Don't forget that Trump isn't the only individual charged over Jan 6th
"After Chutkan granted Smith's request, several January 6 defendants, including
conservative journalist Steve Baker, argued the ruling meant that all criminal cases connected to the Capitol riots should be halted." #584
Candidate Trump has committed to pardoning his insurrectionist co-conspirators.
My rank, my authority level in this matter barely rises to that of baffled layman / onlooker. BUT !!
From my layman's perspective I thought a primary purpose of law enforcement was public safety.
Further, I thought the more serious the crime, the higher the government priority in addressing it.
The United States Constitution doesn't address / define many crimes:
- not kidnapping
- not rape
- not murder
BUT !
Article 3 Section 3 and Section 3 of the 14th Amendment address treason and insurrection.
It appears to this lay observer / tax payer / citizen President Donald J. [If you don't fight like hell you won't have a country anymore] Trump is unmistakably guilty of this most serious crime of all.
Is there any crime in the U.S. regarded as more serious?
In this case such treachery justifies, requires swift deliberate law enforcement response. BUT !!
It's been nearly 4 years.
The U.S. government response to President Trump, the recognized criminal mastermind of the January 6 insurrection, bears the appearance of being lackadaisical, casual, indifferent.
The result: the one human in the solar system more dangerous to the United States Constitution than any more formally recognized enemy, a man that has both sworn an oath of fidelity to the Constitution, and subsequently perjured that oath,
is preparing to hold the presidency for an additional 4 year term, in direct violation of section #3 of the 14th Amendment.
How can we not perceive this as gross systemic failure?
What is the purpose of enumerating the crime of treason in the Constitution, and prohibiting civil office to such traitors
if such law is to not be enforced?
If the system, if the United States of America is that weak, that vulnerable, that fatally incompetent, then Darwinian justice indicates it deserves to fall.
- oh well -
Have a nice day.
ref:
§2381. Treason
Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States. (
June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 807;
Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(2)(J), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148.)
