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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWOW! What was just said on Lawrence O ' Donnell by a former prosecutor..
He said the mostly likely reason Trump hasn't been subpoenaed by Mueller is that Trump is now a target!
He said in his experience as a prosecutor working with grand juries, He does not recall a target being subpoenaed.
OliverQ
(3,363 posts)But keep in mind even if Trump is a target, he can't be removed without Congress. That's the major issue here.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)OliverQ
(3,363 posts)But we have Russian hacking, gerrymandering, voter suppression, and an apathetic voter base to contend with. It's a very uphill battle.
MiniMe
(21,676 posts)It takes a 2/3 vote in the Senate to remove from office. There just aren't enough vulnerable R seats up in this election to take the Senate IMHO.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Of like EVERYONE around the m*****f****r, DETAILED shit, full of bombshells (preferably with JaRED and Butthead and maybe even Beavis ... And F***ING NUNES and hell maybe LaPierre for good measure) ... and Dumpie as an 'unindicted co-conspirator' ... wasn't that what they did with Nixon?
Then we have to hope the GOP aren't SO FAR gone that they refuse to behave according to what the circumstances clearly dictate.
FakeNoose
(32,351 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)triron
(21,915 posts)hlthe2b
(101,718 posts)persons CLOSE to Trump (let alone Trump, himself). Once he unseals an indictment of JR or Kusner, for example, or even Roger Stone, everything will escalate to a fevered pitch.
Seems like he must lay a lot of groundwork so that it will be just like rapid dominoes falling, not allowing Trump to respond.
One of these days, we are likely to see a volcano go off in DC....what a cataclysm that will be... Yikes
oberliner
(58,724 posts)They won't go down without a fight - that I can tell you.
exboyfil
(17,857 posts)The last pardon will be for himself just as the Senate starts voting for impeachment (assuming they get to that point). He will be in the ground before the courts resolve whether a sitting President can pardon himself.
Chances are that the actual case for pre-election conspiracy with the Russians will not be clear cut (if it was I don't think we would have reached this point).
triron
(21,915 posts)triron
(21,915 posts)WTF is going on?
H2O Man
(73,323 posts)I posted about this last week. The Dept of Justice has a policy of not subpoenaing those identified as targets. Two weeks ago, they dragged Rudy out of his coffin to babble about his "rules" preventing Trump from talking to prosecutors, and expressed his belief Trump won't be called before the grand jury. This, plus the 12 Russian indictments, have resulted in Trump's unhinged behaviors.
kentuck
(110,950 posts)If not, he should be.
BigmanPigman
(51,430 posts)We are ON TOP OF IT!!! DU is "the place for news"! YEAH DUers!!!!!
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=10899315
For the most part, that's what has me coming back hour after hour.
Cha
(295,907 posts)guilty of a boatload of shite.
But, how do they take him down.
Victory in Midterms will slow him down.
Rainngirl
(243 posts)LET THAT BE TRUE!!!!