Skipper
1960
Responding to that twitter from emptywheel:
Did it though? Do we know for sure Bolton himself didn’t also contact any government legal entities, or even file a whistleblower complaint? I don’t think we can count out that he may indeed be part of the force pushing more of this than just telling Hill to go talk to legal.
vyshka
1961
I think he was a rep. When he said it for Clinton.
Both of those things are true. The equivalent to prosecutors (managers) are members of the House.
Steve Chabot was also one of the managers - he has managed to avoid being quoted about any of this, as far as I have seen.
Timex
1964
Poor Popehat is gonna have an aneurysm.
SlyFrog
1966
I just wanted to step in and say, I eagerly await the Elizabeth Warren/Donald Trump debate, where Elizabeth Warren gets to stand behind Trump in creepy fashion and say, “That’s because you’d be in jail.”
So when does Giuliani himself get arrested? Or Don Jr?
Pompeo’s senior advisor isn’t going to play ball with the administration.
Another State Department / diplomatic lifer who’s having none of this.
Cuomo signs law limiting presidential pardon power in NY
This is bad news for a bunch of Trump’s NYC cronies, especially Rudy.
Up until today, New York state (unlike most states) couldn’t have prosecuted state crimes that Trump had pardoned on the federal level.
Timex
1971
I’m very glad that they passed that change… I was worried about that.
Skipper
1972
Hey, I heard this question posed to two legal experts yesterday while listening to a show during the evening drive home.
Here’s the key things they both agreed on:
- For the lackeys, arrests are made quickly. They may be used to help further the case.
- For the bigger fish, the issue here is walking a thin line between getting absolutely as much information as they can prior to charges, while also keeping in mind that the suspects in question could be pardoned. So the prosecution looks to see if there could be any state charges applied as well, extending the time it takes to investigate the big fish.
- Careful work has to be done to ensure if there is any attorney/client privilege due to Guiliani, that is handled correctly as part of the investigation, throughout the process.
The two speakers were in agreement it’s coming, just unknown on when.
JoshL
1973
Boy, if Trump’s personal lawyer got arrested, that’d sure be bad for him!
Wait, what? That already happened? Trump’s last personal lawyer is in jail?
Almost forgot. Nothing matters.
Timex
1976
I feel like now that we’ve seen folks come forward and testify openly, that there’s gonna be a mad scramble from Trump’s thugs to get the fuck off the ship.
