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THE TRUTH ABOUT MARSHA LAZAREVA'S STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE

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KILLING TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY’S ENEMIES DONALD TRUMP & THE U.S. CONSTITUTION

By Katherine Shcoonover

IN DEFENSE OF DONALD J. TRUMP

By Charles Lingerfelt

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When the cell door clanked shut at Kuwait’s notorious

pension

Sulaibiya prison as Marsha Lazareva began her ten-year

sometimes refused to give her food or have a shower and

jail sentence, her faith, hope, and values were about to be

often did not permit her to make a phone call.

tested

wasn’t allowed a Bible. I know it is her faith in God that

as

never

League-educated

before. fund

The

Russian-born

manager

had

served

and

Ivy

time

on

funds.

“The

guards

were

the

worst.

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They

She

has pulled her through.”

remand and knew that, as an affluent, foreign Christian female, she was in for an extremely hard time, despite

Early Years

the glaring injustice of her conviction and sentence.

Marsha Lazareva was born in Moscow, Russia, on a bright spring day in May 1973 to Russian Orthodox

“The hardest part was the first six months,” Marsha’s

Christian parents. Lydia worked as a medical doctor,

mother

in

while her father Vladimir was a strong-minded inventor

captivity. “Everyone in Kuwait knew about her case and

Lydia

and engineer. Marsha’s dream was to make a successful

was

career

prejudiced

says

of

against

her

her.

daughter’s

Some

of

474

them

days

saw

my

daughter as this wicked foreigner who had stolen their

in

business,

and

in

2003,

the

permanent

resident graduated with an MBA from the Wharton

US

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funds and one charge of money laundering. It increased School of the University of Pennsylvania, currently the

her sentence to 15 years imprisonment with hard labor.

top-rated business school in the U.S., where professor Robert J. Borghese regards her as “one of the most ethical and principled students” he ever mentored.

Business Career Upon graduation, Marsha embarked upon a career in private equity and fund management and later moved to

The court examined 167 total commercial transactions

by The Port Fund and agreed that 165 of them were completely legal. Bizarrely, it found two transactions

MARSHA LAZAREVA IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL WOMAN CEO IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

that it considered improper, even though they were very the Middle East. There, she became one of the region’s

similar to other transactions that were found to be legal

best known businesswomen and the only foreign female

and were supported by similar evidence.

chief

executive.

She

co-founded

KGL

Investment

YVAN WITH SIMBA THE DOG 2020

Company (KGLI) in 2006 and served as its CEO and

Released

vice-chair. She also joined the board of Port Link GP, a

the

Cayman Islands company managing The Port Fund, a

who

vehicle through which the Kuwait Port Authority and the

not

$125m between 2007 and 2013. KGLI was responsible

receiving

a

the

two

return

Kuwait

of

government

$223m—nearly

a

before Marsha,

five-year-old

have

her from

freedom. all

over

the globe are praying for

Port Fund successfully exited its investments by the end with

has

bail

trial,

Supporters

for marketing The Port Fund to potential investors. The

2017,

on

latest

son named Yvan, still does

Kuwait Public Institution for Social Security invested

of

Global Support

Marsha and Yvan and

investors

double

their

original investments.

fighting for her cause. In Defense of Christians and other global

human

rights

organisations

such

as

Amnesty

International and IADL have taken up her case, accusing What Went Wrong?

Kuwait

Marsha Lazareva was arrested and arbitrarily detained

celebrated British human rights lawyer Cherie Blair QC

for

of

(the wife of former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair), has

before

spoken about Marsha’s plight at the United Nations in

474

days

embezzlement.

on

She

unsubstantiated

was

tried

and

charges

convicted

getting the judgment overturned, after it emerged that the

of

breaching

human

rights.

In

addition,

New York and Geneva.

only prosecution witness had forged vital documents.

Despite this, a Kuwait Court of First Instance issued a

Faith Inside

verdict

Marsha believes her faith, the love and support of her

finding

Marsha

guilty

of

one

charge

embezzling or facilitating the embezzlement of public

of

parents, and her responsibility for her son have played

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key roles in her survival. She prayed to God every day

Secretly baptized into the Russian Orthodox Church in

during her incarceration, often in a secluded corner of

Moscow in the Soviet Union at a time when practicing

the prison mosque. Pages of the Bible had to be brought

any faith raised the risk of state action, she called on her

into the jail by supporters. “In the 34 years I have served

faith earlier in her career to spare her colleagues while

this

parish,

as

trapped on a Philippines island during a hurricane. When

reflects

she finally returns to Pennsylvania, she plans for Yvan to

Marsha’s pastor Reverend Mark Shinn of St. Andrew’s

be baptised at St Andrew’s Orthodox Cathedral. Her

Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Philadelphia.

mother Lydia, meanwhile, has become ill with cancer, a

appalling

as

I

have the

never

fate

of

encountered Marsha

a

situation

Lazareva,”

condition exacerbated by her daughter’s ordeal.

CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST IN MOSCOW, RUSSIA WHERE MARSHA WAS SECRETLY BAPTIZED BY HER GRANDMOTHER.

Gaining Momentum Former FBI director Louis Freeh testified in Kuwait that the charges should never have been filed against Marsha, and that evidence withheld by the prosecution supports

FATHER MARK SHINN ST ANDREW'S ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL PHILADELPHIA, PA

her innocence.A prominent British lawyer, Lord Carlile CBE QC, believes Marsha was deprived of fundamental rights, not having documents used against her translated into

a

language

she

could

understand,

not

receiving

proper legal advice, and not being able to call evidence and make submissions at her trial. Lord Carlile states,

PORT FUND TEAM 2011, WITH MARSHA, (STANDING) AND MARK WILLIAMS (CENTER) “The

Kuwait

Marsha.

The

procedural chalk-up

MARSHA & YVAN’S CHURCH IN ST ANDREW'S ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

justice number

errors, to

mere

and

system of

has

obvious

irregularities

oversight,

completely legal are

violations,

too

indifference,

failed

many or

incompetence.” On the internet, Marsha’s campaign

to

even

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pages and related online material have produced millions

Bush,

of well-informed supporters.

Family.

Political Motives

A Call to Action

Marsha’s Marsha’s

lawyers lawyers

of

the

UK

Royal

evil will prevail that she returned to Kuwait in 2017, even though she knew she would face proceedings. US

agendas. agendas. The The real real target target of of the the action action is is believed believed to to be be

citizens are urged to contact the Trump administration,

Saeed Saeed

their

Dashti, Dashti,

national, national,

he he

who who

was was

was was

also also

chairman chairman

of of

repeated repeated

member

treatment treatment is is based based on on political political motivations motivations and and private private

conduct conduct

of of

a

Marsha is so convinced that God, justice, and good over

arbitrary arbitrary

pattern pattern

and

her her

and and

a a

Bondi,

legal legal

violations violations

say say

Pam

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suggests suggests

convicted. convicted. his his

that that

A A

family’s family’s

Kuwait Kuwait

senators,

and

US

Representatives,

letting

them

company, company,

know that taxpayers will not support such conduct by a

KGL, KGL, a a competitor competitor for for a a $1.3bn $1.3bn US US contract contract to to deliver deliver

close US ally. “The time to act is now,” says Marsha’s

food to to US US troops troops in in the the region. region. Competitors Competitors cited cited the the food

counsel and supporter Ross Gow. “Every individual is

convictions convictions as as a a reason reason why why KGL KGL should should not not win win the the

entitled

contract. One One key key competitor competitor is is Agility, Agility, a a company company run run contract.

prominent, foreign Christian female in Kuwait, Marsha

to

protection

from

state

abuse.

“As

a

rare,

by

by Tarek Tarek Sultan, Sultan, an an individual individual with with close close ties ties to to the the

is a victim of serious human

Kuwaiti elite. elite.

Kuwaiti

rights

violations.“

It

is

necessary for the public and United Nations Support

the

Complaints have been lodged with the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and Diego Garcia-Sayan, the

UN

Special

Rapporteur

on

the

Independence

of Kuwait’s human rights record at the end of January 2020

in

a

process

known

as

the

Universal

take

Christian positive

violations we have witnessed

Judges and Lawyers, who in September publicly stated

UN Human Rights Council is also conducting a review

to

action to bring an end to the

of

concerns about Marsha’s ability to get a fair trial. The

international

community

in Kuwait. “Marsha and Yvan

MARSHA LAZAREVA IS A DEVOUT CHRISTIAN, BELOVED MOM TO HER SON YVAN AND SUCCESSFUL CEO.

cannot

fight

a

systemically

corrupt state on their own.”

Periodic

Review.

Diplomatic Strains Members

of

the

US

Congress

have

called

for

investigations into whether sanctions should be imposed against Kuwait government officials and others behind the corruption and human rights abuse targeted toward Marsha. The US Embassy in Kuwait has been following Marsha’s case closely, while other Trump administration members have raised her plight directly with Kuwaiti officials.

Experts say the saga is starting to put strains on the close relationship between the US and Kuwait. There is no reason why it should escalate into a full diplomatic crisis or

have

a

detrimental

impact

on

President

Trump’s

Middle Eastern policy, but Kuwait needs to address the stain on its reputation for not upholding human rights. It is concerning, though, that there has been very little bilateral

engagement

from

the

Kuwait

government,

despite additional efforts by dignitaries including Neil

YVAN IS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN BORN IN PENNSYLVANIA. YVAN IS TRAPPED IN KUWAIT AND WANTS TO BE BAPTIZED.

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Killing Two Birds with One Stone The Democratic Party’s Enemies

Donald Trump & the U.S. Constitution

By Katherine Shcoonover

But it is happening here.

The impeachment of Donald

Trump is clearly not an emergency measure to remove a criminal from the White House.

The House Democrats

have openly discussed their plans to keep or get Trump out of the White House from the moment he won the election, prior

to

any

supposed

criminal

activity.

Even

if

you

choose to ignore that evidence, consider the flagrantly unconstitutional process that they created just for Trump, the absurdity of the charges that included no crime of any kind,

as

well

as

the

House

Democrats

holding

their

Articles of Impeachment hostage in an effort to force the Senate to ignore the Constitution as well. clearly

demonstrates

that

this

more than a political attack.

The idea that we would ever need to impeach any President of the United States for criminal activity is deeply troubling.

But it is alarming to imagine a constitutional safeguard like impeachment being degraded and used as a mere political weapon, which is exactly what is happening now.

Set aside

impeachment

All of this is

nothing

More specifically, it is a

political attack on the Democratic Party’s two greatest political enemies, the U.S. Constitution and the one man standing between them and their dreams of a Socialist state, Donald Trump.

If they succeed, then they will be

killing two birds with one stone.

your opinion of Donald Trump the man and consider why he was impeached, the shockingly unconstitutional process that was used to impeach him, the nature of the charges leveled against him, and the damage that it does to our Republic.

If

this impeachment is allowed to stand unchallenged, then it establishes precedents that undermine the civil rights of all Americans, government,

damages and

the

safeguards

diminishes

of

our

impeachment

system

of

from

an

emergency measure to protect the nation from criminals to a trivial political tool to be used capriciously to gang up on political

opponents.

The

Constitution

was

written

The Takeover

Socialists, and other radical Leftists, have now completely taken control of the Democratic Party, and many of them are not even bothering to try to hide behind the mask of "Progressivism" anymore. their gloves.

As their masks came off so did

They are fighting tooth and nail for power

and control of the United States and they are not willing to let little things like the law or elections get in their way.

specifically to prevent things like this from ever happening here.

The

thought

that

any

American

would

actually

try

to

damage his own country or be willing to hurt our President seems shocking, and it is shocking.

Why He Was Impeached?

surprising believe consider

in

when

you

Socialism,

damaging

understand or

their

other country

However, it is not

that

those

totalitarian and

its

who

truly

ideologies,

leaders

to

be

necessary steps in the process of creating a Socialist state.

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“They believe that the freedoms and legal protections of a nation like the U.S. should be weaponized against it"

But their Socialist debut is not going quite the way that they planned.

that

the

freedoms

and

legal

protections

of

They had spent the previous two terms

rebranding and promoting Socialism as Progressivism with one of the most persuasive frontmen in history, crooning from the steps of the White House, while their propaganda reverberated through the media. It was one of the most brilliantly effective, and deceptive, marketing campaigns in history.

Joseph Goebbels himself would have been

proud.

If you read any of the Leftist literature you will see that they believe

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the

Constitution, in a nation like the U.S., should be weaponized against it, human nature suppressed, society destabilized, and the market economy destroyed. They start by working within the system through social pressure and incremental change.

If that fails, or they gain enough power, then they transition

“The Progressives gleefully anticipated controlling the U.S. with your very own little iron fists”

into violent revolutionary action where personal property is stolen and people physically injured as they force everyone to comply with their dictatorial rule.

We have seen this in

legislation, the courts, the media, protests, and even violent riots.

Hillary was supposed to continue to promote their policies as Progressivism until they could build enough support to seamlessly

transition

into

open

Socialism.

The

Progressives gleefully anticipated controlling the U.S. with We have been in the “pressure people to comply” phase of a Socialist takeover for the last decade.

Now, we are seeing

our own systems of government weaponized against a duly elected

President,

with

a

majority

of

House

members

completely ignoring core constitutional protections that they swore to uphold.

They actually impeached a President of the

United States without any semblance of due process, with no evidence of any criminal activity whatsoever, and no actual

your

very

own

little

iron

fists,

when

Donald

Trump

stepped in their path and caused them to have to accelerate their plans.

It was risky to change too much too fast but

they knew that Trump would undo all of their hard work and keep them from the power that they had been drooling over.

They seem to have decided that they are willing to

take the chance.

crime included in their charges; all of which are required by the Constitution. attempted privileges

to of

This group of rogue House Democrats has

criminalize the

or

Executive

nullify and

legal

powers

Judicial

All on The Line

and

Branches.

Trump is not just reversing their efforts to transform the

Meanwhile, we have Antifa taking to the streets and attacking

U.S.

people for having the nerve to think for themselves.

effective system of government that the world has ever seen.

but

proving

that

Americanism

is

truly

the

most

He is slowly freeing the American People from the

None of this behavior is out of the ordinary for Socialists

burdens that the government has been heaping upon them

because it is what they always do.

for decades in the name of help and protection.

Our Socialists were just

We are

pretending to be Democrats while they were in the “laying

now being reminded of the prosperity that freedom truly

low” phase of their plan. Now that most of them have finally

brings, and the Leftists know that they have to stop him.

come out of the closet, they are using the same oppressive, manipulative,

and

predecessors did.

tyrannical

techniques

that

all

their

This is a critical time for the Leftist leaders in the United States

who

are

trying

Socialism to gain power.

Plans Gone Wrong

to

use

the

false

promises

of

They had been focusing their

efforts on the future by indoctrinating young people who are not old enough to remember the untold millions who

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suffered and died under Socialism.

They were going to have

time to continue the gradual transition into Socialism, slowly moving all of the pieces into place, but Trump’s successes have cut them off at the knees.

Most of these Leftist leaders do not actually believe that Socialism will create peace on earth.

criminal activity to use for impeachment. Apparently, they have decided that they are just going to make up some crimes and impeach him anyway.

The Process

No one who knows

anything about Socialism, history, economics, or the human spirit is foolish enough to believe that Socialism will bring peace and prosperity.

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They cannot allow Trump to succeed

They have ignored the Constitution completely, held a secret trial in a basement in DC, and created special rules specifically

to

prevent

Trump

from

defending

himself.

in providing the peace and prosperity that they have been

When they could no longer get away with keeping their

telling everyone can only come through Socialism or it will

sham trial a secret, they decided that it was time to take

prove everything they have been saying has been nothing but

their show on the road. The Leftists and their allies finally

lies.

hit the big time, taking center stage in the Democratic Party’s

MAGA

off-off-off-off-Broadway

Impeachment

of

the

President

production of

the

of

United

The

States,

otherwise known as The Coup or How to Take Over the Trump told the world that America was open for business

World One Fake News Story at a Time, with backers in all

again and the market lept in response.

of the major news outlets.

He has now been in

office for several years and the economy is booming. is

record

low

unemployment,

particularly

in

the

There

African

Civil Rights Violations

American and Hispanic communities, and all of this is in spite of the constant attacks on his administration and the underlying

economic

problems

that

will

take

decades

of

prosperity and sound financial decisions to overcome.

Every aspect of the impeachment investigation was a farce from beginning to end.

or protection that the Democrats could ignore or outright defy,

They have to get rid of Trump and the Constitution that protects us from power-seekers like them.

You cannot have

the

U.S.S.R.,

Socialist

State

of

America,

like

the

or

the

National Socialist American Workers Party, like the Nazis, in the United States, unless you remove our Constitution and

they

did.

Consider

the

basic

civil

right

to

due

process that the Constitution guarantees to every single American.

It is such an important protection that it is

mentioned not once but twice.

It is in the 5th Amendment

and then reiterated again in the 14th Amendment.

As you

can see, the Democrats ignored it completely.

those who protect our freedom like Donald Trump.

But how do you get rid of a president who is doing a good job and who is highly likely to get re-elected?

If there was a constitutional right

You have to

Due Process

⦁ Citizens have a right to an attorney.

destroy his reputation to the point where no one will vote for him

and

find

a

way

to

remove

him

from

office.

The

Democrats have spent the last several years attempting to make the American people hate Donald Trump.

The House Democrats denied Donald Trump the right to an attorney.

You cannot

open a newspaper, turn on the television, or use the internet

⦁

without being inundated with anti-Trump messaging.

evidence against them.

According to their ridiculous propaganda, Donald Trump is Hitler reincarnated, a secret member of the KKK, a bumbling idiot, a secret spy for the Russians, as well as an evil genius using his office to make billions.

Unfortunately for the

Democrats, Donald Trump is none of those things and he is doing a very good job.

Trump’s successes have left them

very little ammunition to use to remove him from office.

They have spent years investigating him and found no

Citizens have the right to be made aware of the

The House Democrats conducted significant portions of their investigation in secret, and to this day they have not provided all the evidence to Donald Trump, to all of the members of Congress, or to the American People.

How

can a citizen prepare his defense if he is not even aware of the evidence being used against him?

How can a “jury”

determine

a

the

guilt

or

innocence

knowing what the evidence is?

of

citizen

without

How can the American

People decide whether they support the impeachment or not without knowing the evidence?

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and “obstruction of Congress.”

⦁ Citizens have the right to present a defense.

are The House Democrats denied Donald Trump the right to

crimes

and

both

of

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Neither of these charges

which

directly

contradict

the

specific intent of the Founders.

present a defense.

Abuse of Power

⦁ Citizens have the right to confront their accusers.

The Democrats accused the President of “abuse of power” The House Democrats denied Donald Trump the right to

for “solicited the interference of a foreign government,

know who all of his accusers were, as well as denying him

Ukraine, in the 2020 United States Presidential election.”

the

right

to

confront

his

accusers

during

the

legal

It should be noted that there is no criminal statute for “abuse

proceedings.

of

power.”

In

other

words,

if

the

Democrats

suspected or even proved that the President had abused his

⦁ Citizens have the right to call witnesses as a part of their

power, the accusation of “abuse of power” is not an actual

defense, and to cross-examine the witnesses.

crime, and therefore not an impeachable offense. in the U.S. Constitution or the criminal code.

The House Democrats denied Donald Trump the right to call witnesses in his defense and denied him the right to ask critical questions of the witnesses they called without their prior approval.

It is not

Interestingly

enough, the Founders considered including the concept of abuse of power in the articles of impeachment and ended up rejecting it because of concerns that it was too broad and that it would be used as a political weapon, which is precisely what is happening now.

⦁ Citizens have the right to an unbiased tribunal.

evidence

to

prove

that

the

In addition, there is no

president’s

actions

were

improper or extraordinary in terms of their legality or While the House is made up of partisans, in the sense that they all have political associations, at the very least it was their duty to refrain from pronouncing judgment until the end of the investigation.

A number of Democrats had announced

historical precedent. We have the transcript of the call and the President of Ukraine himself confirmed that there was nothing improper in their interactions.

their determination of his guilt prior to the completion, and in some cases, commencement, of the investigation, forgetting

Obstruction of Congress

that in America we are all innocent until proven guilty. Some had

called

for

his

impeachment

before

there

were

any

accusations of impeachable wrongdoing or even before he

The Democrats also accused the President of “obstruction of Congress” for “defiance of subpoenas issued by the House of Representatives” demanding Executive Branch

was sworn in, just because he won the election.

testimony before Congress.

“Obstruction of Congress,”

which is not the same thing as obstruction of justice, for not testifying, is not a crime that the President or his staff

The Charges

can

commit.

This

ignores

the

years

of

historical

interpretation that the President and his staff are exempt from Congressional testimony.

That means that it is not a

The charges that the Democrats leveled against Donald

crime for the Executive Branch to refuse to testify before

Trump were just as unconstitutional as their “indictment.”

Congress. If it is not a crime, then it cannot possibly be an

Citizens who hold the office of the President of the United

impeachable offense as the Constitution requires that a

States can only be impeached for “Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.” other

words,

a

citizen

is

protected

from

crime be committed.

In

impeachment

without being convicted by the House of some kind of serious crime. That is not in any way what happened here.

The Damage to Our Republic

The House Democrats voted to impeach the President of

We now have a President who has been impeached for two

the United States on December 18, 2019.

actions that were neither illegal nor impeachable.

Their rationale

The

was outlined in two Articles of Impeachment where they

Democrats have set the precedent that our government can

charged

ignore the civil rights of any citizen of the United States

the

President

with

“high

crimes

and

misdemeanors” that they described as “abuse of power”

and take legal action against them if that citizen does not

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share the same political views. They have also set a precedent for weaponizing the government against any of our representatives or elections if they do not like the candidates or outcome.

We cannot make exceptions to our Constitution and its protections for Donald Trump without removing the protections for us all.

America is in a very precarious position right now. We are deciding whether we are going to live in a free constitutional republic or an oppressive Socialist state.

If you want to live in a Socialist state, then the U.S. Constitution, with all of its rights and

freedoms, as well as its protectors, are your enemies.

If you want to live in a free nation, then you must defend the Constitution

even when it protects the rights of those you do not like. Today it is Donald Trump but tomorrow it could be you.

Katherine Shcoonover

Columnist at Christian Times Magazine

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In Defense of Donald J. Trump

By Charles Lingerfelt, CTM Associate Publisher

The impeachment saga against Donald Trump began 19 hours

Immediately after his inauguration, The Independent and The

after he was Sworn in as President of the United States, when

Washington Post each reported on efforts already underway to

The Washington Post made a post in its pages that “The

impeach Mr. Trump, based on what the organizers regarded as

impeachment of Donald J. Trump has just begun.” That was

conflicts of interest arising from Trump's ability to use his

on January 20, 2017.

political position to promote the interests of "Trump"-branded businesses,

and

ongoing

payments

by

foreign

entities

to

From the inception of his administration, Democrats were

businesses within the Trump business empire as a violation of

crying out: “Impeach Donald Trump,” “Impeach 45” and

the

many other cryings forth. It seemed that from ‘Day One’ hate-

provisionally granted 38 "Trump" trademark applications set

filled Democrats wanted him gone: they wanted to Impeach

to take permanent effect in 90 days, which were noted to

him. To me, it seemed that the Only reason they wanted him

come in close proximity to the president's making policy

to be impeached for was that He had defeated ‘The Darling of

decisions favorable to China.

Foreign

Emoluments

Clause.

In

March

2017,

China

The Democrat Campaign:’ Hillary Clinton.

The

Washington

Post

further

noted

the

creation

of

For the Christians in America, Donald Trump’s win in the

ImpeachDonaldTrumpNow.org by Free Speech For People

2016 campaign was truly an “answer to prayer.” We prayed

and RootsAction, two liberal advocacy groups. On February

for God to send us a president with backbone and spine,

9, 2017 Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D, NY) had filed a

stamina and spirit, and a president with determination to

resolution of inquiry titled "H.Con.Res. 5" to force the Trump

combat evil in the federal government.

administration to turn over documents relating to potential conflicts of interest and to ties with Russia. Some sources

The answer to our prayers came when Donald Trump was

identified this as the first step in the process of impeaching

elected.

Trump.

Fox

News

outlined

two

potential

bases

for

impeachment, one being the Emoluments Clause and the other God gave to us a president who was as “imperfect” as a man

being “complicity with Russian interference” in the 2016

could

imperfect

United States presidential election. On March 21, 2017 it was

individuals, ‘touch them’ by the fire of His holy Spirit –

widely reported that Congresswoman Maxine Waters tweeted

bending their will to meet His will – and when surrendered,

"Get ready for impeachment," which Waters explained was in

God Really Does Use Them For His glory!

reference

be;

but

we

knew

that

God

could

take

to

the

allegations

of

“collusion

with

Russian

interference” in the election.

In

December

2016,

Democrat

senators

Elizabeth

Warren,

Dick Durbin, Chris Coons, Ben Cardin, and Jeff Merkley

On

introduced

surfaced,

a

bill

that

would

require

the

president

of

the

January

17,

2019,

claiming

surrounding

Trump lawyer,

involvement with the Russian government to erect a Trump Tower in Moscow. This also sparked calls for an investigation

impeachment clause of the U.S. Constitution" and Vanity Fair

and for the president to "resign or be impeached" should such

characterized this move as a preemptive effort to lay the

claims be proven genuine. The Mueller Report was released

groundwork for a future impeachment argument. Concerns

on April 18, 2019, and Robert Mueller himself made follow-

had previously been raised that Trump's extensive business

up comments on May 29. The report reached no conclusion

and real estate dealings in the world, especially with respect to

about whether Trump had or had not committed criminal

governmental

possibly

obstruction of justice. Mueller strongly hinted that it was “up

violate the Foreign Emoluments Clause of the Constitution,

to Congress to make such a determination.” Congressional

sparking debate as to whether that would be the case.

support for an impeachment inquiry increased as a result.

may

oath

involving long-time

would constitute high crimes and misdemeanors "under the

countries,

under

his

interest, including a statement that failure to divest such assets

other

lie

accusations

instructed

Michael

in

to

new

United States to divest any assets that could raise a conflict of

agencies

Cohen,

he

Trump's

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A formal impeachment inquiry was launched on September

campuses and universities have all declared that those two

24, 2019, as a response to the Trump–Ukraine scandal, in

“articles”

which Trump and his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani pressed

misdemeanors.’ I have a great respect for Donald J. Trump,

the Ukrainian government repeatedly since at least May 2019

his leadership and for what he has been able to accomplish in

to investigate Hunter Biden, the son of 2020 presidential

his first three years as president.

candidate

Joe

Biden.

The

purpose

of

the

do

Not

rise

to

the

level

of

‘High

Crimes

and

requested

investigation was “alleged” to be to hurt Biden's campaign for

I voted for him in 2016, because of how The Holy Spirit was

President.

leading me and speaking to me – and my wife and I will vote

In

July,

Trump

issued

a

hold

on

military

aid

scheduled to be sent to Ukraine, releasing it in September

for him again in November 2020.

after controversy arose. There was widespread speculation that the withholding of the aid was intended to force Ukraine

We believe that God “gave to us a great president in 2016, in

to investigate Biden; both Trump and Giuliani seemed to

answer to our prayers;” and we will continue to ‘Stand With’

confirm that there was such a connection.

and

Support

the

presidency

of

Donald

John

Trump.

We

believe He was ‘installed by God’ as our president in January In an October 8, 2019 letter to House Democrat leaders, the

2017. And we believe He will be re-elected in November

White House stated it would not cooperate with "your partisan

2020.

and unconstitutional inquiry under these circumstances." The eight-page letter was widely interpreted by legal analysts as containing political rather than legal arguments. On December

Sincerely,

18, 2019, the House of Representatives impeached Donald Trump almost entirely along party lines.

Charles Lingerfelt Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of The House of Representatives in

ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER

Washington, DC, held up the Impeachment paperwork for 33 days, and finally the paperwork was walked across to the U S

CHRISTIAN TIMES MAGAZINE

Senate on January 17, 2020. And, then, the Impeachment

P. O. Box 360722

Trial in The U S Senate began on January 21, 2020.

Dallas, Texas 75336

Throughout

the

entire

Trump

Impeachment

saga

in

The

House, and up until and through the Trial in The Senate, a constant bickering, political fighting and finger-pointing from the Democrats incurred all along the way.

My own personal point in this article is not to list every “detail” along the way during the saga of “Impeaching Donald Trump.” Rather, it is to emphasize and express herewith my sincere defense of my president: Donald J. Trump.

In My viewpoint, Donald Trump had NOT committed any crime

that

reaches

the

level

of

a

“High

crime

or

misdemeanor.” If he had “committed a crime” it would have been named in the Impeachment charges – according to The U S Code and it would have given the specific number of the violation

in

The

U

S

Code.

That

didn’t

happen!

The

Democrat-controlled House of Representatives charged him with two articles of Impeachment: 1.) Abuse of Power 2.)

Obstruction of Congress

The sharpest of minds in the nation, and those who teach the Constitution at the nation’s most respected Constitutional

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What Did It All Mean?

By Paul McCabe

If a man is not a socialist when he is 20, he has no heart.

If he is still a socialist when he is 40, he has no head.

– Winston Churchill The Sixties did not end on 31 December 1969, a freezing

“May you live in interesting times” is an old Chinese curse.

evening I spent in Providence in the company of my high

We certainly did that, to the limit. Of course we thought of

school girlfriend. In May 1970, an Ohio National Guard force

ourselves

shot and killed four students at Kent State University during

more…” in e.e. cummings’ well-known poem. We were quite

an antiwar demonstration. It shocked us and led right away to

intent on changing the world. Did we?

when

we

read

“…muscles

better

and

nerves

bigger new protests. It also gave rise to a hit song, Four Dead in Ohio, by Crosby Stills Nash and Young, broadcast all over

To understand the Sixties, it is necessary to discuss youth and

the country within a few weeks. Did those shots end the

death.

Sixties?

troubadours

The

death and

of

heroes

legends

--

-has

for

centuries

always

been

a a

subject

of

source

of

disillusionment for the young. At the same time it pushes Perhaps

when

them to greater maturity as they naturally step up to fill the

President Nixon resoundingly beat Senator McGovern and his

places vacated. In his inaugural speech, John Kennedy spoke

antiwar platform by a resounding landslide vote, 61% to 37%.

directly to the young and challenged us to do something for

This

the country.

is

the

still

presidential (South

Sixties

the

widest

election.

Dakota),

finished

an

in

popular

McGovern event

November

vote even

almost

1972,

margin lost

his

without

in

any

home

US state in

In the same memorable speech, when the Sixties were three

American history. They might have ended the following year,

precedent

weeks old, he told the world that it was a new ballgame: “the

on 15 August 1973, when Congress officially stopped funding

torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans --

the war. Or maybe they ended a year after that, when Nixon

born in this century…” This seminal speech and his other

resigned his office. There was no neat, exact, end to the

actions set the tone for the following ten years. Somehow, that

Sixties, no clear dividing line… Are they with us still?

generation

seemed

to

be

ours,

though

it

wasn’t;

he

was

referring to his own generation, which fought fascism in We felt that we were part of history. We knew we were

Europe and Japanese imperialism and won the war in the

special, occupying a unique place in the long continuum of

1940s. That speech, spoken as the decade began, was one of

the centuries: a generation who grew up in peace. It was a

the best speeches I have ever heard or read. Its rhetoric was

special kind of peace with prosperity, a Pax Americana. When

powerful, its ideas inspiring, its form carefully crafted, its

a war came along to disturb our quiet sanctuary, it woke us up

scope encompassing both the nation and the world.

out

of

a

deep

sleep,

like

that

of

Rumplestiltskin

in

the

children's tale.

JFK was born seven weeks before my father in 1917, but he had the knack of appearing a much younger man. Though he

We thought then that we were special…are we still? A hit

was 43 when elected, he looked and acted young. His two

song of the time sang “We are stardust, we are golden…”

small children played in the White House. It was an easy

Perhaps we were…maybe every generation feels that way.

contrast to his predecessor in office, General Eisenhower, a

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man 27 years older, a man who graduated from West Point

magnified by our youthful point of view to seem all the more

two years before JFK was born. Early in his term, JFK started

unfair. All three were killed in the prime of life; all advocated

the Peace Corps, an imaginative new program that used our

changing America; all had accumulated powerful enemies in

energy

the course of their political lives and, more specifically, in the

and

idealism

around

the

world

in

a

surprising

departure for staid US foreign policy.

few years before they got killed.

By doing so, JFK created a model of change from the top

When

down. He did the same thing when he proposed significant

nation was stunned. A very large majority regretted it deeply.

changes in civil rights, which made him quite unpopular in a

Those who mourned later for MLK and RFK were smaller

dozen states that had voted for him in 1960. He went so far as

constituencies, or maybe larger ones. In any case, they were

to send federal troops to enforce his new rules in Mississippi,

us.

the

President

was

assassinated

in

1963,

the

Alabama, and other places. It was the biggest confrontation of states’ rights versus the federal government since the Civil

To an Athlete Dying Young

War a hundred years before. To make sure things were done right, the president put his own brother, conveniently his Attorney General, in charge of changes in civil rights. Neither Kennedy earned much praise for this, and a lot of criticism,

was

the

model

that

was

important.

We

saw

the

government’s power being exercised for a clear moral good, and that exerted a powerful attractive force. This was the promise in the Constitution: that federal power would be used “to

establish

Justice…

promote

the

Man and boy stood cheering by, And home we brought you shoulder-high.

until much later when both were long dead.

It

The time you won your town the race We chaired you through the market-place;

general

Welfare,

Today, the road all runners come, Shoulder-high we bring you home, And set you at your threshold down, Townsman of a stiller town.

and

secure the blessings of Liberty…” Hadn’t the astonishing strength and overwhelming power of the United States been used, in the decade before I was born, to defeat utterly and unconditionally the fascist powers in Europe and a cruel and

Smart lad, to slip betimes away From fields where glory does not stay, And early though the laurel grows It withers quicker than the rose.

rapine armed force in Asia? Wasn’t this more of the same, from the great generation that had fought that war? Didn’t they know what they were doing when they proposed to run

Eyes the shady night has shut Cannot see the record cut, And silence sounds no worse than cheers

the country in new and different ways?

After earth has stopped the ears.

The President upset so many apple carts that he was murdered after 1000 days in office. By his third year in the White House,

he

had

made

plenty

of

enemies

who

resisted

his

pushes for change, for new directions, for taking chances, for doing

the

long

list

of

things

mentioned

in

his

inaugural

Now you will not swell the rout Of lads that wore their honours out, Runners whom renown outran And the name died before the man.

address. His brother Bobby inherited this burden two days after his own 38th birthday, a cold day in Washington but a

So set, before its echoes fade, The fleet foot on the sill of shade,

sunny one in Dallas.

And hold to the low lintel up JFK was not the only one of our heroes murdered young.

The still-defended challenge-cup.

From Georgia, there was Martin King, who with his personal charisma and courage led the civil rights movement quite far in a short time. He was killed in April 1968. And sixty days later,

Bobby

primary

and

Kennedy getting

died

after

achingly

winning

close

to

the

the

California Democratic

And round that early-laurelled head Will flock to gaze the strengthless dead, And find unwithered on its curls The garland briefer than a girl’s.

nomination for President. All three were shot in the head, two of them on camera, in a series of gross and shocking injustices

By A. E. Housman (1896)

entire

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The total and cumulative effect of these

three

leaders’

public

and

untimely deaths can never be fully known. That is part of the tragedy.

We

shall

always

be

left

to

speculate on a long series of “what

By the end of 1968, America had had enough of the war and enough of the Democrats after eight years. A long seldombroken

historical

pattern

indicates

that

after

two

terms,

Americans elect the party out of power. This proved true again that year as Americans voted for a man who promised to end the war. But Nixon took a long time to end the war,

if…” questions. Some authors

fighting the Congress and prolonging the US military efforts already have published articles or books along these lines: If JFK had lived, he was going to take the troops out of Viet

there. About half of all Americans killed in Viet Nam died there while Nixon was President.

Nam…If King had lived, the civil rights movement would not have splintered into infighting factions…If Bobby had lived, the

divisions

in

American

society

would

have

healed

quickly… if, if, if…

The

This

questions about what might have been. The brazen and public murders of three of our principal heroes had precisely the effect of stopping action, of freezing politics, of numbing and us.

Was

of

boys

and

men

eventually

numbered

about

America. Many were drafted. Most were not college grads.

But young people want action now, not endless philosophical

alienating

deaths

58,000 -- guys like me from towns and farms all across

any

other

reaction

possible?

was

another

tragedy

that

continued

throughout

the

Sixties. Nixon’s plan to end the war did not work until he was getting inaugurated a second time. The armistice began the week that LBJ died in retirement in Texas in January 1973.

Maybe that is when the Sixties came to a close?

Taken

together, those three killings changed the country for some time and changed my own generation for all time. Radicalized and made less reasonable by the premature death of our heroes, we knew that desperate times called for desperate measures, and so we undertook them. If the system killed those who worked in it, then our place had to be outside it.

Injustice begat radicalism, plain and simple, as the country moved through the late Sixties.

Several years later, on a cold and sunny November day, another president dedicated the new Viet Nam Memorial in downtown Washington DC. It was the site of several War Department buildings in the 1940s. I attended the ceremony as a member of the public, wearing a few old peace badges from my protest days. More than one veteran, wearing his own military badges and attending with his own memories, embraced me and said “Peace, brother”. We traded buttons; I have them still. They mean a lot to me for many reasons.

The well-publicized and well-analyzed deaths of our leaders had a sinister parallel: death came by the thousands to our post-war

generation

that

had

grown

up

in

peace

But the principal meaning of

and

our

prosperity. By 1968, there was widespread discontent with the

understanding

that

day

was that the war was really

conduct of the Viet Nam war and it was coming not only from

over. We knew it right away,

college campuses. It came from every state across the country,

at that moment, because that

from many of the thousands of families of the soldiers who

knowledge crystallized in the

went off to save democracy, and to do their duty, and who

By @506thcurrahee

died in the jungle in a far-away country they did not much

clear frigid air for all to see. President Reagan helped by his

understand.

conciliatory speech that day: 'The war in Viet Nam threatened to tear

our

society

apart,

and

the

political

and

philosophical

There was so much death in the Sixties, plenty to go round.

disagreements that separated each side continue, to some extent.

Eventually all those deaths affected national politics. Some

These memorials reflect a hunger for healing.'' Moreover we

occurred on the evening news in our living rooms. The view

made the peace ourselves by coming together. We all shared

of the great middle class changed from early support of the

deep

war to opposition later. People changed their minds when they

monument. It could hardly be more personal, like that war was

personally knew a young man who died there. From my tiny

– the black granite wall contained the name of every American

home state of Rhode Island, 209 died in Viet Nam. But from

whose life was lost. We buried our differences there under the

California the number was 5,575. An inexorable political

grass on the National Mall, near the site where as a Georgetown

arithmetic was catching up with the White House: stop the

student I had attended protest marches and speeches. We cried

war before my son gets sent over there and killed. Lyndon

and laughed and remembered, and we ended the long war --

Johnson, as shrewd a politician as ever walked the earth,

ourselves. It was an emotional milestone, a spontaneous bridge

realized this and threw in the towel in late March 1968.

we built together in the shadow of the Washington Monument.

feelings

at

the

sight

of

the

new

and

very

personal

Maybe the Sixties finally ended on that chilly Veteran’s Day?

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One Lie + Two Lies = A Lie

By David Colbert

It is Amazing to me the day that we are living in. People will

The Democratic Party backs abortions and want to make it

curse you out when you do good. They will throw you a

legal even in late term. We as people of God need to fight for

vulgar sign when they cut you off in traffic. It is like there is

the unborn. I believe that the Democratic Party candidates

no sense of right or wrong anymore. We have a Democratic

running for President live in La La Land. I believe they need

run Congress that think that if you tell enough lies it will

to be tested for illegal drug use. I think they are high on

somehow equal the truth.

something and I don’t think it is life.

A lie is a lie is a lie. There is no lie in the truth, and surely no

I am going to tell you why the Democratic Party is against

truth

Impeachment

President Trump. He took away their thunder. All of the

proceedings for a few months. I still can’t believe how the

platforms that the Democratic Candidates have run on in the

Democratic Party majority in the House thought they had a

past, President Trump has clean the swamp and resolved.

in

lies.

I

have

been

watching

the

case against President Donald J. Trump.

President Trump is actually doing what the Democratic Party There

are

investigations

and

used to get elected.Unemployment is down, Jobs creation is

completed and they are still acting as if the investigation is

up and the minorities realize that Trump really cares about the

still ongoing. Every time I look at this fiasco I feel like I am at

American people most of all. I have watched the Trump

the movies watching a fictional story. I believe Adam Schiff

rallies. He is just reminding the people that he is seeking most

wants a part in a Hollywood movie. I believe also after the

of all to help them. I don’t know if anyone remembers, but

theatrics at the Senate trial he might just get it. He made a

Hilary Clinton was always focused on what she thought the

convincing

government

argument

of

that

the

have

lies

been

and

investigated

innuendos

he

was

need,

but

now

President

Trump

was

always

spewing out. He deserves an Academy Award. I don’t think

talking about what he wanted to do for the people. I picked up

he cares about truth, just telling a good story true or not,

on something I heard in the liberal media back in 2017. They

mostly not.

were angry with President Trump for jumping right in and fulfilling his campaign promises to the American people. I

The Democratic Party members of Congress have promised

don’t know if anyone else heard it, but I did.

that even if President Trump is acquitted that they intend to continue to keep on trying to unseat President Donald J.

President Trump is going about fulfilling all the promises that

Trump. I am requesting that we vote in November 2020 to

the Democratic Party candidates used to be elected. A lot of

unseat

what he is doing has been supported by the Democratic Party.

Nancy

congressional

Pelosi

crew

and

from

the

her

Partisan

Control

of

the

Democratic of

Nancy Pelosi had to help pass the USMCA to avoid political

Representative. I believe if we want peace and balance in this

House

suicide. We the people are watching. The Democratic Party

country, this must occur. It’s amazing to me as well, how that

wanted the border wall, but only for bragging rights, but

those elected to Congress so gladly ignore their constituents,

Trump stole their thunder once again. I believe that President

especially with the homelessness occurring in their districts in

sincerely wants to do the best he can for America and I think

California.

he proves it every day. The policies he has set in place will not be easily unraveled by the President after him.

President Trump has made a promise that does not do something

if the Governor

about these conditions in California

We in this country have been played my Washington too long.

that the Federal Government will intervene. I can’t believe

They

that President Trump is the first President ever to consider it a

engineered recessions every 4 years causing people to lose

played

necessity to address those involved in the March for Life.

their livelihood like clockwork. The Democratic Party have

I applaud our President for truly standing up for the unborn

kept

children, that are being killed here and around the world by

Donald J. Trump is just a very successful businessman who

Plan Parenthood and their cohorts.

used his smarts to give America the upper hand in the World.

this

gamed

country

in

with

a

the

economy

financial

roller

for

years.

coaster.

They

President

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The Democratic Party is afraid we will make President Trump, King Donald J. Trump. The swamp of a government we have had in the past, makes a Monarchy look tempting, especially for a leader that truly cares about his Countrymen.

I am not saying I want a Monarchy, but I do want leadership that truly understands that the Framers of our Constitution didn’t want a Monarchy either. They wanted a Country ran by the people and for the people. If you do not understand and honor the American people, you should not be our President.

I believe that leadership should truly know and participate in our communities.I don’t particularly like Congresswoman Shelia Jackson Lee, but I believe she is not afraid to communicate and understand the people who elected her to Congress.

I will also

say this, it is time we put race on the front burner and stop acting like we are different just because of the color of our skin. I have learned over the years that racism solves absolutely nothing on either side of the coin.

We were all Created by God, and we all bleed red.

David A Colbert