Category: Trump/Russia

What will Republicans do if Trump fires Rosenstein? Nothing

The New York Times reported tonight on a second attempt by Trump to fire Mueller, this time in December 2017.  He backed down when reports that Mueller had issued subpoenas about Trump’s Deutsche Bank accounts turned out to be inaccurate.

Republicans keep pretending that Trump has no intention of firing Mueller. Some Republican senators think “additional protections of Mueller’s investigation aren’t necessary…” 

They won’t pass a law to protect him.

If Trump followed the law, he would have to get Rosenstein to fire Mueller.  Now, he is considering firing Rosenstein and possibly Sessions.  Trump could then appoint a Deputy Attorney General who would do more than Rosenstein to protect Trump and limit the Mueller investigation.

If Republicans won’t prevent this, will they do anything after the fact if it happens?  I doubt it.  The Republican Party is now Trump’s party.

Even a majority of Republican voters don’t think Trump should fire Mueller but that was before the Cohen raid; they may object less to firing Rosenstein or Sessions.  Trump has been critical of both of them for months so I am sure his base won’t care if he cans them.

By firing Rosenstein instead of Mueller, Trump could accomplish his mission of restricting or even ending the investigation by making a move that would be less controversial among his base voters.

I don’t think Republicans in Congress will do anything to stop him or punish him if he fired Rosenstein.

Sad!

Update: Rosenstein most likely to be fired

What happens if Trump fires Mueller?

Why a proposal to protect Mueller may not work

 

Republicans will do nothing if Trump gets Mueller fired

This column agrees with what I have been saying – Republicans in Congress won’t stop Trump from getting Mueller fired.

Update:  Chuck Grassley spoke up but nothing from McConnell and Ryan.

Update: Republicans say Mueller doesn’t need more protection but shouldn’t be fired

Update: Trump thinks he can fire Mueller

I don’t think they will do anything if Mueller gets fired.  Sad!

Update:  I still think there’s a good chance Trump will get Mueller fired.  This tweet points out Republicans haven’t said there would be consequences.  Trump is angry and I assume he is hiding something.  All Republicans who enabled Trump will be guilty too if it turns out Trump is guilty of collusion, obstruction, money laundering or something else.

Update:  The White House has sought guidance on whether or not they can fire Mueller.

Lewandowski told Democrats he wasn’t answering their “fucking” questions

Lewandowski, Trump’s former campaign manager told congressional Democrats that he wasn’t answering their “fucking” questions. Now, isn’t that a great way to treat members of Congress.  He doesn’t respect people who don’t agree with him – just like Trump.  The Republican-led House investigation which they terminated was obviously partisan and incomplete.  Sad!

Another ethics question for the Trump administration

Democrats raised concerns about a defense fund set up to help Trump campaign and White House officials affected by the Russia investigations.

“Because of the way it’s set up, the fund could receive donations from lobbyists or others with interests before the Trump administration — and also could be used to influence witnesses…”

This administration has a big problem with ethics starting at the top.  Sad!

What happens if Trump gets Mueller fired?

What happens if Mueller is fired?

I don’t think that a Mueller firing would have any consequences for Trump.  Republicans do nothing to hold him accountable and will never impeach him.  Trump is much more popular among Republicans that congressional Republicans.  Since they care more about re-election than doing the right thing, they’ll let Trump do whatever he wants.  You can tell this by their refusal to pass laws to protect the special counsel.  Sad!

Only 38% of Republicans see Russia as a threat

This article has polling information on how Democrats and Republicans view Russia.

Only 38% of Republicans see Russia as a threat.  What part of meddling in elections, poisoning people and hacking the power grid don’t they understand?  58% of Republicans saw Russia as a threat as recently as 2015 but they have been brainwashed by their Russian stooge leader Trump.  Since 2015, the percentage of Republicans who view Putin favorably has more than doubled.  Sad!

 

 

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