POTUS (Donald) many legal issues cornering him

coldstream

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Trump has a genius for grasping the reins of revolts. He has a sixth sense for the tides of destiny. Something Nixon was always swimming against. I expect Trump will abide through all of this. He's at the vanguard of history. "The Dude abides." I don't know about you, but I take comfort in that. It's good knowin' he's out there. The Dude. Takin' 'er easy for all us sinners. Shoosh. I sure hope he makes the finals." This hatchet job by the political establishment is going nowhere.
 

coldstream

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Trump has a genius for grasping the reins of revolts. He has a sixth sense for the tides of destiny. Something Nixon was always swimming against. I expect Trump will abide through all of this. He's at the vanguard of history. The Dude abides; I don't know about you, but I take comfort in that. It's good knowin' he's out there. The Dude. Takin' 'er easy for all us sinners. Shoosh. I sure hope he makes the finals. This hatchet job by the political establishment is going nowhere.
 

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Trump is an idiot.
Topped only by his backers.
Sessions Hits Back as Trump Says Impeachment Would Sink Economy
"I will tell you what, if I ever got impeached, I think the market would crash, I think everybody would be very poor," the president warned in an interview aired Thursday on talk show "Fox and Friends."
"I don't know how you can impeach somebody who has done a great job."
The president's personal lawyer-cum-spokesman Rudy Giuliani echoed that stark warning, hinting at political unrest.
"You would only impeach him for political reasons and the American people would revolt against that," he told Sky News while on a golf course in Scotland.
- New area of vulnerability -The comments came after two of Trump's former top aides -- onetime campaign chairman Paul Manafort and longtime lawyer Michael Cohen -- were found guilty of various financial crimes in a one-two punch for the president.
Cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations in the form of hush payments during the 2016 campaign to two women who alleged they had affairs with Trump. He said he had paid them at Trump's request.
Although Cohen did not name the women, they were believed to be porn star Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal.
Because the hush payments were intended to influence the outcome of the elections, they violated US laws governing campaign contributions, making Trump an -- as yet -- unindicted co-conspirator.
In another hammer blow Thursday, The Wall Street Journal and other US media said David Pecker, CEO of tabloid publisher American Media, had been given immunity by prosecutors investigating the payments, opening a new area of vulnerability for Trump.
Pecker's company publishes the National Enquirer.
- Sessions in the firing line -As the legal net closed in, Trump renewed attacks on Sessions in an apparent attempt to have him squash investigations that could endanger his presidency.
A president can be removed from office by Congress for "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors."
Trump has repeatedly berated Sessions for recusing himself from the federal probe into Russian election meddling, which has expanded into questions of collusion and obstruction of justice as well as the financial dealings of Trump associates.
"I put in an attorney general that never took control of the justice department," he complained to Fox News, fueling rumors he may fire Sessions and install someone more pliant.
But Sessions quickly hit back, saying he would not be swayed in a remarkable public broadside.
"While I am attorney general, the actions of the Department of Justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations," he said.
Lawmakers from Trump's own Republican Party warned the president they would not confirm a new attorney general if Sessions -- a former senator -- was fired.
"It would be a very, very, very bad idea to fire the attorney general because he's not executing his job as a political hack," said Senator Ben Sasse.
- Hush payments 'not a crime'? -Trump's story about Cohen's payments has changed multiple times over the past year, and in Thursday's Fox interview, he tried to defuse the allegations in several ways.
He claimed his former lawyer "made the deals," and insisted that Cohen's actions were "not a crime," while going on to claim that "campaign violations are considered not a big deal, frankly."
 

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When Is an Offense Impeachable? Look to the Framers for the Answer
By Adam Liptak
August 22, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/22/us/politics/offense-impeachable-constitution.html

... legal scholars said that committing crimes aimed at undermining the integrity of an election could well satisfy the constitutional standard for impeachment, which is set out in Article II, Section 4: “The president, vice president and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors.”
https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articleii

When the framers met in Philadelphia in 1787, they singled out one offense in particular as worthy of impeachment: a candidate’s interference with the Electoral College.

“If the president bribes members of the Electoral College in order to obtain office, it was clear from the debates that that was thought to be an impeachable offense,” said Cass R. Sunstein, a law professor at Harvard and the author of “Impeachment: A Citizen’s Guide.”

“Shall the man who has practiced corruption, and by that means procured his appointment in the first instance, be suffered to escape punishment by repeating his guilt?” he asked.

“Not every impeachable offense is a crime, and not every crime is an impeachable offense,” Mr. Matz said. “Impeachment is not about punishing the president. That’s what criminal liability is for. It’s about getting him out of office so he can’t use its powers in a harmful manner going forward.”

“The Constitution does not allow the House to impeach the president for reasons that fall short of a high crime or misdemeanor,” he said. “And to refuse to impeach the president — and here I disagree with many people — when the president has committed a high crime or misdemeanor, that’s also unconstitutional.”

“That said,” Professor Tribe continued, “for Congress not to initiate a comprehensive inquiry into the 2016 election and the means by which Trump secured an Electoral College victory would be a grave dereliction of duty.”
 

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If Hitlary didn't get bagged I doubt anybody will so this is just another dog and pony show for the masses, well most of them anyway.
 

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When Is an Offense Impeachable? Look to the Framers for the Answer
By Adam Liptak
August 22, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/22/us/politics/offense-impeachable-constitution.html

... legal scholars said that committing crimes aimed at undermining the integrity of an election could well satisfy the constitutional standard for impeachment, which is set out in Article II, Section 4: “The president, vice president and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors.”
https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articleii

When the framers met in Philadelphia in 1787, they singled out one offense in particular as worthy of impeachment: a candidate’s interference with the Electoral College.

“If the president bribes members of the Electoral College in order to obtain office, it was clear from the debates that that was thought to be an impeachable offense,” said Cass R. Sunstein, a law professor at Harvard and the author of “Impeachment: A Citizen’s Guide.”

“Shall the man who has practiced corruption, and by that means procured his appointment in the first instance, be suffered to escape punishment by repeating his guilt?” he asked.

“Not every impeachable offense is a crime, and not every crime is an impeachable offense,” Mr. Matz said. “Impeachment is not about punishing the president. That’s what criminal liability is for. It’s about getting him out of office so he can’t use its powers in a harmful manner going forward.”

“The Constitution does not allow the House to impeach the president for reasons that fall short of a high crime or misdemeanor,” he said. “And to refuse to impeach the president — and here I disagree with many people — when the president has committed a high crime or misdemeanor, that’s also unconstitutional.”

“That said,” Professor Tribe continued, “for Congress not to initiate a comprehensive inquiry into the 2016 election and the means by which Trump secured an Electoral College victory would be a grave dereliction of duty.”

Where's the part about getting blow jobs from compliant interns?

Whatever gravitas the system is supposed to have, they pissed it away long ago on minutae.
 

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The other side of the aisle isn't any cleaner. The Banksters always back both sides, that way they never lose.
 

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This is another example of the Democrats hate for free democracy. The people voted for a businessman to drain the swamp who does not act like a politician. Trump want to do the work and the opposition and the fake media or special interest groups are trying to tie him down because he refuses to be a puppet on a chain. Hail To The Chief, Now leave Trump alone and respect people's choice and let him rule.
 

Hoid

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Just like Nixon it will be the cover up that gets Trump out of there
 

Ocean Breeze

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This is another example of the Democrats hate for free democracy. The people voted for a businessman to drain the swamp who does not act like a politician. Trump want to do the work and the opposition and the fake media or special interest groups are trying to tie him down because he refuses to be a puppet on a chain. Hail To The Chief, Now leave Trump alone and respect people's choice and let him rule.
He does NOT RULE.......he is NOT a ING (EVEN THOUGH HE MIGHT BELIEVE HE IS IN HIS TWISTED MIND)

Or do you Trump supporters WANT a monarchy??
 

justducky

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He does NOT RULE.......he is NOT a KING (EVEN THOUGH HE MIGHT BELIEVE HE IS IN HIS TWISTED MIND)

Or do you Trump supporters WANT a monarchy??

"SNIP.....

Investigators Turn Focus to Trump’s Business


Adam Davidson: “There are now multiple investigations of the Trump Organization being conducted by the special counsel Robert Mueller, the New York Attorney General, The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, the Manhattan District Attorney, the Southern District of New York, and—quite likely—other jurisdictions. President Trump is unable to stop most of these investigations. With Cohen and, now, Weisselberg providing information, it is becoming increasingly certain that the American people will—sooner or later—have a far fuller understanding of how Donald Trump conducted business. That is unlikely to go well for him.”

.....SNIP"

https://politicalwire.com/2018/08/25/investigations-turn-focus-to-trumps-business/
 

Ocean Breeze

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"SNIP.....

Investigators Turn Focus to Trump’s Business


Adam Davidson: “There are now multiple investigations of the Trump Organization being conducted by the special counsel Robert Mueller, the New York Attorney General, The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, the Manhattan District Attorney, the Southern District of New York, and—quite likely—other jurisdictions. President Trump is unable to stop most of these investigations. With Cohen and, now, Weisselberg providing information, it is becoming increasingly certain that the American people will—sooner or later—have a far fuller understanding of how Donald Trump conducted business. That is unlikely to go well for him.”

.....SNIP"

https://politicalwire.com/2018/08/25/investigations-turn-focus-to-trumps-business/
a thorough exam of his business "practices" should have been done during the vetting process when he decided to run for POTUS. Plus it should be mandatory to release one's tax returns during the vetting process. Perhaps the real swamp is the electoral system.which seems to have NO criteria for the candidates, no list of QUALIFICATIONS, (like basic diplomatic skills) no professional resume required, BUT if you have mega bucks ..... no problem...... you can run for a highly responsible . high pressure and demanding job (whether you are qualified or not)