Former Nixon Counsel John Dean says impeachment should include Pompeo, Barr, & others

[Mrs. Overall]

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John Dean
@JohnWDean

Impeachment must include AG Barr for coverups and SecState Pompeo re Ukraine — along with President Trump. Others as their involvement becomes apparent. This is beyond a one man show!

[malaise]

1. Get thee to the greatest page

and get them to prison

[lunatica]

19. A slew of Nixon's staff were convicted and did time.

They didn’t get a pardon. John Dean himself was convicted.

Remember Gordon Liddy? He was one of them.

They were all convicted for only a couple of years, but it changed their lives.

[rickyhall]

33. Liddy the President killer?

[sandensea]

42. A rat eater working for a rat fucker.

The place was just infested. And here we are again!

[True Blue American]

34. John Mitchell went to prison.

[elleng]

2. YES!

Thank you, John Dean!

[dalton99a]

3. Kick

[redstatebluegirl]

4. K&R

[Wounded Bear]

5. He's right...nt

[shockey80]

6. Amen.

[BigmanPigman]

7. And Pence.

[Canoe52]

10. +1,000

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

20. +1000

[BigmanPigman]

21. Would Pelosi be the next POTUS?

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

22. If the dominos fall the right way...yes...nt

[Amaryllis]

78. Damn straight she would

[True Blue American]

37. Yes!

Pence was involved.

[Botany]

50. Yup. Pence went to Poland to meet with the Ukrainian President to let him know that ...

... Trump wanted dirt on the Bidens even if it was made up.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212491296

[Ligyron]

76. Because you have to commit such crimes verbally and in person.

Can't trust phones and sometimes they want cash.

[Eyeball_Kid]

56. Did we forget that Pence committed a felony?

He knew that Flynn was working for a foreign government, knew that Flynn was not a registered foreign agent (which is a crime), yet gave him permission to have access to highly classified information.

[dchill]

63. Pence Pence Pence!

He is a dirty birdie!

[triron]

8. Yes! How about Mnuchin and Pence?

[Cracklin Charlie]

9. Should?

How about “must”?

[poli-junkie]

11. The scope of trump's crimes is vast

and his enablers are just as culpable.

[ffr]

12. Vice President* Mike Pence made visits, had meetings & phone calls with UKR

all along, carrying tRump's message to Ukraine.

It doesn't take a genius to know what that message was.

[Mersky]

13. YES, YES, & YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nt

[MBS]

14. Thank you, John Dean!

Absolutely correct.

[dweller]

15. and i'd add the whole damn gop

but i believe that will be taken care of at the polls in 2020 once this whole sordid mess is revealed to the masses

the reckoning
is due

✌🏼

[democrank]

16. A very wise John Dean

[2naSalit]

17. Without question from me...

he's absolutely right!

[bucolic_frolic]

18. John Dean is right, any investigation will implicate others

I want to think there is Flash, Blitzkrieg, impeachment, but it is initially a fact finding, and will continue for awhile. The case must be made plainly, clearly to place it before the American people. And there are unknowns. If a Senator were part of the case, would he/she still have a vote in the Senate trial? There is some reason they all still carry Trump's water.

[triron]

49. Hopefully this will be like the Nuremberg trials.

[bucolic_frolic]

53. Thanks I had a good laugh at that n/t

[yellowdogintexas]

66. John Dean should know! nt

[kacekwl]

23. Yes please,

The list of traitors and criminals is long.

[moondust]

24. Mulvaney.

Rotten little toady was apparently in on it.

[meow2u3]

25. To the greatest page you go!

[dlk]

26. Let's not forget Manafort's personal choice, Mike Pence

Pence largely flies under the radar, by design.

[MartyTheGreek]

48. I was just thinking... Who's the next batter up for them...

Pence has been playing alter boy but he has to know some dirt. How can we prevent him from pardoning anyone and charge is butt too?

[Eyeball_Kid]

58. Pence cleared Flynn to see highly classified documents when

he knew that Flynn had committed felonies for not registering as a foreign agent, and for not legitimately being able to get a security clearance.

[wryter2000]

27. Yes!

Barr first. Fix the DOJ

[Bradical79]

28. It should

Though that's a lot to bite off 14 months before elections. Maybe some more crimes from those people will be exposed as the process plays out.

[kentuck]

29. It was definitely a team effort...

He could not have done it without them.

[SCVDem]

30. This is not "white collar crime!"

This is treason and the punishment should be Gitmo or SuperMax for the rest of their lives.

They are lucky we don't do a Nuremberg!

Examples must be made of them all!

[world wide wally]

31. It will also make them think more than twice about lying to cover up for him.

They will have to worry about their own asses

[G_j]

32. Correct

[spanone]

35. ...and Giuliani should be disbarred.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

40. nope. Rude Ghoul needs barred and rebarred.

And hang garlic on every bar to make sure he stays there.

[radical noodle]

36. Their complicity in withholding

the whistleblower statement and the funds from Ukraine make them guilty of conspiracy, doesn't it?

[patphil]

38. We should include Joseph Mcguire, the DNI who didn't do his job.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

39. Hell yes! Bars for Barr

[malaise]

41. Love it

[Hermit-The-Prog]

43. impeachment won't jail him but can clear the way

Impeachment can only remove him from office, "but the party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgment and punishment, according to law."

I'm betting he's broken a few while covering for Needy Amin.

[Eyeball_Kid]

59. Impeachment doesn't remove him from office. That's the Senate's job.

They have to convict. Then he's removed from office. Impeachment verifies the evidence and sends the issue to the Senate for a trial. If convicted, Trumpy will be removed from office.

But all of this is strong speculation. Trumpy will refuse to be defeated. He will ignore impeachment and he will ignore conviction from the Senate. As of today, he is still dictator.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

60. yes, but there is hope that the Senate will have a new majority leader

Impeachment is not instantaneous. The House will have its hands full for a while just formalizing the high crimes and misdemeanors of the Orange Twitler. Barr, Pompeo, Maguire, and even, possibly, Moscow Mitch will have to wait their turns. (The latter is the least likely, but possible, depending on what the investigations turn up).

[saidsimplesimon]

44. "Drain the swamp" now has meaning.

I'm afraid the flow will plug the sewers if we flush them all down at once. I'll call the plumber.

[bdamomma]

45. oh could they include

a few others, Mnuchin, Miller, Ross and there are probably more. Oh how can I forget Moscow Mitch!

[quarbis]

46. John Dean

Is a smart man who got caught up in Watergate. He knows what he’s talking about.

[LiberalLovinLug]

47. And this would actually deflect at least a part of the focus away from Donald, which is good

By that I mean, Trump couldn't come out and just whine about himself,as per usual. His cult followers couldn't interpret this is Democrats just going after one man, their Dear Leader. By expanding the impeachment, Democrats would be proving to them, and to all Republicans, Independents, that its not just a vindictive assault on Trump himself.

[MartyTheGreek]

51. The Mueller Roadmap will be opening soon!

And, we'll get to see all of Barr's redaction's.

[Fan of Da Bearse]

52. And certainly This Guy!

[Faux pas]

54. I agree

we need to TAKE THEM ALL DOWN.

[wendyb-NC]

55. Yes!

His whole damned bad of pirates!

[lagomorph777]

57. +Moscow Mitch

[seta1950]

61. Yes

AND MIKE PENCE

[Wawannabe]

64. Pence too!

Then it will be Madame president Pelosi

[Blue Owl]

65. The whole filthy lot!

[Mr.Bill]

67. I just did some googling

and the 25th amendment says if the VP becomes president and appoints a new VP, that new VP requires the approval of a majority of both houses of Congress. Interesting.

[gopiscrap]

68. I agree with John Dean

in fact it should include every elected repuke official from dog catcher to president

[Skittles]

69. CORRECT

[burrowowl]

70. K&R

May a swamp of rebukes be drained!

[BigDemVoter]

71. Throw in that drunk rapist, Brett Kavenaugh, with the rest of those sorry fuckers.

[lindysalsagal]

72. Don't forget McTurtle.

[Nitram]

73. I agree in principle, but I wouldn't want to confuse the impeachment of Trump with anything else.

Trump loves a chaotic, carnivalistic, circus, and that's what we'd have with a broader impeachment. Removing Trump from office is more important than impeaching everyone complicit in the crime. Every one of them can be charged with crimes in state and federal courts, separately from an impeachment decision by the House and Senate. Remove Trump from office, and the path to indictment of his underlings and puppeteers will be cleared.

[dchill]

74. K&R.

[backscatter712]

75. Moscow Mitch needs to be a target second only to Trump.

Take him down and Trump's GOP support in the Senate crumbles.

[Newest Reality]

77. ++Good!

[onetexan]

79. HEAR! HEAR! K&R!!

[Baltimike]

80. knr

[triron]

81. kick for visibility