From next week’s column: Comey hammers nails in Trump’s coffin – many of them

Among the [James Comey testimony] lowlights: the Trump administration “lied” about Comey, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Trump “defamed” Comey when he claimed that the FBI had lost confidence in their former director. There was a “massive” effort by Russia to intervene in the 2016 U.S. election and elect Trump.

Comey kept detailed notes because he was concerned that “[Trump] would lie” about what was said in meetings between the two men. He testified that Trump “directed” Comey to drop the Flynn investigation. To “get rid of the investigation.”

And, this bombshell, in answer to a witless Republican politician’s foolish question about whether Donald Trump “colluded with Russia.” Comey paused, and then replied he could not answer the question “in an open setting.” Incredible.


To any fair-minded observer, however, the biggest news was and is this: Donald Trump plainly obstructed justice when he asked Comey to “let go” of the FBI’s criminal investigation into his close friend and advisor, Michael Flynn. He broke the law.


Levant v. Awan

He loses before our nation’s highest court. That’s justice.

I wonder: are the Supremes now anti-Semitic, too, “rebels”?

The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed a request to hear an appeal of a lower-court libel ruling against right-wing commentator and self-described provocateur Ezra Levant.

The plaintiff in the case was Khurrum Awan, a lawyer based in Saskatchewan who successfully sued Levant for defamatory comments.

Levant, founder of Rebel Media, was ordered to pay $80,000 in damages and remove the libelous material about Awan from his personal website – a decision the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld in January this year.

In an email to iPolitics Thursday, Awan’s lawyer Brian Shiller said Awan was “finally and fully vindicated.”


Comey on Trump: “It was very concerning”

Wow.  Here’s Comey’s prepared statement.  It’s going to be quite a morning, tomorrow.

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This is obstruction of justice, by any reasonable standard.  The only reason why Comey does not come out clearly and say that, I suspect, is because he knows he will be asked this tomorrow: “Well, if you felt it was obstruction of justice, why didn’t you act before now?”  It’s a fair question.

Thus, he left it a bit vague – the “I could be wrong” sophistry.  It’s a duller blade, but it’s a knife that still kills.

Everything changes, tomorrow.  Donald Trump is nearing the final act, whether he is aware of it or not.

 


JDL arrests in Kevin Metcalfe case

The video showing the assault on Kevin here. Update from Kevin here:

So I just wanted to provide an update on the assault case I’m involved in.

I just got off the phone with 52 Division and can confirm pending charges against two individuals: member of the Jewish Defence League Max Bocknek, and a previously unknown individual, Michael Smith.

Bocknek is currently being processed at 52 Division and Smith has been issued a summons to turn himself in to the local police in his community. This will be converted into a warrant if his voluntary appearance is not forthcoming.

It’s been a rough ride personally and as you can see from the chart – four involved parties are still on the street. I can confirm that more charges are pending and will provide updates when those are available.

Thank you to everyone who has expressed support over the last month and I hope you all rest a little easier knowing that there will be a smaller number of these violent cultural supremacists at rallies in the coming months.

Also, if you’re a member of the public who can identify the ‘unknown’ (top center) in my attached rogue’s gallery it would be greatly appreciated.  Kevin

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Ontario snap election, pro and con

Rumours are rampant. Tweeters are a-Twitter. Pundits are prognosticating.

Herewith, the Grit pros and cons.

PRO

  • eliminates the PC’s huge financial advantage
  • capitalizes on post-budget bounce
  • potentially catches the opposition off-guard 
  • recognizes that things could get worse the longer they wait

CON

  • we could lose – badly

Rebel, rebel, your face is a mess

Here’s what The Rebel is saying about a fine Canadian company, Sears, which quietly declined to advertise with The Rebel. 


Got that? Okay. And here’s just one thing found on The Rebel’s web site:


If you can make sense of any of that, drop me a line. 


Saving Trump from himself

Now in HuffPo!

My preferred graf:

You’ll never get him off Twitter. Ever. He thinks he’s The Shakespeare of Twitter. So, invite people to tweet at him about challenges they face. Have him commit to reading a certain number every day, and develop solutions for them. On Twitter. It’ll satisfy his craving for attention, and it’ll maybe even help out some citizens.