Trump should warn Obama admin bureaucrats against destroying records
As the Trump bandwagon rolls on and the parade grows behind it, there has to be a growing unease in many federal office buildings throughout the country that computers and file cabinets may contain emails and documents that could be used against them if Republicans take total control of the government. Even if a Trump justice department chose not to determine the truth about Fast and Furious, Benghazi and the IRS scandals and take prosecutorial action, a friendly administration might allow hundreds if not thousands of civil suits to be filed against federal departments and employees by citizens and organizations who consider themselves damaged by the Obama administration’s dishonesty and many abuses of power.
What if all those FOIA requests for documents and information that have been routinely stonewalled by multiple federal agencies and departments for the past eight years were suddenly honored by a Trump administration? Such an action could very well result in a treasure trove of culpability falling into the waiting hands of countless plaintiffs’ lawyers or even federal prosecutors. The thought of that happening has to be keeping some bureaucrats, as well as elected and appointed politicians, from sleeping too soundly as Trump’s election appears more possible with every passing day. You would have to be naïve beyond belief to not realize that there must be thousands or more of those individuals who are beginning to wonder just what’s in their files that could provide the rope that hangs them. And of course, the very next thought that follows that mental inventory is what can be done to get rid of the rope.
Trump could enhance his popularity immediately and immensely if he were to add to his stump speeches the promise that those in the Obama administration who have ignored the law or acted illegally on behalf of their political masters won’t necessarily be investigated for such actions by a Trump administration, but they will most certainly be prosecuted to the fullest extent if they attempt to obstruct justice by destroying official communications and records. He should cement that thought in their minds by reminding them that even if they destroy electronic and paper evidence in their personal possession, in this day and age, there are always copies of those records in other computers and file cabinets that inevitably will be found. And that evidence could very well provide the obstruction of justice rope they hang by. Trump should emphasize that even someone as powerful as Hillary can’t escape investigation for mishandling and likely destruction of official communications and documents; she may avoid prosecution perhaps, but then bureaucrats aren’t Hillary, with all that Clinton Teflon magic.
To absolutely mangle Dr. Samuel Johnson: The thought of your hanging by the next administration, should wonderfully concentrate the mind of a federal bureaucrat.
Crossposted at American Thinker
Category: Politics
This would be like when we got all of the Stasi files when the wall came down. They didn’t have time to destroy all of the documents.
Unfortunately the Obama Stasi does have time…
Not to worry. About now, most of the high-level bureaucrats are busily writing their book drafts to reveal the inside horrors of the oBaMa regime.
I wonder who will snitch on who first when it all begins? I’m sure there will be a “snitch-fest” like a bunch of jailhouse rats.
Here’s hoping that there are plenty of patriots left in the various bureaucracies that have saved evidence of all those criminal transgressions. There certainly should be enough to make the next few years interesting, to say the least. The good guys haven’t had anyone to pass all that information to with any prayer of prosecution. That could change with a new attorney general, someone with the bulldog personality of Chris Christie or Rudy Guilliani, for instance.
I was wondering when this idea would find its way into print. There will be a brownout in DC the morning of 9NOV from shredders running maxed out if he wins. HD and Lowe’s will sell out of sledgehammers to be used for smashing hard drives. Plus there will be tremendous sucking up by the liberals to garner new ‘friendship’ with the Republican administration.
The whole damned political system is little more than a cesspool of self-serving ego maniacs who lie and manipulate the public at will. Do yourself a BIG favor and watch this brief video. Take two important points from it.
The bail outs were nothing but ripoffs of the tax payers. Secondly, when some ignorant S O B wants to tell us “People who are afraid of Communists are foolish” click back on to this link and in particular, start around the 5:05 mark.
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=Lvl5Gan69Wo
Pardon my mistake. Instead of a quick focus at the 5:00 minute mark, make that a strong look right at the 3:05 mark.
I’m convinced if it were possible to put every damn politician in this country into a bag, the probability of reaching in and selecting one at random and coming out with a turd would be 100%. With VERY few exceptions, they all suck. Damn near every one.
Somewhere in the offices, people who have put up with shit from their supervisors for the past 7.5 years may just be ripping CDs to take home or copying shit to jump drives they bought at Staples or Office Max for about $6. If I understand the progress in microchips properly, you can buy 16GB now for about $6 to $8, and before long, a 1TB jump drive will very likely become as common as peas and apples.
And all that so-called nasty information that vanishes with broken hard drives and shredded docs will still be available for the purpose of prosecuting the bad guys, stored on a key chain next to the car keys.
Besides, all that stuff has to go into bodaprez’s library, remember? All those papers that historians will want to research when they write up the annals of this lack of administration.