There's No Way Mueller Will Indict Trump" according to The Atlantic

[fatboy]

Darn Conservative media carrying water for the Trumpster.

OK first let me state for the record that FM123 with He/She/It's 1591 posts on the DUmmy Board has roughly the same number of posts as my mole. But....my mole is NOT FM123.

Tue Jan 30, 2018, 11:57 AM

FM123 (1,591 posts)

"There's No Way Mueller Will Indict Trump" according to The Atlantic (hope they're wrong)
 
   
"The latest revelations about President Trump have, once again, excited the interest of the public, leading to speculation that Special Counsel Robert Mueller may have amassed sufficient evidence to charge the president with obstruction of justice. Trump’s attempt to fire Mueller (which happened last June, but is only now being publicly reported) is, under this line of thinking, the final straw. Color me deeply skeptical.

Mueller will not indict Trump for obstruction of justice or for any other crime. Period. Full stop. End of story. Speculations to the contrary are just fantasy.

He won’t do it for the good and sufficient reason that the Department of Justice has a long-standing legal opinion that sitting presidents may not be indicted. First issued in 1973 during the Nixon era, the policy was reaffirmed in 2000, during the Clinton era. These rules bind all Department of Justice employees, and Mueller, in the end, is a Department of Justice employee. More to the point, if we know anything about Mueller, we think we know that he follows the rules—all of them. Even the ones that restrict him in ways he would prefer they not. And if he were to choose not to follow the rules, that, in turn, would be a reasonable justification for firing him. So … the special counsel will not indict the president." (Read more)

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/01/even-if-trump-is-found-guilty-mueller-wouldnt-be-the-indictment-decision-maker/551753/?utm_source=atlfb

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210162673

Response to FM123 (Original post)

Tue Jan 30, 2018, 12:06 PM

Star Member SHRED (21,547 posts)

3. They can throw out "tradition"

We are under attack by Russia.

And all the while SHRED is under attack by dementia.

 

Response to FM123 (Original post)

Tue Jan 30, 2018, 12:14 PM

Star Member mn9driver (1,635 posts)

5. The only indictment that can apply to a sitting president is articles of impeachment,
 
voted and passed by the House of Representatives. That's it. And it's not going to happen in this congress.

And even if it happens in the next congress because Democrats have taken the House, Trump will never be convicted in the Senate. Conviction and removal requires 67 Senators.

Not.
Going.
To.
Happen

But. Don't. Stop. Talking. About. It. Anyway. 

[BlueStateSaint]

And all the while SHRED is under attack by dementia.

 

And, obviously losing badly.

[SVPete]

The Atlantic's opinion plus $5 will get me coffee and change at Stabucks. OTOH, DU-folks' opinion plus $5 might get me a 72-hour involuntary commitment.