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Augiedog

(2,546 posts) Wed Nov 7, 2018, 05:48 PM Nov 2018

If Mueller is interfered with by the new acting attorney general you can bet that Mueller will be

one of the first people interviewed by the new house Intelligence Committee. Trump may be able to obstruct justice temporarily, it will not hold, he will be heard.

This firing will just make the case for impeaching trump that much easier.

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If Mueller is interfered with by the new acting attorney general you can bet that Mueller will be (Original Post) Augiedog Nov 2018 OP

And then what? We can't convict him in the Senate. Demsrule86 Nov 2018 #1

The Senate doesn't need Trump Turbineguy Nov 2018 #3

They won't...too afraid of his base...pipe dream I am afraid..although I would be great. Demsrule86 Nov 2018 #4

remember - impeachment is a political process based on opinions, while indictment is... CincyDem Nov 2018 #2

Demsrule86

(68,556 posts)

1. And then what? We can't convict him in the Senate.

Reply to Augiedog (Original post)

Wed Nov 7, 2018, 05:52 PM

Nov 2018

Turbineguy

(37,324 posts)

3. The Senate doesn't need Trump

Reply to Demsrule86 (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 7, 2018, 05:55 PM

Nov 2018

They can do their work with Pence.

Demsrule86

(68,556 posts)

4. They won't...too afraid of his base...pipe dream I am afraid..although I would be great.

Reply to Turbineguy (Reply #3)

Wed Nov 7, 2018, 06:24 PM

Nov 2018

CincyDem

(6,356 posts)

2. remember - impeachment is a political process based on opinions, while indictment is...

Reply to Augiedog (Original post)

Wed Nov 7, 2018, 05:52 PM

Nov 2018

...a judicial process based on facts.

With this move, Trump is laying groundwork to move the venue from fact based to opinion based. While the House can investigate and discover and connect dots and impeach, and and...what the CAN NOT do is indict. That's a DOJ function and you can be damn sure that without Mueller, you've seen the last indictment in this administration.

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