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syringis

(5,101 posts)
Mon Jun 25, 2018, 09:19 AM Jun 2018

Good grief ! Can someone explain to him what does "check and balances" mean ?




I have tried to stay uninvolved with the Department of Justice and FBI (although I do not legally have to), because of the now totally discredited and very expensive Witch Hunt currently going on. But you do have to ask why the DOJ & FBI aren’t giving over requested documents?


Since when a president in any democracy, is allowed to interfere in another branch ????
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Good grief ! Can someone explain to him what does "check and balances" mean ? (Original Post) syringis Jun 2018 OP
Even if Trump understood that checks & balances means that he can't do whatever he wants no_hypocrisy Jun 2018 #1
The only checks and balances Trump has ever heard of.... DFW Jun 2018 #2
the president is in the same branch of government as the doj and the fbi. unblock Jun 2018 #3
Hi Unblock syringis Jun 2018 #4

no_hypocrisy

(46,190 posts)
1. Even if Trump understood that checks & balances means that he can't do whatever he wants
Mon Jun 25, 2018, 09:27 AM
Jun 2018

spontaneously and autonomously, he's in denial that he can't.

DFW

(54,437 posts)
2. The only checks and balances Trump has ever heard of....
Mon Jun 25, 2018, 09:30 AM
Jun 2018

....are the ones listed on his monthly bank statement.

unblock

(52,324 posts)
3. the president is in the same branch of government as the doj and the fbi.
Mon Jun 25, 2018, 09:31 AM
Jun 2018

for different reasons, though, the president ought not interfere with an investigation of himself and his cronies and the circumstances of his election.

the "checks and balances" thing is a bit squirrelly these days. the congressional investigation appears to be an attempt to interfere with the mueller investigation, or at least to allow the white house to get early updates and a way to control the spin. so in fact congress is aiding and abetting rather than checking and balancing....

syringis

(5,101 posts)
4. Hi Unblock
Mon Jun 25, 2018, 09:38 AM
Jun 2018

True. I should have said it otherwise.

You pointed what's wrong : he shouldn't interfere in this case.

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