The January 6 Hearings: The End

The January 6 House select committee held its final hearing to announce that it will make criminal referrals for Donald Trump to the Justice Department on four charges: obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to make a false statement,and conspiracy to defraud the United States by assisting, aiding or comforting those involved in an insurrection.

And as soon as the committee members release their full report, which will show just how much Trump was involved in the blunt attempt to overturn the presidential election of 2020, as well as send its findings to the Justice Department for its own investigations of Trump, they will disband the committee before possibly incoming House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has the pleasure of doing it himself. 

Other people, including John Eastman, Rudolph Giuliani, and other assorted male Caucasians, are also likely to be charged with treason or sedition, but Trump remains the top Katzenjammer.  Independent counsel Jack Smith is ramping up his own investigation full speed, an in Atlanta, Fani Willis is pushing ahead in investigating Trump's efforts to overturn the election in Georgia.  And the January 6 committee's work made it increasingly likely that Trump (who, unlike Martin O'Malley, is a 2024 presidential candidate!) is going to be indicted and possibly convicted for something.

On the plus side for the Trumps, Melania will get to knock 'em dead at Mar-a-Lago's Britney Spears karaoke night! 😃    

What a Mess . . .

The inspector general of the United States is investigating FBI Director James Comey's handling of the investigation of Hillary Clinton's e-mails, while the Republican-led Senate Intelligence Committee has decided - reluctantly - to investigate charges of Russian hacking into the election.  And all this comes just before Donald Trump gets sworn in as President.  

Meanwhile, Trump has managed to tick off the entire European continent, dismissing NATO and the European Union as irrelevant and risking bitter relations between the United States and EU members - and, by cozying up to the Russians, possibly risking the independence of the Baltic States as well. 

And while all this is going on, Trump  has reached out to Martin Luther King III even as he dissed John Lewis because the Georgia Democratic House member and civil rights icon actually . . . expressed concern that the presidential election might have been rigged! Heavens to Betsy, a congressman actually spoke his mind!  What next?

Meanwhile . . . let the demonstrations begin!  People are marching to protect the Affordable Care Act.  A women's march against Trump is slated for Saturday.  People are calling their congressional representatives (both houses) every day to demand action against the policies of the incoming administration.  How cute - they actually think the Republican majorities in Congress will listen!  

I'm sorry . . . I just can't comment on this any more than I already have.  Suffice to say, the system is so broken, it's no wonder we'll never get any high-speed trains in this country.