It’s Not Retribution: It’s Accountability

I don’t understand the outrage that people are demonstrating over Biden’s potential “preemptive pardons.” First, I don’t think he’s going to do it—precisely because of the anger he’s generating over the very idea. But more than that, we have to look at the last four years and ask ourselves whether we want to spend the next four years drowning in legal prosecutions.

Don’t get me wrong. I hope that Kash Patel and Pam Bondi will link arms and decide the best way to hold these despicable people accountable for their abhorrent behavior. If they can’t be charged with crimes, how about “charging” them with the hiding the truth?

With all the investigations that have taken place, especially by James Comer, there are many facts that have not been disclosed. Is there a law against publicizing the facts, especially where the facts are undeniable, and there is evidence? Can we proclaim that several people have lied to Congress without charging them with crimes? And if Biden doesn’t give them preemptive pardons, how about charging every person who lied to Congress with perjury? Perjury charges may be just what is called for:

When a person is prosecuted, there are separate federal regulations for perjury, specifically and lying to the feds generally. Under the United States Code, title 18, section 1001, a person who knowingly or willingly makes a material statement that is false, or fraudulent, to the feds, is guilty of a crime. What comes as a surprise to many is that unlike section 1621, section 1001 does not require that a person be under oath.

The difficulty that comes in prosecuting these crimes is the requirement that the statements be made knowingly or willingly. This allows those being accused of, or investigated for, perjury, to assert a lack of knowledge at the time of the statement that the statement was false. However, this may not be compelling enough to defeat or avoid a prosecution if contradictory evidence exists. Additionally, individuals who lie out of fear, or provide evasive answers, during a federal investigation, frequently find themselves facing the threat of federal prosecution.

But if Biden tries to make blanket preemptive pardons, then the FBI/DOJ should collaborate on creating a report that will blow the doors open on their deceptive enclave. If Kash Patel only fires people, it won’t be enough. A concerted effort needs to be made to explain to the public the degree to which they were deceived and lied to. There needs to be no question that the FBI and the DOJ need to clean house. At the very least people who are inside or outside of government should lose their security clearances.

There is a risk to taking these aggressive actions. The public could start to actually feel sorry for these “poor people” who are being persecuted. So the information needs to be distributed with a level of sincerity and dignity, so that it doesn’t sound like retribution.

It most definitely is accountability.

If you find holes in my proposal, I’m open to your input, but I’d also like to suggest that you recommend some solutions.

We’ve only complained for far too long.