Las Vegas Review-Journal

Jig is up?

- Thomas M. Mattingly Las Vegas Greg Scherr Las Vegas Eric Lier Henderson

President Donald Trump’s recent statement that “they broke into” the office of one of his private attorneys, and that it was an attack “on our country,” is a continuati­on of his constant misreprese­ntation of fact. “They” executed a valid search warrant in connection with an ongoing investigat­ion into whether or not Mr. Trump, his campaign and his administra­tion have been involved in wrongdoing surroundin­g Russian interferen­ce in the 2016 election, and whether or not he obstructed justice by interferin­g with the investigat­ion and any other related crimes.

This was not a disgrace as he called it. This was not another mistake by Jeff Sessions, as he stated. This was the “rule of law,” the guiding principle of our republic, in action — proving again that no man is above the law. No amount of tantrum and whining will relieve him from the scrutiny being applied by this investigat­ive process. Mr. Trump’s childish demeanor serves only to make him appear ridiculous.

Mr. Trump’s time is near. It is his insatiable appetite for excess that brought this entire mess to his doorstep. I await the conclusion. adviser charged in dispute”). I will now expect to now see “grocery clerk arrested,” “car salesman indicted” or “waitress sentenced.”

Has our society deteriorat­ed so far that everything we do must have a political

Has our society deteriorat­ed so far that everything we do must have a political affiliatio­n attached?

affiliatio­n attached? Will we soon have only blue and red cars?

What this man did has absolutely no connection to his job. It was a domestic issue. Is his job really what was important to the story? when it gets wet. The U.S. military spent millions adapting the M-16 after learning so many hard lessons in Vietnam. Nearly all the civilian version AR-15 rifles manufactur­ed for sale in the United States do not have these modificati­ons.

The first thing that security staff should do during a mass shooting event is to turn on the fire control sprinkles to seriously reduce a shooters ability to inflict harm.

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