Trump's Lawyer: It's Time to Fire Robert Mueller

[highplainsdem]

Source: The Daily Beast

President Donald Trumps personal lawyer, John Dowd, told The Daily Beast on Saturday morning that he hopes Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will shut down the Mueller probe.

Reached for comment by email about the firing of former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe, sent The Daily Beast the text of Trumps most recent tweet on the subject, which applauded the firing.

I pray that Acting Attorney General Rosenstein will follow the brilliant and courageous example of the FBI Office of Professional Responsibility and Attorney General Jeff Sessions and bring an end to alleged Russia Collusion investigation manufactured by McCabes boss James Comey based upon a fraudulent and corrupt Dossier, Dowd then wrote.

He told The Daily Beast he was speaking on behalf of the president, in his capacity as the presidents attorney.

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Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-lawyer-its-time-to-fire-robert-mueller

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Found thanks to a tweet minutes ago from John Schindler, whose comment on earlier tweets about this story was, "Here we go...."

Link to tweet

Editing again to add that the Daily Beast has now changed the headline to "Its Time to End the Mueller Probe."



Editing yet again to add that I just heard, from the Daily Beast's Betsy Woodruff talking an AM Joy, about half an hour into the show, that Dowd had just emailed her to tell her that he'd been speaking earlier in his PERSONAL capacity, and NOT on behalf of the president.

Too late. The story's out with the original wording.

[bucolic_frolic]

1. This country will erupt

this is coming to a head fast

Rule of law must be upheld at all costs

[Delphinus]

41. Praying

you are correct.

[rzemanfl]

2. Disbar this Nazi. n/t

[Mc Mike]

36. I Second the motion. nt

[sinkingfeeling]

3. I'm almost 70, but if Mueller is fired, I intend to shut this f**king country down!

I marched for civil rights, the ERA, and protested Vietnam, but I will riot if this Russian cabal takes over.

[Moostache]

7. I literally just told my wife that same thing!

Trump is clearly obstructing justice in broad daylight and this cannot stand. If Mueller is fired, I intend to march on Washington and demand Trump's removal from office or incite riots until he is dragged out of the oval office.

[chelsea0011]

23. I think thousands of us will descend on DC and every city across this great country. It will be a

great uprising.

[democratisphere]

28. Tens of millions of people!

[rzemanfl]

43. I am 70 and with you. n/t

[onetexan]

66. DITTO!!

i'm sure there will be local marches and protests as well. I will be attending!

[Mountain Mule]

62. I am totally in agreement! WE SHALL NEVER SURRENDER!

"We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender." Winston Churchill

This old lady won't hesitate to take to the streets and this old Mule has plenty of kick in her left. I'll woman the barricades with the best of 'em! Hell hath no fury...

The repugs and their so-called "leader" have no idea of what they are about to unleash.

[yurbud]

64. hopefully, Mueller has distributed his evidence to state AG's far & wide

so they can prosecute if he is fired.

Also, if done at the state level, Trump's pardon power won't matter.

[ChazInAz]

65. We've done it before.

We'll sure as hell do it again.
Had the crap beaten out of me at the Chicago convention in 1968.
I'm not looking forward to a repeat performance of that, but I'll do it again.

[Botany]

4. He told The Daily Beast he was speaking on behalf of the president ....

Hello Bob Mueller,

One more possible obstruction charge to file against Trump and company.

[H2O Man]

5. It's time for Dowd

to go shit in Antartica.

[dhol82]

54. Nah, he should go shit in the lobby of trump tower

That’s where it would belong.

[H2O Man]

55. That is better!

Thanks!

[highplainsdem]

6. National security lawyer Bradley Moss: How dumb do you have to be to publicly state that your client

wants the investigation into him shut down? Is Dowd trying to help build Mueller’s obstruction case for him?

Link to tweet

[Cha]

29. As dumb as trump and his

doormats.

[NellieStarbuck]

32. An embarrassment of riches

As if Mueller needed any more evidence of obstruction . . .

[democratisphere]

8. "We the people" will overcome this massive corruption and injustice.

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. Just try it. I double dare ya.........

n/t

[no_hypocrisy]

10. I knew "it" wouldn't stop with McCabe.

He was/is the tip of the proverbial iceberg.

[highplainsdem]

11. USA Today Investigations Editor: Most important line is Dowd said he's speaking on Trump's behalf

Link to tweet

[dalton99a]

56. +1

[Maeve]

12. He's getting too damn close to where the bodies are buried!

There are too many fortunes riding on the bet that tRump gets away with everything, so Mueller must go! (Go ON, that is, Mr Mueller, go ON!!!)

Oh and we already know the investigation began BEFORE the dossier, so drop that $#!t, Dowd....

[azureblue]

16. Mueller already knows

He's just locking it down and tightening up any loose ends. As his pattern, Mueller does not ask questions he doesn't already know the answer to

[Bernardo de La Paz]

26. Mueller is following the money, something the House RepubliCons refused to do. . . . . nt

[highplainsdem]

13. Joy Reid talking about this now on MSNBC.

[highplainsdem]

15. And Joy Reid has the Daily Beast reporter, Betsy Woodruff, on.

[azureblue]

14. He has it backwards

Time for America to say to Don "You're fired!" Put that lying con man Trump on a rail and run him out of town. Tar and feathers optional.

[chuckstevens]

17. Start planning!

The protest must be directed as much towards Ryan, McConnell, and the GOP as the Orange Menace himself!

[Arkansas Granny]

18. A couple of months ago moveon.org was organizing a march in case Trump fired Mueller.

I don't know if this is still planned, but it might be worth checking out.
https://front.moveon.org/700-defendmueller-events-prepped-nationwide/#.Wq0j_oFOnqA

[Mc Mike]

35. I just forwarded the moveon e-mail to myself again. Keeping it bumped up to the top of my inbox.

If a firing of Mueller (or Rosenstein) is announced up to 2pm, we're hitting the City County Bldg at 5 pm to protest. If it happens after 2 pm, the protest is at noon the next day, same location.

[bluestarone]

19. Mueller's ready for ANYTHING they do

CHECKMATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

20. All the sealed indictments do not go away. Mueller probably has a dead hand switch on those. . nt

[pandr32]

59. I hope Trump Jr and Jared are indicted right awy

The senior Trump would melt down, of course, but they need to properly come down so that the usurper president can't try to stop them, and he would know he's toast.

[workinclasszero]

21. Go to hell you corrupt POS!

I pray that your crime boss traitor client gets all that he so richly deserves!!

[Botany]

22. Breaking on Joy Reid

John Dowd just sent an email to Besty Woodruff and said he wasn't speaking for the President ....

[Arkansas Granny]

38. Dontforget, this is the same attorney who claimed he authored Trumps tweet about Flynn.

https://www.google.com/amp/abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/trumps-lawyer-wrote-presidents-sloppy-tweet-flynns-dismissal/story%3fid=51541650

[Botany]

42. This is also the same attorney who is the President's attorney who said that "he wasn't ...

.... speaking for the President," even though as the President's he is always
speaking for the President when he is talking in public about the President's
thoughts and or wishes.

[George II]

24. It's Saturday. Will there be a massacre tonight?

[bucolic_frolic]

25. It has to be reported on Fox News

then Trump sees it, then it happens. So yes, could be tonight

[FakeNoose]

39. We should call this the St. Patrick's Day Massacre!!

[NBachers]

58. Thanks for making laughter burst out from my body. I needed that!

[notdarkyet]

48. Mueller going after Trumps businesses email Set him off. He is doing anything he

Can to not turn them over.

[WhiteTara]

27. Time for Mueller to call him in for a chat.

He's no longer an attorney, he is a co-conspirator in a crime.

[madaboutharry]

30. According to MSNBC, he is now walking it back.

Dowd has issued a statement that "he was speaking in an personal capacity."


EDIT: oops, now he said "He is talking for the pres." Never Mind!

[highplainsdem]

31. Tweet from BuzzFeed's David Mack w/image showing original headline, note of Dowd's complaint

Link to tweet

[Bengus81]

33. GO FOR IT DONNIE,been waiting for Saturday Night Massacre 2.0...............

Then see what happens in the mid-terms.............

[highplainsdem]

34. Haberman: A classic Trump move: "I'm not saying it, others are saying it."

Link to tweet

A classic Trump move. "I'm not saying it, many people/other people are saying it." RE Dowd claiming he wasn't saying Mueller should be fired, he said Rosenstein should follow Sessions' example with McCabe. Not too many meanings to that sentence.

[Achilleaze]

50. I'm not saying Dirty Donny* is a lying, cheating, treasonous republican a-hole

but everyone I know is saying that. So I reckon I should also speak the truth.

* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

[malthaussen]

37. Past time -- for you guys. n/t

[patricia92243]

40. The "misspeak" was probably a trial baloon to see what reactionns

would be from the Congress. I can't believe they give two figs what the ordinary people think.

We will see.

[Stuart G]

44. k and r..

[duforsure]

45. This would give trump

his own DOTJ and undermine the rule of law completely. He would become above the rule of law if this is allowed by the GOP in Congress, and they wonder why they're being replaced in Congress by the American people. The more they refuse to protect us from him, the more chances they'll be serving time for their actions, and ignoring his corruptness and crimes against this country. His firing Mueller will bring him down. This may be a set of trump now, knowing what he'll do.

[Angry Dragon]

46. BULLIES

[world wide wally]

47. If Mueller is fired, the state of NY will inherit all the evidence and Trump has no control.

I see the bringing in Mueller as their star witness and putting the giant screws to this bloated bully.

[Achilleaze]

49. Not one republican has the guts to stand up for America

they are a completely sold out party, and they will live in infamy in history for their treasonous silence.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

51. How is that not obstruction of justice?

[Squinch]

52. Mueller is not dumb. He knows this is coming. I wouldn't be surprised if he has a bunch

of indictments ready to go, and the moment he hears the 'you're fired' call is coming, he pulls the string and releases them.

Like that scene in Flashdance, only instead of water it's indictments, and they fall on the head of the republican president.

[Doodley]

53. Meuller should indict Trump and his lawyer immediately for obstruction of justice

[duforsure]

57. Its time to remove trump

From office now, and send him and all his other criminals involved to prison, including dowd, and sessions, and nunes. Organized obstruction of justice is not lawful.

[briv1016]

60. It was always going to come to this.

[LiberalLovinLug]

61. What actually happens with the investigation if Mueller IS fired?

I haven't heard much about that, and you'd think you would given the distinct possibility.

Does the whole investigation go into the trash bin along with Mueller?
Is it simply handed off to the second in charge and go on?
What happens to all the reams of evidence? Is there assurance that it can be sealed away until Democrats have enough of a majority to force it opened up again?

Or is this a delay tactic in that once Mueller is fired, they know there will be pressure to complete at least some kind of investigation in the months to follow. So if plan A, where they can ride it out doesn't work, then they go to plan B where they will reopen it but hire someone in the Nunes vein of sycophants who will craft the final verdict in much the same way Nunes did with the House investigation. All the while ticking time away with how long that would take to set up, restart, and work itself out. And then if that is rightfully discredited after wasting another year, it would take even more time to organize another investigation. And all the while, Trumpublicans and Fox News will be milking the persecution angle ("How many of these witch hunts does our poor President have to go through?). And of course, during all this time the GOP can pass however many draconian laws they want to cowering in the orange traitors' shade.

Because I think the latter is probably what McConnell and Ryan are preparing themselves for. They see some reckoning coming perhaps, in some distant future, but they just want to stay afloat and robbing the treasury as long as they can.

[Lulu KC]

63. It will be hard to organize protests

If they shut the grid down.

[Duppers]

67. Then John Dowd better be ready to go to prison...

Along with TRump & other members of his admin for Obstruction of Justice!