TRUMP BECOMING UNHINGED; GIULIANI THREATENING REVOLUTION

Beneath the Spin * Eric L. Wattree

TRUMP BECOMING UNHINGED; GIULIANI THREATENING REVOLUTION

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Under the pressure of his former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, being convicted of eight felonies, his former attorney, Michael Cohen, pleading guilty to eight felonies and indicating he will cooperate with prosecutors, the Chief Financial Officer of the Trump businesses being given immunity to testify in court, and the Trump foundation under criminal scrutiny in the state of New York,  Donald Trump seems to be rapidly imploding.  
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It seems that Trump sees the writing on the wall, and as a result he’s recklessly lashing out at his Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, and both he and his attorney, Rudy Giuliani, have even begun to mention the “I-word” - Impeachment. 
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In an interview with Ainsley Earhardt on Fox News, Trump said,  "If I ever got impeached, I think the market would crash, I think everybody would be very poor. You would see numbers that you wouldn't believe." He went on to say, "You know, I guess it says something like high crimes and all - I don't know how you can impeach somebody who has done a great job." He also said, "I give myself an A+. I don't think any President has ever done what I have done." Thus, it seems that he's delusional as well.
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Trump’s attorney, Rudy Giuliani, said in an interview with Sky News, “If President Donald Trump were impeached, ‘the American people would revolt. ‘You'd only impeach him for political reasons, and the American people would revolt against that.”’
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Such comments come very close to inciting insurrection.  Of course, the Trump camp would say that they weren’t calling for insurrection at all, but these very same people accused Rep. Maxine Waters of advocating violence in her fight against the Trump policy of family separation for saying the following:
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"Already, you have members of your Cabinet that have been booed out of restaurants, who have protesters taking up at their house who sang, ‘No peace, no sleep. No peace, no sleep.’ And guess what, we’re going to win this battle ... so let’s stay the course. Let’s make sure we show up wherever we have to show up. And if you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd and you push back on them and you tell them they're not welcome anymore, anywhere ... Mr. President, we will see you everyday, every hour of the day, everywhere that we are to let you know you cannot get away with this."
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Nowhere in that comment did Rep. Waters mention any sort of violence, but Giuliani very clearly, and without stuttering, suggested the possibility of “revolt.”
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So Prosecutor Mueller, that should be yet another charge against the recklessly dangerous behavior of Donald Trump.  Considering Trump's current situation, the mindless disposition of his hardcore supporters, and his relentless attacks on our government institutions, neither he, nor anyone in his administration should never even whisper the word revolt.

 REBELLION OR INSURRECTION - 18 U.S. Code § 2383
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Whoever incites, sets on foot, assists, or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof, or gives aid or comfort thereto, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.
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And then there's the crime of jury tampering:

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JURY TAPERING - 18 U.S. Code § 1504

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Whoever attempts to influence the action or decision of any grand or petit juror of any court of the United States upon any issue or matter pending before such .
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Jury tampering is the crime of attempting to influence a jury through other means than the evidence presented in court, such as conversations about the case outside the court, offering bribes, making threats or asking acquaintances to interfere with a juror.
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A person commits the crime of jury tampering if, with intent to influence a juror's vote, opinion, decision or other action in the case, he attempts directly or indirectly to communicate with a juror other than as part of the proceedings in the trial of the case. Jury tampering may be committed by conducting conversations about the case outside the court, offering bribes, making threats or asking acquaintances to communicate with a juror.
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During the Paul Manafort trial, just as the jury was about to go into deliberation, Trump said:
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“...This is a terrible situation and Attorney General Jeff Sessions should stop this Rigged Witch Hunt right now, before it continues to stain our country any further. Bob Mueller is totally conflicted, and his 17 Angry Democrats that are doing his dirty work are a disgrace to USA!”
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“I think the whole Manafort trial is very sad, when you look at what’s going on there. I think it’s a very sad day for our country. . . He worked for me for a very short period of time. But you know what? He happens to be a very good person. And I think it’s very sad what they’ve done to Paul Manafort.”
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Thereafter Manafort was convicted of 8 of 18 counts against him.  But one juror, Paula Duncan, an admitted Trump supporter, reported that Manafort would have been convicted of all 18 counts if it were not for one holdout.
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And then, if that’s not enough, Trump should also be held to account for Abuse of Office:

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ABUSE OF OFFICE - 25 CFR 11.448

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A person acting or purporting to act in an official capacity or taking advantage of such actual or purported capacity commits a misdemeanor if, knowing that his or her conduct is illegal, he or she:
(a) Subjects another to arrest, detention, search, seizure, mistreatment, dispossession, assessment, lien or other infringement of personal or property rights; or
(b) Denies or impedes another in the exercise or enjoyment of any right, privilege, power or immunity. 

THE AMERICAN FLAG IS A SYMBOL OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION. IF WE ARE DENIED THAT RIGHT, WHAT ARE WE SALUTING,
WHITE SUPREMACY?
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What makes Donald Trump so dangerous to America is not just that he has no compunction against crossing the lines of democracy, but he's so self-serving and clueless that he doesn't even recognize that there are lines.  He seems to think he's King Trump, and we can't allow him to set that precedent. So it is incumbent upon Special Counsel Mueller to not only throw the kitchen sink at him, but also, all the dishes and utensils.  

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Eric L. Wattree
Wattree.blogspot.com
Ewattree@Gmail.com
Citizens Against Reckless Middle-Class Abuse (CARMA)
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Religious bigotry: It's not that I hate everyone who doesn't look, think, and act like me - it's just that God does.