Trump thinks he a f*cking KING.

[spanone]

Trump's legal team claims broad executive privilege in leaked confidential memo.

President Donald Trump's legal team has made a broad assertion of executive privilege in a bid to avert a subpoena by the special counsel investigating the president's conduct with respect to Russia, according to a confidential memo obtained by The New York Times.

Special counsel Robert Mueller is probing allegations that Trump may have obstructed the inquiry into Russia influence over the 2016 election. The memo — the contents of which The Times published in full on Saturday — cites Trump's lawyers arguing that the president "could neither constitutionally nor legally constitute obstruction because that would amount to him obstructing himself, and that he could, if he wished, terminate the inquiry, or even exercise his power to pardon if he so desired."

The leak of the letter, which was not independently verified by CNBC, comes as Trump's lead lawyer, Rudolph Giuliani, has stated publicly that Mueller's probe into obstruction charges could be wrapped up by September. However, separate reports have cast doubt on that assertion.

The Times noted that Trump's lawyers are worried that submitting to questioning under oath would expose the president to charges of lying, a possible crime for which he could be impeached. Giuliani himself has raised fears that Trump could be "walking into a trap" by consenting to be interviewed by Mueller's team.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/02/trumps-legal-team-claims-broad-executive-privilege-in-leaked-confidential-memo.html

[malaise]

1. King?

You mean Emperor!

[spanone]

2. pardon me for lowering his status....😎

this motherfucker will take every shred of this to the supreme court

[lapfog_1]

3. and he will be if congress and the courts let him get away with it.

[spanone]

5. and our democracy will be a long gone memory

[guillaumeb]

4. It is only a trap because Trump lies about everything.

THAT is Trump's real problem. He cannot tell the truth because the truth would show him to be guilty of many crimes.

[no_hypocrisy]

6. Clinton would have tried it if it were possible.

Right now, the meme is that a sitting President cannot be indicted. I'm pretty sure a Grand Jury can subpoena a President for an investigation and indictment of another party.

[Solly Mack]

7. Unitary Executive

Cheney

[struggle4progress]

8. "Our client cannot testify because he is a compulsive liar and would commit perjury!"

[spanone]

9. In. A. Nutshell.

[Voltaire2]

10. With control of the legislative and judicial branches of the federal government

the "checks and balances" that would restrain his power depend on ethical behavior by the Republican Party.

So he has a point. For now he can pretty much do what he wants.