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... potentially worse than anything in the Mueller Report
David R. Lurie
05.24.1910:00 PM ET
Long before becoming president, Donald Trump called for the jailing of his adversaries. Aided by Attorney General William Barr, he may now actually be training the full force of federal law enforcement against his enemies, real or perceived. Unlike Richard Nixon, who acted in secret, Trump is corrupting the justice system openly and publicly.
The seriousness of such a presidential abuse of power, and its potential for undermining the constitutional order, could well surpass any of the crimes detailed in the Mueller Report. Indeed, the Congress long ago recognized that such misconduct can merit impeachment.
Trumps desire to investigate the investigators who uncovered the Russian plot to elect him president has taken on a special urgency since the release of the Mueller Report, with Trump repeatedly accusing government officials of treason, and the White House declaring: This whole thing was a TAKEDOWN ATTEMPT at the President of the United States ...
Its reminiscent of Nixons secret scheme to use the available federal machinery to screw our political enemies, as then-White House Counsel John Dean put it, by manipulating grant availability, federal contract, litigation, prosecution, etc. Nixon directed the IRS provide potentially damaging information against some of his enemies. Although the agencys commissioner refused Nixons demand, the scheme became part of the impeachment case against Nixon, which accused him of illegally endeavoring to obtain <information> from the Internal Revenue Service, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens ...
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-public-enemies-list-is-an-impeachable-offense
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)SHRED
(28,136 posts)And who's gonna stop him?
Certainly not the IRS nor the IC who have stood by and watch him be installed and his destructive ways.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,716 posts)I've started wondering whether some people Trump doesn't like are going to start "falling" out of windows or just disappearing, like critics of Putin?