Graham: Firing Mueller would be 'beginning of the end' of Trump's presidency

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Every trumper is a N4T.
Lindsey Graham let Trump know in no uncertain terms that he is treading on thin ice.

Also, no confirmation of a Sessions replacement in 2017.

What a fucked up mess Trump is.

Graham: Firing Mueller would be 'beginning of the end' of Trump's presidency

By DARREN SAMUELSOHN 07/27/2017 10:50 AM EDT Updated 07/27/2017 01:44 PM EDT

Sen. Lindsey Graham sent a sharp warning Thursday to President Donald Trump that it “could be the beginning of the end” of his presidency if he makes moves to fire special counsel Robert Mueller.

The South Carolina Republican, who in the late 1990s served as a House impeachment manager against President Bill Clinton, said Trump would be crossing a serious “red line” by ordering the ouster of the lead investigator who is probing his campaign’s ties to Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

“Any effort to go after Mueller could be the beginning of the end of the Trump presidency unless Mueller did something wrong,” Graham told reporters on Capitol Hill, where he outlined plans to introduce legislation next week that would move to block any Trump attempts to fire Mueller.

Graham said his bill — which he promised would have Republican support and “all the Democrats” — would mandate that any special counsel established to investigate either a president or his staff can't be fired “unless you have judicial review of the firing.”

“We need a check and balance here,” Graham said. He is working on the legislation with Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), who in an MSNBC interview on Monday described the bill as an attempt to “try and make sure that the president can’t just fire a special prosecutor.”

Trump, his lawyers and his surrogates have for weeks been publicly discrediting Mueller’s effort, in particular several attorneys he’s brought onto the task force who have made campaign contributions to Democrats. The Republican president’s lawyer has also questioned the scope of the Mueller probe as it reportedly looks into Trump’s business dealings dating back to well before he ran for the presidency. By questioning Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to recuse himself from the Russia probe, as well as other moves by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, Trump has also sent signals he could be moving toward a much broader attempt to halt the Mueller probe.

Procedurally, Trump could keep replacing his Justice Department leadership if they don’t follow his order to get rid of the special counsel — much as President Richard Nixon did in the “Saturday Night Massacre.”

Trump last week sidestepped the idea of firing the special counsel in a New York Times interview. Asked directly whether he would consider firing Mueller, the president replied, “I can’t answer that question because I don’t think it’s going to happen.” The new White House communications director, Anthony Scaramucci, told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt in a Tuesday morning interview that the subject has come up with Trump.

“I'll be on the record with this: In candid conversations with the president, I've said, 'Why would you fire him?'” Scaramucci said.

Speaking with reporters Thursday, Graham also railed against Trump for his continued public humiliation of Sessions, repeating Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley’s comment on Wednesday night that there would be no confirmation hearings in 2017 for any Sessions replacement.

Sen. Lindsey Graham said his bill would mandate that any special counsel established to investigate either a president or his staff can't be fired “unless you have judicial review of the firing.”

“This effort to basically marginalize and humiliate the attorney general is not going over well with the Senate. I don’t think it’s going over well in the conservative world. If you believe Jeff Sessions should be fired, use the power you have and accept the consequences. I hope it stops,” Graham said, adding, “If Jeff Sessions is fired there will be holy hell to pay.”

On Fox News the same morning, Graham appeared to speak directly to the president, who is known to watch the network: "I would suggest quit humiliating Jeff."

Graham told reporters a Mueller firing would cause serious political and constitutional consequences for Trump.

“The idea that the president would fire Mueller or have somebody fire Mueller because he doesn’t like Mueller, or Mueller is doing something he doesn’t like, then we become Russia,” Graham said. “So the red line should never be drawn. The president is not in the business of drawing red lines when it comes to the law. The law is above any presidential red line.”
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How dare him speak against the will of the leader.....:(

There will be mean personal tweets coming his way soon~ childish innuendo, adolescent threats & lightly veiled impotent old man threats to follow.....
 
Nomad said:
Lindsey Graham let Trump know in no uncertain terms that he is treading on thin ice.

Also, no confirmation of a Sessions replacement in 2017.

What a fucked up mess Trump is.
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Big talk from such a little man that couldn't come close to doing in his own state what Trump did with voters.
 
CFM said:
Big talk from such a little man that couldn't come close to doing in his own state what Trump did with voters.
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No surprise that an uneducated piece of ignorant redneck trailer trash like you thinks that Trump's appeal to your fellow ignorant, uneducated hick droolers is somehow an accomplishment to be proud of.

Stupid is as stupid does.
 
and trumpy is destroying as much of the republican partys power as he can.


when in power they cant wield power

now that is utter weakness
 
Fuck Gramnesty. If Trump had cause he can fire Mueller. The Russia conspiracy lies from the left are coming unraveled.


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Trump cannot fire Mueller, nor could he get someone to fire Mueller. I predict Sessions will leave or be fired, that doesn't leave Trump in a better position since the Rosenstien is less loyal to Trump, and Trump will never get a loyalist appointed. He's a weak president and his party now won't hesitate to slap him upside the head, or openly threaten him if he crosses the line. Trump is less popular than most of them in their own districts. There is ZERO reason to fear Trump. He has no coattails to ride. He's a drag on their popularity, if anything.
 
evince said:
and trumpy is destroying as much of the republican partys power as he can.


when in power they cant wield power

now that is utter weakness
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The DNC could not have asked for a better leader for the gop........ He makes wrecking balls blush..........
 
Amadeus said:
Trump cannot fire Mueller, nor could he get someone to fire Mueller. I predict Sessions will leave or be fired, that doesn't leave Trump in a better position since the Rosenstien is less loyal to Trump, and Trump will never get a loyalist appointed. He's a weak president and his party now won't hesitate to slap him upside the head, or openly threaten him if he crosses the line. Trump is less popular than most of them in their own districts. There is ZERO reason to fear Trump. He has no coattails to ride. He's a drag on their popularity, if anything.
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Well, a ranking member of the judiciary committee called for Mueller's resignation, so that would take it out of Trump's hands.

And that would be it, finally lol.
 
Darth Omar said:
Well, a ranking member of the judiciary committee called for Mueller's resignation, so that would take it out of Trump's hands.

And that would be it, finally lol.
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Wow, one person called for his resignation........

I wonder what would happen if one person called for the posers resignation, you know, take it out of our hands.:whome:
 
Nomad said:
No surprise that an uneducated piece of ignorant redneck trailer trash like you thinks that Trump's appeal to your fellow ignorant, uneducated hick droolers is somehow an accomplishment to be proud of.

Stupid is as stupid does.
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No surprise that a uneducated NL thinks skin color made Obama qualified.

Stupid be as stupid do.
 
Nomad said:
Lindsey Graham let Trump know in no uncertain terms that he is treading on thin ice.

Also, no confirmation of a Sessions replacement in 2017.

What a fucked up mess Trump is.
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Really? You know who is actually standing on "thin ice"? Graham.


Recess appointment....ever hear of it, you must have as it was Obama's favorite tactic but he was rebuked by SCOTUS because of the method. As far as Sessions goes......there is established precedence for a recess appointment, even if its only temporary. The rule of law states that the Senate must approve the new appointment before the end of THEIR NEXT SESSION. What's to stop Trump from making an appointment when the LEACHES in Congress go on their summer breaks after accomplishing nothing? "Nothing". Even if the senate does not approve the appointment (which is unlikely as the people are already pissed at the republicans)...Trump will have months to manipulate the DOJ. Guess who his number one target will be because of the obvious conflicts of interest that hinder an unbiased investigation? Who needs a conformation from the DEMOCRATS? No one, they have no power....its the RHINO's who will lose their jobs if they keep attacking the success of Trump's plan.

There is demonstrable success for that plan....such as democrats who argued that no new gains can be made by removing the over regulations by the rouge EPA. News flash.....a state like W.Va which suffered greatly because of democrats war on coal has just moved into the no. 2 position in the entire nation as far as having a growing GDP for the 1st quarter, THAT GDP is now over 3....only Texas leads them. Why the sudden economic upturn...the executive removal of job killing EPA regulation.

32 states have seen a recent increase in their GDP....bad news for the democrats who claimed this could never happen after 8 years GDP stagnation. Just let the RHINO's in congress continue to place road blocks in the path of the PEOPLE's money and see what happens in the midterms. www.bdtonline.com/news/first-quarte...cle_670c724c-7669-11e7-bc04-effefb365b7e.html

Recess Appointments https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recess_appointment

The People may be ignorant and individually "uniformed" about some things which make them subject to democrat and media propaganda due to that ignorance....but let someone stand in the way of their MONEY or FAITH if you want to piss them off. There is no argument to be made that TRUMP has no base...as that base elected him hands down after the democrats tossed everything in their propaganda arsenal directly at that base and got their asses kicked. These Rhino's who rode on Trump's coattails to keep their jobs will not stand a chance if they continue to be obstructionists to the people's MONEY....because they hate TRUMP. Listen...hear that cracking sound? Its the ice beneath.....Graham and other Rhino's feet.
 
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CFM said:
No surprise that a uneducated NL thinks skin color made Obama qualified.

Stupid be as stupid do.
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Sad that the only way you can come up with a reply is to fabricate garbage.

Garbage is as garbage does.
 
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