thelibertybeacon--2020-06-12--60% of People Naturally RESISTANT to SARS-COV2 – New Research

New research suggests majority of people may already have resistance based on previous infections A second study indicates that 60 % of the population may be naturally resistant to it .
People not exposed to COVID-19 shows T-cells resistant to it , which may mean immunity has been picked up through exposure to other coronaviruses .
ER Editor : Here Off-Guardian is quoting 2 studies which show that only 20 % of COVID-19 cases , 1 in 5 , i.e .
those that are severe , show antibodies following the infection .
Why are antibodies missing in the majority of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Were they in fact ever infected by the virus ?
A new study has found that Sars-Cov-2 , the virus linked to Covid19 , may be five times more widespread than previously thought , and therefore five times less deadly .
The research , conducted by a team of scientists at the University Hospital in Zurich , is titled : “ Systemic and mucosal antibody secretion specific to SARS-CoV-2 during mild versus severe COVID-19 ” , and found that Sars-Cov-2-specific antibodies only appear in the most severe cases , or about 1 out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this that antibodies are inexplicably absent from the majority of mild cases of covid19 .
But , given the known inaccuracy of the diagnostic tests and the well-documented tendencies to over-diagnose by clinical observation , another potential explanation would appear to be that the absent antibodies were due to the fact the subjects had never actually been infected with SARS-COV-2 in the first place , and their ‘ mild ’ cold-like symptoms were due to some other pathogen , like…the common cold .
However , if the authors are indeed correct in their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s infection rate ( IFR ) would need to be revised downward yet again .
If 80 % of those infected really do not produce antibodies , then there is a live possibility the virus is present in many more people than usually supposed .
Which would in turn potentially reduce the IFR , possibly considerably .
In the early stages , the World Health Organization ( WHO ) estimated the virus ’ IFR to be as high as 3.4 % .
The models based on those numbers have , however , been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ experts , such as Prof John Ioannidis from Stanford , predicted the WHO ’ s IFR numbers would be proven incorrect when the widespread population studies were finished .
The dissenting experts appear to have been vindicated by the serological studies , using blood tests looking for Sars-Cov-2 antibodies done across different populations all over the world , which routinely suggest that the IFR is closer to 0.3 % than the WHO ’ s initial figure of 3.4 % .
From Japan to Iceland to Los Angeles , the numbers returned were between @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of seasonal influenza .
As a result of these studies , the US CDC ’ s most recent “ estimated IFR ” is between 0.26 % and 0.4 % .
Roughly 1/10th of the initial estimates .
Another study from last month meanwhile has found evidence up to 60 % of people may be partially resistant to SARS-COV-2 without ever being exposed to it .
In other words , large numbers of people may be immune or resistant to this virus because they have already been infected by other coronaviruses .
This may @ @ @ @ @ @ @ relationship between most coronaviruses , but it is a further indicator that this virus , known to be harmless in the vast majority of cases , is neither especially unique nor especially dangerous .
The evidence continues to mount that the original estimates of the danger posed by this virus were massively exaggerated .

New research suggests majority of people may already have resistance based on previous infections
A second study indicates that 60% of the population may be naturally resistant to it . People not exposed to COVID-19 shows T-cells resistant to it, which may mean immunity has been picked up through exposure to other coronaviruses.
ER Editor: Here Off-Guardian is quoting 2 studies which show that only 20% of COVID-19 cases, 1 in 5, i.e. those that are severe, show antibodies following the infection. Why are antibodies missing in the majority of cases (i.e. mild)? Were they in fact ever infected by the virus?
OFF-GUARDIAN
A new study has found that Sars-Cov-2, the virus linked to Covid19, may be five times more widespread than previously thought, and therefore five times less deadly.
The research, conducted by a team of scientists at the University Hospital in Zurich, is titled: “Systemic and mucosal antibody secretion specific to SARS-CoV-2 during mild versus severe COVID-19”, and found that Sars-Cov-2-specific antibodies only appear in the most severe cases, or about 1 out of 5.
The authors infer from this that antibodies are inexplicably absent from the majority of mild cases of covid19. But, given the known inaccuracy of the diagnostic tests and the well-documented tendencies to over-diagnose by clinical observation, another potential explanation would appear to be that the absent antibodies were due to the fact the subjects had never actually been infected with SARS-COV-2 in the first place, and their ‘mild’ cold-like symptoms were due to some other pathogen, like…the common cold.
However, if the authors are indeed correct in their estimation, this might mean SARS-COV-2’s infection rate (IFR) would need to be revised downward yet again. If 80% of those infected really do not produce antibodies, then there is a live possibility the virus is present in many more people than usually supposed. Which would in turn potentially reduce the IFR, possibly considerably.
In the early stages, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated the virus’ IFR to be as high as 3.4%. The models based on those numbers have, however, been shown to be wildly inaccurate.
Many experts, such as Prof John Ioannidis from Stanford, predicted the WHO’s IFR numbers would be proven incorrect when the widespread population studies were finished.
The dissenting experts appear to have been vindicated by the serological studies, using blood tests looking for Sars-Cov-2 antibodies done across different populations all over the world, which routinely suggest that the IFR is closer to 0.3% than the WHO’s initial figure of 3.4%.
From Japan to Iceland to Los Angeles, the numbers returned were between 0.06 and 0.4. Within the range of seasonal influenza.
As a result of these studies, the US CDC’s most recent “estimated IFR” is between 0.26% and 0.4%. Roughly 1/10th of the initial estimates.
Another study from last month meanwhile has found evidence up to 60% of people may be partially resistant to SARS-COV-2 without ever being exposed to it.
Importantly, we detected SARS-CoV-2-reactive CD4+ T cells in ∼40%–60% of unexposed individuals, suggesting cross-reactive T cell recognition between circulating “common cold” coronaviruses and SARS-CoV-2.
In other words, large numbers of people may be immune or resistant to this virus because they have already been infected by other coronaviruses.
This may not be surprising, given the close relationship between most coronaviruses, but it is a further indicator that this virus, known to be harmless in the vast majority of cases, is neither especially unique nor especially dangerous.
The evidence continues to mount that the original estimates of the danger posed by this virus were massively exaggerated.


thelibertybeacon--2020-06-12--France: Is the Government Abandoning its Police Force?

France ’ s police are very upset .
We ’ ve witnessed the same blind level of BLM protests here on behalf of Adama Traoré , allegedly killed in police hands back in 2016 .
His family were well known to police for various criminal offenses , similar to George Floyd , and Traoré himself had resisted police arrest at least twice .
Give the sustained and well-documented level of police brutality toward the Gilets Jaunes over 72 Saturdays ( see Don ’ t French Lives Matter ?
Forgetting Massive Police Brutality [ VIDEO & PHOTOS ] ) , BLM-style @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have clearly weaponized the race card .
Just as they have in the US where Chauvin and Floyd , known to each other as club bouncers , are/were individuals each with dubious pasts and a mutual dislike .
Hardly the stuff worthy of noble national protest against ‘ racism ’ and against the police .
And how has France ’ s Minister of the Interior , Christophe Castaner , responded to this manipulated , weaponized cause ?
By claiming in a TV news interview that he would bend the knee if required .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
That , plus other clumsy statements calling into question the violence ( on full display by certain police ) and alleged racism of his own police force .
His ‘ all cops are the same ’ idea is what police have their backs up about , in particular .
It ’ s a complex situation regarding French police .
We ’ ve done various reports on the rising levels of suicides among them over the last few years , especially when terrorist attacks were the fashion .
That , plus new , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ impossible-to-police , largely immigrant suburbs ( think : no-go zones ) , lack of government support in these difficult situations , plus notoriously low pay amid endless pressure to work through the weekends policing the Gilets Jaunes/Yellow Vest protests .
The police have been the wall of security against the population and the government .
Which the government is well aware of by buying them off with promises last year that their pensions wouldn ’ t be reformed .
So impending police revolt is an important subject in France .
And you can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all authority figures and institutions in France , will manage it clumsily , with disdain and arrogance .
So yesterday saw some symbolic police protests in certain French cities against the racism charges levelled at them , while police unions met with Interior Minister Christophe Castaner in Paris , a man few seem to have any faith in , including Macron ’ s own circle .
Today , police from particular unions are staging a protest around one of Paris ’ monuments to march on key government offices .
Police on social media @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crowd , as reported below .
DeltaMike59 on Twitter is a source of interesting videos and photos .
This is one of them : Is the government abandoning its police force ?
After the various announcements by the government and especially by the Minister of the Interior concerning the issues of racism and violence within the internal security forces , some police officers are feeling let down by the government .
After months of social protest by the Yellow Vests , then a change of social movement by the trade unions and demonstrators @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the French government finally yielded to pressure by abandoning its police officers and gendarmes accused by a fringe of the population of racism and violence ?
According to some police officers and trade union officials interviewed by RT France , there is now a shared feeling in the national police force that Christophe Castaner ( ER : minister of the interior ) has abandoned his cops .
“ We ’ ve been fed to the wolves , ” one national police officer assured us .
After several demonstrations in support of the Traoré @ @ @ @ @ @ @ equivalent of George Floyd ) and accusations of racism and violence by police officers and gendarmes , the latest statements by the boss of Beauvau ( Castaner ) were clearly badly received by a large number of police officers : the term “ proven suspicion ” concerning the racist expressions used by certain civil servants particularly made the police officers balk .
Those whom RT France has been able to question in the last few days have also raised the suspicion that Christophe Castaner does not know his job , the law and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ criticise the interior minister for the position he has taken on demonstrations banned for health reasons yet tolerated following the death of George Floyd in the United States .
The general secretary of the Alternative police union , Denis Jacob , answered the question asked by RT France on the phone , “ Has the government let go of its police officers ?
” with “ If it hasn ’ t… it looks like it !
” And the militant policeman said : “ You can ’ t go from one extreme to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ racism and police violence , of course , but the measures that are being taken now look like a generalisation and the police are very angry , it ’ s the last straw for us and revolt is not far off !
We are in the same situation as in 2016 [ when police officers demonstrated in the streets to express their anger ] .
Now , it can take many forms , but I think the police will be keen to show that if the institution stops functioning , the fight against @ @ @ @ @ @ @ officers have already started to issue reports about a “ current national situation ” according to which it would be better to let an individual continue to “ insult them copiously during the checkpoint ” rather than arrest him for contempt .
Before concluding the report with an amused provocation to the administration : “ Let ’ s put the individual back on his bike , greet him politely and wish him a good end to his day .
No questioning in order to avoid any possible riot or future accusations of racism.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ policeman who continues to check up on his colleagues and who confided to RT France : In another video circulating in police circles and which RT France was able to view , we see a policeman assigned to the anti-crime squad in Ile-de-France ( ER : the huge metropolitan region around Paris ) filmed inside a vehicle who reports on the radio and announces , while the credits of the Bisounours ( ER : Care Bears , children ’ s music ) sound in the passenger compartment : “ Contrary to the shocking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not seen any individual with an iron bar in a place where everything is only peace and love .
We were careful to drive very gently in this place so as not to frighten these little beings from this magical world , end of transmission ” , reports the policeman .
This humorous report was soon broadcast on social networks .
( ER : this is DeltaMike59 ) An evolution of techniques… but towards what ?
Beyond the subject of police violence and alleged racism within the institution , the very technique of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Interior Minister in his speech to the press on 8 June .
In particular , he announced the end of the neck stranglehold and , almost as a result , an unconfirmed piece of information leaked to the media : the taser could make its way back into the police officer ’ s and gendarme ’ s equipment… An announcement that Christophe Castaner apparently wanted to keep for the trade unions on 11 and 12 June .
But Emmanuel Macron spoke again on this on 10 June and castigated , according to comments @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and discrimination , this scourge which is a betrayal of republican universalism , ” while seeking , according to the same source quoted by AFP , to defend the forces of law and order , “ the overwhelming majority of which can not be smeared .
Above all , the spokeswoman stressed that it was indeed the president who had “ called for the modernization of questioning techniques and intervention at a time when we are experiencing a situation of extreme tension .
A statement that could confirm what some police officers questioned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would have led to a decision on arrest techniques “ without prior consultation ” with the trade unions , as summed up for example by Christophe Canon , Hauts-de-France CRS zonal delegate for the Unsa Police : Contacted by RT France , an official of the technical and scientific police union said tersely : “ We don ’ t understand the statements of the Minister of the Interior who seems , on the one hand , to lack police culture and , on the other hand , to make public statements to please @ @ @ @ @ @ @ emotion.
” In this case , some policemen and gendarmes may have been surprised to discover in the columns of the newspaper Le Parisien , in particular that the famous “ Taser ” of the American company Axon could potentially come back into the limelight while the neck grip was about to disappear ?
Depending on the calls for tenders and the purchasing policy that will eventually follow at the departmental level .
A police officer interviewed explained his position on this dance of hesitation : “ They take away a self-defence technique @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been labelled as dangerous… .
We don ’ t understand anything about this .
Are they going to ban judo too ?
Because in theory it ’ s just as dangerous .
It ’ s just a “ get on the ground ” technique that ’ s not supposed to last long .
But when a recalcitrant person refuses control , we have no choice but to bring him down and handcuff him.
” The same civil servant who prefers to remain anonymous believes that Christophe Castaner is being “ patronizing ” in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ policewoman even believes that “ it is the next presidential campaign that is being prepared ” for the outgoing president .
The latter adds : The other unnamed official is also concerned about the equipment : “ Still , the tasers have to be of good quality .
They must not be undersized , having no effect , nor that the charge isn ’ t held , so that you can only use it once without recharging it !
” Interviewed by RT France , Jean-Pierre Colombies , former police commander and spokesman @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deplored : “ I ’ ve said it many times in the press and on TV for months , one day we ’ ll pay for this opposition that has been orchestrated between police and citizens.
” The former union policeman adds an iconoclastic grain of salt about him : And commenting on behalf of his colleagues still on duty : The feeling of unease is shared by the first anonymous policeman interviewed above : The various police officers , association spokespeople and trade union leaders interviewed all deplored the latest statements made @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his resignation .
Will the minister know how to mend his relationship with the social partners at the meetings scheduled for June 11 and 12 in Beauvau ?
In parallel to this new debate , a little music to the tune of reshuffling has been heard in recent weeks , culminating in the publication by the weekly Marianne of the advice from the majority group leader of the National Assembly , Gilles Le Gendre to Emmanuel Macron .
In this letter attributed to him , this faithful servant suggested to the President of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jean-Yves Le Drian during the next ministerial shuffle .
According to this scenario , Christophe Castaner would have been destined for the Ministry of the Armed Forces , from the Hotel de Beauvau to the Hotel de Brienne , in short .
But as a policeman said on the phone : “ In the end , we won ’ t know anything about it beforehand , it ’ s always the PR [ President of the Republic ] who decides everything , we can see that.
” Après des mois de contestation sociale @ @ @ @ @ @ @ relève du mouvement social par les syndicats et les manifestants opposés à la réforme des retraites , le gouvernement français a-t-il finalement cédé à la pression en abandonnant ses policiers et ses gendarmes accusés par une frange de la population de racisme et de violence ?
Selon certains policiers et responsables syndicaux interrogés par RT France , il s ’ agit à présent d ’ un sentiment partagé dans la police nationale : Christophe Castaner aurait lâché ses flics .
« Nous sommes carrément lâchés et livrés en pâture » , nous a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nationale .

Pam Barker | Director of TLB Europe Reloaded Project
France’s police are very upset. We’ve witnessed the same blind level of BLM protests here on behalf of Adama Traoré, allegedly killed in police hands back in 2016. His family were well known to police for various criminal offenses, similar to George Floyd, and Traoré himself had resisted police arrest at least twice. Give the sustained and well-documented level of police brutality toward the Gilets Jaunes over 72 Saturdays (see Don’t French Lives Matter? Forgetting Massive Police Brutality [VIDEO & PHOTOS]), BLM-style protestors – choosing to ignore this – have clearly weaponized the race card. Just as they have in the US where Chauvin and Floyd, known to each other as club bouncers, are/were individuals each with dubious pasts and a mutual dislike. Hardly the stuff worthy of noble national protest against ‘racism’ and against the police.
And how has France’s Minister of the Interior, Christophe Castaner, responded to this manipulated, weaponized cause? By claiming in a TV news interview that he would bend the knee if required. Shades of the idiot Democrats like Pelosi.
That, plus other clumsy statements calling into question the violence (on full display by certain police) and alleged racism of his own police force. His ‘all cops are the same’ idea is what police have their backs up about, in particular.
It’s a complex situation regarding French police. We’ve done various reports on the rising levels of suicides among them over the last few years, especially when terrorist attacks were the fashion. That, plus new, morphing types of violent crime in the impossible-to-police, largely immigrant suburbs (think: no-go zones), lack of government support in these difficult situations, plus notoriously low pay amid endless pressure to work through the weekends policing the Gilets Jaunes/Yellow Vest protests. The police have been the wall of security against the population and the government. Which the government is well aware of by buying them off with promises last year that their pensions wouldn’t be reformed. So impending police revolt is an important subject in France. And you can bet that the French government, like all authority figures and institutions in France, will manage it clumsily, with disdain and arrogance.
So yesterday saw some symbolic police protests in certain French cities against the racism charges levelled at them, while police unions met with Interior Minister Christophe Castaner in Paris, a man few seem to have any faith in, including Macron’s own circle.
Today, police from particular unions are staging a protest around one of Paris’ monuments to march on key government offices.
Police on social media are making fun of the politically correct crowd, as reported below. DeltaMike59 on Twitter is a source of interesting videos and photos. This is one of them:
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Is the government abandoning its police force?
RT FRANCE
After the various announcements by the government and especially by the Minister of the Interior concerning the issues of racism and violence within the internal security forces, some police officers are feeling let down by the government.
After months of social protest by the Yellow Vests, then a change of social movement by the trade unions and demonstrators opposed to the pension reform, has the French government finally yielded to pressure by abandoning its police officers and gendarmes accused by a fringe of the population of racism and violence? According to some police officers and trade union officials interviewed by RT France, there is now a shared feeling in the national police force that Christophe Castaner (ER: minister of the interior) has abandoned his cops. “We’ve been fed to the wolves,” one national police officer assured us.
‘Proven Suspicion’ – the inacceptable phrase
After several demonstrations in support of the Traoré family (ER: France’s equivalent of George Floyd) and accusations of racism and violence by police officers and gendarmes, the latest statements by the boss of Beauvau (Castaner) were clearly badly received by a large number of police officers: the term “proven suspicion” concerning the racist expressions used by certain civil servants particularly made the police officers balk.
Those whom RT France has been able to question in the last few days have also raised the suspicion that Christophe Castaner does not know his job, the law and the police world. The police also criticise the interior minister for the position he has taken on demonstrations banned for health reasons yet tolerated following the death of George Floyd in the United States.
The general secretary of the Alternative police union, Denis Jacob, answered the question asked by RT France on the phone, “Has the government let go of its police officers?” with “If it hasn’t… it looks like it!”
And the militant policeman said: “You can’t go from one extreme to the other. We must not deny racism and police violence, of course, but the measures that are being taken now look like a generalisation and the police are very angry, it’s the last straw for us and revolt is not far off! We are in the same situation as in 2016 [when police officers demonstrated in the streets to express their anger]. Now, it can take many forms, but I think the police will be keen to show that if the institution stops functioning, the fight against crime will stop.”
Police reports deficient in denouncing working conditions
ER: cue the humor
Some mischievous police officers have already started to issue reports about a “current national situation” according to which it would be better to let an individual continue to “insult them copiously during the checkpoint” rather than arrest him for contempt. Before concluding the report with an amused provocation to the administration: “Let’s put the individual back on his bike, greet him politely and wish him a good end to his day. No questioning in order to avoid any possible riot or future accusations of racism.”
The same reply of a former policeman who continues to check up on his colleagues and who confided to RT France:
“The guys in some police stations don’t want to arrest black people any more, it’s as simple as that. They don’t want to be used as fuses. They don’t feel at all supported by this government.”
In another video circulating in police circles and which RT France was able to view, we see a policeman assigned to the anti-crime squad in Ile-de-France (ER: the huge metropolitan region around Paris) filmed inside a vehicle who reports on the radio and announces, while the credits of the Bisounours (ER: Care Bears, children’s music) sound in the passenger compartment: “Contrary to the shocking allegations of your complainant, we have not seen any individual with an iron bar in a place where everything is only peace and love. We were careful to drive very gently in this place so as not to frighten these little beings from this magical world, end of transmission”, reports the policeman. This humorous report was soon broadcast on social networks. (ER: this is DeltaMike59)
An evolution of techniques… but towards what?
Beyond the subject of police violence and alleged racism within the institution, the very technique of questioning suspects was directly questioned by the Interior Minister in his speech to the press on 8 June. In particular, he announced the end of the neck stranglehold and, almost as a result, an unconfirmed piece of information leaked to the media: the taser could make its way back into the police officer’s and gendarme’s equipment… An announcement that Christophe Castaner apparently wanted to keep for the trade unions on 11 and 12 June. But Emmanuel Macron spoke again on this on 10 June and castigated, according to comments reported by Sibeth Ndiaye, “racism and discrimination, this scourge which is a betrayal of republican universalism,” while seeking, according to the same source quoted by AFP, to defend the forces of law and order, “the overwhelming majority of which cannot be smeared. Above all, the spokeswoman stressed that it was indeed the president who had “called for the modernization of questioning techniques and intervention at a time when we are experiencing a situation of extreme tension.
A statement that could confirm what some police officers questioned by RT France feared: media pressure would have led to a decision on arrest techniques “without prior consultation” with the trade unions, as summed up for example by Christophe Canon, Hauts-de-France CRS zonal delegate for the Unsa Police:
“The feeling we have as police officers is that Beauvau is working in reverse. The minister makes announcements that we discover in the press.”
Contacted by RT France, an official of the technical and scientific police union said tersely: “We don’t understand the statements of the Minister of the Interior who seems, on the one hand, to lack police culture and, on the other hand, to make public statements to please the public in the moment of the emotion.”
In this case, some policemen and gendarmes may have been surprised to discover in the columns of the newspaper Le Parisien, in particular that the famous “Taser” of the American company Axon could potentially come back into the limelight while the neck grip was about to disappear? Depending on the calls for tenders and the purchasing policy that will eventually follow at the departmental level.
A police officer interviewed explained his position on this dance of hesitation: “They take away a self-defence technique to give us back Tasers that have been labelled as dangerous…. We don’t understand anything about this. Are they going to ban judo too? Because in theory it’s just as dangerous. It’s just a “get on the ground” technique that’s not supposed to last long. But when a recalcitrant person refuses control, we have no choice but to bring him down and handcuff him.”
The same civil servant who prefers to remain anonymous believes that Christophe Castaner is being “patronizing” in view of the municipal elections... Another policewoman even believes that “it is the next presidential campaign that is being prepared” for the outgoing president. The latter adds:
“Christophe Castaner reacts to emotion, it’s not an intelligent decision, we go to the wall and press the accelerator. He doesn’t know his job and should leave this post. Taking away the cops’ means of action is like making a casserole without potatoes and replacing them with strawberries…” “The minister should get advice from real cops, it wouldn’t hurt.”
The other unnamed official is also concerned about the equipment: “Still, the tasers have to be of good quality. They must not be undersized, having no effect, nor that the charge isn’t held, so that you can only use it once without recharging it!”
Should Castaner leave?
Interviewed by RT France, Jean-Pierre Colombies, former police commander and spokesman of the outraged police association UPNI, deplored: “I’ve said it many times in the press and on TV for months, one day we’ll pay for this opposition that has been orchestrated between police and citizens.”
(ER: this is an important observation. Reports about police culture during the time of the Yellow Vests protests indicated that a culture of opposition to the population had been carefully cultivated over time by the government in its police training techniques.)
The former union policeman adds an iconoclastic grain of salt about him:
“Castaner isn’t abandoning the police, it’s a piece of union theatrics. But I especially remember that this minister speaks of “proven suspicion” and proposes to reform the inspection bodies. Over and above the antinomic nature of the term, I would remind you that there is already an administrative procedure in place in the event of a finding of non-compliant behaviour. It would be enough to apply the code of ethics of the 1980s. At the time of Mitterrand, we were given it when we joined the national police force and we had to carry it with us at all times, in theory. There was even a plastic card that we kept in our pocket.”
And commenting on behalf of his colleagues still on duty:
“Castaner stigmatises and casts doubt on the police institution and he speaks of symbols in Bourdin’s house (ER: TV news program) after having himself contributed to this extreme social tension… If he wants to ease the situation, let him resign! That’s the real gesture people are waiting for. On the Traoré affair, there’s no need to play the Calais bourgeois who comes to make amends with a noose around their necks. You don’t play appeasement after setting fire to the citizenry during the whole yellow vest crisis.”
The feeling of unease is shared by the first anonymous policeman interviewed above:
“The minister is proving the vermin right, whereas the problem is really the people who resist an arrest in the first place (ER: Adama Traore, France’s Floyd figure, resisted arrest three times), we should not forget that! It is the opinion of a very limited fringe of the population that has prevailed over reason, in reality, and that is what bothers us as police officers. Those who do shit must be kept away, no worries, but first of all, the simple police presence must no longer be experienced as mistrust in certain areas. People who do not believe in the simple notion of a police mission are currently being proven right. And we feel abandoned.”
The various police officers, association spokespeople and trade union leaders interviewed all deplored the latest statements made by Christophe Castaner, some calling for his resignation. Will the minister know how to mend his relationship with the social partners at the meetings scheduled for June 11 and 12 in Beauvau?
In parallel to this new debate, a little music to the tune of reshuffling has been heard in recent weeks, culminating in the publication by the weekly Marianne of the advice from the majority group leader of the National Assembly, Gilles Le Gendre to Emmanuel Macron. In this letter attributed to him, this faithful servant suggested to the President of the Republic to replace Christophe Castaner by Jean-Yves Le Drian during the next ministerial shuffle. According to this scenario, Christophe Castaner would have been destined for the Ministry of the Armed Forces, from the Hotel de Beauvau to the Hotel de Brienne, in short. But as a policeman said on the phone: “In the end, we won’t know anything about it beforehand, it’s always the PR [President of the Republic] who decides everything, we can see that.”
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Le gouvernement lâche-t-il sa police ?
Après les différentes annonces du gouvernement et surtout du ministre de l’Intérieur concernant les questions du racisme et de la violence au sein des forces de sécurité intérieure, certains policiers s’estiment lâchés par le gouvernement.
Après des mois de contestation sociale par les Gilets jaunes, puis une relève du mouvement social par les syndicats et les manifestants opposés à la réforme des retraites, le gouvernement français a-t-il finalement cédé à la pression en abandonnant ses policiers et ses gendarmes accusés par une frange de la population de racisme et de violence ? Selon certains policiers et responsables syndicaux interrogés par RT France, il s’agit à présent d’un sentiment partagé dans la police nationale : Christophe Castaner aurait lâché ses flics. «Nous sommes carrément lâchés et livrés en pâture», nous a même assuré un agent de la police nationale.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-06-12--What product is a government supposed to produce?

What is a government for ?
What is it supposed to do ?
What is its product ?
I ’ m not sure we , the people , have really nailed down these questions .
For sure , the Big Bucks aristocracy that has at present secured the whip hand over government thinks government should be making sure nothing gets in the way of their making even more Big Bucks and generally lording it over the planet , culling the herd , turning human beings into drones and so on and so forth .
This is fine and dandy for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ viewpoint , but what about the other 99.5 % of the human race ?
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What about YOU , your family , friends , kids and so forth ?
What do you think government should do ?
The way things are going , a government run for the Big Bucks aristocracy is going to wind the majority of us up in misery , ruin and slavery .
The Big Bucks aristocracy don ’ t care of course – more fool them because these dopes haven ’ t realised that their Big Bucks depend @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the first place and a civilisation depends upon the aggregate energy , vitality , creativity , hard work , ingenuity and willingness to support and contribute of all its people .
The aristocracy is a kind of parasitic entity and no sensible parasite kills its host .
As far as I am aware , no-one has ever stated what is the PRODUCT of a government .
Government is composed of individual human beings working together as a group to do something or other .
Well what ’ s that group of people supposed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ collective efforts ?
What should it produce and against what criteria do we decide what is a desirable product ?
Every human activity , every provider of goods or services has a PRODUCT , the finished thing for which people are willing to give other things ( or money , which represents or stands proxy for things ) in exchange .
Examples , crudely stated off the top of my head : A car manufacturer ’ s product is a roadworthy car or some such thing .
The product of parents is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The product of an artist is an aesthetically appealing painting , poem , novel , music or whatever .
The product of a husband is a happy , fulfilled and secure wife .
The product of a police force is neighbourhood free of crime .
And so on .
And a good , needed and wanted product is well received by the “ consumer ” for which he or she gives an exchange ( money , love , applause , smiles etc etc ) .
If the product is sub-standard , faulty or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hard for its producer to receive an exchange for it ( try , for instance , selling a Trabant or being a really lousy husband ) unless of course , people are FORCED to pay regardless of the desirability of the product ( as in compulsory taxation – and marriage for that matter ) .
But what is the product of government for which we the people give an exchange in the form of support and tax dollars ?
And what criteria do we use to decide ?
Well , we are all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ care about survive , so lets say the criterion is the optimum level of personal , familial , group , national and planetary survival attainable .
So what if we agree that the overall product we need and want from government is : A safe environment in which all honest people are helped to flourish and prosper .
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by Steve Cook
What is a government for?
What is it supposed to do?
What is its product?
I’m not sure we, the people, have really nailed down these questions.
For sure, the Big Bucks aristocracy that has at present secured the whip hand over government thinks government should be making sure nothing gets in the way of their making even more Big Bucks and generally lording it over the planet, culling the herd, turning human beings into drones and so on and so forth.
This is fine and dandy for them, from their own somewhat deranged viewpoint, but what about the other 99.5% of the human race?. What about YOU, your family, friends, kids and so forth? What do you think government should do?
The way things are going, a government run for the Big Bucks aristocracy is going to wind the majority of us up in misery, ruin and slavery. The Big Bucks aristocracy don’t care of course – more fool them because these dopes haven’t realised that their Big Bucks depend on there being a civilisation there in the first place and a civilisation depends upon the aggregate energy, vitality, creativity, hard work, ingenuity and willingness to support and contribute of all its people. The aristocracy is a kind of parasitic entity and no sensible parasite kills its host.
As far as I am aware, no-one has ever stated what is the PRODUCT of a government. Government is composed of individual human beings working together as a group to do something or other. Well what’s that group of people supposed to produce as a result of its collective efforts? What should it produce and against what criteria do we decide what is a desirable product?
Every human activity, every provider of goods or services has a PRODUCT, the finished thing for which people are willing to give other things (or money, which represents or stands proxy for things) in exchange.
Examples, crudely stated off the top of my head:
A car manufacturer’s product is a roadworthy car or some such thing.
A doctor’s product is healthy patients.
The product of parents is a happy, healthy, capable child.
The product of an artist is an aesthetically appealing painting, poem, novel, music or whatever.
The product of a husband is a happy, fulfilled and secure wife.
The product of a police force is neighbourhood free of crime.
And so on. And a good, needed and wanted product is well received by the “consumer” for which he or she gives an exchange (money, love, applause, smiles etc etc). If the product is sub-standard, faulty or simply not wanted, it becomes very hard for its producer to receive an exchange for it (try, for instance, selling a Trabant or being a really lousy husband) unless of course, people are FORCED to pay regardless of the desirability of the product (as in compulsory taxation – and marriage for that matter).
But what is the product of government for which we the people give an exchange in the form of support and tax dollars? And what criteria do we use to decide?
Well, we are all trying ti survive and ensure those we care about survive, so lets say the criterion is the optimum level of personal, familial, group, national and planetary survival attainable.
So what if we agree that the overall product we need and want from government is:
A safe environment in which all honest people are helped to flourish and prosper.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-06-12--Generals who denounced POTUS could be recalled & prosecuted

Retired generals who denounced Trump could be recalled to active duty and prosecuted , experts say By | Just the News Retired four-star military officers who lambasted President Trump could be recalled to active duty and prosecuted for violating the U.S. Code , military law experts told Just the News .
The pertinent law is Title 10 of the U.S. Code , Section 888 , the experts said .
“ As part of the UCMJ , governing military law , you can not use contemptuous words against certain officials , including the president , ” one active duty Army Judge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ That is a court-martial offense , and yes , you can be recalled to active duty to be court-martialed.
” The outspoken retired officers know they could be held to account , the JAG officer said .
“ I don ’ t know who the hell they think they are , ” Dowd said .
“ It ’ s stunning to me .
I guess the law doesn ’ t apply to them.
” The retired officers comprise some of the biggest marquee military names in recent times .
They include former Defense @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Operations Command chief Adm. William McRaven .
With increasing frequency over the past couple years , and in quick succession over the past week , they have leveled serious accusations against Trump , and have called for him to be removed from office .
In late 2019 , McRaven published a New York Times op-ed titled “ Our Republic Is Under Attack From the President , ” and later told CNN interviewer Jake Tapper that Trump is working to destroy the country .
On June 7 , former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) — also speaking to CNN ’ s Tapper — said that Trump has “ drifted away ” from the U.S. Constitution .
Elsewhere , Powell said Trump “ lies all the time , ” and called him a “ menace.
” Retired Lt. Gen. John Allen , who commanded U.S. forces in Afghanistan , said in an interview that the Constitution is under threat — not from violent anarchists , but from the president of the United States .
Retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey , who led U.S. Southern Command and served in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump as a threat to national security .
Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs , Adm. Mike Mullen — who in 2012 surrendered his computers to the FBI in the course of a cybersecurity investigation — accused Trump of giving succor to foreign detractors .
Last week , Mattis ( Pictured ) launched his own salvo .
“ We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership , ” Mattis wrote about Trump in The Atlantic .
“ We can unite without him , drawing on the strengths inherent in our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ adding Trump made a mockery of the Constitution .
Amid publicity surrounding the comments , the retired officers rallied around one another , giving virtual salutes and fist-bumps .
McCaffrey posted on social media his support of Powell and Mattis .
He tweeted a Tik Tok video mocking Trump , and made fun of Mattis critic Sebastian Gorka , calling him “ a childish fraud.
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Retired generals who denounced Trump could be recalled to active duty and prosecuted, experts say
The Uniform Code of Military Justice prohibits using “contemptuous words” against the president.
By Susan Katz Keating
Retired four-star military officers who lambasted President Trump could be recalled to active duty and prosecuted for violating the U.S. Code, military law experts told Just the News.
“Retired officers can’t make contemptuous remarks of the commander-in-chief,” said John Dowd, a former Marine Corps Judge Advocate and former Trump legal advisor. “They’re all subject to recall. They’re subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice until they die.”
The pertinent law is Title 10 of the U.S. Code, Section 888, the experts said.
“As part of the UCMJ, governing military law, you cannot use contemptuous words against certain officials, including the president,” one active duty Army Judge Advocate General Corps officer said. “That is a court-martial offense, and yes, you can be recalled to active duty to be court-martialed.”
The outspoken retired officers know they could be held to account, the JAG officer said.
“I don’t know who the hell they think they are,” Dowd said. “It’s stunning to me. I guess the law doesn’t apply to them.”
The retired officers comprise some of the biggest marquee military names in recent times. They include former Defense Secretary Gen. James Mattis and former Special Operations Command chief Adm. William McRaven.
With increasing frequency over the past couple years, and in quick succession over the past week, they have leveled serious accusations against Trump, and have called for him to be removed from office.
In late 2019, McRaven published a New York Times op-ed titled “Our Republic Is Under Attack From the President,” and later told CNN interviewer Jake Tapper that Trump is working to destroy the country.
On June 7, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Colin Powell (Pictured) — also speaking to CNN’s Tapper — said that Trump has “drifted away” from the U.S. Constitution. Elsewhere, Powell said Trump “lies all the time,” and called him a “menace.”
Retired Lt. Gen. John Allen, who commanded U.S. forces in Afghanistan, said in an interview that the Constitution is under threat — not from violent anarchists, but from the president of the United States.
Retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey, who led U.S. Southern Command and served in Bill Clinton’s cabinet, denounced Trump as a threat to national security. Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Adm. Mike Mullen — who in 2012 surrendered his computers to the FBI in the course of a cybersecurity investigation — accused Trump of giving succor to foreign detractors.
Last week, Mattis (Pictured) launched his own salvo.
“We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership,” Mattis wrote about Trump in The Atlantic. “We can unite without him, drawing on the strengths inherent in our civil society,” he said, adding Trump made a mockery of the Constitution.
Amid publicity surrounding the comments, the retired officers rallied around one another, giving virtual salutes and fist-bumps.
McCaffrey posted on social media his support of Powell and Mattis. He tweeted a Tik Tok video mocking Trump, and made fun of Mattis critic Sebastian Gorka, calling him “a childish fraud.”
The President of the United States. Lobstergate. https://t.co/V0G1Jou4R9 — Barry R McCaffrey (@mccaffreyr3) June 9, 2020 Members of the military community who are not retired four stars questioned the chorus of denunciation. “The sudden rush by retired flag officers to come out and declare the commander-in-chief to be the greatest threat to our Constitution, is nothing short of abhorrent,” Army veteran Chad Longell told Just the News. “While rioters loot and burn the country, while anarchists attempt to take over an American city, and while many are now calling for the abolition of entire police departments, these leaders think the president’s style is the greatest threat to our country?” In an open letter published online, one former Marine Corps officer called “Mad Dog” to task. “Who do you think you are to speak out in such a disgraceful manner against a sitting president?” wrote retired Col. Jim Bathurst. “Do you believe your rank entitles you to talk such trash?” One active duty enlisted soldier and combat veteran said he is deeply disappointed by the retired flag officers’ comments. “I thought our leaders are supposed to be neutral,” the soldier said. “They are acting like political partisans. That, and the level of groupthink mob mentality, shakes me to my core.” Said Longell, who served tours in Iraq and Afghanistan: “What world are they living in?” Retired and active duty military questioned why the vocal four-star officers previously remained silent on issues and policies that sent American troops to their deaths. “Where were they during the Obama administration, when the rules of engagement (ROE) were getting American soldiers killed?” demanded retired Infantry officer and combat veteran Jim Lechner, a history professor. “The administration imposed an unworkable strategy and ROEs that were criminal. Why didn’t these flag officers speak up about that?” In 2015, when asked directly by this reporter about the rules of engagement and whether they endangered American lives downrange, McRaven declined to answer. In his own open letter, Dowd asked Mattis why he did not stop one notorious enemy. “Perhaps you ought to explain how and why you (and John Allen), as [Commanding General] Central Command, did not engage and take out Iranian Major General Soleimani who roamed the Middle East and wreaked havoc and death of American boys with his infamous IEDs,” wrote Dowd. Dowd said that he received a response from Mattis, and that their exchange — which he did not share — was “pleasant.” The retired flag officers have been praised by supporters who believe their comments are warranted and helpful. And, while the criticisms of Trump could bring consequences via the military justice system, charges likely will not be filed, the JAG officer said. “Could they be recalled to active duty and prosecuted? Yes,” the officer said. “Will they be? Highly unlikely.” The effects of their words, though, ripple through the ranks. “The only people who are politicizing the military are the flag officers who are telling our current service members that their commander-in-chief is the greatest threat to our republic,” Longell said. “I can barely think of anything as dangerous to our nation [as] to inject such a thesis as that into the already highly volatile chapter of our history we are in.” Longell and three other active duty soldiers who spoke to Just the News report wanting neutrality and unity from senior leaders, including those who are retired. Said Longell: “As a veteran who has tremendous respect for many of these leaders, it is with a painful feeling of disbelief and disappointment that I watch them now become tools of the very dangerous flames of political opportunism which threaten our great republic.” _________ THE FACTS INSIDE OUR REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
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thelibertybeacon--2020-06-12--Seattle Councilwoman Says East Precinct CHAZ Should Remain In Public Hands [Video]

Seattle Councilwoman Says Warlord-Controlled CHAZ Should Remain In Public Hands A Seattle Councilwoman says the six-block , warlord-controlled ‘ Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone ’ ( CHAZ ) should permanently remain in the hands of the public , according to Komo News .
Councilwoman Kshama Sawant , who embedded herself in the front lines of Seattle ’ s BLM protests over George Floyd ’ s death – a black man who died after a Minneapolis cop knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes – says she plans to introduce legislation which would officially convert the neighborhood into a ‘ community @ @ @ @ @ @ @ evening , Sawant opened the doors to City Hall , allowing over a thousand protesters inside who loudly demanded that Seattle defund the police department and ban the use of chemicals such as tear gas .
The protesters also called for the immediate resignation of Mayor Jenny Durkan .
The Seattle PD are currently working to broker a deal with protesters , who have controlled CHAZ since Tuesday after clashing with police over the weekend – resulting in the evacuation of a police precinct and a National Guard pullout .
In less than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Best says crime has already spiked 300 % , and that “ Rapes , robberies and all sorts of violent acts have been occurring in the area and we ’ re not able to get to [ them ] .
” Meanwhile , homeless people ended up stealing the food brought in to support the hungry protesters , and “ heavily armed ” soundcloud rapper ( and AirBnB superhost ) Raz Simone has taken over as the autonomous zone ’ s resident warlord with his crew .
Can you imagine the MSM reaction @ @ @ @ @ @ @ giant section of a major US city ?
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Seattle Councilwoman Says Warlord-Controlled CHAZ Should Remain In Public Hands
More than 1,000 protesters spent an hour talking about defunding the Seattle Police Department, banning chemical weapon use by police, and railing on Mayor Jenny Durkan, demanding she step down immediately.
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A Seattle Councilwoman says the six-block, warlord-controlled ‘Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone’ (CHAZ) should permanently remain in the hands of the public, according to Komo News.
Councilwoman Kshama Sawant, who embedded herself in the front lines of Seattle’s BLM protests over George Floyd’s death – a black man who died after a Minneapolis cop knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes – says she plans to introduce legislation which would officially convert the neighborhood into a ‘community center for restorative justice.
Kshama Sawant
Our movement needs to urgently ensure East Precinct is not handed back to police, but is turned over permanently into community control. My office is bringing legislation to convert East Precinct into a community center for restorative justice. https://t.co/YGSOG0MXU3 — Kshama Sawant (@cmkshama) June 12, 2020
On Tuesday evening, Sawant opened the doors to City Hall, allowing over a thousand protesters inside who loudly demanded that Seattle defund the police department and ban the use of chemicals such as tear gas. The protesters also called for the immediate resignation of Mayor Jenny Durkan.
The Seattle PD are currently working to broker a deal with protesters, who have controlled CHAZ since Tuesday after clashing with police over the weekend – resulting in the evacuation of a police precinct and a National Guard pullout.
In less than a week, Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best says crime has already spiked 300%, and that “Rapes, robberies and all sorts of violent acts have been occurring in the area and we’re not able to get to [them].”
Seattle Police Chief: “Rapes, robberies and all sorts of violent acts have been occurring in the area and we’re not able to get to [them].” #capitolhillautonomouszone #antifa #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/Oe5YfVz3uL — Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 12, 2020
Meanwhile, homeless people ended up stealing the food brought in to support the hungry protesters, and “heavily armed” soundcloud rapper (and AirBnB superhost) Raz Simone has taken over as the autonomous zone’s resident warlord with his crew.
Not everyone’s a fan of Kshama’s plan…
Our movement needs to urgently ensure East Precinct is not handed back to police, but is turned over permanently into community control. My office is bringing legislation to convert East Precinct into a community center for restorative justice. https://t.co/YGSOG0MXU3 — Kshama Sawant (@cmkshama) June 12, 2020
Marina Tonkonogy @TherapyCG
I’ve always been your supporter, but this is insane and criminal. No one has elected those people. This is a coup done by thugs who created anarchy and chaos and who are now terrorizing many people who live there.
Why don’t you offer up you’re $900,00 house in Leschi as a community center since you care about the “movement” so much. — Val Mata (@ValVictory) June 12, 2020 Tommy @TommyTwoGuns88 Hijacking BLM for your own agenda
Can you imagine the MSM reaction if this was conservatives taking over a giant section of a major US city?
Amazing pic.twitter.com/Pwwc1f4Idt — Antifastan Private Security Poso 🏴 (@JackPosobiec) June 12, 2020 😂🤣😂🤣🤣🤣 I don’t want this to ever end. https://t.co/iquBXPjVHo — TheHuBLife (@GeneralDilley) June 12, 2020 Seattle Mayor says, about the anarchists takeover of her city, “it is a Summer of Love”. These Liberal Dems don’t have a clue. The terrorists burn and pillage our cities, and they think it is just wonderful, even the death. Must end this Seattle takeover now! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 12, 2020 ********* (TLB) published this article as compiled and commented on by ZeroHedge & KOMO News. •••• •••• Stay tuned to …
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thelibertybeacon--2020-06-12--Judge Says His Dislike of Trump Tweets Justifies Persecution of Michael Flynn

Judge Says His Dislike of Trump Tweets Justifies Persecution of Michael Flynn A left-wing “ judge ” claims that because he does not like Donald Trump ’ s tweets , Clinton-appointed Judge Emmet Sullivan should be allowed to continue persecuting Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn .
After a mountain of evidence emerged that Obama ’ s FBI and federal prosecutors were corrupt and committed serious misconduct as they persecuted Michael Flynn , the U.S. Dept .
of Justice dropped its case against the general .
But Judge Emmet Sullivan has refused to obey the law and close out the case .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ should be allowed to be prosecutor , judge , jury , AND executioner and that he should be allowed to continue persecuting the general regardless of the law .
His obstinate and lawless actions were so stark that the D.C .
Circuit Court has called Sullivan on the carpet and ruled that he must explain why he thinks he has the right to continue pushing the case against Flynn even though the case has been dropped .
The D.C .
Circuit gave Sullivan ten days to respond in writing to tell them why @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sullivan eventually replied ( at the last second of his allotted time ) , but the court did not waste much time on his paltry explanation and quickly scheduled oral arguments to force a more serious explanation of out Sullivan .
The craven Sullivan then engaged an extreme left-wing activist former judge to act as his mouthpiece .
This week retired Judge John Gleeson filed a brief with the D.C .
Circuit arguing that because leftists don ’ t like Trump ’ s tweets , that is enough to justify the continued attack @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Gleeson insisted that because Trump has tweeted about the Flynn case , that is enough to be “ interference ” with the case .
Of course , Trump ’ s tweets are not “ interference ” because Trump did not order anyone to do anything in the tweets .
He just decried the illicit attack on the general .
Gleeson also tries to argue the facts of the case , repeating dubious claims about Flynn ’ s conduct in early 2017 — for instance , claiming that he “ urge [ d ] @ @ @ @ @ @ @ policy ” when what he had actually done is ask Russia not to retaliate overly harshly to U.S. sanctions .
Gleeson also argues that Flynn “ lied to the FBI , ” when the FBI agents who met with him later said themselves that they did not believe he had lied to them at the time .
The case against Flynn is now a case against Judge Sullivan .
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Judge Says His Dislike of Trump Tweets Justifies Persecution of Michael Flynn
By: Warner Todd Huston
A left-wing “judge” claims that because he does not like Donald Trump’s tweets, Clinton-appointed Judge Emmet Sullivan should be allowed to continue persecuting Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn.
After a mountain of evidence emerged that Obama’s FBI and federal prosecutors were corrupt and committed serious misconduct as they persecuted Michael Flynn, the U.S. Dept. of Justice dropped its case against the general.
But Judge Emmet Sullivan has refused to obey the law and close out the case. Indeed, he has insisted that he should be allowed to be prosecutor, judge, jury, AND executioner and that he should be allowed to continue persecuting the general regardless of the law.
His obstinate and lawless actions were so stark that the D.C. Circuit Court has called Sullivan on the carpet and ruled that he must explain why he thinks he has the right to continue pushing the case against Flynn even though the case has been dropped.
The D.C. Circuit gave Sullivan ten days to respond in writing to tell them why he thinks he has this power.
Sullivan eventually replied (at the last second of his allotted time), but the court did not waste much time on his paltry explanation and quickly scheduled oral arguments to force a more serious explanation of out Sullivan.
The craven Sullivan then engaged an extreme left-wing activist former judge to act as his mouthpiece. This week retired Judge John Gleeson filed a brief with the D.C. Circuit arguing that because leftists don’t like Trump’s tweets, that is enough to justify the continued attack on Flynn.
In his filing, Gleeson insisted that because Trump has tweeted about the Flynn case, that is enough to be “interference” with the case.
President Trump has since engaged in running public commentary about Flynn’s criminal case through the media and on Twitter. In total, he has tweeted or retweeted about Flynn at least 100 times from March 2017 to present.48 This commentary has made clear that the President has been closely following the proceedings, is personally invested in ensuring that Flynn’s prosecution ends, and has deep animosity toward those who investigated and prosecuted Flynn.
Of course, Trump’s tweets are not “interference” because Trump did not order anyone to do anything in the tweets. He just decried the illicit attack on the general.
Breitbart News further explains:
Gleeson also tries to argue the facts of the case, repeating dubious claims about Flynn’s conduct in early 2017 — for instance, claiming that he “urge[d] a hostile country to undermine current U.S. policy” when what he had actually done is ask Russia not to retaliate overly harshly to U.S. sanctions. Gleeson also argues that Flynn “lied to the FBI,” when the FBI agents who met with him later said themselves that they did not believe he had lied to them at the time.
In concluding, Gleeson acknowledges that the executive branch has sole discretion over the decision to prosecute, but claims it “forfeited” that discretion once it filed charges against Flynn. It could not withdraw those charges, he argued, “simply because Flynn is a friend and political ally of the President.” He said Flynn should immediately be sentenced.
The case against Flynn is now a case against Judge Sullivan.
And this farce continues…
Latest News: The Dangerous Illogic of Judge Emmet Sullivan’s Continued Attack on Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn
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About the Author: Warner Todd Huston has been writing editorials and news since 2001 but started his writing career penning articles about U.S. history back in the early 1990s. Huston has appeared on Fox News, Fox Business Network, CNN, and several local Chicago News programs to discuss the issues of the day. Additionally, he is a regular guest on radio programs from coast to coast. Huston has also been a Breitbart News contributor since 2009. Warner works out of the Chicago area, a place he calls a “target rich environment” for political news. Follow Warner Todd Huston on facebook.
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