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| credit Ramirez, Las Vegas Review-Journal BC Idonwanna sez: Sorry guys, apparently, we can't keep it! |
Trump's appointments are a lot like him: potential serious ethical and/or criminal problems in their background. Case in point: Matt Gaetz, nominee for Attorney General. Gaetz is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for alleged sex trafficking. The committee was set to release a report on its findings, but Gaetz preempted that public disclosure by resigning from the House after he had been nominated for the top law enforcement job. Why would he object to releasing the report if he was clean? Talk about a pregnant question! The American people have a right to know what is in that report. Be a patriot and leak it to the press, if necessary!
Half-clever move on Gaetz's part. The other question is what does the existence of this report have on his confirmation as Attorney General? Answer: None, if the Boss gets his way in the Senate and makes his appointments without the Senate's constitutional advice and consent during a recess of at least ten days. The crime Boss may have overplayed his hand with Congress. John Thune of North Dakota was chosen to be Senate majority leader. He was not Trumpilini's first choice. Thune may take a dim view of Dear Leaders attempt to end-run Congress and install his compromised minions (Gabbard, Hegseth) into power.
Meanwhile™ there is some light at the end of this four year tunnel. The Arizona Attorney General has said she is not dismissing her case against the fake elector conspirators, saying she will not be intimidated. Although the president-elect is not among those charged, he is labeled Co-conspirator #1 in the indictment, and somee of his senior henchmen like Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Mike Roman and Mark Meadows are charged with crimes.
Fani Willis won re-election to her position as District Attorney for Fulton County, GA. She has asked the Georgia Appellate Court to reinstate six charges previously dismissed by the trial judge. The Court of Appeals his set to hear the cause for her removal from the case December 5th. AG Merritt Garland has said that he will release Jack Smith's final report on both federal prosecutions as required by law. Smith is now in the process of winding both cases down before the inauguration.
By the way, Scofflaw Giuliani's lawyer has filed a motion to withdraw from representation on grounds that Giuliani wants to take action that violates the lawyer's ethical duties to the court. Judge Lyman has discretion to allow the withdrawal or keep his lawyer on the case.