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grantcart

(53,061 posts)
Tue Aug 1, 2017, 07:40 PM Aug 2017

One thing, and the most important thing, has changed by having Kelly as COS

The leak which had Kelly calling Comey after he was fired (which had to have been leaked by one or both of them) and threatening to resign as Secretary of DHS to express his anger has made one thing clear IMO: Kelly will not sanction a Mueller firing. Interestingly it is reported that Comey urged him not to resign.

If he was upset about Comey getting fired he would be 10 times more angry at being a part of a huge Saturday Night Massacre that would take Mueller out.

Notice that all of the attacks against Sessions and the rumors of appointing a new AG during recess have evaporated since Kelly moved in.

Trump has to realize that Kelly has a hundred ways to block an attack on Mueller beyond resigning in protest.

Kelly could simply leak details and allow key players to be prepared ahead of time. Exposing a move against Mueller would likely get a resolution from the Senate, among intensive public reaction.

It may be that Kelly approved the leak in order to not only show his personal take on the move but that he was prepared to go outside normal channels, that if Trump moves against Mueller he will have to go through Kelly.

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marylandblue

(12,344 posts)
1. Everytime Trump gets new staff he tones it down for a while
Tue Aug 1, 2017, 07:44 PM
Aug 2017

But he can't help himself, sooner or later he starts up again. Seems like this will be just another cycle.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
2. We will be watching to see if Trump is brought under control. As he has been dangling
Tue Aug 1, 2017, 07:44 PM
Aug 2017

on the puppet strings of Putin, he is wild and out of control.

 

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)
8. Yessah! And he will do just as he's told, or just stand there, holding
Tue Aug 1, 2017, 08:46 PM
Aug 2017

what's left of his masculinity/honor in his sullied hands

Just another power seduced ladder climbing lackey

Soon to be tossed aside in at least as humiliating manner as Reince

One can only hope

rickford66

(5,497 posts)
5. Why are Kelly's phone call details considered a leak ?
Tue Aug 1, 2017, 08:34 PM
Aug 2017

No classified stuff. Just facts about a phone call.

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
7. I think that they are considered a leak because it was released through anonymous sources
Tue Aug 1, 2017, 08:43 PM
Aug 2017

As you point out it wasn't a leak of any classified information but the party who was releasing the information leaked it out rather than giving it publicly. The fact that he is quoted as stating that he was considering resigning made it very sensitive information if not classified.
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