Dear America,
I've been wondering why Jack Smith, the prosecutor who is pursuing the charges against Donald Trump, keeps pussyfooting around. He is leveling charges that touch all around the case against Trump, but he has yet to drop the big shoe. What I mean is, treason. The federal statute against treason reads like this:
Chapter 115 U.S.C. Title 38, section 2383:
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 not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.
If you were sitting down to write a comprehensive description of Trump's acts relative to January 6th and the period prior thereto during which he started scheming and initiated pursuit of those schemes, could you have come up with anything more accurate and comprehensive? And then there is section 2384, Seditious Conspiracy, which implicates Rudy Giuliani, Sydney Powell, all those involved in the fake elector schemes and countless others for good measure. Why hasn't Smith invoked those statutes?
Instead of taking the bull by the horns, he's dabbed around the edges--mind you, I think all those charges will stick too--and left the central issue unabsorbed by the process. But perhaps the most profound aspect of using the treason statute is this; if Trump is convicted under it, the United states will be safe from him in perpetuity because the statute bars the guilty party from ever holding public office again "under the United States." That's important because assuming that he will lose again in 2024 as he did in 2016 (the only thing he won then was the electoral college, and the same goes for his Republican Party, which lost seats in both houses of congress), and again in 2020, he will keep coming back. That is the nature he learned from Roy Cohn, the abominably corrupt attorney he first used to pursue his nefarious corporate ends. Put concisely, Smith should seek to end the plague rather than just fight this outbreak.
I'm tempted to go on...and on and on, but I want this to be taken seriously. The points I have made above are, I believe, of national import, and to the extent that I can convey their gravity to as many people as possible, that is what I am trying to do. So spread the word. This isn't hyperbole. We are talking about the fate of a nation...our nation, America.
Your friend
Mike
I've been wondering why Jack Smith, the prosecutor who is pursuing the charges against Donald Trump, keeps pussyfooting around. He is leveling charges that touch all around the case against Trump, but he has yet to drop the big shoe. What I mean is, treason. The federal statute against treason reads like this:
Chapter 115 U.S.C. Title 38, section 2383:
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 not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.
If you were sitting down to write a comprehensive description of Trump's acts relative to January 6th and the period prior thereto during which he started scheming and initiated pursuit of those schemes, could you have come up with anything more accurate and comprehensive? And then there is section 2384, Seditious Conspiracy, which implicates Rudy Giuliani, Sydney Powell, all those involved in the fake elector schemes and countless others for good measure. Why hasn't Smith invoked those statutes?
Instead of taking the bull by the horns, he's dabbed around the edges--mind you, I think all those charges will stick too--and left the central issue unabsorbed by the process. But perhaps the most profound aspect of using the treason statute is this; if Trump is convicted under it, the United states will be safe from him in perpetuity because the statute bars the guilty party from ever holding public office again "under the United States." That's important because assuming that he will lose again in 2024 as he did in 2016 (the only thing he won then was the electoral college, and the same goes for his Republican Party, which lost seats in both houses of congress), and again in 2020, he will keep coming back. That is the nature he learned from Roy Cohn, the abominably corrupt attorney he first used to pursue his nefarious corporate ends. Put concisely, Smith should seek to end the plague rather than just fight this outbreak.
I'm tempted to go on...and on and on, but I want this to be taken seriously. The points I have made above are, I believe, of national import, and to the extent that I can convey their gravity to as many people as possible, that is what I am trying to do. So spread the word. This isn't hyperbole. We are talking about the fate of a nation...our nation, America.
Your friend
Mike
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