Shitâs starting to get realâŚ
Despite appearances, lawyers are not magicians. If the process works (or in this case, is allowed to work), the facts generally determine the outcome. Which is very, very bad news for Trump & Co.
I wonder if Mueller is trolling Trump with the media announcement that his team is looking into his finances.
Trump IS just dumb enough to start an effort to hide or obfuscate his past Russian dealings from Mueller. This alone, an effort to deny details to Mueller, is a crime in itself.
This reminds me of how big Al Capone, murderer, gun-runner, booze bootlegger, thought he could beat a Federal indictment. He was though only convicted of income tax evasion which sent him to jail. (corrected, he did die later in FL after his release).
So long as Congress is safely in the grasp of the GOP Trump is free to commit any crimes he pleases, and also free to prevent past crimes from being investigated. All this talk of some rash move like arranging the firing of Mueller creating a political firestorm is useless noise. While a firestorm would indeed ensue, impeachment or criminal charges will not. Trump has certainly analyzed this, or someone has done his thinking for him, and basically sized it up as I have above.
No wise elders of the party can approach Trump and demand or cajole his resignation, claiming his continued holding of office stymies anything getting accomplished. Heâll tell them to piss off, and they know thatâs the reaction theyâll get. Why bother? Appealing to some sense of civic or party pride, or sense of duty, is a foolâs errand, he hasnât any.
The country is stuck with Trump, regardless his criminality or inability to perform his Presidential duties. Thatâs not changing.
This is the story I want to see: âSources say that Muellerâs team has figured out a âsilver bulletâ to deal with Presidential pardons. âItâs specific to the set of facts and crimes they are dealing withâ, said a source with knowledge of the investigation. âBring it on,â is the attitude of Mueller towards pardons. âYes, they will still die in jail,â said another sourceâ.
Jay Sekulow as a legal strategist? Thatâs like having Reince Priebus defend Fallujah against ISIS.
I think itâs like using Trump vodka to fight neurosyphilis
Wonât help. Clarence Darrow couldnât get Trump out of the hole heâs dug for himself. Congress may not act, but when Trumpâs approval rating gets down to about 20%, even Fox News will decide that heâs not worth defending. Only Hannity will still hold that Trump is being railroaded by a malign and vindictive press. Even Spicer will quit and only the soulless Huckabee-Sanders will be left to defend the Trump familyâs criminality.
Capone was paroled in 1939 and released from prison. He was treated for complications of syphilis for several years, until his death in 1947. He lived in Florida his final years. He did not die in prison.
Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
I am afraid you are right. But in the meantime it would be nice if he were shunned, mocked, and ignored.
The resignation follows reports that the President hired veteran Washington reporter Ty Cobb to handle all media questions
Ty Cobb is an attorney, not a reporter.
Ya , I keep wondering what is the low bar for the Conservative Entertainment Complex, and it appears there isnât one.
Their world is not our world, and while we scream and stamp our feet outraged they just putter along like nothing is wrong .
NPR had some Trump voters from Iowa on yesterday and they just buy into the âRussia Hoaxâ and why is the MSM picking on Trump.
That is what youâre up against
It will never hit 20% . They have been brainwashed
I thought the same. That Mueller is goading rump into saying something incriminatingâŚThe Telltale Heart. rump is so predictable that he will have to say something that just digs him in deeper.
Congress needs to draw a bright red line about any thoughts of firing Mueller. And make the consequences of doing so known in simple language clear and precise enough that even an idiot Orange Shitgibbon could understand.
Part of Trump desperately wants to be loved and admired, or failing that feared and respected. Another part of him probably feeds off being shunned and mocked. He doesnât like it per se, but it energizes him, gets his juices flowing, gives him a reason to do battle another day.
Iâm not sure public disapprobation works to the advantage of anyone hoping Trump either changes, grows into the office, or gives up in frustration, anger and despair and resigns.
It will be an interesting 2nd 6 months of Chaos Presidency. Stay tuned.
Reshuffling, because Dim Dad got tired of all the winningâŚ
I just figured out what Republicans will say if Mueller is fired:
âThis is a real shame. Why isnât he being allowed to prove that Hillary framed Donald Trump, as has been reported in the press?â