Posted on 06/05/2018 8:14:42 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
Former House Speaker and Trump ally Newt Gingrich warned President Trump against pardoning himself should special counsel Robert Mueller pursue charges in the ongoing Russia investigation, telling "CBS This Morning" on Tuesday that it would be an "arrogant statement of power" if he did so.
"I don't think he can pardon himself, that would lead to a reaction in the Congress that would be devastating," Gingrich said.
Gingrich's comments come after Mr. Trump declared Monday that he has the "absolute right" to pardon himself, but added he had done nothing wrong. The president asserted his presidential power as the White House is honing its political and legal defenses against the special counsel's Russia probe. Gingrich, however, said that Congress has the "absolute right to impeach him."
"If a president was dumb enough to pardon himself, that would be such an arrogant statement of power that the House would probably impeach him in a week and the Senate would convict him," Gingrich said.
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Allies like this we need?
POTUS was talking about the pardon powers of the President not suggesting he needed pardoning or would pardon himself. But that’s Newt, needs to weigh in and generate buzz.
yes and no.
are you so sure Mueller will destroy himself?
he makes himself look pretty ridiculous carrying on like he does.....
but....do you think he will just quietly wilt away?
or perhaps implode in a blaze of flame?
I think it is at least as likely that he will issue a ‘hatchet job’ ... a derogatory (and misleading) “report of the wrongdoings of DJT”
and then the rest of the D’s will use it for their political attacks ...
not good. do you anticipate maybe Mueller will issue a
“I’ve looked into everything and DJT is clean as a whistle” report?
perhaps?
I read Giuliani’s comments. He did NOT say what is being attributed to him.
If he had, you and others could cite him directly bc the quote be all over the web. Fact.
“arrogant statement of power”
Right-We get it-Obozo showed us all about that for 8 years
Newt giveth with one hand and taketh away with the other.
It would be, and I can’t see it happening....
If he did, he would almost certainly be impeached....
However, should he do it, he would be completely within his constitutional authority to do so.
But like I said, this isn’t happening, so its just more red meat for a stupid press to flap their lips about while real work is getting done.
Already leading Rats have quietly distanced themselves from Mueller and his futile witch hunt. They know - as we all do - this is all a big nothing burger.
If Mueller had any sense or integrity - he would wrap up and go home. But he’s a fool, through and through. He will keep pounding the rock month after month, year after year, until some Rat has the brains to step up and fire him.
Newt is the fool.
Trump knows it.
That’s why ALL of trump’s so call friends need to keep their freakin mouth shut!!!! The evil lying mediapukes will twist every word to fit their narrative!! Freakin fools!! AND WHERE THE HELL IS THE EVIL SWAMP ELF THESE DAYS?!!! It’s ALL HIS FAULT!! Butthole!!!! Probably helping the swamp scrape and rewrite the IG report to slam trump with!! With delaying the report Trump knows it will be a big goose egg solidifying the witch hunt letting the side of beef walk scott free...BANK ON IT! The FIX IS N!!!
I can see Mueller talking to himself in his best "Blago" voice, "I have this thing, I'm not giving it away, I have unlimited resources, pay and power, I'm never giving this up".
I said on other threads that I thought he should have been smart enough to avoid the stupid “gotcha” speculation of the media. He needs to stay on point instead of giving these rambling speculative appearances with the enemedia.
Every question should be answered with a question -
Collusion? Was it collusion when the Clinton Foundation received over 100 million dollars from Russian Oligarchs tied to the Uranium 1 deal? Was it collusion when the Clinton campaign and the DNC they controlled paid millions to Christopher Steele for a Russian sourced dossier? Etc etc. Every question posed to him should be answered with offense! If he is going to appear on CNN and MSNBC their viewers need to hear these questions.
Was this collusion Mr. Mayor? Answer - why did Don Jr and Trump associates have to answer questions for many hours when nobody has asked about the lawyers contacts with Glenn Simpson BEFORE and AFTER the Trump tower meeting?
This is what Mr. Mayor needs to do. Less chuckling and laughing out loud and MORE OFFENSE!
Well, as I said, Trump should fire his lawyers.
Also, why would a supposed supporter of Trump keep the stupidity going?
Next week, which conservative leader or Trump lawyer will bring it up again and take a leisurely bath in it again.
Trump will never have to pardon himself and is wasting time by not telling Mueller to go to hell.
I'm going with the pardon...and so would they.
Another shiny object successfully deployed and yielding better-than-expected results.
There is nothing to pardon. He can’t be indicted until he is no longer President. If he wanted to pardon himself in advance of a pending impeachment, he wouldn’t pay a political price as his tenure as President would already be over. Until such time that he is impeached, the President cannot be indicted. It has to be that way or (as we are seeing now) a crooked DOJ/FBI and crooked partisan judges could hi-jack every election.
Yes. And Mueller - like Blago - needs to be sent to prison.
Along with Clapper, Brennan, both Clintons, Obama, Holder, Lynch, Comey, and numerous other Obama stooges imbedded in the Deep State swamp.
Trumps tweet was just a note to Mueller FINGER got it.
a D cannot fire Mueller
the only person who can fire him is President DJT, who should do so right away
or maybe Sessions, if anyone cares to wake him up?
This is why Newt is not Chief of Staff. This is why newt didnt get the VP request. What the hell is Newt doing sometimes? Is he looking to run in 2 years? Why Newt. Why.
Exactly. Heard Newt yesterday discussing Trump’s awesomeness.
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