Anyone consider that Trump might try Putin tactics to handle the situation?

[Kablooie]

Critical witnesses and/or prosecutors might start having a string of lethal accidents thereby crippling the case against Trump.

You think, 'this would be crazy and it can't happen here'?

Trump being elected president was crazy and could never happen here.
I rest my case.

[rurallib]

1. There seems to be no limit with Trump, so it is possible

plus it looks like he has some believers who would help him out.

It is just that they are so incompetent......

[jalan48]

2. It's crossed my mind. A disconsolate witness committing "suicide".

[Irish_Dem]

4. I wondered about this too. Can they get away with it here in the US?

Witnesses dying one by one, like in Russia.

[jalan48]

7. I think it would be more to send a message. Keep quiet, go to prison and you will live.

[Irish_Dem]

18. That would certainly send a message. But the best way to keep a witness quiet is the Putin method.

[Kablooie]

11. With Republicans in control, not only get away, but it would be cheered.

[Irish_Dem]

19. They have certainly gotten away with it in the past. nt

[doc03]

3. Anything is possible with this nutcase nt

[jberryhill]

5. Id advise they stay away from the middle of Fifth Avenue

[LuvLoogie]

6. He has neither the stones nor the juice. Putin is a legit master criminal.

Trump has never made his own way. Nobody would ever follow such an order from him.

[Kablooie]

13. For enough money they might.

Though if the assassin was caught and Trump were exposed, well, Republicans would blame Hillary so Trump would come out alright.

[ecstatic]

8. Hopefully all 3 of the suspects are well protected

We've already seen at least one suspicious death.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/report-peter-smith-clinton-emails-dead-by-suicide/

[Sedona]

9. What about Peter W Smith?

Peter W. Smith https://g.co/kgs/QycUgq

Smith died on May 14, 2017 in a Rochester, Minnesota hotel room. He had checked into the hotel, which is near the Mayo Clinic, the day after speaking to the Wall Street Journal.[13] Nine days later he was found with a bag over his head that was attached to a helium source. Medical records list Smith's cause of death as "asphyxiation due to displacement of oxygen in confined space with helium." Police discovered a suicide note by Smith that stated that "no foul play whatsoever" was involved in his death, and that he was in poor health and that his life insurance policy was expiring.[1][14]

[malaise]

10. No

I dare him

[brooklynite]

12. Alerted

There's enough to go after Trump on; baseless conspiracy theories are uncalled for.

[Kablooie]

14. It hasn't happened but I hope there is hard security around everyone involved 24 hours a day.

[Honeycombe8]

15. He may have a past history of business dealings with mobsters, one of them a Russian.

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/05/donald-trump-2016-mob-organized-crime-213910

If that's true, making someone go away may be possible. But of course, he would be the first suspect, so it would be risky. But Putin does this sort of thing well.

I don't really think murder is in his DNA. But if he has the connections, and he's cornered and scared...it's at least a possibility. IF there's evidence he did anything illegal; we haven't seen any direct evidence yet.

[uponit7771]

16. One critical witness has already "killed himself"

[Nevernose]

17. Except it wouldnt be Putin tactics

It would have to actually be Putin’s people, sent by Putin. He’s the only real mobster Trump is in tight with that might have the motivation to extend themselves like that.

Even then, it would have to be a last resort. Putin still has people killed — you can’t go more than a few months without reading about a new victim — but at this point it’s usually people that have embarrassed him, and usually after the fact. Putin sends warnings to the next people, but doesn’t really have to protect himself anymore.

So I’d think someone would need information capable of hurting Russia in some way. It would have to be bigger than what we’ve already seen, because apparently the US isn’t going to do shit about the election interference.