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He just tried to invade the Soviet Union if you want to use the WWII analogy. Plus something like this was inevitable before the end.
Being so obvious, even for Trump may be a headache for Reps after Jan 3.
He just tried to invade the Soviet Union if you want to use the WWII analogy. Plus something like this was inevitable before the end.
Couldn’t the court simply order the IRS directly to turn over the taxes if he refuses?
No, in that case the courts would order the IRS to deliver the documents to Congress and if IRS officials refused they would be jailed for contempt. Trump can order them not to but unless he sends the army over to the IRS building he can't stop it.
Aaaaaand Rosenstein is out ... Achievement unlocked : Obstruction of Justice
Aaaaaand Rosenstein is out ... Achievement unlocked : Obstruction of Justice
Trump stopping an investigation into himself is not obstruction?There is no obstruction if there is no case brought. We can say it's there, but it's dust in the wind.
I didn't say it was a law. I said it was a matter of practicality. Even a President held in prison is still the President with everything that entails. It can't work that way.
There would be no justifiable Executive basis for keeping them private and I would not be surprised at this point if he refused the House AND SCOTUS, declaring that he himself, alone, has the power to keep or release them.
He could of course as the only remedy at this point would be removal through the Senate and at that point they'll go for it or else the only thing won't get funding for toilet paper.
Trump stopping an investigation into himself is not obstruction?
Perhaps. Trump will look for an anti-Mueller choice above all other considerations. If I were Mueller I'd be making copies of everything for the GJ to mail off to Congress.
We're in for a shit show, esp during the lame duck session while Rs still pull the strings.
Flake again. lol
https://twitter.com/JeffFlake/status/1060291790173986816
Earlier this year, we passed S.2644, the Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act, out of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill would safeguard Robert Mueller’s investigation. Leader McConnell should bring the bill to the Senate floor as soon as possible
Aaaaaand Rosenstein is out ... Achievement unlocked : Obstruction of Justice
He may be referring to the Justice spokeswoman saying that Whittaker will be overseeing all matters relating to Justice. Meaning he now oversees Mueller, not Rosenstein.Don't see the news reporting this. Source?
This is so obvious. Innocent people don't act this way. The guy is deathly afraid to even sit in a room with mueller and answer a few questions.Translation: I and my family/associates have (probably) committed vast tax and financial crimes punishable on the federal and state level so I would not like to show them to you.
He may be referring to the Justice spokeswoman saying that Whittaker will be overseeing all matters relating to Justice. Meaning he now oversees Mueller, not Rosenstein.
And who is very publicly argued ways to completely neuter him without having to fire him.Ah, yes that makes sense. Not fired, but relieved of his role in the investigation.
Mueller now reports to a guy who wants to shut him down.
That would be a major scandal, in an administration that can't stop piling them up. That would be a bombshell. Would it alienate his base? Unlikely, they have souls of stone, like the denizens of Sodom and Gomorrah. They lapsed long ago. America must rise from their ashes, or rot in their piled up carcasses.In comes someone willing to fire Rosenstein and Mueller