This is risky’: Trump’s thirst for Mueller revenge could land him in trouble.
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Team Trump’s bellicose tweets and public statements in the last few days could expose the president to fresh charges of witness intimidation and obstruction of justice.
No, they couldn't. The President has the right of free speech just like everyone else.
No, they couldn't. The President has the right of free speech just like everyone else.
Yes, he does.
But his free speech may well negate his right to claim executive privilege.
“President Donald Trump may have spoiled his chance of claiming executive privilege to block the testimony of former White House Counsel Don McGahn, the prominent witness in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report, according to legal experts.
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“To the extent [Trump] had any argument about executive privilege (which was clearly already waived) it’s 100% gone now,” Mimi Rocah, a former federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York, tweeted Thursday. “Can’t hide behind legal privilege & then go out & give your (lying) version of the facts. That’s the law & it’s just common sense.”“
It’s time for Republicans to lead the hitting back, the cowards could of never stood up to the heat Trump has faced. One thing is for certain, someone needs to find answers to why intelligence officials and media duped a large amount of our country into Russian collusion hysteria for 2 and 1/2 years
Intelligence officials said there was Russian interference in the 2016 election. I don't see anywhere that that has been disputed by Mueller.
Trump was not exonerated for obstruction of justice.
Team Trump’s bellicose tweets and public statements in the last few days could expose the president to fresh charges of witness intimidation and obstruction of justice.
Team Trump’s bellicose tweets and public statements in the last few days are potentially exposing Trump to fresh charges of witness intimidation, obstruction of justice and impeding a congressional investigation — not to mention giving lawmakers more fodder for their presidential probes — according to Democrats and legal experts.
This is risky,” said William Jeffress, a prominent Washington defense attorney who represented President Richard Nixon after he left the White House. “I find it surprising because he’s taking these shots at witnesses who gave information to Mueller, and I think he’s got to be careful because there’s an explicit federal statute punishing retaliation against witnesses.”
It’s a lesson some thought Trump would have learned during the Mueller investigation.
But Trump and his lawyers haven’t hit the mute button.
The president has tweeted about the Russia probe more than 50 times since last Thursday’s release of a redacted version of the Mueller report. And attacks in recent days have turned forcefully against McGahn, who is mentioned more than 500 times in the Mueller report and who delivered damaging testimony about Trump’s attempts to shut down the Russia investigation. The White House signaled Thursday they’d invoke executive privilege to block the Democrats’ subpoena for McGahn, and Chairman Jerry Nadler swung back that the move “represent[s] one more act of obstruction by an Administration desperate to prevent the public from talking about the President’s behavior.
At this point both sides need to drop this and move on. If not it’s going to make them look foolish.
Trump will always be a winner, so there is no risk.
The man always finishes on top.
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