Prediction: Mueller will get fired

[Quemado]

per Douglas Christian on the Thom Hartmann show October 31, 2017.

I agree. Trump is all about the outrageous. Congressional Republicans have all but surrendered to Trumpism. No articles of impeachment after Mueller is fired.

[unblock]

1. i can't see him not trying. more a question of when, not if.

then the question is, how many ag's and/or deputy ag's will he have to go through until he finds his bork.

[NightWatcher]

2. Is Hartmann still cashing RT checks?

Russia wants confusion and disarray in the US and will use all their tools to get it.

[moda253]

11. I believe he left there.

[rurallib]

22. he left RT at the end of September

[jodymarie aimee]

3. couldn't we just have more than 1 GOOD day here?

then we take to the streets, every darn one of us.

[grantcart]

24. lol you are aware that this is DU right?

[Freethinker65]

4. Not yet. They need to time it right or all hell breaks lose

If they can distract a bit with the “Hillary/DNC are eviler” nonsense and things look from the outside like the Mueller Investigation is stalled, they will say they are pulling the plug to save taxpayers money (never mind the hypocrisy with the whitewater investigations, Benghazi investigations, etc.). Time to move on and MAGA.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. How many times has that been predicted?

I think that Trump can't directly fire him, but would have to get the Attorney General to do so. Of course Sessions would probably do so, unlike what happened in 1973 (the Saturday Night Massacre. Google it if you don't already know what that was.) But firing Mueller would cause every bit of an uproar as the SNM, which would mean a clear path to removing Trump from office or his resignation.

[Hoyt]

6. 1000 Xs. Legal or not, I think it is bit late to fire Mueller and repercussions would be severe.

[lagomorph777]

25. Mueller has planted legal and digital mines everywhere.

Turd has no idea how this will blow up in his face if he tries it.

Cancelled checks written to the pee-prostititutes.
All his secret accounts in Cyprus suddenly drained.
Tax returns published in full.
A flood of indictments flowing from every blue state.

[NewJeffCT]

7. Sessions is reportedly recused

so, would not be able to fire Mueller, I believe.

I think it would fall to Rosenstein and then down the line if Rosenstein refused.

[Orrex]

12. I predict that this will be predicted again

There are basically four possible results:

1. Mueller resigns
2. Mueller is fired/transferred
3. Mueller dies
4. Mueller completes his investigation

Of those, #3 is probably most unlikely, with #1 close behind. Of the remaining options, and given Trump's utterly unhinged demeanor, #2 is a reasonable conclusion easily made by anyone with a functioning brainstem.

In short, I am not impressed by people "predicting" that Mueller will be fired. Doug Christian can go jump in a lake.

[Baconator]

13. #4 with a few little fish getting destroyed...

A couple of mid-tier types getting slaps on the hand...

Trump remains and gets by on legal technicalities...

... and a whole bunch of media news cycles that end up accomplishing nothing.

[Orrex]

16. As I have noted previously...

If Mueller can't get Trump, then I would prefer that the investigation never happened in the first place.

If Trump survives, then he'll be absolutely invulnerable for the remainder of his term, and he'll be crowing about his amazing victory until ten years after he's dead in the ground.

[Baconator]

18. Trump will be here for his whole term....

... And I suspect the next one.

Prepare yourself...

[bronxiteforever]

27. Nah

[Saboburns]

15. Only the Executive Branch may hire or terminate a Special Prosecutor

Since 1978 neither the Legislative nor Judicial Branches have any power regarding Special Prosecutors. All power rests solely in the Executive Branch.

Since 1978 only Attorneys General, or Acting Attorneys General, have hired a or terminated Special Prosecutors.

Nobody really knows what would happen if a POTUS would fire one. Because there is no Legislation on Special Prosecutors. None. Not since 1999.

Its why whenever this situation is brought up the answer is always, "Well it would cause a Constitutional Crisis".

It would be a Constitutional Crisis because the Constitution can offer no answer to this problem.

[bluepen]

23. Congress can appoint a Special Prosecutor.

The law you’re referencing expired in 1999.

Congress could pass a law appointing one. But we know THIS Congress wouldn’t.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/5/10/15609794/independent-russia-trump-investigation-special-prosecutor

[Kaleva]

8. Mueller, being a civil servant, would not be easy to fire.

They'd have to show just cause.

[Jim__]

9. I don't think Trump can help himself.

He'll have to fire Mueller.

Trump colluded with the Russians. He knows it. Mueller knows it. Trump knows Mueller knows it. Trump knows that Mueller will eventually prove it.

The die is cast.

[bluestarone]

14. yep

[Baconator]

19. In the end...

...I think there will be proof that it happened but they won't get past a specific legal standard.

[R B Garr]

10. Thom Hartmann needs to show us his taxes. How much money does he get

from Russia? Put up or shut up.

[brooklynite]

17. Am I supposed to know who Douglas Christian is?

[coolsandy]

20. Ahhhh...but we will wait for a Des Congress and Presidency and file charges in retrospect.

[onecent]

21. Mueller will stick through this ALL OF IT IT.....

[C_U_L8R]

26. Trump will only dig himself into a deeper hole

Even if it means waiting for the next Democratic congress, justice will prevail.

[LanternWaste]

28. This and 'Fitzmas' seemed to be the trendy prophecies over the past week.

This and 'Fitzmas' seemed to be the trendy prophecies over the past week or so.

Though the tea-leaves didn't work out quite as planned for the clairvoyants and palm readers of yesterday's 'nothingburger,' as that particular ground beef sandwich was filled with deliciously grilled red meat.

I'd hazard this unsupported guess will end the same... not with a bang, but with people hoping their failed predictions are lost in the interwebs.

[marylandblue]

29. It will come down to the courts

Mueller can only be fired "for cause." A straight firing without a showing of cause, will result in immediate reinstatement. A made up cause will take a little longer, but same result. In either case, the investigation continues even without Mueller.

In the end, firing Mueller would trump firing Comey as the worst political blunder in political history.

[PubliusEnigma]

30. It's too late for that, now.

[leon8822]

31. As Joe Madison says Please Please fire Mueller Trump

[Stinky The Clown]

32. RT Thom, huh?

What's next, Sputnik links?