There
is an old saying that “Truth is stranger than fiction,” and when it comes to
the unrelenting effort to put out the many fires issuing from the Trump White
House, the American people are suffering from heat exhaustion; not to mention
an over-exposure to the toxic fumes from lies and innuendo. There are elements
for a new novel and political thriller from author James Patterson that
combines a collage or trifecta derived from movies and series like: “The
Manchurian Candidate;” “A Few Good Men;” and the “X-Files.” Taken in order- the
Soviets (Russians) brainwash, compromise or influence a person to be an agent
for the Kremlin, where the actions they undertake influences the outcome of an
American presidential election (sound familiar??). Next, there is a situation
in which a Marine General is hiding a secret, or not giving full disclosure
regarding a criminal investigation into his possible complicity.
Mike
Flynn was a Lieutenant General in the U.S. Army; though not the Marines, but he
did not fully disclose information about his contact with Russian officials.
The ‘X-Files’ has to do with government conspiracy and keeping the truth from
the American people. However, the search for truth and to expose government
malfeasance at the highest levels is pursued by ironically, FBI agents Dana
Scully and Fox Mulder. Former FBI Director James Comey’s name sounds like Dana
Scully, and also Special Prosecutor and former FBI Director Robert Mueller’s
name sounds like Fox Mulder. There might not be a “Smoking Man” in this current
situation of political intrigue, but the Trump administration has been blowing
a lot of ‘smoke’ in the faces of the American citizens to obfuscate the truth by any means necessary.
President Trump said after James Comey testified
before the Senate Intelligence Committee on June 8, 2017, that he feels
vindicated because Comey said for the first time in public that he was not
under any current [counter-intelligence] investigation by the FBI. I wonder how
the president feels now that Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller says that he is
now part of the Russia investigation. As
a final thought- this is becoming eerily similar in some aspects to “Watergate”
where there is evidence of presidential abuse of power. As with then there were
tapes but as of now, there are only rumors of tapes. It was forty-three years
ago during what is called “The Saturday Night Massacre” that associates of president
Nixon broke into the Democratic National Committee’s headquarters in the
Watergate office/residential complex in Washington, DC At the time, Congress
was already looking into the break-in and investigating Nixon’s potential
involvement and cover-up efforts. Operatives at the highest levels of the
Russian government broke into the DNC database and electoral system to affect
the outcome of an American presidential election and our Democratic process.
Not only that; but President Nixon fired Special
Prosecutor Archibald Cox. There are rumors circulating that have been
unsubstantiated by president Trump, Deputy press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders,
or Press Secretary Sean Spicer that there is any intention the fire Mueller. Sanders
went on to add that, “While the president has the
right to, he has no intention to do so,” Lastly, there are so many leaks
coming from the Trump administration that I doubt if the ‘Watergate’ plumbers could
plug all of them.
#TrumpGate
#TrumpGate
Robert
Randle
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Commerce St Apt 701
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WA 98402
June
15, 2017
