Andrew Weissmann, a deputy to former special counsel Robert Mueller, said Tuesday that the next attorney general under President-elect Joe Biden should investigate President Trump.
Weissmann in a New York Times op-ed said that any investigation or prosecution of Trump “would further divide the country” and “would surely consume the administration’s energy.” But he added he thinks it’s necessary.
“But as painful and hard as it may be for the country, I believe the next attorney general should investigate Mr. Trump and, if warranted, prosecute him for potential federal crimes,” he wrote.
The former deputy to Mueller during his investigation said he didn’t come to the viewpoint to pursue a probe into the soon-to-be former president “lightly” but added that “Trump’s criminal exposure is clear.”
Weissmann cited the evidence collected during Mueller’s investigation to determine whether Russia interfered in the 2016 election and whether Trump interfered with the probe. He said the team “amassed ample evidence to support a charge that Mr. Trump obstructed justice.”
“What precedent is set if obstructing such an investigation is allowed to go unpunished and undeterred?” he wrote.
He also pointed out that both the Manhattan district attorney and the New York attorney general are investigating Trump on claims of tax and bank fraud, adding these probes could unveil new information leading to federal charges against Trump.
“Sweeping under the rug Mr. Trump’s federal obstruction would be worse still,” Weissmann said. “The precedent set for not deterring a president’s obstruction of a special counsel investigation would be too costly: It would make any future special counsel investigation toothless and set the presidency de facto above the law.”
“In short, being president should mean you are more accountable, not less, to the rule of law,”
President Donald Trump has spent the three weeks since he lost the election savaging a pair of GOP governors for not backing his claims he was robbed.
Republicans are worried it’s just the start of what’s in store from the soon-to-be-former president.
Trump’s attacks on Govs. Brian Kemp of Georgia and Mike DeWine Ohio — both of whom are up for reelection in 2022 — has led to broader concerns within the party that he will use his post-presidency to exact revenge on perceived enemies and insert himself into races in ways that are not helpful.
While the 2022 midterm elections are a ways off, the president’s broadsides are giving fuel to would-be primary challengers in both states — raising the prospect that Republicans will be forced into ugly and expensive nomination fights that could jeopardize their hold on the two governors’ mansions.
Trump’s intrusions into Georgia and Ohio provide an early test case for how he might use his stranglehold on the conservative base to control the party long after he leaves the White House. Never mind that Trump will no longer be in power: Cross him, and you will pay.
“The president’s jabs at Govs. Kemp and DeWine could invite primaries, and that’s exactly the chatter he wants to start,” said Republican strategist Mike DuHaime, who oversaw Chris Christie’s successful New Jersey gubernatorial campaigns.
Happy Thanksgiving Mr Stantis. I apologize for daily attacks on your writing and your character that you receive from contributers of this comments section. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone
It’s becoming crystal clear what President Donald Trump wants to do after he leaves the White House: He wants to turn the GOP into his old TV show, “The Apprentice.”
Trump envisions a Republican Party where everyone who wants to be anyone has to vie for his approval, just like in the show. He will be both the star and the host.
Forget about constituents. Forget about the party at large. Prepare to see some Omarosa Manigault behavior. That’s what Trump likes.
Over the past few weeks there have been whispers around Washington about GOP lawmakers who told their Democratic colleagues that they wished they could congratulate President-elect Joe Biden and move on with our normal peaceful transition of power.
But they couldn’t, because Trump would be furious. Delaware Sen. Chris Coons said several GOP senators told him they couldn’t speak freely … yet.
If the GOP lets the Trump show go on, that “yet” may never come. Even as a private citizen, Trump will demand absolute loyalty — anyone who steps outside that will hear the old “You’re fired.”
Turning the GOP into a Trump show means, of course, that all the focus, all the oxygen in the room, will go to Trump.
There will be no place for other Republican stars unless they are subservient to him. And party leadership will not have full control because he will direct his base according to his own wishes.
This claim, like Frankenstein’s Monster, has been haphazardly stitched together… This Court has been presented with strained legal arguments without merit and speculative accusations, unpled in the operative complaint and unsupported by evidence.
In the United States of America, this cannot justify the disenfranchisement of a single voter, let alone all the voters of its sixth most populated state. Our people, laws, and institutions demand more.”
Judge Matthew W. Brann of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, dismissing the Trump campaign’s attempt to block certification of Pennsylvania’s election result.
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Texas “Here, the court finds the plaintiffs did not act with alacrity. There has been an increasing amount of conversation and action around the subject of implementing drive-through voting since earlier this summer…”
“At virtually any point, but certainly by October 12, 2020, plaintiffs could have filed this action. Instead, they waited until October 28, 2020 at 9:08 p.m. to file their complaint and did not file their actual motion for temporary relief until midday on October 30, 2020 — the last day of early voting.”
Judge Andrew S. Hanen of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, dismissing a Republican-led lawsuit seeking to end drive-through voting in heavily Democratic Harris County, Texas.
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Michigan
“This ‘supplemental evidence’ is inadmissible as hearsay. The assertion that Connarn was informed by an unknown individual what ‘other hired poll workers at her table’ had been told is inadmissible hearsay within hearsay, and plaintiffs have provided no hearsay exception for either level of hearsay that would warrant consideration of the evidence."
I feel the same way about Hillary, Nancy and Chuck. Stupid Americans reelect the same useless warmongers over and over, then wonder why nothing changes. Insanity rules.
allen@home almost 4 years ago
I won’t miss him.
kaffekup almost 4 years ago
Darsan54 predicted this statement yesterday.
braindead Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Here’s another —
Republicans* are not racist. They just don’t want blacks to be able to vote.
nosirrom almost 4 years ago
Even if he does go away we’ll have to deal with the lingering stench.
Silly Season almost 4 years ago
Andrew Weissmann, a deputy to former special counsel Robert Mueller, said Tuesday that the next attorney general under President-elect Joe Biden should investigate President Trump.
Weissmann in a New York Times op-ed said that any investigation or prosecution of Trump “would further divide the country” and “would surely consume the administration’s energy.” But he added he thinks it’s necessary.
“But as painful and hard as it may be for the country, I believe the next attorney general should investigate Mr. Trump and, if warranted, prosecute him for potential federal crimes,” he wrote.
The former deputy to Mueller during his investigation said he didn’t come to the viewpoint to pursue a probe into the soon-to-be former president “lightly” but added that “Trump’s criminal exposure is clear.”
Weissmann cited the evidence collected during Mueller’s investigation to determine whether Russia interfered in the 2016 election and whether Trump interfered with the probe. He said the team “amassed ample evidence to support a charge that Mr. Trump obstructed justice.”
“What precedent is set if obstructing such an investigation is allowed to go unpunished and undeterred?” he wrote.
He also pointed out that both the Manhattan district attorney and the New York attorney general are investigating Trump on claims of tax and bank fraud, adding these probes could unveil new information leading to federal charges against Trump.
“Sweeping under the rug Mr. Trump’s federal obstruction would be worse still,” Weissmann said. “The precedent set for not deterring a president’s obstruction of a special counsel investigation would be too costly: It would make any future special counsel investigation toothless and set the presidency de facto above the law.”
“In short, being president should mean you are more accountable, not less, to the rule of law,”
~
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/527621-mueller-prosecutor-says-next-attorney-general-should-investigate
William Robbins Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Happy Thanksgiving. If you voted skunk, enjoy your tomato juice.
Silly Season almost 4 years ago
President Donald Trump has spent the three weeks since he lost the election savaging a pair of GOP governors for not backing his claims he was robbed.
Republicans are worried it’s just the start of what’s in store from the soon-to-be-former president.
Trump’s attacks on Govs. Brian Kemp of Georgia and Mike DeWine Ohio — both of whom are up for reelection in 2022 — has led to broader concerns within the party that he will use his post-presidency to exact revenge on perceived enemies and insert himself into races in ways that are not helpful.
While the 2022 midterm elections are a ways off, the president’s broadsides are giving fuel to would-be primary challengers in both states — raising the prospect that Republicans will be forced into ugly and expensive nomination fights that could jeopardize their hold on the two governors’ mansions.
Trump’s intrusions into Georgia and Ohio provide an early test case for how he might use his stranglehold on the conservative base to control the party long after he leaves the White House. Never mind that Trump will no longer be in power: Cross him, and you will pay.
“The president’s jabs at Govs. Kemp and DeWine could invite primaries, and that’s exactly the chatter he wants to start,” said Republican strategist Mike DuHaime, who oversaw Chris Christie’s successful New Jersey gubernatorial campaigns.
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https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/22/trump-wreak-havoc-gop-white-house-438859
RobinHood almost 4 years ago
Happy Thanksgiving Mr Stantis. I apologize for daily attacks on your writing and your character that you receive from contributers of this comments section. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone
Silly Season almost 4 years ago
It’s becoming crystal clear what President Donald Trump wants to do after he leaves the White House: He wants to turn the GOP into his old TV show, “The Apprentice.”
Trump envisions a Republican Party where everyone who wants to be anyone has to vie for his approval, just like in the show. He will be both the star and the host.
Forget about constituents. Forget about the party at large. Prepare to see some Omarosa Manigault behavior. That’s what Trump likes.
Over the past few weeks there have been whispers around Washington about GOP lawmakers who told their Democratic colleagues that they wished they could congratulate President-elect Joe Biden and move on with our normal peaceful transition of power.
But they couldn’t, because Trump would be furious. Delaware Sen. Chris Coons said several GOP senators told him they couldn’t speak freely … yet.
If the GOP lets the Trump show go on, that “yet” may never come. Even as a private citizen, Trump will demand absolute loyalty — anyone who steps outside that will hear the old “You’re fired.”
Turning the GOP into a Trump show means, of course, that all the focus, all the oxygen in the room, will go to Trump.
There will be no place for other Republican stars unless they are subservient to him. And party leadership will not have full control because he will direct his base according to his own wishes.
~
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-turning-gop-future-long-humiliating-apprentice-episode-2020-11
Silly Season almost 4 years ago
“The courts will examine the cases….”
They are…
And the courts are laughing at them….
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Repost from up above…
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Pennsylvania
This claim, like Frankenstein’s Monster, has been haphazardly stitched together… This Court has been presented with strained legal arguments without merit and speculative accusations, unpled in the operative complaint and unsupported by evidence.
In the United States of America, this cannot justify the disenfranchisement of a single voter, let alone all the voters of its sixth most populated state. Our people, laws, and institutions demand more.”
Judge Matthew W. Brann of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, dismissing the Trump campaign’s attempt to block certification of Pennsylvania’s election result.
.
Texas “Here, the court finds the plaintiffs did not act with alacrity. There has been an increasing amount of conversation and action around the subject of implementing drive-through voting since earlier this summer…”
“At virtually any point, but certainly by October 12, 2020, plaintiffs could have filed this action. Instead, they waited until October 28, 2020 at 9:08 p.m. to file their complaint and did not file their actual motion for temporary relief until midday on October 30, 2020 — the last day of early voting.”
Judge Andrew S. Hanen of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, dismissing a Republican-led lawsuit seeking to end drive-through voting in heavily Democratic Harris County, Texas.
.
Michigan
“This ‘supplemental evidence’ is inadmissible as hearsay. The assertion that Connarn was informed by an unknown individual what ‘other hired poll workers at her table’ had been told is inadmissible hearsay within hearsay, and plaintiffs have provided no hearsay exception for either level of hearsay that would warrant consideration of the evidence."
~https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/25/us/elections/trump-campaign-lawsuits.html
William Robbins Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Yikes… Putin apparently thinks there are divisiveness dividends to be had.
Redd Panda almost 4 years ago
Re: “SILLYSEASON” comment…best thing for Joe, is to take the high ground and let someone else seek justice against trump and his rats.
ferddo almost 4 years ago
Some of us won’t miss him even if he does go away…
Rabies65 almost 4 years ago
1/21/2031, dateline: Lynchburg, VA. The Donald J. Trump Presidential Library closed early today when someone checked out the book.
randolini Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I feel the same way about Hillary, Nancy and Chuck. Stupid Americans reelect the same useless warmongers over and over, then wonder why nothing changes. Insanity rules.
librarian4hire almost 4 years ago
Oh, Good Gad, You-Know-Who is back. Thought that troll went back to his bridge.
pamela welch Premium Member almost 4 years ago
If the media would allow him to just go away, he’d fade from the collective consciousness and we’d all be better off.