Tuesday, November 20, 2018
America has never seen an abuse of power like this, like Donald Trump attempted.
This is what dictators do. An extrodinary abuse of power to want to make the DoJ prosecute his opponent and the former director of the FBI. Unheard of in the history of the United States!
Who are the people who still support this renegade outlaw, traitorous president?
New York Times:
WASHINGTON — President Trump told the White House counsel in the spring that he wanted to order the Justice Department to prosecute two of his political adversaries: his 2016 challenger, Hillary Clinton, and the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey, according to two people familiar with the conversation.
The lawyer, Donald F. McGahn II, rebuffed the president, saying that he had no authority to order a prosecution. Mr. McGahn said that while he could request an investigation, that too could prompt accusations of abuse of power. To underscore his point, Mr. McGahn had White House lawyers write a memo for Mr. Trump warning that if he asked law enforcement to investigate his rivals, he could face a range of consequences, including possible impeachment.
The encounter was one of the most blatant examples yet of how Mr. Trump views the typically independent Justice Department as a tool to be wielded against his political enemies. It took on additional significance in recent weeks when Mr. McGahn left the White House and Mr. Trump appointed a relatively inexperienced political loyalist, Matthew G. Whitaker, as the acting attorney general.
It is unclear whether Mr. Trump read Mr. McGahn’s memo or whether he pursued the prosecutions further. But the president has continued to privately discuss the matter, including the possible appointment of a second special counsel to investigate both Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Comey, according to two people who have spoken to Mr. Trump about the issue. He has also repeatedly expressed disappointment in the F.B.I. director, Christopher A. Wray, for failing to more aggressively investigate Mrs. Clinton, calling him weak, one of the people said.
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Hugh Hewitt tried to explain it away by saying Trump was just spouting off, he didn't mean it. Katy Tur didn't let him get away with that. She said we've all seen and heard him say these things.
We've seen it before... a president trying to use the DOJ as his own personal protection force. I think it was... yes, it's on the tip of my tongue... got it! Richard Nixon. The only president in US history to resign in disgrace under a cloud of suspicion. Literally for the high crime and misdemeanor of using the DOJ to obstruct justice.
That won't happen this time though... because the current GOP is populated by eels... spineless eels. There's not a Howard Baker in the bunch. Not a one.
Dave, I'm still astounded by Trump's cultists who continue to support him. We know that if President Obama had done one one/hundreth of these things, the right wingers would be out with pitchforks and torches, calling for his head on a plate. Trump's cultists are showing the same attitude Trump has shown toward the Saudis and their blood-soaked hands. Both dismiss unconscionable behavior in the service of getting what they want.
Now we hear that a US president tried to use the DoJ to prosecute his rivals.
Trump has gone from Nixonian to Stalinist.
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