December 31, 2018--New Year Nightmare
On Sunday Rudy said that it's time for Mueller "to put up or shut up."
He went on to say that there is no credible evidence that Trump or any of his people knowingly colluded with the Russians. And, by the way he reminded us, collusion is not a crime. So, again, put up or shut up.
My snappy first reaction was that the person who should be doing the shutting up is Rudy himself . . . and his client.
My second reaction, my nightmare is--what happens if Giuliani turns out to be right??
We thus far have little direct evidence from the Mueller investigation. Even the most liberal, anti-Trump commentators acknowledge this. They do point out, though, that the dozens of indictments, guilty pleas, and jailings speak for themselves--there is something very rotten in Trumpworld. There is both fire and smoke.
But, I am feeling forced to consider, isn't it responsible to consider the possibility that Mueller may not have enough to force a Trump resignation or a congressional impeachment?
I haven't been sleeping well lately and my exhaustion may be overwhelming my ability to reason, but . . .
So I took a long nap and awoke from it calmed down and thinking more clearly.
Putting together all the evidence we in fact have there is a strong case to be made that not only was there collusion (admittedly not a federal crime) but a felonious conspiracy to work with the Russians to rig the 2016 election and enough felonious obstruction of justice to impeach Trump and indict him even while he is in office.
(The Justice Department finding that sitting presidents cannot be indicted has never been litigated by the Supreme Court, so if Mueller, as I suspect he will, wants to take that step even this current Supreme Court--with Roberts as the potential swing vote--might very well allow that. "No one is above the law" is carved in precedent as well as in the very Vermont-quarried marble of the Supreme Court building itself.)
I suspect that Mueller will "put up" early in the new year and that Trump minimally, like Nixon, will be cited as an unindicted co-conspirator
Yet then . . .
He went on to say that there is no credible evidence that Trump or any of his people knowingly colluded with the Russians. And, by the way he reminded us, collusion is not a crime. So, again, put up or shut up.
My snappy first reaction was that the person who should be doing the shutting up is Rudy himself . . . and his client.
My second reaction, my nightmare is--what happens if Giuliani turns out to be right??
We thus far have little direct evidence from the Mueller investigation. Even the most liberal, anti-Trump commentators acknowledge this. They do point out, though, that the dozens of indictments, guilty pleas, and jailings speak for themselves--there is something very rotten in Trumpworld. There is both fire and smoke.
But, I am feeling forced to consider, isn't it responsible to consider the possibility that Mueller may not have enough to force a Trump resignation or a congressional impeachment?
I haven't been sleeping well lately and my exhaustion may be overwhelming my ability to reason, but . . .
So I took a long nap and awoke from it calmed down and thinking more clearly.
Putting together all the evidence we in fact have there is a strong case to be made that not only was there collusion (admittedly not a federal crime) but a felonious conspiracy to work with the Russians to rig the 2016 election and enough felonious obstruction of justice to impeach Trump and indict him even while he is in office.
(The Justice Department finding that sitting presidents cannot be indicted has never been litigated by the Supreme Court, so if Mueller, as I suspect he will, wants to take that step even this current Supreme Court--with Roberts as the potential swing vote--might very well allow that. "No one is above the law" is carved in precedent as well as in the very Vermont-quarried marble of the Supreme Court building itself.)
I suspect that Mueller will "put up" early in the new year and that Trump minimally, like Nixon, will be cited as an unindicted co-conspirator
Yet then . . .
Labels: 2016 Election, Colluding With Russians, Impeachment, Robert Mueller, Rudy Giuliani, Supreme Court, Unindicted Co-conspiritor
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