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All the presidents men version 2

by Robert Randle
06/15/17
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There is an old saying that “Truth is stranger than fiction,” and when it comes to the unrelenting effort to put out the many fires issuing from the Trump White House, the American people are suffering from heat exhaustion; not to mention an over-exposure to the toxic fumes from lies and innuendo. There are elements for a new novel and political thriller from author James Patterson that combines a collage or trifecta derived from movies and series like: “The Manchurian Candidate;” “A Few Good Men;” and the “X-Files.” Taken in order- the Soviets (Russians) brainwash, compromise or influence a person to be an agent for the Kremlin, where the actions they undertake influences the outcome of an American presidential election (sound familiar??). Next, there is a situation in which a Marine General is hiding a secret, or not giving full disclosure regarding a criminal investigation into his possible complicity.

Mike Flynn was a Lieutenant General in the U.S. Army; though not the Marines, but he did not fully disclose information about his contact with Russian officials. The ‘X-Files’ has to do with government conspiracy and keeping the truth from the American people. However, the search for truth and to expose government malfeasance at the highest levels is pursued by ironically, FBI agents Dana Scully and Fox Mulder. Former FBI Director James Comey’s name sounds like Dana Scully, and also Special Prosecutor and former FBI Director Robert Mueller’s name sounds like Fox Mulder. There might not be a “Smoking Man” in this current situation of political intrigue, but the Trump administration has been blowing a lot of ‘smoke’ in the faces of the American citizens to obfuscate the truth by any means necessary. 

President Trump said after James Comey testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on June 8, 2017, that he feels vindicated because Comey said for the first time in public that he was not under any current [counter-intelligence] investigation by the FBI. I wonder how the president feels now that Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller says that he is now part of the Russia investigation.  As a final thought- this is becoming eerily similar in some aspects to “Watergate” where there is evidence of presidential abuse of power. As with then there were tapes but as of now, there are only rumors of tapes. It was forty-three years ago during what is called “The Saturday Night Massacre” that associates of president Nixon broke into the Democratic National Committee’s headquarters in the Watergate office/residential complex in Washington, DC At the time, Congress was already looking into the break-in and investigating Nixon’s potential involvement and cover-up efforts. Operatives at the highest levels of the Russian government broke into the DNC database and electoral system to affect the outcome of an American presidential election and our Democratic process.

Not only that; but President Nixon fired Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox. There are rumors circulating that have been unsubstantiated by president Trump, Deputy press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, or Press Secretary Sean Spicer that there is any intention the fire Mueller. Sanders went on to add that, “While the president has the right to, he has no intention to do so,” Lastly, there are so many leaks coming from the Trump administration that I doubt if the ‘Watergate’ plumbers could plug all of them.

#TrumpGate

Robert Randle
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Tacoma, WA 98402
June 15, 2017
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