I’m hesitant to predict his downfall due to his running a twitterocracy, since he did the same thing in the election and he won. But it just so cringeworthy and embarrassing, it’s hard to even read about it.
They could sue him.
You speak Truth, Kimovfefe…
…I know your question has been answered: but here is (bizarrely) Karl Rove on Fox News explaining why “Trump has taken out a twitter gun and shot himself four times with it.”
He still has his base of support but even the most committed of his brownshirts have to be on the verge of losing their religion now.
Like you, I’ve been assuming that we’re being set up to be disappointed (and horrified) - the country is ripe for a right-wing authoritarian and no matter what happens to Trump, that won’t change. But surely some of the Republistag members must be having some creeping doubts about his ability to preside over anything at this point.
I think chasing Sessions out the White House would be a potential tipping point moment. I mean who else is a more natural surrogate than General Beauregard?
Senate passed the VA Accountability Act. The House should get this bill to my desk ASAP! We can’t tolerate substandard care for our vets.
Isn’t this he bill that is gonna screw a lot of Vietnam vets out of a pension?
No, no no no no no no. No. Do not think this, do not ever think it, it isn’t true. It will never be.
Probably, but they already voted for him so it’s okay.
Not sure about vets but it could sure screw a lot of VA employees out of money. [
](How different is the new VA accountability bill from other attempts? Depends who you ask)
How can the anti-Trump people say he hasn’t accomplished anything?? LOOK at all he got done without even breaking a sweat (except on his thumbs)!
It’s probably a real reason, but not the whole reason.
You mean this would be McConnell, Ryan, et al.'s last straw? If so, then what?
Would Trump be paying his own legal bills anyway, given that the investigation would be against him in his capacity as Pres?
The investigation is about his actions while he was a candidate, not since he became President.
OK then
Does it matter if it was candidate or President? I thought that Trump had to retain private counsel in order to maintain attorney-client privilege.
It’s unclear exactly the time frames being looked at when it comes to Michael Flynn and if either the FBI investigation and/or House or Senate investigations include anything from the three weeks or so he was the National Security Advisor. Therefore, it may be too early to tell if any of Trump’s official presidential actions could be covered in the investigation, particularly since additional grounds could be some of Trump’s actions as president vis-a-vis Comey, and whether any suspected collusion between the campaign and Russia possibly translated into any quid pro quo during the administration.
Hiring private counsel as a government employee is usually a way to ensure that no attorney-client privileged communications or attorney work product could possibly be subpoenaed or inadvertently discovered/disclosed due to everything being technically government records of a sort if handled by federal attorneys in any office, besides the normal rules of confidentiality that are supposed to protect such records.
That can be a tricky issue. For DOJ attorneys, their client is the United States of America, not any particular politician, even if it is the president. For White House Counsel, their client is the Office of the President and not necessarily the individual holding it (though this can become difficult to separate at times).
Where I practice it would not be uncommon (for example) for an employer to agree to pay the bills of employee’s private counsel, where it is appropriate for reasons of confidentiality etc for the employee to have private counsel but it is also appropriate for the employer to assist with funding. Would that not work in the US?
Happy Comey Day, Twitterverse!
There is a slim chance that President Trump will contain himself and remain calm and reserved in the face of whatever Comey might say and he’ll eschew Twitter for the day. And there is the chance that Scarlett Johannson will come to me tonight dressed as Little Bo-Peep with an inflatable sheep under her arm, but I’m not putting any money down on either.
Yeah, she’s at my place tonight - I’ll tell her about your sheep thing if she’s free tomorrow.
Wait wait wait, when did Trump’s family get a Jesus? And, with that name, are you sure he’s not Mexican?
