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NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
1. He's basically told everyone under Mueller's investigation to lie and he'll pardon them as well
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 09:24 PM
Aug 2017

Mueller's job just got exponentially more difficult.

kairos12

(12,873 posts)
3. Excellent point. We essentially have a dictator. He is unchecked by conservative courts or a rethug
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 09:25 PM
Aug 2017

Congress.

kairos12

(12,873 posts)
7. Pardoning someone in the first year of office is almost without precedent. Logically,
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 09:28 PM
Aug 2017

convention or precedent won't stop him from firing Mueller either. That is my point. I live in AZ and have been stuck with Arpaio for 25 years. Nixon didn't get away with because Republicans checked him Congress. This Congress won't do that.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
4. I don't think firing Mueller will sit well with congress
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 09:25 PM
Aug 2017

They've already gone out of their was to protect Mueller and told tRump to lay off. Arapio is a small fry in comparison. They know that, if tRump tries to get Mueller, it will end in armed revolt.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,121 posts)
5. Country is over, gone.
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 09:26 PM
Aug 2017

We better hit the streets and remove this piece of shit before he kills us all.

Protest in such great numbers he has no choice but to resign

kairos12

(12,873 posts)
8. I think Drumpt would like a major or minor civil war. He would then impose restrictions on
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 09:29 PM
Aug 2017

civil liberties. We might be headed there.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,121 posts)
10. He has guarnteed one if he is impeached. Gonna get real ugly, but thank
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 09:32 PM
Aug 2017

GOD we dodged the bullet of the

ooops, cant go there

radius777

(3,635 posts)
9. if he does, he may as well sign his own impeachment papers,
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 09:31 PM
Aug 2017

since firing Mueller would be all about covering up the truth, and even the Repub leaders are supportive of Mueller's work.

Kablooie

(18,641 posts)
11. Don't think so. The Republicans will just look the other way.
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 09:56 PM
Aug 2017

They will complain in the press but will never do anything for fear of angering the base.
That base holds a gun to their heads and they don't dare make a move for fear they will be eliminated.

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