Those who understand the construct of Lawfare understand the purposes and intents. Lawfare is an outcome of a radical activist pivot point that happened during the Obama administration.
Prior to the Obama-era the radicals tearing down government defended the transparently guilty, their allies and fellow traveling communists. Those who were arrested for violence the radicals supported, were defended, excused and their activity justified.
After the election of Obama, as noted first by author Jack Cashill, something changed; the radicals reversed their position. Instead of defending the transparently guilty, the Obama aligned usurpers -now with actual power at their fingertips- began accusing the transparently innocent.
In the “anger games” era of Barack Obama, the radicals began attacking the innocent and using their allies in media as part of the attack narrative. George Zimmerman, Darren Wilson, the Baltimore-six, etc. The list is long; we tracked them all with detailed research; however, the theme amid every story was the same. Isolate, ridicule and marginalize the transparently innocent target and make them appear guilty.
When you think about the construct during the 2016 election and the entirely fraudulent Trump-Russia collusion narrative, you see the same theme continued. Stand back and elevate yourself and you see this era of using completely false accusations transposed over the election. Essentially, accuse the target, Donald J Trump, of something he was transparently innocent of doing.
After they lost the 2016 election, the radicals did not stop. They continued constructing entirely false Lawfare stories with the intention to frame the transparently innocent. This approach had two benefits; (1) radical Lawfare maintained the attack position blocking any reversal of Obama policy, and (2) the Lawfare process covered up their unlawful activity.
Using Lawfare constructed by Main Justice and the FBI, the Crossfire Hurricane investigation became the special counsel Mueller investigation, which became impeachment investigations, which became the Durham investigation, which became the J6 investigation, which became the Jack Smith investigation. All of it was/is one long Lawfare operation.
In the classified documents case, Florida federal judge Aileen Cannon has noted the Lawfare construct of this fraudulent legal case. In practice “Lawfare” is about manipulating the narrative of a manufactured legal controversy or premise, and sometimes actual laws themselves, to change public opinion about the target of the Lawfare action. Judge Cannon clearly sees this playing out in the background of the case.
(Via NBC) – Judge Aileen Cannon has granted Donald Trump a delay in the classified documents trial by pushing back a court deadline in the case.
On Monday, Judge Cannon temporarily stayed a May 9 deadline for Trump and his two co-defendants in the federal case to submit court filings. It relates to Section 5(a) of the Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA), which would disclose what sensitive materials Trump intends to use at the trial.
[…] Cannon submitted court filings on Monday “temporarily staying” the CIPA request regarding what classified materials the defendants intend to use in the trial and what expert witnesses Trump’s legal team intends to call at the trial in Florida.
Cannon did not offer any explanation as to why the May 9 CIPA deadline has been indefinitely postponed, only stating that an “order setting second set of pretrial deadlines/hearings to follow.” (read more)
NBC may pretend not to know why Judge Cannon has changed the hearing date and purpose; however, CTH, you and journalist Julie Kelly can clearly see why Cannon is slowing down the process simultaneous to her putting increased sunlight on the case.
Recently, the special counsel was forced to admit they staged the pictures they gave to the media during the raid on Mar-a-Lago. Again, the purpose of Lawfare is to create the optics of unlawful action to manipulate public opinion; therein, lies the motive for “staging” images under false pretenses.
[VIA Julie Kelly] […] Jay Bratt, who was the lead DOJ prosecutor on the investigation at the time and now is assigned to Smith’s team, described the photo this way in his August 30, 2022 response to Trump’s special master lawsuit:
“[Thirteen] boxes or containers contained documents with classification markings, and in all, over one hundred unique documents with classification markings…were seized. Certain of the documents had colored cover sheets indicating their classification status. (Emphasis added.) See, e.g., Attachment F (redacted FBI photograph of certain documents and classified cover sheets recovered from a container in the ‘45 office’).”
The DOJ’s clever wordsmithing, however, did not accurately describe the origin of the cover sheets. In what must be considered not only an act of doctoring evidence but willfully misleading the American people into believing the former president is a criminal and threat to national security, agents involved in the raid attached the cover sheets to at least seven files to stage the photo.
Classified cover sheets were not “recovered” in the container, contrary to Bratt’s declaration to the court. In fact, after being busted recently by defense attorneys for mishandling evidence in the case, Bratt had to fess up about how the cover sheets actually ended up on the documents.
Here is Bratt’s new version of the story, where he finally admits a critical detail that he failed to disclose in his August 2022 filing:
“[If] the investigative team found a document with classification markings, it removed the document, segregated it, and replaced it with a placeholder sheet. The investigative team used classified cover sheets for that purpose.”
But before the official cover sheets were used as placeholder, agents apparently used them as props. FBI agents took it upon themselves to paperclip the sheets to documents—something evident given the uniform nature of how each cover sheet is clipped to each file in the photo—laid them on the floor, and snapped a picture for political posterity. (more)
While it is always best to prepare for the worst while hoping for the best, there are a lot of reasons to be optimistic that Judge Cannon will eventually dismiss this ridiculous Lawfare case. If she does not dismiss the case, one of the reasons she may elect to keep the case going is simply to allow more sunlight on how the case was constructed.
The use of Lawfare requires lies, manipulation, dishonesty, deceit and a lying press. Once you put honest sunlight on a Lawfare operation, the fraud starts to collapse….. Just ask George Zimmerman, Darren Wilson and the Baltimore Six.
Throw this bum in jail and then we can begin with the rest of the swamp. Obama, Biden, 51 Intel. Chiefs, Comey, Garland, Wray, etc., etc. They should all be eating prison food because of the damage they have purposely done to the country. The real question now is, can we ever recover?
From your mouth to god’s ear. Problem is most will retire extremely well off.
Then hire the GAMBINO’S.
But…but….it’s not quid pro quo — it’s book deals!
TheConservativeTreehouse deserves absolute credit for investigating and developing the information behind the Fourth Branch of Gubermint. The issue is tomget this information before the public and into the agenda of the appropriate Congressional committees. The Republic needs more in legal action versus “sternly worded letters”. Unfortunately, there is far too much of Congress owned by corporations, special interests, and the establishments of the Swamp, the DepmState, and the Uniparty. I fail to understand what long term benefits that those individuals and groups feel they will personally gain from attempting to destroy our Republic. How many of those old geezers thing they will take anything with them in “Phase 2”?
The 2024 election is critical to the survival of the real American Dream. The public needs to understand the corruption and evil that we face, and to apply valid laws to stop the attempted destryction of this once great nation. This is the time to ensure that the Constitution remains the focus of the nation, and to maintain, its values and guidance. This will be achieved when concerned citizens act to ensure election integrity, and the use of legal means to defeat of the special interests that are attacking our basic principles.
Thise is still a nation Under GOD, lets keep it that way!
Underlying all that you’ve said is anyone going to law school as far back as the civil rights days of the ’60s is indoctrinated with leftist/Communist ideas including accuse your opponent of what you yourself are doing. And presume your enemy is guilty of what you charge him with. And all these judges (for the most part) went to law school. The lawyers & judges that uphold “presumption of innocence” are fewer & fewer as the days go by.
Naw-Obama wants his fourth term and the Uniparty is hell bent on giving it to him.
I haven’t seen such persecution of the innocent and Lawfare since the Sanhedrin was in session.
and so many judges just wash their hands and surrender to the mob.
Special place in Hell for so many judges.
They’re failed, but politically connected lawyers.
…and judges at every level.
“…for we battle against not flesh-and-blood, but…” Powers, dominion, municipalities. Evil is alive and kicking in the 21st century.
At SCOTUS no less.
Because IC has the goods or will plant the goods; just like Cuellar was allowed to take the bribes, small as they were, for years until he criticized the damage being done to TX by Biden. Time to indict and show him who is boss.
And speaking of planting the goods, there is the positive Cannon decision this week, referring to the intel “community” and their manipulation of “evidence” (as if anyone but fools would believe sure, PDT had top-secret documents scattered across the floor or…whatever room it was supposed to be. Melania’s dressing room?)
What ever happened to chain-of-custody, which was so important (supposedly) during OJ’s trial? Now, what-the-heck, let’s just stick a box out in the parking lot of the mall and let anybody drop stuff in (or take stuff out — or whatever is needed for an 81-million — haha — “biden win.”)
Just as recent as the Clinton years, people were smart enough to see anomalies for what they are — in elections, lockdowns, paper masks, or whatever. Sad, what’s happened.
The same play was used recently on Bob Menendez.
Weissmann, Eisen, Kaplan, Engoron, Rosenstein, Schiff, Nadler, Raskin, Goldman, Pomerantz, Vindman, Hoffmann…………..
Seems to me that the Sanhedrin is still very much in session.
Those are the Pharisees and Sadducees who went after Jesus.
Well said. The Sanhedrin Council and Pharisees went after Jesus, an innocent man.
Lawfare is designed to destroy a defendent in the Court of Public Opinion. Remember the Duke University LaCrosse Team Rape Case? Fortunately, one of the kids parents said “Hell NO!” and hired a decent lawyer to defend his son and the others.
Not only did the defense win the case, but the District Attorney was tried, convicted, disbarred and is serving time.
It’s too bad that the local and national media that were also in such a hurry to convict those “rich boys from out of state” of raping an exotic dancer, single mom” couldn’t have been tried as accessories to the District Attorney and also jailed.
That was in North Carolina. It won’t happen in New York, Atlanta or Washington DC.
Saying North Carolinians are more stupid than NY, GA, and DC?
They were declared innocent. I think California Joe is saying the opposite. The Raleigh-Durham research triangle is a mini-Silicone Valley, and it’s absolutely great that justice prevailed in a blue, blue, blue area like that.
…just the opposite, less indoctrinated
The Duke lacrosse case was our first peep into the rot of academia that we are currently witnessing on our college campuses. DEI on steroids.
North Carolina is quietly becoming a Constitutionally sound state. After November, we’re going to make some noise as a economic powerhouse for American citizens.
With the Governor you have? And the Commie sheriffs? The free pass to illegals, the drug cartels?? Uh ok
When LAWFARE is confronted and backed into a corner by those who uphold the U.S. Constitution, they put their lives in jeopardy.
God Protect Judge Cannon!
From Sundance above, “Isolate, ridicule and marginalize the transparently innocent target and make them appear guilty.”
And I will add, have a supposed opposite party (GOPrick RINOrats) doing absolutely nothing to counter the offense. If the GOPrick RINOrats did even 30-40% in your face defense, it would probably stop in it’s tracks.
It’s a sad state of affairs for Republicans in Congress.
We’re lucky to have ten true Constitutional representatives in all of Congress.
Leaders who lead by truth and principal, instead of lobbying money.
Not enough. The seat warmers have insured this ship sinks. They remind me of the so called opposition party’s hand wringing and gnashing of teeth in VE when Chavez was elected.
Obama targeted not just “transparently innocent” but specifically targeted at Law Enforcement who were acting to stop lawbreaking. It started with the Henry Louis Gates kerfuffle at Harvard where Obama said “the police acted stupidly.” All those other cases – “Skittles” Zimmerman, Fergusson MO, Baltimore, etc. were targeted at the innocent person who was attempting to stop lawbreaking. It hit its peak after Obama’s term with the ritual-sacrifice of Derek Chauvin and “Defund the Police.” Of course the Leftist Jihads against Mike Flynn, Kavanaugh and Trump were all because they would stop the lawbreaking.
Am I the only one thinking Judge Marchan should have stayed in Bogotá, Columbia? His style of “law” would fit in perfectly in the third world. Which may be why he’s in NY.
Banana Republic. We have been importing so many from communist/socialist countries who never had a constitution such as ours. Not in their collective DNA.
Remember when BO declared “racism” was in Americans’ DNA? He hates Americans…
He should have stayed in Bogota as a janitor shoveling feces. That’s what he does from the bench anyways.
Lawfare, sucking the life and finances from an innocent person by design.
Jack Smith better get himself a good federal attorney.
18 U.S.C. 1002 says, “Whoever, knowingly and with intent to defraud the United States, or any agency thereof, possesses any false, altered, forged, or counterfeited writing or document for the purpose of enabling another to obtain from the United States, or from any agency, officer or agent thereof, any sum of money, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.”
Great essay. I wish everyone could read this.
Agree. If this information was in the mainstream, things would be different. I blame the media for the continuation of this. They ae as complicit and lawless as the lawfare bunch.
I just wish this was moving along a little faster
Im wondering if this latest move by the prosecution wasnt deliberate to avoid he motion that involves other departments which were recently discovered. There is a motion to obtain all of their communications from 2021 to 2022, for which that sunlight will definitely expose all. Perhaps they might torpedo the case and let it go to avoid that? Look at the sequence 1) Judge Cannon un-redacts indictment documents which show collusion between WH, NARA, DOJ, FBI. 2) Motion is filed to obtain information of all activities prior to the official opening of the case that goes back at least a year into Spring of 2021 not 2022 when the case was opened. 3) Admission of mishandling of evidence (the Master suggestion by the judge is looking better now). 4) Delay. And 5 will be a motion to dismiss because of tampering of evidence. If the judge proceeds with shining the light I think the Prosecution knows they are f’d and may decide or have decided to cut their losses because even the dates on the next three motions (May June July) are in court. This means the main case will not be heard until next year.
And there will be a hearing on Jack Smith’s SC status & if he’s legally appointed. If the judge rules against Smith, there goes his other case in DC. A win-win for Trump.
I am a private citizen with no legal training, but I can read and comprehend the English language.
From the Journal of the ABA in an article describing the Meese, Calabresi, and Lawson Amicus brief to the SCOTUS:
“…the appointments clause requires all federal offices “not otherwise provided for” in the Constitution to be established by law. Yet there is no statute establishing the Office of Special Counsel within the U.S. Department of Justice. Nor is there a statute allowing the attorney general to appoint an inferior officer special counsel with the powers given to Smith. And inferior officers, in any event, must be controlled by a superior officer, but Garland doesn’t have that power over Smith under DOJ regulations.
The appointments clause makes clear that the “default mode” of appointment for all officers is presidential nomination, Senate confirmation and presidential appointment…”
I see and perceive with clarity in my mind that the Smith appointment abjectly fails the appointments clause requirements, as described in the brief.
Even if Judge Cannon rules against Smith’s legitimacy, I anticipate the DOJ will appeal her decision to the SCOTUS, where anything can happen.
Or, maybe I should keep my uninformed legal opinions to myself.
https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/was-jack-smiths-appointment-unconstitutional-he-has-no-more-authority-than-taylor-swift-amicus-brief-argues
There was a statute establishing a Special Counsel… it was sunsetted in 1999. I think that the Beach Gang knew this and hoped that no one would notice that Smith’s appointment was illegal/unconstitutional.
Finally, the true light of justice shines so bright the rat demons have no recourse but to tell the truth.
The communist democrat LAWFARE CRIMINALITY is horrifying to America. There must be PENALTIES for SUBVERTING our Republic under the COLOR of LAW!
If the Dems had any shame they’d be embarrassed by their overreach which is showing them to be liars , cheaters and just plain criminal…but they don’t…Of course the mainstream press has no interest in reporting this, so everyone has to repost this stuff to their FB pages so their lefty friends learn the truth about they people they vote for…and vociferously defend
The left are collectively sociopaths. Power at any cost.
Judge Aileen Cannon for Supreme Justice. Jacob Smith for prison.
Law-fare is now an industry. Suing for hot coffee spilling, while driving, comes to mind. We need to remove judges who participate.
So, we can continue to gripe about Lawfare and the terminally criminal Deep State, but last week Trump himself re-posts a pic of Melania with the words ”Do it, Q” and literally no one is writing about it? Huh? HUH???
While the case should be tossed, it would be grand if the prosecutors, FBI agents and the corrupted opposition political leadership responsible are all held to account including loss of law licenses, loss of jobs, permanent loss of any government employment, loss of government retirement benefits, financial reimbursement/remittance for defamation, legal fees and loss of income to those falsely targeted, and extended jail time.
Put hm under oath and ask if there was any discussions with higher-ups about this “mishandling” or if it was a deliberate illegal ploy by DOJ.
Vital discussion. Can remember reading about mccain making a suggestion in a mtg, shortly after BO got in….remember O’s response?
“The election’s over , John” (in a disparaging tone, of course), followed quickly by “I won.”
…thereby establishing the policy that your rights are gone if you lose (rights like free speech that up till then, were for ALL citizens, not just friends of the oligarchy or “righthinkers”)—emphasized by his remarks about how they would “punish our enemies” — and of course, what we all witnessed after that, which was the rampant lies to slur anyone who dared disagree with those in power, what we see today called “dis” (and all the other prefixes) information” (and even chasing people out of restaurants….a foreshadowing of the “lawfare” today.)
Yes. Accusing and taking to trial (or just removing the rights of) people who disagree with the establishment — makes it pretty easy to accuse modern leftists of corporate-a$$-kissing and a love of the establishment in general.
When I ask people if they have heard of lawfare they always say “no.”
My dog barks and growls whenever he sees Jack Smith on TV. He’s a very perceptive dog. Attaboy is his name.
Aileen Cannon is a comely judge.
But not to worry, Speaker Johnson and the Uniparty rewarded the DOJ with full+funding and the FBI with a new building bigger than the Pentagon plus the ability to spy on Americans w/o a warrant.
So they must have loved and approved of the. Behavior of the sham optics.
“After they lost the 2016 election, the radicals did not stop. “
Don’t forget Dr. Fauci’s Chinese virus manufactured in the Wuhan lab that he was funding. Wasn’t it convenient that the Covid virus allowed the cancellation of our Constitutional rights because of the “plandemic.” India totally stopped the virus. Uttar Pradesh has a population of 230 million and they became Covid free by September 2021 using Ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine. There are reports that Biden suppressed their success story. If the US followed that model, many lives would have been saved. Dr. Robert Malone, inventor of the mRNA technology, stated that the US government killed half-a-million Americans by their policies that prevent early treatment of Covid. But successful early treatment would have meant that the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) would have ended for the experimental mMNA vaccines, and there would never have been any vaccine mandates. Big Pharma would not have collected billions from the Plandemic. That was all by design.
And not only that, the Covid Plandemic allowed the radical left to widely expand the use of mail-in ballots to steal the 2020 election from President Trump. When they couldn’t remove Trump because of Russia Russia Russia, Lawfare, and impeachment, then Obama and Biden resorted to counting mail-in votes for days until Biden had the lead. It was just like a 3rd world country–which we have now become.