a. Background
1) Federal Agencies
The U.S. Constitution places the lawmaking power in the hands of Congress, the legislative branch. This ensures that the people making laws must answer to the voters. The president, the head of the executive branch, is supposed to enforce the laws, not make them. Agencies were created, answering to the president, to assist in enforcing laws in specific areas. But in the last 200 years, these have multiplied to over 400 agencies.
These agencies are engaging in legislative functions—they are making laws. Over many years, Congress has delegated its lawmaking authority to these executive branch agencies by passing laws that express a general idea—e.g., clean the water, expand health insurance—and that leave it to the agencies to say what the law specifically means in your lives and businesses.
These agencies also exercise enforcement and judicial functions. They make laws (which they call regulations), enforce them, and decide whether you violated those laws—all in one agency. And they do so with little or no internal check. Agencies frequently do not even answer to the president. Some have become so large and powerful that many of their lifetime-tenured career staffers can ignore, obstruct, or undermine the priorities of the president without consequence.
https://adflegal.org/article/administrative-state-lawmakers-no-one-votes
2) Congress
At the federal level, the president of the United States can serve a maximum of two four-year terms. However, there are no limits on the number of terms served by a Senator or Representative. (Each term in the House of Representatives is two years and six years for the Senate.) The average length of service for Representatives at the beginning of the 118th Congress (2024) was 8.5 years (4.3 House terms); for Senators, 11.2 years (1.9 Senate terms). This has enabled some to become quite entrenched in their jobs. There are no age limits for congress either. The oldest Representative in the 118th Congress is 86. The oldest Senator in the 118th Congress is 89.
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R47470
3) The Deep State—the deep state is a clandestine network of members of the federal government, working in conjunction with high-level financial and industrial entities and leaders, to exercise power alongside or within the elected United States government. — Wikipedia
Throughout Western history, bureaucracy has tried to protect itself from accountability, transparency, and responsibility. That’s why the framers of the U.S. Constitution set up a representative republic: a limited government with primary responsibilities to protect private property and provide justice. When a government expands its jurisdiction, that’s when problems arise. Little attention is paid to the fact that government bureaucracy … and socialism … allow for tremendous abuse of power. But today, at the highest levels of government (all the way to the lowest), the Deep State bureaucrats act with immunity.
b. Handling of COVID
1) Lockdowns
- Arbitrary designation of essential and non-essential businesses. (i.e. Bars were deemed essential, but churches were not?)
- Private businesses and companies were ordered to close.
- Children’s mental and social development and education were greatly affected by the isolation and the use of online education.
- Initial Covid treatment was to stay home and monitor until temperature or difficulty breathing required hospitalization.
- Once in hospital patients were kept in isolation from outside visitors.
- Critical patients were not allowed to see loved ones before dying.
- Constitutional rights were usurped ‘for the greater good of all’.
2) Origins of Covid
- Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), repeatedly insisted that Covid was a naturally occurring virus that jumped to infecting humans until it was proven that it had come from a lab in Wuhan, China.
- Fauci also insisted that he had no connection to that lab and was not involved in gain of function research, until that also was proven false.
3) Vaccine
- The so-called vaccine for Covid was a totally new technology, revolutionary in its design. Testing was truncated and concerns were buried.
- Lies told to the public: vaccinated can’t get Covid;
vaccinated can’t spread Covid
old remedies (e.g., Ivermectin) don’t work, may be harmful, don’t even mention them. In a recent lawsuit, Ivermectin was proven effective if used early against Covid.) - Before the DOD rescinded the COVID mandate, upwards of 8,000 service members who rejected the COVID shot were pushed out of the military.
- The consequences came full circle in November 2023, as the Army faced a recruitment crisis, with enlistment numbers down for two years in a row.
- Since early 2023, disclosures of vaccine injuries have been forthcoming:
- – devastating impacts of the COVID shots on pregnant women and babies,
- – adverse events included miscarriage, fetal chromosomal abnormalities, fetal malformation, fetal cardiac arrest (heart attack), fetal arrythmias, placental thrombosis, premature delivery, fetal death (stillborn), and premature baby death,
- – catastrophic damage happening to women’s menstrual cycles, as well as the tragic drop in fertility affecting both males and females,
- – multiple injections can significantly increase risks for cancer and other detrimental conditions.
- Sudden death of very healthy young people.
- Some researchers believe up to 17 million people worldwide may have been killed by this vaccine, and it’s ongoing!
4) Other outcomes
- The ‘‘Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act’’ or the ‘‘CARES Act’’ provided government payments to hospitals caring for Covid patients.
- The hospital payments included:
- – A “free” required PCR test in the Emergency Room or upon admission for every patient, with government-paid fee to hospital.
- – Added bonus payment for each positive COVID-19 diagnosis.
- – Another bonus for a COVID-19 admission to the hospital.
- – A 20 percent “boost” bonus payment from Medicare on the entire hospital bill for use of remdesivir instead of medicines such as Ivermectin.
- – Another and larger bonus payment to the hospital if a COVID-19 patient is mechanically ventilated.
- – More money to the hospital if cause of death is listed as COVID-19, even if patient did not die directly of COVID-19.
- A COVID-19 diagnosis also provides extra payments to coroners.
- Creating a “National Pandemic Emergency” provided justification for such sweeping actions that overrode individual physician medical decision-making and patients’ rights.
- Doctors who did not follow the recommended treatment were severely shunned, chastised, and threatened with losing their medical license.
- But independent doctors who did not follow the “Fauci prescribed treatment” had far different outcomes:
- – They treated immediately upon diagnosis with proven remedies such as Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine,
- – They lost almost no patients unless there were other severe underlying illnesses or Covid was too far advanced before the patient sought treatment.
- So how many deaths really were from Covid, and of these, how many could have been avoided with a different protocol?
Biden’s Bounty on Your Life: Hospitals’ Incentive Payments for COVID-19
Series of Roundtable Discussions with Health Care Professionals led by Sen. Ron Johnson
- The arrival of Covid-19 vaccines created a global market worth tens of billions of dollars in annual sales for some pharmaceutical companies.
- Among the biggest winners are Moderna and Pfizer which are both charging more than $30 per person for their two-dose vaccines (mostly paid for by insurance companies).
From Pfizer to Moderna: who’s making billions from Covid-19 vaccines?
c. Government Lawfare & abuse
1) Lawfare defined:
The strategic use of legal proceedings to intimidate or hinder an opponent.
2) The FBI—An Example:
- Former FBI Director James Comey broke federal law when he leaked confidential memos of his conversations with President Trump to the press. Yet he hasn’t been prosecuted for that crime.
- Peter Strzok – former Chief of the Counterespionage Section of the FBI – who led the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a personal email server while she was Secretary of State … and who launched the counterintelligence spying operation of the 2016 Trump presidential campaign. Neither he nor Lisa Page – his secret lover and former FBI lawyer – have faced any legal consequences for their collusion with former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe and others to influence the 2016 presidential election.
(See also: How the Left Subverted the CIA and FBI)
3) The IRS—An Example:
- John Koskinen – former Commissioner of the IRS during the Obama administration – lied to Congress when he said he had produced all of the emails related to the scandal involving mistreatment of conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status. Instead of complying with the congressional subpoena, he allowed subpoenaed documents to be destroyed. Yet he was never prosecuted.
- Lois Lerner – former director of the Exempt Organizations Unit of the IRS – delayed the processing of 296 applications for tax exempt status from conservative groups from 2010 through the 2012 election cycle – 75 of which had “tea party” or “patriot” in their names. She was never prosecuted or charged with a crime. She pled the 5th Amendment during congressional testimony, refusing to answer questions. Email evidence of her wrongdoing was supposedly destroyed by a hard drive crash of Lerner’s computer.
4) The State Department—An Example:
- While she was Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton violated at least 6 statutes in Section 18 of the U.S. Code for mishandling and destroying classified information. Yet she was exonerated by then-FBI Director James Comey – who usurped the authority of Attorney General Loretta Lynch in doing so. Ms. Clinton still has not been held accountable for her unlawful actions.
- Jonathan Winer and other top officials in the Obama State Department were involved with former British spy Christopher Steele – author of the so-called “Steele Dossier” – and Glenn Simpson of Fusion GPS – the opposition research company hired by Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to dig up negative information about Donald Trump in an effort to influence the 2016 election. The State Department even authored its own dossier on Trump. These officials – along with Glenn Simpson and Christopher Steele – have operated with impunity … and still are doing so.
5) The CIA—An Example:
John Brennan – former Director of the CIA during President Obama’s second term – has accused President Trump of treason, among other charges of wrongdoing.
He has encouraged federal executive branch employees to disobey the policies and orders of President Trump.
President Trump ordered Brennan’s security clearance revoked 10 months ago … yet Brenan still has it. This is another example of Deep State bureaucrats acting against the will of the President of the United States … and doing so with impunity.
The greatest threat to a representative form of government — in which government is by the consent of the people — is the abuse of power of unelected bureaucrats.
https://craighuey.com/government-abuse-of-abuse-of-power/ (published JUNE 14, 2019)
(See also How the FBI and CIA went woke ) or
6) Election Interference
The Covid pandemic became the reason given for numerous states changing their mail-in ballot and other election procedures. Most of these changes were not made by the states’ required process. Distribution, collection, and authentication of mail-in ballots gave easy access to fraud.
Lawfare does not just target individuals. It is also used to influence the way votes are collected in an effort to swing the interpretation of election law in favor of a party’s agenda.
Here’s how states have changed the rules around voting amid the coronavirus pandemic
(Other aspects of the election systems and procedures are in section 12. Vulnerable Election Practices & Systems)
7) January 6 Protest
- There were actually two different events held January 6—the “Save America” rally at the Ellipse, followed by the march to the capitol where further speeches were expected.
- On Jan. 3, 2021, Pres. Trump authorized 20,000 National Guard for Capitol security for the Jan. 6 Rally because of the enormous crowd anticipated, but this had to also be authorized by the Sergeants at Arms of both the House and Senate.
- Sergeants at Arms were toldby superiors to not authorize because of ‘fear of optics.’ (The procedure called for the president to make National Guard troops available and for the Sergeants at Arms to authorize. Both of these steps had to occur.)
- On Jan. 4, Capitol Police Chief Sund started seeking permission for security assistance from Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Michael Stenger and House Sergeant-at-Arms Paul Irving. His request was denied. Sund says he requested assistance six times ahead of and during the attack on the Capitol. Each of those requests was denied or delayed, he says.
- U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins, from Louisiana, stated in an interview with Tucker Carlson, that he had evidence that there were at least 200 FBI assets, dressed as Trump supporters, in the crowd and in the Capitol before the doors were opened.
- Clay also stated that many of them were involved long before Jan. 6, active in conservative social media groups, urging them to come to the Capitol and take back their nation (in other words, entrapment).
- 120,000 or more supporters attended the “Save America” rally at the Ellipse, a park near the White House on Jan. 6, 2021. The Rally was totally peaceful. People listened to Trump’s speech (NOTHING incendiary there!), walked around and prayed and sang. (I know; I watched the WHOLE thing on TV!)
- Trump’s speech went overtime. He ended his speech with, “I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.”
- Meanwhile, the more aggressive group (including the FBI assets) were already at the Capitol. Some protagonists had already become aggressive at the capitol before the rally at the Ellipse had ended. Those at the rally had no knowledge of what was going on at the capitol as they made their way to the capitol.
- The Capitol building is a maze of unmarked halls and offices. The protesters would never have been able to find their way to Pelosi’s or other offices and the Senate chamber without help. It also appears that they were led to the places that would be the most condemning.
- From the viewpoint of the camera I watched on TV, after the group from the Ellipse made their way to the Capitol, they were mostly just standing around praying and singing. The only barricades around the building were flimsy metal bicycle racks clipped together.
- Then, where I was viewing on TV, the Capitol Police began moving the barricades aside and INVITING the people in. (I saw it!) There evidently was more aggressive behavior on another side of the building, but not by any I saw.
- As barriers were moved aside and they were invited to enter, people began streaming in, stopping to pose for selfies, and looking around like tourists. Some would stop and pray either individually or in small groups as they went through the rotunda, chambers, or offices. These were tourists, not terrorists! There was no destructive behavior. No weapons. They looked around and then left—peaceably, just as they had come in.
- Joseph Hanneman, lead reporter for Epoch Times, commented on the number of ‘suspicious actors’ in the crowd and the early use of explosive munitions like rubber bullets, which can easily put out an eye, and dispersion grenades, some of which caught fire. These were fired at the back of the crowd, not at the ones being aggressive, and the people could not understand why they were being fired at. This made some very angry. Others tried to diffuse the situation and help and protect others.
- Four Trump supporters died (two directly connected with actions taken by capitol police and two indirectly or possibly connected):
- – Ashli Babbitt, 35, of San Diego and an Air Force veteran, died on the day of the riot after being shot by a Capitol Police officer,
- – Rosanne Boyland, 34, of Kennisaw, Georgia, after falling down and being repeatedly beaten with a baton by a Capitol Police officer,
- – Kevin Greeson, 55, and Benjamin Phillips, 50, both died of cardiovascular disease (heart attacks), and the manner of death was deemed “natural” but possibly brought on by the situation.
- Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick suffered two strokes nearly eight hours after being sprayed with a chemical irritant during the riot, but his death was listed as natural causes. Capitol Police Officer Howard Liebengood, 51, who was on duty at the Capitol on Jan. 6, took his own life three days after the riots.
- It was reported that Capitol Police were “understaffed, insufficiently equipped, and inadequately trained” to secure the Capitol and members on Jan. 6.
- Why was the capitol so ill-prepared, knowing it would be a massive crowd of people who were upset with what they perceived to be a fraudulent election? Why had the offer for National Guard been turned down?
- There is some evidence that it was a CAREFULLY ORCHESTRATED PLAN BY THE ESTABLISHMENT LIBERALS AND THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF THE FBI TO DESTROY THE ENTIRE MAGA MOVEMENT—and to destroy the reputations of all in any way associated with the Maga label. They were absolutely desperate to see that Trump would never regain the office of President. (That’s really hard to believe, except when you look at the evidence!)
Here’s What Really Happened on January 6th
The Real Story of January 6 | Documentary
Ex-Capitol Police Chief Says Requests For National Guard Denied 6 Times In Riots
Trump, National Guard and Jan. 6: The Truth
8) J6 Defendants
- The decision was made at the highest level of government to hunt down anyone who was at the capitol (or even in Washington, D.C.) on that date, using facial recognition, cell phone data, or any other form of technology.
- There is no question that there were a number of people at the capitol who did riot, act violently, and should be held accountable for their actions. However, it should be in the same measure as the punishment received by others who commit similar acts.
- There were roughly four categories of people at the capitol:
- 1. FBI assets and a few other groups who were not Trump supporters and were there to instigate a riot,
- 2. Trump supporters who were ready for action because of their belief that the election was fraudulent. But most of these would not have taken action except for the instigators or the unanticipated escalation by the police. Many were combat veterans who had fought for this country.
- 3. Many were just innocent Americans who got swept up in the crowd and were either pressed into the capitol or invited in by the capitol police like tourists. They had no idea that they were breaking a law!
- 4. By far, the vast majority of the people, who attended the rally and then walked up to the capitol, never entered the capitol building or did anything else.
- Over 1200 people have been arrested so far and the hunt continues. But it is the heavy-handed treatment that seems questionable.
- – Officers in full tactical gear and vehicles showed up at homes screaming, “FBI, FBI, open the door.” And seconds later using a battering ram on the door, totally splintering it.
- – At the same time, they set off ‘flash bangs’ for effect.
- – They demanded occupants to come out of the house (all ages and sexes) no matter what state of undress they might be in.
- – The one they were after was handcuffed and shackled and led away.
- – There was no warrant, no reading of rights, no call to an attorney, no instructions to family members.
- – Their purpose was to terrorize and intimidate—and make them appear as dangerous and guilty before their neighbors and the world.
- Records show around half of those individuals who have been arrested have entered guilty pleas, mostly hoping for lighter sentences. A few hundred other cases have been worked out, either by agreements or trials. More than a hundred cases are still awaiting trial. Here are a few examples:
- – Matthew Perna—went to the rally on Jan. 6 to “peacefully stand up for his beliefs” and stated that he was ushered in by police officers. He entered the Capitol through the Senate Wing door and stayed inside the building for about 20 minutes, taking videos of the crowd while inside. Nothing more. On January 14, he was told by a friend that his picture was on the FBI website, and they were looking for him. Matt contacted the FBI to turn himself in. Initially they charged him with two misdemeanors. He was released without bail. A few days later they added a felony charge of Obstruction of Congress. The next month a grand jury indicted him on 4 counts, one being the felony count of Obstruction of Congress. He pleaded not guilty and was released. Over the next several months hearings were scheduled and then postponed or cancelled. His attorney advised him to plead guilty thinking he would most likely receive 6-12 months in a prison camp. After his plea was entered, he waited for 2 months for sentencing. Then he was told that the DOJ was going to add a “sentencing enhancement” of Terrorism. This would increase his sentence to 6 or more years. Matt hanged himself in his garage.
- – Colton McAbee—was held in jail for over two years without a trial. He was moved often and much of the time was in isolation and without windows. His wife was not allowed to see him for over two years.
- – Rebecca Lavrenz—a jury convicted a 71-year-old Colorado woman nicknamed “the praying grandma” for entering the Capitol Building on Jan. 6, after praying on the grounds with a group for over an hour. She was found guilty on four misdemeanor charges. She could be sentenced to a year in prison and fines exceeding $200,000.
- – John Strand—was at the capitol on Jan. 6 as a bodyguard for Dr. Simone Gold, a leading figure in the anti-vaccine movement. John Strand rejected a plea deal and waged an online campaign for vindication. He was convicted on all five charges he faced, and now faces up to 24 years in prison. Strand’s potential sentence is so harsh because he refused to take a plea deal, instead opting to fight the charges against him before a jury and through an online campaign. (Dr. Gold pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of unlawfully entering and remaining in a restricted area of the U.S. Capitol and was sentenced to a 60-day prison term followed by 12 months of supervised release and ordered her to pay a $9,500 fine.)
At the GOP Jan 6 Field Hearing on June 13, 2023, John read the following statement: “I refused to take a plea. The government statement of fact in that plea was nefariously false and because I was not guilty of any criminal intent. The DOJ’s dishonest distortion of my free speech to frame me and mislead a jury have let to my wrongful conviction of serious crimes and the DC judge’s fury at my public criticism of the government’s behavior landed me years in prison. That is the textbook definition of fascism. If you can not see the harshly stark contrast of the unprecedented persecution inflicted on so many J6 defendants, then you are willfully and shamefully blind.” - At least five J6 defendants have committed suicide so far, due to their treatment. The last one was in April 2024. The D.C. jail, where most of the J6 defendants are kept, has been referred to as the ‘D.C. gulag’ due to abusive treatment, maggots found in food, solitary confinements, etc. But the J6 defendants encourage themselves and each other by flashing their cell lights each night at an appointed time and singing The Star Spangled Banner in unison.
The Real Story of January 6 Part 2: The Long Road Home
9) House J6 Committee
The House committee put together by the Democrats to investigate January 6 was a sham. It was a show performance for the sole purpose of further discrediting and inflaming opinions against Trump and frightening everyone away from considering to still be a part of the Maga movement.
A recent Washington Times op-ed criticized the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol breach. The op-ed said the select committee does not have legitimate Republican representation. Reps. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) and Liz Cheney (R-WY) are the only two Republicans currently allowed on the committee.
David Bossie, who wrote the Washington Times op-ed, noted Jan. 3 conversation between Trump and Miller and said the Jan. 6 select committee is “crafting a narrative that doesn’t quite add up and omits important facts that would not stand if there were proper Republican representation on the committee.”
10) Trump Impeachments & Indictments—Examples:
- Judges and DAs are either political figures who campaigned on a party platform or have been appointed based on which political ideology they favor. Some are elected because their campaigns were heavily funded by those with a particular political agenda.
George Soros has been quietly investing millions into the legal system by financing the election campaigns of DAs in several states.
Prosecutors have broad discretion in deciding what crimes they will prosecute, and it is not uncommon that those decisions are based on their political leanings. Even judges and justices may be beholden to their benefactors.
- The most prominent lawfare cases revolve around former President Donald Trump. During his first term as President, Democrats worked hard to get him impeached but all charges proved baseless. Now there are six lawfare attacks on Trump, mostly concurrent.
- 1. The 14th Amendment Removal Campaign. Several states have attempted to remove Pres. Trump from the 2024 Presidential Election using the 14thAmendment. The United States Supreme Court unanimously decided that no state can take him off the ballot, as he has not been convicted of inciting an insurrection.
- 2. New York hush money. Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, a Soros-funded DA, was the first to file criminal charges against Trump, alleging that he used false ledger entries to hide payouts to women to keep them from going public about alleged extramarital affairs ahead of his 2016 presidential election campaign. (This was an almost 20-yr.-old matter that all other jurisdictions had refused to prosecute.) (And what exactly is the crime?!) (Furthermore, two major Democratic clients of the daughter of the judge overseeing the trial have raised at least $93 million in campaign donations — and used the case in their solicitation emails — raising renewed concerns that the jurist has a major conflict of interest.) Wow!
Dem clients of daughter of NY judge in Trump hush-money trial raised $93M off the case
- 3. The Georgia RICO case. Fulton County DA Fani Willis brought a criminal case against Donald Trump, charging him with forgery and racketeering, among other charges. The case stalled when Willis was proven to have had a romantic relationship with one of the chief prosecutors she appointed. Trump’s defense team filed a lawsuit, and a judge recently decided she could stay on the case but had to fire the prosecutor she was romantically involved with. (This case was based on a phone call after the 2020 election with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, asking him to reexamine the vote count to find some 11,000 erroneously counted votes that would make the difference in the outcome for Georgia.) (There was NO CRIME!)
- 4. Federal Classified Documents Case. Pres. Trump was accused of storing federal classified documents at his Mar El Lago resort in Florida and keeping them there after he lost re-election. The FBI raided his property, took pictures, and confiscated boxes full of papers. That case has also stalled since the FBI had to admit that their photos were staged, and they had not maintained a chain of protection of their evidence. (As a former president, Trump was allowed by law to keep papers from his tenure as president. This is done by all presidents. However, the same is not true for Senators or Vice Presidents such as Biden was when he took Confidential papers; yet he has never been charged.)
- 5. Federal election conspiracy. In August 2023, special counsel Jack Smith brought a 4-count indictment against Trump, charging him with conspiracy to disrupt election proceedings because of the January 6 rally and other statements and actions by Trump. Trump’s legal team has claimed that former presidents have immunity from prosecution for what they do in office unless Congress first impeaches them. He also claims that the indictment is invalid because the Senate acquitted him of similar charges in February 2021. The case is now before the U.S. Supreme Court.
- 6. The State of New York vs. Donald Trump. Attorney General Letitia James sued him under a state executive law, claiming that he inflated property values to secure better bank loan rates. In February, Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Engoron ruled against Trump and imposed a “disgorgement” (a legal remedy requiring someone who profited illegally to give back any profits made in that activity). In spite of the fact that the loan was paid back in full, the banks (who did their own property evaluations before making the loan) were happy with the deal, and there was NO victim, Trump was ordered to pay back $454 million, which was then reduced to a $175 million bond while the case is being appealed. (Letitia James promised to “take on” then-President Donald Trump when she campaigned for New York attorney general in 2018.) (Outrageous penalty for NO CRIME!)
These cases have been the most flagrant evidence of lawfare. In addition to attempting to derail Trump, I think their plan is to get our eyes off the real problems—the border, debt, and the push toward global Marxism through ESG and other tactics.
Lawfare in Election Politics, an IFA Special Report, available from Intercessors for America
Here’s where all the cases against Trump stand as he campaigns for a return to the White House
“Democrats Will Use Deep-State ‘Falsehoods’ to Win ‘Election after Election’: Senator” by Ben Johnson, May 18, 2023, in The Washington Stand, publication of Family Research Council.
(This is crazy! How did this happen in such a short time? See How Did We Get Here?.)