A Deeply Disturbing Account of a Reckless Presidency
by CHRISTIAN VANDERBROUK APRIL 18, 2019
Helpful from @AndrewCMcCarthy at @NRO: "Abuses of power are offenses against the public trust. They...are not the same thing as a criminal offense. That is why a 'high crime and misdemeanor'...need not be an indictable criminal offense."
Link: https://thebulwark.com/a-deeply-disturbing-account-of-a-reckless-presidency/
Bill KristolVerified account @BillKristol"Now we know why the pre-spin was so important for Trump World...The [Mueller Report's] narrative exposes a cascade of lies, coverups, and corruption, while providing a clear road map to the president’s attempts to obstruct the investigation."@SykesCharlie
Steve ReillyVerified account @BySteveReilly The Special Counsel's Office made 14 referrals of evidence of potential criminal activity to outside offices. Only two are publicly known at this point.
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Maggie HabermanVerified account @maggieNYT
The WH is "defined by a president who lies to the public and his own staff, then tries to get his aides to lie for him."
Josh DawseyVerified account @jdawsey1
Paranoia, lies and fear: Trump’s presidency laid bare by Mueller report.
Maggie HabermanVerified account @maggieNYT
The WH is "defined by a president who lies to the public and his own staff, then tries to get his aides to lie for him."
Josh DawseyVerified account @jdawsey1
Paranoia, lies and fear: Trump’s presidency laid bare by Mueller report.
A great portrait of how Trump behaved during the Mueller investigation by pals @PhilipRucker and @costareports, with on-the-record accounts from his aides:
Matthew DowdVerified account @matthewjdowd
Any objective read of the Mueller report portrays a president who systematically lied, misled, is ethically and morally challenged, tried to interfere in an investigation, asked others to interfere, and sought to serve only himself.
"The president deserves a chance to clear his name. The public deserves a chance to examine the evidence against him. And his supporters and opponents alike deserve the clarity that only convening impeachment hearings can now provide," argues @yappelbaum:
Matthew DowdVerified account @matthewjdowd Any objective read of the Mueller report portrays a president who systematically lied, misled, is ethically and morally challenged, tried to interfere in an investigation, asked others to interfere, and sought to serve only himself.
"The president deserves a chance to clear his name. The public deserves a chance to examine the evidence against him. And his supporters and opponents alike deserve the clarity that only convening impeachment hearings can now provide," argues @yappelbaum:
One telling Trump quote from the report: "Why do you take notes? Lawyers don't take notes," Trump to chief White House lawyer Don McGahn. "I never had a lawyer who took notes. I've had a lot of great lawyers, like Roy Cohn. He never took notes."
Karen TumultyVerified account @ktumulty
.@rameshponnuru:
"A president who is untrustworthy, who has untrustworthy advisers, and whose advisers do not respect him. Mueller has not destroyed Trump’s presidency, as Trump feared. But he has shone a light on what’s weakening it."
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-18/mueller-report-shows-untrustworthy-trump-and-aides … via @bopinion
Neal KatyalVerified account @neal_katyal
Must look at p2 of Report. Mueller says he applied a legal standard whereby he could NOT accuse Trump of crimes. So there isn't a way the Report exonerates:
Neal KatyalVerified account @neal_katyal
Must look at p2 of Report. Mueller says he applied a legal standard whereby he could NOT accuse Trump of crimes. So there isn't a way the Report exonerates:
"we determined NOT to apply an approach that could potentially result in a judgment that the President committed crimes"
The Report is clear on pp1-2 that Mueller was 100% guided by doj policy that a sitting President could not be indicted.
The Report is clear on pp1-2 that Mueller was 100% guided by doj policy that a sitting President could not be indicted.
Barr was deeply misleading in his initial 4 page letter. And that’s why Mueller could not recommend charges even if he thought them warranted.
From the start, Robert Mueller was bound by the Justice Department's position that a sitting president could not be indicted. He also concluded that he couldn't recommend charges, not even secretly, because such moves could leak.
Max BootVerified account @MaxBoot
Mueller has practically invited Congress to launch impeachment proceedings. But Pelosi is right to be reluctant, because not even the damning evidence compiled by Mueller is likely to shake the support Trump enjoys among the 5th Ave Republicans.
From the start, Robert Mueller was bound by the Justice Department's position that a sitting president could not be indicted. He also concluded that he couldn't recommend charges, not even secretly, because such moves could leak.
Max BootVerified account @MaxBoot Mueller has practically invited Congress to launch impeachment proceedings. But Pelosi is right to be reluctant, because not even the damning evidence compiled by Mueller is likely to shake the support Trump enjoys among the 5th Ave Republicans.
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