ‘Democrat’ Present at Capitol Siege after Feds Discover New Evidence” by Aaron Keller on 19 August 2021, focus on Bennie saying, “We’re going to be guided solely by the facts, the facts of what happened on January 6th,” because we now know, from his own admissions in court, that we had at least one Democrat in that mob portraying himself as a Trump supporter, big surprise, that, which takes us back to Bennie, to wit:
We know that the insurrection on January 6th was a violent attack that involved vicious assault on law enforcement.
We know there is evidence in a coordinated, planned attack.
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And today, we know that at least one participant in that “coordinated, planned attack” was in fact not a Republican, but a Democrat.
So what coordinated, planned attack was this Democrat a participant in, that he was disguised as a Trump supporter, instead?
And exactly who was it that coordinated and planned the attack this Democrat was a participant in?
Nancy Pelosi?
And going back to Bennie’s statement “We know that the insurrection on January 6th was a violent attack that involved vicious assault on law enforcement,” the question is raised as to how Bennie can possibly know that when House Resolution 503 states as follows:
This resolution establishes in the House of Representatives the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol.
The select committee must (1) conduct an investigation of the relevant facts and circumstances relating to the attack on the Capitol; (2) identify, review, and evaluate the causes of and the lessons learned from this attack; and (3) submit a report containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations to prevent future acts of violence, domestic terrorism, and domestic violent extremism, and to improve the security of the U.S. Capitol Complex and other American democratic institutions.
The select committee consists of 13 Members of the House appointed by the Speaker; 5 must be appointed after consultation with the minority leader.
The resolution gives the select committee specified powers, including the authority to hold hearings, receive evidence, and issue subpoenas.
It also requires other House committees to share relevant records with the select committee within 14 days of the resolution’s adoption or receipt of such records.
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So, people, if the House Resolution authorizing the Pelosi-ite KANGAROO COURT states there was an attack on the Capitol, not an insurrection, and that the WITCH HUNTERS must (1) conduct an investigation of the relevant facts and circumstances relating to the attack on the Capitol; (2) identify, review, and evaluate the causes of and the lessons learned from this attack; and (3) submit a report containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations to prevent future acts of violence, domestic terrorism, and domestic violent extremism, and to improve the security of the U.S. Capitol Complex and other American democratic institutions, then how is it that Bennie Thompson can know that “the insurrection on January 6th was a violent attack that involved vicious assault on law enforcement?”
And with it now a matter of record in federal court that we had at least one Democrat posing as a Trump supporter while himself allegedly involved on attacks on police officers on 6 January 2021, when GRAND INQUISITOR Bennie Thompson states on the record “We know that men and women who stormed the Capitol wanted to derail the peaceful transfer of power in this country,” what we now know is that at least one Democrat was involved in that effort, if not more!
So when Bennie says “We’re going to be guided solely by the facts,” will the fact of this Democrat’s involvement in the violence be one of the facts in his record?
Or will it be curiously omitted as being not good for the narrative the WITCH HUNTERS are producing to influence the 2022 congressional elections in the favor of the Democrats?
http://www.capecharlesmirror.com/news/r ... ent-406327
Paul Plante says:
And getting back to this on-going drama as we wait for Labor Day to pass and the Pelosi-ite KANGAROO COURT to resume its WITCH HUNT, let us go back to July 27, 2021, and the first hearing held by the WITCH HUNTERS, where we have the GRAND INQUISITOR Bennie Thompson, as loyal a Democrat as you will ever find, speaking on the record as follows:
We’re going to be guided solely by the facts, the facts of what happened on January 6th and the run up to that tragic day and what has taken place since.
That’s what we’re charged to do by House Resolution 503.
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And here, before we go to a LAW & CRIME article entitled “Sentencing Suddenly Delayed for MAGA-Hatted ‘Democrat’ Present at Capitol Siege after Feds Discover New Evidence” by Aaron Keller on 19 August 2021, focus on Bennie saying, “We’re going to be guided solely by the facts, the facts of what happened on January 6th,” because we now know, from his own admissions in court, that we had at least one Democrat in that mob portraying himself as a Trump supporter, big surprise, that, which takes us back to Bennie, to wit:
We know that the insurrection on January 6th was a violent attack that involved vicious assault on law enforcement.
We know there is evidence in a coordinated, planned attack.
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And today, we know that at least one participant in that “coordinated, planned attack” was in fact not a Republican, but a Democrat.
So what coordinated, planned attack was this Democrat a participant in, that he was disguised as a Trump supporter, instead?
And exactly who was it that coordinated and planned the attack this Democrat was a participant in?
Nancy Pelosi?
And going back to Bennie’s statement “We know that the insurrection on January 6th was a violent attack that involved vicious assault on law enforcement,” the question is raised as to how Bennie can possibly know that when House Resolution 503 states as follows:
This resolution establishes in the House of Representatives the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol.
The select committee must (1) conduct an investigation of the relevant facts and circumstances relating to the attack on the Capitol; (2) identify, review, and evaluate the causes of and the lessons learned from this attack; and (3) submit a report containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations to prevent future acts of violence, domestic terrorism, and domestic violent extremism, and to improve the security of the U.S. Capitol Complex and other American democratic institutions.
The select committee consists of 13 Members of the House appointed by the Speaker; 5 must be appointed after consultation with the minority leader.
The resolution gives the select committee specified powers, including the authority to hold hearings, receive evidence, and issue subpoenas.
It also requires other House committees to share relevant records with the select committee within 14 days of the resolution’s adoption or receipt of such records.
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So, people, if the House Resolution authorizing the Pelosi-ite KANGAROO COURT states there was an attack on the Capitol, not an insurrection, and that the WITCH HUNTERS must (1) conduct an investigation of the relevant facts and circumstances relating to the attack on the Capitol; (2) identify, review, and evaluate the causes of and the lessons learned from this attack; and (3) submit a report containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations to prevent future acts of violence, domestic terrorism, and domestic violent extremism, and to improve the security of the U.S. Capitol Complex and other American democratic institutions, then how is it that Bennie Thompson can know that “the insurrection on January 6th was a violent attack that involved vicious assault on law enforcement?”
And with it now a matter of record in federal court that we had at least one Democrat posing as a Trump supporter while himself allegedly involved on attacks on police officers on 6 January 2021, when GRAND INQUISITOR Bennie Thompson states on the record “We know that men and women who stormed the Capitol wanted to derail the peaceful transfer of power in this country,” what we now know is that at least one Democrat was involved in that effort, if not more!
So when Bennie says “We’re going to be guided solely by the facts,” will the fact of this Democrat’s involvement in the violence be one of the facts in his record?
Or will it be curiously omitted as being not good for the narrative the WITCH HUNTERS are producing to influence the 2022 congressional elections in the favor of the Democrats?
http://www.capecharlesmirror.com/news/r ... ent-406327
Re: THE JANUARY 6th SELECT COMMITTEE
THE CAPE CHARLES MIRROR AUGUST 21, 2021 AT 6:28 PM
Paul Plante says:
And talking about the wind coming out of Pelosi-ite GRAND INQUISITOR Bennie Thompson’s sails while the wheels come off this run-away train called the Pelosi selected committee of WITCH HUNTERS loyal to Nancy Pelosi, not RULE OF LAW, let’s go to a Reuters article entitled “Exclusive: FBI finds scant evidence U.S. Capitol attack was coordinated – sources” by Mark Hosenball and Sarah N. Lynch on August 20, 2021, where we learn as follows, to wit:
WASHINGTON, Aug 20 (Reuters) – The FBI has found scant evidence that the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was the result of an organized plot to overturn the presidential election result, according to four current and former law enforcement officials.
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Which of course flies directly in the face of the narrative BOSS Pelosi has charged her GRAND INQUISTOR Bennie Thompson with creating, which takes us back to Reuters, as follows, as we American citizens who do not believe in violence such as we see from ANTI-FA and BLACK LIVES MATTER and such as we saw on 6 January 2021 at the Capitol where this MAGA-hatted Democrat referred to above was filmed assaulting a police officer, search for the real truth, not the version of “truth" Nancy Pelosi has charged Bennie Thompson with fabricating, as follows:
Though federal officials have arrested more than 570 alleged participants, the FBI at this point believes the violence was not centrally coordinated by far-right groups or prominent supporters of then-President Donald Trump, according to the sources, who have been either directly involved in or briefed regularly on the wide-ranging investigations.
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And there goes the central premise of the political narrative of Pelosi, Joe Biden, Bennie Thompson, Virginia’s Elaine Luria, and the rest of the Pelosi-ite WITCH HUNTERS right out the window, because for their false narrative to succeed in misleading the American people to influence them in the 2022 congressional elections, they need this GRAND CONSPIRACY to overthrow our democracy and instead install something else, a Marxist dictatorship, perhaps, which takes us back to Reuters and the gutting of the operating premise of Pelosi-ite KANGAROO COURT being a GRAND CONSPIRACY, to wit:
“Ninety to ninety-five percent of these are one-off cases,” said a former senior law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation.
“Then you have five percent, maybe, of these militia groups that were more closely organized.”
“But there was no grand scheme with Roger Stone and Alex Jones and all of these people to storm the Capitol and take hostages.”
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So when Democrat Bennie Thompson, Nancy Pelosi’s GRAND INQUISITOR, says “We’re going to be guided solely by the facts,” will the fact that the Federal Bureau of Investigation, part of a Biden Justice Department, found there was no grand scheme with Roger Stone and Alex Jones and all of these people to storm the Capitol and take hostages be one of the facts in his record?
Or will it be curiously omitted from the narrative the WITCH HUNTERS are producing to influence the 2022 congressional elections in the favor of the Democrats?
http://www.capecharlesmirror.com/news/r ... ent-407549
Paul Plante says:
And talking about the wind coming out of Pelosi-ite GRAND INQUISITOR Bennie Thompson’s sails while the wheels come off this run-away train called the Pelosi selected committee of WITCH HUNTERS loyal to Nancy Pelosi, not RULE OF LAW, let’s go to a Reuters article entitled “Exclusive: FBI finds scant evidence U.S. Capitol attack was coordinated – sources” by Mark Hosenball and Sarah N. Lynch on August 20, 2021, where we learn as follows, to wit:
WASHINGTON, Aug 20 (Reuters) – The FBI has found scant evidence that the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was the result of an organized plot to overturn the presidential election result, according to four current and former law enforcement officials.
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Which of course flies directly in the face of the narrative BOSS Pelosi has charged her GRAND INQUISTOR Bennie Thompson with creating, which takes us back to Reuters, as follows, as we American citizens who do not believe in violence such as we see from ANTI-FA and BLACK LIVES MATTER and such as we saw on 6 January 2021 at the Capitol where this MAGA-hatted Democrat referred to above was filmed assaulting a police officer, search for the real truth, not the version of “truth" Nancy Pelosi has charged Bennie Thompson with fabricating, as follows:
Though federal officials have arrested more than 570 alleged participants, the FBI at this point believes the violence was not centrally coordinated by far-right groups or prominent supporters of then-President Donald Trump, according to the sources, who have been either directly involved in or briefed regularly on the wide-ranging investigations.
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And there goes the central premise of the political narrative of Pelosi, Joe Biden, Bennie Thompson, Virginia’s Elaine Luria, and the rest of the Pelosi-ite WITCH HUNTERS right out the window, because for their false narrative to succeed in misleading the American people to influence them in the 2022 congressional elections, they need this GRAND CONSPIRACY to overthrow our democracy and instead install something else, a Marxist dictatorship, perhaps, which takes us back to Reuters and the gutting of the operating premise of Pelosi-ite KANGAROO COURT being a GRAND CONSPIRACY, to wit:
“Ninety to ninety-five percent of these are one-off cases,” said a former senior law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation.
“Then you have five percent, maybe, of these militia groups that were more closely organized.”
“But there was no grand scheme with Roger Stone and Alex Jones and all of these people to storm the Capitol and take hostages.”
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So when Democrat Bennie Thompson, Nancy Pelosi’s GRAND INQUISITOR, says “We’re going to be guided solely by the facts,” will the fact that the Federal Bureau of Investigation, part of a Biden Justice Department, found there was no grand scheme with Roger Stone and Alex Jones and all of these people to storm the Capitol and take hostages be one of the facts in his record?
Or will it be curiously omitted from the narrative the WITCH HUNTERS are producing to influence the 2022 congressional elections in the favor of the Democrats?
http://www.capecharlesmirror.com/news/r ... ent-407549
Re: THE JANUARY 6th SELECT COMMITTEE
THE CAPE CHARLES MIRROR SEPTEMBER 4, 2021 AT 9:53 PM
Paul Plante says
And while our attention has been riveted on the incredible incompetence of the Biden administration with respect to the BIDEN ANABASIS out of Afghanistan, the Pelosi-ite WITCH HUNTERS have themselves been quite busy, as we see from an opinion article by Jonathan Turley, the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University in The Hill entitled “Democrats’ Jan. 6 subpoena-palooza sets dangerous precedent” on 31 August 2021, where we have Pelosi-ite GRAND INQUISTOR and CHIEF WITCH Hunter Bennie Thompson, as staunch a Democrat as there ever was, speaking on the record, as follows:
“We have quite an exhaustive list of people.”
“I won’t tell you who they are.”
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And that people, is what a McCarthy-ite political Witch Hunt looks like in real life!
For those too young to remember, “Tailgunner Joe” McCarthy, a thuggish and ignorant U.S. senator who conducted a vociferous campaign against Democrats alleged to be communists in the US government and other institutions in the period 1950–54, gave us the term “McCarthyism,” which is a campaign or practice that endorses the use of unfair allegations and investigations, such as the testimony during the January 6, 2021 House Select Committee Hearing Investigation where we had as follows from the witnesses, all sworn police officers, to wit: The Washington Post and Carnegie Mellon University have estimated that there were about 9,400 terrorists out there.
So, by the way things are done today by the Democrat WITCH HUNTERS, the determination as to who is a terrorist is no longer a function of a grand jury based upon evidence and facts.
To the contrary, that determination is now left to the Washington Post and Carnegie Mellon University.
Getting back to the opinion piece, we have:
With those words, House Select Committee Chair Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) confirmed that a subpoena storm was about to be unleashed in the investigation of the Jan. 6 riot in Congress.
The targets would include Republican members, including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who have already been told to preserve their phone records to be surrendered to the committee.
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Yes, people, while the inept and incompetent Joe Biden was making a real hash out of things in Afghanistan, the Pelosi-ite WITCH HUNTERS train has left the station under a full head of steam and is heading down the tracks with the intent of grinding our protections of law into dust beneath its wheels, which takes us back to the article, to wit:
The Democrats are reportedly trying to prove their prior claims that Republicans conspired or assisted “insurrectionists,” even though the FBI reportedly found no evidence of a planned insurrection.
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But seriously, people, what does the FBI know about anything?
So we need Bennie Thompson and his WITCH HUNTERS, including Virginia’s Elaine Luria, and the incompetent and bumbling Adam Schiff, the smarmy pencil-necked congressman from Disneyland, who blew it big time with regard to Afghanistan’s government collapsing like a house of cards in a stiff wind as House Intelligence Committee Chairman, to act as an oversight committee on the FBI, since the judgment of the FBI is quite obviously seriously flawed when it comes to what happened on 6 January 2021 at the Capitol, and why.
As to the intelligence failures of the smarmy Hollywood Democrat Adam Schiff who represents Disneyland and Mickey Mouse and Snow White and Goofy in the House of Representatives, the Washington Examiner had a story entitled “McCarthy blames Schiff for focusing on impeachment over Afghanistan intelligence” by Emily Brooks on 26 August 2021, where we had as follows, to wit:
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy took aim at House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff for creating a “failure” by focusing on impeachment investigations against former President Donald Trump rather than on providing oversight on intelligence about the Taliban’s influence in Afghanistan.
“We should have been having hearings on what’s going on over there.”
“We should have been able to gather that they would collapse this fast.”
“But Adam Schiff was too focused on impeachment than doing the job he was supposed to do,” McCarthy, a California Republican, said in a press conference on Wednesday.
Schiff, a Democrat, also from California, became the face of the first impeachment effort against Trump as head of the Intelligence Committee, despite the House Judiciary Committee traditionally taking the leading role in impeachment proceedings.
“How much time did Adam Schiff spend looking around the world of what his responsibility is?” McCarthy said.
“When you’re on the Intel Committee, you learn things that other members do not know.”
“But he spent all this time on politics.”
A top concern of lawmakers in light of the U.S. being surprised by a swift Taliban takeover of Afghanistan as U.S. troops pulled out of the country is the quality of intelligence.
After a classified Intelligence Committee briefing on Monday, Schiff relayed in general terms what the intelligence agencies knew about the situation in Afghanistan leading up to the collapse.
“Intelligence agencies’ assessments of the Afghan government’s ability to maintain itself became increasingly pessimistic over the course of the last six months,” Schiff said.
“There were any number of warnings that the Taliban might take over, and some that included a potential of a very rapid takeover,” Schiff said, but added no one predicted such a rapid collapse.
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So much for the intelligence of the Democrat head of the house intelligence committee, which lack of intelligence is what qualifies Adam Schiff in the mind of Nancy Pelosi to be one of her WITCH HUNTERS, which takes us back to the opinion piece as follows:
The Democrats’ move to investigate members of the opposing party is a dangerous precedent in an institution that has always protected the privacy and confidentiality of phone and office records.
Two months ago, House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) was on practically every network denouncing one of “the most dangerous assaults on our democracy” – meaning the Trump administration’s search of phone log information related to Schiff and Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) while looking for leakers.
For his part, Swalwell publicly fretted about this “fragile time for our democracy” if members could have their phone logs seized through secret surveillance orders issued to telephone companies.
After those disclosures, I testified in Congress on the need for greater protections for from secret surveillance for members and reporters alike.
At the hearing, the Democratic members expressed nothing short of disgust at the notion of such seizures of member phone logs.
Thompson has now admitted that he has sent letters to telecommunications companies to preserve documents – including phone logs – for hundreds of people, including members of Congress.
He would offer only a type of “the usual suspects” response when asked for specificity: “you know, in terms of telecom companies, they’re the ones that pretty much you already know, maybe the networks, the social media platforms, those kinds of things.”
Reports indicate that among the “hundreds” will be Trump family members and leading Republicans.
The House has decided to subpoena them all and let God (and the courts) sort them out.
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And let me stop here for the moment to let that all sink in, but stay tuned, because this is a breaking story with a lot of legs that has only just begun to run!
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Paul Plante says
And while our attention has been riveted on the incredible incompetence of the Biden administration with respect to the BIDEN ANABASIS out of Afghanistan, the Pelosi-ite WITCH HUNTERS have themselves been quite busy, as we see from an opinion article by Jonathan Turley, the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University in The Hill entitled “Democrats’ Jan. 6 subpoena-palooza sets dangerous precedent” on 31 August 2021, where we have Pelosi-ite GRAND INQUISTOR and CHIEF WITCH Hunter Bennie Thompson, as staunch a Democrat as there ever was, speaking on the record, as follows:
“We have quite an exhaustive list of people.”
“I won’t tell you who they are.”
end quotes
And that people, is what a McCarthy-ite political Witch Hunt looks like in real life!
For those too young to remember, “Tailgunner Joe” McCarthy, a thuggish and ignorant U.S. senator who conducted a vociferous campaign against Democrats alleged to be communists in the US government and other institutions in the period 1950–54, gave us the term “McCarthyism,” which is a campaign or practice that endorses the use of unfair allegations and investigations, such as the testimony during the January 6, 2021 House Select Committee Hearing Investigation where we had as follows from the witnesses, all sworn police officers, to wit: The Washington Post and Carnegie Mellon University have estimated that there were about 9,400 terrorists out there.
So, by the way things are done today by the Democrat WITCH HUNTERS, the determination as to who is a terrorist is no longer a function of a grand jury based upon evidence and facts.
To the contrary, that determination is now left to the Washington Post and Carnegie Mellon University.
Getting back to the opinion piece, we have:
With those words, House Select Committee Chair Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) confirmed that a subpoena storm was about to be unleashed in the investigation of the Jan. 6 riot in Congress.
The targets would include Republican members, including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who have already been told to preserve their phone records to be surrendered to the committee.
end quotes
Yes, people, while the inept and incompetent Joe Biden was making a real hash out of things in Afghanistan, the Pelosi-ite WITCH HUNTERS train has left the station under a full head of steam and is heading down the tracks with the intent of grinding our protections of law into dust beneath its wheels, which takes us back to the article, to wit:
The Democrats are reportedly trying to prove their prior claims that Republicans conspired or assisted “insurrectionists,” even though the FBI reportedly found no evidence of a planned insurrection.
end quotes
But seriously, people, what does the FBI know about anything?
So we need Bennie Thompson and his WITCH HUNTERS, including Virginia’s Elaine Luria, and the incompetent and bumbling Adam Schiff, the smarmy pencil-necked congressman from Disneyland, who blew it big time with regard to Afghanistan’s government collapsing like a house of cards in a stiff wind as House Intelligence Committee Chairman, to act as an oversight committee on the FBI, since the judgment of the FBI is quite obviously seriously flawed when it comes to what happened on 6 January 2021 at the Capitol, and why.
As to the intelligence failures of the smarmy Hollywood Democrat Adam Schiff who represents Disneyland and Mickey Mouse and Snow White and Goofy in the House of Representatives, the Washington Examiner had a story entitled “McCarthy blames Schiff for focusing on impeachment over Afghanistan intelligence” by Emily Brooks on 26 August 2021, where we had as follows, to wit:
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy took aim at House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff for creating a “failure” by focusing on impeachment investigations against former President Donald Trump rather than on providing oversight on intelligence about the Taliban’s influence in Afghanistan.
“We should have been having hearings on what’s going on over there.”
“We should have been able to gather that they would collapse this fast.”
“But Adam Schiff was too focused on impeachment than doing the job he was supposed to do,” McCarthy, a California Republican, said in a press conference on Wednesday.
Schiff, a Democrat, also from California, became the face of the first impeachment effort against Trump as head of the Intelligence Committee, despite the House Judiciary Committee traditionally taking the leading role in impeachment proceedings.
“How much time did Adam Schiff spend looking around the world of what his responsibility is?” McCarthy said.
“When you’re on the Intel Committee, you learn things that other members do not know.”
“But he spent all this time on politics.”
A top concern of lawmakers in light of the U.S. being surprised by a swift Taliban takeover of Afghanistan as U.S. troops pulled out of the country is the quality of intelligence.
After a classified Intelligence Committee briefing on Monday, Schiff relayed in general terms what the intelligence agencies knew about the situation in Afghanistan leading up to the collapse.
“Intelligence agencies’ assessments of the Afghan government’s ability to maintain itself became increasingly pessimistic over the course of the last six months,” Schiff said.
“There were any number of warnings that the Taliban might take over, and some that included a potential of a very rapid takeover,” Schiff said, but added no one predicted such a rapid collapse.
end quotes
So much for the intelligence of the Democrat head of the house intelligence committee, which lack of intelligence is what qualifies Adam Schiff in the mind of Nancy Pelosi to be one of her WITCH HUNTERS, which takes us back to the opinion piece as follows:
The Democrats’ move to investigate members of the opposing party is a dangerous precedent in an institution that has always protected the privacy and confidentiality of phone and office records.
Two months ago, House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) was on practically every network denouncing one of “the most dangerous assaults on our democracy” – meaning the Trump administration’s search of phone log information related to Schiff and Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) while looking for leakers.
For his part, Swalwell publicly fretted about this “fragile time for our democracy” if members could have their phone logs seized through secret surveillance orders issued to telephone companies.
After those disclosures, I testified in Congress on the need for greater protections for from secret surveillance for members and reporters alike.
At the hearing, the Democratic members expressed nothing short of disgust at the notion of such seizures of member phone logs.
Thompson has now admitted that he has sent letters to telecommunications companies to preserve documents – including phone logs – for hundreds of people, including members of Congress.
He would offer only a type of “the usual suspects” response when asked for specificity: “you know, in terms of telecom companies, they’re the ones that pretty much you already know, maybe the networks, the social media platforms, those kinds of things.”
Reports indicate that among the “hundreds” will be Trump family members and leading Republicans.
The House has decided to subpoena them all and let God (and the courts) sort them out.
end quotes
And let me stop here for the moment to let that all sink in, but stay tuned, because this is a breaking story with a lot of legs that has only just begun to run!
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Re: THE JANUARY 6th SELECT COMMITTEE
THE CAPE CHARLES MIRROR SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 AT 5:49 PM
Paul Plante says:
July 27, 2021
January 6 House Select Committee Hearing Investigation Day 1 Full Transcript
Chairman Thompson: Gentleman yields back.
Chair recognizes gentlemen from California, Mr. Aguilar.
Mr. Aguilar: Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee.
Gentlemen, like my colleagues, I want to extend my gratitude and appreciation for your service on January 6th, and since then, what you’ve had to go through.
I was on the house floor, like my colleagues, on the 6th, when I was told that a violent mob had breached the Capitol.
And it’s because of your service, it’s because of you and your colleagues, that we’re here today, because you were literally the last line of physical defense, laying your life on the line for democracy.
* * * * *
Mr. Aguilar: Officer Hodges, you characterize the attack on the capital as a White nationalist insurrection.
Can you describe what you saw that led you to label the attack that way?
Officer Hodges: The crowd was overwhelmingly White males, usually a little bit older, middle-aged older, but some younger.
I think out of entire time I was there, I saw just two women and two Asian males, everyone else was White males.
There are many known organizations with ties to White supremacy who had a presence there, three percenters [inaudible], that kind of thing.
And people who associate with Donald Trump I find more likely to subscribe to that belief system.
Mr. Aguilar: I want to thank the four of you for taking the very difficult step of sharing your stories and your recollections of the threats and violence that you endured.
No one should have to experience what you went through.
And this committee will continue its work to give a complete accounting of what happened to protect for their officers and to amplify the stories that you’ve shared today.
Thank you so much for being here.
Yield back, Mr. Chairman.
end quotes
Are nationalism and patriotism the same?
There is a considerable difference between nationalism and patriotism.
While nationalism emphasizes a unity of cultural past with inclusion of the language and heritage, patriotism is based on love towards people with a greater emphasis on values and beliefs.
http://www.capecharlesmirror.com/news/r ... ent-429484
Paul Plante says:
July 27, 2021
January 6 House Select Committee Hearing Investigation Day 1 Full Transcript
Chairman Thompson: Gentleman yields back.
Chair recognizes gentlemen from California, Mr. Aguilar.
Mr. Aguilar: Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee.
Gentlemen, like my colleagues, I want to extend my gratitude and appreciation for your service on January 6th, and since then, what you’ve had to go through.
I was on the house floor, like my colleagues, on the 6th, when I was told that a violent mob had breached the Capitol.
And it’s because of your service, it’s because of you and your colleagues, that we’re here today, because you were literally the last line of physical defense, laying your life on the line for democracy.
* * * * *
Mr. Aguilar: Officer Hodges, you characterize the attack on the capital as a White nationalist insurrection.
Can you describe what you saw that led you to label the attack that way?
Officer Hodges: The crowd was overwhelmingly White males, usually a little bit older, middle-aged older, but some younger.
I think out of entire time I was there, I saw just two women and two Asian males, everyone else was White males.
There are many known organizations with ties to White supremacy who had a presence there, three percenters [inaudible], that kind of thing.
And people who associate with Donald Trump I find more likely to subscribe to that belief system.
Mr. Aguilar: I want to thank the four of you for taking the very difficult step of sharing your stories and your recollections of the threats and violence that you endured.
No one should have to experience what you went through.
And this committee will continue its work to give a complete accounting of what happened to protect for their officers and to amplify the stories that you’ve shared today.
Thank you so much for being here.
Yield back, Mr. Chairman.
end quotes
Are nationalism and patriotism the same?
There is a considerable difference between nationalism and patriotism.
While nationalism emphasizes a unity of cultural past with inclusion of the language and heritage, patriotism is based on love towards people with a greater emphasis on values and beliefs.
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Re: THE JANUARY 6th SELECT COMMITTEE
THE CAPE CHARLES MIRROR OCTOBER 13, 2021 AT 8:49 PM
Paul Plante says:
And stop the presses here, people, because as we can clearly see from a CNN article entitled “Analysis: Pressure on January 6 panel ratchets up amid new explosion of Trump election lies” billed as “Analysis” by Stephen Collinson on 12 October 2021, we are having a CHANGE OF NARRATIVE here by the Pelosi-ite WITCH HUNTERS including the Virginia’s own very tough-talking Elaine Luria, who is looking to roll some heads herself, to wit:
The House’s US Capitol insurrection probe is fast turning into a race against time, up against Republican efforts to delay an accounting on ex-President Donald Trump’s coup attempt after losing the 2020 election even as he preemptively begins undermining the next one.
end quotes
Is everyone catching that?
The official line now coming out of DEMOCRAT CENTRAL is that what took place on 6 January 2021 was not only an insurrection, which is bad enough, but a coup attempt, as well, which makes it even worse, and consequently gives the Democrats a much better narrative to destroy Trump and the Republicans with as the Democrats seek to firm up their one-party rule here in the United States of America, now that they control not only the Congress, but the administration, as well, which takes us back to that story, as follows:
It’s hardly a shock that members of Trump’s orbit are seeking to evade accountability and the rule of law.
end quotes
Evade accountability and the rule of law?
That is what the Pelosi-ite WITCH HUNTERS are doing here as they trample RULE OF LAW as established by several United States Supreme Court decisions on limitations of congressional power into the sludge and muck of the swamp that is Washington, D.C., which some wag termed a waste of really good swampland in what used to be a part of Virginia.
SEVENTH GRADE CIVICS QUESTION: Can the United States House of Representatives act in a judicial capacity?
For an answer, let’s go to United States v. Icardi, 140 F. Supp. 383 (D.D.C. 1956), U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (D.D.C. 1956), April 19, 1956, where we have as follows:
There is a question as to the propriety of the report’s Conclusions, which state there is “probable cause” for charging Icardi and LoDolce with murder and embezzlement, but that they are not subject to prosecution under existing civil law or under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
The use of this language indicates the functioning of the subcommittee as a committing magistrate.
As to the report’s final Recommendations, which suggest that legislative amendments to the Federal Criminal Code be recommended to the Judiciary Committee, the court finds this portion of the subcommittee’s report was an exercise of a bona fide legislative function.
The validity of this latter recommendation, however, cannot cure the invalidity of the subcommittee’s adjudication of crime contained in the report’s Statement of Facts.
end quotes
The Pelosi-ite WITCH HUNTERS, however, as we can clearly see from the CNN article, are in fact serving in the capacity of committing magistrates to adjudicate the serious federal crime of insurrection, and according to the Supreme Court, as if that matters anymore, by doing so, they are way off the reservation and firmly over into UNCONSTITUTIONAL TERRITORY, which takes us back to Icardi as follows:
Although the subcommittee’s report was made after Icardi’s testimony, its contents are relevant to show that body’s conception and exercise of its authority and functions.
Chairman Cole testified that the subcommittee already had in its possession sufficient information on which to base its report to the Congress, including Icardi’s prior statements on many occasions, and that the purpose of asking Icardi’s appearance before the subcommittee was to give him an opportunity to tell his side of the story.
Chairman Cole further testified that, to the best of his recollection, before asking Icardi to testify, he discussed with his colleague and counsel for the subcommittee the calling of Icardi, putting him under oath, and the possibility of a perjury indictment as the result of Icardi’s testimony.
It is unnecessary for the court to determine for which purpose Icardi’s testimony was sought or obtained, since neither affording an individual a forum in which to protest his innocence nor extracting testimony with a view to a perjury prosecution, is a valid legislative purpose.
end quotes
Does the WITCH HUNTERS special committee have a valid legislative purpose as it must to be held to be a CONSTITUTIONAL EXERCISE OF CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORITY?
According to the Supreme Court, again, if that matters any more now that the DEMOCRATS have tossed RULE OF LAW into the toilet, no they clearly do not, since they have been UNCONSTUTIONALLY CONSTITUTED to investigate crimes, which is not their function, given they are not a court of law, which again takes us back to Icardi:
While a committee or subcommittee of the Congress has the right to inquire whether there is a likelihood that a crime has been committed touching upon a field within its general jurisdiction and also to ascertain whether an executive department charged with the prosecution of such crime has acted properly, this authority cannot be extended to sanction a legislative trial and conviction of the individual toward whom the evidence points the finger of suspicion.
On the basis of all the evidence before it, the court therefore finds, as a matter of law, that at the time the subcommittee questioned the defendant Icardi it was not functioning as a competent tribunal.
There are, however, limitations upon the investigative power of the legislature which must be considered in any determination of materiality.
The investigation must be to aid in legislation. McGrain v. Daugherty, supra, 273 U.S. at *389 page 178, 47 S. Ct. 319.
“Similarly, the power to investigate must not be confused with any of the powers of law enforcement; those powers are assigned under our Constitution to the Executive and the Judiciary.” Quinn v. United States, 349 U.S. 155, 161, 75 S. Ct. 668, 672, 99 L. Ed. 964.
end quotes
Well, they used to be anyway.
Stay tuned!
http://www.capecharlesmirror.com/news/r ... ent-445034
Paul Plante says:
And stop the presses here, people, because as we can clearly see from a CNN article entitled “Analysis: Pressure on January 6 panel ratchets up amid new explosion of Trump election lies” billed as “Analysis” by Stephen Collinson on 12 October 2021, we are having a CHANGE OF NARRATIVE here by the Pelosi-ite WITCH HUNTERS including the Virginia’s own very tough-talking Elaine Luria, who is looking to roll some heads herself, to wit:
The House’s US Capitol insurrection probe is fast turning into a race against time, up against Republican efforts to delay an accounting on ex-President Donald Trump’s coup attempt after losing the 2020 election even as he preemptively begins undermining the next one.
end quotes
Is everyone catching that?
The official line now coming out of DEMOCRAT CENTRAL is that what took place on 6 January 2021 was not only an insurrection, which is bad enough, but a coup attempt, as well, which makes it even worse, and consequently gives the Democrats a much better narrative to destroy Trump and the Republicans with as the Democrats seek to firm up their one-party rule here in the United States of America, now that they control not only the Congress, but the administration, as well, which takes us back to that story, as follows:
It’s hardly a shock that members of Trump’s orbit are seeking to evade accountability and the rule of law.
end quotes
Evade accountability and the rule of law?
That is what the Pelosi-ite WITCH HUNTERS are doing here as they trample RULE OF LAW as established by several United States Supreme Court decisions on limitations of congressional power into the sludge and muck of the swamp that is Washington, D.C., which some wag termed a waste of really good swampland in what used to be a part of Virginia.
SEVENTH GRADE CIVICS QUESTION: Can the United States House of Representatives act in a judicial capacity?
For an answer, let’s go to United States v. Icardi, 140 F. Supp. 383 (D.D.C. 1956), U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (D.D.C. 1956), April 19, 1956, where we have as follows:
There is a question as to the propriety of the report’s Conclusions, which state there is “probable cause” for charging Icardi and LoDolce with murder and embezzlement, but that they are not subject to prosecution under existing civil law or under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
The use of this language indicates the functioning of the subcommittee as a committing magistrate.
As to the report’s final Recommendations, which suggest that legislative amendments to the Federal Criminal Code be recommended to the Judiciary Committee, the court finds this portion of the subcommittee’s report was an exercise of a bona fide legislative function.
The validity of this latter recommendation, however, cannot cure the invalidity of the subcommittee’s adjudication of crime contained in the report’s Statement of Facts.
end quotes
The Pelosi-ite WITCH HUNTERS, however, as we can clearly see from the CNN article, are in fact serving in the capacity of committing magistrates to adjudicate the serious federal crime of insurrection, and according to the Supreme Court, as if that matters anymore, by doing so, they are way off the reservation and firmly over into UNCONSTITUTIONAL TERRITORY, which takes us back to Icardi as follows:
Although the subcommittee’s report was made after Icardi’s testimony, its contents are relevant to show that body’s conception and exercise of its authority and functions.
Chairman Cole testified that the subcommittee already had in its possession sufficient information on which to base its report to the Congress, including Icardi’s prior statements on many occasions, and that the purpose of asking Icardi’s appearance before the subcommittee was to give him an opportunity to tell his side of the story.
Chairman Cole further testified that, to the best of his recollection, before asking Icardi to testify, he discussed with his colleague and counsel for the subcommittee the calling of Icardi, putting him under oath, and the possibility of a perjury indictment as the result of Icardi’s testimony.
It is unnecessary for the court to determine for which purpose Icardi’s testimony was sought or obtained, since neither affording an individual a forum in which to protest his innocence nor extracting testimony with a view to a perjury prosecution, is a valid legislative purpose.
end quotes
Does the WITCH HUNTERS special committee have a valid legislative purpose as it must to be held to be a CONSTITUTIONAL EXERCISE OF CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORITY?
According to the Supreme Court, again, if that matters any more now that the DEMOCRATS have tossed RULE OF LAW into the toilet, no they clearly do not, since they have been UNCONSTUTIONALLY CONSTITUTED to investigate crimes, which is not their function, given they are not a court of law, which again takes us back to Icardi:
While a committee or subcommittee of the Congress has the right to inquire whether there is a likelihood that a crime has been committed touching upon a field within its general jurisdiction and also to ascertain whether an executive department charged with the prosecution of such crime has acted properly, this authority cannot be extended to sanction a legislative trial and conviction of the individual toward whom the evidence points the finger of suspicion.
On the basis of all the evidence before it, the court therefore finds, as a matter of law, that at the time the subcommittee questioned the defendant Icardi it was not functioning as a competent tribunal.
There are, however, limitations upon the investigative power of the legislature which must be considered in any determination of materiality.
The investigation must be to aid in legislation. McGrain v. Daugherty, supra, 273 U.S. at *389 page 178, 47 S. Ct. 319.
“Similarly, the power to investigate must not be confused with any of the powers of law enforcement; those powers are assigned under our Constitution to the Executive and the Judiciary.” Quinn v. United States, 349 U.S. 155, 161, 75 S. Ct. 668, 672, 99 L. Ed. 964.
end quotes
Well, they used to be anyway.
Stay tuned!
http://www.capecharlesmirror.com/news/r ... ent-445034
Re: THE JANUARY 6th SELECT COMMITTEE
THE CAPE CHARLES MIRROR OCTOBER 15, 2021 AT 8:05 PM
Paul Plante says:
And to see the slippery slope we are now on, as the Democrats seek to cement and solidify their tyrannical one-party rule on us, to our detriment as a FREE PEOPLE under RULE OF LAW, which has to be abolished if the Democrats hope to keep their grip on us, let us go back to the CNN article entitled “Analysis: Pressure on January 6 panel ratchets up amid new explosion of Trump election lies” billed as “Analysis” by Stephen Collinson on 12 October 2021, where we have as follows:
But it (RULE OF LAW) represents a problem for the committee nonetheless, as potential witnesses seek to drag out the process as long as possible.
end quotes
And let us be very clear here, people – ANYONE hauled before Congress does not automatically lose their CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS to defend themselves from CONGRESSIONAL OVERREACH and CONGRESSIONAL DESPOTISM by some kind of decree of the Democrats in charge of the House of Representatives, and as we see from any number of United States Supreme Court cases on the subject, they have every right to challenge the process, even if that (BOO HOO HOO) “drags out the process” as long as it takes to seek the justice they will not find before the rabid Pelosi-ite WITCH HUNTERS committee in the House of Representatives, where the majority of us have no representation, at all.
Consider, for example, the case of John T. WATKINS, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES of America, Supreme Court, 354 U.S. 178, No. 261, argued March 7, 1957, decided June 17, 1957, Mr. Chief Justice WARREN delivering the opinion of the Court, to wit:
This is a review by certiorari of a conviction under 2 U.S.C. § 192, 2 U.S.C.A. § 192 for ‘contempt of Congress.’
The misdemeanor is alleged to have been committed during a hearing before a congressional investigating committee.
It is not the case of a truculent or contumacious witness who refuses to answer all questions or who, by boisterous or discourteous conduct, disturbs the decorum of the committee room.
Petitioner was prosecuted for refusing to make certain disclosures which he asserted to be beyond the authority of the committee to demand.
The controversy thus rests upon fundamental principles of the power of the Congress and the limitations upon that power.
end quotes
Ah, but how that phrase “limitations upon that power” chaffs and galls these rabid Pelosi-ite WITCH HUNTERS who see themselves as having a license to now trample on the CIVIL RIGHTS of American citizens as was the case in Watkins, supra, because of the violence unleashed at the Capitol on 6 January 2021, that was stoked by and as a result of a HATE SPEECH by Democrat presidential contender Joe Biden on 31 August 2020.
Getting back to that toxic narrative CNN is peddling under the guise of “analysis,” we have:
They do so in the knowledge that Republicans who have high hopes in the midterm elections would almost certainly shut down probes into January 6 if they reclaim the House.
end quotes
Oh, really!
So CNN is now able to read people’s minds so it can ascribe nefarious motives to their actions to try them and convict them in the COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION?
How about they are challenging the Pelosi-ite WITCH HUNTERS because they live in a FREE COUNTRY, not yet the FASCIST TYRANNY the Democrats are trying to impose on us through one-party rule, where they still have that right!
Getting back to the “analysis,” which is analysis from the perspective of the RULING DEMOCRATS, we have:
The select committee’s members are showing fresh urgency, warning that Trump acolytes who diss subpoenas face criminal referrals, a move that would put the Biden administration’s Justice Department in the hot seat.
end quotes
And why is it, people, that this “fresh urgency” we are hearing about in here is now being shown by the Pelosi-ite WITCH HUNTERS?
Ah, yes, people, you nailed it – the 2022 CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS!
The Democrats hoped to have these Republicans tried, convicted and hung by early 2022, in order to influence the 2022 CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS in their favor, by essentially outlawing the opposition, as Adolph Hitler did in 1933 in Germany, when thanks to the Reichstag Fire, he was able to end DEMOCRACY in the Weimar Republic along with the Weimar Republic itself, to replace it with a dictatorship with him in charge, which is essential history EVERY high school student here in the United States of America should be cognizant of, which takes us back to some real tough talk from these WITCH HUNYERS, to wit:
“We’re not messing around,” Rep. Adam Schiff of California, a Democratic member of the committee, told CNN’s Ryan Nobles on Tuesday, emphasizing that the Department of Justice would be put in a position to make a critical choice on criminal referrals against Trump’s associates because “unlike the last administration, no one is above the law.”
“And so we intend to move quickly.”
end quotes
Except that is so not true, people – Adam Schiff himself is above the law, as are his fellow WITCH HUNTERS, and that is what makes them so dangerous to civilized society here in the United States of America, keeping in mind that the smarmy little pencil neck congressman from Disneyland had his chance to hang Trump high in his first impeachment by the Democrats, and Adam FAILED to do it, because his case was nothing but cobwebs and smoke, but being above the law, here is Adam back for another bite at the apple, which takes us to Virginia’s own Elaine Luria who is making a cameo appearance here and getting some good press or herself in the process to impress the voters back home in Virginia with all congresswoman Elaine is doing for the cause of liberty and justice for all, er, well, okay, not everybody, because that wouldn’t be fair to the Democrats who want to look up and see the soles of Trump’s shoes as he swings from the DEMOCRAT LYNCHING TREE, to wit:
Another Democratic member of the committee, Rep. Elaine Luria of Virginia, said, “You will see the committee moving quickly” on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront” on Tuesday.
end quotes
Let’s get those hands in the air and together for Elaine!
Getting back to the tough talk, the story continues, as follows:
And the committee’s Republican vice chair, Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, told CNN the panel “is completely in solidarity” on moving fast to pursue criminal contempt charges for those who evade subpoena deadlines.
“Every single person on the committee recognizes how important it is for us to make sure that we enforce our subpoenas and that we do so expeditiously,” Cheney said.
The sense that time is finite reflects the fact that the committee — the final manifestation of a formal accounting process that pro-Trump Republicans tried to strangle — is the last chance to provide an official historic record and to find the truth about January 6 before Americans next vote in a national election next year.
Leaders of the Democrat-heavy panel previously pledged to complete the probe by early next spring, before the midterm campaign consumes Washington.
end quotes
And there, people, is what this whole MEDIA CIRCUS is all about, right there in those two sentences – it is about influencing the 2022 congressional elections in their favor by any means possible!
http://www.capecharlesmirror.com/news/r ... ent-446166
Paul Plante says:
And to see the slippery slope we are now on, as the Democrats seek to cement and solidify their tyrannical one-party rule on us, to our detriment as a FREE PEOPLE under RULE OF LAW, which has to be abolished if the Democrats hope to keep their grip on us, let us go back to the CNN article entitled “Analysis: Pressure on January 6 panel ratchets up amid new explosion of Trump election lies” billed as “Analysis” by Stephen Collinson on 12 October 2021, where we have as follows:
But it (RULE OF LAW) represents a problem for the committee nonetheless, as potential witnesses seek to drag out the process as long as possible.
end quotes
And let us be very clear here, people – ANYONE hauled before Congress does not automatically lose their CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS to defend themselves from CONGRESSIONAL OVERREACH and CONGRESSIONAL DESPOTISM by some kind of decree of the Democrats in charge of the House of Representatives, and as we see from any number of United States Supreme Court cases on the subject, they have every right to challenge the process, even if that (BOO HOO HOO) “drags out the process” as long as it takes to seek the justice they will not find before the rabid Pelosi-ite WITCH HUNTERS committee in the House of Representatives, where the majority of us have no representation, at all.
Consider, for example, the case of John T. WATKINS, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES of America, Supreme Court, 354 U.S. 178, No. 261, argued March 7, 1957, decided June 17, 1957, Mr. Chief Justice WARREN delivering the opinion of the Court, to wit:
This is a review by certiorari of a conviction under 2 U.S.C. § 192, 2 U.S.C.A. § 192 for ‘contempt of Congress.’
The misdemeanor is alleged to have been committed during a hearing before a congressional investigating committee.
It is not the case of a truculent or contumacious witness who refuses to answer all questions or who, by boisterous or discourteous conduct, disturbs the decorum of the committee room.
Petitioner was prosecuted for refusing to make certain disclosures which he asserted to be beyond the authority of the committee to demand.
The controversy thus rests upon fundamental principles of the power of the Congress and the limitations upon that power.
end quotes
Ah, but how that phrase “limitations upon that power” chaffs and galls these rabid Pelosi-ite WITCH HUNTERS who see themselves as having a license to now trample on the CIVIL RIGHTS of American citizens as was the case in Watkins, supra, because of the violence unleashed at the Capitol on 6 January 2021, that was stoked by and as a result of a HATE SPEECH by Democrat presidential contender Joe Biden on 31 August 2020.
Getting back to that toxic narrative CNN is peddling under the guise of “analysis,” we have:
They do so in the knowledge that Republicans who have high hopes in the midterm elections would almost certainly shut down probes into January 6 if they reclaim the House.
end quotes
Oh, really!
So CNN is now able to read people’s minds so it can ascribe nefarious motives to their actions to try them and convict them in the COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION?
How about they are challenging the Pelosi-ite WITCH HUNTERS because they live in a FREE COUNTRY, not yet the FASCIST TYRANNY the Democrats are trying to impose on us through one-party rule, where they still have that right!
Getting back to the “analysis,” which is analysis from the perspective of the RULING DEMOCRATS, we have:
The select committee’s members are showing fresh urgency, warning that Trump acolytes who diss subpoenas face criminal referrals, a move that would put the Biden administration’s Justice Department in the hot seat.
end quotes
And why is it, people, that this “fresh urgency” we are hearing about in here is now being shown by the Pelosi-ite WITCH HUNTERS?
Ah, yes, people, you nailed it – the 2022 CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS!
The Democrats hoped to have these Republicans tried, convicted and hung by early 2022, in order to influence the 2022 CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS in their favor, by essentially outlawing the opposition, as Adolph Hitler did in 1933 in Germany, when thanks to the Reichstag Fire, he was able to end DEMOCRACY in the Weimar Republic along with the Weimar Republic itself, to replace it with a dictatorship with him in charge, which is essential history EVERY high school student here in the United States of America should be cognizant of, which takes us back to some real tough talk from these WITCH HUNYERS, to wit:
“We’re not messing around,” Rep. Adam Schiff of California, a Democratic member of the committee, told CNN’s Ryan Nobles on Tuesday, emphasizing that the Department of Justice would be put in a position to make a critical choice on criminal referrals against Trump’s associates because “unlike the last administration, no one is above the law.”
“And so we intend to move quickly.”
end quotes
Except that is so not true, people – Adam Schiff himself is above the law, as are his fellow WITCH HUNTERS, and that is what makes them so dangerous to civilized society here in the United States of America, keeping in mind that the smarmy little pencil neck congressman from Disneyland had his chance to hang Trump high in his first impeachment by the Democrats, and Adam FAILED to do it, because his case was nothing but cobwebs and smoke, but being above the law, here is Adam back for another bite at the apple, which takes us to Virginia’s own Elaine Luria who is making a cameo appearance here and getting some good press or herself in the process to impress the voters back home in Virginia with all congresswoman Elaine is doing for the cause of liberty and justice for all, er, well, okay, not everybody, because that wouldn’t be fair to the Democrats who want to look up and see the soles of Trump’s shoes as he swings from the DEMOCRAT LYNCHING TREE, to wit:
Another Democratic member of the committee, Rep. Elaine Luria of Virginia, said, “You will see the committee moving quickly” on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront” on Tuesday.
end quotes
Let’s get those hands in the air and together for Elaine!
Getting back to the tough talk, the story continues, as follows:
And the committee’s Republican vice chair, Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, told CNN the panel “is completely in solidarity” on moving fast to pursue criminal contempt charges for those who evade subpoena deadlines.
“Every single person on the committee recognizes how important it is for us to make sure that we enforce our subpoenas and that we do so expeditiously,” Cheney said.
The sense that time is finite reflects the fact that the committee — the final manifestation of a formal accounting process that pro-Trump Republicans tried to strangle — is the last chance to provide an official historic record and to find the truth about January 6 before Americans next vote in a national election next year.
Leaders of the Democrat-heavy panel previously pledged to complete the probe by early next spring, before the midterm campaign consumes Washington.
end quotes
And there, people, is what this whole MEDIA CIRCUS is all about, right there in those two sentences – it is about influencing the 2022 congressional elections in their favor by any means possible!
http://www.capecharlesmirror.com/news/r ... ent-446166
Re: THE JANUARY 6th SELECT COMMITTEE
THE CAPE CHARLES MIRROR OCTOBER 18, 2021 AT 9:37 PM
Paul Plante says:
Yes, people, Bizarre Beyond Belief, and here I am referring to an article in the Guardian entitled “Capitol attack panel’s message to Steve Bannon: we won’t forget about you” by Richard Luscombe on 17 October 2021, where we have a real good look at just how stupid this whole WITCH HUNTERS saga really is, to wit:
Adam Kinzinger, one of two Republicans on the special committee investigating the deadly 6 January US Capitol attack, said on Sunday the pursuit of a criminal contempt referral against Steve Bannon was “the first shot over the bow” for allies of Donald Trump defying subpoenas to testify.
“It’s very real, but it says to anybody else coming in front of the committee, ‘Don’t think that you’re going to be able to just kind of walk away and we’re going to forget about you’,” Kinzinger, a vocal critic of the former president, told CNN’s State of the Union.
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Now, seriously, people, what kind of totally ridiculous statement is that?
This idiot Kinzinger sounds like something you would expect to find in a FASCIST COUNTRY, with those ridiculous threats of his, because while the House can indeed refer criminal charges of contempt of Congress to the Justice Department, that is all they can do, so what is with the threat other than to make this WITCH HUNTER Kinzinger sound like a real tough guy?
Getting back to that story, we have:
He added that the committee would not rule out calling Trump himself to testify, though he acknowledged that such a move was not imminent.
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YAWN, Adam, talk is cheap, including tough talk from fools like you – if you are going to haul Trump before your KANGAROO COURT, then get it done and quit the waffling and posturing for the TV cameras!
Getting back to the story:
Bannon, Trump’s former chief strategist, has declined to appear before the committee, or respond to the subpoena demanding documents and testimony, claiming executive privilege.
The committee will decide on Tuesday whether to make a criminal contempt referral to the full House of Representatives.
end quotes
And here we see the process that will have to play itself out if the WITCH HUNTERS vote to refer criminal contempt charges against Bannon – before they go to the Justice Department, the full house must vote to do so, and there is where this saga is going to become even more interesting with the debate in the full House over the criminal referral, and here, let us go for a second to the
Congressional Record – United States of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 117th CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol. 167, WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2021 No. 4, for the prayer that Nancy Pelosi had read that day as the session started, to wit:
PRAYER
The Chaplain, Reverend Margaret Grun Kibben, offered the following prayer:
O God, our refuge and our strength, a very present help in times of discord and trouble.
Mountains crumble, waters rage, nations roar, and yet we need not be afraid, for even now You abide with us in these times of great discord, uncertainty, and unrest.
We, who have pledged to defend our Constitution against all enemies, we pray Your hedge of protection around this Nation.
Defend us from those adversaries, both foreign and domestic, outside these walls and perhaps within these Chambers, who sow seeds of acrimony to divide colleagues and conspire to undermine trust in Your divine authority over all things.
The journey of this experiment in democracy is perilous and demanding, fraught with anger and discontent.
But wise rulers still seek You.
So help us, God, to find You in the midst of us.
So help us, God, to see Your gracious plan even in the events of these days.
So help us, God, to serve You and this Nation with Godliness and dignity.
We lay before You the gifts of our hopes, our dreams, our deliberations, and our debates, that You would be revealed and exalted among the people.
We pray these things in the strength of Your holy name.
Amen.
end quotes
Yes, people, GOD was there that day to make sure that Joe Biden became the next president, and the Republicans were conspiring to undermine trust in GOD’s divine authority over all things, and then there was an insurrection and coup and here we are today, back to the Guardian, to wit:
Kinzinger, an Illinois congressman who was one of 10 House Republicans to vote for Trump’s impeachment in January following the insurrection, also said that Joe Biden was right to call for the prosecution of those who resisted subpoenas.
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And as the annoited of GOD, wouldn’t that be Joe Biden’s perogative?
Getting back to Adam Kinzinger, who appears to be a WARRIOR OF GOD here, we have further as follows:
“The president has every right to signal, I think he has every right to make it clear where the administration stands.”
“God knows the prior administration every two hours was trying to signal to the justice department,” Kinzinger said, referring to Trump’s prolific pressuring of the DOJ.
“But that has to do with other pretty horrific things, and I think the president has made it clear that we need answers to this.”
“The vast majority of Americans agree, so this potential criminal contempt referral for Steve Bannon is the first shot over the bow.”
end quotes
I wonder when the movie comes out if they will have Brad Pitt playing the part of Adam Kinzinger.
Should be very exciting when it comes out!
A real blockbuster, so be sure to not miss it!
http://www.capecharlesmirror.com/news/r ... ent-448019
Paul Plante says:
Yes, people, Bizarre Beyond Belief, and here I am referring to an article in the Guardian entitled “Capitol attack panel’s message to Steve Bannon: we won’t forget about you” by Richard Luscombe on 17 October 2021, where we have a real good look at just how stupid this whole WITCH HUNTERS saga really is, to wit:
Adam Kinzinger, one of two Republicans on the special committee investigating the deadly 6 January US Capitol attack, said on Sunday the pursuit of a criminal contempt referral against Steve Bannon was “the first shot over the bow” for allies of Donald Trump defying subpoenas to testify.
“It’s very real, but it says to anybody else coming in front of the committee, ‘Don’t think that you’re going to be able to just kind of walk away and we’re going to forget about you’,” Kinzinger, a vocal critic of the former president, told CNN’s State of the Union.
end quotes
Now, seriously, people, what kind of totally ridiculous statement is that?
This idiot Kinzinger sounds like something you would expect to find in a FASCIST COUNTRY, with those ridiculous threats of his, because while the House can indeed refer criminal charges of contempt of Congress to the Justice Department, that is all they can do, so what is with the threat other than to make this WITCH HUNTER Kinzinger sound like a real tough guy?
Getting back to that story, we have:
He added that the committee would not rule out calling Trump himself to testify, though he acknowledged that such a move was not imminent.
end quote
YAWN, Adam, talk is cheap, including tough talk from fools like you – if you are going to haul Trump before your KANGAROO COURT, then get it done and quit the waffling and posturing for the TV cameras!
Getting back to the story:
Bannon, Trump’s former chief strategist, has declined to appear before the committee, or respond to the subpoena demanding documents and testimony, claiming executive privilege.
The committee will decide on Tuesday whether to make a criminal contempt referral to the full House of Representatives.
end quotes
And here we see the process that will have to play itself out if the WITCH HUNTERS vote to refer criminal contempt charges against Bannon – before they go to the Justice Department, the full house must vote to do so, and there is where this saga is going to become even more interesting with the debate in the full House over the criminal referral, and here, let us go for a second to the
Congressional Record – United States of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 117th CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol. 167, WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2021 No. 4, for the prayer that Nancy Pelosi had read that day as the session started, to wit:
PRAYER
The Chaplain, Reverend Margaret Grun Kibben, offered the following prayer:
O God, our refuge and our strength, a very present help in times of discord and trouble.
Mountains crumble, waters rage, nations roar, and yet we need not be afraid, for even now You abide with us in these times of great discord, uncertainty, and unrest.
We, who have pledged to defend our Constitution against all enemies, we pray Your hedge of protection around this Nation.
Defend us from those adversaries, both foreign and domestic, outside these walls and perhaps within these Chambers, who sow seeds of acrimony to divide colleagues and conspire to undermine trust in Your divine authority over all things.
The journey of this experiment in democracy is perilous and demanding, fraught with anger and discontent.
But wise rulers still seek You.
So help us, God, to find You in the midst of us.
So help us, God, to see Your gracious plan even in the events of these days.
So help us, God, to serve You and this Nation with Godliness and dignity.
We lay before You the gifts of our hopes, our dreams, our deliberations, and our debates, that You would be revealed and exalted among the people.
We pray these things in the strength of Your holy name.
Amen.
end quotes
Yes, people, GOD was there that day to make sure that Joe Biden became the next president, and the Republicans were conspiring to undermine trust in GOD’s divine authority over all things, and then there was an insurrection and coup and here we are today, back to the Guardian, to wit:
Kinzinger, an Illinois congressman who was one of 10 House Republicans to vote for Trump’s impeachment in January following the insurrection, also said that Joe Biden was right to call for the prosecution of those who resisted subpoenas.
end quotes
And as the annoited of GOD, wouldn’t that be Joe Biden’s perogative?
Getting back to Adam Kinzinger, who appears to be a WARRIOR OF GOD here, we have further as follows:
“The president has every right to signal, I think he has every right to make it clear where the administration stands.”
“God knows the prior administration every two hours was trying to signal to the justice department,” Kinzinger said, referring to Trump’s prolific pressuring of the DOJ.
“But that has to do with other pretty horrific things, and I think the president has made it clear that we need answers to this.”
“The vast majority of Americans agree, so this potential criminal contempt referral for Steve Bannon is the first shot over the bow.”
end quotes
I wonder when the movie comes out if they will have Brad Pitt playing the part of Adam Kinzinger.
Should be very exciting when it comes out!
A real blockbuster, so be sure to not miss it!
http://www.capecharlesmirror.com/news/r ... ent-448019
Re: THE JANUARY 6th SELECT COMMITTEE
THE CAPE CHARLES MIRROR OCTOBER 20, 2021 AT 6:22 PM
Paul Plante says:
According to the news out this morning, the WITCH HUNTERS have voted to send Steve Bannon to the gallows, so to speak euphemistically, and now the games begin anew as the referral of Bannon to face very serious criminal charges comes before the full House for debate before the matter can then be further referred to Joe Biden’s “Justice” Department so they can try Bannon as a criminal and get him convicted, so he can do some hard time as a reminder to anyone else out there in America who might think of flouting the power and majesty of Democrat Bennie Thompson and his Pelosi-ite WITCH HUNTERS committee, and that brings us back to John T. WATKINS, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES of America, Supreme Court, 354 U.S. 178, No. 261, argued March 7, 1957, decided June 17, 1957, Mr. Chief Justice WARREN delivering the opinion of the Court, and the language of the fatally flawed Authorizing Resolution of Nancy Pelosi, as follows:
Having exhausted the several possible indicia of the ‘question under inquiry,’ we remain unenlightened as to the subject to which the questions asked petitioner were pertinent.
Certainly, if the point is that obscure after trial and appeal, it was not adequately revealed to petitioner when he had to decide at his peril whether or not to answer.
Fundamental fairness demands that no witness be compelled to make such a determination with so little guidance.
Unless the subject matter has been made to appear with undisputable clarity, it is the duty of the investigative body, upon objection of the witness on grounds of pertinency, to state for the record the subject under inquiry at that time and the manner in which the propounded questions are pertinent thereto.
end quotes
Which takes us back to the question of how anything Steve Bannon might say can be pertinent to an inquiry into something the FBI says never happened, which is an insurrection.
This whole thing is so stupid it boggles my mind.
“Mr. Bannon, even though there really was not an insurrection, we are demanding that you tell us everything you know about the insurrection or you will rot in jail!”
Getting back to Watkins:
To be meaningful, the explanation must describe what the topic under inquiry is and the connective reasoning whereby the precise questions asked relate to it.
end quotes
And there is something I hope we all get to see with Bennie Thompson in court under oath being asked to do exactly that, which takes us back to Watkins, to wit:
The statement of the Committee Chairman in this case, in response to petitioner’s protest, was woefully inadequate to convey sufficient information as to the pertinency of the questions to the subject under inquiry.
end quotes
I wonder how Bennie Thompson will handle that query under oath, and I hope it is televised when Bennie gets called to testify at Bannon’s criminal trial.
Going back to Watkins again, we have:
Petitioner was thus not accorded a fair opportunity to determine whether he was within his rights in refusing to answer, and his conviction is necessarily invalid under the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment.
We are mindful of the complexities of modern government and the ample scope that must be left to the Congress as the sole constitutional depository of legislative power.
Equally mindful are we of the indispensable function, in the exercise of that power, of congressional investigations.
The conclusions we have reached in this case will not prevent the Congress, through its committees, from obtaining any information it needs for the proper fulfillment of its role in our scheme of government.
The legislature is free to determine the kinds of data that should be collected.
It is only those investigations that are conducted by use of compulsory process that give rise to a need to protect the rights of individuals against illegal encroachment.
That protection can be readily achieved through procedures which prevent the separation of power from responsibility and which provide the constitutional requisites of fairness for witnesses.
A measure of added care on the part of the House and the Senate in authorizing the use of compulsory process and by their committees in exercising that power would suffice.
That is a small price to pay if it serves to uphold the principles of limited, constitutional government without constricting the power of the Congress to inform itself.
The judgment of the Court of Appeals is reversed, and the case is remanded to the District Court with instructions to dismiss the indictment.
It is so ordered.
end quotes
And such is how American history is made!
http://www.capecharlesmirror.com/news/r ... ent-449117
Paul Plante says:
According to the news out this morning, the WITCH HUNTERS have voted to send Steve Bannon to the gallows, so to speak euphemistically, and now the games begin anew as the referral of Bannon to face very serious criminal charges comes before the full House for debate before the matter can then be further referred to Joe Biden’s “Justice” Department so they can try Bannon as a criminal and get him convicted, so he can do some hard time as a reminder to anyone else out there in America who might think of flouting the power and majesty of Democrat Bennie Thompson and his Pelosi-ite WITCH HUNTERS committee, and that brings us back to John T. WATKINS, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES of America, Supreme Court, 354 U.S. 178, No. 261, argued March 7, 1957, decided June 17, 1957, Mr. Chief Justice WARREN delivering the opinion of the Court, and the language of the fatally flawed Authorizing Resolution of Nancy Pelosi, as follows:
Having exhausted the several possible indicia of the ‘question under inquiry,’ we remain unenlightened as to the subject to which the questions asked petitioner were pertinent.
Certainly, if the point is that obscure after trial and appeal, it was not adequately revealed to petitioner when he had to decide at his peril whether or not to answer.
Fundamental fairness demands that no witness be compelled to make such a determination with so little guidance.
Unless the subject matter has been made to appear with undisputable clarity, it is the duty of the investigative body, upon objection of the witness on grounds of pertinency, to state for the record the subject under inquiry at that time and the manner in which the propounded questions are pertinent thereto.
end quotes
Which takes us back to the question of how anything Steve Bannon might say can be pertinent to an inquiry into something the FBI says never happened, which is an insurrection.
This whole thing is so stupid it boggles my mind.
“Mr. Bannon, even though there really was not an insurrection, we are demanding that you tell us everything you know about the insurrection or you will rot in jail!”
Getting back to Watkins:
To be meaningful, the explanation must describe what the topic under inquiry is and the connective reasoning whereby the precise questions asked relate to it.
end quotes
And there is something I hope we all get to see with Bennie Thompson in court under oath being asked to do exactly that, which takes us back to Watkins, to wit:
The statement of the Committee Chairman in this case, in response to petitioner’s protest, was woefully inadequate to convey sufficient information as to the pertinency of the questions to the subject under inquiry.
end quotes
I wonder how Bennie Thompson will handle that query under oath, and I hope it is televised when Bennie gets called to testify at Bannon’s criminal trial.
Going back to Watkins again, we have:
Petitioner was thus not accorded a fair opportunity to determine whether he was within his rights in refusing to answer, and his conviction is necessarily invalid under the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment.
We are mindful of the complexities of modern government and the ample scope that must be left to the Congress as the sole constitutional depository of legislative power.
Equally mindful are we of the indispensable function, in the exercise of that power, of congressional investigations.
The conclusions we have reached in this case will not prevent the Congress, through its committees, from obtaining any information it needs for the proper fulfillment of its role in our scheme of government.
The legislature is free to determine the kinds of data that should be collected.
It is only those investigations that are conducted by use of compulsory process that give rise to a need to protect the rights of individuals against illegal encroachment.
That protection can be readily achieved through procedures which prevent the separation of power from responsibility and which provide the constitutional requisites of fairness for witnesses.
A measure of added care on the part of the House and the Senate in authorizing the use of compulsory process and by their committees in exercising that power would suffice.
That is a small price to pay if it serves to uphold the principles of limited, constitutional government without constricting the power of the Congress to inform itself.
The judgment of the Court of Appeals is reversed, and the case is remanded to the District Court with instructions to dismiss the indictment.
It is so ordered.
end quotes
And such is how American history is made!
http://www.capecharlesmirror.com/news/r ... ent-449117
Re: THE JANUARY 6th SELECT COMMITTEE
THE CAPE CHARLES MIRROR OCTOBER 22, 2021 AT 10:52 AM
Paul Plante says:
And such it was to be!
The making of history, I mean, and that is in reference to the full house in the House of Representatives voting to send the matter of the alleged contumacious witness Steve Bannon, a private citizen, to the Justice Department for prosecution, a private citizen whom a shrill, shrieking and apparently hysterical Liz Cheney was quoted denouncing in an article in the Independent titled “Liz Cheney says Trump appears to have been ‘personally involved in planning’ 6 Jan insurrection – Bannon ‘appears’ to have had ‘substantial advance knowledge of the plans for January 6th’” by Namita Singh on 20 October 2021 as saying as follows:
Steve Bannon’s refusal to cooperate in the investigation of the 6 January Capitol riots suggests that former president Donald Trump “was personally involved in the planning and execution” of the insurrection, Liz Cheney said on Tuesday.
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And how absolutely boringly stupid and ridiculous this charade becomes, because there was NO INSURRECTION, and accordingly, since there was NO INSURRECTION, neither Trump nor Bannon could have been involved in the planning and execution of something the Federal Bureau of Investigation, an arm of the United States Department of Justice, says did not happen, except in the fevered imagination of the shrill, shrieking, hysterical Liz Cheney, who appears to be shooting for an award for most hysterical actress in a daytime sit-com soap opera, which takes us back to the Independent for more Liz, as follows:
Ms Cheney, who is the committee’s vice-chair and one of two Republicans serving on it, said their investigation has shown that Mr Bannon “appears” to have had “substantial advance knowledge of the plans for January 6th and likely had an important role in formulating those plans.”
“Mr Bannon was in the war room at the Willard on January 6th.”
” He also appears to have detailed knowledge regarding the President’s efforts to sell millions of Americans the fraud that the election was stolen,” said the Republican representative from Wyoming.
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Notice all the qualifiers, such as “also appears to have detailed knowledge.”
That is proof of exactly NOTHING – “appears to have!”
But we are dealing with rabid, fervent Democrats here, people, WITCH HUNTERS, and so, for them, that “appears to have” is good enough.
And there for the moment, I will rest.
http://www.capecharlesmirror.com/news/r ... ent-450283
Paul Plante says:
And such it was to be!
The making of history, I mean, and that is in reference to the full house in the House of Representatives voting to send the matter of the alleged contumacious witness Steve Bannon, a private citizen, to the Justice Department for prosecution, a private citizen whom a shrill, shrieking and apparently hysterical Liz Cheney was quoted denouncing in an article in the Independent titled “Liz Cheney says Trump appears to have been ‘personally involved in planning’ 6 Jan insurrection – Bannon ‘appears’ to have had ‘substantial advance knowledge of the plans for January 6th’” by Namita Singh on 20 October 2021 as saying as follows:
Steve Bannon’s refusal to cooperate in the investigation of the 6 January Capitol riots suggests that former president Donald Trump “was personally involved in the planning and execution” of the insurrection, Liz Cheney said on Tuesday.
end quotes
And how absolutely boringly stupid and ridiculous this charade becomes, because there was NO INSURRECTION, and accordingly, since there was NO INSURRECTION, neither Trump nor Bannon could have been involved in the planning and execution of something the Federal Bureau of Investigation, an arm of the United States Department of Justice, says did not happen, except in the fevered imagination of the shrill, shrieking, hysterical Liz Cheney, who appears to be shooting for an award for most hysterical actress in a daytime sit-com soap opera, which takes us back to the Independent for more Liz, as follows:
Ms Cheney, who is the committee’s vice-chair and one of two Republicans serving on it, said their investigation has shown that Mr Bannon “appears” to have had “substantial advance knowledge of the plans for January 6th and likely had an important role in formulating those plans.”
“Mr Bannon was in the war room at the Willard on January 6th.”
” He also appears to have detailed knowledge regarding the President’s efforts to sell millions of Americans the fraud that the election was stolen,” said the Republican representative from Wyoming.
end quotes
Notice all the qualifiers, such as “also appears to have detailed knowledge.”
That is proof of exactly NOTHING – “appears to have!”
But we are dealing with rabid, fervent Democrats here, people, WITCH HUNTERS, and so, for them, that “appears to have” is good enough.
And there for the moment, I will rest.
http://www.capecharlesmirror.com/news/r ... ent-450283