http://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/this-is-what-a-police-state-and-high-crimes-and-misdemeanors-really-look-like/
By Douglas MacKinnon
Investor's Business Daily
February 14, 2018
As ever more deliberately concealed evidence is being uncovered of factual "collusion" between the Obama White House, the failed presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton and Russia; of professional operatives in our intelligence services openly trying to first, cripple the campaign of Donald Trump, and then, having failed at that criminal objective, to delegitimize his presidency; and of secretly funded far-left anarchist groups proudly preaching violence against those they oppose, it seems the perfect time to ask three questions:
First, what is the definition of a "Police State?"
Second, what is the definition of "Treason?"
And last, what - as defined in the Constitution of the United States of America - is the meaning of "High Crimes and Misdemeanors?"
A "Police State" is defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary as being "A political unit characterized by repressive governmental control of political, economic, and social life usually by an arbitrary exercise of power by police and especially secret police in place of regular operation of administrative and judicial organs of the government according to publicly known legal procedures."
That definition seems to be a perfect match for the conduct of some in the Obama White House, the Clinton campaign, the Department of Justice, and an unknown number of intelligence operatives who banded together to instigate the creation of a knowingly false "dossier," pay for it, and then use its false contents to try to alter an election.
Next, we have "Treason." As defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, it is: "The offense of attempting by overt acts to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance."
At the very least, it would be enlightening to have some in the Obama White House, the Clinton campaign, and certain members of the "Deep State" explain how knowingly spreading false information to try to bring down a legally elected President of the United States differs from the "Overt Acts" in the definition of treason.
Last, we have Article II, Section 4 of The Constitution which simply states: "The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other High Crimes and Misdemeanors."
Again, who from the Obama White House, the Justice Department, and our intelligence services might fall under the shadow of that definition?
When you collude with foreign espionage agents to manufacture evidence to obtain a warrant to spy on citizens of the United States for purely political and ideological reasons, you are not only breaking the laws of the United States, but are introducing those very questions of treason, bribery and high crimes and misdemeanors into the conversation.
One of the overriding fears of our Founding Fathers was the possibility of corrupt American citizens attempting to illegally use the potentially unchecked power of their own government to smear, indict, convict, or even condemn to death, innocent American citizens who stood in the way of their personal or partisan goals.
What is happening now is not only chilling to the bone, it's dramatically more dangerous because these crimes are being aided, abetted and covered-up by a number of partisans in the mainstream media.
Men and women whose duty as professional journalists is to expose these plots and then honestly report them to the American people.
Instead - and quite predictably - these "journalists" who long ago crawled into bed with the Obama, Clinton and far-left anarchy camps have been desperately trying to fan the flame of impeachment against Trump
What are President Trump's "crimes?"
First and foremost is the fact that he is not only connecting with an increasing number of Americans, but actually beginning to succeed across the board.
Next, the compromised media, the Democrats, the Deep-Staters and Never-Trumpers want him gone because he won't stop correctly tweeting about the illegal activities being used to try and bring him down.
How dare he contradict their lies, deceit and criminality?
Last, they want him gone because he is exposing each and every entrenched establishment these jackals belong to as irrelevant frauds acting as one against the welfare of the American people.
Thanks in large part to the stubborn independence of President Trump, the American people are beginning to see the outline of a Police State and its operatives within our borders.
Hopefully, it's not too late to stop it.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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