Well…hey, I guess the new word from the supreme court is that if you run out the clock until you’re out of office, it’s all good and you won’t be held responsible. Just today, the SC dismissed multiple lawsuits against the idiot boy for violating the emoluments clause of the constitution (you know the one where an elected official is not supposed to take money from outside the government while in office that trump did every damn day)…saying that the suits were “moot” since he is no longer in office….giving him a pass on all of the bribes he got by renting rooms in his hotels at inflated prices to foreign governments and from these same governments renting office space at one of his buildings. Now, I think the SC missed an important chance to clarify what is legal and not legal in the way of these direct payments and you have the trump crony justices to thank for it…I guess he did finally get some “help” from his justices…they just saved him from having to pay all that money back…what a bunch of crooks….
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Throttling it back a bit…
Well….after my breathless post yesterday, I wanted to come back here and ground myself back in reality in regards to Jason Chaffetz. Okay….I am going to admit I am probably wrong that he is quitting the house because of wrongdoing on his part…it’s possible, but I think there is a simpler explanation for his resignation…after doing a little reading on his career, I think the real reason is that he sees which way the wind is blowing and he doesn’t want his career derailed by association with trump…and his move yesterday to have trump explain to his committee that he is not violating the constitution with his business dealings seems to buttress that conclusion. Chaffetz also has seen much of the evidence against trump and his cronies and knows what it coming and wants to get on the right side of the law with it…and that would square with Chaffetz’s ambitions to higher office in the future. So, my return to sanity from the world of wishful thinking is complete….it was kind of fun over there, though, and I can’t promise that sanity is going to be permanent….