This shit is so stupid. Iām worn out. I have become comfortablely numb.
Um, can he do that?
Legally I mean. I know, just generally asking ācan he do thatā with this alleged human is about as useful of asking it about a hyper 2 year old.
You nailed it ā this all is mind numbingly exhausting.
Like for Pink Floyd reference.
Especially when you consider in recent memory that any one of a hundred transgressions by Trump and his administration would have brought the president down .
The Republican Do nothing Congress has redefined the standard to the point where they are OK with treason and malfeasance on a scale that would make Benedict Arnold blush
In fairness, if I were President, and guilty of conspiracy to cover up terrible crimes that I was, in fact, guilty of, Iād also grill anyone called to testify about me and my despicable behavior.
So I sympathize with DJT being a nosey slimeball. Iād totally do the same if I were a desperate, lying, two-faced, psychopathic traitor.
āMcGahn did not release a statement contradicting the story and reportedly had to remind Trump that he did, in fact, ask him to dismiss the special counsel.ā
Ok, pressure of the probe, and senility kickin in - thatās good.
āTrumpās questioning of key witnesses about their conversations with investigators could further spur Muellerās obstruction inquiries, according to experts who spoke with the Times.ā
Bolstering the O-O-J case against himself - thatās REALLY good!
I vacillate between numbness and outrageā¦ but aināt nothing comfortable about itā¦
This just came across my twitter feed
This occurred within my lifetime from this toā¦ well you know
Overpowering sadness
Remembering JFKās farewell speech to Massachusetts
I bet youād be far more subtle in how you collected your information, austin_dave. And Iām glad it remains solidly in the theoretical, slim-to-none realm of possibility anyway.
It is an understatement to say that the contrast is marked.
If true, it raises more red flags. A much clearer case though, IMO, already exists against Priebusā¦who went to the FBI to get them to both A)drop their investigations and B) issue a statement saying they were never investigating the President or his team.
Likewise, McGahnās attempted inquiries to the FISA court to find out which Trumpers had outstanding wiretap warrants is also a pretty clear case of OOJ and abuse of power.
Both of these episodes were pretty widely reported at the time. And both were part of a wider effort by the Trumpers to find out just who the FBI was investigating. (Watnick-Cohn digging into FISA records was also part of this effort ). As I said at the time, it was a red flag that the Russia stuff was so widespread, that they didnāt even know themselves how exposed they were, and who specifically was exposed.
Iād say uncomfortably numb.
Is this witness tampering? Canāt McCahn and pubert be called back at some point?
IANAL but they were discussing this topic on talking heads last night and they said not likely OOJ or witness tampering but also not cool.
Why are McGahn snd Priebus ratting on Trump?
just a wild ass guess, but perhaps they know dotard is guilty AF and they donāt want to go to jail for the rest of their lives for being complicit?
It certainly further documents (I am not a lawyer and do not recall the exact term of the art) Trumpās guilty conscience, or whatever itās called that is apparently a necessary component of OOJ.
āHey, what did you talk about with the police in their investigation into meā is a real bad look.
āconsciousness of wrongdoingā sez the google engine
ETA
or āconsciousness of guiltā too
Yeah, thatās what several former prosecutors said on MSNBC last night. I also got the impression itās part of a much bigger picture. Each of these events separately and alone arenāt obstruction. However, thereās a pattern of behavior that collectively adds up to a pretty strong case for obstruction. Itās also an even stronger case that the president is a stupid, spoiled brat who lacks even the kind of basic self-control to keep from entangling himself into greater and greater legal peril.