Surrounded
by Like-Minded People
(That explains our national woes)
Start this
post by watching this ABC video clip (about 2-minutes) – titled:
“U.S. Intelligence
report warned of coronavirus crisis as early as Last November Sources Say”
I bet you
have not seen yet this clip – I know I missed it, but the Coronavirus
spread in Wuhan China was reported to the White House last November (and that
is contrary to all W/H statements including from Trump and others starting in
January 2020) – that video:
Then this
pretty amazing video from The Recount: Trump’s Coronavirus
Calendar – must watch
here also in his own words.
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Now, the main story today, also from ABC
News via MSN
The
Coronavirus Relief Fund Allocation and specifically how the Treasury
Department will be accountable (re: with Jared
Kushner’s lead role) for the $500 billion from the coronavirus relief
fund that the department would be administering to large businesses.
Trump had
a blunt, yet predictable answer to reporter’s question regarding that: “Look, I’ll be the oversight. I’ll be the
oversight.”
Then ten days
later, Trump announced he would be nominating a lawyer in the White House
counsel’s office, Brian Miller, to serve as the special IG for the pandemic recovery money allocation
and necessary accountability.
That move has infuriated some Democrats who
were quick to condemn the nomination of a White House
lawyer for a role that is typically nonpartisan and independent. Miller also
previously played a role in rebuffing investigations into the military aid
withheld from Ukraine that led to Trump's impeachment.
Democrats
are not only looking into how the unprecedented allocation of stimulus money would
be distributed to states and businesses, but also what warning signs officials
may have issued that could have prevented the scale of the current crisis and
whether the administration was under-prepared.
In response, the Trump White
House is already moving to plan its defense ahead of the potential
congressional probes, according to sources familiar with the administration's
work.
Trump of
course is no stranger to fervent resistance of congressional oversight. In
2018, White House counsel Pat Cipollone assembled a team of more
than a dozen lawyers, led by his deputy
Mike Purpura to focus solely on handling congressional inquiries and
investigations. That team with Trump’s personal attorneys secured his acquittal
by the Republican led Senate during the impeachment trial.
Now, this time, the
same team of players will be leading this oversight charge. Lawyers in the
White House counsel's office are spearheading oversight matters, with
assistance from VP Mike Pence’s counsel – all working with other government
agencies — like HHS and DHS — to set the groundwork for what they anticipate
Congress will have interest in investigating, sources say.
My 2 cents: We hear all the time all over the place
from GOPer how DEMS want to investigate this or that and work to remove Trump
from office ever since he was elected… well based on the three year track
record of this administration and the story above – we now know why that label
sticks perfectly.
The DEM’s are 100% correct to pursue their congressional
and constitutional right for oversight of this administration, or for any
administration in the future, - now more important now than ever in our nation’s
political history.
In short: Trump is known for his corrupt ways, and for
surrounding himself with corrupt individuals (that list is well-known about his
personnel being fired or resigned due to corrupt activities). A very long list.
Check
this story from Politico, and here an excellent expose from the NY
Times same subject: Corrupt activities by Trump Empire, Inc.
So, it’s no surprise why he wants sole oversight of
the virus relief funds – money goes to his bigshot pals who later in turn will help
him stay in office. Quid pro quo bigtime, plain and simple.
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