What If Trump Fires Mueller/Pardons All The Principals & GOP Just Stands By Him?

[TheMastersNemesis]

It is possible that Trump could fire the investigators, Sessions and pardon all the people involved in Russiagate. And the GOP could also just stay silent or support him. Then where is the country were this kind of situation develop.

[Chasstev365]

1. Then 2018 will be a referendum on if American Democracy continues.

[dhol82]

5. If he does manage to do that

Will there be elections in 2018?

[Cosmocat]

16. This

2018 is the last stand.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

20. By 2018 Kobach will have finished his Great Voter Purge

and only Republicans will be allowed to vote.

Make America White Again!

[rzemanfl]

2. There would be an immediate shortage of pitchforks and torches and the run on

tar and feathers would threaten road work and the pillow industry.

[dchill]

3. +1000!

[Sanity Claws]

10. You took the words right out of my fingertips

The GOP already think their constituent meetings are tough to handle. Wait till they see what follows that.

[rzemanfl]

12. Then I'm going to blame your fingertips for my leaving the last e off of immediate.

[The_jackalope]

4. Then he still has to deal with Schneiderman.

But firing Rosenstein and then Mueller would trigger a massive crisis well before that. Much worse than 1974.

[no_hypocrisy]

6. That would be foolish as Sessions will likely have put together

his own dossier on Trump to "leak" to the media.

You don't fool with Southern Boys!

[C_U_L8R]

8. That's intriguing

Does the AG have any power to go after Trump (besides leaking and whistleblowing)?

[SHRED]

7. We'd be a dictatorship

[spanone]

9. they show no sign of holding him to any standards at all. it would not surprise me.

[Stuart G]

11. I don't think all, of the GOP will stand by him..

Most will, but some won't. Why do I say this?..If/when that happens, there will be an uproar beyond what we have seen...and some in the elephant party will not go along..Why?...because that action is wrong...totally wrong.

This bill to take down the ACA was wrong. If was hurtful and kills. Similarly, firing Mueller is also dangerous and awful...So, let's see, will Senator Flake support this ? After Drumpf has gone after Flake?..

There are others, who will not stand by the Con if/when this happens. Not many, but some in the GOP know the truth about Drumpf...Because the truth is so obvious and clear...That is what I believe...

[MedusaX]

13. Does not matter...NYAG can proceed w/RICO at state level & POTUS can't pardon state stuff.

Plus.. no Presidential immunity from prosecution for crimes committed before inauguration
And RICO would have lots of 'before' acts....

[Sanity Claws]

15. RICO is a federal statute

And Trump could be pardoned by that.
My guess is that NYAG will pursue a state law action.

[Hoyt]

17. If a state AG needs 12 votes to convict Trump, he/she will never find such a jury.

Too many ignorant white wingers in this country to imagine a jury that won't have at least one deplorable on the panel who'll stand up for Trump, the great white hope.

[yallerdawg]

14. Trump cannot fire Mueller.

A replacement for Sessions would have to get through Senate confirmation - and you can be firing would be a major issue!

Nixon tried this end around similarly - and it was another nail in his impending impeachment.

[CanonRay]

18. Then basically we're screwed

and this is no longer a Democratic Republic. That'll make it official.

[nikibatts]

19. You mean, what if nothing changes?