Just another witch hunt that will go nowhere.
Originally Posted by boardman
i'm not so sure. unlike bill barr, who acted like he was trump's personal atty and fixer and actually did weaponize the DOJ to do trump's bidding (until very recently, when he finally has had enough of the Orange Clown), Merrick Garland is more like an Eagle Scout who has made it to the top law enforcement gig in the country. he does everything by the book. if he's pursuing these investigations, you can bet good money that there's not only smoke (and mirrors) there but a fire underneath as well.
the only reason Trump didn't get indicted for obstruction of justice over russia-gate is mueller was too much of a pussy to do it. if i was special counsel in that case, i would have indicted him after the first month of the investigation. (i could have given zero fucks if trump had fired me. i'd be like, say your goodbyes to the oval office, sucka.)
i'd say, i just indicted the president. so what? we haven't had a king since we fired King George and beat his ass in battle. no one, not even the president, is above the law. and if you don't like it, sue me.
every 5th grader who studied Nixon and Watergate knows that it's never the crime, it's always the cover-up that gets ya. if nixon had called a press conference and said "my colleague g. gordon liddy from the u.s. special forces thought he was still on ops against the VC and did something really dumb which i will explain in a second, but in light of his military service to his country, i ask for leniency...", he would have gone on to a 2nd term and might have gone on to compete for top 30 presidents, instead of the hall of shame.
trump is way too disorganized to formulate and implement a conspiracy, and because of that, it's going to be hard for any prosecutor to get a conspiracy conviction out of the dude no matter what. if he had let the chips fall where they may, the feds would have had nothing on him. instead, he went into hardcore cover up mode, and he was a straight up sitting duck at that point for any special counsel who had a pair.
that's why mueller was furious when Barr came out with his "it's a nothingburger" statement. mueller came back with his pedantic but clear assessment: "if i had determined that he had not committed a crime, i would have said so. but i declined to do so," or words to that effect. basically, he's guilty as fuck, but there's a memo in a drawer somewhere that says you shouldn't indict a sitting president.
i say, baloney. it's not in the constitution, federal laws or regs, so it's one clown's opinion and goes against every principle that underlies democracy. i say, indict the O.C. and let the chips fall where they may.