Posted on 04/12/2018 3:08:37 PM PDT by Rusty0604
NY Times Editorial: If Trump has nothing illegal or untoward to hide, why does he care about the [attorney-client] privilege in the first place?
There isnt much of a pretense anymore that the Mueller investigation is about alleged Russian campaign collusion.
Maybe it started out about collusion, but it veered off course within a couple of months, when Mueller decided that Paul Manafort needed to be investigated for conduct many years ago having nothing to do with the campaign, or even Russia. Rod Rosenstein created the paperwork in early August 2017 to retroactively expand Muellers investigation and justify Mueller conduct that already had taken place.
The raid on Trump personal attorney Michael Cohens law office by the U.S. Attorneys office in the Southern District of New York, was at the referral of Mueller, and signed off by Rosenstein. That raid was a frontal assault on Trumps business and personal history.
If reporting is accurate, the records seized concerned not just payments to Stormy Daniels, but also the Access Hollywood tape revealed during the campaign. Its fair to assume that a wide range of records going beyond those salacious topics were grabbed by
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Oh, I knew. I just like getting an occassional lick in.
Sometimes on here you have to remember to use the /s. Sometimes I assume people would know I’m being rhetorical or sarcastic but not always.
How in the world can Sessions sleep at night? He says his prime mission is to RESTORE THE RULE OF LAW to the Department of Justice. And yet hes presiding over a DOJ that is descending into officially sanctioned lawlessness, oppression and betrayal of our Constitution and our national values. And Sessions does not say a word or lift a finger to make things right.
Sessions is actually presiding over THE DESTRUCTION OF THE RULE OF LAW. Hes betraying his country. Hes betraying the American people.
These days it's almost impossible for a law-abiding citizen to go through a day w/o breaking a number of laws - and when "they" come after you, they will use any subterfuge possible to insure they get you.
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