President Donald Trump continued his ill-advised tweeting about the Special Counsel investigation, calling on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to stop Robert Mueller “right now.” Putting aside that Sessions correctly recused himself from such matters over a year ago, the demand for terminate the investigation undermines Trump’s legal team and, for those other than his core base, it comes across as defensive and increasingly alarmed about the investigation. I have never understood these tweets because I have yet to see compelling evidence of a crime by Trump linked to obstruction or collusion.
Trump tweeted this morning that
“Attorney General Jeff Sessions should stop this Rigged Witch Hunt right now. Bob Mueller is totally conflicted, and his 17 Angry Democrats that are doing his dirty work are a disgrace to USA!”
It is a familiar refrain, if not a mantra, from the President. Sessions would have to violate his recusal decision (made at the recommendation of career Justice officials and ethicists) in terminating the investigation. I was one of the early voices calling for the recusal of Sessions (and later Rod Rosenstein). I also have written that I agree with the criticism of Mueller’s appointment. Mueller’s conflict in his interviewing for Comey’s job as well as his past association with Comey should made him ineligible.
On the heels of the Helsinki trip and the controversy over the President’s approach to Putin, it could not be a worst time for such an action. He is pushing for a decision that would not be supported by many members of the GOP in Congress. It would also lay the foundation for an impeachment demand if the Democrats retake the house.
In other words, the marginal value of these tweets for the base is heavily outweighed by the benefits. Indeed, the worst thing that could happen for Trump would be for Sessions to take such an action. I have previously said that this investigation could clear Trump of these allegations but these attacks undermine any such advantage, even if Mueller finds no crimes by Trump.
The political establishment just can’t handle the simple fact that Donald Trump won the election. If they can’t remove him through this witch hunt, then they will try to damage him for 2020. They just can’t accept the simple fact that he won. I think he acts obnoxious too, but I love it when he irritates the liberal left.
Does winning and election give you the right to be above the law, to commit any illegality?
sorry, winning “an” election
Jay S – which law has been broken while President?
I think the leading wording is, conspiracy to violate federal election laws, or something like that. Also, lying to federal investigators.
Jay S – process violations and tictac violations.
Rosenstein and Mueller haven’t won any elections.
Nor have they ran for any; Trump never passed the bar, so there.
YNOT – you never built a skyscraper in Manhattan, so there. 😉
“Rosenstein and Mueller haven’t won any elections.”
So what ? Winning an election is not a “do anything you feel like” card.
He’s tweeting incessantly about this because Trump and the Republicans are afraid of what Mueller is finding.
Tweeting is not a legal strategy or a legal defense.
It is nothing more than a PR move.
If Trump wants to be cleared of this investigation, the quickest way to end it is to allow himself and his businesspeople to be interrogated.
His former attorney, Ty Cobb, has been saying for over a year now that the best way to put the investigation to rest is to cooperate fully, don’t attack Mueller, and give him full disclosure of everything.
If Trump wants to be cleared of this investigation, the quickest way to end it is to allow himself and his businesspeople to be interrogated.
I take it you don’t practice criminal defense law.
Most of us have figured out that the investigation was begun in bad faith and continued in bad faith. You ought to catch up.
The investigation wasn’t begun in bad faith. As Turley has previously stated, it is without doubt Russian agents committed cyber and espionage crimes, and that Trump campaign officials had secret contacts with Russian officials while those crimes were occurring.
That establishes reasonable suspicion to investigate.
I can’t think of a good reason why anyone would oppose Russian attacks on Americans. However, I can think of many shady and bad reasons why one would oppose an investigation into it.
* I meant I can’t think of a good reason why anyone would oppose an investigation into Russian attacks.
The investigation wasn’t begun in bad faith.
If you stick your fingers in your ears, you can’t hear the voice of Peter Sztrok.
Would you advise the FBI and DOJ end this investigation if it was provable President Trump’s wife received $500k for a speech that was paid into Trump’s foundation; that Trump used a private server stashed in his Trump Tower bathroom with highly classified government work-related emails (which were likely hacked by foreign agents); that Trump approved the sale of 20% of the US uranium reserves to a Russian company; that the RNC rigged the primary for his nomination; that the RNC had hired Pakistani IT consultants that proved to be criminals; that Priebus kept paying those Pakistanis anyway and then Trump made Priebus his Chief of Staff?
Is it really “hacking” when the owner of the data deliberately evades security measures?
There is a reason why mishandling of confidential and classified information falls under the Espionage Act.
I watched the movie Breached the other day regarding the FBI mole Robert Hanssen. The efforts the FBI took to catch him in the act of espionage was staggering. And here Clinton didn’t even have to steal classified documents, she simply exchanged them on her private server. And what painstaking efforts did the FBI go through to assess the damage? Did they storm the Clinton castle to secure the hardware? Have they recovered all of the documents exchanged through that server?
What is really appalling is that Clinton,the DNC and DWS are portrayed as victims, and everyone else are the bad guys. SMH.
Dear Barack:
YOU ARE INVITED
To a
~CLASSIFIED RECORDS PARTY~
At The Home of Hillary Rodham This Saturday At Two O’clock
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Share hors d’oeuvres, cocktails and United States government secrets
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
White Elephant Exchange:
Bring your favorite classified memos, investigative files, white papers, cables, and whatever else you manage to smuggle out of the office
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
RSVP hrc@clintonemail.com
∆ the IRL equivalent of what these people were doing.
Question: who else was invited to the party? Any foreigners?
David Harrell……very clever, and “classy”!
And yes, I had to note, Barack was on the invitee list to the Clintonemail.com party, via an alias, contrary to his lying denial:
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/01/hillary-clinton-barack-obama-emails-key-decision-not-indict-hillary/
Breaking news!!! Hillary list the election.
More breaking news!! The FBI investigates Hillary’s use of a private server, and found that while she was careless in some instances, it wasn’t criminal.
More breaking news hot off the wire!!! Russia did hack the dnc server and the Clinton campaign server containing strategy documents.
Breaking news!!! Donald Trump has ties to organized crime here in the US, and with Russian crime rings in Russia. He most like likely owes hundreds of millions of US$ to Russian mobsters who gave ties to putin.
I could go on Olly, but you get the picture.
Oh, and in Mueller I trust.
Awesome. Why so afraid to specifically reference “Uranium One?” Could it be because even you recognize that the phrase is an indicator of irrationality and paranoia along the same lines as “BENGHAZI!”
This is to “I don’t want to intentionally appear batshit crazy” olly
it’s a coup. Wake up. Look at pacer- there are 40,000 sealed federal indictments now. They are going to raid the whitehouse and federal agents nationwide are going to round up vocal trump supporters. This has nothing to do with the law. This is treason
You’ve been watching Hannity again.
You’ve been watching Rachel Madcow again.
Anafruitcake 2.0: The voices in your head are wrong. Get some professional help.
I doubt it. Most of the actual rank-and-file in law enforcement and military oppose the traitors.
40,000 sealed indictments? How do you know this, if they are sealed? Could be ten million ! Besides, nobody can “raid” the White House without getting past the Secret Service guards, which seems highly unlikely.
Transparency is the best defense for the innocent. If you have nothing to hide, as Trump says, then you should cooperate with investigators.
When I get stopped by police I always let them search my car in its entirety because I know I have nothing to hide. I don’t sell drugs, I don’t own unregistered guns, and I don’t have child porn.
“Most of us” ??? Most of who?
Haha. “Us.” The last 38% of the gullible rubes, dupes, klan-wannabees and mouth-breathers. Loyalty is so touching in a dog; in the target of a con, not so much. So sorry for your loss.
this is to “but will he still tweet to me when he’s impeached?” sad spastic
you’re clueless. If this was an investigation, it would be ended because the illegality of its beginnings poisons it in a court of law. This is a coup. If Trump doesn’t stop it, the deep state will arrest anyone in washington that supports trump and they’ll re-install their puppet government.. The investigation needs to be ended and mueller et al need to be locked in jail and tried for treason.
And you’re apparently a nutjob.
Crazy George and Oxy will be so happy to see another kindred spirit on the block.
Oxy believes the swill that Alex Jones spews.
That’s crazy with a capital K.
What specific law has Mueller broken? Please enlighten me.
The courts have overseen every step of his enquiry, and no motions of his have been overruled and none of his indictments have been thrown out.
He has followed American court procedure to a T.
These Washington bubble people Do. Not. Get. It.
They’re like the royal inbreds and fawning sycophants in the court at Versailles in September 1789.
In my opinion, the coup was the takeover of the American Executive Branch by Russian agents, for Russian purposes and interests. Far worse than the attack on Pearl Harbor.
How, exactly, would a puppet government get “re-installed”? If Trump leaves office, the Presidency goes to Pence. If Pence goes, it falls to Paul Ryan, and after that the Speaker Pro Tem of the Senate. So how, exactly, could this happen? Are you smoking funny cigars?
I suggest you inform Vladimirovich that your cover has been blown on this imperialist running-dog weblog. Pro tip: in English, we capitalize proper nouns and names. Google translate is not your friend.
Ваше здоровье! anarcho
Jeff Sessions is Peter Strzok’s “Insurance Policy” with which the Obama/DOJ/FBI/Intel “deep state” assures that: “No. No he won’t. We’ll stop it,” Strzok responded.
Obergruppenfuhrer Mueller is Obama’s “tip-of-the-spear” conducting a fraudulent and “malicious prosecution” of “unfettered power” against a sitting President.
In a Sept. 2, 2016, text exchange, Page writes that she was preparing the talking points because “potus wants to know everything we’re doing.”
Super-RINO, turncoat and defector Jeff Sessions is the duplicitous catalyst to this corrosive, malignant era in American history.
If Comey had indicted Hillary, Comey would have convicted Obama, paraphrasing National Review. It was favorable for the democrats that FBI Director Comey “fixed” the Hillary investigation. Democrats (i.e. communists) have no concern with the law. As their leader, Karl Marx, said, “The ends justify the means.”
Every American except Professor Turley has read the facts and the truth of the Obama coup d’etat in America; the most prodigious political scandal in American history; the most pervasive abuse of power by a president and former president. How can that be? Doesn’t Professor Turley read the facts?
“We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America.”
– Barack Obama in Columbia, Missouri on October 30, 2008
Mueller takes direction from Obama ?????? What is the evidence for THAT ?
Jay, That’s Crazy George.
He also thinks the wrong side won the Civil War.
A harmless nutcase.
“Doesn’t Professor Turley read the facts?”
Turley is a swamp rat. The reason why you see his face, his articles are printed in large MSM outlets, he teaches at prestigious universities and he gets big cases is because he’s been compromised. If he’d never been blackmailed, none of us would know his name. He’s corrupt and can’t be trusted.
He teaches at prestigious universities, Oh My!
You’re an idiot.
When you spew this paranoid feces put out by Limbaugh, Hannity, et al, you sound crazy. “Every American” doesn’t agree with this nonsense you claim are “facts”. Here are some real facts: Trump is a pathological liar. He lies each and every day, and not little white ones, either. He attacks anyone who won’t fall in lock-step with him, including members of his own Administration. He is deferential to a Russian dictator who murders his opponents, and publicly sided with Putin over his own intelligence agencies’ findings. He insults and alienates America’s allies. He organized the intentional emotional abuse of vulnerable children, and his Administration lied to their parents to try to get them to relinquish custody. Now, they’re hiding the kids, scared to death of the video and audio images that could be created and how they wouldn’t be able to lie their way out of the truth of this intentionally-inflicted suffering of innocent children to Evangelicals. Today’s demand to end the Mueller investigation is strong evidence of Trump’s fear of losing a battle he can’t control or manipulate.
NUTCHACHA’S “Affirmative Action Privilege,” welfare, food stamps, quotas, Obamacare, social services, forced busing, unfair “Fair Housing” laws, discriminatory “Non-Discrimination” laws, WIC, HUD, HHS, HAMP, HARP, utility subsidies and the rest of her unconstitutional “free stuff” funded by Other People’s Money in the finest tradition of communism are threatened by actual Americans (i.e.conservatives) and the “manifest tenor” of the U.S. Constitution.
What will NUTCHACHA be in a free America under the American thesis of freedom, free enterprise, severely limited government and success through merit as is required by the Constitution?
What will NUTCHACHA be without the artificial construct, false support and abutment of the welfare state.
Answer: Nothing.
“He is deferential to a Russian dictator who murders his opponents, and publicly sided with Putin over his own intelligence agencies’ findings.”
This is for your viewing pleasure Natacha, in case you missed it…
(and btw, Cohen is married to Katrina vanden Heuvel of The Nation….and he’s hardly a right wing Trump fan.)
Cohen pwns all Russiahaters! The Nation, the formerly venerated voice of the left, also published the investigative reporting that destroyed the “Russia hacked the DNC” hoax a year ago.
“…who murders his opponents…” Gee that almost sounds like rumors we’ve heard for decades about the “Clinton body count,” and their well-known down and dirty intimidation tactics. How many players in Washington “defer to the Clintons” that you can think of? Hmmm…..let’s think about that one….
“He organized the intentional emotional abuse of vulnerable children…”
Once again, Natacha, you are confusing “the real facts” with your own biased partisan opinion.
T Bob….
I never could find a single poll that supported Natchacha’s statement that Trump was in the low 30s.
As such an unbiased source of facts, this must have been merely a “mistake” on her part.
Of course, because his numbers are not that low. Trump actually has better approval numbers than Obama did at the same time in his presidency with something like 98% positive, non-stop glowing and fawning media coverage as compared to the non-stop massively negative media portrayal of Trump.
Trump is doing a fan-freakin-tastic job and I’m hardly the only one who thinks so.
Any president who can do as well in the polls as Trump is doing with close to 90% negative press must be doing something right.
I’ll try to break it to you gently, Natacha, my dear hard-working propagandist.
https://consortiumnews.com/2018/07/14/clinging-to-collusion-why-evidence-will-probably-never-be-produced-in-the-indictments-of-russian-agents/
Since you appear to have your finger on the pulse of the latest conspiracy-speak, kindly elaborate on the nefarious deeds of the “Trilateral Commission.” Thanks, I’ll hang up and listen, this payphone is likely tapped.
this is to “if I show you my decoder ring, I’ll have to kill you” georgie
I agree that Manafort is being persecuted and furthermore that vague crimes like money laundering tax evasion and RICO are all abused by prosecutors widely.
They should focus on the bad guys like Capone and narcos but instead they are wasting hundreds of millions to get a respectable person thrown in prison to make a lame oblique attack on the POTUS. Really shameful
Manafort is respectable ?
Methinks The Donald doth protest too much!
yeah he should just fire a bunch of these civil service parasites and let the chips fall where they may. they are like flies on titan Donald’s back.
I would applaud the POTUS swatting them with ruthless anger. His restraint in only scolding them is admirable.
His Imperial and Martial Excellency, Donald the First, DeLuxe. Unlimited Dictator of North America, and friend of floozies and trollops everywhere.
No, it’s called Chief Executive. There’s this thing called the Constitution, look it up.
The Chief Executive is not, and was never meant to be, an unlimited authocrat. Among other things, was meant to just execute the laws passed by Congress.
Jay S – we have to blame Woodrow Wilson for starting this whole thing and then FDR jumped in with both legs. So blame them for setting up the Office of the President for Donald Trump.
FDR couldn’t jump with any legs.
Jay S – he seemed to be able to use them to bonk women and stand. Jumping would be difficult but not impossible. 😉 It is not like we are asking him to do a hook shot.
Sure, okay. When it’s your guy, presidential authority is infinite. Make laws with a pen and a phone. Kill anybody, even American citizens, with no due process whatsoever. Etc.
Whe the other guy’s in office, the chief executive can’t do anything.
Turley is all over the map on this.
Turley acknowledges that Rosenstein should have recused himself from this matter. Turley is correct.
Turley acknowledges that Mueller was not a suitable appointment for this matter due to conflicts of interest. Turley is correct.
Mueller loaded his team with lawyers who have conflicts of interest.
The person who has the least conflict of interest in this particular article by Turley is Sessions.
“Turley is all over the map on this.”
That’s because he’s trying to maintain the illusion of credibility while offering legal rationalizations to cover for a group of deep state traitors attempting a coup. He’s lying his ass off while trying real hard not to be branded a liar. Turley is a swamp rat like all the rest
But, do they manufacture facts, create false documents, suborn perjury?
You’ve confused Trump’s people with Mary Mapes of CBS and with Bill Clinton.
I believe that would be called equivocation.
“People in Hell want ice water.”
a nun who taught my mother
I think margaritas and an ocean view would be better.
Perhaps the sight of Manafort in the dock has pushed Trump over the edge? He’s certainly sounding increasingly overwrought with each successive Tweet. A tough break for the Republicans going into the midterms which will be a referendum on Mad King Donald.
Now Trump is tweeting about Al Capone. He’s got the mob on his mind.
Maybe Trumpski didn’t escape quite all the STD’s when he was bravely soldering in those Manhattan discos.
Yeah, he deserves the medal of honor for fighting off all those STDs in those wild Manhattan days.
henna – having unprotected sex with Stormy Daniels proves how brave our President really is. 😉
Perhaps desperate, “hard up” instead of brave, Paul.
I think Melanie was pregnant at the time, so if she was “inactive” or scaling back, it might have spurred Trump to go scavenging.
Tom Nash – when I was growing up it was considered alright for men to see prostitutes to fulfill their needs when their wives were in the last trimester.
😂
no he has the difference between going after a real mobster and murderer like Capone with tax evasion and money laundering, or say a modern counterpart like a narcotrafficker, versus a political operative.
Obvious point and a terrible contrast reflecting poorly on FBI and DOJ
A tough break for the Republicans going into the midterms which will be a referendum on Mad King Donald.
Rothenberg’s district-by-district assessment has been consistent for months, and it suggests about 205 seats for the Democrats in the House and 48 in the Senate.
Maybe Henna will lend you her ruby slippers.
Your polling data is outdated.
Democrats are now favorites to win the House after the latest polls were released.
http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/
It isn’t, and I examined the district-by-district races just a few days ago. The prognoses have been unchanged for months.
“Special elections at the state and federal level, sometimes a helpful gauge of what is to come in the midterm, have generally shown Democrats improving on Hillary Clinton’s district-level performance, often drastically. Democrats seem very likely to improve on Clinton’s margin once again in a special election in OH-12 on Aug. 7, the last House special before the midterm, although by how much is a question (an update on OH-12, a race we now call a Toss-up, is included at the bottom of this article).
There are also the specifics of this particular election. The second-quarter (April through June) House fundraising reports came out last week, and the results are alarming for Republicans. It’s not that GOP fundraising, in total, was bad: Many vulnerable incumbents had very solid quarters. Rather, it’s that Democratic fundraising was extraordinary, with dozens of Democratic candidates turning in blockbuster quarters and outraising their GOP opponents. Money isn’t everything, but one expects incumbents to have a clear financial edge on their opponents, and it’s not clear that some current GOP members will have even that with several months of buckraking to go before the Nov. 6 election.
Put it all together, and the Democrats now look like soft favorites to win a House majority with a little more than 100 days to go. The usual caveats apply: There is time for things to change, and the Democrats capturing the majority is not a slam dunk.”
Marry – the DNC is broke, most state parties are broke and the RNC raised bank prior to this last quarter. I wouldn’t get my hopes too high yet.
the Despicable DNC is being sued for its primary election fraud.
“Mary a minority and anger Trump voters”?
Does that include all the minority Trump voters? Such as, the record number of blacks who voted to elect a Republican president for the first time in decades? Or the nearly one-third of the Latino vote that went for Trump?
Are you so insulated from real America that you actually think what your name suggest you think — and actually believe yourself to be really clever?
Democrats have recruited a lot of military veterans to run in the House. They will be extremely tough opponents who will contrast greatly with Trump/Pence’s lack of military service and low support for NATO.
That’s nice. Per Rothenberg, current polling gives the Democrats a passable shot at 16 Republican seats. It gives the Republicans a shot at 2 Democratic seats. That’s not enough for you to take the House. The Democrats have a shot at 2 Republican Senate seats while the Republicans have a shot at 4 Democratic seats. Everything has to break your way if you’re to take the Senate.
Democrats are now favorites to win the House after the latest polls were released ”
How stupid do you have to be to still believe polls made by democrats? People this stupid ought to be deported to Africa where the average IQ is 67-83. They’d fit right in there.
MSM featured polls now are basically the equivalent of a wartime leaflet drop into enemy territory. “Surrender — Lay Down Your Arms — You Have Been Defeated”
The polls have been accurate. It was the interpretations of the polls in 2016 that were wrong.
Over 40 GOP House retirements in 2018 are an ominous sign for the party.
Those polls could be as accurate as the vast majority of polls and poll-reliant pundits who predicted a relatively easy win for Hillary…..right up to the day of the election.
The problem was, the polls for HRC just predicted the overall popular vote, and did not dig down to just where the votes were in key districts.
And if those midterms don’t go the way you hope they’ll go, who will you blame then. Maybe another special counsel.
Zabimi,…
It looks like the Democrats are slight favorites to take control of the House.
They have little chance of taking control of the Senate.
If things don’t go “they way (they) hope they’ll go” and they don’t take the House, I think they’ ll blame the Ruskies.
It is far more clear that Rosenstein should have recused himself as opposed to Sessions. If you want to argue that both should have done so, fine. But only one of them did.
Please omit any photos of Mueller from the blog. Same with Rosenstein. They are too ugly to look at in the morning. Or evening.
And you think pictures of Trump’s orange mug are more photogenic?
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/republican-presidential-nominee-donald-trump-pauses-during-news-photo/599724318
I bet you were a hoot when you were in fourth grade last year.
I mistakenly posted this as a response to someone and meant to post it on its own.
“Indeed, these so-called “iron triangles” of organized criminals, corrupt government officials, and business leaders pose a significant national security threat.”
Above from a speech given by Mueller in 2011. Link here:
https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/news/speeches/the-evolving-organized-crime-threat
It’s definitely worth a read and gives significant context to his current investigation. No wonder Mr. Trump is shrieking hysterically.
Shrieking hysterically nicely describes Trump’s latest tweeting tantrum….Thanks….
You are welcome. It wasn’t much of a leap from the tweet to that observation. And now, he just tweeted about Al Capone.
“No wonder Mr. Trump is shrieking hysterically.”
The one thing that did more damage to this nation than anything was allowing women to vote. Not only are women too stupid and emotionally fragile for the responsibility, women’s suffrage just made compeitors of men and women. Women never grow up. They are emotionally unstable children with no grasp of cause and effect and zero mechanical aptitude. And now that they are rewarded to divorce and too stupid to realize they shouldn’t, they are ruining generations of children with their incapacity to do anything right without the help of a man.
Anafruitloop 2.0, You sound just like Crazy George. Are you his sock puppet or do you share a dorm room in the funny farm?
Haha. Georgie!! We see yoouuuuuu….Pro tip: you’re the only wingnut wackjob here who admits to hating women amongst the people your ilk loves to hate.
this is to anarcho “georgie”
Marky Mark Mark – you are the only person on here who is filled with hate. Super pro tip: I would not be throwing stones if I were you.
Trump threw a dart at one of the lawyers. Turley clutches pearls. No surprise there.
“I have never understood these tweets because I have yet to see compelling evidence of a crime by Trump linked to obstruction or collusion.”
Mr. Turley, how can you be a law professor at a decent law school and be this clueless at the same time? It’s pathetic.
1. Like everyone other than the investigators, you have no idea what the totality of evidence is. Stop pretending that you do.
2. If you missed the class on consciousness of guilt in law school, you are sadly deficient in the practice/teaching of law. Maybe you could audit it starting later this month.
Process crimes, Russian internet trolls he thought he’d never have to try (to be handed off to a corps of AUSAs), Russian security officials he cannot even serve, and Paul Manafort’s business interests. We have pretty good idea that, after two years, the ‘totality of the evidence’ is diddly / squat.
But go ahead, tap your ruby slippers.
The fact that you think you know the evidence is diddly squat is a pretty stupid idea.
Didn’t claim that he knows. Said we have a pretty good idea.
Learn to read.
I said he thinks he knows. That’s different from saying that he knows.
Do you split hairs for a living?
No, but I am able to correct a misleading statement about something I wrote.
That comment was not directed to you, you’re doing fine.
Because she agrees with you?
I often favor people who agree with me.
You don’t?
No, merely inconvenient to you. Those of us who’ve been reading the papers for 40 years have seen what federal investigations with unlimited budgets look like. Mueller wouldn’t be swinging his flyswatter if he had anything to hunt. Cox / Jaworski / Ruth, the odious Mr. Walsh, and Mr. Starr all had in their gunsights real influential who had committed discrete crimes. They had a certain number of chicken-feed defendants as well, but addressing those were put off until the investigation’s tertiary stage unless they had actual state’s evidence to turn. We’re aware from the plea agreements concluded so far that the characters Mueller has been harassing for process crimes do not have much to which to offer.
Again, you’ve had two years since the formal beginning of the investigation (and the FBI was running informants even before the formal beginning).
i wonder what you know about proving money laundering charges. Not the garden variety crime. I suspect that you are pretending you know so much too. Or maybe you can give us a quick synopsis of the trial strategy against Manafort, since you are so tuned into this?
All this talk about this or that guy getting appointed but shouldn’t have because he or she is biased is so much BS, legal BS but BS nevertheless. There exists no person in the US that is not biased to the left or to the right as that is the nature of this oligarchy. A house divided cannot stand, or rule. As long as there are two sides only and they are polarized-read this blog to understand-the special interests will rule. Make the money illegal and elect people on merit not circus like advertising.
In the end, for whatever results, the investigation must finish. Anyone against that is biased beyond the judicial system, the only thing left that might have a modicum of freedom left. For there is no freedom in the Congress or the Senate. These mutts and muttes are owned lock stock and barrel. Senators and those in Congress have their bias as do the Supreme Court Judges, however, Senators and those in Congress have to do the bidding of the money that will get them elected whereas a judge with bias is nothing more, or less.
Trump may be and probably is guilty of impeachable issues, such as being in hock to Russia for biggly amounts of cash. Trump might be concerned about that. However, Trump’s tweeting has also always served to offset his incompetence: the North Korean feel good joke, the kissing of Putin’s ring in Helsinki, North Korea’s continuing on with missile and nuke development while returning some remains, Manifort spilling his guts, Cohen spilling his guts, porn stars and Playboy bunnies, etc., etc., etc. Trump does this routinely to cast the aura of blame for his sicko dupe core support to have something to stick in their mouth. The dupes get to believe that it’s not their champion and revel in a fight when Trump threatens this or that or simply more this and that. It’s a sort of pacifier.
Or Trump could simply be mentally deranged. Or all the above.
I think we all know who’s deranged.
Trumpski? Hell, everyone knows that.
Through in depraved as well.
“All this talk about this guy or that guy getting appointed but shouldn’t have because he or she is biased is so much BS”.
I have used the example of appointing Giuliani as Special Counsel if in fact bias, conflicts of interest, or the appearance of a conflict of interest are just “so much BS”.
Isaac, dismissive of those conflicts/ concerns, would evidently be arguing against those who would have objected to Giuliani being tapped as Sp. Counsel.
Because Isaac is consistent and applies the same standards😏😉😊😀, we’d be seeing Isaac telling those who thought Giuliani was a poor choice to drop “so much BS.”
Wha??
Let me break it down another way for you Isaac.
Your post was clearly dismissive the problem of bias.
You called it “legal BS” in reference to concerns about bias.
I know that, given that position, you would not be so hypocritical and biased yourself 😏😉to just apply your position to Mueller or Rosenstein.
I.E., you would not dismiss concerns of bias or conflicts of interests in those cases, then protest in other cases of bias when it suited your purposes.
So, by your standards, you would not be here telling us about bias if Giuliani had been appointed as Special Counsel, given that those concerns are merely “legal BS”.
haha. Giuliani is a demonstrable wackjob who’s “lost a step” to put it delicately. Mueller is a decorated war hero and Marine who is a Republican and has worked in multiple Republican administrations, and was appointed by …. a Republican. Moreover, he a very much respected and gifted attorney who has a long history of success. So sorry for your loss.
this is to tommie
Marky Mark Mark – Mueller has a long history of screwing up cases. Guiliani doesn’t. Who would you want on your side the screw-up or the success story?
Respected Canadian neighbor Isaac,
“banning the money” from politics is impossible. It is not just impossible because of the 1st amendment and Citizens United case. BUt that is a big deal.
But also because money always buys influence under any system anywhere anytime.
And the mass media is owned by private interests.
So there is no getting around it. Your fantasy that such a thing is possible shows your credulity.
And yet you call others dupes.
I wish you well, Canadian neighbor.
Mr. Kurtz,
How long have you been reading the comments here, and why do you say “respected”?
The reason I asked about how long you’ve read people’s comments here is that there are certain patterns of double-speak and double standards that are have been on long term display by a few individuals here.
Or…Trump could be a very stable genius. But you just can’t see it?
I wish Trump was out in the stables. He’d do a lot less damage there.
He’d do a lot less damage there.
That sounds alarming; and it’s supposed to. The reality is if the Democrats had actual evidence of this so called damage, there would be nonstop news conferences of it leading to articles of impeachment. There would be bipartisan support and Mike Pence would be warming up in the bullpen.
The only damage done so far is to Obama’s legacy achievements, progressives desire for an activist majority in the Supreme Court, and an exposed progressive deep state.
More popcorn please.
Deep State. LOL.
C’mon Ollie, you should be better than that.
You’re correct wildbill, I misspoke. it’s not deep any longer.
Just out of curiosity, do you think that the entire civil service corps should be dismissed, and replaced by people willing to swear complete loyalty to Trump? This would mimic the spoils system that Andrew Jackson utilized. Jackson felt that government duties did not require any particular experience or expertise, and that therefore personal loyalty was the requisite characteristic.
Just out of curiosity, do you think that the entire civil service corps should be dismissed, and replaced by people willing to swear complete loyalty to Trump?
Jay,
Absolutely not. After 8 years with Obama, it should be clear the abuse of power that comes with that kind of loyalty. Civil service is the nearest thing to lifetime employment we have in this country. Their career will span multiple Presidents. They need loyalty to our country and fidelity to their oath of office.
And yes, I believe it is perfectly fine for a leader to expect loyalty from those working for him. If the leader honors their oath of office, then be loyal in his service or resign. It’s not that difficult.
Lots of the so-called civil service should be purged. (A good percentage of those jobs should not even exist.)
Loyalty to a particular person isn’t the point. Loyalty to the constitution and the country would be nice.
Should add, loyalty to the Constitution includes carrying out the directives of the constitutionally elected chief executive — not mounting a mutiny, or worse yet, a coup attempt, from within.
“The truth never hurts a just cause.”
Gandhi
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-34265882
truth is often a matter of perspective, from photons on up to us
Marco, What about a depraved conman who freakishly became President of the USA?
Could the truth hurt him?
He has a six figure pension, an $8 million mansion in DC (which he didn’t need Tony Rezko to finance), a 24/7 security detail to protect him from the proles (as well as any of his father’s other children living down-and-out here), can play all the golf he wants with John Kerry’s brotastic pro-shop buddy, and can get any college in the country to pay him a six-figure sum for 50 minutes of boiler plate. Look forward to his next appearance on Ellen!.
George Soros could buy and sell Trump.
By your measure he must be the better man.
No one wants a criminal investigation to end more than the guilty man — with the only exception being the innocent man.
Well that clears that up. 😉
I seriously doubt Trump expected his tweet would actually do what he tweeted. It was likely a signal to Manafort to fight the fight and he’ll have his back.
Exactly
a lot of these whiny commentators have no clue at all what it’s like to be under the microscope. they are a plague of mosquitoes
Hear, hear!
“No one wants a criminal investigation to end more than the guilty man — with the only exception being the innocent man.”
Hear, hear!
What evil entities must Mueller et al. be to conduct a fake, fraudulent, “malicious prosecution” against an “innocent man” for the benefit of scoundrels like Obama and Hillary, the investigation of whom FBI Director Comey “fixed.”
During the Cold War, American newspapers published exposes on political corruption, fraud and misrepresentation in communist Russia – Pravda, Izvestia – explaining how the population was mislead and lied to. All the while the duplicity was occurring in America – from JFK, MLK, RFK and the Great “Redistributionist” Society through “…fundamentally transforming the United States of America.”
Scam investigation that should never had started. The only good it’s proven is the height of corruption in our government. Can you imagine how many Americans have been railroaded by these agencies while the wicked witch got off without a scratch.
Well, she didn’t get to be President. I’m sure that hurt, just a little bit.
Mueller should never have been hired. Ann Coulter has posited that Mueller is trying to get fired because there is no there there and he does not want to go out on a fizzle. Rosenstein should have recused himself since he is a potential witness.
Lawrence Walsh was called the ‘special prosecutor for life’. His tenure ended rather squalidly with a publicity stunt indictment just days before the 1992 election. The charges (against Caspar Weinberger) were humbug on substance and the indictment itself was invalid because time-barred. George Bush celebrated his election loss by shutting down Walsh’s office and pardoning some of his victims. Ya think Mueller wants the job for six years?
Kenneth Starr was knocking about for five years and change. The thing is, he was investigating actual criminal activity for the first three years.
“actual criminal activity“, yet no prosecution or actual crimes defined. It looks like you are losing your grip on reality.
The McDougals and Gov. Tucker were convicted in May 1996. Susan McDougal then elected to go to jail for 18 months rather than deliver immunized testimony to a grand jury.
Webb Hubbell pleaded guilty to over-billing clients at the end of 1994, btw. He served a short prison term and was disbarred. He cleared about $800,000 in ‘consulting fees’ in the eight months between his plea and his report to federal prison. What sort of advice to people want from a disbarred lawyer?
“Indeed, these so-called “iron triangles” of organized criminals, corrupt government officials, and business leaders pose a significant national security threat.”
Above from a speech given by Mueller in 2011. Link here:
https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/news/speeches/the-evolving-organized-crime-threat
It’s definitely worth a read and gives significant context to his current investigation. No wonder Mr. Trump is shrieking hysterically.
Mueller should never have been hired? See Isaac’s post on why that’s just “so much BS”.
You should find that as compelling as any of Isaac’s other arguments😏😃😀, Paul.
Ann Coulter – LOL . You’d have to have the IQ of a piece of lint to believe that “analysis.”
PCS, I.e., Mensa boy, proves over and over that a high (self reported) IQ is no guarantee of intelligence.
YNOT – you are just incapable of adding to the conversation, aren’t you?
YNOT, Marky Marky Mark, and Fishwings. The snotty adolescent caucus.
DSS – FishWings can carry on a conversation. The other two you are over-rating. 😉
I was one of the early voices calling for the recusal of Sessions (and later Rod Rosenstein). I also have written that I agree with the criticism of Mueller’s appointment. Mueller’s conflict in his interviewing for Comey’s job as well as his past association with Comey should made him ineligible.
Why is the head of the DOJ, someone who was confirmed by the Senate and someone that has an unblemished record of public service, recommended (required) to recuse himself from any matters related to Russia simply because he met with the Russian ambassador? All the while, Rosenstein, Mueller and their entourage, all who clearly have at a minimum a conflict of interest and at most are actively hostile to Trump, are presumed to be “independent professionals” that would never allow those conflicts to tarnish their good work. I’m not sure why Sessions still has his job. I wouldn’t be surprised Sessions only reason for taking this job was to give the GOP an insider to the Trump team to both protect the President from the crazies outside and/or to protect the outside from the crazies in the WH.
Olly,…
Recusals because of bias or perceived bias are just ‘”so much BS”.😏
Tom,
If we required every person in government service to recuse themselves under the same criteria Jeff Sessions recused himself, I’m not sure we’d have many remaining to do anything. Everyone takes an oath, which implies they are all biased towards the rule of law. In reality, they are all biased toward something else. And the rule of law, well that’s perceived as a negative (obstruction) and not a positive (opportunity) to their agenda.
Why doesn’t he get to un-recuse when every premise used to justify recusal has proven false?
Name one false premise – just more BS from the willfully uninformed.
I think Sessions feels that this whole affair is such a hot potato that he doesn’t want anything to do with it.
Why do you continue to obsess over every single tweet from Trump? How about the issue of the 3D gun blueprints? Smoking ban in public housing?
This is getting so old.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/whataboutism-origin-meaning
My comment was not in any way “whataboutism”. I mentioned some other current legal issues that could be covered on a legal blog, other than Trump’s tweets.
If you wish to insult someone, make sure you don’t score an own goal in the process.
His tweets are official WH statements. And he communicates with them almost every day, far more than he communicates via press conferences or shouted non-answers on his way to the helicopter. So they are all to be taken seriously.
Why do Trumpists obsess over one or two emails from Strzok?