Well, the Turtle is no fan of Trump, so I can see him stumping for Mueller.
Not sure why Linda thinks it would be the end of the Presidency? Trump is the POTUS, thus the executive, and he can fire whom he pleases.
“Not sure why Linda thinks it would be the end of the Presidency? Trump is the POTUS, thus the executive, and he can fire whom he pleases.”
Impeachment, and the following trial, is a political process and not a legal process. What we seem to be hearing from the Republican leadership in Congress is if Mueller is fired they will lead the to remove Trump from office using the impeachment process. With Ryan and McConnell leading the charge it is conceivable there are enough votes in the House and Senate to convict. Only a simple majority is required to impeach in the House. A 2/3 majority (67 votes) is required to convict in the Senate.
Likely there are 18 Republicans who would join with the 49 Democrats and independents. Consider corrupt politicians fear being exposed more than they fear the voters. Between the Trump haters, and the corrupt Senators who fear having their secret financial dealings, sexual escapades, or overt collaboration with foreign governments exposes it isn’t hard to believe there are 18 GOP senators who will vote to convict Trump. Lindsay Graham is certainly one of them along with McConnell, McCain, Flake, Sasse, Corker, Collins, Murkowski, Tillis, Burr, Cornyn, Rubio, Portman, Alexander, Hatch. When the time comes, getting 4-5 more votes should not be difficult. After all, when push comes to shove the GOP Senators have consistently demonstrated loyalty to the “club” comes before constituents and country. Many of these GOP senators are in bed with big multinational corporations who hate the tariffs and will be threatening them with loss of campaign contributions now, and lucrative lobbying or board assignments when they retire.
Mueller may be timing the release of his report close to the election to ensure the maximum positive impact on the midterms for the Democrats. We are seeing a crescendo of events building to discredit Trump and prepare the public for a report the press and the Democrats can use to insist he is the president is unfit for office. Stormy Daniels, and now the Playboy model, haven’t been in the news for weeks for no reason. Now the press is report the honorable and distinguished Ted Olsen refuses to join Trump’s legal team. Every day they will be another flick in the death by 1000 small cuts. Trump is being primed for impeachment and when the big event occurs (Mueller firing or the Mueller report being issued), the Republican leadership will lead the charge. It will be a repeat of the Andrew Johnson impeachment of the 1860’s by his own party. It wouldn’t surprise me if the two former Bush presidents also come forward publicly and ask Congress to do the right thing for the nation.
The tide is shifting subtly, just as it did for Nixon. It ended for Nixon when the leaders of his own party told him it was time to go. Ryan and McConnell have now openly signaled they are ready. Now it is only a matter of timing.