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June 16, 2023

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5-25-18

... Hey, Sheriff? Is it true Llano County Attorney Becky Lange has advised you to stay out of the "Berardi Property Rights Denial-Damage To Pace Arrow-Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764" fiasco? That right, Bill? Isn't that obstruction of justice? Also true your deputies have advised the Bolens to accept the status quo and not force the no-trespassing issue with Greene? If so, isn't that also obstruction and official oppression? When will you do your job, Bill? As an elected official, you answer to the public, forget? -- No honor? ... No honor at all? If the foregoing allegations are indeed true, didn't you swear an oath to uphold the law and Constitution? Why aren't you doing so? No guts?

Your deputy has been accused of abusing authority. What action have you taken other than ignore the complaint? Why aren't both Rodriguez and the County Attorney under criminal investigation? The County Attorney appears to be obstructing justice, accepting the word of Greene in lieu of two surveyor companies who strongly assert otherwise. Both the County Attorney and District Attorney have ignored complaints. Par for the course in Llano County, isn't it? Failed to do their jobs. No surprise there, right, Bill? Both receiving 'special consideration' up to and/or including a bribe from Greene? Regardless, clearly, no justice in Nazi Llano County. Bottom line? Desperate need for an outside criminal investigation. Conveniently, forget? This County is ruled by men, certainly not rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Precisely, why there is desperate need for a new federal agency whose sole function would be to investigate, arrest, charge, and prosecute criminal law enforcement, prosecutors, and judges in a special court whose only mandate would be to adjudicate such cases. Total independence. Until that happens, the criminal bastards who falsely believe they run and own this hell hole County will continue to do as they please.

Tim Chorney, Publisher
Liberty In Peril

Some salient quotes occurring later on in this edition vis a vis unfinished business County officials continue to ignore:

... "No justice. Precisely, why there is desperate need for a new federal agency whose sole function would be to investigate, arrest, charge, and prosecute corrupt, abusive, criminal officers, prosecutors, and judges in a special court that would adjudicate only these cases. Total independence. The only way to rein in these criminals, particularly the murderers in blue.

Sadly, the achingly clueless bastards in law enforcement don't need a legitimate reason to kill. Enjoy carte blanche to murder on the job. Nearly always, with impunity. ... Right, Sheriff? Sue the living shit out of the jackbooted motherf--kers, the department, and the city. Any officer engaged in, or threatening this kind of unnecessary violence needs to be criminally prosecuted. Not protected and coddled. Not put on paid leave, -- no more than a paid vacation. Not sent home without pay to catch up on his beauty sleep.

Firing is egregiously insufficient. How can the law enforcement community be trusted? No foreign power, no terrorist organization, not even the criminal element presents a greater threat to life, liberty, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties than the criminal jackbooted bastards in law enforcement. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

These are extremely dangerous times for our formerly great country. ... Hear the rumble? An unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming. -- As our legislators and other government officials figuratively 'fiddle while Rome burns.'

Not good enough. Nowhere near. Short of an unwanted dreaded second American revolution, only one way for these atrocities to end. Again, time for a new federal agency whose sole function would be to investigate, arrest, charge, prosecute corrupt, abusive, criminal officers, prosecutors, and judges in a special court whose sole function would be to adjudicate such cases. Total independence.

Local and state authorities are egregiously incapable of handling these cases. Tend to protect their own. ... Right, Sheriff? Goes with the territory, doesn't it, Bill? Precisely, why there is no faith or trust in your criminal jackbooted bastards. Local authorities here in Nazi Llano County have their heads figuratively, securely lodged so far up their clueless ass their eyeballs are turning inside out. Protect and coddle your clueless, out of control officers. Imagine that.

Unadulterated, blatant ongoing horse shit. ... Right, Bill? F--k these jackbooted bastards. Aren't worth a crap. Continually abrogate their oaths of office to protect and defend the United States Constitution. ... Right, Sheriff? Includes not only deputies, but the brass as well. No principles. No honor. Lying, conniving, abusive, murderous jackbooted thieving thugs. The American Civil Liberties Union needs to step up and represent the victims of abusive law enforcement.

To say nothing of innocent civilians all across our formerly great country who are victimized by abusive police. Need far better representation than a public defender. Forget? It's how the bastards in government line government coffers. All too often, looting the innocent. Those on the bottom of the food chain. ... Right, Sheriff?

No justice. The American Way. Nazi America. When is this shit finally going to end? All of it. Wake up, Sheriff. Again, where is dashcam video of the killing of Jeffrey Gray Wise, 52, of Austin by DPS and the Llano County Sheriff's Office? Three hundred seventy three weeks, now. A goddamned disgrace.

Why are you still sitting on this information? What are you hiding, Sheriff? What is the identity of the officers who killed Wise? Too gutless to release this information to the public that pays your salary and that of your goons? Reportedly, there were three officers involved in the shooting. Who the hell are they?

When will the goddamned 'law' 'enforcement' community finally stop making excuses for engaging in outrageous criminal activity including blatant murder, violent assault, sexual assault, theft, drug trafficking, etc.? List can go on and on. Protecting its own no matter what it does or doesn't do? Convenient, isn't it, Sheriff? Again, no foreign power, no terrorist organization, not even the criminal element presents a greater threat to life, liberty, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties than all branches and levels of government, -- including law enforcement.

Corruption within law enforcement remains an existential threat to life, liberty, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties. So what else is new? ... Right, Bill? Same old duplicitous, aggressively stupid shit occurs right here in Nazi Llano County. ... Doesn't it, Sheriff?

Think it'll change any time soon? Don't hold your breath, readers. Not how things work in Nazi America, right, Sheriff? Highly reminiscent of how your goons operate though, isn't it, Bill? Forget? 'Stupid is as stupid does.' F--ked up is f--ked up no matter where, no matter how. Problem throughout all law enforcement.

Including right here in Nazi Llano County, right, Sheriff? Too many officers clearly have their heads securely lodged where the sun seldom shines. Egregious insanity continues to be perpetrated by the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue. Ongoing issue. All over our formerly great country.

Not just in Dallas as in the Guyger case, but all over the nation. No end to it. Surprised? Why? In today's increasingly national socialist climate anything goes, right, Bill? Live in a de facto fascist police-state, quickly transitioning to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich. Certainly, a problem here in Nazi Llano County, isn't it, Sheriff? Your goons, however, aren't held accountable when they egregiously f--k up. Ever.

Precisely why you refuse to release information on your deputies to the long-suffering public? That is, employment history, criminal background, results of drug testing, etc.. ... Got to protect your criminal jackbooted thugs preying on the citizenry with virtual impunity, right, sir?

Equally pointedly, why hasn't Llano County Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764 been held criminally accountable for egregious abuse of power involving denial of property rights to a Kingsland property owner? To say nothing of consequent resultant physical damage done to a motor home on that property. Why are you protecting this clueless son of a bitch, Sheriff?

Why hasn't he been prosecuted for official oppression? Where is financial compensation for the damage this jackbooted piece of human excrement is responsible for? Ferociously pointedly, why are the District Attorney and the County Attorney continuing to protect this jackbooted piece of shit? He and others like him present an exigent threat to life, liberty, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties.

Equally to the point, why are your jackbooted pieces of human excrement refusing to enforce Berardi's property rights? Your goons have failed to take action against Theresa Ahrens when she tore down a no trespassing sign and barrier on Berardi's property. Have you, your goons, and/or Madam County Attorney been bribed by Johnny Greene?

Ahrens frequently drives all the way through Berardi's property. Coup de grace? When Berardi complained to Llano County Deputy Idle about the trespassing, the officer's response was insane. Said the Sheriff told him to tell Berardi since Ahrens believes she owns his property she can't be charged with trespassing. Perfect Catch-22, right, Sheriff? You're not fit for office, Bill. Bribed by Johnny Greene?

Why is Theresa Ahrens allowed by your goons to dictate what vehicles can and cannot be parked on Berardi's property? Ahrens claims she has proof the property belongs to her where the vehicle was parked. Has failed to produce it. Surveyors say otherwise. Back up Berardi. Yet, your jackbooted bastards refuse to enforce Berardi's property rights. Why? Somebody lining somebody's pockets, Sheriff?

Ms. Ahrens micro-mini portable 'house' is parked on an unused unmarked Llano County road. Imagine that. Madam County Attorney well-aware. Has done nothing. Shit squat. Egregiously ignored her oath of office. Someone bribing you, Becky? Lining your pockets, Counselor? Paying you not to sell the unused unmarked County road to Berardi? Doesn't the County want and need the sale money, to say nothing of the resultant tax income?

No question, County and State agencies remain determinedly, concertedly, achingly incapable of criminal investigation of their own. Precisely, why a new federal agency desperately needs to be created whose sole function would be to investigate, arrest, charge, prosecute corrupt, abusive, criminal officers, prosecutors, and judges in a special court whose sole function would be to adjudicate only such cases. Total independence. Certainly, go a long, long way to cleaning up this cess pool County. Rein in the outrageously corrupt, abusive, achingly inept, self-serving assholes who run and own this hell hole.

Sheriff, you falsely claim the Kingsland County Commissioner has the authority to resolve this ongoing property rights issue. Clearly, doesn't. You, Madam County Attorney, and "Sonny Boy" are certainly an egregious impediment, continue to determinedly stonewall. Someone's pockets are being lined. Again, where's financial compensation for the damage Llano County Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764 is directly responsible for to the Pace Arrow? Why hasn't he been prosecuted for this damage, to say nothing of infringement of Berardi's property rights? -- Just getting started, Sheriff. Far more to come.

-- You're not doing your jobs, Sheriff. You've got a loose vicious dog problem in Kingsland, Bill. When will you and the troops finally do something about this ongoing issue? Certainly, a recurring problem on Skyline, particularly on occasion at the intersection of Odessa. Pedestrians, runners, and cyclists are at risk. Too busy lining County coffers with bogus tickets?"

... Hey, Sheriff? Reportedly, promote Llano County Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764 to Sergeant? If true, yet another classic example of survival of the unfittest in the law enforcement community. Readers are reminded this is the very same idiot, clueless asshole responsible for thousands of dollars of damage to the Pace Arrow as reported in each edition of this publication. Far more to Kingsland property owner James Berardi in a property dispute. -- A dispute engineered by Johnny Greene, apparently financed by a bribe to the former County Attorney, current District Attorney, and Sheriff. A federal investigation of Llano County government and the aforementioned allegedly corrupt and abusive bastards in this ongoing fiasco is desperately needed. Tim Chorney.

... Small sampling of what's to come in this edition. Read on.

The following email was sent to the District Attorney:

Wiley B. "Sonny" McAfee
District Attorney
33rd and 424th Judicial Districts
Llano, TX 78643

March 9, 2018

Re: Berardi Property Rights Denial-Damage To Pace Arrow-Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764

Counselor:

The enclosed emails were sent to the Llano County Attorney and Sheriff, respectively, vis a vis the above matter. Remain unanswered. The County Attorney appears to be protecting and defending the deputy at behest of Kingsland property owner Johnny Greene. May have received some consideration from Greene up to and including a bribe. Are the County Attorney, Greene, and the Deputy under criminal investigation? If not, why not?

Tim Chorney, Publisher
Liberty In Peril
Formerly,
The Llano Ledger
www.libertyinperil.com
P.O. Box 151
Buchanan Dam, Texas 78609

c. Liberty In Peril

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Rebecca Lange, Llano County Attorney
Llano County Attorney's Office
Llano, Texas 78643

February 9, 2018

Re: Berardi Property Rights Denial-Damage To Pace Arrow-Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764

Counselor:

As you're well aware, we have an outrageously corrupt, abusive, achingly inept Llano County Sheriff's Office here in Nazi Llano County. Worse, you and your office aid and abet these SS jackbooted bastards in black. The issue at the moment is the same it's been the last six months.

How is it two surveyor companies, the Appraisal District, the Tax Office, the Precinct 3 Commissioner, even the goddamned Sheriff himself now states Kingsland resident James Berardi owns the lots in contention all these months?

Yet, you ludicrously assert that's not the County's legal position. It's not? Why not? You claim you're not a real estate expert. Rather than accept the advice of two surveyor companies, the Precinct 3 Commissioner, the Appraisal District, the Tax Office, and even the Sheriff himself, you've inexplicably chosen to follow the advice of property owner Johnny Greene, -- who conveniently happens to be reportedly in the oil industry.

Question to be asked. Could you have received any 'consideration' in return, -- up to and including a bribe? Only way to know for sure is for the District Attorney to conduct a criminal investigation. Apparently, there has been none. If not, why not?

Equally pointedly, why hasn't Llano County Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764 been held criminally accountable for egregious abuse of power involving denial of property rights to this Kingsland property owner? To say nothing of consequent resultant physical damage done to a motor home on that property.

Our achingly useless, worthless, gutless Sheriff has ignored an email vis a vis the damage this jackbooted thug is responsible for. Interestingly, his fellow officers believe him to be an idiot. Yet, the Sheriff continued to defend this piece of human excrement until he realized this entire fiasco would not be swept under the carpet.

Rodriguez is indeed an idiot. Would you believe this piece of crap ordered the motor home to be moved on to an unmarked unused Llano County road? That motor home has indeed been moved back to where it was parked before Rodriguez forced it to be moved. Why hasn't the County paid for the cost of moving it back? To say nothing of the damage.

Equally pointedly, why is it the County has allowed Theresa Ahrens to park and live in her tiny cottage on that very same road? Why hasn't she been evicted by the County? Why was she assessed taxes on an adjacent improvement she doesn't own?

Why is it, Counselor, Johnny Greene is paying for the attorney retained by Ms. Ahrens? Is Greene attempting to make this all go away by bribery? Greene has also informed Berardi he is going to sue. For what? Has Greene lost his mind?

What about Wells who installed a $4500 septic system on a lot turns out he does not own as a result of Greene, an outrageously inept County, to say nothing of the Llano County Attorney who remains equally determinedly clueless?

How about Bolen who hasn't a pot to piss in, but was nonetheless f--ked over by Greene to say nothing of an egregiously inept County, to say nothing of you and your goddamned equally incompetent office?

None of this is going away, Counselor, -- any time soon. Will not be swept under the carpet as all the other crap going on in this hell hole County. Not a chance. Expect a full expose in this publication whether or not this outrageous fiasco finally gets resolved. Including full public exposure of both the Sheriff and his jackbooted thug.

Tim Chorney, Publisher
Liberty In Peril
Formerly,
The Llano Ledger
www.libertyinperil.com
P.O. Box 151
Buchanan Dam, Texas 78609

c. Liberty In Peril

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Bill Blackburn, Sheriff
Llano County Sheriff's Office
2001 N. State Hwy. 16 Suite A
Llano, Texas 78643

August 23, 2017

Re: Damage To Pace Arrow-Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764

Sheriff:

Archive and retain all reports vis a vis damage to the Pace Arrow resulting from egregious abuse of authority perpetrated by Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764, on the Berardi property in Kingsland on 8-16-17.

Tim Chorney, Publisher
Liberty In Peril
Formerly,
The Llano Ledger
www.libertyinperil.com
P.O. Box 151
Buchanan Dam, Texas 78609

c. Liberty In Peril

Wake up, Sheriff. Again, where is dashcam video of the killing of Jeffrey Gray Wise, 52, of Austin by DPS and the Llano County Sheriff's Office? Three hundred seventy three weeks, now. A goddamned disgrace. Why are you still sitting on this information? What are you hiding, Sheriff? What is the identity of the officers who killed Wise? Too gutless to release this information to the public that pays your salary and that of your goons? Reportedly, there were three officers involved in the shooting.

Who are they, Sheriff? Their past history? An ongoing investigation remains a lame bullshit excuse. How can you and your goons be trusted when you refuse to disclose information? Three hundred seventy three weeks. Especially, your egregious failure to disclose the identity of the officers who pulled the trigger. To cover your sorry ass, Sheriff? Those of your thugs? The people have a right to know what happened, how it went down. You don't understand that, Sheriff? Sadly, clearly, you answer to no one. Including taxpayers. Especially, taxpayers.

Until you and your goons come clean, doubt will remain this was indeed a good shoot. The longer you drag your feet, the greater the doubt. Think not? Wake up. Your credibility has tanked. Isn't getting any better as this bullshit continues unabated. Three hundred seventy three weeks. Still no identification of the officers involved ... Can't get your stories straight? In line? Discrepancy between LCSO and DPS? Wake up, Sheriff. The public no longer buys the bullshit. No longer trusts you. On this and many, many other issues. You have no credibility. Absolutely, none.

Readers, this is but one of about four other highly questionable killings by law enforcement in Llano County in the last decade or so. There was one within the City of Llano, another in a field near Fuzzy's Corner, Buchanan Dam, yet another in Point Tella, Buchanan Dam, still another in Tow. If there are any others I may have neglected to mention, kindly email.

It's time the public be fully informed. -- Know what we're dealing with here and how 'law' 'enforcement' operates in this hell hole County. If these jackbooted bastards are not reined in, the life lost could be many others courtesy of a law enforcement system that is no longer accountable to anyone. ... Right, Sheriff? TL? "Sonny Boy?" Madam County Attorney?

The Sheriff seems to have no clue the people who pay him and his goons are entitled to know whom is killing whom and why. This shit always seems to be swept under the carpet. Ignored. The attitude of these jackbooted sons of bitches is trust us. They can't be. They've lied too many times. Refuse to be accountable to anyone. We live in a goddamned fascist police-state where law enforcement does as it pleases. Usually, with impunity. This has to change.

The Texas Rangers have become rubber stamp to atrocities committed by law enforcement. This also has to change. No one is holding law enforcement accountable any longer. No one. No one in state or federal government. This is precisely why Ferguson triggered such an uproar. There was no justice there. None here. None anywhere. Officers are abusive, corrupt, inept.

Falsely ticket and arrest the innocent to line County coffers. Court fees charged continue to be horrendous. -- Aren't taxpayers already looted to pay these costs? Aren't you not only double f--king those falsely accused, but taxpayers also hellaciously looted to pay the very same costs? Yet, the criminal bastards in power in Llano continue to pile on the fees. This is nothing more than goddamned bullshit. This money finds its way into the pockets of the corrupt, abusive bastards who falsely believe they run and own this hell hole.

Would you believe the last time the Sheriff's Office happened to be 'audited' during the Garrett regime, reportedly, auditors couldn't figure out what went where and why? Yet, surprise, surprise. Nothing was done. There has to be transparency. There is none. Why would these thieving bastards want any? ... Right, Sheriff? TL? How else could they so easily steal and loot with virtual impunity? Worse, this reinforces jackbooted power in this goddamned, godforsaken hell hole County.

The public has a right to know the histories of the Sheriff's goons. Clearly, the Sheriff doesn't think so. That is, where they came from. Why they left where they were. What is happening here is the Sheriff is using 'personnel matters' as a convenient excuse to deny the public access to the history of outrageously corrupt, abusive, inept officers who are no more than criminals themselves.

He's protecting his outrageously corrupt, abusive, inept jackbooted bastards. Worse, the standards imposed by sheriff's offices statewide with the exception of metropolitan counties are well below those of DPS and city police departments. Why? So the corruption, abuse, ineptness, and outright stealing can continue unabated? This has to change. ... Can't have that, can we? Sheriff? TL?

The public should understand Llano County authorities have it all sewn up. Did you know the Texas Attorney General does not have the authority to investigate and prosecute County authorities on his own? The District Attorney has to call for an investigation by the Texas Rangers. Then, the State can prosecute if it so chooses.

Consequently? Guess what? Nothing will happen. Nothing ever does. The goddamned corruption continues unabated until you, the public, pressure authorities. Precisely, why we all enjoy the 'best' government money can buy. Literally. Without question, the corrupt, abusive, inept sons of bitches are all bought and paid for. Firmly clamped to the taxpayer tit. Dependent on money looted from innocent citizens caught in their web. Phony fines and court costs cleverly designed to f--k the innocent and enrich the pieces of shit who falsely believe they run and own Llano County. Right, Sheriff? TL? "Sonny Boy?" Madam County Attorney?

Interestingly, the former Sheriff and District Attorney were reportedly forced to retire after an outrageous scandal involving a drunk driving police officer from out of town. Including special treatment of the drunken son of a bitch that no other citizen caught doing the same would have been afforded. An honest, honorable Llano County Deputy suffered the consequences. Forget? Great officers do not last in this hell hole County. ... Right, Sheriff? TL? "Sonny Boy?" Madam County Attorney?

With all ongoing abuse in this goddamned County, one thing remains for damned sure. We're just getting started, Sheriff. You will continue to be exposed for whom and what you and your corrupt, abusive, inept jackbooted bastards have become, truly are, not what you phonies purport to be, that is, how you continue to f--k over a public you've falsely sworn to protect and defend. -- Exposure, the only way short of an unwanted dreaded revolution to force desperately needed change in a goddamned fascist police-state. The Fourth Reich.

Have your jackbooted thugs been tested for steroids, Sheriff? If you've nothing to hide, Bill, release the results of all drug testing. 'Personnel matters?' Bullshit. Looted taxpayers have the right to know. They're footing the bill for all this goddamned corruption, abuse, ineptness. When will you and the boys end the shakedowns? Looting of the innocent to line County coffers? No honor at all?

Where are your swastika armbands, you fascist son of a bitch? You and your thugs remain out of uniform. Once again, Sheriff, and ad nauseum, did you and/or your goons pressure Schilling to exit the race? Did you steal the election? If so, an aggressively stupid, achingly gutless public gets what it truly deserves. One of the most corrupt, abusive, inept 'law' 'enforcement' agencies in our formerly great country.

While the business and church communities stood tall during the recent Kingsland flood catastrophe, there was one glaring exception. On 10-17-18, the Antlers Coffee Shop closed due to storm-related failure of the Kingsland water system. Patrons, however, are routinely allowed to get online outside even when the shop is closed.

A long-term coffee shop customer entered the hotel lobby to ask the desk clerk whether wifi was still up and running after the catastrophe. She said it was and told the patron he could get online inside the closed shop. She then asked him to have another regular customer who had just arrived outside to come in and get out of the cold as well.

Antlers co-proprietor Rick apparently quickly got wind of both customers, made quite a jackass of himself emulating the petulant narcissist currently occupying the Oval Office. Aggressive stupidity at a time the Kingsland business community is indeed suffering, can least afford it. Further proof positive of the old adage 'can fix ignorant, can't fix stupid.'

Why would, why should both customers put up with this? Think this hasn't happened to others?

TC 10-19-18

Newsletter Text 828
June 16, 2023

Uncommon Valor. As always, when an officer does something heroic and/or of exceptional value to the community, it leads in this publication. Always. CBS News reports:

"A police officer was relieved of duty after an altercation with another law enforcement officer was caught on body camera, authorities said. Alexander Shaouni, of the Orlando Police Department, is facing charges as well as an internal review. Shaouni was apparently on his way into work on June 6, according to a copy of the arrest report obtained by CBS News, when the Seminole County Sheriff's deputy on patrol saw a marked patrol car speeding. With no emergency lights or sirens activated, the police-issued vehicle was going "80 mph in a posted 45 zone," according to the report. The deputy had to drive at over 90 mph to catch Shaouni when he did not immediately pull over, according to the report. Footage released by the sheriff's office showed part of the pursuit — as well as the heated exchange between Shaouni and the deputy. After eventually stopping, Shaouni stepped out and asked the deputy: "What? I am going into work, my man. Why are you trying to pull me over?" "Because you're going 80 in a 45," the deputy said. "I am going into work," Shaouni said. On the video, Shaouni gestures to his police uniform and asks the deputy, "What does it look like I am dressed for?"

Jesus Christ. The Aryan arrogance of this officer is stunning. The deputy, however, stood tall. Did his duty:

"The deputy then asked for Shaouni's identification — to which Shaouni responded, "No." The video shows him heading back to his car. Shaouni is facing charges of reckless driving, resisting an officer, and fleeing and eluding a law enforcement officer with their lights and sirens activated, according to the arrest report. Departmental officials told CBS News in a statement that Shaouni had been "relieved of duty pending the Seminole County Sheriff's criminal investigation and OPD's Internal Affairs investigation."

Uncommon Valor. Best in policing. Without question, no one is above the law.

Highly reminiscent of our outrageously bought and paid for judiciary, Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following. It's appalling. Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for. No longer.

In follow-up to a particularly horrendous case covered here and elsewhere, ABC News reports:

"Two police officers charged for their alleged involvement in the arrest of Randy Cox -- a Black man paralyzed while in police custody -- were fired from the New Haven Police Department on Wednesday for their conduct during the June 19, 2022, incident."

What took so long?

"According to the city of New Haven, four of six members of the New Haven Board of Police Commissioners voted to terminate Officers Jocelyn Lavandier and Luis Rivera. Two members abstained from the vote. “This is an absolute rush to judgment," Lavandier's attorney Dan Ford told ABC News in a statement on Thursday. "At a minimum the City should have waited for the judicial process to play out before terminating Officer Lavandier.”

That's a crock of shit. Been almost a year since the incident. Why all the foot dragging? Protecting and coddling the jackbooted bastards involved?

"Lavandier and Rivera are among five officers who were charged on Nov. 28, 2022, for their involvement in the arrest of Richard “Randy” Cox, who was paralyzed due to injuries he sustained while in custody of the New Haven Police Department. Cox’s attorney, Jack O’Donnell, told ABC News in a phone interview on Thursday that Cox is “pleased” with the commission’s decision to terminate the officers, but their termination is “a long time coming.” “It seems like far too long for [Randy’s] liking, but we're grateful for the outcome,” O’Donnell said. The vote to terminate the officers came during a special meeting on Wednesday to consider New Haven Police Chief Karl Jacobson’s recommendation to terminate four of the officers involved in the incident – Lavandier, Rivera, Oscar Diaz and Betsy Segui. Ronald Pressley, who was also charged in the incident, had since retired from the police department. Jacobson said in March that his recommendation came after an internal investigation and hearings that yielded enough information to pursue termination. “I think the days of waiting for criminal cases to conclude needs to stop; that's one of the things the community has asked us to do,” he said."

About time. Needs to happen all across this country.

"The board’s vote on Jacobson’s recommendation to terminate Segui and Diaz was postponed to June 28 because the officers' attorneys were unavailable, according to the city. Gregory Cerittelli, the attorney representing Segui, told ABC News in a statement on Thursday that Sgt. Segui is “still employed by the City of New Haven, but I have every reason to believe the police commission will terminate her.” “There is absolutely no due process afforded these officers at police commission hearings generally, and especially in New Haven. The only thing missing from that room will be a large marsupial,” he added."

Jesus Christ. What a crock of shit. This shyster is reminded a man is paralyzed courtesy of these jackbooted bastards.

"Cerittelli told ABC News in Jan. 2023 that the “job of a police officer has become increasingly more difficult in recent years.” "Police officers are often required to utilize their best judgment in assessing situations, and are now being judged with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight. Our Supreme Court has consistently held this is not the appropriate standard,” he added."

Wake up, Counselor. The Supreme Court remains out of control, -- just like the jackbooted bastards in blue.

Here's what went down:

"Officers arrested Cox on June 19, 2022, for criminal possession of a firearm and breach of peace. Surveillance video shows the officers then placed Cox in the back of a police van without seat belts. During an abrupt stop, Cox was thrown headfirst into the back wall of the van. Video shows that though Cox repeatedly asked for help, saying he couldn't move, the officers did not immediately render him medical aid and allegedly assumed he was drunk when they arrived at the police station. The video footage also shows the officers dragging Cox by his feet and throwing him into a wheelchair, which his lawyers said could have exacerbated his already life-threatening injuries. New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker said in a statement on Wednesday that what happened to Cox was “unacceptable” and the board’s decision to terminate the officers is “another important step” in the city’s commitment to provide “accountability, transparency and action” to Cox’s family. “When an individual enters the custody of the New Haven Police Department, there is an obligation to treat them with dignity and respect and in a manner that ensures their safety and well-being,” Elicker said. “In my judgment, the actions of these officers fell far short of that obligation, and they do not reflect the high standards to which I know our police officers hold themselves to every day as they put their lives on the line to protect and serve our residents and keep our community safe.”

Here's the problem:

"O’Donnell said that as the one-year anniversary of the incident approaches, “[Randy's] as good as can be expected,” but “has his moments where he's particularly sad.” “He's virtually a quadriplegic and going to be confined to a wheelchair with no real quality of life,” he said."

Been quite a bit of foot dragging:

"In June 2022 all five officers were placed on paid administrative leave."

Nothing quite like effectively receiving paid vacation time for having committed a crime, is there? LOL.

"And in October 2022, all charges against Cox were dropped, according to the New Haven Superior Court clerk's office. New Haven's state attorney John P. Doyle, Jr. announced on November 28, 2022, that each of the officers were charged with one count of second-degree reckless endangerment and one count of cruelty to persons. Both charges are misdemeanors. The officers were each released on a $25,000 bond and pleaded not guilty during an arraignment hearing on January 11. Cox filed a $100 million federal lawsuit against the city of New Haven and New Haven Police Department officers in September 2022. In court papers, all defendants have denied wrongdoing. Elicker announced on Dec. 5, 2022 that Cox’s legal team and all parties named in the lawsuit agreed to pursue settlement negotiations. “Maybe financial settlement will provide [some] comfort, but I don't know anyone [who] would ever take money in exchange for the loss of mobility,” O’Donnell said."

Cowardly fail to financially and/or materially support those fighting for all civil and constitutional rights and liberties at great personal cost and risk? Get what you truly deserve. Forfeiture of liberty. At the hands of outrageously corrupt and abusive government.

Think the aggressive stupidity will ever end? The following? Appalling. The Associated Press reports:

"A Black teen fatally shot by an officer was armed with a pellet gun and not a semiautomatic handgun, police in suburban Denver revealed Friday. Jor’Dell Richardson, 14, was shot June 2 after a struggle on the ground with officers who chased him from a store in Aurora, where he and a group of other teens were suspected of stealing vaping cartridges, according to authorities."

This is a 14-year-old kid killed by the jackbooted bastards in blue who couldn't even get their story straight:

"Police had originally said that the teen had a semiautomatic, but Chief Art Acevedo corrected that during a press conference held to release body camera video of the shooting. The video does not clearly show what was happening right before the teen is shot. However, his words and the officers’ can be heard during the struggle. Within a matter of a few seconds, an officer tackles Richardson, and the teen says, “Stop, please, you got me.” “Gun, gun, let go of the ... gun,” an officer says, using an expletive. He then says he is going to fire, and a gunshot is heard."

'Shoot first, ask questions later?'

“They made me do it,” a wounded Richardson says. “I didn’t know who they were. They made me do it.”

The jackbooted bastard apparently knew he had made an horrendous mistake:

"Later the officer who shot him, Roch Gruszeczka, is heard saying a prayer for him: “God, please be with that kid.”

Being a cop can be extremely dangerous. Officers accept that risk when they put on the uniform. Most go an entire career without having to kill. Others are trigger-happy, unwilling to accept any risk at all. Imagine the guilt Gruszeczka will have to live with the rest of his life. A 14-year-old unarmed kid dead for no legitimate reason.

"Acevedo said that as part of their investigation, authorities are looking into where the pellet gun was when the officer fired and whether Richardson was pointing it at them. He said that the weapon looked like an HK USP 9 mm handgun and that during the alleged robbery, Richardson had raised up his sweatshirt to reveal it in his waistband to the store’s clerk. “That is not a toy. That is a weapon,” Acevedo said. He said he confirmed on Thursday that it was a pellet gun."

Get this:

"Richardson’s family and lawyers viewed the video with police Tuesday but were not told that it was a pellet gun until a few minutes before Friday’s news conference, attorney Siddhartha Rathod said."

That's a problem. A big problem. ... Couldn't be the gutless bastards were covering their sorry asses, could it?

"Police would have known right away after picking it up and trying to unload it that it was not a handgun, he said, accusing officers of withholding the information to avoid angering the community. Rathod said the video showed Richardson was surrendering and it did not make sense that he would have been reaching for a pellet gun. “They didn’t tell the community because the entire city of Aurora would be here,” he said of a rally and march after the news conference that drew about 200 people. Richardson’s mother, Laurie Littlejohn, told those gathered on the steps of city hall that the teen was the “light” of their home and she is afraid to have her 19-year-old son leave the house. Police did not “think twice” about her son being a child and “didn’t give him a chance to redeem himself,” she said. The rally ended with a prayer and prolonged sobbing by Richardson’s brother. Police chased Richardson after a member of the city’s gang unit who happened to be driving by saw a group of teens in hoodies and medical masks approaching a convenience store. Some of them left in a stolen minivan afterward, while Richardson and another teen who was later arrested ran in different directions, police said. Acevedo said police released the body camera video to the public Friday afternoon because it was the soonest they could do so under state law, which requires a wait of at least 72 hours after a video of a fatal incident is shown to family mem[b]ers."

Officers remain out of control. This continues? There will be an unwanted, dreaded second American revolution.

ABC News reports:

"Police in Colorado have released graphic body camera footage after an officer fatally shot a teenager following an alleged convenience store robbery.

"In the footage, Jor'dell can be seen running from officers as they yell for him to stop and get on the ground."

It is always a mistake to run from the jackbooted bastards in blue. Always. They take it as carte blanche to murder on the job. -- How they get their cookies off.

"One officer, identified as Roch Gruszeczka, can be heard yelling, "Get on the ground or I'm going to tase you," the footage shows. Acevedo said Jor'Dell was not close enough to the stun gun for it to reach him. As another officer, identified as James Snapp, catches up and has a physical altercation with Jor'dell, the teen's hand "is in the vicinity of his waistband," Acevedo said. As he's on the ground, Jor'dell can be heard saying, "Stop, please, you got me," as Gruszeczka can be heard yelling, "Gun! Gun! Let go of the ------- gun! I'm going to shoot your a--! Dude, I'm going to shoot you!" Seconds later, a single gunshot can be heard. The police chief identified the shooting officer as Gruszeczka. After he was shot, Jor'dell could be heard apologizing, asking to be taken to the hospital, and saying, "They made me do it. I don't know who they were but they made me do it." Acevedo said Jor'dell lost consciousness shortly after. Jor'dell sustained a single gunshot wound to his midsection, which was blurred in the body camera footage at the request of his family, Acevedo said. The officers were captured calling for medical and attempting life-saving measures before the teen was transported to a local hospital where he died. The use of force is being investigated by the 18th Judicial District Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT). During the altercation with officers, the footage shows that following the sound of the gunshot, Gruszeczka can be seen throwing a firearm that Jor'dell was allegedly carrying. Acevedo said Jor'dell allegedly threatened the store clerk with the firearm, which police originally said was a semiautomatic handgun. The chief at his press briefing later amended that statement to say it was determined to be a pellet gun. The body camera footage released by the Aurora police department does not show whether Jor'dell ever pointed the pellet gun at the officers. "That's part of the investigation. That's a little bit of the ambiguity -- that's going to be the question that the [CIRT] investigation will continue [to look into]," Acevedo said at the briefing. "We know for a fact that he used it to commit an armed robbery -- there's no ambiguity there." Gruszeczka has been placed on paid administrative leave, the police department said."

Nothing quite like the American system of justice, is there? Kill a kid under highly questionable circumstances and get a paid vacation. Nazi justice. Fascism, nazism, national socialism defined as the pernicious blend of government, business, and religion. 'Justified' by perversion and bastardization of the latter.

"Attorneys for Jor'Dell's family said his family is "traumatized by the shooting death of a boy they loved." "Viewing the videos left them with more questions than answers," Rathod Mohamedbhai LLC, the firm representing the family, said in a statement. One of the family's attorneys, Siddhartha Rathod, told ABC News he feels Jor'dell's death is similar to that of Elijah McClain, 23, who died in 2019 after being stopped by Aurora police, placed in a chokehold and injected with ketamine as a sedative. Five Aurora first responders, including three officers who were at the scene, pleaded not guilty to charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide, among other counts, in McClain's death. Former Aurora Police Chief Vanessa Wilson was fired by city officials in the aftermath of the McClain case. Acevedo, who came on as chief after Wilson's dismissal, said Friday's press briefing was an attempt to be "transparent and to fully discuss to the best of my ability what led to the death of a 14-year-old kid in this community." "The incident happened real-time, it happened quickly," he said. "We're talking about thousandths of seconds, and just very quick timeframes." The alleged robbery incident also remains under investigation, police said. Two 14-year-olds who were taken into custody at the scene face charges of false imprisonment and aggravated robbery, Acevedo said. Other suspects who allegedly fled in a stolen Kia Sedona minivan have been identified but not apprehended, he said. No further updates are expected until all investigations into the incident are completed, police said."

As usual. lack of transparency is always an issue. Precisely why law enforcement has so little credibility.

The following remains inexplicable. NBC News reports:

"The sister of a woman whose torched body was discovered in a dumpster last year slammed Northern California prosecutors after they dropped charges against two men accused in her death, citing the case’s link to racist and derogatory text messages that have shaken a local police department. Nicole Eason told NBC News that the messages — which were released earlier this year after a joint investigation into the Antioch Police Department by the FBI and the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office — should have had no effect on the prosecution of Ashton Montalvo and Deangelo Boone. Montalvo and Boone were charged with arson and mutilation of human remains in the Oct. 17 death of Mykaella Sharlman, 25. Both pleaded not guilty to the charges. Eason called the decision to drop the charges “unacceptable” and said that prosecutors should “recant and scrutinize" evidence that she described as insurmountable, including security video and eyewitness testimony. “We’re getting ready to lawyer up,” Eason said. “We’re getting ready to fight.”

Sue the living shit out of the bastards. The following is well beyond pitiful:

"A spokesman for the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office declined to comment. In a statement Wednesday, the prosecutor’s office "extended its deepest sympathies" to Sharlman's family and said it would seek to renew the prosecution if possible. The spokesman, Ted Asregadoo, said in an earlier email that prosecutors are "hopeful APD can pursue other investigative avenues and bring our office more evidence to review for a charging decision." The statement said the prosecutor's office dropped the charges because the case relied heavily on the investigative work of officers associated with the text messages. "After thoroughly reviewing the officers’ role in this case, applying relevant legal principles, and considering ethical responsibilities, the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office no longer has confidence in the integrity of this prosecution," the statement said. The officers were not identified, and it isn't clear which messages they sent or received. An Antioch Police Department spokeswoman did not respond to a request for comment, nor did a lawyer for the local police union."

Not good enough. Nowhere near good enough. These bastards work for the public. Not the other way around. The public is financing these bastards and entitled to transparency. The following is outrageous:

"The messages, from 2020 and 2021, were sent and received by dozens of officers and include homophobic slurs, racist images and the casual discussion of using “less lethal” weapons on people, including the city’s mayor, who is Black, according to an investigative report compiled by the Contra Costa District Attorney's Office. California's Attorney General opened an investigation last month to determine if the police department engaged in a pattern and practice of unconstitutional policing. Asregadoo said Wednesday's announcement marked the first time the prosecutor's office has dropped a felony case linked to the messages."

Get this:

"Eason described her younger sister as the "life of the party" — someone who loved praise dancing at church and dreamed of opening a salon. She fell in with friends who were into drugs and began experimenting, Eason said. The medical examiner determined that Sharlman died of a fentanyl overdose, said Eason, noting that her family had attended all of the court dates in her sister's death, including the preliminary hearing, where a judge determines if prosecutors have sufficient evidence to make a defendant stand trial. Eason said that during court testimony Montalvo and Boone were accused of dumping her sister's body in a dumpster they grabbed from a nearby building after she overdose[d] at an abandoned apartment in Antioch, a city of roughly 114,000 northeast of San Francisco. The men were captured on security cameras borrowing a dolly from a 7-Eleven and pushing the dumpster four blocks to a paved trail, where witnesses from a nearby homeless encampment saw them allegedly pour lighter fluid into the dumpster and set Sharlman's body on fire, Eason said. Roughly a week later, after Sharlman's family reported the 25-year-old as missing, Eason said authorities confirmed her death. Eason compared the events to labor pains. "I didn't have the joy of getting the baby out," she said. "We got death instead." Lawyers for Montalvo and Boone did not respond to requests for comment."

Surprised?

"The family found some solace in learning of Sharlman's cause of death, Eason said. She died before her body was torched, Eason said. The family was further heartened by the department's handling of the case, which Eason described as "nothing short of amazing," and by the arrests that followed. "For us to have suspects in custody was exceptional," she said. "It was a win, and it doesn't always happen like that. Although they're under scrutiny now, they did their due diligence before they detained these two men." Eason added that her family was "devastated" to learn that a detective involved in the case was linked to the text messages. "However, this scandal came out after my sister's death," Eason said. "It shouldn't have had any bearing on the evidence."

Think law enforcement will ever smarten up? NBC News reports:

"Police in Kansas City, Kansas, are investigating an encounter recorded on video that shows a man being held down by multiple officers in a Walmart superstore on Thursday."

'Fox guarding the chicken coop.'

"Christopher Enloe, an uncle of the man in the video posted on TikTok, said his nephew had gone into the store to get food for his family. He said his nephew was accused of stealing pizza and was tackled by officers. The Kansas City Kansas Police Department said the incident is being reviewed to determine whether the three officers involved complied with policy."

Any confidence in the bastards policing themselves?

"Police said review of the incident began before the video, which was recorded by Enloe and verified by NBC News, was shared online."

Reassured?

"Enloe said he called his 24-year-old nephew to bring him some gas after his vehicle broke down in front of the Walmart. After his nephew left, Enloe said he realized the vehicle still wouldn't start and asked his nephew to return with jumper cables. His nephew went inside to get food while Enloe waited for his vehicle to start, he said. Less than 10 minutes later, a woman went to Enloe’s car and told him his nephew was being tackled by officers, according to Enloe. Enloe said his nephew told him a police officer had asked if he had a receipt for his purchase and after he said he did, he continued to walk away. In the video, people standing around can be heard telling officers that the man had a receipt and that he had been next to them in line paying."

How about that? Clearly, not good enough for the jackbooted bastard in blue:

"The officer then ran up, grabbed his nephew by the neck and threw him into a vending machine, the nephew said according to Enloe. The video shows the interaction after the nephew is already on the ground and is being held down by an officer. A second officer goes over to try to put the nephew's hands behind his back, and appears to kneel on the nephew's neck, the video shows. Enloe can be heard telling the man on the ground, who is yelling at officers, to "stop" and comply with the officers, according to the video. Enloe has said his nephew is innocent, and that police didn't have just cause for their actions. "As far as the police force goes, we’re looked at as guilty and we have to prove our innocence before they have to prove our guilt," he said."

A problem all across this country.

"In a statement, the police department said the officers will be "held accountable based on the outcome of the investigation."

Any confidence in that? Any at all?

"THE KCKPD expects all officers to follow all policies, procedures and the law when interacting with the public," police said. Walmart said it would not comment until police had released their report into the incident. Police did not immediately respond to a request for information about possible charges."

Surprised? The bastards answer to no one. ... At least, that's what they delusionally believe.

The following is appalling. NBC News reports:

"A former New York Police Department detective took bribes from a group of robbers to help them evade arrest in a string of robberies targeting Asian American small businesses, federal prosecutors alleged Thursday. Saul Arismendy De La Cruz, a former NYPD officer and then detective, aided a “violent theft crew” led by Dagoberto Soto-Ramirez by taking bribes in exchange for helping members of the four-person group avoid arrest, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York said in press release. His lawyer, Howard Turner, told NBC News that De La Cruz has pleaded not guilty to the charges. “My client is entitled to the presumption of innocence and a fair trial, and I ask the public to withhold judgment as I evaluate and gather evidence while the judicial process continues,” Turner said in a statement."

Get this:

"From 2017 to 2022, the robbery crew committed a series of home invasion robberies and residential burglaries that primarily targeted the owners of small businesses, according to the indictment, filed in federal court in White Plains, New York. The majority of the targets were Asian American. The group, armed with guns and other weapons, stole money, jewelry and other property from dozens of homes across the country, the indictment charged. All of the suspected members, with the exception of Soto-Ramirez, were arrested by federal authorities on Thursday and charged with racketeering conspiracy. Soto-Ramirez additionally has been charged with two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering and two counts of firearm possession used in a crime. The suspected members of the crew, if found guilty, could face up to 20 years in prison. Soto-Ramirez, 41, remains at large and is wanted by the FBI. De La Cruz — who went by the alias “Nene” and “Venom” in the crew, according to the DOJ — was a field intelligence officer assigned to the 100 Precinct in Queens. “Corruption, violence, and racially targeted crime are intolerable, and this Office stands with our law enforcement partners in the fight against all three,” U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in a statement."

Sad, isn't it?

"NYPD Commissioner Keechant L. Sewell rebuked the former NYPD detective, saying in a statement: “Violent criminal acts like the type alleged today are a disgrace. When such behavior involves a former police officer who shamelessly exploits their position of power for personal gain, it erodes public trust in law enforcement and tarnishes the reputations of the many thousands of women and men who honorably serve New Yorkers each day.”

No question.

"The U.S. Attorney Office’s White Plains Division is handling the case, and assistant U.S. Attorneys Josiah Pertz and Jeffrey C. Coffman are in charge of the prosecution."

In follow-up to a particularly egregious case covered repeatedly here and elsewhere, NBC News(AP) reports:

"A Mississippi police officer who shot and wounded an 11-year-old in the child's home after he called authorities for help was suspended without pay Monday, a city official said. The Indianola Board of Aldermen voted to suspend Sgt. Greg Capers without pay "effective immediately" in a 4-1 vote during a board meeting Monday night, Indianola Alderman Marvin Elder said."

What took so long?

"The suspension without pay comes weeks after 11-year-old Aderrien Murry was seriously injured when he was shot in the chest by Capers after the Indianola Police Department officer responded to a domestic call at the home of the child's mother. Police had been called to the home after the father of another child of Nakala Murry, Aderrien’s mother, unexpectedly showed up at the residence around 4 a.m. on May 20, according to a $5 million federal civil rights lawsuit filed last month by the family. The suit said the man was "irate" and Murry told Aderrien to call the police. Capers arrived “with his firearm drawn at the front and asked everyone inside of the residence to come outside,” the lawsuit said. Carlos Moore, an attorney for the family, said police had been told the man was unarmed and had run out a back door and that three children were in the residence. As Aderrien came around the corner of a hallway that led into the living room area, he was "instantly shot by Defendant Officer Capers,” according to the suit, with the child suffering a collapsed lung, a lacerated liver and fractured ribs, according to the document. Aderrien was taken to a hospital and released four days later to recover at home. In an interview last month with ABC News, the child said getting shot felt like "a Taser, like a big punch to the chest." He said that following the incident, he was still having trouble breathing. The lawsuit, which named the city of Indianola, Police Chief Ronald Sampson and Capers as defendants, accused Capers of failing to assess the situation before displaying and firing his weapon."

The following is a problem. A serious problem. Get this:

"No charges have been filed so far and Capers was previously on paid administrative leave amid mounting calls for him to be fired and charged. The Indianola Police Department and an attorney for Capers did not immediately respond to overnight requests for comment from NBC News. Capers’ attorney, Michael Carr, told The Associated Press that the board's vote Monday night took place in a “closed-door, unnoticed” meeting without either him or his client being informed. “This is very disturbing to Sgt. Capers, and he should have been allowed due process,” he said. “They have no evidence Sgt. Capers intentionally shot this young man, which he didn’t. Everything that happened was a total and complete accident.”

Think so?

"Carr said body camera footage would prove Capers did nothing wrong. “I thank God that Sgt. Capers was wearing a bodycam,” he said. In addition to the lawsuit filed last month, Murry also filed an affidavit, reviewed by The Associated Press, calling for criminal charges against Capers, the news agency reported. That affidavit is expected to be considered at an Oct. 2 probable cause hearing in the Sunflower County Circuit Court. “This is only the beginning,” Murry said in a written statement, according to the AP. “I look forward to seeing Greg Capers terminated, and never allowed to work for law enforcement again.”

Surprising U.S. Supreme Court ruling. The Associated Press reports:

"The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a surprising 5-4 ruling in favor of Black voters in a congressional redistricting case from Alabama, with two conservative justices joining liberals in rejecting a Republican-led effort to weaken a landmark voting rights law. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh aligned with the court’s liberals in affirming a lower-court ruling that found a likely violation of the Voting Rights Act in an Alabama congressional map with one majority Black seat out of seven congressional districts in a state where more than one in four residents is Black. The state now will have to draw a new map for next year’s elections. The decision was closely watched for its potential effect on control of the closely divided U.S. House of Representatives. Because of the ruling, new maps are likely in Alabama and Louisiana that could allow Democratic-leaning Black voters to elect their preferred candidates in two more congressional districts. The outcome was unexpected in that the court had allowed the challenged Alabama map to be used for the 2022 elections, and in arguments last October the justices appeared willing to make it harder to challenge redistricting plans as racially discriminatory under the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The chief justice himself suggested last year that he was open to changes in the way courts weigh discrimination claims under the part of the law known as section 2. But on Thursday, Roberts wrote that the court was declining “to recast our section 2 case law as Alabama requests.” Roberts also was part of conservative high-court majorities in earlier cases that made it harder for racial minorities to use the Voting Rights Act in ideologically divided rulings in 2013 and 2021."

Most interesting, isn't it?

"The other four conservative justices dissented Thursday. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that the decision forces “Alabama to intentionally redraw its longstanding congressional districts so that black voters can control a number of seats roughly proportional to the black share of the State’s population. Section 2 demands no such thing, and, if it did, the Constitution would not permit it.” The Biden administration sided with the Black voters in Alabama. Attorney General Merrick Garland applauded the ruling: “Today’s decision rejects efforts to further erode fundamental voting rights protections, and preserves the principle that in the United States, all eligible voters must be able to exercise their constitutional right to vote free from discrimination based on their race.” Evan Milligan, a Black voter and the lead plaintiff in the case, said the ruling was a victory for democracy and people of color. “We are grateful that the Supreme Court upheld what we knew to be true: that everyone deserves to have their vote matter and their voice heard. Today is a win for democracy and freedom not just in Alabama but across the United States,” Milligan said. Alabama Republican Party Chairman John Wahl said in a statement that state lawmakers would comply with the ruling. “Regardless of our disagreement with the Court’s decision, we are confident the Alabama Legislature will redraw district lines that ensure the people of Alabama are represented by members who share their beliefs, while following the requirements of applicable law,” Wahl said."

Interestingly:

"Louisiana’s congressional map had separately been identified as probably discriminatory by a lower court. That map, too, remained in effect last year and now will have to be redrawn. The National Redistricting Foundation said in a statement that its pending lawsuits in Georgia and Texas also could be affected. Separately, the Supreme Court in the fall will hear South Carolina’s appeal of a lower-court ruling that found Republican lawmakers stripped Black voters from a district to make it safer for a Republican candidate. That case also could lead to a redrawn map in South Carolina, where six U.S. House members are Republicans and one is a Democrat. Partisan politics also underlies the Alabama case. Republicans who dominate elective office in Alabama have been resistant to creating a second district with a Democratic-leaning Black majority, or close to one, that could send another Democrat to Congress. The judges found that Alabama concentrated Black voters in one district, while spreading them out among the others to make it much more difficult to elect more than one candidate of their choice. Alabama’s Black population is large enough and geographically compact enough to create a second district, the judges found. Denying discrimination, Alabama argued that the lower court ruling would have forced it to sort voters by race and insisted it was taking a “race neutral” approach to redistricting. At arguments in October, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson scoffed at the idea that race could not be part of the equation. Jackson, the court’s first Black woman, said that constitutional amendments passed after the Civil War and the Voting Rights Act a century later were intended to do the same thing, make Black Americans “equal to white citizens.”

Sadly, this country has a long, long, long way to go.

The Washington Post reports:

"A divided Supreme Court on Thursday said the Alabama legislature should have created a second congressional district in which Black voters had a chance of electing a representative of their choice, an unexpected decision from a court that has expressed skepticism of key parts of the Voting Rights Act. The decision, written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., bucked the court’s recent trend of decisions that weakened provisions of the act. He was joined by fellow conservative Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh and the court’s three liberals, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson. “We see no reason to disturb the District Court’s careful factual findings,” Roberts wrote, adding that Alabama was asking for a radical rewrite of the court’s precedents. Thursday’s ruling upholds a decision by a three-judge panel that threw out Alabama’s new congressional map, which included only one congressional district with a majority of Black voters even though African Americans make up more than a quarter of the state’s population. It was a surprise from a court whose conservative majority had signaled it was suspicious of the Voting Rights Act that Alabama was challenging, which the state said requires legislatures to prioritize race over traditional redistricting techniques. Thursday’s opinion in effect preserves the status quo in the court’s interpretation of voting rights protections, and Roberts acknowledged concerns that those rulings “may impermissibly elevate race in the allocation of political power within the States." “Our opinion today does not diminish or disregard these concerns,” he wrote. “It simply holds that a faithful application of our precedents and a fair reading of the record before us do not bear them out here.” Still, there was joy among civil rights groups, which had braced for another defeat at the court."

Here's the problem:

"This decision is a crucial win against the continued onslaught of attacks on voting rights,” said Legal Defense Fund senior counsel Deuel Ross, who argued the case before the court in October. “Alabama attempted to rewrite federal law by saying race had no place in redistricting. But because of the state’s sordid and well-documented history of racial discrimination, race must be used to remedy that past and ensure communities of color are not boxed out of the electoral process.”

Interestingly:

"Attorney General Merrick Garland said the decision “preserves the principle that in the United States, all eligible voters must be able to exercise their constitutional right to vote free from discrimination based on their race.” Nicholas Stephanopoulos, a voting rights expert at Harvard Law School, called the decision “an absolutely stunning development” based on the court’s recent decisions."

Not surprisingly:

"The ruling drew a sharp rebuke from Justice Clarence Thomas, who wrote that the question is whether the Voting Rights Act “requires the State of Alabama to intentionally redraw its longstanding congressional districts so that black voters can control a number of seats roughly proportional to the black share of the State’s population.” The law, he said, “demands no such thing, and, if it did, the Constitution would not permit it.” Thomas was joined in part by Justices Samuel A. Alito Jr., Neil M. Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett. Those four, plus Kavanaugh, had earlier put the lower court’s decision on hold. Because of that, Alabama conducted the 2022 elections using its newly drawn maps. The result was one congressional district of seven is held by a Black Democrat. The rest are held by six White Republicans. The state was challenging a unanimous decision by a three-judge panel that said the Voting Rights Act required Alabama to create a second congressional district, out of seven, in which an African American candidate would have a good chance of being elected. Alabama’s electorate is 27 percent Black. Those who sued the state alleged that many of those voters are illegally packed into one district, with the rest spread among others so that their voting power is diluted."

Most interesting follow-up on the Paxton impeachment. CBS News(AP) reports:

"The FBI on Thursday arrested a businessman at the center of the scandal that led to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's historic impeachment, a move that came amid new questions about the men's dealings raised by financial records the Republican's lawyers made public to try to clear him of bribery allegations. Nate Paul, 36, was taken into custody by federal agents and booked into an Austin jail in the afternoon, according to Travis County Sheriff's Office records. It was not immediately clear what charges led to his arrest, but the records showed he was being held on a federal detainer for a felony."

How about that?

"Paul's arrest followed a yearslong federal investigation into the Austin real estate developer — a probe that Paxton involved his office in, setting off a chain of events that ultimately led to his impeachment last month. Lawyers for Paul did not immediately respond to requests for comment. One of Paxton's defense attorneys, Dan Cogdell, said he had no additional information on the arrest. The FBI declined to comment, and a spokesman for federal prosecutors in West Texas did not respond to inquiries."

Nothing quite like 'transparency,' is there? LOL. Clearly, those in power have absolutely no respect for the citizenry they supposedly work for. LOL.

"FBI agents examining Paul's troubled real estate empire searched his Austin offices and palatial home in 2019. The next year, eight of Paxton 's top deputies reported the attorney general to the FBI on allegations of bribery and abusing his office to help Paul, including by hiring an outside lawyer to examine the developer's claims of wrongdoing by federal agents. The allegations by Paxton's staff prompted an FBI investigation, which remains ongoing, and are central to articles of impeachment overwhelmingly approved by the GOP-led state House of Representatives. On Wednesday, Paxton's defense team showed a packed room of journalists a bank statement that included a 2020 wire transfer purportedly showing him, and not a donor, paying more than $120,000 for a home renovation. The wire transfer was dated Oct. 1, 2020 — the same day Paxton's deputies signed a letter informing the head of human resources at the Texas attorney general's office that they had reported Paxton to the FBI. The $121,000 payment was to Cupertino Builders, whose manager was an associate of Paul, state corporation and court records show. The company did not incorporate as a business in Texas until more than three weeks after the transaction took place. A company of the same name was formed in Delaware in April of that year, although public filings there do not make clear who is behind it."

Plot thickens:

"Last year a court-appointed overseer for some of Paul's companies wrote in a report that Cupertino Builders was used for "fraudulent transfers" from his business to Narsimha Raju Sagiraju, who was convicted of fraud in California in 2016. The report described Sagiraju as Paul's "friend." Paul, who also employed a woman with whom Paxton acknowledged having an extramarital affair, has denied bribing Paxton. In a deposition, Paul described Sagiraju as an "independent contractor" and said he didn't remember how they first met."

Believe it?

"The timing of the payment — and the identity of who was paid for renovations at Paxton's home in Austin — was not publicly known before his new legal team held a news conference Wednesday in which they put financial documents on a projector screen while criticizing the impeachment. They were first reported by The Wall Street Journal. Tony Buzbee, a prominent Houston attorney who was hired by Paxton over the weekend and led the news conference, said by email Thursday that receipts "clearly demonstrate" Paxton paid for the repairs. He did not address questions about the timing of the payments or Cupertino Builders. "Without any evidence the politicians leading this sham impeachment falsely accused General Paxton of not paying for the repairs to his home. That is a lie," Buzbee said. Since becoming just the third sitting official in Texas history to be impeached, Paxton has attacked the proceedings as politically motivated and rushed, saying he was never given the chance to rebut the accusations in the state House. "We have the receipts," Buzbee told reporters Wednesday as the documents flashed onscreen. "This is the type of evidence we tried to offer them once we found out this foolishness was going on." Paxton is temporarily suspended from office pending the outcome of a trial in the Texas Senate that is set to begin no later than Aug. 28. The jury will be the members of the 31-seat Senate; one of them, Paxton's wife, Sen. Angela Paxton, has not said whether she will recuse herself. The Paxtons purchased the Austin house in 2018. When it was remodeled two years later, Paxton's former staff alleged in court documents, Paul "was involved in" the work. Among the 20 articles of impeachment are accusations that Paxton used the power of his office to help Paul over unproven claims of an elaborate conspiracy to steal $200 million of the developer's properties. The FBI searched Paul's home in 2019, but he has not been charged and his attorneys have denied wrongdoing. The city has no record of building permits from the time of the renovations. A different Austin contractor — not Cupertino Builders — received a federal grand jury subpoena in 2021 for records related to work on Paxton's home that started in January 2020. Cupertino Builders was formed in October 2020 and dissolved less than two years later, according to Texas corporation records. Its manager was Sagiraju, who said in a deposition for an unrelated case that he did "consulting" work for Paul's business and had an email address with Paul's company. Sagiraju acknowledged that he served prison time for securities fraud and grand theft in California before moving to Austin, according to a transcript of the deposition. He said he was first introduced to Paul by a mutual friend before his prison term and they later did "a few projects" together."

All this needs to be resolved. So does the following:

"Paxton was separately indicted on securities fraud charges in 2015, though he has yet to stand trial."

Why is he apparently receiving special treatment?

The Texas Newsroom-KUT(NPR) reports:

"Ken Paxton was impeached by the Republican-led Texas House of Representatives after investigators accused Paxton of a long list of crimes and violations, including constitutional bribery, dereliction of duty and misapplication of public resources. Nate Paul, the Austin-based businessman at the center of suspended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's impeachment, was arrested Thursday in Travis County. According to the Travis County Sheriff’s Office, Paul was arrested by the FBI and booked at 4:25 Thursday afternoon. Records list Paul on a “federal detainer” on unknown felony charges. Paul was still in custody as of 8:30 p.m. An attorney for Paul didn’t immediately return a request for comment from The Texas Newsroom. The FBI also declined to comment. The reason for the arrest — and whether it's connected to Paxton and his impeachment — is currently unclear. In recent years, Paul and his company World Class Holdings have been involved in several controversies. Since 2019, Paul has been sued by multiple investors and, according to Forbes, the FBI raided “Paul’s sprawling 9,175-square-foot Austin home (and) the downtown Austin offices of his World Class Holdings” that same year. Lately, Paul has been mentioned in news reports because of his ties to Paxton, who was suspended after his impeachment. Paxton was impeached by the Republican-led Texas House of Representatives after investigators accused Paxton of a long list of crimes and violations, including constitutional bribery, dereliction of duty and misapplication of public resources. Most of the allegations are related to Paul, one of Paxton’s political donors."

Interestingly:

"According to investigators, in 2019, Paxton asked his top deputies for legal advice on a disputed records request involving Paul. The real estate developer asked for access to sealed information concerning a search warrant by federal agents against himself. Paxton’s advisors told the attorney general to not release the documents, House investigators said. However, the Republican later hired an outside attorney to issue grand jury subpoenas to help Paul in his fight against the federal government. In 2020, Paxton also asked his office to draft an opinion on whether foreclosure sales violated the COVID-19 restrictions in place during that time. At the time, Paul had several homes at risk of foreclosure. "The whistleblowers believe that the only logical reason was that General Paxton wanted the opinion completed before the foreclosure sales," investigator Mark Donnelly said last month. Eventually, the top deputies reported Paxton to the FBI. They were later fired. The whistleblowers then sued the Office of the Attorney General and recently reached a $3.3 million settlement. However, the Texas Legislature has not funded the agreement. Real estate developer Nate Paul, a central figure in allegations of illegal conduct by suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton, was charged with eight counts of making false statements to financial institutions at a federal court in Austin on Friday."

All this needs to be resolved.

Trump indicted. NBC News reports:

"The indictment outlining federal charges against former President Donald Trump for alleged mishandling of classified documents has been unsealed, revealing he's been charged with 37 felony counts. The document released Friday, which also names Trump aide Walt Nauta, outlines criminal charges related to the over 100 classified documents federal agents recovered from Trump's Florida resort in August of last year. It accuses Trump of breaking seven different laws, including 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information and single counts of false statements and representations, conspiracy to obstruct justice, withholding a document or record, corruptly concealing a document, concealing a document in a federal investigation and a scheme to conceal. It says the information Trump took with him when he left the White House “included information regarding defense and weapons capabilities of both the U.S. and foreign countries; United States nuclear programs; potential vulnerabilities of the United States and its allies to military attack; and plans for a possible retaliation in response to a foreign attack.”

If true, treasonous.

"It also says that “On two occasions in 2021, Trump showed classified documents to others.” In one instance, Trump showed a writer, a publisher and two members of his staff who lacked security clearance a copy of a “plan of attack” that, according to a recording of Trump, he described as “highly confidential,” the indictment states. In the second instance, Trump showed two members of his political action committee, neither of who had a security clearance, a “classified map related to a military operation,” the indictment alleges. Both of those incidents occurred at Trump’s New Jersey golf club, which means the documents would have been transported there from Florida. It also alleges the documents were stored haphazardly — including on the stage of the Mar-a-Lago ballroom for two months. They were also kept in a bathroom and a shower, the filing says."

If true, think Trump fit to be president?

CBS News reports:

"The historic federal indictment filed against former President Donald Trump was made public Friday, detailing the charges the former president is facing related to his handling of sensitive government records after leaving the White House. The 44-page indictment filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida alleges that Trump "endeavored to obstruct the FBI and grand jury investigations and conceal retention of classified documents." The indictment names Walt Nauta, an aide to Trump who served as a White House valet, as a co-conspirator."

Sad, isn't it?

"The indictment lists 37 counts in all against Trump:

    31 counts of willful retention of classified documents
    1 count of conspiracy to obstruct justice
    1 count of withholding a document or record
    1 count of corruptly concealing a document or record
    1 count of concealing a document in a federal investigation
    1 count of scheme to conceal; and one count of making false statements and representations."

What took so long?

"Trump was summoned to appear in federal district court in Miami on Tuesday for an arraignment. The 38 counts in the indictment stem from special counsel Jack Smith's investigation into documents recovered from Trump's South Florida residence, Mar-a-Lago, after he left the White House in January 2021. Roughly 300 documents marked classified in all were retrieved from Mar-a-Lago in the months after the end of Trump's presidency. The indictment states that Mar-a-Lago "was not an authorized location for the storage, possession, review, display, or discussion of classified documents" after Trump left office. "Nevertheless, Trump stored his boxes containing classified documents in various locations at The Mar-a-Lago Club — including in a ballroom, a bathroom and shower, an office space, his bedroom, and a storage room," according to the filing. It also alleges Trump showed classified documents to others and notes that on multiple occasions, the former president spoke of the importance of protecting classified information, both as a candidate in 2016 and then as president. The criminal case brought by federal prosecutors in Florida is unrelated to the state charges leveled against him in April in New York. That indictment entails allegations of falsification of business records. Smith is also examining efforts to stop the transfer of power after the 2020 presidential election and events surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol, and that investigation remains ongoing."

Aryan arrogance of the Trump nazi. Fascism, nazism, national socialism defined as the pernicious blend of government, business, and religion. 'Justified' by perversion and bastardization of the latter. NBC News reports:

"Donald Trump’s legal defense did not start in a courtroom. It began on the banks of the Chattahoochee River. After his historic federal indictment, the former president stepped onstage Saturday in front of more than 2,000 people packed into a convention center here to once again declare his innocence and deliver a grievance-laced takedown of what he said was a biased federal law enforcement apparatus. "In the end, they're not coming after me. They're coming after you — and I'm just standing in their way," Trump said."

Jesus Christ. What a crock of shit. This autocrat is full of himself. Remains a disgrace to himself and the U.S. Constitution he falsely swore to uphold.

“The ridiculous and baseless indictment of me by the Biden administration’s weaponized Department of Injustice will go down as among the most horrific abuses of power in the history of our country," he said. "Many people have said that; Democrats have even said it. This vicious persecution is a travesty of justice."

The travesty of justice is a congenital liar who has disgraced himself, presents an exigent threat to life, liberty, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties.

"His remarks at the Georgia Republican Party’s annual conference came one day after special counsel Jack Smith unsealed a 37-count federal indictment against Trump for allegedly crafting a scheme to keep in his possession sensitive material from his time in the White House, even though he knew many remained classified. The indictment alleged that Trump not only withheld classified documents but lied to federal agents and investigators about his involvement."

Wouldn't want to confuse the Trump nazi with the truth, would we? Fascism, nazism, national socialism defined as the pernicious blend of government, business, and religion. 'Justified' by perversion and bastardization of the latter.

"Those charges, which bring the prospect of an ex-president spending the rest of his life in a prison cell, hung over those gathered in the Columbus Convention and Trade Center to conduct their annual state party business. The event was relatively procedural, aside from Trump. Trump repeatedly mocked the indictment. He called Smith "deranged" and said the Justice Department was a "sick nest of people that need to be cleaned out."

Talking about yourself, sir, and your delusional supporters?

"They took one charge and made it 37," Trump said. "It’s a political hit job."

That's a crock of shit, sir. Indicative of an out of control autocrat who senses the walls closing in courtesy of the indictment.

"The crowd, some carrying signs that read “The FBI is the DNC for the KGB,” was friendly toward Trump, even in a state that Joe Biden won and whose Republican governor, Brian Kemp, beat a Trump-backed challenger during the 2022 midterms."

Your supporters remain as achingly delusional as you, sir.

"Trump is also under investigation in the state over whether he broke the law when he asked Georgia Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” more than 11,000 votes he needed to win the state in 2020, in a phone call that was recorded."

Think Trump will not be held legally accountable for this?

"The crowd booed Raffensperger when Trump mentioned his name."

For what? The truth? Reality?

"Several in attendance wore stickers with a red line over the words “voting machines,” signaling they thought the 2020 election had been stolen."

They're clearly as delusional as Trump. Sad, isn't it?

"Kemp and most of Georgia’s statewide elected officials were missing from the event. Raffensperger told Fox News Saturday afternoon their absence was by design. He said statewide office holders had not been invited. Republican Lt. Gov. Burt Jones was there — and having to frequently answer questions about why. (He joked that it was because people there liked him so much.) Another person in attendance was the conservative Trump ally Rep. Marjorie Taylor, R-Ga., whom the former president brought onstage for brief remarks."

She's as delusional as Trump. Detached from reality. Impervious. Sad, isn't it?

"Some speakers did avoid Trump's indictment altogether, focusing their comments on more traditional Republican favorites like criticizing federal spending, Biden and the government's Covid response, but there were still plenty of fiery defenses of Trump, days ahead of his arraignment scheduled for Tuesday in Miami. “If you want to get to President Trump, you’re going to have to go through me, and 75 million Americans just like me,” former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake told Georgia Republicans Friday night. “And most of us are card-carrying members of the [National Rifle Association]. That’s not a threat, that’s a public service announcement.” The script has flipped, at least for now, for most of Trump’s political foes within his own party. For conservatives across the country, the Trump indictment does not represent the delivery of justice, but rather a weaponized Justice Department headed by President Joe Biden, who is using it take aim at his political opponents. “The weaponization of federal law enforcement represents a mortal threat to a free society,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Trump’s chief rival, tweeted Friday. “We have for years witnessed an uneven application of the law depending upon political affiliation.” “Why so zealous in pursuing Trump yet so passive about Hillary and Hunter,” he added."

That's insane, Governor. Hopelessly, delusional. Moreover? Neither political party is worth a shit. For totally different reasons. ... Then again, you can't, won't be confused by the truth, sir. Pitiful. Pathetic.

"Trump has taken criticism from a handful of Republicans since the indictment, most notably Chris Christie. The former New Jersey governor is framing his own presidential bid as a mission to take down Trump. He said the details of the Trump indictment were “devastating.”

No question. They are.

"But for the most part, Republicans have vocally backed Trump, or tried to walk the tightrope of expressing concern about what’s in the indictment but maintaining their belief that the Justice Department has been “weaponized.”

They're hopelessly delusional.

"Amid the firestorm, Trump’s campaign is pushing forward in anticipation of getting a bump in the polls, as he did briefly in September after federal agents searched his Mar-a-Lago home as part of the classified documents investigation, and again in March when Trump was indicted in New York on allegations that he falsified business records connected to hush money he paid to allegedly cover up affairs before the 2016 presidential election. Hours before the start of the Georgia event, Trump’s campaign released a poll showing him leading DeSantis 44-21 in Iowa and declaring Trump the "clear front-runner" in the state seen as key for DeSantis if he wants to build early momentum to knock off Trump. Trump was also set to speak at the North Carolina Republican Party’s annual convention on Saturday night."

The Washington Post reports:

"When Donald Trump was indicted last week on charges of willful retention of classified documents, many Republicans, including House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, cried foul, arguing that the Justice Department was treating the 45th president differently than it has Democrats who’ve been investigated over possible mishandling of national security secrets. But the Trump indictment itself helps explain the difference between his case and other high-profile probes, like those of Hillary Clinton, President Biden and former vice president Mike Pence — not for what it charges, but for what it doesn’t. Trump faces 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information, a crime delineated in the Espionage Act that carries a maximum prison sentence of 10 years. Each count represents a different highly sensitive document that Trump allegedly kept at Mar-a-Lago, his Florida residence and private club. The warrant authorizing the search of former president Donald Trump’s home said agents were seeking documents possessed in violation of the Espionage Act. Twenty-one of those documents, including some involving nuclear secrets, were found by FBI agents who searched the estate in August — yielding a total of 102 classified documents, according to the indictment. The other 10 willful-retention charges stem from a batch of 38 classified documents turned over to the FBI last June in response to a grand jury subpoena."

Interestingly:

"But the historic investigation into the former president was precipitated months earlier, in January 2022, when the former president gave 15 boxes of papers to the National Archives and Records Administration. The agency had been seeking all presidential records from Trump since he left office. Donald Trump has been charged in the classified documents case, the second time he’s been indicted since March. Donald Trump is facing historic legal scrutiny for a former president, under investigation by the Justice Department, district attorneys in Manhattan and Fulton County, Ga., and a state attorney general. He denies wrongdoing. Here is a list of the key investigations and where they stand. FBI agents found more than 100 classified documents during a search of Trump’s residence at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla., on Aug. 8 as part of a criminal probe into possible mishandling of classified information. On June 8, Trump was indicted in the case.

"The Justice Department is investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot and whether Trump or his aides may have conspired to obstruct the formal certification in Congress of the 2020 election result or committed fraud to block the peaceful transfer of power. Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed veteran prosecutor Jack Smith to oversee this and the Mar-a-Lago investigation.

"Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis (D) is investigating whether Trump and his allies illegally interfered in the 2020 election in Georgia. A Georgia judge released parts of a report on Feb. 15 produced by a special-purpose grand jury, and authorities who are privy to the report will decide whether to ask a new grand jury to vote on criminal charges.

"District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) convened a grand jury to evaluate business-related matters involving Trump, including his alleged role in hush-money payments to the adult-film actress Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign. On March 30, the grand jury voted to indict Trump, making him the first ex-president to be charged with a crime.

"Attorney General Letitia James (D) filed a lawsuit Sept. 21 against Trump, three of his children and the Trump Organization, accusing them of flagrantly manipulating the valuations of their properties to get better terms on loans and insurance policies and to get tax breaks. The litigation is pending."

On the most recent indictment, get this:

"Inside the boxes, archivists found 197 classified documents, some extremely sensitive, the government alleged in court filings. That discovery set in motion the chain of events that led to the unsealing Friday of a 38-count indictment against Trump and Walt Nauta, a trusted servant. Notably, however, the indictment does not charge Trump with the illegal retention of any of the 197 documents he returned to the archives. That shows that if Trump had simply returned all the classified documents he had, he probably never would have been charged with any crimes, said Robert Mintz, a former federal prosecutor. Trump’s latest indictment follows a months-long investigation, marking the first federal criminal prosecution of a former president. “This is not a case about what documents were taken, it’s about what former president Trump did after the government sought to retrieve those documents,” said Mintz, who noted that willful-retention cases often hinge on how much evidence prosecutors can find that a person deliberately hid material or refused to give it back. Why are the 31 documents listed in the Trump indictment so sensitive? The indictment offers anecdote after alleged anecdote charging that the former president sought to hide and keep some of the classified papers, so much so that Trump and Nauta are accused of conspiring to obstruct the investigation and scheming to conceal the truth not just from the government, but even from Trump’s own lawyer. Those allegations include: moving boxes out of a storage room; telling an attorney to search that room for classified material without saying that dozens of boxes were being kept elsewhere; suggesting an attorney hide or destroy documents that had been subpoenaed; and causing another person to make false statements about whether all the classified documents had been produced. “That’s not the kind of evidence you typically find in a case like this, and it’s certainly not the type of evidence so far that has come out of the Biden investigation or the Clinton email server case,” Mintz said."

Interestingly:

"According to the indictment, Trump ruminated about the Clinton case in May 2022, as he discussed how to respond to the subpoena he had just received. As a presidential candidate running against Clinton in 2016, he had railed against her use of a personal email server to conduct government business while serving as secretary of state — an arrangement that led to classified information being shared on a nonclassified, nongovernment computer server. Clinton’s case was also different from Trump’s in another key respect: While the email chains discussed classified topics, they were not classified documents in the traditional sense, with extensive markings and acronyms. But when discussing his own possible mishandling case last year, Trump seized on another facet of the Clinton probe: that attorneys for Clinton had reviewed more than 60,000 emails and turned over about 30,000 to government officials because they were deemed related to her official duties. Clinton’s lawyers deleted the rest, about 30,000 emails, after deeming them personal and unrelated to her work. It has long been standard practice in the federal government for officials to review their own correspondence in response to Freedom of Information Act requests and decide which of their emails are personal and therefore not turned over. In Clinton’s case, her lawyers did that for her. As a candidate and president, Trump denounced the decision to delete the emails. In July 2016, he notoriously declared at a news conference: “Russia: if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press.”

Trump's hypocrisy remains stunning:

"When the grand jury subpoena for any classified documents arrived at his door, however, Trump expressed a very different view to his lawyer, according to the indictment, praising Clinton’s lawyer for deleting the 30,000 emails. The Clinton lawyer, Trump allegedly said on May 23, 2002, “was the one who deleted all of her emails, the 30,000 emails, because they basically dealt with her scheduling and her going to the gym and her having beauty appointments. And he was great. And he, so she didn’t get in any trouble because he said that he was the one who deleted them.” “Trump related the story more than once that day,” the indictment notes dryly. “I really don’t think there’s any plausible comparison between the Trump case and the Hillary Clinton case,” said Robert Kelner, a veteran D.C. attorney. “The key difference is that in the Hillary Clinton case, as we learned from the Department of Justice inspector general report, there was no evidence that Hillary Clinton sought to obstruct justice. … The focus of the Trump indictment is on his rather stark effort to obstruct justice. That’s the fundamental difference.”

Nothing quite like the truth.

"Kelner is critical of how the FBI handled aspects of the Clinton case, arguing that at times, the agency pulled punches when it came to investigating the conduct of some of those around her. But he said those criticisms do not change the fact that Trump appears to have repeatedly tried to keep documents he could not legally have, while Clinton did not. “They have essentially game, set and match against Trump based on the evidence in the indictment,” he said. Kelner cautioned, however, that he expects Trump’s lawyers will fight hard, potentially trying to convince at least one juror that a former president should not go to prison over the documents case. He said there was “a very real chance Trump’s team could obtain a mistrial, no matter how compelling the evidence.”

In a democratic republic, no one is above the law. From the very bottom of the food chain to the very top. Prosecutors need to make that abundantly clear.

"Comparing the Trump indictment to the ongoing investigation of Biden is more difficult, partly because fewer facts are known about the current president’s possession of classified documents when he was out of office. The Justice Department began investigating the matter late last year, when roughly a dozen classified documents were found at a think tank office in Washington that Biden had used before he became president — suggesting the papers may have dated to his time as vice president. Weeks after that discovery, a small number of classified documents were also found at Biden’s Wilmington, Del., home. Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed a special counsel, Robert Hur, to investigate whether any crimes were committed. Biden’s lawyers say they have cooperated at every step of the investigation and readily returned all classified materials found in the office and the Wilmington house. An FBI search of Biden’s beach house turned up no classified papers. The Pence case also points to the key distinction in the national security probes involving presidents, former top officials or presidential candidates — that it is not so much what is taken, but what is kept. Just a week before the Trump indictment, the Justice Department notified Pence it had closed an investigation into whether he mishandled classified information. FBI agents had conducted a consensual search at Pence’s Indiana home in February, after a lawyer for Pence found “a small number” of potentially sensitive or classified documents there in late January. The FBI search turned up one additional classified document, according to an adviser. All the materials were quickly turned over to government authorities, Pence’s lawyer said. Days after the Justice Department closed the case, Pence formally announced his 2024 bid for president. He joined a crowded Republican field, in which Trump is the front-runner."

Stunning, isn't it? Partisanship clearly trumps principle in the Republican Party.

ABC News reports:

"A plurality of Americans think that former President Donald Trump should have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to his handling of classified documents, yet a near equal number say the charges are politically motivated, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll. Trump willfully retained documents containing the nation's most sensitive intelligence after he left office, exhibited some of them on at least two occasions and then tried to obstruct the investigation into their whereabouts, prosecutors allege in the indictment. Trump has repeatedly denied any allegations of wrongdoing."

Sadly, Trump remains a congenital liar. Wouldn't know truth if it figuratively bit him hard on the ass.

"Nearly half -- 48% -- of Americans think Trump should have been charged in this case, whereas 35% think he should not have been and 17% saying they do not know, per the ABC News/Ipsos poll conducted using Ipsos' KnowledgePanel. Not surprisingly, an overwhelming majority (86%) of self-identified Democrats believe the former president should have been charged. On the other hand, Republicans remain mostly loyal to Trump, with two in three (67%) saying the former president and current frontrunner for the Republican nomination should not have been charged. Independents are more divided, with 45% believing he should have been charged, a third saying he should not have been, and 22% saying they don't know. Overall, a solid majority of over three in five Americans find the charges either very (42%) or somewhat serious (19%), while only 28% of the public say it's not too serious or not serious at all. One in ten say they don't know. And party splits are expectedly polarized, with about nine in 10 Democrats saying the charges are very or somewhat serious while half of Republicans find them to be not too serious or not serious at all. A majority of independents (63%) find the charges very or somewhat serious, while 38% say they are not too serious or not serious at all. The ABC News/Ipsos survey was in the field Friday and Saturday after Trump was indicted and as a plethora of details continued to emerge."

Fascinating, isn't it?

Readers will recall:

"This is the second set of indictments for Trump, who also faces criminal charges in New York City related to a civil case in state court regarding alleged hush money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. And these figures are strikingly similar to polling in the immediate aftermath of those charges, levied by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Trump pleaded not guilty to those charges. The latest indictment, which was unsealed Friday, alleges that the classified documents included "defense and weapons capabilities of both the United States and foreign countries; United States nuclear programs; potential vulnerabilities of the United States and its allies to military attack; and plans for possible retaliation in response to a foreign attack." Boxes of those documents were allegedly stored in various locations around Trump's Mar-a-Lago club, including a ballroom stage and a bathroom, according to federal prosecutors. Long-time Trump associate Walt Nauta, who worked in the White House before being hired as a personal aide to Trump in 2021, was also indicted for allegedly conspiring with the former president to obstruct justice. An attorney for Nauta declined to comment when contacted by ABC News. Trump is set to be arraigned in Miami on Tuesday. After the charges in this second case were made public, Trump claimed his innocence on a video posted to his social media site. "I am innocent. We will prove that very, very soundly and hopefully very quickly. Thank you very much," he said. His campaign sent a fuller statement denouncing the Department of Justice and alleging the indictment was politically motivated. "President Trump violated no laws and is being held to a different legal standard than other former Presidents and Vice Presidents," the Trump campaign wrote."

The above assertion is simply not true. Quite the opposite. Prosecutors dragged their feet. Making damned sure they covered their ass.

"And at least a plurality of Americans say they do see politics behind the charges -- in fact, 47% of the public believe the charges against Trump are politically motivated. Nearly two in five (37%) say they are not, and 16% don't know. Most Republicans (80%) align with that view, with only a sliver (9%) believing the charges were not based on politics. Around one in 10 Republicans aren't sure. But the lion's share of Democrats (71%) find the charges to be not based on politics, while 16% say they were politically motivated, and 13% have yet to make up their minds. Trump's political rivals have had mixed reaction to the news, with his former vice president, Mike Pence, asserting that while no one was above the law, he finds the indictment "troubling." "The American people deserve to know the reasons for this unprecedented action, and we also need to hear the former president's defense. Then each of us can make our own judgment on whether this is the latest example of a Justice Department working an injustice, or otherwise," Pence said at a campaign stop in North Carolina. Other challengers, like former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, are calling for the former president to suspend his campaign. "This is a sad day for our country. While Donald Trump is entitled to the presumption of innocence, the ongoing criminal proceedings will be a major distraction. This reaffirms the need for Donald Trump to respect the office and end his campaign," he said in a statement to ABC News. That division of thought is reflected within Americans, too. A plurality of the public (46%) say Trump should suspend his bid for the White House, while 38% say he should not, and 16% don't know. As they chase the Republican nomination for president, candidates like Hutchinson and Pence, who bill themselves as constitutional conservatives, hope to make inroads with evangelical or born again Republicans, a group that comprises 42% of self-identified Republicans. This ABC News/Ipsos survey finds that Republicans who identify as evangelical or born again are actually more numerically favorable (69%) to Trump than Republicans who do not identify as evangelical or born again (61%.) And there is virtually no difference in attitudes towards the charges among the different sub-groups that comprise Republican identifiers. While President Joe Biden's favorability stands at 31%, Trump's favorability rating has improved since his first indictment -- up from 25% then to 31% now."

That's insane. Remains proof positive partisanship trumps principle. Does not bode well for what is supposed to be a democratic republic.

NPR reports:

"The indictment of former president Donald Trump over his handling of classified documents has drawn mixed reactions from his fellow Republicans. Many GOP lawmakers and presidential candidates — including Trump himself — have decried his innocence and lashed out against what they're calling the weaponization of the U.S. Justice Department."

Sadly, no more than partisanship over principle. When did Republicans lose themselves?

"Some, however, have been more critical of Trump's actions. That camp includes several former members of his administration, like former Attorney General Bill Barr, who told Fox News Sunday that "if even half of it is true, then he's toast."

No question.

"And on Monday, former national security adviser John Bolton said he too sees "big trouble for Donald Trump." "I think this is a potentially catastrophic turn of events for him," Bolton told Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep. "It certainly should be, because if proven in trial ... it should put Trump in jail for a long time." Bolton, who was Trump's third national security adviser from spring 2018 until his firing in the fall of 2019, is no stranger to the world of classified documents — or to criticizing Trump. In 2020 Bolton published The Room Where It Happened, a memoir about his time in the White House that was highly critical of Trump's approach to foreign policy and the presidency in general. The Trump administration sued to try to block the book's publication, alleging that Bolton hadn't gone through the proper clearance process and that his manuscript contained classified information. A judge declined that request, but said Bolton's conduct raised national security concerns. The Biden administration dismissed the lawsuit and prosecutors dropped a grand jury investigation the following year."

How about that? Truth triumphed.

"Several years later and on the cusp of another presidential election, Bolton is calling for Trump to be held to the same standard as anybody else."

Certainly, should be. In a democratic republic everyone is supposed to be treated the same. No one above the law. From the bottom of the food chain to the very top.

"If any of the tens of thousands of people in the federal government with security classification are found to deviate from the rules in the slightest, they face severe penalties, he says, including service members being discharged."

That's right. That's the truth.

"And he points to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' — one of Trump's primary challengers — comments over the weekend that he would have been "court-martialed in a New York minute" if he had retained classified documents while in the Navy."

... Couldn't be DeSantis finally got something right, could it? LOL.

"We have to hold everyone accountable equally, and that does not exclude the president," Bolton adds. "I think this is a real issue that's going to have profound impacts on our national security if we don't take it seriously." He also thinks Trump should withdraw from the presidential race, though acknowledges that's not likely to happen. "He will try and delay this trial past the election, hoping that he'll win and can then pardon himself," he says. "But a really innocent man would insist on trial at the earliest possible date. "If Trump had followed standard procedures, if anybody could have trusted him with the documents, if he wanted to write a book about his time as president, there were procedures that could have been set up. He disregarded all of those, which is how the National Archives eventually took this case to the Justice Department. But it's the obstruction, it's the refusal to give back the documents when they were demanded by subpoena and through extensive discussions about what was required, that's what tips this over the edge beyond any doubt. I think anybody who tries to say that somehow this isn't serious, this is a storage issue, are probably people who have never handled a classified document in their lives, don't understand what's at stake here, and it really is a national security issue. And Trump has displayed utter disdain for these constraints. He did so, I saw it over and over again, when he was president. The conduct that's alleged by the indictment is entirely believable to me ... the government has to prove it, and I hope they do it soon. One real issue here is how quickly this goes to trial. Donald Trump says he's completely innocent. Well, if he's completely innocent he should want this stain on his reputation removed as soon as possible. An innocent person would say "I want a trial in a couple months." Let's see what Donald Trump does. Take it for granted Democrats don't prosecute Democrats, believe all that, that Hillary [Clinton] should have been prosecuted, that Joe Biden should be prosecuted and they weren't and that's an injustice. Accept that for the sake of argument and then ask these candidates the question: Does that mean you give Donald Trump a free pass? Is your answer to the double standard problem to have no standard at all? Republicans used to believe if you didn't prosecute criminals you'd have more crime, and I think that insight was right then and it's right now. The way you correct the double standard is to take the politics out of the decision-making, and if you do that, Donald Trump should be at trial as soon as possible."

The Washington Post reports:

"Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Tuesday to federal charges that he broke the law dozens of times by keeping and hiding top secret documents in his Florida home — the first hearing in a historic court case that could alter the country’s political and legal landscape. “We most certainly enter a plea of not guilty,” Trump’s lawyer Todd Blanche said at the arraignment in a small but packed courtroom, where Trump sat at the defense table, scowling and with his arms folded for much of the hearing. Flanked by his lawyers, Blanche and Christopher Kise, the former president listened impassively as U.S. magistrate judge Jonathan Goodman said he planned to order the former president not to have any contact with witnesses in the case — or his co-defendant Waltine “Walt” Nauta — as the case proceeds. He did not speak at all except to whisper to Blanche, seated to his right, and Kise, seated to his left. Blanche objected, saying that Nauta and other potential witnesses might be members of Trump’s security detail or other staffers who rely on him for their livelihood. The facts of the case, Blanche said, revolve around “everything in President Trump’s life.” The judge relented somewhat, saying that Trump should not speak to Nauta or witnesses about the facts of the case. As to which Trump employees might be affected by the restriction, the judge instructed the prosecution team to provide a list. Trump finished signing the bond paperwork at about 3:31 p.m., after it appeared it had to be returned to the defense table twice more because he and his lawyers didn’t sign or initial every line needed. “Third time’s a charm,” Goodman said."

Readers will recall:

"Both Trump and Nauta were named in a 38-count indictment unsealed Friday, setting the stage for a high-stakes public trial in which prosecutors will allege that the 45th former president risked national security by stashing secret papers in a bathroom, a ballroom and his bedroom, among other places, months after leaving the White House."

Get this:

"Wearing a dark suit and red tie, the former president arrived shortly before 2 p.m. at the federal courthouse, where a few hundred people, most of them Trump supporters, had gathered waving flags and chanting. Within 15 minutes, he was processed by the U.S. Marshals, which included taking his fingerprints with a digital scanner. As the first American former president to stand accused of federal crimes, Trump faces the possibility of years in prison. In the hours before the court appearance, he publicly attacked special counsel Jack Smith, who is leading the investigation, calling the veteran prosecutor a “Thug” and a “lunatic” in social media posts. Smith, who was tapped by Attorney General Merrick Garland in November, sat in the courtroom on Tuesday but did not speak at the hearing."

Interestingly:

"Trump, who is again seeking the Republican presidential nomination, is confronting the remarkable prospect of sitting at a defendant’s table for federal and state trials that may overlap with the presidential primaries or nominating conventions. He faces state charges of fraud in New York City stemming from 2016 hush money payments and is also under investigation in Georgia’s Fulton County, where the district attorney is weighing whether to charge Trump and his supporters with crimes related to their efforts to undo Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential victory. Smith is separately conducting a federal investigation into the events surround the 2020 election results and the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021."

Readers are advised:

"Trump faces 31 counts of alleged willful retention of national defense information. Each count represents a different classified document he allegedly withheld — 21 that were discovered when the FBI searched the property in August 2022, and 10 that were turned over to the FBI in a sealed envelope two months earlier. The secret papers the FBI recovered from Mar-a-Lago included one about the “nuclear weaponry of the United States” and another describing the “nuclear capabilities of a foreign country,” according to the indictment. The charging document accuses Trump of talking about and showing others some of the classified papers. It offers only broad descriptions of the documents he allegedly withheld: a White House intelligence briefing from 2018, communications with a foreign leader, documents concerning operations against U.S. forces and others from January and March 2020, and military activities and attacks by foreign countries. Trump was not charged with mishandling any of the 197 classified documents that he returned to the National Archives and Records Administration in early 2022, an indication that if the former president had simply handed over all classified material when he was subpoenaed, he might not have been indicted at all. In announcing the case, Smith said national security laws “are critical for the safety and security of the United States, and they must be enforced.” “We have one set of laws in this country, and they apply to everyone,” Smith declared."

CBS News reports:

"Hours after he was fingerprinted, booked and entered a "not guilty" plea in federal court in Miami, former President Donald Trump defied the very premise of the federal government's case against him, claiming presidents have an "absolute right" to keep any and all documents they want."

That's a crock of shit. Trump remains delusional.

"Trump pleaded not guilty in federal court to more than three dozen criminal counts, including willful retention of classified records and obstruction of justice. Trump was released on his own recognizance Tuesday afternoon, and did not have to give up his passport or submit to other restrictions — except the restriction that he cannot discuss the case with possible witnesses. He was also ordered not to discuss the case with his co-defendant, Walt Nauta, a Trump aide who is charged with six counts in the case and also appeared in court Tuesday. But on Tuesday night, surrounded by buoyant supporters at his own club in Bedminster, New Jersey, Trump claimed he had "every right to have these documents" under the Presidential Records Act. Trump suggested outgoing presidents can take any records they like with them." "Whatever documents a president decides to take with him, he has the right to do so. It's an absolute right. This is the law," Trump said. Except, that isn't an absolute right, according to not just the prosecution, but legal experts and the wording of the Presidential Records Act itself. The Presidential Records Act lays out the difference between "personal" records — things like family photos — and presidential records. "The Presidential Records Act distinguishes between documentary materials created or received by a president and his immediate staff in the course of conducting the official duties of the president, and 'personal records' that a president can take with him at the end of his time in the White House," Jason R. Baron, former director of litigation at the National Archives and Records Administration, told CBS News. "As defined under the statute, personal records consist of materials such as diaries, journals or personal notes which are not prepared for, utilized for, or circulated or communicated in the course of transacting government business. That definition is very narrow. There is absolutely no legal authority that supports the idea that a president could assert, for example, that classified records are 'personal.' That would still be true even if such records were declassified."

Get this:

"Under the Presidential Records Act, presidents are to turn over all records by the time they are no longer president, meaning, by noon on Jan. 20. "Upon the conclusion of a President's term of office, or if a President serves consecutive terms upon the conclusion of the last term, the Archivist of the United States shall assume responsibility for the custody, control, and preservation of, and access to, the Presidential records of that President," the PRA reads. Baron said the former president "simply is wrong in saying that he had an absolute right to take official documents with him when he left office." "Under the Presidential Records Act, legal custody of presidential records immediately passes to the Archivist of the United States when a new president is sworn in," Baron continued. "That means as of January 20, 2021, former President Trump had no right to retain any official record about White House business. Not a single one. And once he was notified by staff at the National Archives, he had a legal duty to return every presidential record he retained at Mar-A-Lago, whether those records were classified or not." The case against Trump focuses on his handling of classified records, not just any presidential records. The indictment says that after his presidency, "Trump was not authorized to possess or retain classified documents," and yet, Trump "caused scores of boxes, many of which contained classified documents, to be transported to The Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida." As he made the case for his defense Tuesday night, Trump referenced a 13-year-old case in which the right-leaning group Judicial Watch demanded 79 tape recordings of former President Bill Clinton when he was in office. Clinton had designated the records as personal, and Judicial Watch ultimately lost the case, with the presiding judge saying she could not order the National Archives to reclassify them and "this responsibility is left solely to the president." It's a case that's likely to come up in Trump's defense."

Interestingly:

"Trump also claimed Tuesday night that "the president enjoys unconstrained authority to make decisions regarding the disposal of documents." But the PRA doesn't permit presidents while in office to dispose of a presidential record without a process. The Presidential Records Act says: "During the President's term of office, the President may dispose of those Presidential records of such President that no longer have administrative, historical, informational, or evidentiary value if--(1) the President obtains the views, in writing, of the Archivist concerning the proposed disposal of such Presidential records; and (2) the Archivist states that the Archivist does not intend to take any action under subsection (e) of this section."

Trump can't, won't be confused by the truth. Remains achingly, determinedly delusional:

"On Tuesday night, Trump began his remarks by calling his indictment and arraignment, "the most evil and heinous abuse of power in the history of our country." "A corrupt sitting president had his top political opponent arrested on fake and fabricated charges of which he and numerous other presidents would be guilty, right in the middle of a presidential election in which he is losing very badly," Trump said of President Biden. "This day will go down in infamy and Joe Biden will forever be remembered as not only the most corrupt president in the history of our country but perhaps even more importantly, the president who together with the band of his closest thugs, misfits and marxists tried to destroy American democracy," added Trump, whom special counsel Jack Smith is also investigating for his alleged role in the effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election on Jan. 6, 2021. Before concluding his speech, Trump said — if he were to win the 2024 presidential election — he would do the thing he accuses Mr. Biden of doing — appointing a prosecutor to go after a political opponent. "I will appoint a real special prosecutor to go after the most corrupt president in the history of the United States of America, Joe Biden, and the entire Biden crime family," Trump said."

The effort to expose Wells Fargo egregious deceptive trade practices continues. Several years ago to determinedly apply renewed pressure on our truly worthless, egregiously self-serving Texas Attorney General, now Governor, an excoriating email was sent to the bastard. Copies of which were also passed on to both offending Wells Fargo officers. A copy was also sent to the Davis campaign and others at the time.

Voters did have a right to know as Attorney General, the GOP candidate for Governor apparently selectively investigated, or not, bona fide complaints filed by citizens against banks too big to fail. Possibly, Wells Fargo could have lined his pockets in some fashion. That has yet to be determined.

The bastard and his office, no matter what, failed to respond to the complaint originally snail mailed several years ago. This material, figuratively targeting Wells Fargo and the governor 'wannabe' now Governor, had been posted and can be found by scrolling all the way down and clicking on the links well below. ... Governor? Wells Fargo bribe you to look the other way?

Will continue to do all I can to publicly expose this to all, both in this publication and elsewhere. Have done precisely that with the following email sent to Matt Turner, Matt Turner Video Services, Marble Falls, TX. A copy of it was also sent to Wells Fargo officer Amanda Wright. She has, indeed, been promoted branch manager. Reverse Darwinism. Survival of the unfittest.

This young woman has indeed been rewarded by the Wells Fargo corporate management suite for engaging in criminal deceptive trade practices and her undying loyalty to her corporate masters. The process to update those already informed of this fiasco has finally been completed. This latest material can be found by clicking onWells Fargo Deceptive Trade Practices Salvo 240, 2-8-19 .

The name of this publication was changed some fifteen years ago from The Llano Ledger to Liberty In Peril. The reason? Simple. Cowardly failure of this community to stand up to tyranny that has only exponentially worsened the last decade and a half. Clearly, demonstrated as well by the cowardly failure of businesses to financially support this publication. Either through advertising or other financial support. Too afraid doing so would enrage the bastards who run and own this hellhole County.

-- Despite the fact these businesses were, and are, being egregiously f--ked by these very same bastards. Tough, isn't it? Impossible to entertain any sympathy for cowardice, however. Especially in view of the fact this writer has placed himself in great jeopardy taking on these corrupt, abusive, inept criminal bastards. Alone.

Exactly, why you see no investigative material highly critical of these sons of bitches in other local rags. Sadly, cowardly, all advertising income immediately dries up. Consequently, the bastards continue their criminal chicanery with impunity. On a rampage. Thus, you get what you truly deserve. Always. Precisely, why this earlier name change to Liberty In Peril remains appropriate. -- Despite the fact this writer has not yet left the area. Ten years after originally intending to do so. Thirty years in this goddamned godforsaken hellhole.

This writer, then and now, remains primarily interested in state, federal, and international issues. Another reason for this publication name change. Despite the fact I stupidly cluelessly remain here, local issues must be addressed. Can't be ignored. That's where you come in dear readers. Have the courage to inform this writer of local abuse, corruption, ineptness you are aware of, have personally experienced.

... Information these criminal bastards do all they can to conceal, cover up. Otherwise, how can they effectively sustain the charade and intended result? Loot confiscation through a boot heel on the throat of the citizenry.

The only way, short of an unwanted dreaded second American revolution, to force badly-needed change is to expose all this to the light of day. These bastards are beginning to understand they have a problem. No question, the growing rage of those they've abused, looted, egregiously f--ked. It's time to stand up. Expose this corruption to glaring sunlight. Otherwise, as fools, cowards, you will remain under their thumb. From the loftiest business owner to those on the bottom of the food chain. Wake up. Grow a pair.

Still don't think that likely to happen. After all, you're bought and paid for. Owned. Not only by your government masters, but their masters. The corporate management suite. Your employers. Think not? Wake up. You're human chattel. Corporate-owned, bought and paid for. Precisely, why you cowardly, compliantly, literally bare your asses for corporate inspection by the company doctor. Willingly, compliantly, cowardly piss in a cup under employer supervision. To sit in front of a keyboard or stock shelves all day. You have no control of your lives. You're owned. Forget? For a measly salary, no job security, reduced to no benefits. At a time of record corporate profits and cash reserves.

Then, you gallingly complain about the oppression as you tolerate egregious theft of your labor. Not only by your corporate masters, but their bought and paid for government lackeys. Too cowardly to stand up, allow disclosure of your identity when you rightfully complain to this publication of being mercilessly f--ked. Some of you falsely arrested, criminally assaulted, bogusly fined for 'offenses' you did not commit. To line County coffers. Keep the peasants in line and under control. A fascist police-state. Nazi America.

Again, yet another reason why this publication is called Liberty In Peril. Most galling? Nothing changes if you fail to step up and challenge corrupt, abusive, inept authority. Too afraid, cowardly compliant to let the bastards know who you are. Did it ever occur to the cowards out there if the identity of the accuser is kept under wraps the bastards will falsely claim it's all made up by this publication? Thus, conveniently killing all credibility. Wake up.

Cowardice is unbecoming, unworthy of our formerly great country. Insult to injury? There are the hopelessly deranged who believe the chicanery reported here to be manufactured anyway. No matter the effort. No matter the research. No matter the proof. Wake up. This writer cannot do it alone. Snowball's chance in hell. Then again, cowardice, delusion is always amply, justly rewarded. Always. You continue to 'enjoy' the very best government money can buy. Literally.

Tim Chorney

Tim Chorney, Publisher
Liberty In Peril
Formerly,
The Llano Ledger
United States Of America

Cannot do it alone. Impossible. Not sustainable. This publication needs your financial and material support. Both. Time to step up.

Tim Chorney, Publisher
Liberty In Peril
... Formerly
The Llano Ledger

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