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I mean the guy came off extremely competent and knowledgeable...despite the obvious attempts by the GOP trying to get him to bash Mueller. He basically made Mueller look even more credible (not that anyone who listens to Trump will believe that)
Yeah, but there's no one new being convinced. It's not like anyone with reasonable brain power and an open mind is reading this stuff and falling for it. Fox News talking about a coup? That's a big step towards InfoWars, not to convincing Americans that Mueller isn't credible.
Yeah, this is why the House Intelligence Committee is pressing to shut down its investigation and put out it's "report" so quickly without doing a full investigation. I'm sure they will conclude there was "no collusion" and Trump will point to it and say Mueller is on a witch hunt and needs to stop.
ya, anyone with any kind of brain has to just shutoff when you're talking about the FBI = KGB or anything remotely close.
How anyone can take much of the House investigation seriously given Nunes and some of the questioning is hilarious. There is no way they will do anything other than claim there was nothing wrong.
In a vacuum, I agree. But, Mueller also is dealing with a political reality that Trump can sabotage the investigation, particularly with a complicit congress that will say “nothing to see here” with respect to indictments of the fired and fringes. He removes that narrative by indicting Kushner now. They may come up with a new narrative, but that would require stamina and mental gymnastics I don’t think, as a body, congress has in them, particularly for a guy no one really likes.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fbi-warned-trump-2016-russians-would-try-infiltrate-his-campaign-n830596
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I doubt that all the work Mueller has done disappears if he gets fired. If he were to have indicted a number of folks close to Trump and in the administration, but is keeping them under seal, then is it possible those seals could be lifted if he's fired?
that worked out really for Trump since his campaign was actively trying to establish contacts with Russians at the same time...weird.
do you trust anything this administration says? Self preservation is a powerful motivator for a guy that views himself as above the law.
I like that you posted this and this within a minute or so of each other.
Good point. Some in the GOP want to defund the Mueller investigation, some want it ended completely, others are working around the clock to discredit Mueller and his team to nullify their findings, some want to replace the person with the power to fire Mueller in an effort to derail the investigation.
Did anyone in the Trump administration say anything before they fired Comey? (genuine question, I don't remember, but can't recall anything coming directly from them)
https://imgur.com/tmsTkOq
I’m picturing Trump running to the mailbox like Ralphie Parker waiting for his Radio Orphan Annie Secret Society decoder pin.
No. They didn’t about Comey either, except to say he has Trump’s support days before he, of course, was fired.
So you think the GOP establishment, with their actions to discredit Mueller and his investigation and the FBI, are not on the same team as Trump?
Agreed that the work doesn’t go to waste. But, it presumably does gum up the process quite a bit. Plus, Trump can work on monkeying with all the various investigative bodies (see Preet, Boente, etc) and appoint schlubs to further slow things down.
You can pick any single troublesome response to Russia's meddling and consider it in an alternative universe and the conservative response would have been nuclear, making this thread look like a sewing circle.
Oh, the FBI you say? Is that the same FBI that let Hillary off the hook?
One thing I'm curious about is whether the GOP continues its trend, goes all-in on, or is suddenly quiet about Mueller.... once Trump signs the tax bill into law.
It's all over the news that Mueller could be fired. I am asking why anyone thinks this administration is going to do that if no one in the administration has said anything of the sort. The company line has always been they will not do this.
I heard Trump say he wouldn't do it. That makes him
Please show me where someone in the Trump administration has called for Mueller to be fired. Everyone's running around with their heads cut off over something that has never been said by this administration. It's the definition of fake news.
You responded to a post asking you why you believe anything this administration says with that tripe I quoted. Please answer that question first.
LOL. He is likely to veto the tax plan too with that logic. And he secretly loves DACA and open borders. Whatever he says, expect the opposite. Bizzaro timeline we are all living in here.
Trump's surrogates, including multiple people at Fox news, have been stating it pretty clearly. He doesn't have to say it himself for it to become a threat.
Please link to anyone in the administration saying he wouldn't veto the tax plan. Everyone's running around with their heads cut off over something that has never been said by this administration. It's the definition of fake news.
apparently, it's based on people that have spoken to the President or the WH that these are things that have said/discussed. He certainly hasn't been on record about it but often times these things start as rumors, whispers behind the scenes and sometimes become reality not long after. Trying to predict what this President will do to any degree of accuracy is an exercise in futility but you also can't rule anything out as he takes pride in doing what others won't / haven't done.
https://forums.footballguys.com/forum/topic/753528-the-russia-investigation-trump-waiting-by-mailbox-for-letter-of-exoneration/?do=findComment&comment=20698608
