There came a time when the Old Gods died! The Brave died with the Cunning! The Noble perished locked in battle with unleashed Evil! It was the last day for them! An ancient era was passing in fiery holocaust!
Jeez...
In any normal investigation, you'd need to have evidence of specific crime "X" just to start an investigation.
Far as I know, the report flat out shoots down stuff like Cohen being in whatever European country to take part in this "Conspiracy" charge that never materialized. Never mind ruling out an indictment on Don Jr.
Heck, no "Conspiracy" charges turned up down the chain.
No regular citizen would still be getting investigated with what they turned up. It's the same thing as Clinton before being impeached. No regular investigation would get the kind of leeway that those two did.
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The report coroborates the meeting with the Russians. And there was evidence of obstruction. The Fed Intel Agencies sad the Russians were working to help Trump, and he accepted their help.
Sorry you feel your guy was unfairly attacked by a witch hunt, but that reading is as accurate as Trumps and Barrs.
There came a time when the Old Gods died! The Brave died with the Cunning! The Noble perished locked in battle with unleashed Evil! It was the last day for them! An ancient era was passing in fiery holocaust!
That's you talking.
As for the actual reality of the thing, it's still nothing like the "Shot A Gun..." instance from earlier. Special Federal investigations get leeway that a regular old investigation never would.
As for "The Report Says A Meeting With Russians Happened...", that's not a conspiracy. Something they should have to hang their heads over? Absolutely.
The sort of conspiracy folks were saying happened? Don't think that they turned up any actual proof of that. They certainly never charged any of the people who Justice Department policy would not have stopped them from indicting with a "Conspiracy" charge. There is probably a perfectly logical reason that they did not.
As for "Obstruction...", see above.
It's an instance where it could only happen in the very narrow example of a Federal investigation where they have the sort of leeway that they need to investigate. In the earlier example, it probably never gets to that.
Not true.
Martha Stewart was convicted of obstruction because they thought there might be insider trading. If there is enough to start an investigation, obstruction can then ensue.
The meeting at the trump Tower and the ties numerous Trump officials had with foreign countries was enough to start an investigation. That Trump then tried to obstruct it is what is illegal, even if the very, very narrow definition of collusion could not be applied. (They did in fact, coordinate with the Russians)
I am not arguing the "shot a gun" scenerio you hate. I am talking the facts on the ground in this case.
Your argument is that if they ignored all the interplay between the Russians and Trumps and didn't investigate, he wouldn't have been able to obstruct.
That doesn't fly. I can't muster the sympathy you have for Trump.
There came a time when the Old Gods died! The Brave died with the Cunning! The Noble perished locked in battle with unleashed Evil! It was the last day for them! An ancient era was passing in fiery holocaust!
No you don't. You just need reasonable cause to start an investigation. You don't need evidence for a crime to start an investigation because most crimes could not be investigated if you did.
And to that end, it was suspected if not known that there was a Russian influence on the Trump campaign. That leads to the Muller investigation because while there was no direct evidence of a crime in the case of Russia helping a knowing Trump get elected, in conspiracy you cannot guarantee there will be any sort of smoking gun. Conspiracy does not mean you will have direct evidence of a crime which is why an investigation is needed. An investigation is done to prove ones guilt or innocence and while Trump may be fine for now, during that period of investigation you had criminal charges levied against people who worked with and for Donald Trump. Even if he wasn't an accomplice or the bad actor itself, during the investigation it raises many red flags which is very much why this is/was necessary.
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Exactly. I don't think people are remembering how popular that whole episode made Clinton and how it got all his supporters to rally around him. Nor that it made the Republicans look incredibly petty and put them in a position of weakness.
You really only do something like this if you can get some tangible benefit. There is no tangible benefit here. He will not be removed from office. But even in the off chance that you do, that's years of political capital the Democrats just conceded.
A far better move is to just wait and hold the Republicans and Trump accountable in the next election
I think the problem is ultimately optics here. The Republicans are going to play up "the Democrats shouted collusion for two years, and they found no collusion, so now they want to impeach him for obstruction for a crime they made up that he was cleared on".
Yes we should be able to hold the President to a high standard, but we both know it's a game of politics. You will never get the Senate Republicans to oust him. So the best case scenario is off the table. So now it's just whether you want to make a point or not.
I found it interesting seeing Keely Ann trying to spin it as this is all Obama's fault. And Rudy G...I'm not sure I even get what he was trying to say on Meet The Press today.
That's the bigger problem. There's hoops to jump through and ultimately before you even get to actually indict him you like have to go through many court proceedings to get a definitive ruling on that matter. By which point the only thing you won is the ability to go through another drawn out court process. By that point, optics can shift and the political will might not be there.