Based on what has happened, why would anyone think this won't get shut down before it even gets

[still_one]

started

The indictment will probably involve the low hanging fruit like Flynn or someone like that, and I really think there will be a concerted effort by trump and the republicans to shut it down.

[emulatorloo]

1. Flynn will turn on Trump so quickly it will make yr head spin

There's a person on Mueller's team that's an expert on flipping witnesses.

[nolabear]

3. Exactly. Manafort too.

[kimbutgar]

2. I get that fitzgerald investigation fatigue that came to nothing but scooter libby

I so hope I’m wrong.

[emulatorloo]

4. Apples and oranges.

[MLAA]

5. I wouldn't think of Flynn as necessarily low hanging fruit..if he flips he has first hand dirt on

IMpotus!

[still_one]

8. By low hanging fruit I meant easiest to build a case against

[MLAA]

9. Ahh, gotcha 🙂

[Wwcd]

6. Then that would be obstruction at this point.

He could fire Mueller but there are sealed indictments ready & waiting to be unsealed.

Trump can replace Mueller, but the charges & all findings on file remain.
Trump can't make those go away.

I am confident that Mueller has planned well ahead for the real possibility of Trump putting someone in place with the intent on firing Mueller.

The wheels of Mueller's justice are turning with or without trump's blessing.

It may end up in the SC where Mueller has already had conferences with.

Keep the faith in Mr Mueller & his world class team
All I can say. They have missed nothing.

[jberryhill]

7. "Shut it down" how?

If he starts pardoning people who were indicted on the basis of actions they took as part of his campaign, that's not going to help him a whole lot.

[still_one]

10. He would fire the special prosecutor, and unlike WaterGate, the republicans would back him on it.

When you have fox news and other right wing outlets calling for Mueller's resignation in the last few days, I think they are setting up for this

[jberryhill]

11. Firing the prosecutor does not get rid of the indictment

[still_one]

12. True, but unless they impeach, it is very uncertain if a sitting president can be indicted

[jberryhill]

13. What does that have to do with what you said....

"The indictment will probably involve the low hanging fruit like Flynn or someone like that..."

[shraby]

14. Clinton was a sitting president. Didn't they indict him?