In the words of Sir Walter Scott:

"I cannot tell what the truth may be, I tell the tale as twas' said to me."  

The Enlightened Prisoner says this about that:

Recent news has noted the FBI's release of additional information about their investigations of Trump campaign actions that would show connections with Russian sources. 

Certainly there's reason to have some doubts about evidence when offered by media accounts where oath is lacking.  But, if there's one consistency you can take note of in President Trump's history of strategy to discredit accusations for his campaign's misdeeds, it usually follows a line of presentation which any seasoned investigator can tell you reflects on a pattern of guilty consciousness.  One of those reasoning facts is he's a habitual liar, and not that good at it.  And, during those lies he'll deny you any space or opportunity to challenge or rebut.  

This becomes very evident whenever a media source relates portions of the Muller Report showing his campaign's association with those sources solicited to dirty the image of Hillary Clinton.  The President denies his involvement but, the Muller Report clearly amplifies a truth in those findings by showing the total lack of cooperative witness statement, or access to supportive documentation that would serve to exonerate this President.  He claims no involvement or knowledge, even though the whole sordid mess happened on his watch as he served as the Campaign's Management. Then, he frustrates discovery by refusing to testify and only answers questions in writing, usually by citing his loss of memory for events.  Yes, that's a continuing pattern of guilty consciousness.   

How then do you explain Muller's record of Grand Jury indictments and convictions against the players who only represent the President's side of things?  Those indictments were for offering false, misleading, or uncooperative testimony before an investigative tribunal authorized by the President's Administration. Muller's findings cannot be dismissed as inconclusive for campaign abuse. There was evidence of a collusive design by Trump's Presidential Campaign Organization to manipulate the Presidential election and that certainly flies in the face of ethical or legal behavior which govern our national elections.

It happened, and it happened throughout the campaign as a result of clear and present help from the Military Intelligence arm of the Russian government.  They actively accessed our social media with disinformation on Hillary Clinton and supportive ads favorable to Trump's election.  How can you not believe that happened when 16 Grand Jury indictments have been issued on the record (as a result of the Muller Investigation) naming members of that Russian Military organization?  But, resolution of their complicity is compromised by the uncooperative nature of a hostile Russian government.  

Okay, I'm a member of the United States electorate, and one that has lost faith and respect for the governance integrity and competence of this President.  There is nothing emotional or political about that decision.  I certainly don't relish the political circus of an impeachment indictment but, we have a spoiled brat at our helm who lacks the capacity for shame enough to realize he has risen to the level of an incompetent, and owes this country his absence.    

"The man who counsels naught but himself, has a fool for an advisor."  Enlightened Prisoner 7-14-2019

Comment 6/21/19, by the Enlightened Prisoner to the Jon Talton editorial in the Seattle Times, "The Appeal of Trumponomics Belies it's Heavy Costs."

If you believe that Trump's economic policies have been beneficial, take time to talk to any small business engaged in manufacturing products for international distribution, or talk to any family owned agriculture business that raises produce that trades on the international market.  Those are American industries in dire conditions and facing markets which Trump keeps in throes of uncertainty with bellicose threats and claims, and the higher taxes (for manufacturers & farmers) of those tariffs he puts on imported products or raw materials.  All of which require an "in-kind" response from the countries he attacks.  You'd probably find that anyone of those manufacturers or famers would feel they could have done a better job dealing directly with those foreign markets than this President who thinks he has a business sense.  And, constantly proves the theory that a man who seeks not but his own counsel has a fool for an advisor.

Trump's own business dealings were an indicator we should have been looking at more closely before the election.  His record of "stiffing" creditors, bankruptcies, multiplicity of civil suits, businesses run into the ground of failure, creation of falsified information to promote himself, creation of dubious businesses (i.e., Trump University), and, oh yes, inability to threat his fellow citizens with respect or decency expected from any occupant of the office he serves.  That's right, serves.  After all, he is merely an elected Public Servant charged with the Administration of the Executive Branch.  All his claims of being anything more need to be treated with the disdain we reserve for those underserving of trust or confidence.  And aren't you getting a little tired of these "brag-a-thon" rallies, tweets and controlled news encounters while the real answers the tax-paying public deserve are closeted behind a mind that serves naught but "self-interest"?

Evaluating the moral truthfulness of President Trump based on his governmental administrative actions is just plain silly.  You must consider that he brought no credentials to the table for performing this job of governance.  And, provides supporting evidence almost daily.

The President's lack of intellectual acuity is evident in every one of his tweets.  You know, those very early morning missives he represents as official words from the Presidential pulpit (you must wonder as I do that considering the hour just what room is he in?).  We'd already discovered his lack of wisdom and integrity, but constant flows of words so shallow, so witless, so disingenuous.  

What's really scary is the number of monied people who supported the effort to put this mentally challenged man-boy into a position requiring wise and rational behavior.  Just take a moment to wonder about the mental acuity for that committee.  Or, for that matter, the corps of committed echo servants necessary to maintain this President's façade.
(Words of the Enlightened Prisoner, May 25, 2019)

After reading through the now-released redacted Muller report, you get the impression folks that trying to get straight answers out of the Trump cadre to answer for their actions is like interviewing the local chapter of a Hell's Angel Club to find out who fired the first shot.

Yes, we talking about a President who suspended the practice of Press Conferences which further dilutes Administration transparency, then refused to be interviewed by members of the Muller investigative team.  Instead, answered questions in writing that were mostly labels of "I don't have a recollection of that."

It's hard not to show a bias about this President's behavior before and since the Muller Investigation Report.  His words and actions bespeak an outrageously guilty man and, why his associates and Party minions continue to support such conduct is enough to suspect a greater conspiracy to hide motives that still need to be discovered.  

Why Does He Resist?

The idea of a Federal Income Tax was born in this country (circ. 1917) to create revenue for the government to provide the services our elected members of the Legislative Branch deemed necessary.  From it's outset there was an element of honesty required of our citizen tax-payers to participate in a fair and equitable manner.

But, over the years, for reasons of greed or feelings of hostility to the ambitions of the government, many have become tax cheats.  However, anyone who has had faith in our institutions and has made an honest effort to comply with the rules that apply to us all would have no reason not to reveal themselves.

Apparently, we have a current President who has not been playing by the rules or lacks making an honest tax-paying effort.  I mean, all he does is develop business and residential properties and collect the rent from them, right?  But why his reluctance to cooperate with what appears to be a legal request by a Congressional oversight Committee.  Sad.
(The Enlightened Prisoner made a similar comment to the Washington Post on 4-4-19)

THE ENLIGHTENED PRISONER (Let me say this about that!)

The Muller Report has been released.  While the claim I'm innocent is still ringing, consider this.  The recent financial crisis that almost brought chaos to our national market passed without a single banking executive found to be responsible.
While there's still a lot of lurking evidence out there to be settled, it's still necessary to point out that this President, (and his Congressional minions), are guilty of conducting one of the worst working governances of our country yet and, one of the worst wastes of the time and money provided by us, the Tax-Paying public.
And, I can't shake off the fact that the election of that wasteful period may have been manipulated by a foreign hostile government.
I await the outcomes that can somehow get us a return to efficient and ethical governance, God knows we've had enough of the other side.  The Enlightened Prisoner

On 1-8-19, the Enlightened Prisoner posted a Washington Post comment as thus:

"If you would just stop with your silly attempts to criminalize Mexico Mr. President, and remember that the drug crisis in this country is not the result of Mexican Cartel's marketing.  Rather it is the result of American citizen insatiable demand for artificial relief from this country's income inequities.  And, I realize of course that you probably wouldn't get it even if you could read it.  Sad.

On 8/17/04, The Enlightened Prisoner said:

"The problem with education is that it creates narrow-mindedness."