WARNING! Anonymous.....

WARNING! ANONYMOUS: BLOCKBUSTER! Book by ‘Anonymous’ describes Trump as ‘cruel, inept and a danger to the nation’. This author, known only to the NYT still works in the White House. He is described as a senior official. Trump in a rage in a White House meeting said he wanted ‘Anonymous’ tried for Treason. 12 Senior Trump administration officials considered resigning en masse last year in a “midnight self-massacre” to sound a public alarm about President Trump’s conduct but rejected the idea because they believed it would further destabilize an already teetering government according to this new book by an unnamed author. WH staffers keep their resignation letters updated. Some men keep the letter in their suit jacket pocket. ..................... 12 YEAR OLD: Trump, ‘like a 12 year old’: Trump is described as ‘careening from one self-inflicted crisis to the next, “like a twelve-year-old in an air traffic control tower, pushing the buttons of government indiscriminately, indifferent to the planes skidding across the runway and the flights frantically diverting away from the airport.” ...............Rudy Giuliani turned down by top lawyers: Giuliani is in a world of legal trouble. “Giuliani is toxic as a client. He always wants to run his own defense, no matter what we would advise.” George Kent, a deputy assistant secretary of state testified: “This long-time, top U.S. diplomat told congressional investigators that Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani conducted a "campaign full of lies" against the U.S. Marie Vovonovitch, 30 year veteran diplomat, ambassador to Ukraine, before she was fired from her post. Kent said Trump wanted Volodymyr Zelensky to ‘go on television, and say these words – (the subjects of a Ukrainian corruption investigation) ‘Biden, Clinton’. (Drawings by Ken Humphrey

..........DANGEROUS TREND . District Judge Paul L. Friedman of the District of Columbia said Trump’s rhetoric “violates all recognized democratic norms” during a speech in Washington on Wednesday. Paul Friedman slammed President Trump for attacks on our judicial system and “feeding right into this destructive narrative” with repeated attacks and personal insults toward judges he dislikes. “We are now in dangerous uncharted territory,” said Friedman, 75.

............... LET ME TESTIFY! John Bolton says he ‘wants to testify’. However, he says he will do it only after a Federal Judge rules that he can and with a subpoena served. Legal opinion: Since Bolton is no longer a US government employee, several former prosecutors say he can ‘legally’ testify. IF…Bolton testified, given his anger at his previous boss, one can only imagine what a ‘blockbuster effect’ that would have. Bolton knows everything! Bolton and Trump had been at odds in recent months. Trump was infuriated when Bolton described Giuliani as ‘a hand grenade’ that will ‘blow us all up.’ (cartoon via Wikicommons.)

.................AG, William Barr: “For Bill Barr, it is a little too late.” (Dana Millbank, Wash.Post). The distancing maneuver is plainly an attempt by those sympathetic to Barr to make him look a bit less like the president’s mob lawyer — done anonymously so that Trump wouldn’t rage at Barr but instead blame the “degenerate” Post, as he did Thursday. But Barr has sealed his fate. As Trump’s impeachment looms, Barr has degraded the office Elliot Richardson once dignified. Barr has turned the Justice Department into a shield for presidential misconduct and a sword wielded against political opponents. ......................... .................Jennifer Williams, VP Mike Pence’s top Foreign Policy aide testified Wednesday Ms. Williams stated her alarm over the call. She said it was outside of State Department and diplomatic protocol. Mike Pence did not want her to testify but he did not order her not to.