Travesty of justice
Clive Crook’s essay in Sunday’s paper seems to have the view that prosecution of former president Trump would not be in the public interest. Just why is not clear from the essay, which spends time impugning DOJ rather than addressing this important point.
Lawrence Tribe, the renowned legal scholar and Merrick Garland’s teacher at Harvard, expressed the view to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that not to prosecute Trump would “invite another violent insurrection.” This quote can be found in The Daily Beast for July 2, 2022.
The Jan. 6 committee hearings have made it abundantly clear that Trump was central in instigating the Jan. 6 insurrection. Provided that DOJ can find unimpeachable witnesses to prove Trump’s instigation, not to prosecute him for insurrection would be a travesty of justice.
Mike Keller
Kailua-Kona
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Inquiring minds want to know
The federal Administrative Order of Consent states that the County of Hawaii is operating an illegal sewer in Naalehu: the gang-cesspool.
Yet, Naalehu homeowners are forced to pay a sewer bill. We must give money to the county. This extortion is of no concern to the federal Environmental Protection Agency, or the Hawaii State Department of Health.
Our sewer in Naalehu is not licensed by the DOH. Yet, homeowners must pay their bill, or the state court will find them guilty. The DOH and the EPA will not attend the upcoming meetings in Naalehu where the elephant in the room will be the illegal sewer bill.
So, please tell the public what legal grounds Hawaii County stands on when we are billed for our illegal gang-cesspool. Inquiring minds want to know.
Jerry Warren
Naalehu
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