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http://www.newsweek.com/trump-fire-mueller-next-week-750432Democratic Congresswoman Jackie Spier said Friday the rumor on the Hill is that President Donald Trump intends to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller next week when Congress is gone for the holidays.
Should Trump go through with the unconfirmed rumor, Spier said an effort for impeachment would follow.
Spier added Republicans are aiming to shut down the House Intelligence Committees own Trump-Russia investigation and likened Trumps possible firing of the special counsel to that of former President Richard Nixons infamous Saturday Night Massacre.
Her comments reflected those of the House committees ranking Democrat Rep. Adam Schiff, also of California, who stated Friday he was worried about the committees status and that of Mueller.
SNIP
RKP5637
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Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Republican Party? He needs to go before he blows us all up, but we need to be careful what we wish for anyway.
Btw, speaking of blowing up, I laid in a good supply of salt today. Cheap and made me feel better.
RKP5637
(67,109 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)when you need salt for your kudzu.
RKP5637
(67,109 posts)CousinIT
(9,245 posts)?
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)Rosenstein said he wouldn't do it. So he'll quit. Then it goes on down the line. But I suspect he will have a hard time finding someone to do it. The person who did it for Nixon was Robert Bork, and it ended up damaging his career. Also, if it fails, that person could be prosecuted for obstruction of justice as well.
womanofthehills
(8,712 posts)the consensus was - Trump probably would not fire Mueller.
ClusterFreak
(3,112 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,607 posts)We have been set and ready to mobilize for the very day and at moments notice if he is fired. I signed up and posted it twice. A lot of cities are prepared and ready to go. In fact another DUer asked about sign ideas so I will make one this weekend. Check out the link and see if your city is on the list and if not, then plan your own.
https://act.moveon.org/event/mueller-firing-rapid-response/search/
bucolic_frolic
(43,173 posts)scarytomcat
(1,706 posts)Don Jon will not be saved either.
He will tarnish the cons. Heads will roll just like in the Nixon administration.
The cons would be better served to let this play out and go to Don Jon at the end and say it is time to go.
And let a Ford pardon him.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)The tRump Gang and the RepubliCONgress don't have many options and none of them are good for them.
Their best option would be to 25th Trump ASAP. It would be the most face-saving (and somewhat brand-saving) for them.
Next best is impeachment & conviction or getting him to resign ASAP in the face of certain i & c.
The longer they dither the more their brand is damaged.
Some of them and their propaganda arm Fox Noise still believe they can tamp this down and get past it. They have made a very bad bet.
denvine
(802 posts)I was wondering how we can take to the streets if he would do such a thing! I really hope every city in the country gets clogged up!
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)deancr
(150 posts)and shared with the local indivisible. If not the streets then, when?
BigmanPigman
(51,607 posts)Time will tell. This will not go quietly into the night nor will it be brushed under the carpet. If anything, it will motivate and energize louder, stronger and angrier people to do something/anything (especially the Dem reps). The grass roots is NOT going away as they wish and hope it would or falsely proclaim it has on Fux Ruse and right wing radio propaganda.
Sneederbunk
(14,291 posts)pnwmom
(108,980 posts)Duppers
(28,125 posts)I trust her.
I'm ready to drive to D.C. whenever necessary to join the march.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)if he does do it.
skylucy
(3,739 posts)for that when he testified this week. That said, if Trump does find a way to fire Mueller, and he gets away with it...I fear that our country will never recover. Our laws and our constitution will be a joke. God bless America? No, God help us all.
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)Dump can order it but Rosenstein will refuse. Dump can fire Rosenstein and Sessions but will have to appoint someone to get past the Senate committee on confirmation. It could take months. In the mean time, Mueller has a dead man's switch in place.
TheBlackAdder
(28,205 posts)They are trying to make people numb to the idea.
RKP5637
(67,109 posts)marble falls
(57,097 posts)much the Orange Shitgibbon wishes it.
LuckyCharms
(17,441 posts)so he is going to really have to jump through hoops to do it.
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)Designed to get suckers to invest in them
pnwmom
(108,980 posts)and they're both worried that Mueller is about to be fired.
aeromanKC
(3,322 posts)I'm pretty sure Mueller is prepared for this scenario.
I've got my popcorn!!
stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)USALiberal
(10,877 posts)pnwmom
(108,980 posts)about this possibility.
We should take his concern seriously.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)pnwmom
(108,980 posts)that he's worried about it.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)Was Bill Clinton not capable of firing Ken Starr?
pnwmom
(108,980 posts)is a Republican who is thought to be more likely to cave.
Tavarious Jackson
(1,595 posts)Holding Grassley's feet to the fire? Please do not accuse me of ageism. She is too old to have the fight we need in the party. It's energy not ageism
FarCenter
(19,429 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)He would have to ask Rosenstein to fire Mueller.
RKP5637
(67,109 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,173 posts)and promising you're going to purge the FBI and you'll always have their back (once they are purged of that investigation)