I guess Trump hopes Rudy is a better lawyer than he was a presidential candidate in 2008. He was so bad that year he made McGovern look like FDR
He’s certainly not a better liar.
The “allegations” didn’t come from a prosecutor; they came from a professional intelligence officer trained to assess sources. See the difference?
It’s so very kind of you to pass on investigating Hillary again. Did you also want to pass on the 37th Benghazi hearing, generously saying that 36 hearings were already enough? When the Starr Investigation had already spent $50 million but wanted more because “maybe there was a blowjob somewhere” did you say “enough is enough”?
I am a bigot. It saves time to “know” in advance who to listen to. John Oliver and Sean Hannity are both entertainers but I “know” which of the two to listen to. There’s too many Dopers to keep track of them all, but sometimes I click “View posts by”:
Got it.
Teachable Moment:
Real journalists are trained to use “allegedly” all through the process, until there is a conviction. It saves their publishers on libel lawsuits. Conviction is seen as sufficient proof.
Hey, McGovern actually got nominated. Rudy never even got close.
Thank Og.
In early 2008, I was coming home from a business trip to DC, and was in Reagan National Airport. Rudy had just dropped out of the race, and a gift shop in the airport had “Rudy for President” t-shirts on sale for $2. I bought one for humor value, and it made for a good “mowing the lawn” shirt for a couple of years. 
A potted plant probably would have done better than McGovern did vs. Nixon in 72
Don’t blame me, I voted for potted plant.
No, he’s not a potted plant.
I voted for Pot Paulsen.
Doesn’t seem likely to turn into a big part of anything, but just in case:
MMA wrestler connected to Cohen, Trump, and Putin questioned by FBI. No further information.
Doesn’t look like the sketch of Stormy Daniels’ threatener.
Looks a bit like Stephen Harper, actually. The plot thickens.
It’s funny how many Russian names pop up as connected to Trump in this investigation…
This does not seem to faze the people who support him, though. It’s all made up by the Dems (despite the investigation being commissioned and undertaken by Republicans), there’s no evidence (other than indictments and convictions in the double digits) and the meetings between the Trump campaign and Russia were completely normal (although they can’t say why only Russia had such meetings with Trump and not Canada or England or Italy or Spain or Peru…).
They can lie to themselves if they like, but I wish they’d stop asking us to believe them. It’s insulting.
The New York Times has apparently obtained a list of at least four dozen questions that Mueller wants to ask Trump. According to the Times, these questions were given to Trump’s lawyers by investigators working for Mueller.
And the kicker, to how many of those questions does Mueller already know (and have documented) the answer, and is just trying to get Trump to commit to a lie?
Why would Mueller do that? I’m not disputing it, I just don’t understand it. Why give the subject of an investigation a detailed list of exactly what you’re going to ask him, before he even agrees to testify?
I can’t see any good this does for the prosecution. It tells the subject exactly what to avoid talking about, exactly what evidence to hide or destroy if he is willing to do that (and I have no doubt that the likes of Trump and Cohen are in that category), and at best, he has plenty of time to get with his lawyers and craft some answers that are technically true but extremely misleading. At worst, as seems to have happened here, his lawyers will take one look at the list and beg him not to meet with Mueller under any circumstances, let alone under oath. And of course, it also gives Trump time to collude with other subjects and get their stories straight.
What is the upside here?
If I read this right, Mueller has got the goods. The prospective defendant has a right to review the evidence, sooner or later, so that’s a wash. But if Mueller already has the shit, then the interview is the last checkoff on the clipboard, almost a formality. He’s got the twenty seven eight-by-ten color glossy photographs with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what each one was… He offers Trump the chance to explain it all away, knowing full well that he cannot.
So, if Trump refuses, Mueller is finished. In the sense that he makes the next move, whatever follows when the investigation is concluded. Which it would be. Can’t see how that would be a good thing for Il Douche.