Breaking, SCOTUS to rule on whether a grand jury, and congress (3 cases total) can get access to Trump's financial records. Unfortunately, not until June.
Mitch DGAF. Some of the other GOP Senators might balk at throwing their subpoena power in the trash can though. Mitch? Not so much it seems.I have a fantasy that Mitch is just trying to placate Trump, hold a sham trial for appearance and then whip his lot to narrowly remove him from office. Trump is way too dangerous if he gets the idea Republican Congressmen won't go to bat for him. Mitch is up for reelection in 2020 too. If I were him I'd be terrified that someone actually loyal to Trump inside and out took his place.
I have a fantasy that Mitch is just trying to placate Trump, hold a sham trial for appearance and then whip his lot to narrowly remove him from office. Trump is way too dangerous if he gets the idea Republican Congressmen won't go to bat for him. Mitch is up for reelection in 2020 too. If I were him I'd be terrified that someone actually loyal to Trump inside and out took his place.
IANAL...but I do believe Flynn is about to get fucked, hard, during sentencing.
Sullivan gave him plenty of rope, didn't he? The arrogant fool deserves Sullivan's wrath. Maybe he'll get executive clemency right away, kinda like Scooter Libby. So unfair! Witch hunt! Deep State! Crooked FBI! Blah, blah, blah.
I do believe instant pardon is his only option and will be exercised by Trump to keep Flynn silent.
IIRC, a pardon would remove his 5th amendment rights that protect him from testifying towards the crimes for which he is pardoned--he can not incriminate himself, and so the feds can compel him to testify truthfully, and under threat of perjury.
Comey better enjoy his "victory lap". Lots of mistakes and horribly incompetent leadership at best by Comey.Fox snowflakes out on planned Comey interview.
Comey takes a victory lap after DOJ report on Trump-Russia probe, says Fox & Friends canceled him
A spokesperson for Fox denied Comey's claim that he had been bumped from Trump's favorite morning show.www.cnbc.com
Daily wire.........Comey better enjoy his "victory lap". Lots of mistakes and horribly incompetent leadership at best by Comey.
Daily wire.........
Good to see you’re still guzzling from the propaganda trough.
Comey better enjoy his "victory lap". Lots of mistakes and horribly incompetent leadership at best by Comey.
Wallace pressed Comey on "Fox News Sunday" on whether the "victory lap" he said the former FBI director had taken since the report's release was justified. While Comey has claimed the report by Justice Department IG Michael Horowitz vindicated the FBI, Horowitz in testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week said that "the activities we found don’t vindicate anybody who touched this."
"Maybe it turns upon how we understand the word," Comey said. "What I mean is the FBI was accused of treason, of illegal spying, of tapping Mr. Trump's wires illegally, of opening an investigation without justification, of being a criminal conspiracy to defeat and then unseat a president. All of that was nonsense."
Did you watch the actual interview, or are you just spouting off?
"Disgraced."
propaganda dreck. Agree or disagree with this sentiment, no literate adult can approach this information without being slapped in the face by obvious shameful bias. You shouldn't read this bullshit. But you probably don't care. You simply don't understand it when you see it.
Yea his crap lawyer stole it from an existing SCOTUS brief.IANAL...but I do believe Flynn is about to get fucked, hard, during sentencing.
Judge rejects Flynn's attacks on the FBI, accuses his lawyers of plagiarism
In a 92-page ruling, a federal judge dismissed Flynn's argument that he was targeted by politically motivated federal agents.www.nbcnews.com
In a 92-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan ruled against Flynn, offering a point by point rebuttal of his arguments to force prosecutors to release more documents.
"The court summarily disposes of Mr. Flynn’s arguments that the FBI conducted an ambush interview for the purpose of trapping him into making false statements and that the government pressured him to enter a guilty plea," Sullivan wrote. "The record proves otherwise."
Sullivan added: "And it is undisputed that Mr. Flynn not only made those false statements to the FBI agents, but he also made the same false statements to the Vice President and senior White House officials, who, in turn, repeated Mr. Flynn’s false statements to the American people on national television."
Sullivan also cited "ethical concerns" in Flynn's brief, saying his legal team "lifted verbatim portions from a source without attribution."
Allow that faint glimmer of hope to fade. Mitch just ruled no witnesses can be called.If there's any semblance of the Repubs upholding their oaths of office and their oaths to be impartial at Trump's trial then Trump is burnt toast to be thrown in the trash.
This is the conundrum that every Senate Repub has to face and of which I have absolutely no faith that they will side on the Rule of Law and the facts that point to Trump's guilt as brought forth at the House Inquiry.
I do have this very faint glimmer of hope that I'll be surprised they honored their oaths though.
Trump's guilt is a forgone conclusion as evidenced by the overwhelming factual evidence presented by the Dems and the complete lack of factual evidence coming from Trump's defenders.
The Senate trial should reflect this reality yet it clearly looks like it won't.
Mobsters everywhere are so jealous right now.Allow that faint glimmer of hope to fade. Mitch just ruled no witnesses can be called.