This was inevitable. No surprises for insiders here. On both sides of the aisle, they
knew a year ago where this was going. They know who did what...and knew those around Trump would get picked off one by one, on up the ladder. You can bet that Cohen knew this day was coming. I'm sure McConnell and Ryan and Burr and Nunes (well, maybe he couldn't figure it out on his own and he probably wasn't invited to the insider meetings) and Koch Brothers and those on the House and Senate committees that saw the intelligence. They all know, as do Schiff, Warner, Feinstein, Waters, Smallwell, etc.. The IC knows.
If you had inside information, you aren't surprised. And you probably can guess who could be next. And you probably know how high this could go.
So if the GOP knows this a year ago (probably longer, possibly since 2015)...they have to have been strategizing since. Not just shredding, getting stories straight, sowing doubt about DOJ in the media, getting hard-right justices in as many courts as possible, stepping down from office, etc....but they MUST have a bigger exit strategy in place. They must have a pathway through this frickn' GIANT scandal they know must become public. The BIGGEST political scandal in American history! They aren't just going to cross their fingers. They aren't just going to hope the midterms turn out in their favor. And remember, this isn't just about American politics...this is about the top .1% of criminal oligarchs around the world who have an interest in one of their own running the world's only superpower. There isn't going to be anything left to chance or to the whims of off-year elections. Too much power and money on the line.
I'm thinking for sure that election integrity (lack thereof) is one part of the path for the GOP and Trump. But I continue to think there's a bigger dynamic that will happen regardless of midterm outcomes. Trump is done. Either at the end of his first term, or before. He doesn't want a second term and it's highly unlikely he would get there anyway.
So, as others have said too: With backing of the world's oligarchs, Trump will walk away for a price. He will resign, and Pence will step up. Pence will pardon everyone at the top of the food chain including Trump and will then press the nation to move on from this dark episode. He will fire Sessions and install his own AG who will either scuttle Mueller's investigation or, more likely, sit on the forthcoming Mueller report. They will take their chances with state indictments and possibly go to the RW supreme court to nullify indictments or overturn convictions. The democratic-controlled House will vote to impeach Pence but the Senate will fall just short because there will be more than 32 republican senators who don't want Pelosi to become president if Pence is convicted.
Maybe there's another plan. Don't know, maybe a new war...but I have to think the GOP has a plan as bold or bolder in order to stay as silent as they have and for many of them to avoid jail.
I just hope the Dems have been planning for a year too.
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