‘The Nation Can’t Stand’

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How long do you think that this country will survive with a two-tiered justice system that seeks to persecute people based on their political beliefs?

‘The Nation Can’t Stand’: John Durham’s Response to Harriet Hageman’s One and Only Question Portends a Chilling Truth

By Susie Moore | Red State, June 22, 2023:

Special Counsel John Durham testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday for nearly six hours. The Democrat members of the committee trotted out their standard barrage of sly accusations and sinister insinuations, while the Republicans, for the most part, sussed out the highlights (or lowlights) of the most critical findings contained in Durham’s report. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) shook things up a bit, going right after Durham and accusing him of essentially serving as the Washington Generals to the Swamp’s Globetrotters.

For his part, though he appeared somewhat ill at ease, Durham kept his composure, even lobbing a brushback pitch at Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA). He took some affront to Gaetz’s accusations. But it was his response to Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) at the very end of the hearing that served as a chilling portent for the nation’s future.

Hageman utilized most of her allotted five minutes to address Durham, reading prepared remarks:

Mr. Durham, in reviewing your report, I sincerely wanted to understand the work that you did and decipher the various investigations that we have been discussing: the origins, the history, the backstory, the whos, the whys, the whats, the what ifs, and the hows. I desperately wanted to figure out what happened to what was once our flagship law enforcement agencies — the FBI and the DOJ — to determine what went wrong and to evaluate how we can go forward from here. I have listened with great interest, hoping to find some answers to the burning questions of the day. And I have reached a few conclusions that I do not believe are subject to dispute or debate.

Now, I truly appreciate your regard for the agency you have dedicated your career to. I am sure that as your investigation progressed, you must have been truly saddened by what you found. What you have exposed, however, is that we are dealing with something so corrupt and so rotten that no amount of face paint, deflection, or whitewashing can fix this. You have been asked lots of questions about predicates, protocols, the Steele dossier, the Australian connection, Mr. Papadopoulos, Mr. Carter, the FISA court, and Crossfire Hurricane, among others. Your responses have been enlightening, but let’s get to the brass tacks: None of those people or documents or reports were relevant to the FBI when it identified Donald Trump as Public Enemy Number One. What do I mean? The accuracy and veracity of the Steele dossier was irrelevant to the FBI. The accuracy and veracity of the reports coming from the Australian embassy were irrelevant to the FBI. The fact that the Russian experts in the CIA, FBI, NSA, and other agencies had no evidence of any kind of relationship between Mr. Trump and Putin or Russia was irrelevant to the FBI. And the fact that there was no verifiable evidence, such as testimony, documents, videos, or recordings of Russian collusion was irrelevant to the FBI.

Hageman continued, laying out her theory of the motivation behind the whole endeavor.

Nothing — and I repeat, nothing — that the FBI did was designed to show that Donald J. Trump was a Russian asset. That wasn’t the purpose of the entire charade. How do I know this is true? Because they told us so. The very people who cooked this up, and the ones who ran this entire operation: Strzok, Lisa Page, Andrew McCabe, Clinesmith, Steele, the DNC, Perkins Coie. It was never their purpose to prove Russian collusion, and in fact, from the very beginning, they knew that no such thing actually existed. They knew that the entire Russian collusion narrative was fabricated by the Clinton campaign to deflect attention from her mishandling of classified materials and destruction of official emails. They didn’t need to prove Russian collusion. They just had to keep the investigation alive. And so long as they had a complicit press, and so long as they had people in this very body, who has been here — one of the gentlemen, who has been here much of the day, who would go on TV every night and lie about the smoking gun — they could further their personal and political agendas. Oh no, the purpose of Crossfire Hurricane wasn’t to prove Russian collusion — it was to destroy Donald J Trump, and they told us that with the text messages that are set forth on page 49 and 51 of your report — 49 and 50 of your report. And then, if they failed at blocking Mr. Trump from being elected as president, well, they had a backup plan — they had their “insurance policy,” to use Strzok’s terminology — which was to make it impossible for him to govern; to use whatever tools were available to taint his presidency, the legitimacy of his election, his ability to work with foreign leaders, and to make everything about “Russia, Russia, Russia.”

And then, Hageman drilled down to the heart of the matter.

And how has this corruption and rot manifested itself in our everyday lives? In our national culture? In our ability to solve the problems we are facing? It has destroyed some of the key foundations of this country, a foundation built on equal protection, on the belief that justice is blind, on the belief that you will be held accountable if you commit a fraud of the magnitude of what we have been discussing here today, on the belief that due process, justice, and constitutional rights are more than mere words. It has left a smoldering hot volcanic mess where the soul of this country used to be — all because a few people in the FBI decided they wanted to destroy a political candidate and ultimately a president and anyone associated with him. While these folks set out to destroy a presidential candidate and later a presidency, the fact is that they destroyed so much more — and that will be their ultimate legacy. One casualty is America’s faith in our institutions, and another casualty is the erosion of a justice system that is supposed to apply equally to all Americans, but that has been weaponized to protect the favored few elites — the Clintons, the Bidens — while targeting political enemies. That is the current legacy of the FBI and DOJ,

Now at the end of her allotted time, Hageman asked her one and only question of Durham — though Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) did his level best to cut her off:

Mr. Durham, here is my question: How long do you think that this country will survive with a two-tiered justice system that seeks to persecute people based on their political beliefs?

Whatever one’s takeaway of Durham’s report and his testimony might be, it would be difficult to doubt the sincerity (or the foreboding accuracy) of his response:

I don’t think that things can go too much further with the view that law enforcement, particularly the FBI or Department of Justice, runs a two-tiered system of justice. The nation can’t stand under those circumstances.

 

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Patrick1
Patrick1
10 months ago

This doesn’t bode well for the future. It’s said that government is downstream from the culture (a product of.) Things have gone too far, like a cancer which has metastasized. 90% of media and education has been the lefts tool for decades, and now the left controls the deep state with the global elitists. A complete overhaul is required but not likely. Even with Republicans a band aid is all you can hope for.
Keep your lamps trimmed and burning.

JoeyJ
JoeyJ
10 months ago

How long can this situation last?

Forever.

This is similar to the Mafia controlling all aspects of a small town. There is no one who will stand up for justice.

Think I’m kidding? Just go to any Deep State site and see what they think. The want Trump out of the 2024 election “by any means necessary”. And they’re not kidding.

After that, they will be coming for the rest of us.

Cowgirl Diva
Cowgirl Diva
10 months ago
Reply to  JoeyJ

President Trump is standing up against them and this is the problem…..!! Remember when Chuck Schumer told (warned) President Trump: “Let me tell you, if you take on the Intelligence Community, they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you”…?? THIS is what we are seeing playing out in real time in our faces…!!! (Also, Chuck warned Brett Kavanaugh that he would feel their wrath if he didn’t do what the Dems told him to do) Imagine, threatening a Supreme Court Justice who later had death threats and dangerous people who visited his personal home.

Oh…ALSO….remember when Michelle Obama looked straight into the camera and warned President Trump “if you don’t concede to Joe Biden, there will be trouble because “we mean business”..!! Imagine, threatening a sitting President and nobody does anything about it..? Michell should have been arrested on the spot…!! BOTH the Barack INSANE Obamas should be in federal prison…!!

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David Grisez
David Grisez
10 months ago

I have just turned 72 years old and this is the worst situation I have seen in the United States in my entire lifetime. Because of the actions of evil people in our government we now have a biased, twisted and distorted system of justice with both the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigations. We now have a system that specifically targets political opponents and people who do not go along with the program of the Democrat-Socialist party. Also this system overlooks the crimes of the political elite and people in the Democrat-Socialist party. This is the end of the United States that I knew when I was young. We have become just like the old Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China. This makes the past affair of Richard Nixon and the Water Gate burglary look minor by comparison.

Eric Arthur Blair
Eric Arthur Blair
10 months ago

Bullshit Durham is a deep state operative sent in to give the rabble a semblance of justice. It’s a sham, a fraud, a travesty of justice.

As you ponder this fraudster, you realize that Durham whitewashed the most momentous conspiracy in human history. Think about this, not one of the criminal perpetrators was brought to justice by this traitor. He didn’t even interview or interrogate the main perpetrators because they didn’t “agree” to be interviewed! They are all walking free laughing at us and planning the next subversion.

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42beegeeD
42beegee
10 months ago

He wanted a natural death, not one where it was said he committed suicide.

Michael S Rother
Michael S Rother
10 months ago
Reply to  42beegee

You mean like Jeffery Epstein and Phil Haney.

Staff Sgt
Staff Sgt
10 months ago

How long do you think that this country will survive with a two-tiered justice system that seeks to persecute people based on their political beliefs?

I will probably be one they TRY to persecute, kill, silence or jailed because I will tell them to their faces, that they are corrupt liars and everything evil! I will also tell them Jesus is the Savior, they cheated the elections, falsified documents, jealous of Trump being a better President, unmoral acts are sinful and have no place in our society, our children will NEVER be theirs or anybody else’s. I mean I got a HUGE list of things I would tell them and I am sure you people on here do too. We will not be scared, we will not back down and we will not hesitate to protect and defend our EVERYTHING, The day is coming! Repent, pray and be ready!!!!!!

Snowedin
Snowedin
10 months ago

This country has been going downhill since JFK was in office and has just been getting worse. Unless something is done soon, I do not see any improvement.

Underzog
Underzog
10 months ago
Reply to  Snowedin

JFK stole his election before Biden. STOLEN ELECTIONS have consequences.

George Hallock
George Hallock
10 months ago

Just what are the Republicans going to do in a situation where we do have a two tier system of justice and the very attempts currently being done against Donald J Trump? It’s completely evident to see the work that has been done to destroy him. Is this going to stand or do we vote those out who are complacent in the destruction of our country and our constitution?

Cowgirl Diva
Cowgirl Diva
10 months ago
Reply to  George Hallock

I agree with everything you say..!! However, when you consider “voter fraud” and “rigged elections” and “the Demoncrap orchestrated coup d’etat”, we don’t stand a chance in HELL…!! These Treasonous Traitors must be brought to justice…!! People must be held accountable…!! Period..!!

garry pollackD
garry pollack
10 months ago

M I delusional? I think not… I think the DS knows better than its enemies & lives in abject terror of the day 10-20 thousand troops will occupy DC… as in the “Spartacus” of Marcus Lucinius Crassus’ time…the prisons will begin to fill w/traitors to the state… Milley & Austin will call for “loyal” troops to come & repulse them… but their calls will go unanswered… & they will use the revolvers they keep in their desk drawers….

Cowgirl Diva
Cowgirl Diva
10 months ago

Crossfire Hurricane should have been named Operation Treason..!! These people deliberately and blatantly planned to overthrow the government of the United States of America because they hated President Trump, the man who knew their lifelong juicy, treasonous secrets that they would do anything everything to keep hidden…!! They continue to deliberately destroy our beloved country for their own personal gain and, OF COURSE, money….!!

Stephen Honig
Stephen Honig
10 months ago

We only have one tiered justice system and they are: Communist, radicals, Stasi and anti Americans. Only Trump or divine intervention will save us, if it’s not too late.

Pray Hard
Pray Hard
10 months ago

There is nothing more vile than a government bureaucrat except for a government bureaucrat with a gun.

BobV
BobV
10 months ago

How long can stolen elections be considered the new “norm”?

ישועת ה' כהרף ע
ישועת ה' כהרף ע
10 months ago

To understand what is happening to the USA, you have to go back 35 years to the time universities and colleges hired ex Weather Underground terror cellls operatives and Marxist operatives as “University Professors” ( one of them was my college teacher!). These teachers, so euphemistically called “Professors” had no powers what so ever then because, they were defeated by the FBI, and CIA, but as tgey had controll of college students, they did plan a long term agenda to ” fundamentaly transform America” from within.
if you are wondering where Barak Hussain Obama took this sentence from, it is from his Marxist college teacher. These “defeated” but alive Marxist operatives “traind” our boys and daughters in colleges ans Universities, and public schools to become Anarchist to overthrow the elected government of the United Sates, from within.
They trained the kids, with the help of the Reform (psodeuo Jewish) Ashkenazi movement, as well as with the massive financial support of George Tsourous, for that day of the American Marxist Revelution. Their opportunity arrived right after Covid hit, and it was exactly corroborated while the person who they most feared and hated, Donald J. Trump, was in power at the white house.
One of the main ways of controlling a state, is to traine opertives and plant them in the most important government agencies, so to create the change/revolution from withing, but the disguise it in the guise of “a fair Judicial System” however, what they really do is they really plant their Revolutionry” opetatives in the most important leverage point in the Army, FBI, CIA, Congress, Senate, Media, Radio, Public Schools, colleges, Universities, state and mainly and moat important in Local election. This is how they controll everything from within.

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PatDD
PatD
10 months ago

Anyone who burns and stomps on our flag needs to be shot on the spot!!!!!!!!!

Cowgirl Diva
Cowgirl Diva
10 months ago

These xyzdumbassesxyz don’t realize that the “two tiered” justice system is ALL part of the plan to be sure our beloved country doesn’t survive as the United States of America but is “fundamentally transformed” into something entirely dark, sinister and evil…compliments of Barack INSANE Obama and the filthy rich global elite oligarchs…!!!

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