Bigger Than Watergate!

Posted: 10/11/2016  Updated: 4/10/2018

Update Of 4/10/2018

This scandal is far worse than Watergate. This is far more sophisticated than the crude burglary of Watergate and its cover up ever was. This time it is not the president, but the opposition party (Democrats) and former President Obama who is covering up.

Yesterday, the law offices of a personal attorney of President Trump, his hotel room and his home were raided by the discredited and nothing to show for special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation that has been going on now for over a year. I was stunned to see the news yesterday.

Special counsel has applied so far some of the toughest prosecutorial instruments in his investigation against the president, including accusations of tax evasion against persons close to President Trump. So far, Mueller has come up empty handed.

Original Post

What has unfolded in this U.S. presidential election of 2016 is already bigger than Watergate! I don’t have the time to put the details together here, but it is my firm impression to be true.

The most unlawful president since Nixon, i.e. Obama, has covered up the election campaign of Hillary Clinton and saved her and himself from prosecution!

The U.S. Department of Justice and the Attorney General under the Obama administration have become extremely politicized! Just this secretive meeting between Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former president Bill Clinton shortly before the FBI would announce the results of their investigation of Hillary Clinton is by itself incredible.

Again, the IRS under Obama was used to undermine political opposition! The current IRS commissioner has not yet resigned nor has Obama asked for his resignation.

What We the Citizens also have witnessed here is that the Democratic Party wholly incapable of cleaning up the mess.

On Trump's Hollywood Access Video Of 2005

Posted: 10/11/2016

The way presidential candidate Donald Trump is heard talking on this video is awful and no man should talk like that. That said!

1. Trump grew up in the construction business and is a property developer. It might be a cliche or stereotyping, but a considerable number of people working in this industry tend to talk in vulgar terms at least some of the time or are quite familiar with this kind of talk, unless I am completely mistaken.
2. It appears there were two distinct situations that Trump was describing in this video: 1) Lusting after a married woman and 2) A type of female behavior towards rich, celebrity men
3. As to the married woman, we do not know when it happened and we do not know exactly whether Trump was aware of her marital status from the beginning. Which man had never had any desires for a sexual affair with a married woman? He admitted that he was not successful, he provides no details. Trump complains about “big, phony tits” and that she “totally changed her looks”. Apparently, Trump prefers women with natural looks. Nothing wrong with that.
4. As to women’s behavior towards rich, celebrity men. I almost thought, Trump was actually appalled about these kind of women. That is my take. Either it is a total myth that those kind of women have existed or still exist or there are some women out there who would almost do anything to attract a rich, celebrity man. I am afraid the latter is true and Trump recoiled at such women.
5. Trump apologized more than once for this talk to his family, to his voters etc. He said he was not proud of it.

Accusations of sexual assault by Trump related to this video appear to be pure demagoguery and election campaign smearing.

P.S. I relied on this Washington Post article as my source.

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