Lock Him Up Poem by michael spangenberg

In July, FBI Director James Comey said
no reasonable prosecutor would have
brought charges.

Yesterday, in a surprise maneuvre
Comey wrote a letter to Congress
long on innuendo, short on facts
in a completely separate investigation
the FBI had found some emails that
may or may not be related to Hillary
indeed may or may not be significant at all
notwithstanding the appearance of indictment.

It's being reported that Comey sent this letter
over the objections of Department of Justice
who told him that it was inconsistent with
the longstanding policy of both Democratic & Republican administrations not to take action that might impact an election unprecedented intrusion into a close presidential election
with 10 days until Election Day.

But by being vague and obfuscating, Comey opened the door
to conspiracy theories, Republican attacks against Hillary, and a surge of fundraising for Trump and his team, so this bears repeating: There is no evidence of wrongdoing, no charge of wrongdoing, and no indication that any of this even involves Hillary.

Trump has spent more than a year trying to bully his way to the presidency. He's been browbeating the FBI (indeed, many have speculated that Comey took this extraordinary action in part to reduce the pressure on his agency that Trump's campaign and his Republican Congressional allies has been building up) , leading crowds in chants of 'lock her up, ' and even saying Hillary should be in prison - and if he won, he'd put her there, talking about abusing presidential power.

The facts be damned - Trump's consistently shown a complete disregard for the truth. In spite of there being no new information, he's already raising money off the bizarre letter (he literally sent a text message asking for money within an hour of the story breaking!)
the devil's more fired up than ever on the trail today.

These are the actions of a desperate man, with every move underscoring he's unfit for office, Trump knows he can't win on his character, temperament, or his policies. He's behind, so he'll cling to whatever he can.

Footnote - Credit where credit's due: poetic improvisation on October 29,2016 letter of the Hillary Clinton Campaign.