I'm taking a meritorious day off tomorrow.  See you Monday.

Today's JG Rant

In his letter “Self-impeaching” of Jan 9, 2020, lawyer Marty Lemert expertly recounts nearly every one of known liar and psychopath pencil neck shifty Adam Schiff’s boring over used talking points. 

Come on councilor, no one is going to allow you to rack up billable hours for nothing more than regurgitating worn out tropes from a liar.  You’ll need to come up with something new and fresh to earn the really big bucks.  Your letter offers nothing.

I’m pretty sure PDJT has been impeached by the House of Representatives which makes Lemert’s, I can be Adam Schiff, letter moot.   

The most hilarious line in Lemert’s letter is the oft used virtue signaling line by Democrats these days, “No one in America is above the law.”  

That Mr. & Mrs. America is Democrat’s Big Lie. In the world of Democrat underhanded law, Illegal Aliens are or should be above law, given citizenship, issued driver’s licenses and allowed to vote for their unlawful behavior.  

In the bizzaro world of Democrats, the Clintons should be allowed to run the most elaborate pay to play scheme in plain sight with no consequence.  

In the win at all cost Democrat world, Hillary should be allowed to delete 30,000 subpoenaed e-mails, bleach bit the servers and smash blackberry phones with a hammer to avoid prosecution.  

In the corrupt world of Democrat law, well known Democrat sex offender Bill Clinton gets a pass while his good friends Jeffery Epstein and Harvey Weinstein get jail time or worse.  

In the crooked as hell world of Democrat law, PDJT is impeached for no crime while Joe Biden is on tape doing EXACTLY what Democrats accuse PDJT of doing.

PDJT didn’t impeach himself – partisan the-law-be-damned Democrats did. Have your impeachment Mr. Lemert.  PDJT will self-acquit when and if Nancy Pelosi screws up the courage to send the bogus articles over to the senate. Then you can write another ridiculous letter outlining the Democrat talking points about needing witnesses, because the House of Representatives failed to do their work.    

Thursday, January 09, 2020 1:00 am

Self-impeaching

Trump textbook example of founders' fears

Marty Lemert

Huntertown resident Warren Mead declared in a Jan. 2 letter that Democrats are “reckless, self-absorbed and dangerous threats to our cherished system of selecting our elected leaders.” Au contraire, Mr. Mead.

The reckless, self-absorbed and dangerous threat to our system of selecting our elected leaders is in fact President Donald Trump. He has, is and will continue to invite foreign countries and leaders to interfere with and influence our elections.

“Russia, if you're listening ...”

“I would like you to do us a favor, though.” (Ukraine)

“China should start an investigation into the Bidens...”

“If somebody called from a country, Norway (and said): 'We have information on your opponent' – oh, I think I'd want to hear it.”

These statements by Trump undermine our First Freedom: That of self-governance. That is what the Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War were about: Freeing ourselves from foreign rule and interference so that We the People may form a more perfect union. Our Founding Fathers specifically placed impeachment in the Constitution as a measure to remove an executive who has threatened our freedom of self-governance.

When debating the inclusion of impeachment, Gouveneur Morris at first argued it was not necessary because the people could speak at the voting booth every four years. But James Madison persuaded him that impeachment was needed by using the example of a president who might “betray his trust to foreign powers.” Edmund Randolph agreed that impeachment was needed as a remedy as “the executive will have great opportunities of abusing his power, particularly in times of war, when the military force and in some respects the public money will be in his hands.”

Withholding $391 million of military aid to Ukraine until they “did us a favor, though” certainly harkens back to these founders' concerns.

Likewise, George Washington in his farewell address specifically warned against the “insidious wiles of foreign influence” as being “one of the most baneful foes of republican government” we should jealously guard against.

Trump is advocating for most favored nation status to countries that help him personally – not based on our national security interests. Russia just developed supersonic missiles, yet he calls Russia our friend? He exchanges “love letters” with North Korea despite its clear threat to our nation and our interests? He sells Saudi Arabia advanced weaponry yet its citizens were the 9/11 terrorists and they recently murdered and chopped up one of our journalists?

It is not the Democrats trying to undermine our government and our democracy. Trump is forcing them to use the drastic measure of impeachment to attempt to hold him accountable for his abuses of power and betrayal of our public trust.

No one in America is above the law. Trump's actions are placing our nation, our Constitution and our foundational principles in peril.

Marty Lemert is a Fort Wayne attorney.