LT COL VINDMAN'S LAW SUIT DISMISSED

 

                                                         BY BILL JUNEAU

                                                             When political plans involve a scheme to vilify former President Trump --but are found to be invented and without merit--- those plans are put into a "File 13" trash bin, away from the eyes of interested parties.  This is the going principle of the "Party of the Jackass," as that political entity was called in the days of President Andrew Jackson. Nowadays, it is the Party of the Mule, or simply, the Democratic Party.  

                                           I was reminded of that working  Democratic principle for handling a failed attack  upon learning that the lawsuit filed last February by Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman against former President Trump and his attorney, Rudy Giuliani, and others, had been quietly dismissed for failure to state a cause of action. Vindman's dream of targeting the former President and his Attorney, for mistreatment of him and the triggering for him of a payday in the millions, was simply not to be. 

                                           Word of that case's dismissal favoring the former President, was kept as hidden as possible, but unfortunately for Democrats, did show up on some seldom seen news pages. 

                                            Back in 2019, Vindman was serving as  director of European Affairs for National Security, and had his desk inside the White House.  Along with his English, Vindman was fluent in the Russian and Ukrainian languages. He and his twin brother, Yevgeny, and their parents came to the United States from Ukraine when the boys were very young.  Both became career soldiers following receipt of  ROTC commissions in college. 

                                            As part of his duties, Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman was assigned to monitor Presidential telephone calls with European dignitaries. He did that and he became ears into the White House which made him a pet of Trump-hating Congressmen Adam Schiff, and Jerrold (Fat Jerry) Nadler and their aged and mean-spirited leader, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. 

                                            After monitoring a telephone call between President Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelinskyy on July 25, 2019, the sober-faced Vindman twisted information he listened to, and had his version of the conversation delivered via a friendly "whistleblower" to Schiff, and Nadler and Pelosi; and it became the basis for the impeachment of President Trump by the Democratic dominated House of Representatives. 

                                            Essentially, the President had, according to Vindman, demanded and ordered Ukraine President Zelensky to investigate Joe Biden for corrupt practices in Ukraine when he was Vice president under President Obama and the administration's point man to that small European country bordering Russia. Refusal to do so would cancel USA plans to give several hundred millions of dollars to the needy Ukraine.  At that time, Biden's name was being mentioned as a potential candidate for President against Trump in the upcoming 2020 election.. 

                                            Trump tipped the table on his Democratic foes by releasing the actual transcript of the conversation, and it was much different from the interpretation provided by the manipulated Vindman.  Also, President Zelensky contradicted Democratic accusers, and Vindman, and said that the telephone  conversation with President  Trump was pleasant, without any demand or intimidation, and that the subject of an American gift of money to the Ukraine was never discussed. 

                                            After a hearing, President Trump was found not guilty by the Senate and that concluded for the time, the Democrat's empty effort to impeach the nation's 45th President.  

                                            Because of his lying interpretation of the conversation, Vindman was reassigned to a do-nothing job in the pentagon and denied a promotion to to the rank of full colonel. He resigned from the army shortly thereafter. He had been a soldier for 21 years. 

                                             The lawsuit against President Trump was filed in February, 2022 and it alleged that Trump and his associates  pushed an "intentional concerted campaign of unlawful intimidation and retaliation against him for testifying before congress in 2019."  The suit requested "unspecified" damages. 

                                             On November 8, a few weeks ago,   Judge James Boasberg of the DC District Court, dismissed the lawsuit for failing to offer evidence which would support the allegations.

                                             Judge Boasberg, an appointee of President Obama, wrote that Vindman was not able to show that the  defendant's worked together with a "specific goal of intimidating Vindman from testifying or performing his job." Statements alleging defamation from White House officials, he said, were insufficient under existing law to support a cause of action.

                                               Vindman who reportedly has gone back to school in quest of a PHD  wants his attorneys to keep digging for a way to retaliate against the former president and clear his name.  President Trump has called him a "disgrace" and chances are slim that Vindman will ever be able to erase his description in history books as a liar and a disgrace to the army uniform he wore. 

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THE PAUL PELOSI ATTACK

 

         

                                    BY BILL JUNEAU    

                          The public continues to receive bits and pieces of the storied attack on Paul Pelosi at 2:30 a.m in his San Francisco mansion. The burglar and break-in assailant has been identified as David DePape, 42, who reportedly wore only underwear and swung a hammer which hit the 82-year-old Pelosi in the head. 

                                Pelosi, who is a very rich financial planner and investment counselor with special political insight into legislation affecting the market, was batching it for the night as his wife, Nancy, Democratic Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, was away on political business.  Paul Pelosi currently is on probation for his conviction for driving under the influence of alcohol and is spending more of his leisure time at home, watching television and away from the swinging bistros and the wine country. 

                            The intruder reportedly broke the window in a rear door and the banging and shattering of glass alerted Pelosi who apparently then confronted the home invader who yelled at him,   "Where's Nancy", and that he wanted to "bust her kneecaps" for lying.  He was inside the residence for some 30 minutes. At some point, Pelosi reportedly asked DePape for permission to use the bathroom, and the interloper said okay.  In the wash room, Pelosi kept a telephone, and he called 9-11 for help, he has explained. 

                                Exhibiting no apparent distress, according to one report, he, or possibly a third person, answered the door and greeted the uniformed officers. (Persistent questions concerning the presence of a third person have been whispered about here and there, but that report has not yet been put to rest as fact or fiction.)  

                                According to an NBC report, which the station subsequently deleted without meaningful explanation,  Pelosi backed away from the door and a  struggle of some kind erupted between him and the intruder whose presence then became known to the uniformed officers. The police were said to have seen Pelosi and DePape wrestling and witnessed  DePape hit Pelosi with a hammer. DePape was arrested and Pelosi was taken to a hospital where he was treated for a concussion and injuries to his hand and arm.  He was in the hospital for some six days. 

                                 DePape was arrested and charged with crimes under both federal statutes and the California Criminal code. Charges are for assault; burglary; attempted  kidnapping; attempted murder, elder abuse and threatening a public official. Currently, he is in custody in a San Francisco Jail.  Assigned a public defender,  he appeared before a federal judge who continued his case to November 30. He has pled not guilty to all charges.  

                                 The early morning home invasion occurred on October 28, some 10 days before the midterm elections and Speaker Pelosi said it was an act of militant right winger,  part and parcel of the GOP conspiracy to destroy the Biden American democracy. The story line was parroted by the main street media which takes all story specifications from Democratic party bosses and doesn't ask questions.  

                                  Crucial interviews of Paul Pelosi have not been made public, but Mrs. Pelosi contends that the incident may have encouraged some Republican voters to side with Democrats.  With the vote count in, Republicans have taken control of the House, while Democrats have retained their majority in the Senate. 

                                  Other Americans are struggling to learn just exactly what occurred in the Pelosi home.  Some are asking about the apparent absence of security which is programed  to protect the Pelosis.  As Speaker, Mrs. Pelosi is second in line to become President, and is deserving of protection at all times.  

                                   "There is a tiny possibility that there might be more to this story than meets the eye," said Elon Musk, who has recently acquired ownership of the Twitter social network, and promises that transparency and free speech will be the order of the day. 

                                    In the past, Musk has scolded Democrats for covering up the corruption and debauchery of the Biden family as a way of aiding Joe Biden in the 2020 election. 

                                    One incensed citizen was quoted in a Washington story: "I don't know what the hell happened at Nancy Pelosi's house, and I suspect none of us will ever know for sure.  But I do know that trying to paint a hippie nudist from Berkeley as some kind of a militant right winger is absurd and always will be."  

                                    Other theorists have opined that the window was broken from the inside and that Paul Pelosi or a third person ushered DePape into the home. Reportedly, Pelosi has said that he did not know DePape although the complete story of what occurred is murky at best and the transcript of his  9-11 call has not been released for public scrutiny. 

                                     DePape, an illegal immigrant from Canada,  has made his home for the past several years in a garage in Richmond, a San Francisco suburb.  At one point he worked as a carpenter.  He has  been estranged from family members for several years. He was said to be a believer in nudism, which might explain his going about in only boxer shorts. 

                                     He has  posted memes and conspiracy theories on Facebook concerning Covid vaccines, the 2020 election and the January 6 attack on the capitol.  A former coworker who was his  friend on facebook has described his posts as "phobic and filled with so much anger....He was very odd."

                                     Last May, Paul Pelosi was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.  Because of Fox News' refusal to ignore the Pelosi arrest and his collision with another vehicle and to allow the political insider to escape accountability, details of the incident became public.  In August,  Pelosi plead guilty to misdemeanor DUI and was sentenced to five days in jail and placed on three years of probation. 

                                    As part of his probation, Pelosi was directed to attend a three-month drinking driver class, and to provide a breath sample before the engine of his auto could start.  Also, he was ordered to pay about $7,000 in fines. With those restrictions, sipping Bay Valley wine in the quiet of his home, may be for Pelosi  the more prudent way to follow court orders.

                                    DePape is pleading not guilty to the charges against him.  If he persists in the plea, trials could be held in the state and federal courts.  At such, Pelosi will be made to tell the full story of the attack under oath, and whether he was alone at the home when the intruder came in, and whether he had ever met DePape. 

                                    On November 17, in accord with the results of the election, Nancy Pelosi concluded her 7th year as Speaker and announced that she will no longer seek to serve as a leader of the Democratic party in the Peoples House of Congress. She will remain, she said, as Congresswoman from San Francisco's 12th  district and the Bay area which she has represented for 35 years. 

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