Today is Saturday, July 2, 2022. For all of those wringing their hands over when the long-awaited Dumpf indictment will finally be handed down, don’t look any further than what former federal prosecutor and current MSNBC legal analyst Glenn Kirschner gave to SiriusXM radio host Dean Obeidallah the other day in which he detailed seven crimes that could put former president Donald Trump in jail for the rest of his unnatural life.

This latest observation from Kirschner on an episode of The Dean Obeidallah Show this week is covered in an online article in Media ITE by Tommy Christopher in which the former prosecutor was asked to weigh in on the recent testimony provided by Cassidy Hutchinson, Mark Meadows’ former aide, in which she gave scathing testimony about the former president. Kirschner was asked if her testimony helps support a treason charge being levied against the would-be fascist. This launched Kirschner on a detailed explanation of what constitutes treason against the United States. Here Kirschner said that “treason is defined in the federal law as whoever, owing an allegiance to the United States, levies war against them, the United States, is guilty of treason. And what Donald Trump was, in a very real sense, levying war. And we now know that his warriors were armed. He knew that. And he launched an attack, that he wanted to lead himself, on the U.S. Capitol, on the Democratic process, on the certification of the rightful win of a president. And that constitutes, in my opinion, levying war against the United States. That constitutes the crime of treason. You know, he certainly is on the hook for obstructing the official proceeding, the certification of Biden’s win. He’s on the hook for a conspiracy to defraud or commit offenses against the United States, inciting a riot, inciting an insurrection, seditious conspiracy, treason.”

Kirschner then went on to say the ex-president could get a sentence of eight years for assaulting, opposing, impeding, or intimidating a government official while engaged in or on account of the performance of their official duties, like certifying the results of a presidential election. Kirschner said if this action involves the use of a deadly or dangerous weapon, it’s a 20-year felony. With Hutchinson’s testimony, this intent was apparent as Dumpf set an armed mob onto the Capitol. This says it all at the end of Kirschner’s interview: “Donald Trump just needs to be indicted.” So sayeth a majority of Americans who realize that by not indicting the principal architect of this nefarious plot against our democratic Republic, this low standard of behavior will be repeated over and over after Dumpf is gone.

Reinforcing Kirschner’s prediction that the former demagogue will be indicted soon is the observation proffered by Attorney General Merrick Garland’s former law professor Laurence Tribe who is a contributor on both MSNBC and CNN who said this on a CNN news show: “There’s indication – certainly from the searches and seizures of both John Eastman and of others – strong evidence that the Justice Department is not stopping with the foot soldiers, it’s going to the Generals. And the biggest General of all, of course, is Donald Trump. I do think the odds are he will be indicted.” Tribe said the committee members are presented with a lose-lose situation. If they do indict Trump, Tribe said there will be violence. If they don’t, they “invite another violent insurrection” with possibly more deaths to result from such an undertaking.

Even with these two “experts'” opinions on the subject of whether or not the former megalomaniac should be indicted, I’m at the point of wanting to scream. Don’t you feel the same way as I do?: that hearing so many opinions is actually counterproductive when it comes to just taking action. I’d rather just know that Garland is going to do his job and indict the son of a bitch.

Today Elliot and I drove to Phillipsport, New York, which is in Sullivan County, with our good friend “Mark.” We intended to visit Elliot’s childhood friend “Susan” in her all-year home that used to be a summer bungalow colony for Elliot and his family many, many years ago. We woke up at 8 a.m. and picked up our friend at his building at around 9:30. Then we were on our way to upstate New York. We drove through New Jersey and stopped for breakfast at the Coach House Diner in Hackensack, New Jersey. This particular eatery was very spacious and had very good food, as the three of us decided to get omelets for our first meal of the day. Even the coffee was robust.

We were supposed to arrive by 1, and by golly, we did! This miracle occurred even with stop-and-go traffic on the New York State Thruway at the entrance. When we arrived, we introduced Mark to Susan right away and we all sat on the porch and schmoozed. Eventually we went inside the rustic domicile to have a lovely lunch of bagels and lox, which we brought. Then we enjoyed a dessert consisting of watermelon chunks and strawberries prepared by Susan.

The entire time spent with Susan was devoted to reminiscing about long-gone family members and friends. At some point, I chimed in to detail our months-long kitchen saga and Mark even volunteered to speak about some of his family memories. We were also impressed with Susan’s dog, a golden cocker spaniel mix by the name of Baxter. When he saw us coming, he did what dogs instinctively do, which was bark. He eventually relaxed his guard dog status and allowed us to pet him. He soon settled down with time.

After spending about four hours in the country, we bid Susan good-bye and drove back to New York. We stopped at a local restaurant in Hackensack called Lido, a real hole in the wall, but redolent with memory for Elliot who frequented the place many years ago with other family members. I started going there with Elliot after meeting him in the early naughts.

For the first time, the entree prices were on par with today’s high inflationary prices as we examined the refurbished menu. I settled on a longterm standard: veal parmigiana, with tomato soup as an appetizer. Mark preferred eggplant parmigiana, while Elliot ordered the steak dinner. For dessert, we had the popular cake roll that consisted of a center of vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, and chocolate cake. I ordered my fifth cup of coffee.

From there, we drove over the George Washington Bridge and back to Queens, where we dropped Mark off by the corner of his building. This time we encountered little traffic driving back home. When we got back, I was able to park the car in front of the building.

The only glitch occurred in the late afternoon when we had a drenching downpour that lasted for a short time; we were already sitting on the porch, so we were not really affected by the shower. When it was over, the sun came out; on our way down from Phillipsort, we saw a huge rainbow in the sky over the highway. Could this chance sighting be considered a good omen, which we certainly need in this fraught time of ours? Who can tell?

So have a good Sunday.

Stay safe and be well.