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    weapon-a the first try suffers no trollsStephen A. Crockett Jr.
    5/07/19 4:21pm

    The list of unwinnable fights this asshole picks grows...

    He wants to claim Executive Privilege to prevent McGahn from testifying in front of Congress, when the overwhelming consensus from the legal community is that he can’t, since he declined to do so when McGahn was called by Meuller to testify.

    He wants to prevent Meuller from testifying before Congress, even though he’ll be a private citizen who can do whatever tf he wants, once he’s concluded his temporary assignment with DoJ.

    He wants to keep Congress from getting the unredacted Meuller report AND his tax returns AND business records, despite the fact that Congress has Carte Blanche to demand all of those records be produced. That is backed by both precedent and easily read law.

    It’s obvious that Yrump thinks he’ll win by appealing any court loss all the way to the Supreme Court, but any calculus which suggests they’ll give him a win is faulty. He is too stupid to understand that reversing prior SC precedent actively harms the institution. WTF would the Supremes do that? I can’t see more than a few of them doing it, even to advance a conservative cause, or even to repay the president or party who appointed them.

    This is a terrible miscalculation borne of extreme hubris and profound ignorance. All this will only temporarily delay the release of all these damaging documents and testimony. They’ll likely all be released just in time for the next election.

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      EvenBaggierTrousers7weapon-a the first try suffers no trolls
      5/07/19 4:32pm

      All this will only temporarily delay the release of all these damaging documents and testimony.

      I think that’s exactly what they’re hoping for. Delay and create enough chaos in the interim to make this seem like petty shit that doesn’t matter.

      “My fellow Americans, we’re at war with Iran and the Democrats are worried about some silly old report...”

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      bassguitarheroEvenBaggierTrousers7
      5/07/19 5:38pm

      I think Trump is hoping that a court fight will delay everything, but with the election campaign already kicking off, the longer he fights, the more it’ll be in the spotlight as people are starting to make decisions about who they want to vote for.

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    GreatScottStephen A. Crockett Jr.
    5/07/19 4:11pm

    Checks and balances have been the benchmark of American politics damn near since the inception of the nation; this flaming bag of poo comes along and it’s all tossed out the window.

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    bassguitarheroStephen A. Crockett Jr.
    5/07/19 5:36pm

    Does McGahn want to testify? It seemed like he did, but honestly I don’t know.

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      BadOmbrebassguitarhero
      5/07/19 10:47pm

      It doesn’t really ultimately matter if he wants to or not, really.  But we have evidence that he wasn’t going to fight being called in.

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    EvenBaggierTrousers7Stephen A. Crockett Jr.
    5/07/19 4:25pm

    “THE REPORT VINDICATES ME! NO COLLUSION! NO OBSTRUCTION!

    But we’re going to prevent McGahn, Mueller, Barr and the unredacted report from ever getting into the Democrats hands.”

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    Bronx Resident Benjamin WhiteStephen A. Crockett Jr.
    5/10/19 7:25am

    If the Trump administration keeps this up, Congress might get really upset and fire off another press conference to declare that they’ve sent another sternly worded letter to them.

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    BadOmbreStephen A. Crockett Jr.
    5/07/19 10:43pm

    He thinks he already got away with obstruction, once, so why not try it again, right?

    Please proceed, Mr. President.

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    MisterPigginsStephen A. Crockett Jr.
    5/08/19 2:19am

    Sooooo hey Nancy.  Impeachment, or no?

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    KalxStephen A. Crockett Jr.
    5/07/19 5:52pm

    And what are the Democrats going to do about it? I feel like a bystander at an afterschool fight. Bullies rarely get their comeuppance.

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