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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,986 posts) Wed Apr 11, 2018, 01:30 PM Apr 2018

As Trump fumes, senators craft a bill to protect Mueller

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of four senators is moving to protect special counsel Robert Mueller's job as President Donald Trump publicly muses about firing him.

Republican Sens. Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Democratic Sens. Chris Coons of Delaware and Cory Booker of New Jersey are introducing legislation Wednesday that would give any special counsel a 10-day window in which he or she could seek expedited judicial review of a firing, the four senators said in a statement.

The legislation, which combines two bipartisan bills introduced last summer, signals escalating concerns in Congress as Trump has fumed about a Monday FBI raid of the office of his personal attorney, Michael Cohen. Trump has privately pondered firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and publicly criticized Mueller and his Russia probe.

In addition to investigating potential ties between Russia and the Trump campaign, Mueller is also examining whether the president's actions constitute obstruction of justice. As the investigation has worn on, Trump has repeatedly called it a "witch hunt." On Monday, after the Cohen raid, he said it was "an attack on our country." The raid was overseen by the U.S. Attorney's office in Manhattan and was based in part on a referral from Mueller, said Cohen's lawyer, Stephen Ryan.

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As Trump fumes, senators craft a bill to protect Mueller (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2018 OP

Hard to believe that this isn't an article from The Onion eleny Apr 2018 #1

Assuming this even makes it to Spanky's desk mac56 Apr 2018 #2

Dems would join in the vote to override him eleny Apr 2018 #3

Deja Vu? Didnt this happen once before, bipartisan but the entire GOP said fuck no so they Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #4

Au contraire he found out about a bj and asked the president about it under oath. And the president boston bean Apr 2018 #5

Oh yeah, I forgot, they investigated what they said was a MOUNTAIN of corruption Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #6

eleny

(46,166 posts)

1. Hard to believe that this isn't an article from The Onion

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 01:33 PM

Apr 2018

They've been such weak kneed fools.

mac56

(17,567 posts)

2. Assuming this even makes it to Spanky's desk

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 01:34 PM

Apr 2018

He won't sign it.

eleny

(46,166 posts)

3. Dems would join in the vote to override him

Reply to mac56 (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 01:35 PM

Apr 2018

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)

4. Deja Vu? Didnt this happen once before, bipartisan but the entire GOP said fuck no so they

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 01:44 PM

Apr 2018

didnt bother to bring it to a vote?

In the case of Bill Clinton they not only INSIST on a special counsel but one who had an overt BIAS against the Clinton's and he still found NOTHING

boston bean

(36,221 posts)

5. Au contraire he found out about a bj and asked the president about it under oath. And the president

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Reply #4)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 01:47 PM

Apr 2018

lied about it because he was ashamed and it would harm his marriage.

He was impeached for lying under oath about a blow job.

Ken Starr is a piece of shit.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)

6. Oh yeah, I forgot, they investigated what they said was a MOUNTAIN of corruption

Reply to boston bean (Reply #5)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 01:50 PM

Apr 2018

found absolutely NOTHING, so they tagged him with lying about sex.

Can you imagine the jail time rump would get for lying about sex, or civil financial settlements?

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