BE PREPARED: Trump might try to fire Mueller this weekend

[DesertRat]

[madaboutharry]

1. I will go downtown to the Capital building.

I know I will find others there.

[DesertRat]

6. Same here. nt

[Kath2]

2. I'll be there.

Peaceful protest. Everyone be visible.

[Satch59]

3. Rosenstein has to fire him I thought?

And I heard Mueller's former assistant on CNN saying that Rosenstein had to sign off on the charges or not dispute them so that's been done... Doubt Rosenstein would agree to fire him.

[ChoppinBroccoli]

4. Earlier Today, I Thought Him Bringing Up The Hillary Thing Was Just His Cover

Trump is going to say that the fact that Mueller was "in bed" with Hillary makes him not an impartial party, and therefore he has NO CHOICE but to fire him. I think that's why all this BS about the uranium and the dossier have started coming out in the last few days. He was laying the groundwork to label Mueller as a "Hillary stooge" and then fire him on that basis.

[DesertRat]

7. I think you're right. nt

[Nevernose]

15. Ahhhh, shit. Thats entirely plausible.

The real question at this point, for me, at least: why did the judge wait out the weekend for the arrest? If it was anyone else, there would have already been a frog march.

My guess is that “they” are hoping that “other stuff” happens over the weekend and all of this goes away.

[Pacifist Patriot]

46. Here's my guess.

The person or persons being arrested have already been informed. The weekend is being spent negotiating the details of two things. 1) How, where, and when they will turn themselves in. Logistics stuff in other words. 2) The deal where they get some degree of leniency for providing evidence against bigger fish about to be fried.

[uponit7771]

37. +1

[msongs]

5. one suspects the trump mob already knows what indictments against who nt

[IronLionZion]

8. Mueller facing new Republican pressure to resign in Russia probe

It's not satire, it's Fox News

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/10/27/mueller-facing-new-republican-pressure-to-resign-in-russia-probe.html

[uponit7771]

38. Oh wow WTF

[IronLionZion]

41. RW idiots are claiming Mueller was colluding with Russia and Hillary the whole time

So that means Mueller definitely has found something good

[uponit7771]

44. +1

[L. Coyote]

9. BE PREPARED: Trump might resign this weekend

Trump might "try to" fire Mueller this weekend? Trump can't fire Mueller. He doesn't have the authority to fire Mueller.

[DesertRat]

11. Hope you're right and Trump resigns.

But I doubt it.

[Honeycombe8]

30. They mean he'll order it.nt

[LenaBaby61]

10. And DesertRat ...

The treasonous ass could also start a war with North Korea unfortunately.

And, whose to stop him

[DesertRat]

13. Hope it's all hands on deck at the WH Adult Daycare center this weekend!

[LenaBaby61]

16. Hope it's all hands on deck at the WH Adult Daycare center this weekend!

IKR

[workinclasszero]

12. OH F**K!

Will Bone Spur act out with his inner Hitler this weekend???

Gee a nuclear sneak attack on NK would take this huge breaking news right off the front page eh?

[MontanaMama]

14. Doesn't Rosenstein

have to be the one to fire Mueller? I'd he refuses to do it and Dotard fires him and moves down the food chain to whom? I should have researched this... Never thought we'd actually be here.

[Honeycombe8]

27. Did Congress not pass that bill prohibiting firing Special Counsel w/o Congressional review?

I looked it up. It was introduced, but no action taken.

[MontanaMama]

29. I didn't think it passed but

I might be mistaken. However, congress can't seem to find its ass with both hands these days...hope it isn't up to them.

[Honeycombe8]

31. I checked. The bill didn't pass but is still open. Not much support, looks like. nt

[MontanaMama]

34. Thanks for taking the time

to look it up. At least it hasn't failed...I wish Mueller had some protection. It'll be an interesting weekend to be sure.

[LudwigPastorius]

17. I don't think so.

Trump will, however, warm up his pardon pen.

Fortunately, this won't help Manafort with the state charges that New York AG Schneiderman will file against him.

[Hornedfrog1985]

23. It might not just be ny

Trump is in so deep

[More_Cowbell]

18. I wonder why they released this story on a Friday

Wouldn't it have been better to just charge people in the morning and actually arrest them that day, instead of giving Trump the weekend to try to fire Mueller or at least rile up his base?

[Hornedfrog1985]

19. Because

They felt they had to do it now, or they had no control of when it came out. Something tells me that they felt they needed to do this now. Mueller has ears everywhere im sure.

[WinkyDink]

39. To change the media topic, stop the FOX "uranium" wildfire, and get ahead of leaks. NOW the traitors

have to get serious about reality and abandon their propaganda.

The CRIMINALS, if not the Deplorables, know what they've done. THEY don't believe the lies of FOX and SHS!

The CRIMINALS, if not the Deplorables, know the danger they face from Mueller. They know they can't depend on Trump to pardon them.

The CRIMINALS know they need to spend some quality time with their lawyers, not with the media.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

43. "abandon their propaganda"? Nah. They double down. . . . nt

[workinclasszero]

21. Maybe they want to see who runs?

[Honeycombe8]

22. It doesn't matter to a criminal indictment if the base is riled up.

But he COULD try to fire Mueller. The charges have been filed, though. Firing Mueller would hamper the investigation tremendously going forward.

Firing Mueller would create a constitutional crisis, as others have mentioned. But didn't Congress pass a bill requiring Congressional review before Prez can fire a special counsel?

[Honeycombe8]

26. That it's Friday...maybe to keep the news on it down.

Mueller would know this would be explosive.

Why not do it on same day as arrest...that's a good question. He must think there's no risk of flight. Or maybe the guy knows he's going to be charged, so he has the weekend to prepare?

[Nevernose]

32. A few theories:

1. That someone in DC is stupid enough to believe that there’s a chance Trump will resign before he is shamed.
2. Judge is blackmailed, extorted, or on the take.
2a. Judge is politically ambitious.
3. Mueller’s got nothing worthwhile.
4. Mueller’s got something, but it’s obvious Trump/GOP will dismiss it instantly.
5. Mueller asked judge to wait, as a strategy to put pressure on people to flip.
6. Manafort, Flynn, Page, combination. They’re not going anywhere.
7. Stupidity
8. Mueller broke protocol, bypassed superiors, and this is judge’s practical compromise
9. A hundred other things I can’t even brainstorm.

[Skittles]

35. make a lot of people sweat

[IronLionZion]

45. So people will panic and make mistakes

whoever squirms is probably guilty of something and should be investigated more closely

Just my $0.02

[doc03]

20. Well they say if he fires Mueller there would be a Constitutional

Crisis? WTF does that mean? The Republicans are going to back him no matter what.

[Honeycombe8]

24. A lawsuit going to the Supreme Court.

Yes, the S.Ct. is conservative. But remember...however they rule, that will hold for all Presidents of either party in the future. In any case, that would decide a constitutional crisis.

[doc03]

28. The Republicans own the SC and no as long as they control the SC I don't think

they would rule the same for a Democrat.

[Honeycombe8]

33. You could be right. Then again, their ruling would apply to all Presidents for all time.

I know how Thomas and the new guy would vote. Roberts and Kennedy - don't know.

[WinkyDink]

40. Not necessarily. In Bush v. Gore, the SCOTUS declared sui generis, setting no precedent.

[George II]

25. Saturday night massacre?

trump can't do it. Rosenstein won't do it. Who's next in line? Can trump channel Bork?

[Xolodno]

36. Friday night news drop on this is...

...I dare you to get someone to fire me on Saturday night like Nixon.

Trump is going to go ape shit more than usual, that's for sure. But everyone around him is going to say, fire him and you may as well start writing your resignation letter. And this puts a GOP controlled Congress in a huge bind...they know full well, they cut funding for the investigation...they look complicit. And its not just a Federal Investigation, but also a state one, so if a state proceeds, a few more Congress people may as well state they aren't running for re-election.

They knew this was coming...someone had to call and say "do you have any comment to make on a story we are about to break on Mueller indicting..." Hence the Uranium and release the JFK files... A desperate attempt to bury the coming story.

[mnmoderatedem]

42. ill advised

would be extremely messy both logistically and politically. Would need to go the Nixon/Cox route, and who knows HOW many he would have to go through before someone was willing to do the dirty deed of firing Mueller, plus the political fallout would be off the charts. I mean waiting to fire Mueller until after the indictments start falling would make the motive obvious even to Trump supporters right?

I know I know, too much credit.