US on the Brink: Will Attorney General Sessions Drain the Sewer or Fall In It?

This post originally appeared on News with Chai blog.   

A moment of  truth will hopefully be told at the Friday press conference held by  Attorney General Sessions. We will know whether the US will turn towards  a constitutional republic or will remain an oligarchy empowered by the  deep state. While the mainstream media focuses on the circus like  atmosphere at the White House, more historic events are taking shape.   

Republicans in the US House Judiciary committee sent a letter to  Attorney General Jeff Sessions last week to recommend an investigation  into the crimes of Hillary Clinton. Among the potential charges are  ‘unlawful international dealings’ of the Clinton Foundation. This comes  days after President Trump tweeted that  Attorney General Sessions has taken a ‘very weak position on Hillary  Clinton crimes’. While some conservative pundits expressed outrage over  the President’s critique of a loyal campaign supporter, this criticism  has merit. Outgoing Congressman Jason Chaffetz last month said he  didn’t see much difference between the Trump and Obama administrations  and that AG Sessions was ‘worse than what I saw with Loretta Lynch in  terms of releasing documents and making things available’.      

 History   

President Trump has done everything within his legal right to abide by his promise to ‘drain the swamp’  (now upgraded to ‘drain the sewer’).  While it is the AG’s job to open an investigation, AG Sessions is aware  of the oft-mentioned ‘Clinton body count’ and the recent suspicious murders involving the DNC lawsuit. He is also mindful of the assassination attempt on Congressman Steve Scalise after announcing his efforts to stop human trafficking.  It is unclear if prior to his nomination he engaged in some sort of  backroom deal with his fellow Senators where he agreed not to prosecute  any former colleague(s) including Secretary Clinton.   

sessionsA growing  segment of the US has become completely disillusioned with the two-party  system. They are beyond frustrated with politicians who personally  enrich themselves, promise one thing when they campaign and do the exact  opposite after they get elected. They are outraged at a system that  allows Speaker Dennis Hastert to  get by with a 15-month sentence after committing horrific criminal  acts. For all of President Trump’s indiscretions, his supporters hate  the DC political establishment even more.       

Opposing View  

Opponents of  President Trump say that any prosecution of a political opponent is  petty, divisive and politically motivated. Richard Painter, a former  Bush ethics lawyer, suspiciously claims that  the President has committed an ‘impeachable offense’ and that ‘Congress  must act now’. Perhaps, those in the prior Bush administrations know  that they are next.       

Bombshell Interview 

In the past,  sordid rumors of crimes by the Clintons were relegated to ‘right-wing  media’. Now, former critics to the President are demanding justice.  During a CNN interview two years ago, lawyer Elizabeth Beck said that  President Trump had an ‘absolute meltdown’. Now, ignored by the mainstream media, she appeared on pro-Trump site Infowars to make shocking statements linking  the Clinton Foundation to the Mayo Clinic. Ms. Beck unquestionably  looks petrified at the information she has come across. She even says,  ‘sometimes evil is so powerful there is nothing we can do’. I would like  to remind her of Edmund Burke’s quote that ‘the only thing necessary  for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing’.     

Decision   

Perhaps,  since Attorney General Sessions is a religious individual, he will take  note of a biblical verse that is applicable. As quoted from the book of  Devarim (Deuteronomy), Chapter 1, verse 16-17,   

I instructed your judges at that  time, saying, “Listen among your brethren and judge righteously between a  man and his brother or his litigant. You shall not show favoritism in  judgement, small and great alike shall you hear; you shall not tremble  before any man, for the judgement is G-d’s’’ 

Conclusion   

If AG  Sessions refuses to open an investigation against the Clinton  Foundation, he will be forced to resign. There is no possibility of a  future Attorney General to be confirmed by the Senate that is unfriendly  to the deep state. The US would continue to be gripped by chaos and  confusion. It would be clear that there are effectively two sets of laws  – one for the privileged few and one for everyone else. The US will be  equivalent to an oligarchy instead of a functional constitutional  republic where rule of law exists. Frankly, there is no domestic issue  of greater importance.  Some  would say that the US has become a laughingstock of the world. I would  argue that a country run with a moral compass, led by the rule of law  with liberty and justice for all does not need to feel shame. Instead,  its citizens can feel proud and thereby lead other nations by example.