Posted on 07/20/2017 6:59:02 PM PDT by monkapotamus
Some of President Trumps lawyers are exploring ways to limit or undercut special counsel Robert S. Mueller IIIs Russia investigation, building a case against what they allege are his conflicts of interest and discussing the presidents authority to grant pardons, according to people familiar with the effort.
Trump has asked his advisers about his power to pardon aides, family members and even himself in connection with the probe, according to one of those people. A second person said Trumps lawyers have been discussing the presidents pardoning powers among themselves.
Trumps legal team declined to comment on the issue. But one adviser said the president has simply expressed a curiosity in understanding the reach of his pardoning authority, as well as the limits of Muellers investigation.
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If daily news stories were flowers, this one would be called Tempesteous teapottius
thanks
I can't tell just yet. We're getting glimpses of Mueller's view of his jurisdiction. That could be a big deal, because it affects how "kill the false accusation" action plays out, and whether the ending is satisfactory. If Mueller plays straight, things work out in a fairly clean fashion.
Signs are the Anthrax Mueller is not, and had no intention of playing straight., he has taken it on himself to go on a fishing expedition. If so, part of knocking down the false accusation involves knocking down Mueller. Knocking down Mueller would trigger something more than a tempest in a teapot.
There are several active stories. My Tempestuous tepottius reference was to the flap about Trump throwing Sessions under the bus
Muller is a different story. Mueller is a battlefield and direct assault that must end in defensive bloodshed.
My faith and optimism is that the assault on the Mainland left wing at the hillary clinton beach will be so fierce that all this nonsense will disappear in the conflagration consuming that which is progressive.
The current skirmishes are intended to prevent or at least delay the coming Normandy like assault
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer...
“.....I am still waiting for Trump to fire that little weasel Reince Priebus. “
Not from what I understand.
“Sessions should do it. It is all his fault anyway. He can unrecuse, fire Mueller and Rosenstein for good measure.”
Holder and Lynch never recused themselves...and I’m hoping that him recusing himself was to show the depths of how despicable the left is in going after Donald and his personal side instead of just Russia. A clear declaration of a sinister and illegal witch hunt....
He was proactively nominated to his position by Trump.
And I don’t trust him for a moment. It is clear that he has set Trump up.
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