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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,198 posts)
Wed May 29, 2019, 11:30 AM May 2019

I remember Fitzmas.

Fitzmas was when we all expected Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald to criminally charge Karl Rove as it pertained to the unmasking of CIA agent Valerie Plame.

That never happened. All we got was Scooter Libby (Cheney's chief of staff), whose sentence was ultimately commuted by Bush and then pardoned by Trump.

The thing was, with Fitzmas, the best we really could have expected was Rove and maybe Cheney if we were lucky. I don't think the scandal would have touched Bush himself.

This is a much, much, much bigger story than Fitzmas could ever dream to be that goes to the very heart of the Presidency itself. And Mueller is no leaving us high and dry when it comes to impeachment. He basically laid it all out in his report, and has expressly refused to exonerate Trump.

Bottom line: This is not Fitzmas. Don't even bother to compare the two. Apples to Oranges.

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I remember Fitzmas. (Original Post) Tommy_Carcetti May 2019 OP
This is big, but Fitzmas was too. Fitzmas was an investigation in to the lies told to kill Hoyt May 2019 #1
This is not Fitzmas.... everyone is entitled to their opinions Fullduplexxx May 2019 #2
 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
1. This is big, but Fitzmas was too. Fitzmas was an investigation in to the lies told to kill
Wed May 29, 2019, 11:37 AM
May 2019

hundreds of thousand innocent Iraqi and 6,000 of our guys.

The Russian investigation is big too, don't get me wrong. But, Mueller is leaving us high and dry. All he just said was what was in Barr's March 4 page letter. That did not spur an Impeachment effort and I doubt today's announcement will help. In fact, I think it provides more cover for trump and Barr.

The only thing positive is that it might help that Mueller said on TV that Russia interfered in our election and Congress is the ultimate decider on Obstruction. But, Barr's letter said the same thing, and nothing happened.

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