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Do you think Trump and his crime syndicate are afraid of Mueller's legal dream team of investigaters (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2017 OP
Everybody seems to have lawyered up, so I'd say yes. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #1
Indictment of sitting president off the table in 1974; Maybe not in 2016. There is no WheelWalker Jun 2017 #2
It's an open question. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2017 #5
That was a pretty interesting comment last night. avebury Jun 2017 #6
It was either Maddow or Lawrence Phoenix61 Jun 2017 #9
They better be afraid but we all know that they avebury Jun 2017 #3
Do you think Putin is? GusBob Jun 2017 #4
I suspect they don't fear anything. They have contempt for government functions, not fear. TreasonousBastard Jun 2017 #7
Right, they're not afraid forgotmylogin Jun 2017 #8
Exactly. They feel they are above the law. LakeArenal Jun 2017 #10
You think a boy like Jared isn't afraid of going to the hoosegow ? DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2017 #16
I think Jared believes he can't go to jail. Such things don't happen to his sort. TreasonousBastard Jun 2017 #18
Democratic Donor Receives Two-Year Prison Sentence DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2017 #20
True, that was his father, but the family were Democrats back then, and... TreasonousBastard Jun 2017 #24
Not Only Afraid... SDJay Jun 2017 #11
His syndicate, probably Phoenix61 Jun 2017 #12
Why is your avatar image so big? Ptah Jun 2017 #13
Here's my avatar at other boards. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2017 #15
The maximum file size for avatar images is 10kb. Yours is 548 KB Ptah Jun 2017 #17
Connections ? DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2017 #21
Is that Howard Cossell with the tape? Bayard Jun 2017 #22
Angelo Dundee. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2017 #23
I think we are screwn completely. WhiteTara Jun 2017 #14
No they're too stupid YCHDT Jun 2017 #19

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,681 posts)
1. Everybody seems to have lawyered up, so I'd say yes.
Tue Jun 20, 2017, 10:31 AM
Jun 2017

Hiring legal counsel isn't proof of one's guilt, of course; anybody who's got law enforcement people looking at them would be wise to do so just to be sure everybody follows the rules. But Trump's minions are a dodgy bunch, and I'm guessing they're nervous. Of course, Trump could pardon them before he goes down.

WheelWalker

(8,955 posts)
2. Indictment of sitting president off the table in 1974; Maybe not in 2016. There is no
Tue Jun 20, 2017, 10:32 AM
Jun 2017

controlling legal precedent that I'm aware of.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
5. It's an open question.
Tue Jun 20, 2017, 10:33 AM
Jun 2017

He likely can be indicted but he could only be tried after leaving or being removed from office.

avebury

(10,952 posts)
6. That was a pretty interesting comment last night.
Tue Jun 20, 2017, 10:33 AM
Jun 2017

I can't remember which show was talking about it.

avebury

(10,952 posts)
3. They better be afraid but we all know that they
Tue Jun 20, 2017, 10:32 AM
Jun 2017

are not the brightest bulbs in the tulip patch. Everybody else is at risk and if Mueller can tick them off one at a time that will leave Trump all by his lonesome. I hope they go after all Ivanka, Jerod, Jr and Eric as well as all the other enablers. Arrest all the kings men and all the kings horses and there will be no one around to put Humpty Dumpty back again when he implodes.

GusBob

(7,286 posts)
4. Do you think Putin is?
Tue Jun 20, 2017, 10:33 AM
Jun 2017

That's the bigger question. Never ever forget Putin is a KGB product

This dream team better have some counter espionage specialists

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
24. True, that was his father, but the family were Democrats back then, and...
Tue Jun 20, 2017, 12:27 PM
Jun 2017

Christie had it out for them.

Now that he's a Republican married into the Presidential tribe, nothing can touch him.

Or so he thinks...

SDJay

(1,089 posts)
11. Not Only Afraid...
Tue Jun 20, 2017, 10:52 AM
Jun 2017

but a few of them are likely freaking the fuck out. Let's just look at what's been happening:

1. More and more denials of basically everything, and they're getting more ridiculous.
2. No one, and in some cases NO ONE, wants high-profile jobs with this ongoing train wreck.
3. Few officials are ever available for the press.
4. Spicey's move yesterday to not even allow cameras or audio recordings of statements by the press secretary.
5. EVERYONE, other than Mueller so far, who has had anything to do with investigating all of this has been fired.

The only thing we haven't seen yet, and I believe this will be the proverbial Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse for this disastrous regime, is when resignations begin to occur en masse. If Flynn is singing as has been suggested, that time draws relatively near. If The Marmalade Moron is actually dumb enough to fire Mueller, I think you'd see rats jumping ship the next day.

So yes, I think many members of this cabal are having a lot of trouble sleeping at night, as they should.

Phoenix61

(17,003 posts)
12. His syndicate, probably
Tue Jun 20, 2017, 10:54 AM
Jun 2017

Twitler? No chance, he's not smart enough to realize the walls are going to come crashing down. He's pulled this shit for so long and gotten away with it I don't think he's capable of realizing that could change.

Ptah

(33,024 posts)
17. The maximum file size for avatar images is 10kb. Yours is 548 KB
Tue Jun 20, 2017, 11:22 AM
Jun 2017

How did you manage to bypass that restriction?

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