Just musings, is all

[thelivyjr]

THE CAPE CHARLES MIRROR JULY 27, 2021 AT 6:58 PM

Paul Plante says:

Today, people, is the day that RULE OF LAW in the United States of America goes the rest of the way out the window and into the trashbin of history to be replaced by RULE OF NANCY AND BENNIE as this highly partisan Pelosi-ite KANGAROO COURT/STRUGGLE SESSION (a form of public humiliation and torture used by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) at various times in the Mao era, particularly during the years immediately before and after the establishment of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and during the Cultural Revolution, the aim of which was to shape public opinion, as well as to humiliate, persecute, or execute political rivals and those deemed class enemies) headed up by the highly biased and prejudiced Democrat Bennie Thompson who is out for some revenge here, payback time for those he deems to be “white supremacists,” a broad brush label he can apply to literally anyone in America he takes a disliking to, and so has already formed his conclusions and now is going to use these carefully scripted and orchestrated “hearings” such as the one this morning where Bennie and Nancy had well-coached witness Capitol Police officer Aquilino Gonell come in and give some real tearjerker testimony to the effect that he and fellow officers were beaten repeatedly and that he thought he would die, which is a very necessary element to this drama, and a real good one to start off with, the goal here being to use the compliant media to the fullest to build disgust, hatred and revulsion (a sense of loathing) for Trump and the Republicans in order to influence the 2022 congressional elections in the favor of the Democrats, with officer Gonell, who I heard being interviewed this morning on NPR about his then-upcoming testimony, adding more drama and a Vietnam-wartime feel to it with him being faced by a literal human wave assault like the Viet Cong favored, telling the world which sits on the edge of its seat in suspense, “We fought hand to hand, inch by inch,” and then, the cover-up by the Republicans, with Mr. Gonell telling us and the candid world this morning before Bennie Thompson, who had him there as a witness for that very purpose, that he is troubled by any effort to play down the severity of the attack, saying “(T)here is a continuous and shocking attempt to ignore or try to destroy the truth of what truly happened that day, and to whitewash the facts,” which is total bull****, because it was on TV, and now it is all over YouTube, which makes it pretty hard to ignore, and a contrived statement as well, a “lawyer” statement calling for officer Gonell to state an opinion he cannot support with facts, because officer Gonell himself has not a clue as to what what truly happened that day, experiencing as does anyone in combat, and yes, I have been there, only the small scene that was happening around him, and since he was fighting hand to hand for his very life, that was all he observed that day, along with being beaten, and so he cannot say the truth is being destroyed, BECAUSE TRUTH, BEING TRUTH, CANNOT BE DESTROYED, to assemble the narrative that will support Bennie’s pre-arranged conclusion as he kicks off his initial hearing with a bunch of emotionally-tinged and laden testimony from Capitol police officers, and as this toxic torrent of DEMOCRAT HORSE**** continues unabated here, people, as the DEMOCRATS begin their efforts to influence the 2022 congressional elections in their favor with this Pelosi-ite KANGAROO COURT/STRUGGLE SESSION, by way of essential background, let us go back to an article in The Guardian entitled “Capitol attack committee chair vows to investigate Trump: ‘Nothing is off limits’” by Hugo Lowell in Washington on 21 July 2021, where we have the following background, to wit:

In an interview with the Guardian, Thompson said that he is also prepared to depose members of Congress and senior Trump administration officials who might have participated in the insurrection that left five dead and nearly 140 injured.

“Absolutely,” Thompson said of his intent to pursue a wide-ranging inquiry against the former president and some of his most prominent allies on Capitol Hill.

“Nothing is off limits.”

Thompson indicated that Trump and the House minority leader, Kevin McCarthy, are among the top witnesses for his investigation, in large part because McCarthy was on the phone with the former president as the riot unfolded.

But Thompson went further, and said that he expects anyone – whether a sitting member of Congress or former White House official – who may have spoken to Trump on 6 January to become the subject of the select committee’s investigation.

He also warned Republicans against attempting to stymie the committee’s investigation, saying that it had no deadline to furnish a report and as a result, would be immune to delay tactics previously deployed during the first Trump impeachment inquiry.

“Notwithstanding elections next year, we will not stop until our investigation is complete,” Thompson said.

“If the respect for the rule of law is not adhered to, that’s even more reason for this select committee to exist.”

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Nothing is off-limits?

If the respect for the rule of law is not adhered to, that’s even more reason for this select committee to exist?

HUH?

That’s horse****, because it is the select committee itself that is throwing “RULE OF LAW” right out the window, as previously stated.

For example, the Speech or Debate Clause (Clause) of the U.S. Constitution which clearly states that “[F]or any Speech or Debate in either House,” Members of Congress (Members) “shall not be questioned in any other Place.”

According to a legal analysis of the clause done for the House of Representatives by the Congressional Research Service in a publication titled “Understanding the Speech or Debate Clause” by Todd Garvey, Legislative Attorney on December 1, 2017, a time when Bennie Thompson was a member of congress, and so, would not be entitled to the flimsy excuse of ignorance of our fundamental law, we have as follows:

The Clause serves various purposes: principally to protect the independence and integrity of the legislative branch by protecting against executive or judicial intrusions into the protected legislative sphere, but also to bar judicial or executive processes that may constitute a “distraction” or “disruption” to a Member’s representative or legislative role.

This immunity principle protects Members from “intimidation by the executive” or a “hostile judiciary” by prohibiting both the executive and judicial powers from being used to improperly influence or harass legislators.

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But what about when it is partisan rogues like Bennie Thompson who are using powers granted to themselves by themselves to do the harassing, which this is very clearly a case, and to improperly influence other members of the house?

And what about protecting the independence and integrity of the legislative branch?

How does hauling Republican members of congress before Bennie Thompson’s COMMITTEE OF INQUISITION serve to protect the independence and integrity of the legislative branch given that in the same Guardian article, we have from Bennie, as follows:

Thompson indicated that Trump and the House minority leader, Kevin McCarthy, are among the top witnesses for his investigation, in large part because McCarthy was on the phone with the former president as the riot unfolded.

McCarthy called Trump in a panic as rioters breached the Capitol and begged him to call off his supporters, only for Trump to chastise the top Republican in the House for not doing more to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

“There will not be a reluctance on the part of the committee to pursue it,” Thompson said of McCarthy’s call.

“The committee will want to know if there is a record of what was said.”

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And WHOA, put on the brakes there, people!

How does anyone including Bennie Thompson know what was said between House minority leader Kevin McCarthy and Trump on January 6, 2021 if they don’t have a record confirming they even had a conversation?

And where does Bennie Thompson get the authority to treat House minority leader Kevin McCarthy as if he were a potential criminal without affording him due process in the house itself to face Bennie’s charges, given that the House of Representatives is expressly authorized within the United States Constitution (Article I, Section 5, clause 2) to discipline or “punish” its own Members for “disorderly Behaviour” in addition to any criminal or civil liability that a Member of the House may incur for particular misconduct, which is used not merely to punish an individual Member, but to protect the institutional integrity of the House of Representatives, its proceedings, and its reputation?

How does dragging House minority leader Kevin McCarthy through the mud and slime of these politically charged and biased “hearings” do anything for the reputation of the House of Representatives other than to make them look as what they are, vindictive small people who are fools!

As to discipline of a member of congress, it is not meted out by Bennie Thompson.

To the contrary, sanctions are imposed by the full House of Representatives, while the standing committee in the House which deals with ethics and official conduct matters, the House Committee on Ethics — formerly called the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct — is authorized by House Rules to issue a formal “Letter of Reproval” for misconduct which does not rise to the level of consideration or sanction by the entire House of Representatives.

So why isn’t the Constitution being scrupulously followed here?

Oh, right, that would not serve Nancy Pelosi’s purpose!

But continue to stay tuned, for the action is about to get fast and furious here as the Bennie Train leaves the station under a full head of steam down a steep incline with no brakes!

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[thelivyjr]

THE CAPE CHARLES MIRROR JULY 28, 2021 AT 5:52 PM

Paul Plante says:

And before we go further, to more than amply demonstrate the total bull**** nature of this hand-picked Pelosi-ite COMMITTEE OF INQUISTION, all we need do is go back to the article in The Guardian entitled “Capitol attack committee chair vows to investigate Trump: ‘Nothing is off limits’” by Hugo Lowell in Washington on 21 July 2021, where we have this following bit of absurdity from Democrat Bennie Thompson, the GRAND INQUISITOR, as follows:

Thompson indicated that Trump and the House minority leader, Kevin McCarthy, are among the top witnesses for his investigation, in large part because McCarthy was on the phone with the former president as the riot unfolded.

McCarthy called Trump in a panic as rioters breached the Capitol and begged him to call off his supporters, only for Trump to chastise the top Republican in the House for not doing more to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

“There will not be a reluctance on the part of the committee to pursue it,” Thompson said of McCarthy’s call.

“The committee will want to know if there is a record of what was said.”

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So, people, is everyone following this logic we are being given to follow by Democrat Bennie Thompson?

According to Bennie’s theory of reality that we are all supposed to blindly buy into, as if everyone in this nation was a moronic idiot, just because those who follow Bennie Thompson are, on 6 January 2021, House minority leader Kevin McCarthy is alleged by Bennie to have called Trump in a panic as rioters breached the Capitol, begging him to call off his supporters, only for Trump to chastise the top Republican in the House for not doing more to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

But seriously, people, what kind of a mindless moron does one have to be to think or believe that somehow, Trump, from wherever he was hiding, was able to do a thing about ANYBODY on the Capitol grounds on 6 January, especially after the Capitol was breached.

Look at the videos of the actual assault on the Capitol on 6 January 2021, and ask yourself how Trump could have done anything to stop what you are seeing in the videos, which raises the question of why on earth would House minority leader Kevin McCarthy call Trump after the Capitol was breached to call off the mob who breached it?

And when you watch the videos, ask yourself why it is that Democrat Bennie Thompson wants YOU to believe Trump was controlling the actions of what you see in the videos:

Feds Release More Capitol Riot Video Of Attack On Police Jun 19, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo3kKywkZjw

Capitol riot video appears to show attack on slain officer Mar 25, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK2FVIubRlA

See stunning video of rioters inside Capitol Jan 6, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9WPuA6EUaw

US Capitol Attack: Pro-Trump Mob Storms US Capitol, Clashes With Police Jan 6, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEGCFhkP3KQ

And then we have my all-time favorite right here:

Climbing Wall FAIL at DC Protests Footage: Trump supporter falls scaling Capitol Building Jan 8, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_uKKY-_VpY

So, people, given that this is just a smattering of all the videos out there of actual footage from 6 January 2021, how can we possibly believe the Wall Street Journal article entitled “Capitol Police Officer Describes Fighting ‘Hand to Hand, Inch by Inch’ in Jan. 6 Testimony” by Alexa Corse on 28 July 2021, where we were fed the following, to wit:

Capitol Police officer Aquilino Gonell said that he and fellow officers were beaten repeatedly and that he thought he would die.

“We fought hand to hand, inch by inch,” he testified.

Mr. Gonell said that he is troubled by any effort to play down the severity of the attack.

“There is a continuous and shocking attempt to ignore or try to destroy the truth of what truly happened that day, and to whitewash the facts,” he said.

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“Whitewash” the facts, people?

Where “whitewash” in the political sense means “deliberately attempt to conceal unpleasant or incriminating facts about someone or something,” with all those videos out there, what exactly is it that is being “whitewashed?”

And how?

How do you “whitewash” something that was on TV and now is all over the internet in countless videos?

So why are we being fed that “whitewash” horse**** by Bennie Thompson and the Wall Street Journal?

Because it suits their purposes?

And what am I thinking, of course it does, but stay tuned, for more of this made-for-TV drama is yet to come.

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THE CAPE CHARLES MIRROR JULY 29, 2021 AT 9:57 AM

Paul Plante says:

And while we have a break in the action here, and while we are on the subject of conflicts of interest being a pre-requisite for someone to be considered for Nancy Pelosi’s KANGAROO COURT, let us go back to the CNBC article entitled “Pelosi names 8 members of Jan. 6 committee, including Republican Liz Cheney, to probe pro-Trump riot” by Jacob Pramuk on 1 July 2021, where we had on the ROSTER of the Nancy Pelosi’s A-TEAM, the team of politically-reliable sluggers and power hitters that can finally get it done for Nancy this time after numerous spectacular failures in the past, the A-TEAM that Nancy Pelosi has put on the field here, so to speak, for THE BIG GAME, team member Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif.

And where have we heard that name before, people?

How about Zoe Lofgren being the Chairperson of the Committee on House Administration?

And what does that have to do with her having a serious conflict of interest that borders on a COVER-UP or WHITEWASH, because according to the Capitol Police website https://www.uscp.gov/the-department/oversight the United States Capitol Police (USCP) is overseen by the Capitol Police Board and has Congressional oversight by appropriations and authorizing committees from the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, which oversight affords the Department the support and opportunity to continually ensure that the USCP meets the safety and security needs of the Congress, the staff, and the many visitors who come to the United States Capitol each day.

And as we all clearly know, and as was reinforced in an extensive and well-researched 95-page report by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration entitled “EXAMINING THE U.S. CAPITOL ATTACK: A REVIEW OF THE SECURITY, PLANNING, AND RESPONSE FAILURES ON JANUARY 6,” on January 6, 2021, the USCP failed to meet the safety and security needs of the Congress, the staff, and the many visitors who come to the United States Capitol each day, to wit:

IX. CONCLUSION

January 6, 2021 marked not only an attack on the Capitol Building—it marked an attack on democracy.

The entities responsible for securing and protecting the Capitol Complex and
everyone onsite that day were not prepared for a large-scale attack, despite being aware of the potential for violence targeting the Capitol.

The Committees’ investigation to-date makes clear that reforms to USCP and the Capitol Police Board are necessary to ensure events like January 6 are never repeated.

The failures leading up to and on January 6 were not limited to legislative branch entities.

As has been made clear in the Committees’ two public hearings on the subject, failures extended to a number of executive branch agencies.

A key contributing factor to the tragic events of January 6 was the failure of the Intelligence Community to properly analyze, assess, and disseminate information to law enforcement regarding the potential for violence and the known threats to the Capitol and the Members present that day.

Further scrutiny of these failures and the preparations and response of federal agencies will continue.

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As to a WHITEWASH (deliberately attempt to conceal unpleasant or incriminating facts about someone or something) involving Zoe, the Chair of the Committee on House Administration, we have this from her committee’s website, to wit:

Capitol Security

The security of the Capitol Complex has become an even higher priority since the devastating attacks of September 11, 2001.

The House Administration Committee, which oversees security on the House side of the Capitol Complex, works closely with the Capitol Police to ensure that every effort is made to keep the Capitol Complex extremely secure while maintaining accessibility for the millions of constituents who visit every year.

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Except they quite obviously did not!

So why?

What role did Zoe have to play in those failures?

And why is she getting to “investigate” something she quite likely had a role in causing to happen?

She should be called as a witness and grilled about those failures, not be given a chance by Nancy Pelosi to cover over her role in causing those failures, which brings us to the question of with that 95-page report in the record, why exactly do we need this Pelosi-ite KANGAROO COURT?

What exactly is its true purpose, given these words from the Executive Summary:

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This report addresses the security, planning, and response failures of the entities directly responsible for Capitol security—USCP and the Capitol Police Board, which is comprised of the House and Senate Sergeants at Arms and the Architect of the Capitol as voting members, and the USCP Chief as a non-voting member—along with critical breakdowns involving several federal agencies, particularly the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”), and Department of Defense (“DOD”).

The Committees also made a series of recommendations for the Capitol Police Board, USCP, federal intelligence agencies, DOD, and other Capital region law enforcement agencies to address the intelligence and security failures.

The Committees’ investigation uncovered a number of intelligence and security failures leading up to and on January 6 that allowed for the breach of the Capitol.

These breakdowns ranged from federal intelligence agencies failing to warn of a potential for violence to a lack of planning and preparation by USCP and law enforcement leadership.

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And there we see another conflict of interest involving Bennie Thompson himself, as Chair of the Homeland Security Committee for Nancy Pelosi, as the Senate Report makes it incandescently clear that the agency he has oversight of was responsible for “critical breakdowns” in the security, planning, and response failures of the entities directly responsible for Capitol security, to wit:

The federal Intelligence Community—led by FBI and DHS—did not issue a threat assessment warning of potential violence targeting the Capitol on January 6.

Law enforcement entities, including USCP, largely rely on FBI and DHS to assess and communicate homeland security threats.

Throughout 2020, the FBI and DHS disseminated written documents detailing the potential for increased violent extremist activity at lawful protests and targeting of law enforcement and government facilities and personnel.

Despite online calls for violence at the Capitol, neither the FBI nor DHS issued a threat assessment or intelligence bulletin warning law enforcement entities in the National Capital Region of the potential for violence.

FBI and DHS officials stressed the difficulty in discerning constitutionally protected free speech versus actionable, credible threats of violence.

In testimony before the Committees, officials from both FBI and DHS acknowledged that the Intelligence Community needs to improve its handling and dissemination of threat information from social media and online message boards.

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So, people, what role did Bennie Thompson play with regard to those failures?

And the answer is we will likely never know, because this hand-picked “committee” of Democrat Nancy Pelosi’s is poised to shove all of those unanswered questions under the rug.

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THE CAPE CHARLES MIRROR JULY 29, 2021 AT 9:01 PM

Paul Plante says:

And let me come back here and reiterate that when I talk about “RULE OF LAW,” what I am referring to is the restriction of the arbitrary exercise of power by people like Nancy Pelosi, and Bennie Thompson by subordinating whatever “power” they may have to well-defined and established laws so that the rule of law is a durable system of laws, institutions, norms, and community commitment that delivers accountability, and the law is clear, publicized, and stable and is applied evenly.

And there, I am referring in part to 115th Congress, 2d Session House Document No. 115–177, CONSTITUTION, JEFFERSON’S MANUAL AND RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES ONE HUNDRED SIXTEENTH CONGRESS, THOMAS J. WICKHAM, PARLIAMENTARIAN, 2019, wherein is stated as follows:

HOUSE RESOLUTION 1164 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S.,

November 30, 2018.

Resolved, That a revised edition of the Rules and Manual of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress be printed as a House document, and that three thousand additional copies shall be printed and bound for the use of the House of Representatives, of which nine hundred eighty copies shall be bound in leather with thumb index and delivered as may be directed by the Parliamentarian of the House.

Attest:

KAREN L. HAAS, Clerk

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Which raises the question of whether or not Bennie Thompson is familiar with these rules, because he does not appear to bother to abide by them, which thought takes us to JEFFERSON’S MANUAL OF PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE, SEC. I—IMPORTANCE OF ADHERING TO RULES, where we have as follows concerning that subject of which Nancy Pelosi and Bennie Thompson seem to be quite ignorant, for following the rules means nothing to either of them, to wit:

Mr. Onslow, the ablest among the Speakers of the House of Commons, used to say, ‘‘It was a maxim he had often heard when he was a young man, from old and experienced Members, that nothing tended more to throw power into the hands of administration, and those who acted with the majority of the House of Commons, than a neglect of, or departure from, the rules of proceeding; that these forms, as instituted by our ancestors, operated as a check and control on the actions of the majority, and that they were, in many instances, a shelter and protection to the minority, against the attempts of power.’’

So far the maxim is certainly true, and is founded in good sense, that as it is always in the power of the majority, by their numbers, to stop any improper measures proposed on the part of their opponents, the only weapons by which the minority can defend themselves against similar attempts from those in power are the forms and rules of proceeding which have been adopted as they were found necessary, from time to time, and are become the law of the House, by a strict adherence to which the weaker party can only be protected from those irregularities and abuses which these forms were intended to check, and which the wantonness of power is but too often apt to suggest to large and successful majorities.

And whether these forms be in all cases the most rational or not is really not of so great importance.

It is much more material that there should be a rule to go by than what that rule is; that there may be a uniformity of proceeding in business not subject to the caprice of the Speaker or captiousness of the members.

It is very material that order, decency, and regularity be preserved in a dignified public body.

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And there is exactly where I am coming from, people, as a loyal American citizen who is neither a Democrat nor a Republican, nor a Trump supporter, either – it is very material indeed that order, decency, and regularity be preserved in a dignified public body, and that is exactly what we do not have in connection with this Pelosi-ite KANGAROO COURT headed up by Bennie Thompson, which takes us back to the Guardian article entitled “Capitol attack committee chair vows to investigate Trump: ‘Nothing is off limits’” by Hugo Lowell in Washington on 21 July 2021, where we have, to wit:

The exchange between McCarthy and Trump is of singular importance, since it provides a rare window into what Trump, sequestered in the West Wing, was privately thinking and saying as the Capitol was invaded.

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To which all I can say is HUH?

We are to believe that Bennie Thompson now has a way to find out what Trump was privately thinking on 6 January 2021?

That’s absurd and bizarre, because in a court of law, nobody can give testimony as to what another person is or was thinking at any given time, and what’s more, Bennie Thompson cannot compel another member of congress to appear before his committee to testify about anything, given that the Supreme Court has determined that the Speech or Debate Clause is an absolute bar to interference by the Courts and in Brewster, 408 U.S. at 509, the Court has gone so far as to say that legislative acts may not even be the subject of “inquiry” by either the executive or judicial branches: “The privilege protects Members from inquiry into legislative acts or the motivation for actual performance of legislative acts.”

Which takes us back to The Guardian, a British publication which is why they know nothing about our form of government or our laws, or even our way of life, where we have the following:

But Thompson went further, and said that he expects anyone – whether a sitting member of Congress or former White House official – who may have spoken to Trump on 6 January to become the subject of the select committee’s investigation.

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A WITCH HUNT, anyone?

And again, how is Bennie Thompson going to compel any of those persons to come before his committee, which takes us back to the WITCH HUNT nature of this Pelosi-ite KANGAROO COURT, as follows:

“If somebody spoke to the president on January 6, I think it would be important for our committee to know what was said.”

“I can’t imagine you talk about anything else to the president on January 6,” Thompson said.

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And there we have it, people – it is about what Bennie Thompson thinks, no matter how wild or bizarre or absurd!

Bennie thinks that there is a GRAND CONSPIRACY to overthrow our precious “democracy,” and because he is fixated on that thought, unable to see any other possibilities, he is convinced that anybody and everybody who talked to Trump on 6 January 2021 was talking about Trump’s “insurrection,” and he isn’t going to let loose of that, period, which again takes us back to the story, as follows:

Against that backdrop, Thompson said he expects to demand testimony from senior Trump administration officials who were in the Oval Office as the riot unfolded, from the then White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, to Trump’s daughter Ivanka.

If Trump administration officials refuse to appear before the committee, citing executive privilege, Thompson said he would issue subpoenas and launch lawsuits to enforce his congressional oversight authority.

“We will pursue it in court,” he said.

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And this is where this becomes not only bizarre, but scary, as well, with Bennie trying to substitute his committee for a citizen grand jury, to wit:

Thompson added that he expects the select committee and senior House investigators to meet with the attorney general, Merrick Garland, and expressed optimism for conducting his investigation in close coordination with the justice department.

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For the record, the Justice Department is a part of the executive branch of our national government, not the legislative branch, and this looks like Hell, the Democrats in Congress who twice failed to convict Trump by impeachment now colluding with the Democrat-controlled Justice Department under Trump’s Democrat successor Joe Biden who has previously and publicly condemned Trump’s supporters as “DREGS OF SOCIETY!”

Getting back to the story:

He was adamant that his investigation would not overlap with existing criminal probes opened by the justice department and the US attorney for the District of Columbia.

Still, he said he hoped the DoJ would cooperate with his inquiry.

“We don’t want to get in the way of indictments,” Thompson said.

“But I think there could be some sharing of information that could be germane to our investigation, just like other committees have negotiated in the past.”

Thompson said that although no date has been set for a meeting with the attorney general, it will involve the 6 January select committee’s members and senior staff.

To emphasize his seriousness, Thompson said the select committee would draw on legal counsel and investigative staff from existing House panels as well as the US intelligence community – including the NSA, CIA and FBI.

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So, all in all, people, this promises to be quite a show the Democrats and the compliant media are going to put on for us here, so as always, stay tuned, and we’ll be right back with more of this made-for-TV soapbox drama starring Bennie Thompson as the avenging Democrat angel who is finally going to be the one after Adam Schiff, failed, and Jamie Raskins failed, to take Trump down for the count!

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THE CAPE CHARLES MIRROR JULY 30, 2021 AT 9:06 PM

Paul Plante says:

And let me say here that when I use the term “witch-hunt,” I use it in its political context as a term that refers to a process whereby the authorities of a country, in this case, Nancy Pelosi and Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney, try to find out and punish people within the country who they believe are a threat to the well-being of the country, with the key phrase being, “THEY BELIEVE.”

That’s it!

It has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with written laws or rules!

It is simply about their feelings!

What they feel the law should be is what their law is, not what is written on a piece of paper called a law book that we, the people rely on, and that brings us back to a POLITICO article entitled “Pelosi mulls adding more anti-Trump Republicans to Jan. 6 investigation” by Heather Caygle, Olivia Beavers and Nicholas Wu on 22 July 2021, where we had this drivel from Nancy Pelosi, to wit:

The effort to potentially beef up Republican representation on the select panel comes after House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy pulled all five of his choices on Wednesday following Pelosi’s veto of the two most controversial names on his list, Reps. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Jim Jordan (R-Ohio).

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Thursday that it’s possible Jordan and other House Republicans who communicated with McCarthy could be asked to testify before the select panel.

But Pelosi dismissed McCarthy’s protests on Thursday, saying she made the right decision by blocking Banks and Jordan because of their “antics” in the months following the deadly insurrection.

Pelosi said her decision to block those two, while allowing McCarthy’s three other selections, to serve on the panel, had nothing to do with their votes to challenge certification of Trump’s loss on Jan. 6.

“The other two made statements and took actions that just would have been ridiculous to put them on a committee seeking the truth,” Pelosi told reporters.

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A committee seeking the truth?

And how about an Associated Press story entitled “Pelosi says ‘deadly serious’ Jan. 6 probe to go without GOP” by Mary Clare Jalonick on 23 July 2021, to wit:

WASHINGTON (AP) — Unfazed by Republican threats of a boycott, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared Thursday that a congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection will take on its “deadly serious” work whether Republicans participate or not.

Pelosi made clear on Thursday that she won’t relent, and Democrats mulled filling the empty seats themselves.

“It is my responsibility as the speaker of the House to make sure we get to the truth of this, and we will not let their antics stand in the way of that,” Pelosi said of the Republicans.

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And is it really her responsibility as speaker of the house to get to the truth?

And in a nation of rule of law, where does Nancy get that responsibility from?

Wouldn’t it have to be from a book of rules?

How about the government publication titled “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, where we have as follows, to wit:

Sec. 1 . Role of Speaker

The Speaker is the presiding officer of the House and is charged with numerous duties and responsibilities by law and by the House rules.

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Focus on those words, “charged with numerous duties and responsibilities by law and by the House rules,” which means Nancy doesn’t get to make it up as she goes as she is doing here with this horse**** about her “responsibility as the speaker of the House to make sure we get to the truth of this,” for the law of our land does not give her that responsibility, which takes us back to the rules as written, even if Nancy Pelosi disregards them in her arrogance at her own perfection, to wit:

As the presiding officer of the House, the Speaker maintains order, manages its proceedings, and governs the administration of its business. Manual Sec. 622; Deschler Ch 6 Sec. Sec. 2-8.

The major functions of the Speaker with respect to the consideration of measures on the floor include recognizing Members who seek to address the House (Manual Sec. 949), construing and applying the House rules (Manual Sec. 627), and putting the question on matters arising on the floor to a vote (Manual Sec. 630).

The Speaker’s role as presiding officer is an impartial one, and his rulings serve to protect the rights of the minority. 88-1, June 4, 1963, pp 10151-65.

In seeking to protect the interests of the minority, he has even asked unanimous consent that an order of the House be vacated where the circumstances so required. 89-1, May 18, 1965, p 10871.

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And once again, people, focus on these words: “The Speaker’s role as presiding officer is an impartial one, and his rulings serve to protect the rights of the minority.”

That, people, is the truth, because it comes from OUR book of rules, not the flawed version that Nancy Pelosi uses that turns lies into her version of the truth, which is a warped and twisted version.

Nancy Pelosi is hardly impartial, for one, despite the rules, and she is not interested in the rights of the minority, let alone protecting them.

To the contrary, her interest is in crushing the minority and with these hearings of hers, this WITCH HUNT, that is her goal!

As to more of the truth that we will never get from Nancy Pelosi, going back to the government publication titled “House Practice: A Guide to the Rules, Precedents and Procedures of the House, Chapter 34. Office of the Speaker, we have this to consider, to wit:

Many matters have been held to be beyond the scope of the Speaker’s responsibility under the rules.

The Speaker does not:

Determine whether a Member should be censured or whether an office he holds is incompatible with his membership, these being matters for the House to decide. 2 Hinds Sec. 1275; 6 Cannon Sec. 253.

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Nonetheless, disregarding rule of law, which I doubt she has ever followed, Nancy is indeed censuring house members who are Republicans on her own, as if she actually had that authority, which she doesn’t!

And for some more truth, let us go back to the 115th Congress, 2d Session House Document No. 115–177, CONSTITUTION, JEFFERSON’S MANUAL AND RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES ONE HUNDRED SIXTEENTH CONGRESS, where we have as follows in Rule No. 2:

Preservation of order

2. The Speaker shall preserve order and decorum and, in case of disturbance or disorderly conduct in the galleries or in the lobby, may cause the same to be cleared.

end quotes

So, on 6 January 2021, why didn’t she do that, given that it was her responsibility as speaker of the house according to her own book of rules?

Because for her purposes, she needed that riot to happen?

And how about Rule No. 3:

Control of Capitol facilities

3. Except as otherwise provided by rule or law, the Speaker shall have general control of the Hall of the House, the corridors and passages in the part of the Capitol assigned to the use of the House, and the disposal of unappropriated rooms in that part of the Capitol.

end quotes

If the rules Nancy is supposed to follow say that on 6 January 2021, it was Nancy in her capacity as speaker of the house who had general control of the Hall of the House, the corridors and passages in the part of the Capitol assigned to the use of the House, and the disposal of unappropriated rooms in that part of the Capitol, then why did she allow what happened on 6 January 2021 to happen?

Some serious questions before us, people, as we watch this Pelosi-ite WHITEWASH COMMITTEE seeks to do some serious blame-shifting here to protect Nancy, whose failures resulted in the breaching of the capitol on 6 January 2021.

Will they ever get answered?

Personally, I doubt it – the purpose of a WHITEWASH, afterall, is to bury those questions under the rug!

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THE CAPE CHARLES MIRROR JULY 31, 2021 AT 9:23 PM

Paul Plante says:

Is it possible, people, to start with a pack of lies, and then somehow, distill the truth out of that pack of lies, which is what Nancy Pelosi wants us to believe is going to happen with this hand-picked “select committee” of hers?

And rather than take my word for the fact that in its first hearing, Chairman Bennie Thompson started right out in his opening statement feeding us a line of hog**** – let’s simply go to the transcript, where we have as follows from Chairman Bennie, Nancy’s hand-picked captain of her A-TEAM that is now going to get it done for Nancy after two previous dismal failures to nail Trump’s hide to the wall, to wit:

January 6 House Select Committee Hearing Investigation Day 1 Full Transcript

Chairman Thompson: A quorum being present, the select committee to investigate the January 6th attack on the United States Capitol will be in order.

The select committee is meeting today to receive testimony on the law enforcement experience on January 6th.

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Actually, they were receiving testimony from four very well-coached witnesses out of hundreds of law enforcement officers on duty at the capitol on 6 January 2021, and if the purpose of the committee is to find the truth of what happened on 6 January 2021, why then were they allowing testimony into the record by these witnesses as to what are their personal opinions, not facts?

For example, the Reuters article “Police recount mayhem and ‘attempted coup’ in U.S. Capitol riot” by Richard Cowan and Sarah N. Lynch on July 27, 2021, where we had the following political statement from one of the witnesses, to wit:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Four police officers on Tuesday told lawmakers they were beaten, taunted with racial insults, heard threats including “kill him with his own gun” and thought they might die as they struggled to defend the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 against a mob of then-President Donald Trump’s supporters.

Often tearful, sometimes profane, the officers called the rioters “terrorists” engaged in an “attempted coup” during a 3-1/2 hour congressional hearing in which they also criticized Republican lawmakers who have sought to downplay the attack.

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An attempted coup?

HUH?

When exactly was there an attempted coup?

Where is there any evidence anywhere that there was an attempted coup on 6 January 2021?

I thought it was an insurrection.

And in a supposedly non-partisan hearing, which is complete BULL****, given the highly partisan make-up of this hand-picked committee, why are criticisms of the Republicans, which are personal opinions, being allowed into the record, other than to taint the record and contribute to a narrative of the Republicans being enemies of democracy and therefore, enemies of America who must be crushed into non-existence by the Democrats, who are morally superior not only to the Republicans, but to all of us, as well.

And here, I would like to go to the HOUSE ETHICS MANUAL, COMMITTEE ON STANDARDS OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT, which rules should apply to Nancy Pelosi, Bennie Thompson, Liz Cheney, Elaine Luria, Pete Aguilar, Zoe Lofgren, Stephanie Murphy, Jamie Raskin, Adam Schiff and Adam Kinzinger, although in truth, they all appear to be quite immune from the rules that govern others, probably because of their moral superiority, where we have as follows on the subject of ethics as it pertains to the members of this hand-picked KANGAROO COURT, to wit:

GENERAL ETHICAL STANDARDS

Overview

Members, officers, and employees of the House should:

Conduct themselves at all times in a manner that reflects creditably on the
House;

Abide by the spirit as well as the letter of the House rules; and

Adhere to the broad ethical standards expressed in the Code of Ethics for
Government Service.

They should not in any way use their office for private gain.

Nor should they attempt to circumvent any House rule or standard of conduct.

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HA HA HA HA HAH, you know what I am saying, people?

Unless everything that happens in the so-called “PEOPLE’S HOUSE” is a lie and everyone in there a liar, which may well be the facts of the matter, then there is no way that this hand-picked committee can be said to be conducting themselves at all times in a manner that reflects creditably on the House, which takes us back to the ethics, as follows:

General Ethical Standards

Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees; and both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people.

– HENRY CLAY

That public office is a public trust has long been a guiding principle of government.

To uphold this trust, Congress has bound itself to abide by certain standards of conduct, expressed in the Code of Official Conduct (House Rule 23) and the Code of Ethics for Government Service.

These codes provide that Members, officers, and employees are to conduct themselves in a manner that will reflect creditably on the House, work earnestly and thoughtfully for their salary, and that they may not seek to profit by virtue of their public office, allow themselves to be improperly influenced, or discriminate unfairly by the dispensing of special favors.

This chapter discusses the overarching principles that inform both codes, the penalties for violating their provisions, and the history and procedures of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.

Appropriate standards of conduct enhance the legislative process and build citizen confidence.

Ethics rules, if reasonably drafted and reliably enforced, increase the likelihood that legislators (and other officials) will make decisions and policies on the basis of the merits of issues, rather than on the basis of factors (such as personal gain) that should be irrelevant.

Members, officers, and employees should, at a minimum, familiarize themselves with the Code of Official Conduct and the Code of Ethics for Government Service.

The Code of Official Conduct and the Code of Ethics for Government Service not only state aspirational goals for public officials, but violations of provisions contained therein may also provide the basis for disciplinary action in accordance with House rules.

end quotes

And with that all stated, a bunch of empty words, actually, in reality, as is so much of what comes out of Washington, D.C. these days, let’s go back to Bennie, as follows:

I now recognize myself for an opening statement.

Let me say a few words at the outset about this committee’s work and how, as chairman, I plan to run things.

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.

end quotes

Except they started out not with facts, but with personal opinions, which takes us back to Bennie for more bull****, as follows:

That’s what we’re charged to do by House Resolution 503.

There’s no place for politics or partisanship in this investigation.

end quotes

And while there might be no place for it, the reality is that the committee is rife with politics and partisanship, as we clearly see with the police officer’s criticisms of the Republicans.

Getting back to Bennie, he goes on as follows:

Our only charge is to follow the facts where they lead us.

And while we have a lot to uncover, there are a few things we already know.

We know that the insurrection on January 6th was a violent attack that involved vicious assault on law enforcement.

end quotes

And let us stop right there, people, because there was no insurrection on 6 January 2021.

Yes, the Democrats and their lapdogs in the compliant media keep bandying about the term “insurrection,” but the Democrats mouthing the word “insurrection” does not an insurrection make.

In the United States, insurrection is a crime!

Crimes are not proven in the house of representatives – that is a function of the justice system, and to date, no charges of insurrection have been brought against anyone, including Trump, outside of the failed second impeachment charges which committee member Jamie Raskin failed to prove!

So why is Bennie Thompson starting out the hearing before a word is heard from a single witness, talking about an “insurrection” that didn’t happen, priming the pump, so to speak, for the witnesses to then be able to talk about “insurrections” and “attempted coups” as if they had really happened?

How is that in any way ethical?

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THE CAPE CHARLES MIRROR AUGUST 1, 2021 AT 6:54 PM

Paul Plante says:

So what do we have here, people, confronting us with this Pelosi-ite “selected” committee of hers to supposedly get to the bottom of what really happened on 6 January 2021, as if by now, none of us could possibly have a clue and so, would need Bennie Thompson and his crew to give us the unvarnished “truth,” as if there was any possibility of that happening, which there isn’t, because you cannot arrive at the truth by starting out with a pack of lies, as Bennie has done in his first hearing, which takes us back in time to May 10, 2021 and a House Administration Committee Hearing on the very same January 6 Capitol Attack that Bennie and his hand-selected crew on his committee are said to be investigating, where we had as follows:

Today’s hearing continues the oversight of this committee and the House of Representatives of issues related to January 6th, 2021, the insurrectionist attack on the Capitol.

Specifically, the scope of today’s hearing is the latest flash report by the inspector general for the US Capitol police, which was provided to congressional oversight committees and the department on April 30th.

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And there we are, back to the same BULL**** Bennie is pushing about an “insurrection” on 6 January 2021.

So what is the relevance here?

Why am I going back to that hearing?

And the answer to that question is Zoe Lofgren, the chair of that committee, as well as being a member of Bennie Thompson’s COMMITTEE OF INQUSITION, Jamie Raskin, also a member of that committee as well as being a member of Bennie’s WITCH HUNTERS, and Pete Aguilar, himself also a member of Zoe’s committee as well as being a member of Bennie’s FLIM-FLAM, and according to the transcript, along with Zoe, both Jamie Raskin and Peter Aguilar were present at that May 10, 2021 hearing, to wit:

Chairperson (Zoe Lofgren): The Committee on House Administration will come to order.

I’d like to welcome our members.

We have a quorum present.

The ranking member.

Mr. Raskin, Mr. Style, Mr. Aguilar, Ms. Scanlan and Ms. Fernandez.

And so we have a quorum and I’d like to welcome everyone.

end quotes

And since they were all there, Zoe, Jamie and Peter, on that day, at that hearing, this is what the three of them heard, which is a matter of public record given the existence of the transcript, to wit:

But before we get to that, I want to take a moment to clarify what I think appeared to be some confusion the last time Mr. Bolton appeared before us.

I asked a question that apparently some misinterpreted as a statement, but I was merely quoting from an officer who was part of an office of professional responsibility review.

It was not a review of the radio transmission.

It was a quote from an officer who was interviewed, and I’d like to quote this officer directly.

“I was originally drafted for CDU at 1000 hours on January 6, 2021.”

“I then swapped my starting time with another officer who starting time was 0800 hours.”

“I enjoyed being part of the CDU.”

“Few minutes after our roll call, my squad was directed to help the east front security posture at the Capitol division.”

“As I was crossing the street at traffic six, a radio broadcast was sent out to all outside unit: ‘Attention. All unit on the field, we’re not looking for any pro-Trump in the crowd.'”

“‘We’re only looking for anti pro-Trump, who wants to start a fight.’”

“At that point, I started thinking about my initial intelligence that was disseminated.”

“The entire crowd was a threat based on the intelligence.”

“The pro-Trump were the threat because they’re coming to stop the count.”

“However, I convinced myself that perhaps the mission has changed.”

“The CDU that was scheduled at 1000 hours was initially supposed to be part of our rotation.”

“However, they were sent to patrol garages around the House division.”

“At that point, I was convinced that the mission has changed and the threat was not a high level threat because of the radio call and the decisions that were made to send the other group to patrol garages.”

“I was on at the east front with officers, a small group, perhaps prior or still in the military, approach one officer and ask him if he wants to talk, because what is happening at the lower west front terrace, what happened at the east front as well, and nothing will stop that.”

“I automatically realized that there was a disconnect or a miscommunication about the event that is occurring today.”

And that’s the point.

We need to make sure the threat assessments and the planning and the preparation were adequate for the event that was to present this huge challenge to our country, and specifically to the officers who protected us.

As inspector general Bolton reported, he and his team have concluded to date that the department’s threat assessment and counter surveillance programs had a number of deficiencies, including: operating under outdated or vague guidance; failure to adequately report, stop, or contact activities; lack of a dedicated counter-surveillance entity; and insufficient resources for supporting both threat assessment and counter surveillance activities among other shortcomings.

end quotes

So, when Bennie Thompson on 27 July 2021 told the people of America and the watching world “A quorum being present, the select committee to investigate the January 6th attack on the United States Capitol will be in order,” and “The select committee is meeting today to receive testimony on the law enforcement experience on January 6th,” why didn’t Bennie include that above testimony from a police officer who was quite obviously present at the capitol on 6 January 2021?

Why wasn’t that “law enforcement experience” which was relevant on May 10, 2021 no longer relevant on 27 July 2021?

Because it would mess up the narrative Nancy Pelosi has Bennie Thompson trying to create to WHITEWASH the failures of the Democrats to protect the capitol on 6 January 2021?

And when Bennie told us on 27 July 2021 “And while we have a lot to uncover, there are a few things we already know,” why is it that he did not include any of what committee members Zoe Lofgren, Jamie Raskin, who is a constitutional scholar, you know, one of the best in the world, they say, and Peter Aguilar all knew on May 10, 2021 as a result of that earlier hearing where it was clearly stated by Zoe, that as inspector general Bolton reported, he and his team have concluded to date that the department’s threat assessment and counter surveillance programs had a number of deficiencies, including: operating under outdated or vague guidance; failure to adequately report, stop, or contact activities; lack of a dedicated counter-surveillance entity; and insufficient resources for supporting both threat assessment and counter surveillance activities among other shortcomings?

And why didn’t any of them make an effort to remind him of those earlier findings?

Oh, right, they are the truth that Nancy Pelosi wants buried.

How could I have forgotten that!

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THE CAPE CHARLES AUGUST 2, 2021 AT 8:34 PM

Paul Plante says:

And staying with this May 10, 2021 House Administration Committee Hearing on the January 6 Capitol Attack for the moment, because it is the genesis of what has followed leading up to this latest KANGAROO COURT headed up by Bennie Thompson which Elaine Luria is a member of, as we shall see from the transcript, we have Zoe Lofgren, the chair of that committee and herself a member of Bennie Thompson’s KANGAROO COURT/FARCE, on the record, as follows:

Chairperson (Zoe Lofgren): We’ll hear more about these issues and the inspector General’s recommendations for addressing these problems today.

I continue to believe Congress must establish a commission focused specifically on the January 6th insurrection.

end quotes

And BINGO, people, there we have it, right there – GENESIS, which takes us back to the transcript as follows, to wit:

Such a review is necessary, even though I agreed with Senator Mitch McConnell, former speaker John Boehner, and representative Cheney that former president Donald Trump bears ultimate responsibility for inciting the dangerous and deadly insurrection.

end quotes

And BINGO once again, people – there is what qualified both Zoe Lofgren and Liz Cheney to become members of Nancy Pelosi’s A-TEAM of WITCH HUNTERS – the two of them, both morally superior to all of the rest of us, being Democrats as they are, fervently believe in their little hearts that former president Donald Trump bears ultimate responsibility for inciting the dangerous and deadly insurrection, even though there was no insurrection, and even though, given plenty of prior opportunity to prove an insurrection, or to prove Trump incited it, the Democrats headed up by CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOLAR Jamie Raskin, a member of both committees, they failed to produce proof to support the allegations.

But being Democrats through and through, they don’t need proof and they don’t need evidence – to the contrary, like Zoe Lofgren and Liz Cheney, who is as much a Democrat as AOC and Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, they go with what they feel in their gut, which again takes us back to Zoe on May 10, 2021, as she sowed the seeds for this present KANGAROO COURT, to wit:

As we begin this hearing, I know that this is a start of national police week.

In years past, this annual commemoration of law enforcement from agencies and jurisdictions has included a large gathering on the west front of the Capitol to remember officers who’ve fallen in the line of duty and to thank all men and women who serve our nation and our communities and law enforcement.

It’s a perverse irony that this year, this important gathering will not be held in person because of the pandemic, which has killed more police officers in the past year than any other line of duty cause of death combined.

Instead, the largest multi-jurisdictional gathering of law enforcement at the Capitol so far this year, may well be that which occurred January 6th, when officers from multiple departments responded to the insurrectionist attack.

end quotes

See how she has managed using the “BIG LIE” technique of repeating a lie over and over so that people think it is the truth, because my goodness, people, it is a member of congress saying it, so it would have to be true, would it not, in just a few lines of testimony on her part to get the words “insurrection” and “insurrectionist” into the record, which record then forms the basis for Bennie Thompson’s committee to investigate the insurrection Zoe Lofgren, a committee member, has already said happened in her capacity as chair of the Committee on House Administration, which committee has oversight responsibility of the Capitol Police, and that in turn takes us back to Zoe on May 10, 2021, as follows:

Last week, that officer, officer Michael Vernon, who serves in the Washington DC metropolitan police department, said a powerful open letter about his experiences address to all elected members of the United States government.

That includes us.

He details what happened to him that day, including how he was, “Pulled into the crowd away from my fellow officers, beaten with FIS metal objects, stripped of my issued badge, radio, and ammunition magazine, and electrocuted numerous times with a taser.”

In his letter, officer Vernon writes, “I struggle daily with the emotional anxiety of having survived such a traumatic event, but I also struggle with the anxiety of hearing those who continue to downplay the events of that day, and those who would ignore them altogether with their lack of acknowledgement.”

His letter is a stark reminder of the plain facts of the events of that day.

His attackers were not foreign terrorists, they were as fellow Americans incited to insurrection and violence by the then president of the United States.

end quotes

So, on 27 July 2021, when Bennie Thompson, the DEMOCRAT GRAND INQUISITOR, tells us that “And while we have a lot to uncover, there are a few things we already know,” and “We know that the insurrection on January 6th was a violent attack that involved vicious assault on law enforcement,” his source of information is Zoe Lofgren, a member of his own committee, which is how the Democrats play this BULL**** game they are playing here, acting as judge and jury, charging people with criminal conduct, as if it were they who were a grand jury, which is a TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE (a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation) which impacts on us all, because if these DEMOCRAT WITCH HUNTERS can pin crimes on one American, be it someone as reviled as Donald Trump, they can then do it to any of us and all of us, and that people, is known as a TYRANNY!

Hence my speaking out in here, and thank God there is a Cape Charles Mirror to speak out in, or this crap would go totally unchallenged in the complaint, captive main-stream media which writes it down as directed to by the Democrats!

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THE CAPE CHARLES MIRROR AUGUST 3, 2021 AT 6:02 PM

Paul Plante says:

And while we are on the subject of WITCH HUNTS and WHITEWASHS and COVER-UPS, and ACCOUNTABILITY, as in who really bears responsibility for the fiasco at the Capitol on 6 January 2021, at a time when Nancy Pelosi was Speaker of the House, and thus, according to Rule 3, Control of Capitol facilities, of the 115th Congress, 2d Session House Document No. 115–177, RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES ONE HUNDRED SIXTEENTH CONGRESS, had general control of the Hall of the House, the corridors and passages in the part of the Capitol assigned to the use of the House, and the disposal of unappropriated rooms in that part of the Capitol on 6 January 2021, to dig through this mountain of BULL**** we are being presented with here by Nancy Pelosi and Zoe Lofgren and Bennie Thompson and the WITCH HUNTERS as they do a SHIFTING OF THE BLAME off of Nancy Pelosi and Zoe Lofgren as a part of their mission to conduct a thorough COVER-UP to protect Nancy, we need to once again go back to May 10, 2021, and the opening statement on the record of Rodney Davis, the ranking Republican on what is otherwise a committee packed with Democrats, including Jamie Raskin and Peter Aguilar, who are also some of Bennie Thompson’s WITCH HUNTERS, where we have as follows:

Mr. Davis: Thank you, chairperson Lofgren, and thank you to our witness, Mr. Bolton for being here again.

I continue to be extremely concerned about the USCP’s limited intelligence gathering and analysis capabilities.

If we have the intelligence about an attack or threat against a member of Congress or against the Capitol complex, but do not have the correct policies or people in place to properly gather, interpret and operationalize that Intel, then what’s the point?

While I’m happy to chat with Mr. Bolton again, I’m disappointed the committee has not yet publicly heard from Chief Pitman or anyone else who are responsible for implementing these recommendations.

Also brings me to my next point, and that’s the need for this committee to hear from the full Capitol police board.

As I’ve mentioned several times before, the board has a ton of power over the USCP.

Therefore I think it’s imperative, and it looks like it’s going to happen, that this committee is going to hear from the entire board.

Just so everybody’s aware, according to the congressional research service, the entire board hasn’t appeared before congressional oversight in the House since 1945.

That’s 76 years.

As Mr. Bolton also noted in a previous hearing, there’s little to no oversight of the board, which makes the majority of security decisions on Capitol hill.

I believe the oversight and accountability is desperately needed, and I think this committee could work together to provide it.

end quotes

HUH?

What’s this now?

As Inspector General noted in a previous hearing before Zoe Lofgren’s House Administration Committee, there’s little to no oversight of the Capitol Police Board, which makes the majority of security decisions on Capitol hill?

What’s up with that now?

According to the Congressional Research Service, the entire Capitol Police Board hasn’t appeared before congressional oversight in the House since 1945, which is 76 years?

But how can that possibly be, people?

I mean, seriously, people, we are talking about what appears to be some very serious dereliction of duty on the part of Zoe Lofgren’s House Administration Committee, which includes WITCH HUNTERS Peter Agular and Jamie Raskin, who is the DEMOCRAT CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOLAR who not only failed to get a conviction of Trump on impeachment charges for inciting insurrection, the same charges he is again facing before Bennie Thompson’s KANGAROO COURT, but further either failed to bring the charges before a federal grand jury to get an indictment of Trump for the federal crime of insurrection, or failed to get the indictment after Trump peacefully transferred power to Joe Biden on 20 January 2021, the only day in our Constitutional system when presidential power is transferred, despite any horse**** Bennie Thompson was trying to feed us on 27 July 2021, when he stated on the record that “We (Nancy Pelosi, Bennie Thompson, Elaine Luria, Zoe Lofgren and the Democrat Party) know that men and women who stormed the Capitol wanted to derail the peaceful transfer of power in this country,” which is hog**** all the way around, given that none of those Democrats know what was in the mind of anyone on that day, while we do, in the case of the so-called “Q-ANON COWBOY,” who came to the capitol on 6 January 2021 looking like the lunatic he is in real life, as we see in the Business Insider article “The ‘QAnon Shaman’ is in plea negotiations after being diagnosed with mental illnesses, including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, report says” by Kelsey Vlamis on July 25, 2021, where we learned as follows concerning this “insurrectionist” as follows, to wit:

The Capitol-riot suspect known as the “QAnon Shaman” is in plea negotiations after being diagnosed with mental illnesses while in prison, his attorney told Reuters on Thursday.

Jacob Chansley became one of the most visible people from the January 6 attack, when he was pictured inside the chambers of Congress shirtless, wearing a fur headdress with horns and red, white, and blue face paint.

He was arrested in January on six charges, including disorderly conduct and violent entry.

He has denied the charges.

His lawyer, Albert Watkins, told Reuters that the Federal Bureau of Prisons had diagnosed Chansley with transient schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, and anxiety.

Watkins said the Bureau of Prisons’ evaluation also found that Chansley’s mental health had declined while he was kept in solitary confinement in a Virginia jail.

Chansley is now seeking a plea deal, in which he could plead guilty to a less serious charge in hopes of receiving a lighter sentence, Reuters reported.

end quotes

Hmmmmm, nothing about an insurrection, because there wasn’t one, and nothing about this “Q-ANON COWBOY” trying to derail the peaceful transfer of power in this country, because there was no transfer of power on 6 January 2021, which makes Bennie Thompson sound like an ignorant moron for claiming there was one on 6 January 2021.

And Bennie knows what was going on in the mind of somebody with transient schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, and anxiety?

Yeah, right, and good luck with that, which takes us back to operative reality and the fact that according to her own published bio, in 2019, Zoe was appointed Chairperson of the Committee on House Administration by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and confirmed unanimously by the House Democratic Caucus, so she has no excuse for that failure to provide oversight of the Capitol Police Board, and as to a WHITEWASH (deliberately attempt to conceal unpleasant or incriminating facts about someone or something) involving Zoe, the Chair of the Committee on House Administration, we have this from her committee’s website, to wit:

Capitol Security

The security of the Capitol Complex has become an even higher priority since the devastating attacks of September 11, 2001.

The House Administration Committee, which oversees security on the House side of the Capitol Complex, works closely with the Capitol Police to ensure that every effort is made to keep the Capitol Complex extremely secure while maintaining accessibility for the millions of constituents who visit every year.

end quotes

Except as we all know, on 6 January 2021, the capitol was not secure at all, so that seems to be in the nature of a deliberate falsehood Zoe is peddling there, and that takes us to the HOUSE ETHICS MANUAL, COMMITTEE ON STANDARDS OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT, which rules should apply to Nancy Pelosi, Bennie Thompson, Liz Cheney, Elaine Luria, Pete Aguilar, Zoe Lofgren, Stephanie Murphy, Jamie Raskin, Adam Schiff and Adam Kinzinger, although in truth, they all appear to be quite immune from the rules that govern others, probably because of their moral superiority, where we have as follows, to wit:

General Ethical Standards

That public office is a public trust has long been a guiding principle of government.

To uphold this trust, Congress has bound itself to abide by certain standards of conduct, expressed in the Code of Official Conduct (House Rule 23) and the Code of Ethics for Government Service.

These codes provide that Members, officers, and employees are to conduct themselves in a manner that will reflect creditably on the House, work earnestly and thoughtfully for their salary, and that they may not seek to profit by virtue of their public office, allow themselves to be improperly influenced, or discriminate unfairly by the dispensing of special favors.

end quotes

So, people, think about it – if Zoe Logren’s committee provided no oversight of the Capitol Police Board as Inspector General Bolton is making clear in his testimony, given that Zoe Lofgren makes extra money for serving as chair of the House Administration Committee, is Zoe Lofgren working earnestly and thoughtfully for her salary, or is she ripping off the taxpayers, and now is using her position as a WITCH HUNTER to do some BLAME-SHIFTING to COVER OVER her own negligence?

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THE CAPE CHARLES MIRROR AUGUST 4, 2021 AT 9:03 PM

Paul Plante says:

And here we need to go back to an Associated Press story entitled “Pelosi says ‘deadly serious’ Jan. 6 probe to go without GOP” by Mary Clare Jalonick on 23 July 2021, where we had Nancy spouting off as follows, to wit:

“It is my responsibility as the speaker of the House to make sure we get to the truth of this, and we will not let their antics stand in the way of that,” Pelosi said of the Republicans.

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Which inane statement by Nancy about the undefined “antics” by the Republicans takes us back to the Rules of the House of Representatives, which rules seem to be totally worthless, where we have as follows:

Committee on Ethics

3. (a) The Committee on Ethics has the following functions:

(1) The committee may recommend to the House from time to time such administrative actions as it may consider appropriate to establish or enforce standards of official conduct for Members, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, officers, and employees of the House. A letter of reproval or other administrative action of the committee pursuant to an investigation under subparagraph (2) shall only be issued or implemented as a part of a report required by such subparagraph.

(2) The committee may investigate, subject to paragraph (b), an alleged violation by a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House of the Code of Official Conduct or of a law, rule, regulation, or other standard of conduct applicable to the conduct of such Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee in the performance of the duties or the discharge of the responsibilities of such individual. After notice and hearing (unless the right to a hearing is waived by the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee), the committee shall report to the House its findings of fact and recommendations, if any, for the final disposition of any such investigation and such action as the committee may consider appropriate in the circumstances.

(3) The committee may report to the appropriate Federal or State authorities, either with the approval of the House or by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the committee, any substantial evidence of a violation by a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House, of a law applicable to the performance of the duties or the discharge of the responsibilities of such individual that may have been disclosed in a committee
investigation.

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So, with respect to these alleged “antics,” has Nancy Pelosi, to anyone’s knowledge, preferred charges against any of these Republicans to the Ethics Committee concerning these alleged “antics?”

And the answer is, no, I didn’t think so, because all Nancy is doing here is playing silly little childish but quite malicious nonetheless political children’s games, making these charges in public with no attempt to support them with any kind of facts or evidence warranting an investigation by the Ethics Committee, which is headed up by Democrat Theodore E. Deutch of Florida, which takes us to the government publication titled “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, where we have as follows concerning the position in OUR national government that to our detriment as a nation and as a people that Nancy Pelosi presently holds, to wit:

Sec. 1 . Role of Speaker

The Speaker is the presiding officer of the House and is charged with numerous duties and responsibilities by law and by the House rules.

As the presiding officer of the House, the Speaker maintains order, manages its proceedings, and governs the administration of its business. Manual Sec. 622; Deschler Ch 6 Sec. Sec. 2-8.

The Speaker’s role as presiding officer is an impartial one, and his rulings serve to protect the rights of the minority. 88-1, June 4, 1963, pp 10151-65.

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Except Nancy Pelosi quite obviously is not at all impartial, and it is her intent with this KANGAROO COURT to crush the minority, not protect their rights, because in her little Democrat heart, she doesn’t believe they have any, or deserve any.

So she saddles us with the antics of her GRAND INQUISITOR/CHIEF PROSECUTOR/HIGH JUDGE Bennie Thompson, instead, who is testifying at his own hearing, amd who instead of giving us anything resembling truth, is giving us stupid, ignorant, moronic BULL**** easily picked apart and debunked by a seventh grade student, such as his comment on 27 July 2021, as follows:

We won victories and we’ve suffered failures, but the peaceful transfer of power has stood as the pillar of our democracy.

It’s one of those things we rely on, a safeguard that we hold close, because as heated and angry and divided as we may be, whatever victories we celebrate or upheavals we endure, we can rest easy knowing that when the moment comes, our system guarantees that one party will hand the reigns to another if that’s the will of the people.

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And there is some seriously ignorant BULL**** right there, people, because our Constitution says nothing about “parties,” on purpose, because factions were not supposedly able to gain control of all the branches of our national government as the Democrats have today, which brings us back to Bennie for this following spew of moronic horse****, to wit:

And while our institutions endured and while Joe Biden is the legitimately elected President of the United States, a peaceful transfer of power didn’t happen this year.

It did not happen.

Let that sink in.

Think about it.

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And when I think about it, what I end up thinking is what an ignorant clown Bennie Thompson is, because on 20 January 2021, the day the TWENTIETH AMENDMENT of OUR CONSTITUTION, an amendment Bennie Thompson seems pitifully ignorant of, states is the last day of a president’s administration at noon, and by noon on 20 January 2021, as a review of the news will prove, Trump was long gone from Washington, and Joe Biden was very peacefully able to enter the white house, so what is this drivel this ignorant Democrat clown is feeding us here about no peaceful transfer of power in 2021?

And then we have even more gross ignorance from Bennie, as follows, and before we go there, let us go to an Associated Press article entitled “‘We have to get it right,’ Dem vows as Jan. 6 probe begins” by Mary Clare Jalonick on 26 July 2021, to see where Bennie Thompson himself was on 6 January 2021, to wit:

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, Bennie Thompson, didn’t realize the severity of the Jan. 6 insurrection until his wife called him.

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So Bennie himself is a witness who should be called before a grand jury investigating this matter, which takes us back to that story as follows:

He was inside the Capitol, sitting in the upper gallery of the House, hoping for what he called a “birds-eye view of the process” and to be able to tell his grandchildren that he was there when Congress certified Democrat Joe Biden’s presidential victory.

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Okay, people, so picture that scene – there is Bennie in the upper gallery of the House on 6 January 2021, so he could get what he is calling a ““birds-eye view of the process,” so he would be able to tell his grandchildren that he was there when Congress certified Democrat Joe Biden’s presidential victory, and what pray tell was the “process” he was watching?

It would be the process outlined in 3 U.S. Code § 15 – Counting electoral votes in Congress, would it not, assuming that laws in this country mean anything, and what that law says is as follows:

Congress shall be in session on the sixth day of January succeeding every meeting of the electors.

The Senate and House of Representatives shall meet in the Hall of the House of Representatives at the hour of 1 o’clock in the afternoon on that day, and the President of the Senate shall be their presiding officer.

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So as a member of Congress with Congress in session that day according to federal law, what was Bennie doing in the gallery watching?

Getting back to the AP story:

People are breaking into the building, London Thompson told him, and it was on television.

“I’m watching people climbing over the wall right now,” she said.

“It doesn’t register,” the Mississippi Democrat recalled in an interview with The Associated Press.

“I said, ‘You can’t break in.'”

“‘There’s police and barricades and a lot of things out there.’”

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Which then takes us back to Bennie’s testimony before his own committee on 27 July 2021, as follows:

A violent mob was pointed toward the Capitol and told to win a trial by combat.

They marched on the Capitol with the clear intentions of stopping the certification of the election.

And those rioters breached the Capitol.

They smashed the windows, scaled walls, broke down doors and invaded the halls of Congress.

It was a scene of violence in the citadel of our democracy, not seen since 1814 when British soldiers sacked the building.

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Which is hysterical hype, and helping Bennie out here, because he quite obviously wasn’t there in school the day American history was taught, the British soldiers, who were at war with the United States in what is known to history as James Madison’s War, burned the Capitol and only a torrential rainstorm saved the Capitol from complete destruction with the blaze particularly devastating the Capitol’s Senate wing, the oldest part of the building, which was honeycombed with vulnerable wooden floors and housed the valuable but combustible collection of books and manuscripts of the Library of Congress, then located in the Capitol building, and the heat from the intense fire reduced the Senate chamber’s marble columns to lime, leaving the room, in one description, “a most magnificent ruin.”

(A view of the capitol after the conflagration of the 24th August 1814, engraved by William Strickland https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/photo-5-3 )

But it’s America, so if Bennie wants to believe that what happened at the Capitol on 6 January 2021 (See stunning video of rioters inside Capitol Jan 6, 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9WPuA6EUaw ) was a scene of violence in the citadel of our democracy, not seen since 1814 when British soldiers sacked the building, it’s his privilege, so long as we all know that is merely his opinion, a biased opinion given his mission and marching orders to pin an insurrection on Trump and the Republicans, and not a fact, or the truth, which takes us back to Bennie’s antics on 27 July 2021, as follows:

They stormed onto the Senate floor because they wanted to stop the Senate from certifying the election.

The rioters tried to take over the House floor for the same reason.

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And what the hell, people?

They stormed onto the Senate floor because they wanted to stop the Senate from certifying the election?

But there was nobody in the Senate chamber to stop.

It was a JOINT SESSION (a session of the two houses of a legislature meeting together and acting as one body) of congress, so they were all in the House of Representatives, where Bennie was sitting in the gallery instead of being on the floor, and that is something a seventh grader would know.

And one other note: again we have Bennie testifying about “intentions,” to wit:

They marched on the Capitol with the clear intentions of stopping the certification of the election.

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But in our system of law, which as a Democrat Bennie disregards, because Democrats don’t believe in our laws, and don’t feel they apply to Democrats, we have as follows:

Q: Is a witness allowed to testify to what somebody else was thinking?

A: If a witness seeks to testify about what someone else was thinking or feeling, no foundation is possible.

By definition, the witness cannot have personal knowledge of what is inside another’s head.

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So how is it then that Bennie Thompson can appear before his own committee and give testimony as a witness as to what was inside the heads of literally thousands of people in Washington., D.C., including this ******* moron (Climbing Wall FAIL at DC Protests Footage: Trump supporter falls scaling Capitol Building Jan 6, 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_uKKY-_VpY )?

Is he GOD?

Or does he just believe he is?

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