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What would really set the panic buttons off for trump.
BainsBane
(53,032 posts)probably. Donny would freak out if Baby Elephant killer were indicted though.
dhol82
(9,353 posts)til forever.
Might be a good bargaining chip.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)If Manafort goes down, look for pressure on Pence.
Those are the players tied to Flynn and Manafort. Manafort got trump to pick Pence while Sessions was linked to Flynn very early on and Pete brought Flynn into the trump team.
I really hope Sessions goes down for at least an obstruction count or two.
tblue37
(65,381 posts)confirmation hearing--but of course he won't. But can you imagine how Trump would freak out about that?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,716 posts)LiberalFighter
(50,942 posts)BainsBane
(53,032 posts)If he talks.
appleannie1943
(1,303 posts)He looks like he thinks he is smarter than investigators and can get away with anything but would sing like a bird if cornered.
karynnj
(59,503 posts)Imagine if it were Rebekah Mercer, who was an interface between Cambridge Analytica and Wikileaks per some accounts. Imagine (no one has said this but there was speculation) that Jared green lighted CA using weaponized stuff from wikileaks to CA defines micro groups.
If this did NOT involve a hostile foreign country, this would be edgy, but not far from the Republicans using Choicepoint to define clusters of voters to send specific mailpieces to -- something the NYT spoke of as where the Republicans were better after the 2004 election. HOWEVER, it involves stolen emails given to Wikileaks, which itself had problems.
This is unlikely as it goes to the heart of the likely collusion -- and I doubt those would be first. However, the amount of pressure from the Mercers .. and Jared and Ivanka would be sky high.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)roamer65
(36,745 posts)KWR65
(1,098 posts)and his supporters would stand by him.
tblue37
(65,381 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Tavarious Jackson
(1,595 posts)To get Flint to talk. Flint is under the impression he will be pardoned
wishstar
(5,269 posts)Flynn was directly involved in the quid pro quo of soliciting Russian help whlie promising lifting of sanctions and knows about collusion involving Kushner and Trumps as well as the coordination of release of emails hacked by Russian entities.
He is my personal favorite to be indicted after the way he yelled "Lock her up" in campaign rallies