the president has no jurisdiction over state officials.

Southern District of NY handling the Cohen investigation--that person COULD conceivably be replaced.

NY State AG Scneiderman is our safety net.

But he may have to learn that the hard way.

Trump can only replace the U.S. Attorney General for New York.

I am only mentioning the following because so many people get it wrong. I am NOT trying to jump on you, standingtall.

The office is called "US Attorney". Every US Attorney is designated for a particular geographic area, or district. Many states, including New York, have more than one district. The one overseeing the Cohen case is the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York. I live in Tampa, Florida, and the one in our area is the US Attorney for the Middle District of Florida. There have been three districts in Florida for many years, and I think a fourth is either in the process of being created, or already has been created.

But most importantly, you are correct that Schneiderman is a state official who is not subject to removal (or pretty much anything else) by a president.

Ny governor Cuomo is independent of Trump too.

could affect the Stormy case I thought I heard that on MSNBC

Rachel had it, dont know if it was Stormy related though ...

Scheiderman has been cooperating with Mueller and likely that attorney. As he said, if NY LAWS are found to have been violated, he could bring charges. This could be something like fraud or money laundrring.

Reread his comments. They are clearly a shot over the bow. Anyone not cooperating hoping for a Trump pardon, is being told that they could face state charges.

we can discuss it.

Thanks

The federal system has no control over who works for a state.

One is state, one federal. The NY AG is independent of the federal gov.

Schneiderman is the Attorney General for the state of New York. These are two entirely separate systems. Trump has no jurisdiction over Schneiderman.

....the state Senate through "removal" (impeachment and conviction), or by the voters in the next election.

The removal process begins with a Governor's investigation. That's not going to happen in New York.

I mean, he was elected by New York voters. He's not an appointee. Legal eagles, help us out here. Can he?

in Sing Sing.

for Spiderman in this theme song:

Love Eric Schneiderman more, though.

Even if it took a turncoat to get them the majority, they have control and can stop the bill from passing.

mended their differences, and would regain majority leadership as a consequence of their unity. Did that Dem coalition not take?

What I was referring to was that there were one or two elected dems who switched allegiances and caucus with the republicans, giving them control. They are still d's, but not really.

At least thats what I remember.

If something changed, I hadn't heard of it.

He will coordinate with the federal investigation. Cohen is so dirty that there will be many crimes. Federal indictments on some of them, but still save a few that can be indicted in New York and result in New York prison time. Cohen is in deep shit and a pardon will only result in state prison time rather than federal prison time. He will cooperate against trump.

....Not sure how or when the two open seats will be filled, or where they are (NYC area good, upstate bad).

see #34. The waltons (wal mart heirs) are spending millions slime'ing the dem. They want this seat badly.

Unless this is just executive policy, it will take legislation to change the law to allow ny to prosecute crimes that have been pardoned at fed level.

While I know NY has Republican majority it's a tenuous one and most Republican politicians here tend to be more 'old school' Republican types who believe in states rights. It probably helps that Trump isn't exactly well liked in NY, not even by most NY Republicans.

republicans have elevated a screamingly unfit, criminal and treasonous entity to become a role model for their children, and a disruptor of American democracy & prosperity. This is a self-invoked curse that will haunt republicans till the end of time.

If tRUMP jr. committed bank fraud against a German bank can the German courts go after jr. even if he's pardoned by the F'n MORON? Could they seize his assets? These KKKons break both domestic and international laws. Any insights appreciated.

we have extradition agreements with germany, so they could move to extradite him.

trump can deny extradition though. it is rare, but it has happened. It's unclear what would happen after he leaves office.

he would become a permanent resident though, since if he landed in any country with agreements with germany he would be arrested.

At least trump didn't make him an official ambassador. Or did he?

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