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Act now before you’re fired…
Dear Mr. Special Counsel:
In case you haven’t noticed, President Trump wants you fired.
He even said so yesterday on Twitter, despite the lame efforts of the White House to walk back and revise Trump’s own words, yet again.
As you know, the White House previously declared that all of Trump’s tweets are official presidential statements.
You have to admit that Trump is flouting the rule of law in your face via social media because he can’t face up to the facts face-to-face in a formal sit down interview with you.
White House Backlash
It’s troubling that Trump keeps threatening you on Twitter.
This is of serious concern considering The New York Times just reported you’re examining his tweets as part of the Russia investigation.
It’s sad that Trump shows no shame.
Due to the draconian White House backlash, the American people need to see more evidence demonstrating obstruction of justice, treason and/or related crimes by Trump and his 2016 campaign cohorts.
More needs to be done now to knock King Trump off of his self-proclaimed throne. Time is not on your side in the court of politics and public opinion.
Obviously, Trump believes he’s above the law. His words and deeds are anti-democratic, anti-American and anathema to America’s constitutional principles which form the foundation of our government.
And the only way you can speak truth to power is through public court filings which clearly show the alleged criminal activity at issue.
Mr. Mueller: Please release any more “smoking gun” evidence directly or indirectly linking Trump or more of his cronies to Russian election interference. Do it now while you still have your job as special counsel.
Again, Trump wants your investigation shut down…and you with it.
..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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If you haven’t accumulated such evidence already, then indict more of those closest to Trump and/or the 2016 presidential campaign per their ties to Russia —albeit as the evidence warrants it.
Time is of the essence.
Many voters, like me, consider Putin’s “election meddling” as a brazen attack on our democratic electoral process by a foreign adversary.
While I understand you are still very busy working the case, if you wait much longer to issue new indictments then it might be too late.
The number and frequency of Trump’s attacks against you and your investigation are unprecedented in American presidential history — and they’re only getting worse.
Political Massacre
Many Americans are concerned that Trump will act in a nefarious Nixonian manner per the Watergate scandal by committing his own “Saturday Night Massacre” on you and others.
It could play out like this: Trump fires Attorney General (AG) Jeff Sessions and/or Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein, to whom you report. Maybe FBI Director Christopher Wray too. Then their replacements fire you.
Or maybe Trump will simply fire you directly. Thus, what are you waiting for? Please take action now as the November midterm elections fast approach.
More indictments are necessary ASAP considering reports that Putin has never stopped attacking the integrity of our electoral process and dividing Americans via persistent cyber assaults and fake news on social media.
Facebook just uncovered more of Russia’s insidious actions to undermine our democracy. How much longer can this continue until justice is done?
Remember, Trump’s tyrannical tendencies have already led to the questionable firing of one FBI director, FBI deputy director, national security advisor and many other of his own appointees.
The public shouldn’t be surprised if he terminates you and your investigation at any time. We all recall Trump’s favorite zinger on The Apprentice and we know he thinks the presidency is just another reality TV show.
Perhaps he will fire all of you simultaneously…
This would obviously cause a severe setback to your critically important investigation and afford Trump more time to score political points via propaganda to inoculate himself — at least within his voter base.
Therefore, don’t give Trump more time for political maneuvering. He repeatedly says your investigation is a “Rigged Witch Hunt.” It must be frustrating to refrain from responding.
Public opinion polls show that more Americans believe Trump the longer your investigation lingers. And public opinion matters if this prematurely becomes a purely political process rather than a legal one.
That’s why you need to indict now, especially if you’ve got the goods on Don Jr. and Jared. Maybe you have something on Ivanka too? Maybe not.
Please show your cards, sir.
Then if Trump fires you anyway, at least the truth will be out via impartial investigative evidence of high crimes, if not outright treason.
I have faith, albeit fleeting, that you’ll do the right thing at the right time — which is now (no political puns intended, sir, as I know you’re a Republican).
Democratic Experiment
As the legal and political walls close in on Trump, he will lash out more at you and other members of the justice system. The man has no morals and no remorse.
Trump could potentially end your investigation any day now, which some legal analysts and political observers say would amount to even more evidence for obstruction of justice charges.
Moreover, no one knows what a Republican Congress would do to further discredit you and your investigative findings if you are indeed fired.
Just look at what they’ve done already.
We’ve observed the politically obscene, feckless and reckless antics of White House puppet Rep. Devin Nunez, chair of the House Intelligence Committee. Nunez has fractured the historically bipartisan nature of the committee’s work by issuing a partisan report against you and in favor of Trump. Remember?
I’m no lawyer, but that smelled like potential collusion and obstruction.
Regardless, once you’re fired the investigation will become even more of a political farce and less of a serious legal matter, not to mention a matter of protecting the constitutional principles of democracy upon which American government was built.
Remember what President Ronald Reagan said in Yorktown during 1981:
- “Our Declaration of Independence has been copied by emerging nations around the globe, its themes adopted in places many of us have never heard of.”
- “Here in this land, for the first time, it was decided that man is born with certain God-given rights. We the people declared that the government is created by the people for their own convenience.”
Alexis de Tocqueville called American democracy a “grand experiment” which must be safeguarded from tyranny.
Please don’t allow America’s longtime “experiment with democracy” to fail on Trump’s whimsical watch.
Final Thoughts
Many Americans, like me, don’t give Trump “the benefit of the doubt” — and for good reason. He’s failed miserably to earn it.
A majority of citizens think Trump is a serial liar and a political snake oil salesman who preaches propaganda. Please note I voted for neither Trump nor Hillary in 2016. I’ve been a registered Independent for the past 20 years.
Trump is not only dangerous to democracy, but also to our national security. He reportedly fails to read the “President’s Daily Brief” (PDB) on intelligence.
The only thing Trump has probably read as president is the playbook for Authoritarianism 101, at the direction of his master Vladimir Putin.
Trump continues to debase and discredit a free and independent press, an integral part of our democracy. Ditto that for you and the broader national intelligence community.
How much longer will this “long national nightmare” last?
As former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said of Trump in March 2016: he’s a fake, a phony, a fraud.
We know by now that Trump always puts his own narcissistic self-interest above the national interest he swore to uphold and protect. I wouldn’t be surprised if he placed his hand on a fake bible when being sworn in on Inauguration Day.
I’ll bet Forrest Gump would say of Trump: Guilty is as guilty does.
Perhaps your investigation will show that Trump obstructed justice or committed treason. Perhaps not.
Either way, the American people need to know more while you’re still the special counsel— which may not be much longer.
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Previously published on Medium.com.
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