Trump floats possibility of removing "very bothersome" special counsel Robert Mueller

[Miles Archer]

Source: Raw Story

The president appeared Friday morning on “Fox & Friends,” which he urged his Twitter followers to “enjoy,” and discussed the investigation and the Senate bill to overhaul health care coverage.

Trump complained that Mueller, who served as FBI director under presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, was close friends with his predecessor, James Comey, and had hired Hillary Clinton supporters to join his investigative team as special counsel.

“There has been no obstruction, there has been no collusion,” Trump told Fox News host Ainsley Earhardt. “There has been leaking by Comey, but there has been no collusion, no obstruction — and virtually everybody agrees to that, so we’ll have to see.”

“I can say the people that have been hired are all Hillary Clinton supporters,” he added. “Some of them worked for Hillary Clinton — I mean, the whole thing is ridiculous, if you want to know the truth from that standpoint.”

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/trump-floats-possibility-of-removing-very-bothersome-special-counsel-robert-mueller/

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[dembotoz]

1. Oh please do it

[forgotmylogin]

21. "Very bothersome"

Ooh, he's being so subtle and sly! I bet he's having a big ol' chuffle at how genteel he believes he's coming off.

He sounds like a wannabe evil supervillain in an electronic rotating chair.

However, 45, is nowhere near as piquantly well-spoken as Dr. Evil.

Our pResident is the "margarine of evil".

[DBoon]

31. "will no-one rid me of this troublesome priest?"

Works the same in 2017 as it worked in 1170

[eppur_se_muova]

34. My first thought too. nt

[onetexan]

30. yep, let him do it

i can't wait for the backlash and the implosion of his illegitimate administration. Guy needs to be locked up to rot in prison.

[moonscape]

37. I like the idea of Mueller being given time to do a thorough investigation. The

country needs it. Can we trust a special commission would then be appointed, led by Mueller et al?

Would it really bring 45 down? So many outrageous things keep happening that I take nothing for granted. And if it did, would we be worse off with a more effective Pence?

[mnhtnbb]

2. Mango Mussolini wouldn't know the truth if it bit him in his orange a$$.

[leftynyc]

3. Now he's throwing

in that there is "no obstruction" instead of just no collusion. He's trying to plant that into his weak minded supporter's minds. There's PLENTY of evidence of obstruction - the tweet where he tried to intimidate Comey, for instance. He's such a slug.

[Shell_Seas]

14. But, that's the thing...

His supporters believe him AND they got him elected...

[leftynyc]

16. Forget his 37% of rabid supporters

They're a lost cause. We need to focus on the other 63% of Americans. We need to work on those who wanted to give him a chance for whatever reason and now regret their vote.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. If Trump made no tapes of Comey

then his admonition there had "better be" no tapes is directed at any tapes Comey made

and it's even more intimidation and almost a threat.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. "no obstruction"

The continued threat to remove Mueller suggests "obstruction". The "meetings" and contacts with various investigative bodies about active investigations involving yourself and your associates and requesting they drop them, including one with the U.S. Attorney for SDNY (who was subsequently fired after being told he could remain after he refused one of those "calls&quot suggests "obstruction".

[spiderpig]

11. Bum, this guy is leaving me in a constant state of exhaustion

I'm not sure I can make it to the inevitable finish line (where his sorry butt is kicked to the storm drain of history).

[BumRushDaShow]

13. I know what you mean

That is Bannon's strategy. They have nothing to lose until they do finally lose so they are enjoying the chaos and ill-begotten gains as long as they can.

[riversedge]

38. Trumps butt is too fat to float into a storm drain. He is walking into his stinking

sewer all by himself.

[spiderpig]

39. With Pennywise the Clown giving him any needed assistance.

How on earth did we end up with this monstrosity?

[DetlefK]

7. "if you want to know the truth from that standpoint.

And that's the problem. Trump thinks that things like truth and facts depend on the viewpoint.

There's facts. And then there's alternative facts.

[Miles Archer]

8. And he's doubling down on the Obama "TAPP."

[Ilsa]

42. Not just Trump. Most republican voters think that way.

They think Science, etc is subject to their opinions.

[OhNo-Really]

45. Old Russian teaching

Make up your truth and be it, people will believe you.

To live a truthful life is to be a prisoner of your memory.

[INdemo]

9. If this should happen, the Treasonous

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Republicans,especially Ryan and McConnell would fail to act and will probably back Trump by saying Mueller's investigation was partisan.
There would be no impeachment proceedings because our current Republican Congress is Party First.

[dhill926]

25. sadly agree....

[George II]

10. Do it - articles of impeachment have already been drafted just waiting for a reason to act on them.

[dalton99a]

12. "no collusion, no obstruction - you're the collusion"

[irisblue]

15. He thinks all of what he says & tweets is truth. Amazing.

[NastyRiffraff]

17. Lawrence O'Donnell called him a pathological liar last night

Multiple times. And he's right. Dump lies even when it's not to his advantage, out of habit.

[CakeGrrl]

19. He is. But he has a reliable, rabid core base who swallows the lies.

Bannon's trying to set a tinderbox alight.

The blindest, truest Trump believers are being fed a steady diet of "obstructionist/evil/violent" liberals in the most blatant case of projection by their Dear Leader.

And, as Alec Baldwin counseled Kathy Griffin, Republicans are very, very good about playing victim. Trump is running with this theme and using all the tried and true buzzwords to rile up his crazies: Obama, Hillary, "evil liberals".

If he fires Mueller, his Believers will be convinced that Trump is doing the heroic thing by defending himself from ugly liberal attacks in his quest to MAGA.

We've seen these unbalanced people in action: Death threats against Dem candidates, lynching threats against a Black congressman raising the topic of impeachment, the murder of people defending against a racist's attack in Portland.

Mueller and his team are hopefully looking at the impact of starting to bring this corrupt, widespread cabal - with their carnival barker frontman - to justice.

[NastyRiffraff]

22. Yes, and these are the people we're told we must reach out to

The Deplorables are unreachable, period. I have absolutely no sympathy for them; they put us where we are today. The knowingly and enthusiastically voted for a blatant bigot and I'm too busy resisting to talk to them.

[Cosmocat]

24. I am at a complete loss

to see how this ends well.

My entire adult life, starting in the early 90s, I have seen the slippage with right wing rhetoric getting more and more traction and honestly is has gotten exponentially worse since the country saw fit to elect BHO.

They been pretty bad for a long time now, but we are now well past the threashold where I can see any drawback.

As bad as it is, I can't see how it does not get much worse.

As you noted, 1/3 of this country is flat out living in an alternative universe, and the "middle" 1/3 is so muddled they believe half the crazy shit their 1/3 screams.

[OhNo-Really]

40. Read somewhere they think God chose The Donald

Godnitive Dissonance

[Still Blue in PDX]

43. They are loving the upcoming End Times scenario. nt

[OhNo-Really]

44. me too

they will be left behind lol

[OhNo-Really]

41. what is MAGA?

[snooper2]

18. Why is his daughter wife missing from this picture?

[joeybee12]

20. Who will rid me of the meddlesome special counsel?

We know what happened to the priest

[flibbitygiblets]

23. What I'd really "enjoy" is watching this conman and his grifting family being prosecuted for treason

and by the way, can the non-Fox networks sue him for slander or anything? Seems wrong that a sitting president can be allowed to throw aspersions to companies he dislikes while directing people to those he does. Abuse of power perhaps?

[underpants]

26. Pure RW radio BS

[Tommy_Carcetti]

27. Don't you mean "meddlesome", Donald?

[tblue37]

28. Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest? nt

[SpankMe]

29. The orange fucker is hunting for an excuse to fire Muller. n/t

[Yavin4]

32. A real man would fire Mueller

What's the matter Trump? You aint a real man?

[steve2470]

33. I think he's going to fire Mueller, despite his lawyers' best advice and his aides

He just is oblivious to Washington realities and the reality that he is no longer running his own company. He cannot control his obsession with Mueller and his anger. Every second Mueller is there is another second it picks at his open psychic wound.

Impeachment, here we come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YAY!

[rockfordfile]

35. A un-American right wing pos.

[Sunlei]

36. Republicans foxTV, stop feeding him your propagandaTV lies.