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lunatica

(53,410 posts)
Wed Feb 20, 2019, 06:10 PM Feb 2019

For those officials put in place by Trump to protect him

aren’t there laws about being accessories before AND after the fact. failure to report a crime and the ex post facto law, and aiding and abetting criminals?

Knowledge of a crime being committed but not reporting it. Failure to report a crime after it has been committed or helping the criminal hide evidence after the crime is committed. Deliberately derailing a criminal investigation would lead to them being convicted of crimes.

There is very little evidence to believe Trump won’t be indicted for some crimes. Why put themselves in jeopardy?

Maybe this is why Mueller hasn’t been fired.

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For those officials put in place by Trump to protect him (Original Post) lunatica Feb 2019 OP
I've said it before that these appointees are there to protect the GOP rather than Trump. OnDoutside Feb 2019 #1
Yes, but are we sure no GOP is criminal and lunatica Feb 2019 #2
Trump is getting recommendations, and is probably being told they're "safe". Trump is OnDoutside Feb 2019 #3
His recommendations seem to come from Hannity, Putin and lunatica Feb 2019 #4

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
2. Yes, but are we sure no GOP is criminal and
Wed Feb 20, 2019, 06:44 PM
Feb 2019

does that have relevance to firing Mueller, or not firing him.

I don’t think Trump is appointing people to protect the GOP per se. Every action he takes is solely for his own benefit. If the GOP gets protected it’s just by chance.

It’s because of there questions that I’m posting here.

OnDoutside

(19,977 posts)
3. Trump is getting recommendations, and is probably being told they're "safe". Trump is
Wed Feb 20, 2019, 07:01 PM
Feb 2019

appointing people who are giving him the "we'll protect ya boss", but we've seen little evidence that they do it when they get in there....Berman and Whitaker are but two examples. If it comes down to Trump or the GOP, I'm confident Barr will choose his party over this interloper.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
4. His recommendations seem to come from Hannity, Putin and
Wed Feb 20, 2019, 07:18 PM
Feb 2019

Steven Miller. Though I’ll give them credit for being evil, I’m not so sure they’re deeply knowledgeable about the law.

And the fact his appointees haven’t fired Mueller is probably because once appointed they’re filled in on the laws and realize they can go to jail for being accessories.

I’m becoming more and more convinced our government is being run by some people who aren’t very savvy about the legalities in place. They’re more prone to thinking on mobster levels of how to break or circumvent the law.

My example is Trump himself. No matter how many times he gets sued by the states he just keep doing the same thing. So far not all the king’s men or all the king’s horses have been able to make him change his modus operandi, and to continue the analogy, he’s perilously close to falling off his Wall.

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