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Originally Posted by Mick
Well over 12 months later and still nothing concrete, not that Mueller himself is legitimately qualified to investigate. Many times, it's been said, Mueller has breached the 'conflict of interest clause', being a good friend of James Comey for a start and then bringing in a grand jury, some of those said to be Obama/Hillary Clinton supporters and donors. Hardly seems fair and impartial does it ?
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You know what the House, Senate, FBI and special investigator investigations have turned up so far? It was made very clear that this process would run for a long time.
I'm not sure how the House investigation is going, though, given Trump transition staffer Devin Nunes' determined attempts to undermine it having potentially released classified information then 'recused' himself.
Anyone who has a political opinion is disqualified from any job involving a politician? That's the vast majority of the United States excluded.
For your comments most of the US Congress, including the GOP, disagree regarding Mueller and seem to consider him fine. The only people I can see firing off accusations of bias seem to be Trump supporters. I appreciate the ongoing effort to discredit any US institution that Trump doesn't like or that doesn't do as he says however in this case apart from his base he has little support. If there are issues with the work that is produced they can then be taken up however being worried that due to bias Mueller may investigate too much doesn't work.
If he's done nothing wrong he's going to be fine.
Talking of Russia, though, when is Trump going to implement those sanctions that were voted through on a veto-proof majority?
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Originally Posted by Mick
As for them looking in to the extent of the Pardoning power. There are those in congress who have tried and failed to scale back it's power. But as some may know. A President cannot be indicted while in office, they have to be impeached first, which takes a lot of time and effort. Said this before, the Constitution was not written to make it easy to remove a sitting President from office.
So while the argument is, President cannot pardon himself, if removed from office, he just gets his running mate to do it once he's sworn in to office, like Nixon's running mate did for him upon Nixon's resignation. But let's not forget he has to have committed a crime first or abused his Presidential powers.
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I imagine a bunch of legal experts , including constitutional lawyers, are aware of this.
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Lots of Republicans in the Rust Belt, had to put up with Obama for 8 years, unless Mueller has something solid on Trump and something spectacular happens for the Democrats, in the upcoming mid terms, Donald will be with us until 2021, or 2025 if he is voted in for another term.
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Yeah, those years of economic growth, increased access to healthcare, the actions that saved the US car industry, the over 6 straight years of private sector job growth, etc, must have been a real torment.
https://tericarter.wordpress.com/201...g-under-obama/
I'm sure the GOP are looking forward to him blaming them for all his failings in 2021 if he were still in office. Steve Bannon seems to think he has a 30% chance of completing his full term.