Trump committed too many crimes for all to be properly investigated
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Generally speaking, we look down on hypocrites because human experience shows that people who “speak out of both sides of their mouths” are regarded as untrustworthy and of inferior moral quality.
There are few sources of hypocrisy as constant and resilient as the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal. While that publication’s news division is among the world’s best, its opinion and editorial pages are nearly always drawn from the dankest cesspool of the American right-wing.
Their function, through careful, constant repetition, is to convince the Journal’s upscale, self-regarding readership that the American left poses a serious and mortal threat to their continued, uninterrupted accumulation of wealth.
They are, in reality, the high-end version of the vicious “conservative” bile that feeds their useful idiot “lower”classes on AM talk radio, and they succeed by creating an alternative universe of carefully programmed right-wing dogma that many—far too many–of this nation’s wealthiest citizens accept as “truth.”
But sometimes the weight of the Journal’s self-contradictions becomes impossible to sustain. And they have reached that sorry space in their convoluted attempts to justify the continued presidency of Donald Trump. As Jonathan Chait, writing for New York Magazine observes, the Journal serves as a useful predictor or “early warning” about the right’s latest political strategy.
But in its flailing efforts to cope with the mounting Congressional inquiries into Mr. Trump’s nefarious collusion with a foreign state—a foreign state whom conservatives, incidentally, used to revile—the Journal’s stable of go-to “legal apparatchiks,” among them attorney David Rivkin, Jr., are painfully, almost comically, tying themselves into knots.
In an editorial published in the Journal last week, Rivkin and co-author, fellow “conservative legal theorist” Elizabeth Foley, essentially–and without a hint of self-reflection, argue that the sheer multiplicity of criminal allegations of Trump’s “pre-presidential”activities should prompt newly sworn in Attorney General William Barr to shut down Congressional investigations into Trump’s crimes, for the “good of the country.”
He conveniently ignores the fact that those Congressional inquiries go directly—not as some oblique “aside”– to Trump’s very actions as president, and the motives behind them.
Generally speaking, we look down on hypocrites because human experience shows that people who “speak out of both sides of their mouths” are regarded as untrustworthy and of inferior moral quality.
There are few sources of hypocrisy as constant and resilient as the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal. While that publication’s news division is among the world’s best, its opinion and editorial pages are nearly always drawn from the dankest cesspool of the American right-wing.
Their function, through careful, constant repetition, is to convince the Journal’s upscale, self-regarding readership that the American left poses a serious and mortal threat to their continued, uninterrupted accumulation of wealth.
They are, in reality, the high-end version of the vicious “conservative” bile that feeds their useful idiot “lower”classes on AM talk radio, and they succeed by creating an alternative universe of carefully programmed right-wing dogma that many—far too many–of this nation’s wealthiest citizens accept as “truth.”
But sometimes the weight of the Journal’s self-contradictions becomes impossible to sustain. And they have reached that sorry space in their convoluted attempts to justify the continued presidency of Donald Trump. As Jonathan Chait, writing for New York Magazine observes, the Journal serves as a useful predictor or “early warning” about the right’s latest political strategy.
But in its flailing efforts to cope with the mounting Congressional inquiries into Mr. Trump’s nefarious collusion with a foreign state—a foreign state whom conservatives, incidentally, used to revile—the Journal’s stable of go-to “legal apparatchiks,” among them attorney David Rivkin, Jr., are painfully, almost comically, tying themselves into knots.
In an editorial published in the Journal last week, Rivkin and co-author, fellow “conservative legal theorist” Elizabeth Foley, essentially–and without a hint of self-reflection, argue that the sheer multiplicity of criminal allegations of Trump’s “pre-presidential”activities should prompt newly sworn in Attorney General William Barr to shut down Congressional investigations into Trump’s crimes, for the “good of the country.”
He conveniently ignores the fact that those Congressional inquiries go directly—not as some oblique “aside”– to Trump’s very actions as president, and the motives behind them.
Absolutely incredible.
This will be remembered in history as the worst administration ever...
...and yet Trump still has supporters.
Oh, well!
We reap what we sow.
This will be remembered in history as the worst administration ever...
...and yet Trump still has supporters.
Oh, well!
We reap what we sow.
What crimes????
Do liberals actually think that they can make shit up and not get challenged on their bullshit? We know this typically happens with the leftist media but it doesn't wash with Conservatives who can think for themselves.
I want to know what crimes has Trump been charged with and proof that he committed a crime. I am expecting the usual from the lying, hate filled, low IQ liberal leftists that infest this forum with their inanity.......
I want to know what crimes has Trump been charged with and proof that he committed a crime. I am expecting the usual from the lying, hate filled, low IQ liberal leftists that infest this forum with their inanity.......
Ha. The one thing that's missing from the "too many crimes" lie is a mention of any crime. Embarrassing.
Adolf_Twitler
Verified User
Yep!
Donald Trump is so caught up in his web of corruption, lies, malfeasance, and coverup, and has involved so many other corrupt individuals in his schemes to seek power and make himself millions of dollars, it will end up being one of the largest dragnets in the history of American crime and political corruption.
That is why it has already taken two years, and still dragging the perpetrators in on the dragnet.
The dynamics run in 360 degrees! Everything Donald Trump touches is corrupted immediately!
American History and Politics will be shit-stained forever now because of the Shit Show Donald Trump and his bloodsucking parasites have created!
Donald Trump is so caught up in his web of corruption, lies, malfeasance, and coverup, and has involved so many other corrupt individuals in his schemes to seek power and make himself millions of dollars, it will end up being one of the largest dragnets in the history of American crime and political corruption.
That is why it has already taken two years, and still dragging the perpetrators in on the dragnet.
The dynamics run in 360 degrees! Everything Donald Trump touches is corrupted immediately!
American History and Politics will be shit-stained forever now because of the Shit Show Donald Trump and his bloodsucking parasites have created!
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You mean all the corruption, lies, malfeasance, and coverups you can't seem to come up with? Dunce.
BULL SHIT eruption in progress. Nothing burger is quite full of them. 
Zinke in the Dept of Interior is leaving.. The ethics comm. say the agency has had ethical misconduct by 6 high ranking officials.https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ethics-complaint-interior-department_n_5c6d6e09e4b0e2f4d8a1851c Just Trump business as usual.
Vasquezrocks
Verified User
What a bunch of blowhard bullshit !
Name the crimes ! And BTW Trump just upgraded Obama's golf simulator .
Name the crimes ! And BTW Trump just upgraded Obama's golf simulator .
Tranquillus in Exile
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Can the AG shut down Congressional investigations?
Tranquillus in Exile
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You'll have to ask the WSJ. They seem to think the Attorney General can stop Congress investigating Trump.
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Trump campaign staff
The individuals who faced the most charges were Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and his longtime business partner and deputy campaign chairman, Rick Gates. A number of charges originally filed by the special counsel against them were later dropped after guilty pleas were made to fewer counts. (“FARA” is the Foreign Agents Registration Act.)
NAME ROLE CHARGES BY COUNTS DISPOSITION
Paul Manafort Campaign chairman Conspiracy against the U.S. SCO 1 Pleaded guilty
Conspiracy to commit witness tampering SCO 1 Pleaded guilty
Bank fraud SCO 2 Convicted
Failure to report foreign bank accounts SCO 1 Convicted
False tax returns SCO 5 Convicted
Bank fraud conspiracy SCO 5 Dropped
Rick Gates Deputy campaign chairman Conspiracy against the U.S. SCO 1 Pleaded guilty
Making false statements SCO 1 Pleaded guilty
Bank fraud SCO 4 Dropped
Michael Flynn National security adviser Making false statements SCO 1 Pleaded guilty
George Papadopoulos Campaign adviser Making false statements SCO 1 Pleaded guilty
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Trump advisers and allies
NAME ROLE CHARGES BY COUNTS DISPOSITION
Roger Stone Adviser Obstruction of proceeding SCO 1 Indicted
Making false statements SCO 5 Indicted
Witness tampering SCO 1 Indicted
Michael Cohen Personal attorney Making false statements SCO 1 Pleaded guilty
Making false statements SDNY 1 Pleaded guilty
Tax evasion SDNY 5 Pleaded guilty
Campaign finance violations SDNY 2 Pleaded guilty
Others
A few individuals tangentially related to campaign staff or to other accused individuals have face charges obtained by Mueller’s team.
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NAME ROLE CHARGES BY COUNTS DISPOSITION
Konstantin Kilimnik Business partner of Manafort and Gates Conspiracy to obstruct justice SCO 1 Indicted
Alex van der Zwaan Attorney who worked with Manafort and Gates Making false statements SCO 1 Pleaded guilty
Richard Pinedo Facilitated transactions related to Russian efforts Identity fraud SCO 1 Pleaded guilty
Van der Zwaan served a brief prison sentence and was subsequently deported.
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Russian individuals and organizations
The bulk of the charges brought by Mueller’s team involve Russian nationals and organizations accused of facilitating a social-media influence effort during the campaign and the hacking of Democratic Party and campaign email accounts and networks. The hacking is alleged to have been conducted by the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate, generally referred to as GRU.
NAME ROLE CHARGES BY COUNTS DISPOSITION
Viktor Netyksho Alleged GRU agent Conspiracy to commit an offense against the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Conspiracy to launder money SCO 1 Indicted
Aggravated identity theft SCO 8 Indicted
Boris Antonov Alleged GRU agent Conspiracy to commit an offense against the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Conspiracy to launder money SCO 1 Indicted
Aggravated identity theft SCO 8 Indicted
Dmitriy Badin Alleged GRU agent Conspiracy to commit an offense against the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Conspiracy to launder money SCO Indicted
Aggravated identity theft SCO 8 Indicted
Ivan Yermakov Alleged GRU agent Conspiracy to commit an offense against the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Conspiracy to launder money SCO 1 Indicted
Aggravated identity theft SCO 8 Indicted
Aleksey Lukashev Alleged GRU agent Conspiracy to commit an offense against the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Conspiracy to launder money SCO 1 Indicted
Aggravated identity theft SCO 8 Indicted
Sergey Mogachev Alleged GRU agent Conspiracy to commit an offense against the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Conspiracy to launder money SCO 1 Indicted
Aggravated identity theft SCO 8 Indicted
Nikolay Kozachek Alleged GRU agent Conspiracy to commit an offense against the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Conspiracy to launder money SCO 1 Indicted
Aggravated identity theft SCO 8 Indicted
Pavel Yershov Alleged GRU agent Conspiracy to commit an offense against the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Conspiracy to launder money SCO 1 Indicted
Aggravated identity theft SCO 8 Indicted
Artem Malyshev Alleged GRU agent Conspiracy to commit an offense against the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Conspiracy to launder money SCO 1 Indicted
Aggravated identity theft SCO 8 Indicted
Aleksandr Osadchuk Alleged GRU agent Conspiracy to commit an offense against the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Conspiracy to launder money SCO 1 Indicted
Aggravated identity theft SCO 8 Indicted
Aleksey Potemkin Alleged GRU agent Conspiracy to commit an offense against the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Conspiracy to launder money SCO 1 Indicted
Aggravated identity theft SCO 8 Indicted
Anatoliy Kovalev Alleged GRU agent Conspiracy to commit an offense against the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Internet Research Agency Organization that led social media effort Conspiracy to defraud the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Concord Management Company accused of funding effort Conspiracy to defraud the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Concord Catering Company accused of funding effort Conspiracy to defraud the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Yevgeniy Prigozhin Alleged IRA employee Conspiracy to defraud the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Mikhail Bystrov Alleged IRA employee Conspiracy to defraud the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Mikhail Burchik Alleged IRA employee Conspiracy to defraud the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Aleksandra Krylova Alleged IRA employee Conspiracy to defraud the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Anna Bogacheva Alleged IRA employee Conspiracy to defraud the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Sergey Polozov Alleged IRA employee Conspiracy to defraud the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Maria Bovda Alleged IRA employee Conspiracy to defraud the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Robert Bovda Alleged IRA employee Conspiracy to defraud the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Vadim Podkopaev Alleged IRA employee Conspiracy to defraud the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Dzheykhun Aslanov Alleged IRA employee Conspiracy to defraud the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud SCO 1 Indicted
Aggravated identity theft SCO 6 Indicted
Gleb Vasilchenko Alleged IRA employee Conspiracy to defraud the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud SCO 1 Indicted
Aggravated identity theft SCO 6 Indicted
Irina Kaverzina Alleged IRA employee Conspiracy to defraud the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Aggravated identity theft SCO 6 Indicted
Vladimir Venkov Alleged IRA employee Conspiracy to defraud the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Aggravated identity theft SCO 6 Indicted
That's the longest list of Russians since the credits rolled after Doctor Zhivago
The individuals who faced the most charges were Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and his longtime business partner and deputy campaign chairman, Rick Gates. A number of charges originally filed by the special counsel against them were later dropped after guilty pleas were made to fewer counts. (“FARA” is the Foreign Agents Registration Act.)
NAME ROLE CHARGES BY COUNTS DISPOSITION
Paul Manafort Campaign chairman Conspiracy against the U.S. SCO 1 Pleaded guilty
Conspiracy to commit witness tampering SCO 1 Pleaded guilty
Bank fraud SCO 2 Convicted
Failure to report foreign bank accounts SCO 1 Convicted
False tax returns SCO 5 Convicted
Bank fraud conspiracy SCO 5 Dropped
Rick Gates Deputy campaign chairman Conspiracy against the U.S. SCO 1 Pleaded guilty
Making false statements SCO 1 Pleaded guilty
Bank fraud SCO 4 Dropped
Michael Flynn National security adviser Making false statements SCO 1 Pleaded guilty
George Papadopoulos Campaign adviser Making false statements SCO 1 Pleaded guilty
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Trump advisers and allies
NAME ROLE CHARGES BY COUNTS DISPOSITION
Roger Stone Adviser Obstruction of proceeding SCO 1 Indicted
Making false statements SCO 5 Indicted
Witness tampering SCO 1 Indicted
Michael Cohen Personal attorney Making false statements SCO 1 Pleaded guilty
Making false statements SDNY 1 Pleaded guilty
Tax evasion SDNY 5 Pleaded guilty
Campaign finance violations SDNY 2 Pleaded guilty
Others
A few individuals tangentially related to campaign staff or to other accused individuals have face charges obtained by Mueller’s team.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME ROLE CHARGES BY COUNTS DISPOSITION
Konstantin Kilimnik Business partner of Manafort and Gates Conspiracy to obstruct justice SCO 1 Indicted
Alex van der Zwaan Attorney who worked with Manafort and Gates Making false statements SCO 1 Pleaded guilty
Richard Pinedo Facilitated transactions related to Russian efforts Identity fraud SCO 1 Pleaded guilty
Van der Zwaan served a brief prison sentence and was subsequently deported.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Russian individuals and organizations
The bulk of the charges brought by Mueller’s team involve Russian nationals and organizations accused of facilitating a social-media influence effort during the campaign and the hacking of Democratic Party and campaign email accounts and networks. The hacking is alleged to have been conducted by the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate, generally referred to as GRU.
NAME ROLE CHARGES BY COUNTS DISPOSITION
Viktor Netyksho Alleged GRU agent Conspiracy to commit an offense against the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Conspiracy to launder money SCO 1 Indicted
Aggravated identity theft SCO 8 Indicted
Boris Antonov Alleged GRU agent Conspiracy to commit an offense against the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Conspiracy to launder money SCO 1 Indicted
Aggravated identity theft SCO 8 Indicted
Dmitriy Badin Alleged GRU agent Conspiracy to commit an offense against the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Conspiracy to launder money SCO Indicted
Aggravated identity theft SCO 8 Indicted
Ivan Yermakov Alleged GRU agent Conspiracy to commit an offense against the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Conspiracy to launder money SCO 1 Indicted
Aggravated identity theft SCO 8 Indicted
Aleksey Lukashev Alleged GRU agent Conspiracy to commit an offense against the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Conspiracy to launder money SCO 1 Indicted
Aggravated identity theft SCO 8 Indicted
Sergey Mogachev Alleged GRU agent Conspiracy to commit an offense against the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Conspiracy to launder money SCO 1 Indicted
Aggravated identity theft SCO 8 Indicted
Nikolay Kozachek Alleged GRU agent Conspiracy to commit an offense against the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Conspiracy to launder money SCO 1 Indicted
Aggravated identity theft SCO 8 Indicted
Pavel Yershov Alleged GRU agent Conspiracy to commit an offense against the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Conspiracy to launder money SCO 1 Indicted
Aggravated identity theft SCO 8 Indicted
Artem Malyshev Alleged GRU agent Conspiracy to commit an offense against the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Conspiracy to launder money SCO 1 Indicted
Aggravated identity theft SCO 8 Indicted
Aleksandr Osadchuk Alleged GRU agent Conspiracy to commit an offense against the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Conspiracy to launder money SCO 1 Indicted
Aggravated identity theft SCO 8 Indicted
Aleksey Potemkin Alleged GRU agent Conspiracy to commit an offense against the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Conspiracy to launder money SCO 1 Indicted
Aggravated identity theft SCO 8 Indicted
Anatoliy Kovalev Alleged GRU agent Conspiracy to commit an offense against the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Internet Research Agency Organization that led social media effort Conspiracy to defraud the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Concord Management Company accused of funding effort Conspiracy to defraud the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Concord Catering Company accused of funding effort Conspiracy to defraud the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Yevgeniy Prigozhin Alleged IRA employee Conspiracy to defraud the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Mikhail Bystrov Alleged IRA employee Conspiracy to defraud the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Mikhail Burchik Alleged IRA employee Conspiracy to defraud the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Aleksandra Krylova Alleged IRA employee Conspiracy to defraud the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Anna Bogacheva Alleged IRA employee Conspiracy to defraud the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Sergey Polozov Alleged IRA employee Conspiracy to defraud the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Maria Bovda Alleged IRA employee Conspiracy to defraud the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Robert Bovda Alleged IRA employee Conspiracy to defraud the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Vadim Podkopaev Alleged IRA employee Conspiracy to defraud the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Dzheykhun Aslanov Alleged IRA employee Conspiracy to defraud the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud SCO 1 Indicted
Aggravated identity theft SCO 6 Indicted
Gleb Vasilchenko Alleged IRA employee Conspiracy to defraud the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud SCO 1 Indicted
Aggravated identity theft SCO 6 Indicted
Irina Kaverzina Alleged IRA employee Conspiracy to defraud the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Aggravated identity theft SCO 6 Indicted
Vladimir Venkov Alleged IRA employee Conspiracy to defraud the U.S. SCO 1 Indicted
Aggravated identity theft SCO 6 Indicted
That's the longest list of Russians since the credits rolled after Doctor Zhivago
christiefan915
Catalyst
Thanks, great article and right on point.
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#AMERICAISDEAD
I don’t click on Alternet
Post something from Breitbart or American Thinker or Gateway Pundit and I will give it a look see
Post something from Breitbart or American Thinker or Gateway Pundit and I will give it a look see
lisasanders1964
Banned
trump is clearly the WORST president in history but he still has die hard supporters. There is NO WAY of convincing them that trump is pure evil and a fucking dickhead.
We could be nuked tomorrow and the trumptards who survive will just blame the democrats and continue worshippig the orange cunt.
We must give up on trying to convince these fuckheads. We need to convince the swinging voters and bernie supporters to vote for the democrats in future elections.
We did very well in the mid-terms and we must continue this good work up to the 2020 elections.
And PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE if you are a bernie supporter or know someone who is, please vote for the democrat candidate anyway.
I think the team the democrats nominate will be an older experienced moderate paired with a younger , exciting progressive.
I'm going for Biden / O' Rourke or Biden / Harris. But even if hey aren't nominated, I will happily vote for whoever they nominate.