12th June 2017, 8:30 PM
So now Trump is apparently thinking of getting rid of Muller: https://twitter.com/judywoodruff/status/...8108145665 . That Trump could potentially do that always was one of the major drawbacks of the Special Counsel office, but while doing so would make Trump look INCREDIBLY guilty, probably lead to even more leaks, and maybe shorten this presidency Trump is stupid enough to maybe do it. I'd rather he didn't get rid of Muller, since his investigation is important and the best way to have the full truth get out there is for a full investigation to be completed, but as we saw with Comey Trump seems to think that there is some easy way to get rid of the Russia issue even though there isn't, so this would be a natural next step for our idiot president. I hope people can convince him not to, or that if he does some seirously damaging leaks come out as a result and help end this presidency...
Really either way Trump is in serious trouble, but keeping Muller probably is better overall since then we know there will be a full investigation for sure. Get rid of him and it probably happens anyway, and that blowback would be HUGE, but he's weathered so much already that he might think he can make it through that too... I hope not, but I guess we'll see one way or the other.
Really either way Trump is in serious trouble, but keeping Muller probably is better overall since then we know there will be a full investigation for sure. Get rid of him and it probably happens anyway, and that blowback would be HUGE, but he's weathered so much already that he might think he can make it through that too... I hope not, but I guess we'll see one way or the other.
Dark Jaguar Wrote:The emoluments issue is major. That's definitely something a lawsuit should come from. The issue is, the republican congress and Mitch McConnell the turtle in his "coming out of his shell" tour have come up with a strategy no one saw coming: Just... just refuse to actually consider the things you are supposed to consider. You don't have to say no if you just say nothing at all! That's how the emoluments issue has been skirted, and how Obama's court nominee got denied. What I'm saying is it should absolutely be pursued, regardless of whether or not this is going to be the thing to get Trump impeached.Refuse, deny, ignore reality, repeat, it's the mantra of this administration and most of his party now, and it's incredibly damaging to democracy particularly when not only Trump does it but his party as well as they attempt to support him.
Quote:By the way, does anyone know if a president that's sitting in jail gets to keep being president? I really don't know how that works.Yeah, one probably-not-really-a-joke explanation for why Trump ran for president is in order to get him (fortunately temporary) immunity from prosecution for his many crimes... but in the end all it'll do is get them revealed even more publicly, I believe, so it won't work out!
Edit: Okay, apparently the current legal understanding is even if the president is literally killing homeless people and burying them in the white house lawn, he won't be pursued or arrested for trial for an action like that until AFTER his term, so as not to interfere with the government operations of the country.