'Insurmountable': Morning Joe says Trump's Russia lies may have already sunk his presidency

[DonViejo]

DAVID EDWARDS
20 FEB 2017 AT 09:48 ET

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough on Monday suggested that it may already be too late for Donald Trump to save his presidency due to the “insurmountable” Russian scandal.

Reflecting on a Reuters report about three separate Justice Department investigations into Trump’s ties to Russia, Scarborough compared the scandal to President Bill Clinton’s impeachment.

“You actually look at Donald Trump saying, ‘I have not had any ties with Russia, I’ve had no business dealings with Russia,'” the MSNBC host observed. “And he just says that point blank. I think, these stories that come out, I think the political problems that follow — if there are all these front businesses — are insurmountable.”

According to Reuters, the FBI has opened at least three investigations related to Russia’s meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. The Pittsburgh field office is looking into breaches of the Democratic National Committee’s computer systems and the San Francisco office is probing emails that were stolen from Clinton campaign manager John Podesta.

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http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/insurmountable-morning-joe-says-trumps-russia-lies-may-have-already-sunk-his-presidency/

[get the red out]

1. Still an asshole

He compares Trump to Clinton, like there can be any comparison between collusion with a foreign power and extra-marital sex.

[TrekLuver]

12. The reason he compared them is because they both lied.

[Cha]

14. There's still no comparison.

[TrekLuver]

16. The offense is no comparison...yes.

[tazkcmo]

2. Still waiting

I'm still waiting to hear Joe's explanation of a dead intern in his office. Until then, all I hear is Blah blah blah.

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. so screwing our country - the world - is the same as screwing....aw, forget it.

Different day, same asshole

[kimbutgar]

4. Couldn't Sessions just shut down these investigations now since he is in charge?

[grantcart]

7. No. There is various firewalls that separate non political

career prosecutors from the AG and the President. That is why sometimes people on the left decrying President Obama's lack of action on individual cases didn't understand the structural limitations.

For example in the famous case of the Saturday Night Massacre Nixon could fire the AG but he couldn't fire the special prosecutor or stop the office from continuing.

[kimbutgar]

9. Thanks

[Kingofalldems]

5. If Trump has a few good days Joe and his girlfriend will jump

right back on board the Trump train. They played this same scene back in the campaign last summer.

[OnDoutside]

10. +1 Exactly to the point.

[Cryptoad]

6. Poor Joe,,,,

always frying to figure out which way the wind blowing,,,,,,,, Go Fuck urself Joe!

[OnDoutside]

11. And a hypocrite, to still bring up Bill Clinton's affairs while not mentioning his own sordid past.

[dalton99a]

8. More bullshit from the Trump fanboy

[Tanuki]

13. Trump applies his "if you're a star, they let you do it" credo to any situation

in which he feels like transgressing. It is about to catch up with him.

[BumRushDaShow]

15. They had enough on him to sink him during the primaries

but scum like Morning Schmo and Mika bathed him in teflon.