Harry Litman - "The Most Dangerous Power"

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Multiple news outlets reported last week that federal agents have been questioning friends, former employees, and associates of Governor Gavin Newsom of California and his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom. A person familiar with the matter, speaking anonymously, confirmed to The Times that multiple investigations are underway, including at least one focused on Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s finances.

In contrast to others of the administration’s political prosecutions, Jennifer Siebel Newsom presents a fairly checkered financial background. She has been the subject of allegations and at least one prior federal inquiry into potential self-dealing, improper financial arrangements between her nonprofit organizations and private entities, and possible conflicts of interest involving donors with business before the state.

Moreover, Governor Newsom’s former chief of staff, Dana Williamson, just pleaded guilty to three felonies, including lying to the FBI about confidential state litigation she leaked to a former business partner, an investigation that was initiated during the Biden administration.

So Todd Blanche and the Department of Justice, who have been pilloried in the courts and public opinion for their rank reprisal prosecutions against blameless targets such as James Comey, may be making a sort of calculated wager. Yes, the multiple investigations certainly seem of a piece with the indefensible investigations and indictments of other Trump enemies. But if they can prospect wide and deep enough, they may come up with a charge against Jennifer Siebel Newsom that they can make stick. And at that point, the calculation goes, their improprieties are redeemed. It’s all in the service of a valid prosecution. The fishing expedition has landed something in its net.

https://harrylitman.substack.com/p/the-most-dangerous-power

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1. I don't know anything about Ms. Newsom, her finances, what she believes,

or how she conducts her normal life. I do know that not one of us anywhere could defend successfully against a trump DOJ investigation. Most of us can barely keep our normal lives together, let alone conspiratorially plot some financial gain. The rich (and I include the Newsoms) are different in only degree from the rest of us. And while this article was about Jennifer Newsom, and I like the chutzpah of her husband, I have issues with both... they both (along with several others, including Obama) with these "New Democrat" ideals, which to me read akin to Republican-lite theories and policies. I say this because I don't want to get rid of one degenerate trump and minions, only to replace them with democrats who align themselves with the financial angles of the New Democrats.

Give me an old-time FDR (at whatever age!) and THAT'S who I want to vote for! That person will generate excitement among the population. I know Bernie is too old... and most will argue so is Elizabeth Warren... but their ideas are what we need to promote to start building bridges to get things actually done FOR the people, IMO. Is there a young democrat out there (other than Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) who embodies that truth and conviction for the people as a whole? It seems like the brightest democrats I find out there are female, and I'm sorry to say this country is so patriarchal I doubt ANY woman would stand a chance at the Presidency, no matter how smart, savvy, or empathetic she was. Sorry thing to say about our country, considering how many women are leading their countries today.