Republicans Stay on the Right Side of Trump, Wrong Side of History
As scandals pile up and the president talks out loud about crossing another red line, Trump has his party just where he wants it.
MARGARET CARLSON
03.23.18 4:29 AM ET
March Madness in Washington comes down to guessing who will bring down Trump: the porn star, the playboy bunny, and the reality TV contestant, or special counsel Robert Mueller.
Come Sunday, it will look like Stormy Daniels will be the one to plunge a dagger in the Trump presidency, with her up close and personal interview, complete with photos and stories, on 60 Minutes.
Thursday, it looked like the abrupt resignation of Trump’s attorney John Dowd that could mark the beginning of the end. Dowd was the lead outside criminal lawyer, pugnacious, wily, but above all seasoned in the ways of prosecutors—the most likely to succeed in containing the Mueller probe, if contained it can be. It was clear he was restive over the weekend; he told The Daily Beast that it was time for Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to “bring an end” to the investigation, an obvious ploy not intended for Rosenstein but to make the client feel momentarily better. First Dowd said the advice came from the president, then corrected that to say it was his, demonstrating how difficult it is to placate a client who believes he could do a much better job if only he could represent himself.
Dowd was gracious in his resignation, wishing the president well. But not so the president. Just as the White House let it be known that when former secretary of state got a heads-up he was about to be fired he was on the toilet, word is out that Dowd, like Jeb Bush, didn’t have the “energy” for the job.
In fact, he will be hard to replace. No respected lawyer wants the job; former Solicitor General Ted Olson turned it down a few days ago. Dowd’s likely replacement is Marc Kasowitz whose experience runs to representing Trump in his bankruptcies, Trump University, divorces, and sexual misconduct cases. He flamed out in an earlier stint in the White House after he threatened a woman who urged him to resign after reports of alcohol abuse came out, telling her “Watch your back, bitch,” and “I know where you live.” He’s no John Dowd.
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