Special Prosecutor is doing something that makes him unsatisfactory to Donald Trump: his job. And the more he does his job, the more that threatens to expose the many crimes committed by Trump and too many Republicans to count. Trump has actually said that he is considering it.
The big news Monday night was that President Trump is apparently thinking about firing the special counsel in charge of the federal Russia investigation, Robert S. Mueller III.
The bigger news is that Trump actually needs to be talked out of this.
Newsmax chief executive and Trump confidant Christopher Ruddy took to PBS in an interview that aired Monday evening to say he thought Trump was "considering perhaps terminating" the recently appointed Mueller. Ruddy said this shortly after visiting the White House, it should be noted, which suggests that it didn’t come out of nowhere. And it seemed to be as much a warning as a trial balloon; even before that interview aired, Ruddy and others were warning Trump strongly against that course of action.
"It could trigger something well beyond anything they ever imagined," Ruddy told Politico. "I think firing Mueller could trigger an impeachment process. It could be very dangerous. I don’t think it’d be very smart at all."…
From <Washington Post>
I actually agree with Ruddey that it would not be very smart al all, and therein lies the danger. Not very smart described Fuhrer Drumpfenfarten perfectly.
Rachel Maddow discussed the rules.
Lawrence O’Donnell had two segments. In the first, he and his panel call it a tacit admission of guilt.
In the second, he examines possible Republican responses.
If he does one of two things will collapse. We will lose either the Republican Reich or the United States of America.
RESIST!!
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While I hope he could be dissuaded, I think we should all be speculating about what the result would be – and especially considering our own responses to such news.
As to what such a course of action would mean – "I'm super guilty" is perhaps an understatement. "I have committed all the crimes you think I have, plus many others which have not yet even occurred to you," might be closer.
I don't however think "We are on the brink of a Constitutional crisis." I think we are IN one.
I must say I am glad Kamala Harris was elected.
Ditto kudos for Kamala.
The Last Word: 'Firing Mueller like writing ‘I’m super guilty’ in the sky'.
I agree, just let the man do his job, to which the RePugs are going to whine about. BigTime!!!
Someone should tell the baby Drumpfs to shut the hell up! Or, maybe not. They might help to hang him. This from TPM:
I think that Ruddy is correct in that firing Mueller would be a really stupid thing to do, akin to shooting yourself in the foot. It would almost be an admission that he is guilty of something. And Donald Jr is certainly doing his part to see that daddy gets a day in coourt. Try taking the 5th after that one.
Resist and Persist!!!
Well the pressure seems to be off again today; Drumpf seems to have backed off from the idea of firing Mueller. For now that is. Part of this "calming down" may be due to the non-hearing of Jeff Sessions yesterday. As Lynn already noted in her comment on "What is Beauregard hiding":
The New York Times also noted that Beauregard wouldn't answer questions about him firing Mueller either:
Drumpf feels he's in the clear again at the moment, so there's no need for him to threaten Mueller, or anyone else, with getting fired, and his spin masters have already found a new point with which to distract the media from That Russian Thing after they'd been given ample air time by the media for damaging to Muellers impecable reputation by allegations straight from Breitbart.
When Trump, in Zigzag, Calls House Republicans 'Mean' yesterday at a lucheon meeting with more than a dozen Republican senators by alerting them that a bill passed by the House earlier, and one he had praised in the Rose Garden as a “great plan” that was “very, very incredibly well-crafted”, was now “mean.” Me thinks yet another lightening rod to divert from all the ongoing Russia investigations.
Thanks all. Republicosis hugs!