What would happen if Trump tried to fire Mueller
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Mueller would be out of a job.
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Hmm... only happened once before, I think. What happened then?...(Barbarian checks)
Ah, the president of the United States was out of a job. :chuckle:
Hmm... only happened once before, I think. What happened then?...(Barbarian checks)
Ah, the president of the United States was out of a job. :chuckle:
He could join the 6 FBI agents and Comey that were either fired, resigned or reassigned.
He may think he has nothing to lose. If the democrats win back the House, he's likely to be impeached. And it's not clear that there are enough republican senators who are willing to take the wrath of the voters to save him.
:mock: impeach :rotfl:
What would happen if Trump tried to fire Mueller
Individual states, such as New York where "The Donald" resides, could use Mueller's data to initiate their own investigations, so the President doesn't solve his legal problems by terminating the Special Prosecutor!
"Presidential pardons" don't apply to those individuals convicted under state law, so firing Mueller could place Trump in even greater jeopardy!
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What would happen if Trump tried to fire Mueller
Individual states, such as New York where "The Donald" resides, could use Mueller's data to initiate their own investigations, so the President doesn't solve his legal problems by terminating the Special Prosecutor!
"Presidential pardons" don't apply to those individuals convicted under state law, so firing Mueller could place Trump in even greater jeopardy!
It's been speculated that Mueller has involved state AGs for just that reason. It apparently was a key factor in flipping former Trump underlings:
Mueller Seems to Be Flipping More and More Former Trump Allies
t was one year ago today that Michael Flynn met with FBI investigators at his West Wing office. Less than a month later, he was fired after the revelation that he'd lied to Vice President Mike Pence about his conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. Ousted after just 24 days, Flynn was the shortest-tenured national security adviser in the more than 60-year history of the position. By December, he had pled guilty to lying to the FBI at that January 24 meeting and agreed to cooperate with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.
(Trump later said he knew Flynn lied to the FBI before firing him, sparking a firestorm. It's unclear how long Trump knew Flynn had lied to Pence before grabbing the hook. Sally Yates told his White House counsel that Flynn lied to the vice president—and that Flynn was consequently vulnerable to blackmail by the Russians—on January 26.)
Thanks to NBC News, we have some more details on how that meeting went down:
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a15868205/michael-flynn-russia-investigation/
It would depend on the upcoming elections. Should the Dems takeover the House and Senate, justice would prevail and Trump would be impeached. As things are, nothing will happen because the GOP is unpatriotic and have no integrity. Their motto: Power first, country last.
Assume that the deems don't take over and Trump fires Mueller soon. Would the country rise up and protest obstruction?
If Trump did do this then his credibility in the rest of the world, which is not a lot at the moment, would go negative.
Assume Trump is totally innocent of any Russian connection. Trump needs to "make the weather" on this and prove his side. He is not doing that.
I am not a US citizen. I am watching from abroad and seeing a big screw-up that Trump and the Republicans are not dealing with. Sure, they are not alone. e.g Italy's Prime Minister - Berlusconi was a joke amongst the EU leaders. No credibility whatsoever. Note, I am not alleging any corruption by Trump. My point is that he needs, very badly, to come out with incontrovertible evidence to shoot down his opponents. Tweets do not cut it.