Wednesday, October 2nd 2019
My Dear America:
It has finally happened, America. Donald Trump, your terribly flawed President, has finally done something so Foul, Stupid, Selfish and Anti-Democratic that it looks as though he is actually going to be called to account for his actions.
Although I am tempted to be jubilant as I watch the fall of Trump after nearly three years of terrible behavior, I know that to see you , America, taken so low by this Foolish, Self Centered Huckster is nothing to cheer about.
Besides, although Trump is now being placed aboard The Impeachment Train by Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic Members of the House of Representatives, they appear not to be joined, at this point, by their Republican Colleagues.
What, indeed, has happened to the Republican Party. Why are they no longer the party insisting on strong democratic behavior and values. During the Obama Administration they seemed to never run out of complaints about Presidential behavior even though the Obama Administration was very nearly scandal free. Republicans were willing to try to Impeach Bill Clinton for his consensual sexual relationship with White House Intern, Monica Lewinsky when all else failed in the Whitewater Investigation. One of the Chief Investigators in Whitewater, Brett Kavanaugh, was cleared by Senate Republicans of Sexual Assault claims against him and now sits on the Supreme Court as a continuing American Embarrassment for many years to come after his appointment by Donald Trump.
I have taken the time to read both The Whistleblower Complaint and The White House Transcript of the call between Ukraine President Zelensky and Donald Trump that is presently at issue. Both of these documents released by The Trump Administration are deeply disturbing and to my mind certainly show that the Impeachment of Donald Trump is appropriate and to my mind necessary.
Why did Trump allow these two documents to be released?
In my opinion I think that Donald Trump realized that the Zelensky Conversation was serious and possibly impeachable and that is why he and his White House Acolytes took the unusual step of immediately putting the transcript of Trump's conversation with Zelensky into a super secret National Security Computer System meant only for National Security information of major importance such as CIA Covert Actions.
The issue of the possible Whistleblower Complaint was revealed by several media outlets to be an issue of concern to The House Intelligence Committee chaired by California Democratic Congressman, Adam Schiff. The Whistleblower, who seems to have adhered to the letter of the Whistleblower Protection Law, first of all submitted their Complaint to the Inspector General of the office of the Director of National Intelligence. The Inspector General of the DNI Office then apparently submitted the Whistleblower's Complaint to the Newly appointed Director of National Intelligence, who, not knowing what else to do, asked for guidance from The Trump White House Counsel and the Trump Justice Department. Director of National Intelligence Maguire was apparently not given permission by The White House or the Justice Department to submit the Whistleblower's Complaint to the House Intelligence Committee, which was clearly required by the Whistleblower Protection Law.
More than likely the entire issue might have ended at this point had it not been for the Director of National Intelligence Office Inspector General who informed the House Intelligence Committee that he considered the issue that the Whistleblower reported to be an issue of urgency and extreme importance. The Inspector General of DNI advised the Intelligence Committee that he had been restricted from giving further information on the Whistleblower's Complaint to The Intelligence Committee by Director of National Intelligence Maguire.
The Intelligence Committee quickly directed Director of National Intelligence
Maguire to report to the Committee and testify within a matter of days. Some News reports indicated that DNI Maguire threatened to resign if he was forced to stonewall and give no information to the House Intelligence Committee regarding the Whistleblower Complaint.
DNI Maguire was raked over the coals by the Committee for his decision not to release the Whistleblower's Complaint to the Committee. Oddly enough, though, Director Maguire was not forced to resign because by the time he testified to the Intelligence Committee the Whistleblower's Complaint and the White House Transcript of the telephone conversation between the President's of The United States and Ukraine had already been released.
It seems to me as though the release of these documents by the White House was a calculated effort to avoid further embarassment and further investigation by the Intelligence Committee. I believe that Trump felt that if he released the Telephone Transcript and the Whistleblower's Complaint that it might stir things up a bit but that after a few days or a week that the entire incident would blow over and be forgotten just like all of Trump's previous questionable actions seemed to have done up to this time.
Donald Trump was wrong, though. The Whistleblower's Complaint and the Transcript of the Trump/Zelensky phone call was extremely disturbing to House and Senate Democrats, as well as Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, Not to mention Television, Radio and Newspaper Reporters, all of whom seemed to act like a bomb had gone off in the halls of Congress.
Indeed, a bomb had gone off in the halls of Congress. There was no doubt about that. That bomb is still setting off explosions in the halls of Congress and everywhere else in the United States.
A sitting American President has proven by his own documents that he reached out to the duly elected leader of another country to request that country to dig up dirt on Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, when Trump was well aware that Biden stood a good chance of becoming Trump's Democratic Party Rival in the Election of 2020.
Certainly the issue of discrediting Democratic Rival, Joe Biden is clearly an action worthy of Impeachment.
What is even more disturbing to me, however, is the fact that Donald Trump, as he was searching for incriminating evidence about his future 2020 Rival, was also improperly, if not illegally, holding up millions of dollars of aid that had been voted on by the House and the Senate for the purpose of helping Ukraine to remain democratic and fend off the threatening advances by Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Aggressive Russian neighbors.
Indeed, the funds to help Ukraine voted on by Congress were held up for months. In fact, the funds would probably still be held up by Trump if it was not for the Ukraine Bombshell going off in the House Intelligence Committee.
It does not take much imagination to realize that it made little sense for Trump to hold up the Ukraine funds unless Trump was consciously aiding and abetting his buddy, Vladimir Putin in putting the finishing touches on his annexation efforts in Ukraine.
Certainly something went wrong in 2016 when The old and outdated Electoral College System gave us Donald Trump as our President. Trump has lied constantly throughout his multi year Reign of Terror. He has disrespected Congress, People who were not "White", Nato and other Allies. He has also blatantly shown his admiration for Dictators such as Hitler, Saddam Hussein, Kim Jong Un, Erdawan in Turkey and Muhammed Bin Salman in Saudi Arabia.
America, you do not need to put up with a Wannabe Dictator like Donald Trump. He has not ruined our Democracy as of yet but if he lasts much longer in the White House he could destroy all of us.
Let us hope that as the facts come out in the coming weeks and months about the sickening legacy of Donald Trump, that not only Democrats wake up and smell the Treason but Republicans do as well.
There is no other proper course at this time in history than to support the Impeachment of Donald Trump.
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
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