'When you're in a hole, stop digging': Clinton lawyer Greg Craig to President Trump

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The man who was responsible for providing legal advice to former President Bill Clinton during his impeachment inquiry told ABC News' "The Investigation" podcast that President Donald Trump’s strategy to combat his own impeachment inquiry is “doing enormous damage to him.”

"When you're in a hole, stop digging," said Greg Craig, who served as assistant to the president and special counsel during the Clinton impeachment, directing his comments toward the president and his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani.

House Democrats are currently charging forward with an impeachment probe into Trump after a whistleblower report revealed that Trump urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to launch an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, during a July phone conversation.

Since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the formal beginning of an impeachment inquiry in September, the House has subpoenaed documents from multiple executive branch officials and offices, all of which have gone unanswered.

Craig said that the White House’s efforts to block House Democrats from accessing witnesses and documents they've requested as part of their probe could cause further legal trouble for Trump. According to Craig, the House of Representatives has "responsibilities to oversee the activities of bureaus in the executive branch" and the president's actions are barring it from exercising its constitutionally granted "supervisory authority."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/when-youre-in-a-hole-stop-digging-clinton-lawyer-greg-craig-to-president-trump/ar-AAJ9VSJ?li=BBnbcA1

[LiberalFighter]

1. Personally, I would avoid giving advice to Trump.

Let him dig a bigger hold.

[RainCaster]

2. Another attorney looks at this- Law Fare Blog

This is a long and very worthwhile read. The basic premise is that DFT is not only liable for impeachment in this self-dealing behavior, but he is criminally liable as well.

My favorite para:

However, any prosecutor familiar with the federal bribery statute, and any lawyer familiar with self-dealing cases, will recognize all the elements of the offense. Under the law, the quid pro quo need not be explicit, and need only be intended, although in this case there was actually direct bargaining about how Ukraine must meet the demands as a condition of the various U.S. official acts to maintain good relations and aid. Even before Mulvaney’s public admission, the nature of the quid pro quo seems to have been unusually clear.