Author and former intelligence officer says Mueller “pulled every punch,” Trump must be impeached to save America.
On April 18, Attorney General William Barr released his redacted version of special counsel Robert’s Mueller’s report about the Trump-Russia scandal and obstruction of justice. What did this report reveal?
Donald Trump and his inner circle both publicly and privately colluded with a foreign power and its representatives to influence the 2016 presidential election and ensure Trump’s victory. Both in public and private, Trump obstructed justice in an effort to stop Mueller’s investigation. By virtue of his behavior as detailed in the Mueller report and his other conduct in office — all of which easily meets the standard for “high crimes and misdemeanors” — Trump should be impeached, convicted and removed from the presidency.
But on April 18 the world did not stop. America’s political terrain has not been radically changed in the weeks since. Malignant reality has not ended, nor did the clouds over American democracy and society suddenly clear. Pre-Mueller-report America is unfortunately much the same as Post-Mueller-report America. A would-be fascist and authoritarian is still in power, and his minions and enablers continue to assault the rule of law and the Constitution.
View the complete May 23 article by Chauncey DeVega from Salon on the AlterNet website here.