The January 6th Congressional Committee has wrapped up its investigation and concluded with four criminal referrals to the Department of Justice. The Constitution separates powers of the branches of government and the legislative branch has come to the limits of its powers of investigation. Enforcement of the law is an executive branch responsibility. We, the people, are now expecting the Department of Justice, as the primary government agency with the task of carrying out the executive branch's law enforcement responsibility, will follow Congress' recommendations, supported by a mountain of virtually irrefutable evidence, and bring all of the indictments necessary to start the process of holding Donald Trump and everyone who supported and helped him try to subvert the constitution and overturn the results of a legitimate election accountable.
It is time to issue the indictments. It's probably wishful thinking to hope that they will hold Trump, Flynn, Eastman, Stone and Bannon without bail until trial, but that's not an unreasonable expectation here. A case can be made to support that kind of action. But to expect that these guys would get treated like average, everyday Americans in criminal matters, while reasonable, logical and is the way that it should be handled, I'm not holding my breath.
It has become clear, from facts, that America has emerged from the single most corrupt Presidential administration in the history of the country, far worse than the long forgotten scandals of the Harding administration, which were pretty bad for their time. This has been worse than Watergate and the Nixon Administration, which has been the prime example of government corruption in America since it happened. Worse than Watergate. That, too, was about manipulating the electoral process, but this was far worse. This was an insurrection, a violent attempt to overthrow a legitimately elected government and overturn a legitimate election. It was an attack on American values, ideals and patriotism, and on the constitution and the peaceful transfer of power that is a bedrock and cornerstone of this nation.
Take that thought in for just a minute. This was worse than Watergate. Far worse.
It warrants indictments and convictions on criminal charges, resulting not only in the disqualification of those convicted, including Trump, from ever serving in public office, but in appropriate prison sentences that fit the crimes committed. We, the people, expect at least that much.
An example needs to be set and the firm defense of the constitution and American democracy established in order to deter those who would try to take us down this path again. This is America and democracy and individual freedom are American ideals. I hate to use cliches, but there's one that applies here. This is America, love it or leave it.
And this is just the January 6th Trump Insurrection corruption. There's more, involving the removal of classified documents from the White House to Mar-a-Lago. We're expecting indictments in that case, too. The reputation of the Biden administration, as the executive branch responsible for enforcing the nation's laws, depends on the Department of Justice doing the right thing.
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