Renowned Historian: Sessions Firing '10 Times Worse Than Nixon' - The Beat With Ari Melber - MSNBC

[KelleyKramer]

Renowned Historian: Sessions Firing '10 Times Worse Than Nixon' | The Beat With Ari Melber | MSNBC


President Trump has fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions and replaced him with Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, an outspoken critic of the Mueller probe, who will now oversee it. Renowned Presidential Historian Michael Beschloss tells Ari Melber that "if this is going the way it looks, this is 10 times worse than Nixon".

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[mucifer]

1. oh geez now i really am not gonna ever sleep again

ok a bit of an exaggeration. but insomnia is not good

[Ramsey Barner]

2. The writing on the wall

After the White House's public accusation of assault against Acosta, despite video evidence to the contrary, and its revocation of his press pass, anything is possible. Whitaker already told us how he could starve the Mueller investigation by cutting its budget. Add to that the likelihood that the entire executive branch will refuse to honor Congressional subpoenas, and where does that leave us? With a Supreme Court that will uphold those refusals, and one lonely house of Congress doing its best but just spinning its wheels?

Maybe I need more coffee, but despite the happy election news, I don't like what I see.

[Nitram]

3. You can look at this either from the glass half full or the glass half empty point of view.

Trump just took actions that are further evidence of obstruction of justice, and he did so illegitimately. On the other hand, with Kavanaugh giving him a loyal Supreme court majority, he has also strengthened his position for the time that this constitutional crisis comes to a head. There are a lot of variables and it is a complex equation. My money is on Mueller's investigation.