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The Firing of Flynn and Comey

24 Wednesday Jan 2018

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ambassador, Collusion, Comey, firing, flynn, impeach, Impeachment, interview, kislyak, Mueller, Obstruction of Justice, president, russia, Special Counsel, trump

Special Counsel Robert Mueller is  seeking to interview President Trump about the firing of former FBI Director James Comey and the departure of former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Comey was in the midst of an investigation of Trump’s campaign’s connections with Russia when he was fired by the President, and Flynn resigned, apparently under pressure from the President, for lying about his contacts with the Russian Ambassador, Sergey Kislyak.

The firing of Comey has often been cited as obstruction of justice, and the removal of both Comey and Flynn could indicate that the President is guilty of collusion. Regardless of whether that is the case, however, Mueller’s attempts to interview the President indicate that he is nearing the end of his investigation. Whether the President will submit to an interview remains to be seen.

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Will Republican Senators Remove Trump

30 Saturday Dec 2017

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anti-institutionalism, flynn, Impeachment, LA times, Obstruction of Justice, Politics, politics of impeachment, removal, republican, senators, trumpism

I read a piece from the L.A. Times this morning, which opined that though Mueller’s case for obstruction of justice is growing stronger with recent revelations surrounding Michael Flynn, it seems unlikely that Republican Senators will vote to remove the President. Rather they will try to cut down the credibility of  Mueller, as President Trump has done in recent weeks. It’s hard to say this lack of faith in the Republican Party is not warranted. With a few exceptions, Republican Senators have been reticent towards, and even supportive of, President Trump’s actions, which have ranged from unorthodox to corrupt. However, it seems to me that not all is lost in the Republican Party. Not, at least, if we can assume that the Party answers to its base.

President Trump rode into office on a wave of anti-institutionalism. His support came from the people’s distrust of big government. So what will happen when it is revealed that Trump has become the thing which he rallied his supporters against; when he becomes the face of corrupt government? What if then, instead of clouding the truth and pointing fingers, Republicans acted with integrity? What if Republican Congressmen finally said ‘enough is enough’? I can’t be sure, but I can only imagine that the Republican base, a base which has grown tired of deceitful government officials, would rally around them.  It would be a huge win for a party which has been burdened by “fake news” for the past year. And it would be an inspirational act: the sleeping elephant awoken, to finally trumpet its unbridled trunk.

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Flynn Cuts off Communication with Trump

24 Friday Nov 2017

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Collusion, flynn, former national security advisor, implicate, Michael Flynn, Mueller, Obstruction of Justice, russian collusion, Special Counsel

This article from the Washington Post, reports that former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn’s legal team has halted communication with President Donald Trump’s legal team. Norm Eisen, who has worked with Special Counsel Mueller before, believes that the reason for that is that Flynn is planning to implicate a ‘higher up’ in the Trump campaign — possibly Trump himself. That could leave the President on the hook for either collusion or obstruction of justice; either of which is an impeachable offense.

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More Collusion via the King of Jordan?

16 Saturday Sep 2017

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bannon, Collusion, flynn, jordan, Kushner, nuclear

This article reports that Michael Flynn, Stephen Bannon, and Jared Kushner had a secret meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah II before President Trump took office. The article advances the idea that the idea the meeting may have had something to do with an alternative nuclear program, and might have involved Russia.

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