The Deep-seated antipathy against Trump is already known and well-understood, there is nothing more to add to what is already understood by anyone who is not a leftist. The release won’t scorch the opposition, they won’t change their opinions no matter what. And it won’t do anything but reinforce what his supporters already know...there’s no real gain there, except for the historical record.
I don’t know if he will declassify or not, but I somewhat doubt he will take that risk if the midterms continue to look good. He’s not going to upset the political applecart with any potentially dangerous moves. The danger from declassifying the corruption is that there are a lot of people sitting in prison right now that we want to stay in prison - people who were prosecuted under federal law. If he blows up the DOJ with a declassify order, he might subject all those prosecutions to appeals because their processes have been shown to be corrupted. I don’t know how much risk there is from this, but that might be a reason not to utterly destroy the agency in that way.
I believe Sessions and Rosenstein will resign after the midterms in order that they don’t get fired...one of the two will happen and they know it. Zero sum game. If Trump wins the midterms, his power will be exponentially greater than it is today. That’s why he won’t take any risky actions before the vote. He’s better off as a beleaguered fighter, besieged by radical, crazy, wild donkey opponents before the election. It energizes his voters.
Management 101 isn’t Politics 101. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Abraham Lincoln is the model...his cabinet was full of bitter personal enemies. And he wouldnt take any major actions without having them be a follow on to a major victory. Trump understands this well.
Consider this my FRiend...
The DOJ and FBI have CLEARLY grown into uncontrollable monstrosities. The DOJ just “missed” another deadline to provide the documents requested by members of congress who are cleared to see them and who hold positions in committees charged with oversight responsibilities. This is stonewalling and obstruction of justice. And still, the DOJ continues to display contempt for the representatives of the people of the United States and their lawful oversight duties. This is nothing but pure defiance.
I appreciate your points but I think you’re missing the larger issue. Your arguments reflect mostly political considerations. I’m far more concerned about the direction the country is heading and where this obstruction and abuse of power is leading us. We are going down a very dark road.
What we are witnessing is the rise of a fourth branch of government that is wholly unaccountable to anyone, apparently even to the president. They act independently and do what they want.
I don’t know about you but that’s a very frightening development to me. It smacks of a police state and that simply cannot be allowed to happen in our democracy. And further, we know for certain that several agencies have been weaponized against citizens for partisan political purposes. This is unacceptable and the president needs to act swiftly to restore the public’s confidence in the rogue agencies.
Not to be melodramatic, but it seems that this de facto fourth branch of government (which stonewalls the congress, is so far unaccountable to the president, lies to the courts, violates individual rights, and has unlimited surveillance powers) is becoming like the loathsome Hydra in Greek mythology.
I think you would agree that we need to restore some semblance of accountability and integrity in the federal agencies that should be faithfully serving the American people instead of undermining our elections, conducting illegal surveillance against Americans, and refusing to submit to legitimate oversight.
I understand the political maneuvering and ramifications but we have a runaway train being driven by Rod Rosenstein, the de facto AG, and his subordinate Jeff Sessions. The train needs to be stopped before it derails and causes great destruction to the Republic.