Joseph R Biden Is President-Elect, who as of 11/12/20 is at 290 electoral votes; Trump at 217; there’s no path for Trump to get to 270. More people voted for Biden than for anyone else in American history! Trump is having a very difficult time emotionally processing this outcome, and is doing all he can to obstruct & resist the normal procedures that happen in our country every 4 or 8 years to transition power. Donald Trump insists, “this election is far from over!” His attorneys, furiously filing court orders for recounts, as Trump is blocking Biden from the resources & intel-briefings that are essential in transitioning, in keeping our homeland safe & assessing national security. The GSA, General Services Administration, normally makes the call & launches the new phase of presidential-transition, releases funds for offices, and background checks. This ‘ascertainment’ is normally routine, but is not happening at present. Biden’s team needs access to classified intel. Attorney General William Barr, in a 11/9 memo to prosecutors, changed 40-year policy of DOJ not getting involved in elections until their certification; Barr authorized feds to open election-fraud investigations, “if there are clear and apparently-credible allegations of irregularities, that if true could potentially impact the outcome of a federal election in an individual state”. Richard Pilger, Director of DOJ Criminal Division’s Elections Crime Branch, stepped-down in protest.
Meanwhile, Trump has fired Defense Sec. Mark Esper, a series of resignations followed. Retired Gen. Barry R. McCaffrey is sounding a strong warning of the seemingly-nefarious import of the actions Trump is taking. Trump has installed staunch-loyalists at the top leadership positions at the Pentagon. He’s installed Senate-rejected retired Gen. Anthony Tata to Pentagon Policy Chief, Christopher Miller as Acting Defense Secretary. Kashyap Patel, acolyte to Devin Nunes, now vaunted-up to Miller’s chief of staff. Ezra Cohen-Watnick, is Acting Under-Secretary of Defense for Special Ops. Retired U.S. Army Colonel Douglas MacGregor is included in this fiasco, to rush troop-withdrawals before Trump’s exit, or worse? Who profits from these actions? Putin? This ’11th-Hour’ high-level turnover is iniquitously-discomfiting. Amid an unprecedented Pentagon-purge, why would these men accept a 70-day Pentagon-position? That America, the most powerful nation in the world, is possibly not able to defend against an inside, apparent attack in plain sight, UNTHINKABLE! Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, stated, “there will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration”. Talk about PROFILES IN COWARDICE! All this angst as we enter Covid-hell!
Trish Forsyth Voss
Nov 16 2020
Trump blocking Biden from resources. More attacks from within!
Joseph R Biden Is President-Elect, who as of 11/12/20 is at 290 electoral votes; Trump at 217; there’s no path for Trump to get to 270. More people voted for Biden than for anyone else in American history! Trump is having a very difficult time emotionally processing this outcome, and is doing all he can to obstruct & resist the normal procedures that happen in our country every 4 or 8 years to transition power. Donald Trump insists, “this election is far from over!” His attorneys, furiously filing court orders for recounts, as Trump is blocking Biden from the resources & intel-briefings that are essential in transitioning, in keeping our homeland safe & assessing national security. The GSA, General Services Administration, normally makes the call & launches the new phase of presidential-transition, releases funds for offices, and background checks. This ‘ascertainment’ is normally routine, but is not happening at present. Biden’s team needs access to classified intel. Attorney General William Barr, in a 11/9 memo to prosecutors, changed 40-year policy of DOJ not getting involved in elections until their certification; Barr authorized feds to open election-fraud investigations, “if there are clear and apparently-credible allegations of irregularities, that if true could potentially impact the outcome of a federal election in an individual state”. Richard Pilger, Director of DOJ Criminal Division’s Elections Crime Branch, stepped-down in protest.
Meanwhile, Trump has fired Defense Sec. Mark Esper, a series of resignations followed. Retired Gen. Barry R. McCaffrey is sounding a strong warning of the seemingly-nefarious import of the actions Trump is taking. Trump has installed staunch-loyalists at the top leadership positions at the Pentagon. He’s installed Senate-rejected retired Gen. Anthony Tata to Pentagon Policy Chief, Christopher Miller as Acting Defense Secretary. Kashyap Patel, acolyte to Devin Nunes, now vaunted-up to Miller’s chief of staff. Ezra Cohen-Watnick, is Acting Under-Secretary of Defense for Special Ops. Retired U.S. Army Colonel Douglas MacGregor is included in this fiasco, to rush troop-withdrawals before Trump’s exit, or worse? Who profits from these actions? Putin? This ’11th-Hour’ high-level turnover is iniquitously-discomfiting. Amid an unprecedented Pentagon-purge, why would these men accept a 70-day Pentagon-position? That America, the most powerful nation in the world, is possibly not able to defend against an inside, apparent attack in plain sight, UNTHINKABLE! Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, stated, “there will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration”. Talk about PROFILES IN COWARDICE! All this angst as we enter Covid-hell!
Trish Forsyth Voss
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