Why Trump will likely resign as Mueller pursues 'Putingate'

[L. Coyote]

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Trump's New Impeachable Offenses: Obstruction of Justice, Conspiracy, Abuse of Power

[Dawson Leery]

1. Blanket pardons for all on the way out.

Damning the GOP in 2020.

[L. Coyote]

2. If impeachment is started, and some say it is in fact so already, then Trump cannot pardon

anyone who is a co-conspirator. Impeachment is initiated by anyone declaring on the House floor that the President should be impeached, per what i've seen recently. That happened already. So pardons may not hold up in court at this point.

[unblock]

3. Afaik, pardons can't stop impeachment, but impeachment can't stop pardons

The pardon power doesn't extend to stopping the impeachment process but the impeachment process doesn't prevent pardons (from criminal liability) unless and until the the president is removed by the senate.

[brer cat]

4. I hope you are right, L Coyote.

My concern is that a resignation by trump would take the wind out of the sails of the various investigations, and they need to be completed. Trump is hardly the only one who must be exposed. Pence for sure is involved and probably Ryan and McConnell.

[BigmanPigman]

5. That's why it's so important to get an independant investigation.

A special prosecutor has many limits. A separate, independant bipartisan investigation is a must in order to fully investigate any and all of them and in a timely manner. Indivisible has planned rallies/marches for June 3 called #Marchfortruth for this very reason. They are going to be in 110 cities besides Wash DC. You can Google it and see if there is one near you.

[brer cat]

6. Thanks. nt

[L. Coyote]

7. Plus, Trump cannot pardon people for state convictions. Those are coming too.

[dalton99a]

8. +1

[brer cat]

9. Schneiderman seems to be determined to do all he can.

I would guess he has the best shot at the trump mafia.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. Please summarize/excerpt, as one usually would, since it is an article. . . nt

[L. Coyote]

11. Just click the link.

On the internet, you can actually migrate from one document to another. Who knew?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Your snideness misses the point.

If you can't sell the link with summary / excerpt I'm not inclined to spend the time to follow it.

It's simple. If you are writing for your own benefit then don't think of helping the readers.