Where do they go to get their lives back?

Raymond Donovan, after being declared innocent from a politically inspired court case, was quoted as saying: "Which office do I go to to get my reputation back?"

so a lot of the stuff going on in Washington makes one wonder: how many are being tricked into "perjury traps" and one even wonders if the scumbags who made money lobbying who probably deserve jail were prosecuted while others who did the same thing or worse were never investigated because of their "connections".

Instapundit links to a long detailed article at the Conservative Tree House about the various ways that a fake dossier was manipulated to take down Trumpieboy.

for later reading (I do have a life and other things to do).

But from a human rights perspective, the use of the CIA/FISA/ and FBI to spy on someone for political reasons is quite disturbing.

One would expect that the CIA would love Republicans (Bush Sr ran the CIA for example), but apparently things have changed with Trump: so is this why so many Democratic candidates in the midterm elections had CIA connections (something usually overlooked, in favor of publicizing the Socialist and Muslim "it girls)...

 I noted in earlier articles about the CIA manipulation of the elections here, and how Duterte, by putting his name in late in the election cycle, threw a monkey wrench into their plans (and here, his support came from ordinary folks: ads and social media propaganda doesn't work for tricycle drivers and farmers, who like Lolo figure they are all crooks and vote for the highest bidder, but Duterte's macho approach to crooks made him popular).

But when the CIA or FBI (or the IRS) get involved with influencing elections in the USA, it is a big story.

When Nixon used the IRS to "scrutinize" those on his enemy list, and paid CIA connected Cubans to break into the Watergate offices of the DNC, it resulted in his impeachment.

when during President Obama's administration, the IRS punished tea party groups, there was little outcry.

So when the CIA and others spied on Trumpieboy, no problem?

Silly me.

and when Scooter Libby, who had nothing to do with "outing" deskjockey Vallery Plame, ended up in jail, why was there no outcry, especially after the real name dropper (a Democrat) never got any punishment? This was a made up scandal too, but Bush was too polite to fight back.

Now, however, Trumpie boy tweets, and his tweets get attention.

But what was not done was actual obstruction or interference with the investigation, unless you think hurt feelings are a crime.

I don't know if it is true, but CT points out the overblow SWAT Team arrests of those on the periphery of the investigation was not because of terrible crimes but to try to provoke Trump to fire Muller so this could be spun into impeachment.

These actions, along with the MSM demonization of anyone associated with Trump, not to mention open attacks on Trump supporters in public places, is even more ominous.

Essentially, ordinary folks with ordinary lives will avoid taking a job for fear of their own and their family's safety.

Sigh.

So who is the first Democrat going to say: Wait a second?