RUSSIA/РОССИЯ THREAD—ASSANGE CHRGD W/ SPYING—DJT IMPEACHED TWICE-US TREASURY SANCTS KILIMNIK AS RUSSIAN AGNT
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Don’t gas me up like this my G :damnlawd:
Jhoon
Spontaneous Mishaps and Hijinks
These are the same it’s going to be wrapped up before the 12 days of Christmas people.What kind of attorney is this? He must be having dementia like trump
Aye, were just going balls to the wall at this point
#BuckleUp
Exclusive: Trump lawyer claims the "President cannot obstruct justice"
John Dowd, President Trump's outside lawyer, outlined to me a new and highly controversial defense/theory in the Russia probe: A president cannot be guilty of obstruction of justice.
The "President cannot obstruct justice because he is the chief law enforcement officer under [the Constitution's Article II] and has every right to express his view of any case," Dowd claims.
Dowd says he drafted this weekend's Trump tweet that many thought strengthened the case for obstruction: The tweet suggested Trump knew Flynn had lied to the FBI when he was fired, raising new questions about the later firing of FBI Director James Comey.
Why it matters: Trump's legal team is clearly setting the stage to say the president cannot be charged with any of the core crimes discussed in the Russia probe: collusion and obstruction. Presumably, you wouldn't preemptively make these arguments unless you felt there was a chance charges are coming.
- Dowd: "The tweet did not admit obstruction. That is an ignorant and arrogant assertion."
Bob Woodward tells me this "is a legal thicket and really has not been settled":
- One top D.C. lawyer told me that obstruction is usually an ancillary charge rather than a principal one, such as aquid pro quo between the Trump campaign and Russians.
- But Dems will fight the Dowd theory. Bob Bauer, an NYU law professor and former White House counsel to President Obama, told me: "It is certainly possible for a president to obstruct justice. The case for immunity has its adherents, but they based their position largely on the consideration that a president subject to prosecution would be unable to perform the duties of the office, a result that they see as constitutionally intolerable."
- Remember: The Articles of Impeachment against Nixon began by saying he "obstructed, and impeded the administration of justice."
Be smart: The one thing everyone agrees on is that the House of Representatives, with its impeachment power, alone decides what is cause for removal from office. For now, at least, the House is run by Republicans.
- "I think a president can only be reached through impeachment and removal. But the House and Senate could conclude a president had obstructed, and conclude that was a 'high crime.'"
- "In Watergate there was political exhaustion — plus, as Barry Goldwater said, 'too many lies and too many crimes.' These questions are now, in the end, probably up to the Republicans. The evidence was in Nixon's secret tapes. Is there such a path to proof now is one way or the other? We don't know."
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Its a valid case though unfortunately. Read a few professors' takes on it and the President does have the right to unlawfully fire a suboordinate without any criminal liability. However, its still grounds for impeachment.
Hood Critic
The Power Circle
The President is above the law aka The Nixon excuse.
Pretty much. The President's powers are pretty ridiculous if used correctly.
nah, they'd still be fukked
Trump STILL colluded
They didn't even need Flynn to take them down.
I dont think yall get how truly fukked Trump is from all sides.
B-b-but Hillary Clinton 
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Didn’t read this thread since Saturday morning and started to catch up this am and I finally made it a few hours later
B-b-but Hillary Clinton
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He loves this what about him what about her shyt
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True, true. Then again, I can point to a number of women who are the problem. Lisa Murkowski, Shelley Moore Caputo, Susan Collins, any Republican woman in the House of Representatives...
Preet says Dowd is on thin ice 
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B-b-but Hillary Clinton
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That Hilary shyt is so played.
