first of all, I suspect a lot of Mueller’s testimony will be behind closed doors (if it happens at all) and kept from the public; and secondly, dotard will provoke some kind of national event to take away the live coverage should he actually testify.
hell, I wouldn’t be surprised that he authorizes a practice run against iran. the media certainly wouldn’t have any hesitation – they love it when bombs start dropping.
growing concerns that a Mueller testimony would get even more coverage than what his former lawyer Michael Cohen received
For once, Trump is right!
Especially since threatening Mueller not to testify in front of Congress is another article to add to his Obstruction of Justice charges.
One response to all this is: Benghazi!
But I’d like to have some context here from TPM (not to mention some copy editing… some real bad grammar in this post)
Is Trump in a position to somehow prevent Mueller from testifying before the House, or not, and why or why not? Can he order it? How about this context here?
That horse has left the barn, Donny-Boy.
Always a chance that the truth might slip out
Head of Nail meet hammer. Why would it close with 12 open investigations?
Barr should be tarred and feathered and run out of town on a rail
I’m beginning to get the sick feeling that we might not get the outcomes we’d like. Clearly Trump’s power isn’t limitless – he loses in court, some of his noxious nominees fail, he can’t arrest Alec Baldwin for making fun of him, there’s no wall – but if he gets away with belligerently flouting legitimate House oversight efforts, that’s starting us down a bad path.
The solution, Mr President is simple - counter- programming. When Mueller’s testimony is being discussed on air, you appear on a live edition of Fox and Friends juggling chain saws.
We can stop him. Nearly fifty percent of people did not vote at all. The bad path that you describe is not thought of enough by them.
We have a big chore ahead of us. The good news is that Mueller is a great start on what we need. When I was a young man (as silly as they come) I nevertheless followed the Watergate Hearings…and so did the street cats I hung out with at the time.
We have not even gotten to that stage yet.
But it’s coming…
This isn’t rocket science. If the general public comes to understand the contents of the Mueller Report the way that the 5% who have actually read it do, many more people will favor impeachment.
Sorry folks, but my read on this piece, is this is just a smokescreen.
Trump doesn’t want Mueller to testify for the same reason he is stonewalling EVERYTHING from the House.
Because he is guilty as sin. And everything he is stonewaling, proves it.
Well , it WILL take the spotlight off Blobby .
In other news, those familiar with Chump’s thinking told reporters he also does not want to go to jail.
This is why he will allow John Bolton to CREATE a “Gulf of Tonkin” incident with the USS Abraham Lincoln Aircraft Carrier that has been sent to Iran. Once that is faked, Bolton can attack Iran and get his payoff from the Iranian Terrorist Organization (MeK) that he is on the payroll of along with Trump and Kushner getting their payoffs from Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Russia, all of whom will benefit from the US attacking Iran.
Israel gets chaos to cover their resulting takeover of the West Bank.
Saudi Arabia gets their regional and religious adversary (Sunni vs. Shiite) knocked down.
Russia (and Saudi Arabia) gets a 500% increase in the price of Oil when the Straits of Hormuz are closed due to war with Iran.
Trump gets to wrap himself in the flag and accuse anyone who opposes him of being Anti-American and DISLOYAL to Jesus and Country (and Trump.)
A Win, Win, Win, Win, Win for all 5 of them.
Also, the MSM gets their WAR which is always gangbusters for RATINGS.
This will happen no later than July of this year unless the US Navy is smart enough to tell Bolton to fuck off.
Well, heck, if he’s worried about ratings, do a split screen of Mueller testifying and Moron golfing or tweeting or stuffing his face. As much air time as ANGRY MUELLER!
As Barr pokes around the FBI and DOJ trying to criminalize normal law enforcement activities, one wonders whether those entities have any antibodies left, or whether they’ve been sufficiently compromised to allow the parasite-in-chief to take up residence.
I’m sure he can get his little thumbs a-twittering during Mueller’s testimony.
Absolutely. It’s true that Mueller testimony will get coverage, but so what? Mueller testimony means new disclosures; it is highly implausible that the slow rollout and redactions have not limited disclosures to a significant extent.
FLAMING chain saws, please! People are not investing in 4K TVs just to see plain old chainsaws!
He’s already calling the investigation an attempted coup.