Posted on 04/08/2018 11:59:43 AM PDT by jazusamo
The news these days often sounds pretty wild and far fetched. But, over at MSNBC's AM Joy, host Joy Reid and the gang speculated the possibility of federal marshals placing the commander in chief in handcuffs and hauling him before special counsel Robert Mueller, should President Donald J. Trump choose to ignore a subpoena in the ongoing Russian interference probe. But, Joy Reid wondered, what would happen if President Trump became a recluse at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and refused to leave the White House?
Upon the possibility that the Donald would refuse to testify, guest attorney Nicholas Akerman dreamt a scenario in which federal marshals apprehend President Trump.
"Normally, a person who refuses to testify before a grand jury winds up being incarcerated for the time period of the grand jury, which can be up to 18 months,” Akerman said. “So, one way to enforce it is to have Donald Trump taken by the federal marshals and put in federal prison until he testifies.”
“What if he refuses to open the White House door? What if he fires any Secret Service agent who would allow the federal marshals in? What if Donald Trump decides, ‘I don’t’ have to follow the law. I refuse to be held under the law. No Marshal can get into the White House and any secret service agent that defies is fired.’” Reid responded.
“At some point, he has to come out of the White House,” Akerman responded.
“The U.S. Marshals will be directed to take him into custody, bring him before the federal district court judge. He’ll be basically told that either he goes in and he testifies or he takes the Fifth Amendment. If he takes the Fifth Amendment, there’s not a problem,” he added “If he refuses to answer on the ground that a truthful answer would tend to incriminate him, he has the right to do that. If he does that, there’s no contempt. If he doesn’t do that, he can be directed to go directly to jail, do not pass go. Do not collect $200. End of story.”
Of course, there is no indication that President Trump has any plans to lock himself in the White House to avoid Robert Mueller. CNN reported exclusively yesterday that President Trump is supposedly preparing for an interview with special counsel Mueller.
From CNN :
" President Donald Trump has begun the initial steps of preparing for a possible interview with the special counsel, a White House official and a person familiar with the situation said Friday, a sign the President's legal team is intensifying its deliberations over whether to allow him to come under Robert Mueller's questioning .
One source familiar with the proceedings stressed the preparation efforts is "in its infancy."
The preparations have been short and informal and included going over potential topics with the President that Mueller would likely raise in an interview, the people said.
The President has not formally agreed to sit for an interview with Mueller."
I’ve been calling the dangerous pseudo liberal nincompoops.
This nonsense on TV is a fruit of years of liberal indoctrination in our public schools. They surely don’t teach US government or US History anymore but have succeeded in dumbing everybody down to manageable levels so they can get a lifetime progressive voter for their tortured dreams of a socialist utopia.
Just a bunch of reprobates showing their true selves.
Watch the election night videos and you will learn everything you need to know about the mental illness, delusion, hysteria and idiocy of these libtards.
MSNBC and CNN are fake news
Let her off, it was a slum clearance effort. ;-)
All American media are fake news, and have been since some point prior to the 1980s. (With the exception of conservative publications.)
Beyond a shadow of a doubt.
“Michelle and I don’t want anyone telling us who our family’s doctor should be – and no one should decide that for you either. Under our proposals, if you like your doctor, you keep your doctor. If you like your current insurance, you keep that insurance. Period, end of story.”
—Barrack Obama, July 2009
“The really scary part is that half the country believes it.”
The forces of evil like to claim that they control half the population. However, they base that on election results.
Only half the population votes, and only about half of that votes leftard. That means the FOE can only support a claim on one-quarter of the population, and a big chunk of that is actually a figment of election fraud.
My estimate is that 20% of the population believes it.
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I sure hope you’re right about that.
Too funny - can see them showing up to “arrest” Trump and him handing them a paper showing he had fired the main players a few hours before they sicked the cops on him....
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