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"The attempt to nullify the 2016 election results, described by some as a
silent coup, has had a destabilizing effect on our constitutional republic.
As all of this terrible charade comes to an end, those guilty of pushing
this conspiracy theory think they're going to walk away scot free.
A word to them: your attempted arson of our republic must have consequences.
Your attempt to take out a sitting president of the United States should end
your careers."---Ned Ryan
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The Mueller Dud
By Ned Ryun <https://amgreatness.com/autho
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The release on Sunday afternoon of Attorney General William Barr's four-page
summary of the Mueller report confirmed what everyone with a few brain cells
and common sense knew two years ago: there was no collusion between Donald
Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and the Russian government. While the
charge was ludicrous on its face, Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report
has now removed all doubt surrounding it.
The shame of it is that the Mueller investigation-driven by
hyperpartisanship and using the power of the legal and justice system to
litigate political and policy differences by those who refused to accept the
2016 election results-spent $35 million, employed 19 attorneys, 40 FBI
agents and staff, issued more than 2,800 subpoenas, executed more than 500
search warrants, got 230 orders for communications records, and made 13
requests to foreign governments, and interviewed roughly 500 witnesses to
prove there was no collusion.
While some on the Left have tried to spin all of this and say the last two
years of investigations were never really about collusion, that of course
would be a lie: this was always about the hazy concept of collusion, that
our duly elected president somehow conspired with a foreign power to win the
White House, that he was potentially a puppet or stooge for Russian
President Vladimir Putin. While preposterous on its face, many in the
mainstream media, the Democratic Party, and the Left-driven by absolute
derangement-fervently believed it was real.
Consider how absurd that is for just a moment.
Now those who have perpetuated this hoax are confronting reality: there
never was any evidence of collusion because it was always a fairytale, and
no matter how hard you try, no matter if a team of partisan lawyers equipped
with the awesome power of the special counsel spends tens of millions of
dollars, you can't turn a fairytale into facts.
Exposing the Corruption in the Deep State
So now Mueller-who many of his fans said would do exactly what it appears he
has done: a professional job-returns to private practice or retirement, no
doubt with Representative Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) camping out on his front
lawn screaming in frustration. Leaving aside the enjoyment of watching
Schiff and the entire Democratic Party's presidential posse's heads explode
on national television, consider how appallingly stupid this entire exercise
has been: the fact that a team of deeply partisan hacks, given incredible
powers, couldn't even come up with one piece of evidence regarding
collusion, much less a series of events which is actually what is needed to
prove collusion.
Now, after nearly two years of an investigation spun up by a fake dossier
and corrupt members of the deep state like John Brennan, James Clapper,
James Comey, Andrew McCabe and others, and put on steroids by the various
bureaus of propaganda still masquerading as news organizations, the attempt
to take out the duly elected president has failed. Completely and utterly
failed.
While the Mueller investigation was built on a foundation of lies and
constituted an appalling use of our legal and justice system to litigate
policy differences, it did have a silver lining: it showed how corrupt the
Justice Department and FBI were under Obama. It showed the process of
obtaining warrants under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is in
dire need of reform. It showed that we have a bifurcated legal system and
that equal application of the law is a farce. It showed that beyond a shadow
of a doubt we have many in the mainstream media who aren't reporters or
journalists; they're just political operatives masquerading as such. We've
seen the media annihilate whatever reputation it had left because of their
loathing of Trump.
The Damage Done to the Republic
It cannot be understated that all of this all took place in an attempt to
push Trump out of office, a childish but deeply damaging exercise. The Left
put on full display its idiocy: even if the House of Representatives were to
impeach Trump, he would never be removed by the Senate. And even if he were
removed, in the one in a trillion chance, Mike Pence would become president
of the United States and pardon Trump.
But as is usual with immature children, nothing is terribly logical. It's
all emotional, in the moment, with no forethought about what comes next-no
consideration to the damage being done in the moment and the future
implications of what it means for us as a society.
The attempt to nullify the 2016 election results, described by some as a
silent coup, has had a destabilizing effect on our constitutional republic.
As all of this terrible charade comes to an end, those guilty of pushing
this conspiracy theory think they're going to walk away scot free.
A word to them: your attempted arson of our republic must have consequences.
Your attempt to take out a sitting president of the United States should end
your careers.
The Manu Rajus <https://edition.cnn.com/profi
Bertrands <https://www.theatlantic.com/a
Dilanians <https://twitter.com/KenDilani
mouthpieces of Fusion GPS CEO Glenn Simpson's substance inspired delusions,
don't get to keep pretending they have any journalistic reputations. Every
time they write or open their mouths, they should be dismissed out of hand
as conspiracy theorists and political hacks. The same goes for the Chris
Matthews and Stephanie Ruhles and a gaggle of other CNN and MSNBC hosts.
Sorry, you don't get to simply say, "Oopsies!" and not be shamed for your
stupidity and or expect to be treated with any seriousness or respect. You
were played for fools and should be treated as you demonstrated yourselves,
in fact, to be.
But more importantly, those like John Brennan, James Clapper, James Comey,
Andrew McCabe, men entrusted with great power and responsibility, should be
investigated. You cannot use the awesome powers of the surveillance state to
take out a president of the United States and walk away as though this was
all a great misunderstanding. It was not a misunderstanding. It was
intentional. It was systematic and it was evil. They must be fully and
thoroughly investigated, and, face prison time if appropriate.
Finally, if there is to be a real return to the rule of law, and a belief in
the equal application of the law, the investigation into Hillary Clinton's
email server must be reopened. There was no real investigation, merely the
sham of one. There must also be an investigation into the Clinton Foundation
as to whether it was nothing but a charity fraud. It appears, from a
multitude of information, that the foundation was really nothing but a
vehicle for influence peddling. People go to jail for charity fraud and a
former secretary of state is not above the law.
If we are to return to something resembling normal life, the American people
deserve a full and complete accounting on all of this, from the FISA
applications to the original memo that laid out the scope of the Mueller
investigation and the justification for it-if any. They must also be shown
that while many have played fast and loose with power and the truth and the
law, there are consequences for such actions. The future happiness of our
republic depends on it.
Photo credit: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images
Terry Payne
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