Again, Pam Bondi, Please Do Your Job

This was a post that appeared yesterday, but I didn't get to the American Thinker until late. The article is entitled Perp Walks and Jump Suits by Ted Noel. Noel argues, and I tend to agree with him, that arrests and prosecutions are necessary if the Republican Party is to remain a functioning and relevant political party. Otherwise, too many, especially MAGA people, will lose hope and sit out elections in the future. The republic is staggering under the weight of communist/socialist/Marxist nonsense. If we are to remain safe in our homes, this must end.

We’re mad as hell and we aren’t going to take it anymore! That’s just the way it is. America is fed up. Every election cycle, Republican candidates tell us that, in my wife’s expression, they will “Do wonders and poop cucumbers.” And as soon as the polls close, all those promises go away.

The latest examples of this are the “Republican” senators who demanded that some foreign aid money be left on the table in Donald Trump’s tiny $9.4 billion rescission package. The fact that that amount of money is a rounding error in the federal budget angers the rest of us as well. If the keepers of the flame are just using it to light our tax dollars on fire, then they need to wise up.

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Fortunately, we have someone with a big shovel. No, it’s not Pam Bondi, although she may yet come up with the goods. It’s Tulsi Gabbard, our DNI, who frightened the Swamp so much. And even though she committed the great public relations mistake of releasing the first tranche of receipts of Obama’s seditious conspiracy on a Friday, they can’t be buried.

And wait! There’s more. Yes, DNI Gabbard told Newsmax’ Robb Schmitt that there are thousands more documents, and whistleblowers are coming forward.

This is wonderful! But still, it’s just noise. There’s no “there” there. No, I’m not saying that Obama and his minions didn’t do the horrific treasonous evil that DNI Gabbard revealed. Rather, simply revealing this seditious conspiracy only creates clickbait. What must be created is the click of handcuffs closing. Then we must see the conspirators, including Barak Obama, sitting in the dock answering the charges (orange jumpsuits optional).

I keep hearing that Barak Obama has blanket immunity. I especially was taken aback by the two chuckleheads that fill the former Rush Limbaugh's radio spot saying that alas, we can't try Obama. Really? According to the Supreme Court, Obama, like Trump, has blanket immunity only for things within the scope of his official business. Is staging a coup against his elected successor part of his official duties? Well, certainly not.

So, our first question is simple. “Does ordering his subordinates to create a fraudulent work product for the purpose of undermining Trump’s Presidency fall within his “conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority”?

The answer to that should be intuitively obvious to the most casual observer. HELL NO! The election was over, and this act is directly contrary to the “take care” clause. In fact, he was directing his subordinates to make it difficult or impossible for his successor to satisfy that specific duty. At a minimum, that’s sedition. We don’t need to worry about the fine legal line between sedition and treason here.

The second question is, “Was this an official act?” A directive from the President is an official order. This locates it within the “outer perimeter” of his duties and qualifies it for “presumptive immunity.” A lawful order will be treated as legally protected, but as any soldier knows, unlawful orders do not have to be obeyed. And this is where a finding of fact must be made.

“Presumptive immunity” means that a Court starts with the presumption that President Obama’s directive was legal. It’s up to AG Bondi to make the case that it wasn’t.

Because the documents released by DNI Gabbard indicate that the purpose of the order was to sabotage the Trump presidency, it was definitely unlawful. Our system depends on the peaceful transition of power. So said every Democrat candidate in recent memory. After the riot on January 6, that talking point got dialed up to max volume. At the same time, Trump’s apparent loss in 2020 has turned out to be one step in a massive conspiracy to remove conservatives from government “by any means necessary.”

These steps are necessary for both the health of the republic and the health of conservatives. Do I like it? Of course not. Doing this to one's opponent can be seen as simple revenge. It is not, and no one should think like that. It is necessary to have consequences sufficiently drastic that nobody ever thinks to do this again. If the Democrats get into power again, and there are no consequences, is there anything they won't do to keep that power?  Are conservatives anywhere safe?  We have already seen what they did to the victims of January 6th.  How much more brutal will they be if they get away with it.  That is why I ask again, Pam Bondi, Please Do Your Job. And to gentle readers, please go and read the whole article by Ted Noel.