This afternoon I witnessed a crime.
There were many other witnesses along with myself, and yet no one, myself included, did anything about it.
It was witnessed by millions, live-streamed over the internet even as it was happening, and people even cheered on the perpetrator.
The perpetrator was one Donald J. Trump, with one Chief Justice John G. Roberts and One Melania Trump as his accomplices.
There were many other witnesses along with myself, and yet no one, myself included, did anything about it.
It was witnessed by millions, live-streamed over the internet even as it was happening, and people even cheered on the perpetrator.
The perpetrator was one Donald J. Trump, with one Chief Justice John G. Roberts and One Melania Trump as his accomplices.
| A photo of the crime scene. |  |
The law that was broken this after noon is one that was made for the protection and well being of our country by our Founding Fathers. This law is the Emoluments Clause - Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 - of our Constitution and it states that no public official may receive payments of any kind from foreign governments.
The Trump Organization is a global empire that is saturated with money - money that goes into Donald Trump's pocket - coming from foreign governments.
The moment Donald Trump took his oath of office he broke the law.
Somebody should have called the police.
But nobody did, and so Donald Trump continues to flagrantly violate the law as long as he continues to own his planetary conglomerate, which he's made clear he intends to do.
He's even claimed that a management decision he made to put his children in charge of his business organization frees him of all culpability. But it doesn't. No matter who manages Donald Trump's organization, the profits are still going into Donald Trump's pocket.
Subsequently we now have a President who is illegally enriching himself on foreign money and we the people are the victims who well may suffer for his wrongdoing.
And yet it's not too late for President Trump to give up the life of crime he stepped into on the very day when he took an oath to uphold the Constitution of The United States of America. He could take immediate steps - something he should have done the day after he won the election - to divest himself of his foreign business holdings. Sell them off. Give them away. Get rid of them. Now.
And as for me, I'd have no problem, once Donald Trump has ceased and desisted in his illegal activities, with him giving himself a Presidential pardon so that he can avoid prison time and, who knows, maybe even forswear his foolish ways and figure out how to become a good and productive President of the United States.
I'm all about giving reformed criminals a a second chance.
The Trump Organization is a global empire that is saturated with money - money that goes into Donald Trump's pocket - coming from foreign governments.
The moment Donald Trump took his oath of office he broke the law.
Somebody should have called the police.
But nobody did, and so Donald Trump continues to flagrantly violate the law as long as he continues to own his planetary conglomerate, which he's made clear he intends to do.
He's even claimed that a management decision he made to put his children in charge of his business organization frees him of all culpability. But it doesn't. No matter who manages Donald Trump's organization, the profits are still going into Donald Trump's pocket.
Subsequently we now have a President who is illegally enriching himself on foreign money and we the people are the victims who well may suffer for his wrongdoing.
And yet it's not too late for President Trump to give up the life of crime he stepped into on the very day when he took an oath to uphold the Constitution of The United States of America. He could take immediate steps - something he should have done the day after he won the election - to divest himself of his foreign business holdings. Sell them off. Give them away. Get rid of them. Now.
And as for me, I'd have no problem, once Donald Trump has ceased and desisted in his illegal activities, with him giving himself a Presidential pardon so that he can avoid prison time and, who knows, maybe even forswear his foolish ways and figure out how to become a good and productive President of the United States.
I'm all about giving reformed criminals a a second chance.
References
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/trumps-ethics-train-wreck/513446/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-emoluments-clause_us_58794852e4b09281d0eaf212
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-constitution-first-day-office-55d1f0668c27#.jiw1j3qzd
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/trumps-ethics-train-wreck/513446/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-emoluments-clause_us_58794852e4b09281d0eaf212
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-constitution-first-day-office-55d1f0668c27#.jiw1j3qzd
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