Robert Mueller Has the President Cornered - GQ
But do not confuse the presence of power for the absence of fear.
The president is terrified of Robert Mueller right now. The Washington Post reported on Monday that the special counsel's office recently floated the prospect of issuing a subpoena to Trump. Although a prosecutor's ability to compel the testimony of a sitting president is an unresolved legal question, losing this argument would leave him with three options: He lies, opening himself up to perjury charges; he tells the truth, torpedoing his administration; or he starts firing people to try and save himself from having to pick between those first two deeply unpleasant options. There are no other escape routes left.
The sudden "retirement" of Ty Cobb on Tuesday—the second Trump lawyer to quit in the past six weeks—and the hiring of Clinton impeachment counsel Emmet Flood in his stead are not the moves of a man who believes himself on the verge of bringing a sham investigation to a close. They are acknowledgements that the coming fight is likely to be about process, not substance. The president is acting like a cornered animal, and if a date with a grand jury ever goes on the calendar—and as long as he believes he has the ability to get rid of Robert Mueller—it's hard to imagine Donald Trump deciding not to exercise it first.
For the first time in the year that has elapsed since Mueller's appointment, the Russia investigation is not a vague, obnoxious thorn in the side of the Trump presidency. It constitutes a specific and existential threat.
https://www.gq.com/story/mueller-corners-trump-subpoena
Giuliani's arrival makes sense to me now.
He is there as the Trump whisperer, to rein Trump in when he starts undermining Emmett Flood, to keep Flood from quitting when Trump does what he always does.
Flood vs. Mueller is going to be an epic battle for the history books.
Buckle up.
"May you live in interesting times."
- Chinese curse
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Chased out the blue linkys gremlin!
I think I got the op link working now!
It is, imo, an excellent read!
From GQ, and a great post from you!
But thanks!!