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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWill Mueller be fired before Democrats return in January?
Although it is being reported on a couple of outlets that Mueller may file his report sometime in February, will Trump wait that long? Would Trump order Whitaker to close down the investigation and demand the resignation of Mueller?
This seems to be a very precarious time? If Trump planned on getting rid of Mueller, this would be the time to do it, while the Congress is on their Christmas leave.
One man is systematically tearing down our country and our institutions. Who would have guessed?
sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)We have a means for dealing with a corrupt president: Congress.
Its just that the GOP is owned by billionaires who are trying to use the president to accomplish their own goals: destroy government to cut taxes on the rich.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)marble falls
(57,102 posts)jaysunb
(11,856 posts)qazplm135
(7,447 posts)they fire him today, the House hires him back in less than two weeks.
Takket
(21,576 posts)PhrankT
(113 posts)Is this his way of knee capping the Dem Majority?
Curious how this will work.
Cuz he's not giving in to that kind of power.
WeekiWater
(3,259 posts)PhrankT
(113 posts)Am just wondering if the shut down would have any effect on the operation of the House Dem Majority in Jan..
And if so, what might it be.
Just asking.
Thanks
WeekiWater
(3,259 posts)The Senate has already show they will continue to fund. I dont see Trump vetoing something passed by two chambers headed up by different parties.
WeekiWater
(3,259 posts)At this point in time I dont think it is as significant as some. The blowback from firing Mueller would be huge and his information would still come out. If the reports about his report are accurate, his investigation, for the most part, is just about complete. It probably only leaves an attempt to interview a couple of more people that are difficult to interview and coordination the desiminstion of a lot of information to state agencies.
Mueller wont be fired. If he is, its still a huge positive.
pnwmom
(108,980 posts)as being in the Trump administration or among the defense attorneys?
The same sources have reported at least half a dozen times since he began that Mueller was about to finish. They do this to make the public impatient with the pace of the investigation, IMHO.
But the actual article had multiple disclaimers about the timeline, if read carefully.
WeekiWater
(3,259 posts)I dont think we should operate as if its accurate. I dont think it should pose any significance on how we operate at all.
If is an important word in my sentence above.
former9thward
(32,020 posts)right up to the minute he submits a report. I hope no one has bet serious money on them.
Igel
(35,320 posts)And some people continue to develop diarrhea and cardiac arrhythmias every time they hear yet another rumor. Such fear and insecurity.
Generic Brad
(14,275 posts)He has been purging everyone who advised him otherwise. He wants it done, and if no one will do it for him, he will just do it himself with no thought to consequences.
Within the next two weeks I can see him announcing in an early morning tweet that the witch hunt is over because he has fired Mueller. He will feel a temporary rush of unfettered power and invincibility, but it will be immediate political suicide. That action will release the kraken and he will feel wrath like he has never felt before.
There is no one left to tell him no. He's a narcissist. He's stupid. And he's going to do it before the end of this year.