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LudwigPastorius
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LudwigPastorius's Journal
January 31, 2018
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This would truly be the tipping point into all-out autocracy. ...the end of our democratic system of checks and balances.
Trump Considering Bringing Charges Against Robert Mueller -NBC News
https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2018-state-of-the-union-address/state-donald-trump-he-thinks-it-couldn-t-be-better-n842501But Trump who trusts no one, or at least no one for long has now decided that he must have an alternative strategy that does not involve having Justice Department officials fire Mueller.
"I think he's been convinced that firing Mueller would not only create a firestorm, it would play right into Mueller's hands," said another friend, "because it would give Mueller the moral high ground."
Instead, as is now becoming plain, the Trump strategy is to discredit the investigation and the FBI without officially removing the leadership. Trump is even talking to friends about the possibility of asking Attorney General Jeff Sessions to consider prosecuting Mueller and his team.
"Here's how it would work: 'We're sorry, Mr. Mueller, you won't be able to run the federal grand jury today because he has to go testify to another federal grand jury,'" said one Trump adviser.
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This would truly be the tipping point into all-out autocracy. ...the end of our democratic system of checks and balances.
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