Trump exercises a choice that makes literally no sense unless to harm and/or disparage an investigation into his campaign.
I am not talking court room law, but he plainly interferes with the investigation. Seems like a step by step, prepping one to another to finally revoke the clearance of any investigating him and/or firing those on the SC.
And the Republican Senators and Representatives will be proud.
This is the same state of mind as Nixon walking around the White House talking to Presidential portraits. Heâs flipping out bigly.
Iâve seen that as well. Itâs promising and it helps you remember itâs a little self-defeating and not entirely accurate to constantly repeat that the GOP will always back him. They will until they wonât. Yes, he has a durable base, but he canât survive on that alone. The fact is, more and more he worries people on both sides of the aisle. Helsinki made them think âOMGâmaybe itâs true.â It really was what you can call an inflection pointânot turning, maybe, not tipping, but certainly a change in direction. The tariffs too. I think the whole right-leaning half of the countryâs getting a gnawing sense of what could happen if they let him run wild.
Miller? Miller?
âŚMiller?
vindictive and petty ?
Pretty Much
Sounds a whole lot like a clear-cut case of Obstruction of Justice.
Of course the Rethuglicans who control both houses of Congress are too panicked and frightened of Trump and his âbaseâ of deplorables to do anything about it. Now that is disgraceful.
Crossing the Rubicon, finally. The most important and nasty development of Agent Orangeâs administration (2nd to his election).
Heâll do it. Why must we be left wondering if heâll be opposed in a meaningful way, possibly stopped?
Keep going Trump you are about to step in it bigly. There are now some very high profile people speaking out. It is just a matter of time, many people are saying.
Check out Dept. of Navy v. Egan https://www.lawfareblog.com/how-trumps-outburst-over-security-clearances-harms-presidency in Lawfareblog.com. The SC ruled security clearances rested with a non-partisan agency. This is NOT over and wouldnât be surprised if Brennanâs clearance is quietly restored.
Now when is the Army going to step up and do its damn job and take out the Russian in the White House along with its family?
The republican members, the Dems just look like their usual clueless and toothless nice selves.
F you, Fatso. Justice will prevail, and it will be sweet.
Something tells me if the CIA thinks Brennan can be of help to them with an investigation, theyâll talk to him and not give a frogâs fat ass what The Donald says.
Lawfare is indispensable.
Wondering if weâre seeing final distintegration of Trumpâs version of calm, now that heâs found out McGahn has been working productively with Mueller for quite a while.
Yes I agree completely with that. It was the same with Nixon - they were with him right up until they werenât.
Yes it was and nothing has been quite the same since. In fact it has been pretty obviously downhill since Helsinki.
I canât take vindictive and petty, but add cunning and ruthless and I start getting scared.
Thank you for a well needed laugh.
I think he is just getting started - he is going to pull the security clearance of everyone on Muellerâs team next.
We are approaching the end game. People are getting wiggy.
Saying that Republicans in Congress are afraid of tRump and his base, gives them an out. Many of them are cheering this shit on, and, like Devin Nunes, helping.
Trump forgets the Hilaryâs campaign CONTINUED to fund that dossier that was started by a Republican who was running against him. Forgetting that gives him this clean Democrats/Deep State vs tRump narrative.
If he wants to start pulling security clearances from current employees for no other reason than to retaliate, heâs going to get some backlash.
Thatâs effectively firing them. And heâs been held back from doing that and I think eventually absorbed into his bones a fear of doing it. He knows itâs a disaster for the midterms, would bring millions into the streets, would make him look even guiltier, wouldnât end the investigation which would just revert back to the DOJ and continue in the courts where itâs metastasized, and would pretty much gamble his presidency on one throw of the dice. He hasnât got the guts. If he freaks out heâll go the distraction routeâitâs always what he opts for. Even this Bruce Ohr bullshit is his usual testing the water. He got a ton of blowback from Brennan. Ohrâs a current employee and there would be greater practical problems from pulling his clearance. I just donât think the Mueller teamâs next. My $.02 of course. But for an incredibly erratic guy, Trumpâs pretty predictable and tends to telegraph his punches.