Savior no more? Distraught Dems turn on Mueller after stumbling hearing

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Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s mythic profile — built over a period of two years by Trump detractors hoping his investigation and later his testimony would pave the way for the president’s removal from office — took a hit Wednesday as the veteran lawman was seen stumbling through questions and at times unclear about the contents of his own report.

Now, some of President Trump’s biggest critics are turning their ire toward the legend himself, panning his performance at this high-stakes forum, even though Mueller repeatedly made clear he did not wish to testify in the first place.



“Much as I hate to say it, this morning’s hearing was a disaster,” Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe tweeted, in reference to Mueller’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee. Tribe is an outspoken critic of Trump who often calls for his impeachment and indictment. He noted Mueller’s appearance failed to provide the made-for-TV moment that Democrats could rally behind in their efforts to bring down the president.

“Far from breathing life into his damning report, the tired Robert Mueller sucked the life out of it.”

Democrats did get Mueller to make certain statements that were clearly damaging to the president, including refuting Trump’s claim that he was exonerated by the investigation. But Mueller largely was retreading ground already covered in the report. And his critical comments were undermined by his stumbling in the face of Republican questioning, and confusion over key details. Several on the left readily acknowledged this was not the home run for which they hoped.

CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin scored it as a win for President Trump.

“Look at who’s winning now, it certainly seems like Donald Trump is winning between the two of them,” Toobin said Wednesday.

NBC’s Chuck Todd noted that while Mueller did deliver some substance that benefitted Democrats, “on optics, this was a disaster.”

Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, who just a week earlier introduced a resolution to impeach Trump, recognized that even though Mueller “met my expectations,” others may have been disappointed.

“Some persons were hoping for a seminal moment. A ‘wow’ moment. It didn’t happen,” Green said. Green tweeted Thursday morning that this was because the report and Trump’s actions had been already been discussed “ad nauseum.”

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@retire05, #48:

Does it matter how I know?

You don’t know, for the reason stated.

I’ve read the law, and unlike you, Greggie Goebbels, I understand that it violates the 4th Amendment, in spades.

Obviously you don’t understand what the law says, nor the Fourth Amendment, for that matter. The law allows specifically designated congressional committees to review upon demand documents and records that are already in the possession of the government. No search or seizure of any sort is involved.

@retire05, #49:

You have linked to an opinion piece written by two conservative jurists. Opposing views can be found by people who are equally qualified. From that opinion piece:

“What Chairman Neal seeks cannot be granted. What is really at stake are not President Trump’s political fortunes but the preservation of the constitutionally required balance of powers between two political branches.”

TOTAL HORSE SH*T. Maintaining the balance of power between two coequal branches of government is precisely what this oversight power granted by law to Congress is about. The law was created in response to a financial scandal at the highest levels of government which revealed the totally unacceptable potential for otherwise undetectable abuses of power. The oversight capability was given to Congress to keep the powerful honest, knowing that abuses of power and financial improprieties could be discovered.

If a Chief Executive cannot be prosecuted for any violation of federal laws or statutes, and additionally cannot be examined by Congress to determine if suspected violations or abuses have taken place or are occurring, what remains to keep that person in check?

The answer to that question would be nothing, and that would be an utterly absurd situation never intended by the nation’s founders.

@Randy:

If Congress proves Trump committed a crime, then the Congress could request IRS data.

Well, they don’t have to PROVE he committed a crime, just show some credible evidence he may have. But, Democrats like Greg think this only applies to Republicans. Democrats should be able to walk into Trump’s private life and look at everything he has because they suspect he may have done something bad at some time (from the time of his birth until now). However, the State Department, DOJ, FBI or the people have no right to see any of Hillary’s State Department emails that she mixed with her “private” (corrupt) emails because SHE (a Democrat) enjoys privacy. These two views are totally, completely and irrefutably irreconcilable.

@retire05: Remember Greg’s response to my remark about how he was OK with Obama ignoring the Defense of Marriage Act, immigration laws or subpoenas for Fast and Furious but upset that Trump was ignoring an obviously unconstitutional invasion of his privacy? Yeah… me neither.

@Greg: All you need is a viable reason.

How would you know it has never been exercised before?

Because anyone it was used against would have challenged it. Because, without the evidence of a crime, it is unconstitutional. Duh.

A PERFECT time to employ this law would have been during the Whitewater investigations of Clinton. Why wasn’t it? IF it was, we would have heard Clinton cheer the results, since we know of no crimes revealed by it. Fact is, Republicans wouldn’t use such a thing.

NO ONE (well… but you) suggests that there is none or should be no oversight by Congress over the President. All that is contested is this current pack of whiny, crybaby sore losers just FISHING AROUND for anything they could possibly use in the total and complete lack of any examples of their governance, positive policies and accomplishments for the American people.

What these Democrats SHOULD be doing, to protect their integrity and credibility, is conducting oversight on THEIR OWN. AOC is credibly accused of campaign finance fraud. Omar is credibly accused of tax and campaign finance fraud. Tlaib is credibly accused of campaign finance fraud. Waters is credibly accused of campaign finance fraud. Cummings is credibly accused of stealing from non-profits and influence peddling. Green is a sexual predator. Instead of searching to see if a crime has been committed, why don’t Democrats address the ones that already HAVE… by their OWN?

Never mind not answering. We know the answer. They don’t care about corruption; they ARE corruption. All they care about is attacking Trump and Republicans. Period.

@Deplorable Me: Thanks for the better clarification. Do you wonder why we have not heard much from Obama lately since the Democrats are hoping that when a president leaves office, he can be indited for crimes he committed while in office? I wonder if he is looking to resurrect a previous country of citizenship?

@Deplorable Me, #52:

I don’t see you or anyone else in the thrall of this puffed-up egotist dealing with the central truth of the situation: namely, that if Trump can not be prosecuted for violating federal laws, and can use his powers of office to neutralize Congressional oversight laws and our system of checks and balances, then he is no longer a president with powers defined and limited by the Constitution and the nation’s laws.

You evade that central truth—which absolutely must be dealt with, lest the government the founders establish be made into a joke—because you have no rational answer for it.

You’re stuck with having removed all external restraints from a man occupying the highest office in the land who shows no signs of having any moral standards or internal restraints.

That’s how you can very quickly get from a functional democratic-republic to rule by a populace tin-pot despot.

Another patriot gone from a position utterly critical to national security, replaced by a Trump tool…

FOX News, 07/28/2019 — Dan Coats to leave post as director of national intelligence as Trump selects Rep. John Ratcliffe as replacement

Putin will no doubt be pleased.

@Greg: Instead of carrying on with your infantile rants, why don’t you address some of the questions you have been asked? If you would FACE those questions, most of your stupid rants would be resolved.

No collusion.

No obstruction.

No crimes.

No impeachment.

Best of all, NO HILLARY.

Nothing intelligent to say about the point raised in post #51 and #54?

I didn’t really expect anyone would, because this is the point that lends the lie to Trump’s entire transparent pretense of giving a rat’s ass about America’s constitutional system. He’s 24-karat gold-plated phony, and those of his followers observant enough to figure out his obvious indifference to the Constitution, the rule of law, and the flag he hugs like a loopy ape are every bit as phony as he is. The literal flag-hugging is an act of mockery, and it’s the flag as a symbol of our values and those who actually respect what it stands for who are being mocked. One need only look closely at the various expressions his face goes through during this sadly exploitative little photo op session to see.

@Greg: You still have not provided evidence where Trump has violated the Constitution. I guess we must add mind reader to your list of accomplishments. You are such a fool.

@Greg:

The Democrats entire transparent pretense of giving a rat’s ass about America’s constitutional system. They are cheap gold tone plated phonies, and those followers observant enough to figure out their obvious hatred of the Constitution, the rule of law, and the flag.

There you go brother I fixed it for you.
Who is trying to destroy the electoral college system, who secretly deleted the citizenship question from the census, who finds the flag an offensive racist symbol?

@Randy, #57:

The evidence is in front of your face. Donald Trump has violated his presidential oath of office to protect the Constitution and uphold the laws of the land by flagrantly breaking the law in order to protect himself by neutralizing congressional oversight and our constitutional balance of power between coequal branches of government.

That violation alone is sufficient grounds for impeachment. Failure to challenge him is a betrayal of the nation. Let this man have another four years unchecked, and the system of government established by the nation’s founders will be history.

The GOP has become utterly hopeless as a remedy. It no longer exists as a proponent of traditional conservative values. It has become nothing more than a prop and tool for Donald Trump. Republicans once impeached Bill Clinton for nothing more than being untruthful about a consensual affair with a presidential aid. Remember? What they’re turning a blind eye to now would be comical, if the consequences for the American people, the nation, and its future weren’t so likely to tragic.

@Greg: I warned you brother, there was no there there, that boob tube chick Wretched and her brainless crew got you all worked up for another bombshell and you got a fuddy dottering old fool man that may not have read the report he put his name on.
Muellers advanced age and failng mental condition is not Trumps fault. Mueller didnt know who Glen Simpson is, or Fusion GPS.
I know you are horribly let down in just 6 short years Trump will be gone hang in there.
P.S. Suiciding Jeffy isnt going to save Slick.

@kitt, #61:

Uh huh.

Anything in the way of an intelligent response to the point raised in posts #51 and #54?

Because the survival of the system of government our founders intended could very well depend on enough people giving that matter some very serious thought.

They understood the danger of a certain sort of person.

@Greg:

If a Chief Executive cannot be prosecuted for any violation of federal laws or statutes, and additionally cannot be examined by Congress to determine if suspected violations or abuses have taken place or are occurring, what remains to keep that person in check?

You begin with a fake premise impeachment isnt done with feelings. Impeachment isnt done by accusations based on no evidence.
They lied to you there is no mountain of evidence, none. Congress cannot impeach the President for pondering, wanting to do something and taking action are 2 separate things.
They also cannot impeach on the president wielding his constitutionally given powers, his branch of the government he has power over.
Trump is not going to sit for the next 6 years in the oval office doing the Democrats and the medias bidding.
Many say Mueller did not compile the report or run the investigation that it was Weisman and the conflicted crew that put out a political hit job report, that never mentioned the firm that concocted the dossier contents.

@Greg: You are a real dumb ass Greg. If Trump committed an impeachable offence, then why is he not undergoing impeachment proceedings? The reason is that he has not. Not one impeachable offence has been produced by Mueller or any other DOJ organization. There is a difference in inditing a President and providing evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors.
Your buddies pretended to have evidence to effect public support for impeachment, but they lied again and again. They have no witnesses and no evidence that could initiate valid impeachment proceedings. You have been taken in by the rabid left from the Obama administration who wanted their crimes covered up by a successful Hillary Clinton’s election .
Every additional post that you make just shows how much in the tank you are for those who actually did committed real crimes against the Constitution.
Don’t you even find it a little strange that Mueller and his team of head hunters could not find any proof of criminal act that Trump committed? Aren’t you concerned that a team who was to investigate Russian interference with the 2016 election only looked at the meeting in Trump Tower? Why did Comey and the FBI not investigate the DNC email theft? There has been plenty of evidence to suggest that the emails were not hacked, but copied onto media and provided to Wikileaks. Wouldn’t it seem to an intelligent person that maybe the FBI should look into the personnel who had access to the DNC emails? Wouldn’t an intelligent person investigate who had potential to hack into the basement server of HRC? The difficulty here is that no one wanted to investigate anything that may have potential to include Obama and his staff. Remember, Mueller said that a President can be indited after he is out of office. If you recall, Obama was out of office prior to this investigation began. Maybe Obama does not have the character to actually practice the Truman saying “the buck stops here”! Obama seemed quite adapt at throwing staff members under the bus more than accepting blame for what his administration did.

My concern now is that your rants have exceeded stupidity and are approaching insanity. That would earn you a middle name like Lee H. O. or James E. R. Go over all of the “facts” not opinion that is available in this case and re-evaluate your opinions before the men in white coats come for you.

@kitt: I remember getting worked up by a boob tube chick in the past, but they only generated fantasy and they were mostly weather chicks not news chicks and it had nothing to with what they said and I was only about 14 years old. My reactions at this age are more cerebral.

@Greg:

Nothing intelligent to say about the point raised in post #51 and #54?

There was nothing intelligent in posts 51 and 54. Always the same thing, “Trump is a con man, taxes, cannot prosecute, colluded with Russians, obstructed, obstructed, obstructed” even though it’s ALL dead and buried, conclusion-wise.

If you want to display a spark of intelligence, answer this question: since you believe everything you are told by Democrats, what happened to the “mountain” of evidence the Democrats said they had that PROVED Trump colluded with Russians to win in 2016? Once Mueller’s report declared that a massive lie, all that “evidence” simply disappeared, never to be mentioned again. What happened? Where did it go? Or, as it appears, was it all just another of the Democrat’s massive lies they tell with impunity because they know the media will NEVER hold them accountable for it?

You can’t answer that question, though you know the answer. I know the answer. EVERYONE knows the answer. Everything you believe in and support is based on lies, but you don’t care.

The evidence is in front of your face. Donald Trump has violated his presidential oath of office to protect the Constitution and uphold the laws of the land by flagrantly breaking the law in order to protect himself by neutralizing congressional oversight and our constitutional balance of power between coequal branches of government.

Hasn’t broken any laws. Not a one. Investigations have PROVEN this obvious fact.

That violation alone is sufficient grounds for impeachment.

But first… vacation. Right? If any Democrat actually believed they had substantive grounds for impeachment, Trump would have already been impeached. After all, there’s all those “mountains” of evidence. Mountains you can poke your arm through.

Republicans once impeached Bill Clinton for nothing more than being untruthful about a consensual affair with a presidential aid. Remember?

Well, he happened to be under oath before a Grand Jury at the time, but as established you have no problem when liberals lie. You LIKE to be lied to.

What they’re turning a blind eye to now would be comical, if the consequences for the American people, the nation, and its future weren’t so likely to tragic.

Yet, going off on vacation was more important to them. Face it, Greg; your “leaders” don’t take this seriously because they realize it is nothing but political rhetoric, aka “LIES”.

@kitt: Greg gets worked up when he sees a true strong leader in the White House accomplishing things for the American people and then takes a look at that array of liars, socialists, thieves, racists, panderers, clowns and idiots he gets to pick from for HIS candidate.

Mueller didnt know who Glen Simpson is, or Fusion GPS.

Or he simply didn’t want to discuss them because that was such an embarrassment for the investigation.

@Randy:

Don’t you even find it a little strange that Mueller and his team of head hunters could not find any proof of criminal act that Trump committed?

Not just Mueller. Obama ran surveillance on Trump. He tapped his phones and places spies in his campaign. Comey investigated Trump and had an informant in the White House. The Senate has investigated. Mueller investigated for two years with a hand-picked team of Democrat Trump-haters, and NO ONE can find a crime. The best they could do was lay perjury traps and prosecute people for faulty memory. THIS is what infuriates the left.

@kitt, #63:

You begin with a fake premise impeachment isnt done with feelings. Impeachment isnt done by accusations based on no evidence.

There’s no false premise involved here.

It’s a fact that Trump has knowingly ordered his subordinates to break the law, which is a violation of his oath of office. His reason for doing to is to nullify a congressional oversight power to protect himself.

He has ordered his subordinates to violate a law requiring the IRS to provide tax returns to designated congressional committees for confidential review upon request.

He has ordered his subordinates to defy congressional subpoenas. Such defiance is both unlawful and another move to nullify congressional oversight powers.

The Mueller report clearly establishes a pattern of behavior that would have been sufficient for a charge of obstruction of justice, were it not for the fact that the DoJ has a policy that forbids a sitting president from being indicted.

No one who has surrounded themselves with legal counsels and lawyers would have openly done any of the foregoing without having something far more serious to hide. In Trump’s case there’s a short list of possibilities, a couple of which might be not only civil crimes, but serious dangers to the national security of the United States. He has just announced the replacement a highly competent republican Director of National Intelligence who has repeatedly warned us about an ongoing Russian attack with another Trump tool, already well known for his efforts to discredit any investigations of the President.

Which brings us back to our repeatedly evaded central question:

If a Chief Executive cannot be prosecuted for any violation of federal laws or statutes, and additionally cannot be examined by Congress to determine if suspected violations or abuses have taken place or are occurring, what remains to keep that person in check?

I have already stated the answer: Absolutely nothing. Which would mean we’re a step away from authoritarian rule, with the sort of breakdown of national unity and social order Hamilton alluded to being stirred up as we watch. Should we believe Trump’s endless stream of outrageous, divisive comments targeting the nation’s fault lines is accidental? It’s the same sort of attack on national unity that the Russians have pursued by way of social media manipulation.

Trump is attempting to create the sort of environment that makes people more willing to accept the rule of authority. It’s a tried and true tactic, that has preceded the rise of every authoritarian government in modern times.

@Greg: How can there be a finding of obstruction of justice when there was no finding that there was any crime. How can one obstruct an investigation into a crime that was never committed? Mueller even stated that Trump fully cooperated with the investigation. You are sick Greg.

@Randy:

My concern now is that your rants have exceeded stupidity and are approaching insanity.

Greggie Goebbels rants have become more and more unhinged in the last few months. He wakes up hating Donald Trump, fuels that hatred all day long and goes to bed hating Donald Trump. That hatred, in and of itself, is unnatural and unhealthy and shows that Greggie Goebbels is mentally unstable. It will not turn out well for him.

@Deplorable Me, #66:

Why don’t you simply answer the question? It’s short, entirely straightforward, and probably the most important single consideration at this point in American history.

That’s probably why you’re treating it as if it were dangerously radioactive.

@retire05, #69:

And the same goes for you. I haven’t heard anything out of you but personal insults for weeks. You might as well have a standardized cut-and-paste response to save yourself from the repetitive typing.

If a Chief Executive cannot be prosecuted for any violation of federal laws or statutes, and additionally cannot be examined by Congress to determine if suspected violations or abuses have taken place or are occurring, what remains to keep that person in check?

@retire05: Greg really is sick. I bet he froths at the mouth most of the day. What do you think will happen to Greg when the whole coup is revealed and he finds out Trump was only defending himself like any true patriot would who has guts! What will happen when he sees who really committed collusion with the Russians and who defrauded the US Government and the US Citizens? Suicide watch in order or just let Darwin take care of him?

@Greg:

It’s a fact that Trump has knowingly ordered his subordinates to break the law, which is a violation of his oath of office.

No, it isn’t. No, he didn’t.

Mueller said, under oath, that Trump did NOTHING to “curtail, stop or hinder” (i.e. “obstruct”) his investigation. So, THAT horse, as well as the others, is DEAD. Oh… unless you feel the honorable, honest, upstanding Mueller is a LIAR.

Why don’t you simply answer the question?

That is really rich coming from one of the most accomplished evaders of questions (not the MOST evasive, though) on these pages. Yeah, sure… as soon as you answer MINE. Answering MY question gives you largely the answer to YOUR question… are you too stupid to realize that?

When someone is found innocent in a court of law, it’s because the evidence isn’t strong enough to know beyond a shadow of a doubt they are guilty.

The jury says “guilty” or “innocent”, not guilty or “not exonerated…they might have done something, we just don’t have proof”.

That’s not the basis of law.

“Trump might have committed a crime” is slander. Everyone “might” have committed a crime last night.

No collusion, no obstruction. Moving on.

@Deplorable Me, #73:

Sorry. I’m done with responding to deflections and evasions.

If a Chief Executive cannot be prosecuted for any violation of federal laws or statutes, and additionally cannot be examined by Congress to determine if suspected violations or abuses have taken place or are occurring, what remains to keep that person in check?

That’s the single most important question, and you’ve already heard my answer to it. It all comes down to that, and the very serious implications of refusing to think about it.

@Greg:

And the same goes for you. I haven’t heard anything out of you but personal insults for weeks.

I can refer to you as Baghdad Bob, if you prefer. Either name fits you to a T.

If a Chief Executive cannot be prosecuted for any violation of federal laws or statutes, and additionally cannot be examined by Congress to determine if suspected violations or abuses have taken place or are occurring, what remains to keep that person in check?

Impeachment. Impeachment does not require an indictment. But the old war horse, Nancy Pelosi, understands that is a losing proposition for the Democratic Party and will cost them the House in November 2020.

Now, answer Deplorable Me’s question, if you have the courage to do so. (which I doubt)

You really do need to seek mental wellness counseling, Greggie Goebbels, before you harm yourself of someone else due to your hatred for Donald Trump.

@Greg:

If a Chief Executive cannot be prosecuted for any violation of federal laws or statutes, and additionally cannot be examined by Congress to determine if suspected violations or abuses have taken place or are occurring, what remains to keep that person in check?

He has been examined by Congress, for over two years. This is a farce, at this point. You know it. Obama was accused of breaking laws by Republicans, Bush by Democrats, Clinton by Republicans…it’s all the same political sh*t-show.

Just propaganda. No president in history has every had this much effort thrown at him from day one just to hinder his election. Trump is justified in not cooperating completely when he knows it’s just a tantrum thrown by the Dems for losing the election.

And the central question you keep evading is WHAT IS THE DEMOCRATS’ PLATFORM?? What are they offering the people? What do they stand for?

Fix that, and your party can win big elections again.

@Greg: You are just really stupid. You just do not want to understand the laws of this country. You want raciest comments to only apply to people you do not like. You want Constitutional law to only apply to those you do not like. You want special consideration for those who you do like. Yet, you pretend that these wants make people equal under the law.

@Nathan Blue: You can not fix stupid!

He has been examined by Congress, for over two years.

Two years of lies and stonewalling, which has now reached the point of overt defiance of federal law…

Quoting a question is not an answer.

@Greg: If there were lies and stonewalling, why were there no charges filed against those people? Trump was not interviewed, so he did not lie to Mueller. So where is the crime, Greg. It is in your imagination. Get off the lSD trip.

@retire05, #76:

You’re apparently too dishonest and/or cowardly to directly answer the question. Possible even to think about it…

That reveals something. The insults are only a cover. I’m wasting no more time with this. Maybe I’ll check back later to see how many vacuous comments are left to push this all up the page where it’s less likely to be noticed.

@Greg:

You’re apparently too dishonest and/or cowardly to directly answer the question. Possible even to think about it…

You asked:

If a Chief Executive cannot be prosecuted for any violation of federal laws or statutes, and additionally cannot be examined by Congress to determine if suspected violations or abuses have taken place or are occurring, what remains to keep that person in check?

See the question mark at the end of you question?

I answered:

Impeachment. Impeachment does not require an indictment. But the old war horse, Nancy Pelosi, understands that is a losing proposition for the Democratic Party and will cost them the House in November 2020.

Exactly what kind of drugs do you do that causes you to not even know when you ask a question and get an answer?

Or are you just confirming that you’re an idiot?

@retire05, #83:

Impeachment, Oh Great and Infallible One, requires Congress to present evidence. Evidence is what Trump is unlawfully blocking congressional access to by:

(A) ordering his subordinates to break a federal law requiring the IRS to produce federal tax returns to congressional oversight committees upon request; and

(B) ordering his subordinates to break another federal law by ignoring lawful subpoenas issued by the Congress of the United States.

Are you too stupid to grasp this point, or are you simply too dishonest to acknowledge it? It isn’t up to any president to say “you’ve looked enough into my possible high crimes and misdemeanors quite enough, and aren’t going to be allowed to look any more.” That is not a lawful power of presidents.

Whatever your problem is—and it’s entirely clear that it goes beyond any simple difference of opinion—you have not actually answered the question. Impeachment is available as an effective constitutional remedy only if Congress is allowed to fully exercise the full range of it’s lawful oversight powers.

It is not being allowed to do so, and the constraints being placed upon it are themselves the result of unlawful actions on the part of the current occupant of the White House. So, the question remains unanswered. It has only been clumsily evaded. Truly, I’ve had more than enough of this.

@Greg:

Truly, I’ve had more than enough of this.

Obviously not since over 4 hours ago you said this:

I’m done with responding to deflections and evasions.

Unfortunately, you are just a brain addled liar.

@Greg:

Sorry. I’m done with responding to deflections and evasions.

If only you were done WRITING them. Then you might muster the guts to answer my questions.

Here’s your answer: there is and never was any evidence of collusion or other crimes. In the process of these mock investigations, there was NO obstruction, as clearly stated by Mueller before the House committee. But, your Democrats began the investigations by lying and continued the investigations based solely on lies. Schiff, Nadler, Schumer, Pelosi and all the rest have LIED about any real and true evidence Trump ever committed any crime. They aren’t fooling you; you KNOW they are lying but you LIKE the lying because the TRUTH is distressing and depressing. You and those who support these corrupt charlatans are addicted to lies and lying.

And it drives you absolutely NUTS the you can’t make any of your lies appear to resemble truth.

Two years of lies and stonewalling, which has now reached the point of overt defiance of federal law…

Trump has cooperated and complied with any and all requests in all the investigations. That’s why he is sick and tired of the continued and REPEATED requests for the same damned information and witnesses. Again, lies are your and the Democrats stock in trade.

You’re apparently too dishonest and/or cowardly to directly answer the question. Possible even to think about it…

When you evade and avoid answering questions put to about your failed liberal policies and the lies of your corrupt Democrat party, you don’t get to demand ANYONE answer a question. What you are entitled to do is pound sand.

Evidence is what Trump is unlawfully blocking congressional access to by:

Your fat gnome Nadler has stated they have ample evidence Trump has broken practically every law on the books. If they are STILL seeking evidence (fishing, looking, probing, hoping, wishing) it indicates he is a filthy liar. But, you LIKE liars. You vote for them and defend them.

When your party cannot make a point without lying, you should realize they have a serious problem.

@Deplorable Me, #86:

Here’s your answer: there is and never was any evidence of collusion or other crimes.

That’s not an answer to the question.. Maybe you’ve forgotten what the question was, despite numerous repetitions.

Or maybe, after prolonged exposure to Donald Trump and his endless prevarications, his followers no longer understand what an actual answer to a specific question is. That’s probably the kindest explanation.

If a Chief Executive cannot be prosecuted for any violation of federal laws or statutes, and additionally cannot be examined by Congress to determine if suspected violations or abuses have taken place or are occurring, what remains to keep that person in check?

As noted earlier, impeachment is the answer only if Congress is allowed to fully exercise its lawful oversight powers to collect and examine all evidence. Misusing one’s powers of office to thwart such an exercise is a variation on obstruction of justice.

@Greg: You better look at the guidelines for obstruction of justice as explained by the Supreme Court in a case that Muellers wingman Weismann lost 9 to nuthing. Yes Weismann has very broad ideas that have no legal standing according to the court. MSM seems to go along with Weismanns ham sandwich interpretation of legal codes.

Rumors abound that some of those declassified documents are going to start getting dropped on Wednesday. Former Acting AG Whitaker also let it slip that Huber is investigating Comey. It could be an interesting week.

@another vet: Did you see an increase in former Obama officials taking vacations abroad?

@another vet:

Greggie Goebbels said this:

Truly, I’ve had more than enough of this.

And this:

I’m done with responding to deflections and evasions.

But then, here he comes again like the drunken uncle at Christmas. Obviously, he lied. Oh well, he lies a lot.

@Greg:

That’s not an answer to the question.. Maybe you’ve forgotten what the question was, despite numerous repetitions.

Nope. Sorry. You had your chance… MULTIPLE chances. You can’t now change your answer.

@Randy:

Did you see an increase in former Obama officials taking vacations abroad?

They have to link up with their foreign counterparts that are involved in the coup. BHO himself was in Italy a week or so ago just like Speaker-In-Name only Pelosi. Joseph Mifsud jitters?

But then, here he comes again like the drunken uncle at Christmas. Obviously, he lied. Oh well, he lies a lot.

More like someone with a coke problem. If he’s posting, he’s lying just like his comrades.

ACLJ Obtains Obama DOJ’s Immunity Agreements with Hillary’s Lawyers to ‘Dispose of Evidence and Refuse to Comply with Federal Law’

My my my looks like obstruction of justice! Yes malice of forethought, full intent, destruction of evidence.
It is no wonder the list of fired Agents is so lengthy.

@Kitt: It is Justice obstructing justice!! Imagine that, the DOJ providing illegal protection to people they KNOW are criminals. Nobody but Democrats.

Then, they turn around and demand Trump’s “transparency”.

Nobody but Democrats. A current-day GESTAPO.

@Deplorable Me: Im surprised Curt missed that article it is a whopper!

@Greg:

If a Chief Executive cannot be prosecuted for any violation of federal laws or statutes, and additionally cannot be examined by Congress to determine if suspected violations or abuses have taken place or are occurring, what remains to keep that person in check?

The next election. Question answered.

Misusing one’s powers of office to thwart such an exercise is a variation on obstruction of justice.

And your statement is a variation on simple partisan rhetoric. The answer you and you party need to deal with is this: field a good candidate to replace Trump in the next election.

That’s the ultimate safeguard, and it requires politicians stay relevant and work for the needs and interests of the people. The Dem party has forgotten this and is paying the price. Further failure to simply have a viable political party vs. changing laws and installing partisan operatives in our intelligence and legal institutions is sure to cost the Dems even more.

@Nathan Blue: Concur.
2016 was HRC’S to lose and she managed somehow to snare defeat from the jaws of victory–even DT couldn’t believe it.
With incumbency, a strong economy and a country at peace Trump should be polling over 60% and be a favorite in 2020 Yet he’s mired at 45%–we know why–he need only look in the mirror and at his dancing fingers.

He is erratic–example is replacing Coates with Ratcliff–competency with an unproven yes man–this is his pattern–men like Mattis and Kelly gone.

If he loses in 2020, and I believe he will as Dems take back Pa and Mi he will have only himself to blame–but you can be damn sure he’ll blame someone else.

Aloha Tulsi 2020

@Richard Wheeler: With the Dems without a viable candidate, and Google taking out Tulsi, Trump’s win is all but guaranteed.

Poll are propaganda devices used to embolden the Dems and try to demoralize the Reps. They are always tilted to the Left, and no one talks about when they are wrong.

My point is most people’s confirmation bias is really all they are talking about, and very few have an actual thought-out opinion.

be a favorite in 2020

He is, where I’m sitting. But you have your concocted “polls” to pretend he’s not a popular, effective President.

Anyway, I think the shock for Dems and their colluding media in 2020, when Trump wins, will be almost as bad as 2016.

Tulsi 2024, just maybe. 2020? Her own party won’t allow it.

Democrats have at least half-a-dozen viable candidates that can be mixed and matched as alternatives to Donald Trump. Trump had better keep an eye open for Amy Klobuchar. Or better still, ignore her entirely for the moment. If she gets enough time in the spotlight, she’s going to have very broad appeal.

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