The day we lost Justice in America.

[lees1975]

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One of the most high profile criminals in all of American history is not just walking away scot-free, he is headed for a second term as President of the United States. If I were writing a novel and I wanted to create the most incredibly unbelieveable problem for the characters to resolve, I could not have come up with a theme as crazy, and as incredible as this.

He attempted to overturn the results of a state's election by intimidating election workers and threatening state officials, corruptly asking to "find me 11,000 more votes." He took classified documents from the White House, an openly illegal crime, and then attempted to hide them from the FBI. He tried to cover up an illicit affair with a porn star by putting the payoffs into his business budget. And worst of all, he attempted to overthrown the results of a legitimate election, and thus overthrow the government of the United States, by inciting a violent riot that intended to commit murder to do so, and in fact, did just that.

And he walks away from all of it. This isn't something hidden in some corner, it's something the whole world can see, and it is an utter embarrassment to the United States. It is a message to the rest of the world that there is no rule of law in America, and that we have, by default, become an oligarchy of the rich, even as our form of government goes through the motions. The constitution has failed in one of its core objectives to protect the American people.

I still fail to understand how it could be that a mob could attack the Capitol, at the instigation of the President, and he was not arrested, charged and taken into custody the day after the insurrection, when it was clear he incited it. That's what should have happened, and why it did not happen is something generations of Americans will pay for with their individual rights and freedoms. I've heard all of the Justice department apologists and they can keep their defensive rhetoric. This was a monumental failure of justice, of the legal system, the courts and of the Department of Justice.