[Hawthorn]

>> I hope your faith in him is justified <<

It’s not a question of faith. It’s just a practical matter in the real world of DC political intrigue.

Also, if you think for a minute that the career prosecutors in the DOJ’s Criminal Division wouldn’t love to have the symbolic scalps of Manafort and Gen. Flynn hanging on the walls of their offices, then I’ve got a bridge across the East River to sell you.

Last but not least, I believe Pres. Trump could solve all the related problems by issuing blanket pardons to Manafort, Flynn, Roger Stone, Carter Page and every other “questionable” person associated with his campaign. Why hasn’t he done so already? You tell me.

[TigersEye]

It’s not a question of faith.

Post #66 wasn't describing distrust was it?

[Avalon Memories]

The pardons thing is a political nightmare because the average person thinks more or less simplistically along these lines: "Pardon? Can't be pardoned if you did nothing wrong."

Pardons would have the effect of convicting Trump of "collusion" in the general public's mind. The DC swamp creatures have pretty much boxed Trump in with this hoax and he has little room to maneuver legally or in terms of public relations. And they did it so fast that a smarter general public would be both outraged and terrified, because a slow-motion coup is in progress. If it succeeds, we will effectively have a dictatorship of the DC elite and their paymasters.