The Crisis Is Upon Us - Josh Marshall
By JOSH MARSHALL Published JULY 22, 2017 11:43 AM
I want to clarify and expand on something I noted yesterday. The President stands accused, now with a mounting of evidence, of conspiring with a hostile foreign power to win the Presidency. He has now made clear that he will not permit any investigation of those accusations.
That may sound on first blush like an extreme formulation. But I think it is incontrovertible. This is not some investigation that has dragged on for years and, either by a strong or a weak argument, is claimed to have crossed some basic lines of fairness or equity. It has actually only just begun. It is just getting started, only just out of the gate. It is led by a man who is at least within the American political class universally well-regarded for his probity and professionalism. He is also a man who is, to the extent these things are relevant, a Republican. The only basis for threatening to shut down such an investigation is the contention that no actual investigation can be permitted. I defy anyone to find a path out of that logic.
I posted this earlier this morning. The text I reference is from Mike Allen’s morning newsletter in Axios.
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As is so often the case, the reporting is both a symptom of the broader crisis and also a genuine service. We learn critical new facts, by dint of reporting skills and access. But they are presented in the nonsensical play-by-play speak of the access class. Note the reference to “Bob Mueller signaling that he plans an expansive, exhaustive investigation aimed at Trump, his relatives, and current and former political lieutenants.” This is presented as an escalation when in fact it is simply a statement of the nature of the investigation itself.
Mueller is investigating Russia’s intervention in the 2016 election and whether the Trump campaign colluded or conspired or assisted in that effort. That is the charge and that inevitably requires looking at everyone involved in the Trump campaign (candidate, family, political lieutenants) and their finances, since finances would be the seedbed and playing field on which collusive bargains and deals would take place. This is elementary. The reporting itself is playing into the Trump legal team’s claim that the investigation is already exceeding its mandate and scope.
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to further expose the numbskulls 
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It's TREASON. Let's get going on the impeachment, indictments and trials.
Seriously. We are in deep, deep shit, and we've got to get these clowns out before we can take steps to prevent foreign powers from EVER AGAIN having ANY input or influence in an American election.
Kind of an awesome and scary sum up:
This is a crisis. It will escalate dramatically when Trump fires Robert Mueller. Then the Congress will become the only failsafe in the way to extra-constitutional rule.
Note that Josh is not usually the type to dip into such framing.
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He only states that they are the inevitable, and Constitutional, check and balance. That is inevitably true, no matter what ones politics.
Yes, this is a worrisome scenario. But it does not detract from people's constitutional obligations.
I stand by Josh Marshall. He does not state what they will do, but what they should do.
My best to you.
