Trump asking for Pardons

If there was the sliver of a scintilla of a sniff of solid proof that there was ANYTHING to these ridiculous, tinfoil-hat Russia conspiracy theories, it would have been breaking news on every major news network, then trumpeted 24/7.

There is NOTHING. They will find NOTHING.

The mainstream media is committing suicide before our very eyes. It's a fascinating, but also sad thing to watch. CNN's ratings are below reruns of cartoon shows, and despite all evidence to the contrary, they think that somehow, some way, bashing Trump constantly and relentlessly will somehow improve their stock.

Insanity = Doing the same thing, over and over again, expecting a different outcome.

 

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jennifervanlaar/2017/07/22/fusion-gps-head-to-fight-senate-judiciary-committee-subpoena-n2358478

The plot does indeed thicken. Manafort and Trump Jr. have volunteered to address the Senate committee.

 

Excellent! The quicker people start cooperating the quicker the investigation will go. Now Mueller can go after Trump's tax returns.

 

Well, this is the Senate. And Glenn Simpson, head of Fusion GPS, is not at all cooperating.

 

My understanding is that they will be questioned under oath and behind closed doors by the Judiciary Committee. Maybe something will leak out but we may not hear much of anything about their testimony.

 

All of a sudden Giuliani and Trump are talking about the idea that Trump could pardon himself . . . not that he's guilty of anything . . . but he absolutely could pardon himself . . . for things that he never did . . . but I could if I wanted to . . . absolutely . . . I'm a very good driver . . .

It would become a constitutional issue and so would wind up in the Supreme Court. Accepting a pardon is an admission of guilt so even if it's determined that he can actually pardon himself, he's admitting that he committed crimes and would almost certainly get impeached. He's clearly getting nervous.

 

Perjury trap. If they can get you to talk enough then you will start contradicting your own statements.

But consider this from law professor Glenn Reynolds: Note: If someone — Comey, McCabe, whoever — lied to Trump or his aides about what the FBI was investigating, that was every bit as much a False Statements Act violation as anything Flynn is accused of.

 

All very interesting but entirely unrelated to the topic of pardons.

 

Very true! He is getting nervous!

 

He should get coaching from Hillary, who has extensive experience surviving Benghazi hearings. Designed explicitly as perjury traps.
Of course, I'm not sure her technique would work for someone who's actually guilty.

That's neither here nor there. Assuming he's right, OK, sure; moreover, hypothetically, if Comey or McCabe mugged someone at knife point near ATM on their way to work, they'd be guilty of assault and robbery. This is a statement as true as it is useless.

 

What I want to know is, given Kushner's involvement in the infamous Trump Tower meeting, how exactly did he finally get his security clearance and kept work at the WH? seems like POTUS-In-Law pulled a string of two.

 

Guilty of what?

 

Who, hypothetical someone? Can be anything. Say, obstruction of justice.

 

There has obviously been no obstruction of justice.

 

As the investigation remains active and no report has been written there can be no conclusion as to possible charges. That's the only thing that's "obvious."

 

My only goal was to postulate that an innocent person might find it easier to survive a perjury trap. But if you want to exchange opinions on Donald J. Trump, fine. IMHO, regardless of whether he'll be charged with such, there's obviously obstruction of justice. In fact, they continue to do it. His whole operation is also obviously way too intimate with various foreign interests to be a cause of concern for anyone paying attention. Again, it's true whether or not anyone goes to jail.

 

In fact, I am not completely sincere: not only goal. Other goal was to remind how Hillary R. Clinton was cleared of all wrongdoing by many, many probes. Unlike, eg. the guy who used to operate a fraudulent "university". Allegedly.

 

I can’t wait for Trump four-years to be over. It pains me to say it, but he is an idiot. So much valuable presidential time is wasted on nonsense.