The Trump impact on US policy

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Trump attorney won't rule out firing Mueller

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/0...counsel-239396

There is far more to this article .....this para is in fact indicating that he is seriously leaning in that direction....if SC is in fact "fired" then one will truly know just how deep the Russian connections go.....

REMRMBER Trump boasted to the Russian FM that the firing of Comey had taken the pressure off him on the Russian investigation...go back and reread his own comments to the Russians....

“Look, the president of the United States, as we all know, is a unitary executive,” Sekulow said on ABC’s “This Week.” “But the president is going to seek the advice of his counsel and inside the government as well as outside. And I'm not going to speculate on what he will, or will not, do.”
Sekulow said he “can’t imagine” the issue would arise, but “that, again, is an issue that the president with his advisers would discuss if there was a basis.”

KEY phase....."the president is going to seek advice"

THEN NOTICE this posting from yesterday in relationship to the Trump lawyers statement...

Gingrich slams Comey: Congress "should abolish" special counsel after testimony
http://hill.cm/Im8cBQ4

Gingrich knows only to well that Congress cannot "abolish" the SC...only the President can fire him....

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HOW is that "Trump draining the swamp thingy" going right now----

DOJ: Trump can accept payments from foreign governments
By Brandon Carter
06/09/17 07:54 PM EDT

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/873329134386237440



BUT WAIT....DID NOT Trump stand in front a four foot high pile of so called documents which he used to emphasize that he had no longer ties to his businesses???

SO was hr again lying to the US????

Two interesting points on this...since when does DoJ actually state that they not the SC can state what the US Constitution says and or not says....

Secondly, based on the DoJ statement this has happened asking basically the SC to rule on Article 1 of the Constitution...that a sitting President cannot accept payments from a foreign country....

Two U.S. Attorneys General to sue over foreign payments to Trump hotels
http://reut.rs/2r8U5v6

A spokesman for Maryland's attorney general declined to comment on the latest emoluments case. DC attorney general Karl Racine and a spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Justice could not immediately be reached.
In the case filed in January in Manhattan federal court, an ethics non-profit, restaurant group and hotel events booker allege Trump violates the Constitution's "emoluments" clause, which bars him from accepting gifts from foreign governments without congressional approval, by maintaining ownership over his business empire despite ceding day-to-day control to his sons.
The Justice Department on Friday argued that those plaintiffs lack the legal standing to sue because they cannot allege enough specific harm caused by Trump's businesses. The government also said Trump hotel revenue does not fit the definition of an improper payment under the constitution.
AG Racine told Reuters in a March interview that the District of Columbia has suffered particular harm because it subsidized the construction of hotels that are now impacted by foreign payments to Trump properties.
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That puts the district in a "unique position" to file legal claims over the emoluments clause, Racine said

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Again notice that it is DoJ stating that earning foreign income does not violate the "Emoluments Clause"......WHY did they not actually call on a reading of this "clause" by the SC first???

D.C., Maryland to sue Trump over foreign payments to his businesses. The AGs say they're gonna want his tax returns.
http://wapo.st/2sSGwB2

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Your presidency is going really well when you're retweeting a clip of Geraldo Rivera handicapping your chances of impeachment.

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A really long read but it goes to the heart of the current Trump and Trump WH FP failures and those that voted for this Trump failure......

America is in for a rude awakening — via @ForeignPolicy
http://read.bi/2rlot4l

AND again it depicts the linkage between US internal events and US external events....

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Former WH ethnics czar......

Norm Eisen‏
@NormEisen

Harassment by most powerful man in world of witness against him in obstruction case raises poss witness tampering liability, see 18USC 1512b

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A very good read...as it addresses right now a series of questions being raised mainly in social media BUT not in MSM.....

What Comey’s testimony means | Harvard Gazette
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...9.2017+%281%29

GERTNER: Comey is an amazing witness, in several respects. He’s a careful lawyer, so he knows what to say. But he’s also an incredible storyteller, an impassioned and clear one. So his account is not told in dry, legal language. He said over and over again that the Russian interference in our election is “a big deal.” That suggests that when Trump hopes to shut down the Flynn investigation, he’s wanting to shut down an important piece of an important investigation. Comey suggests that’s what he’s really saying. This is a major investigation, and Flynn is obviously an important player. And Comey suggests the president is communicating “shut it down.” I was on NPR just now with a Republican operative who kept on saying, “None of this will matter if we pass good legislation.” You have to pause about that. The integrity of the election was undermined? There’s no good legislation that can justify that. There’s no end/means analysis. That’s what Comey kept coming back to: This goes to the integrity of the democracy

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Trump says Qatar funds terror but he has a record of trying to get funds too
for his Qatar business deals
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...0c5a35ca06118#

CENTCOM (FWD) for example was based in the Trump Tower in Qatar for a long while...

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More information on the reasons Trump pulled out of the Paris Climate Agreement.....

The 22 senators who urged Trump to pull out of Paris Agreement received over $10m in campaign donations from oil, gas & coal since 2012

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...P=share_btn_fb

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From Nov. 2016. Trolling for Trump: How Russia Is Trying to Destroy Our Democracy
https://warontherocks.com/2016/11/tr...ur-democracy/#

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A reminder: Comey's testimony is only small part of obstruction evidence against Trump.
http://atfp.co/2sLiJCZ

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AND those "foreign payments to Trump properties are not cheap these days"...

Trump's DC Hotel received $270K from a lobbying campaign tied to Saudi Arabia. *Payments continued thru Feb. 2017*
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-h...dis-1496700739

AND what is exactly Trumps FP position regards KSA and Qatar WHERE he also holds properties..??

Trump, the "law & order" POTUS, is now facing:
-2 lawsuits re. Emoluments Clause
-2 congressional investigations
-1 special counsel probe

BUT WAIT...his business career indicates over 4000 court (State and Federal) cases where Trump is either named and or sues others...

This case could force Trump to release his tax returns. If he refuses, he'd have to go before SCOTUS to defend keeping them hidden.

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Jeff Sessions Scheme Backfires As Senate May Force Him To Testify In Public

Attorney General Jeff Sessions tried to get out of testifying in public, but the Senate Intelligence Committee is debating whether to deny the AG's request to testify in closed session.

http://www.politicususa.com/2017/06/...fy-public.html

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Jeff Sessions Scheme Backfires As Senate May Force Him To Testify In Public

Attorney General Jeff Sessions tried to get out of testifying in public, but the Senate Intelligence Committee is debating whether to deny the AG's request to testify in closed session.

http://www.politicususa.com/2017/06/...fy-public.html

Source: Sessions not expected to answer Senate questions about talks he had w/ @POTUS before Comey's firing; expected to cite exec privilege

Breaking: @SenatorBurr and Sen @MarkWarner announce Attorney General Jeff Sessions will testify tomorrow at 2:30pm in OPEN session.

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Not one of the 13 reports due to the president by executive order has yet been made public.

Most have specific deadlines. So far 27 deadlines have been hit. We can only confirm 13 completions, 2 of them late

https://theintercept.com/2017/06/12/...-getting-done/ …

Combination of not staffing the exec branch & mandating dozens of reports to fill out the policy agenda is lethal

Most Trump executive orders merely assign federal agencies to write reports & reviews. There are 88 separate actions due this year alone.

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9th Circuit Court of Appeals upholds injunction against Trump 90-day travel ban and cap on refugees

http://reut.rs/2tdlmgf

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Rep. Mike Quigley has introduced the COVFEFE Act to amend the President Records Act to include social media posts.

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Trump went on a tweetstorm about the travel ban a week ago — & Hawaii just used it against him in its response to SCOTUS

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Less than a month ago @newtgingrich hailed Mueller as a "superb choice" with an "IMPECCABLE" reputation.

Today he says he can't be trusted.

Trump, the "law & order" POTUS, is now facing:
-2 lawsuits re. Emoluments Clause
-2 congressional investigations
-1 special counsel probe

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Trump says he will discuss Islamic State fight in two weeks
http://reut.rs/2rb5HO3

BUT WAIT did he not promise Americans a comprehensive plan to be published on how he was going to defeat IS in the first 90 days...

JUST as he promised a comprehensive cyber defense plan built by Guiliani also in 90 days....

.@realDonaldTrump at first full Cabinet meeting: says ISIS press conference will happen in two weeks. He said the same on May 21.

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Cabinet QOTD:

"In the finest tradition of the CIA, I’m not gonna say a damn thing in front of the media." -CIA Dir Mike Pompeo.