Friday, May 26, 2017

Focus in the Wrong Place

The goal ...... remove trump from office.

The reason ....... because he consistently breaks laws.

How ......... by focusing on the laws that he has already, obviously broken.

This morning, I was reading the news, when I came across an article from the Chicago Tribune.  It was discussing the alleged focus of investigators on jared kushner.  I don't need to review this, but for the purpose of this post I will.  kushner is the husband of ivanka trump, making him the son-in-law of d. j[ackass] trump.

The article points out various ways that kushner met or may have met with Russian officials and bankers in 2016 during the campaign and after the election, but prior to inauguration day.  The article also makes note of the many initiatives that kushner is currently heading up for this administration.  The deal here is, we do not need kushner to be investigated to determine illegal activity by trump or by kushner.  The fact that kushner has the position that he does, in this administration, is a crime.  I don't mean 'waaaa, waaaaa, waaaaa that's a crime'.  I mean trump has appointed kushner to the position that kushner holds, in direct conflict with the nepotism law.

5 U.S. Code § 3110 - Employment of relatives; restriction
(a)For the purpose of this section—

(1)“agency” means—

   (A)an Executive agency;
   (B)an office, agency, or other establishment in the legislative branch;
   (C)an office, agency, or other establishment in the judicial branch; and
   (D)the government of the District of Columbia;

2)“public official” means an officer (including the President and a Member of Congress)

(3)“relative” means, with respect to a public official, an individual who is related to the public official as father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, or half sister.

      (b)A public official may not appoint, employ, promote, advance, or advocate for appointment, employment, promotion, or advancement, in or to a civilian position in the agency in which he is serving or over which he exercises jurisdiction or control any individual who is a relative of the public official. An individual may not be appointed, employed, promoted, or advanced in or to a civilian position in an agency if such appointment, employment, promotion, or advancement has been advocated by a public official, serving in or exercising jurisdiction or control over the agency, who is a relative of the individual.

I have written on this subject, before, but not since kushner took on this official position, representing us, forming policy for us and negotiating with other countries on our behalf, illegally.

We do not need to go a step further.  We do not need to prove obstruction of justice with relation to trump asking James Comey to stop investigations into Flynn's ties with Russia.  We don't need to prove running afoul of The Constitution's emolument clause, due to possible financial ties to Russia which would be illegal because he has not divested himself from all of his businesses.  We do not need to prove treason, due to the possibility of "giving aide and comfort" to Russia, when giving two Russian officials classified information.  We don't need to do anything else, besides impeach him and remove him from office due to disregarding 5 U.S. Code § 3110.

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