Trump reportedly considering asking his AG to *prosecute* Mueller who is investigating him.

[sunonmars]

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

I have no words as to how this would blow up spectacularly in his face.

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. GOP could stop this, but they wont. GOP is and has been for quite a while

a party of traitors.

Otherwise they would do something.

Right?

Anybody?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Please proceed, Mr. President.

If there was ever a political exploding cigar...

[Lochloosa]

3. Even they are not that stupid.

Oh. Nevermind.

[sunonmars]

5. You'd think so but they keep on proving it everytime......

[Phoenix61]

7. Yeah, you know they are

I'm so disappointed in so many. My opinion of politicians wasn't particularly high but I never thought they would sell out our country. Beyond embarrassing.

[YessirAtsaFact]

4. Ill have a double obstruction of justice sundae please

Leave off the nuts, we have plenty of them already

[sarcasmo]

6. Banana Republic.

[exboyfil]

8. You know this is sounding more and more like Hitler

in his bunker. I wish someone would go on the record for the good of the country.

[Vinca]

9. Prosecute him for what? Not being an ass kisser?

[Dem_4_Life]

19. My exact response.

WOW

[Me.]

10. Who Is 'His' AG

The country has one, who is his?

[NightWatcher]

11. For????

[MariaCSR]

12. Mueller must be closer than ever.

[Caliman73]

13. Prosecute ... For What?

What charge would that even happen under. Mueller has been investigating this fiasco by letter and spirit of the law. Trump could get no fairer person to handle this.

If this is true that Trump's emotional instability is legend.

[sunonmars]

14. Trump still thinks he is in the business world where you can tie people up forever in litigation.

Does not work bucko with people like Mueller.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

24. See what REALLY happens with somebody elected

to "run government like a business"!

[Bleacher Creature]

15. For being mean to Trump.

I doubt he's thought that far ahead. In his mind, you can just unilaterally prosecute your political opponents.

He's insane.

[Nitram]

16. Keystone Cops, Three Stooges, and Marx Brothers all rolled into one slap-happy administration.

[Yavin4]

17. What's next? Blowing up the Sept of Baelor? n/t

[Proud Liberal Dem]

23. But that was a "tragic accident"

Cersei said so......

[Yavin4]

26. I can see Sean Hannity saying the exact same thing. n/t

[Proud Liberal Dem]

32. Me too

:-/

[pnwmom]

18. Yes, great idea. Trump should order that.

[muriel_volestrangler]

20. He may prefer it "blowing up in his face" to formal recommendations of impeachment

The idea may be to cause so much chaos that Republicans in Congress have an excuse to say "let's wait until we have sorted everything out". And then they delay and delay, while hoping this is enough to get them re-elected in gerrymandered districts.

They've got their main objective - they managed to hold the Republican vote together for long enough to slash taxes for the rich. After that, the next job is staying in power, by any means possible.

[kentuck]

21. Well, that's not obstruction!

Scofflaw !

[hedda_foil]

22. F**k!!! Marc Murray is anything but a rumor monger. If anything he tends to be overcautious.

[tblue37]

25. WWPD: What would Putin do? (Trump's guide to becoming dictator.) nt

[flotsam]

27. Can you tell me whom the tweeters are?

Nyhan and Murphy? Because otherwise it seems stupid to give this credence...

[spanone]

28. the asshole still thinks that sessions is his lawyer

[John Fante]

29. Looks like Hannity is going to be covering a lot of car chases tonight.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

34. I would be laughing

if this wasn't so serious.

[airmid]

30. The president can't prosecute anyone. We really need to resume teaching civics.

Mueller was appointed by the only agency with the authority to prosecute him.

[sunonmars]

37. He is delusional as usual

[BlueTsunami2018]

31. Since NOTHING has blown up in his face so far, why would this?

His behavior has been completely normalized and no one with the power to do so is checking him.

We’re >< this close to losing the country to this asshole and his patrons forever.

I’ve never been afraid for the country like I am now. We’ve long been in unprecedented territory and no one is doing anything to stop him.

[gratuitous]

35. I tend to agree

If Trump decides to go full dictator, there will be a horde of flying monkeys on every cable channel explaining how this shows Trump's resolute leadership, his uncanny understanding of what the American people want, and how he's just a humble servant of the people, doing what he was elected to do. The hosts will nod sagely, make a half-hearted stab at how "some people" might differ, but in the end they'll simply acquiesce and wait for the next cocktail party invitation.

[HipChick]

33. Please proceed...

[Shaddox]

36. And the entire GOP will all go along with this

The last 24 hrs suggests (1) there are no legal, political, or ethical brakes on this Administration, and (2) that the entire GOP is engaged in a concerted effort to destroy the rule of law.

I will now raise the hair on fire possibility of turning on the news in a few months to watch Robert Mueller being lead into a federal courthouse in order to be indicted on some groundless, trumped up (quite literally) federal charges, while RW lunatics curse and spit on him.

Welcome to the show trial era, folks.