President has duty to protect elections
I commend Mr. Neuman when he stated to enforce laws to "noncitizens." He asks the question, "Do we citizens get to choose which laws we will honor?"
There is a standard here. In fairness the "noncitizens" are not breaking any laws. They are seeking asylum to our country which is very lawful. Special counsel Robert Mueller just indicted 12 Russian intelligence officers, accusing them of interfering in the 2016 US presidential election. The proof is in the indictment.
The investigation is not a "witch hunt." Mr. Rosenstein making a decision based on hard evidence refered the indictments to the national security division of the DOJ. The head of the division will wait for the apprehension of the defendants and await for trail.
Our president took an oath and has an Article II responsibility to the best of his ability to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." A fair election is part of the Constitution. President Trump is obligated by defending the Constitution to apprehend the indicted conspirators.
So far, President Trump has said "this happened on Obama's watch" and does not seem willing to invoke his Article II power. Mr. President, it does not work that way. You do not get to choose which part of the Constitution you wish to honor.
To think the Mueller investigation is a "deep state conspiracy" is utterly ridiculous and foolish. For the president not to invoke his power and not defend the Constitution of the United States and enforce this law is considered a "high crime." That term is also in the Constitution.
Steven T. Thompson
Arlington Heights
Collusion vs. interference
Enough is enough. While the jury is still out as to whether there was collusion, and maybe none will be found, but does our president not understand that there is a difference between collusion and interference. There is no question that the Russians interfered in our democracy. All of our intelligence agencies have said so. What makes Trump's performance with Putin even worse is that the Republicans are not all coming out against the things he has said or the things he should have said. They have sold their souls to the devil, choosing to stay quiet; to keep from experiencing his Tweeter feed to keep their jobs. What happened to patriotism?
Susan R. Bauer
Buffalo Grove