Trump's legal memo to Robert Mueller is a recipe for tyranny

[workinclasszero]

A clear and present danger to the rule of law
By Matthew Yglesias@[e-mail] Jun 3, 2018, 8:30am EDT

Essentially all presidents sooner or later end up commissioning lawyers to put forward an expansive view of presidential power, but those lawyers take pains to argue that they are not making the case for a totally unchecked executive whose existence would pose a fundamental threat to American values.

Donald Trump, however, is a different kind of president.

In a 20-page memo written by Trump’s legal team and delivered to Robert Mueller, as reported by the New York Time’s this weekend, they make an unusually frank case for a tyrannical interpretation of presidential power.

https://www.vox.com/2018/6/3/17421300/trumps-interview-subpoena

[ooky]

1. Their memo is essentially asserting he has the powers of a king.

It looks like America has its first tyrant since George III.

[workinclasszero]

4. Right

Trump is above the law...Trump is the law.

[Iliyah]

2. And where is the Rpublican party, yeah that one that has been

yelling, screaming about freedom, moral compass and the rule of law and most of all the Constitution.

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Where the eff are you???????????????

[workinclasszero]

5. To busy counting their rubles

no doubt.

[oasis]

3. Maybe no impeachment, but serious damage to his 2020 chances.

Only Trump scum deplorables will want him to remain in office for another 4 years.

[Maraya1969]

6. Snipet from the letter written by IQ 45's lawyers

"Put simply, the Constitution leaves no question that the President has exclusive authority over the ultimate conduct and disposition of all criminal investigations and over those executive branch officials responsible for conducting those investigations."


These lawyers must be stupid to try and get these dictatorial powers given to their client. They must think they would not be affected if he really did become the dictator that they are encouraging.

[malaise]

7. Don the Con is a

tyrant.