ExGOPER talking to itself...
Trump won't be indicted for anything as long as he is the President. The remedy for a crime committed by the President is to both impeach and convict him of treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors defined however the Congress shall. Once he has been removed from office, or his term expires, he could be indicted the same as any other citizen, including for alleged crimes he has committed while in office. Impeachment and trial in the Senate is a political exercise to determine whether a sitting President shall be removed from office thus subjecting him to the same statutory laws you and I are subject to.Do you think Trump will be indicted for obstruction of justice?
James Comey refused to say on Thursday if he believed President Donald Trump obstructed justice. But the ousted FBI director gave Robert Mueller plenty to work with as the special counsel investigates whether the president or his allies committed any crimes.
During two riveting hours before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Comey testified Trump requested his "loyalty," urged him to end a probe into then-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and then, while stewing over what the Russia investigation was doing to his administration, the president fired him.
Comey declined to render his own legal opinion as to whether what Trump did was illegal, but he did explain that this critical question — along with the notes he took from his conversations with the president — now resides with Mueller.
“I don't think it's for me to say whether the conversation I had with the president was an effort to obstruct,” Comey said. “I took it as a very disturbing thing, very concerning, but that's a conclusion I'm sure the special counsel will work towards to try and understand what the intention was there, and whether that's an offense.”
Mueller himself may not have been surprised by Comey’s much-anticipated Senate testimony since he’d already been briefed on what would be said. But with Comey’s story now widely aired publicly, it did give lawmakers, as well as veteran prosecutors and defense attorneys, a chance to reflect on what Mueller is now working with as he gets started on a probe that essentially has an unlimited budget and all the time he needs to go in whatever directions he needs to.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/08/james-comey-robert-mueller-trump-case-file-239319
This investigation will segue very nicely into Trump getting a long-awaited and much needed financial colonoscopy. That Trump brought it on himself with his proprietary combination of ignorance and hubris is the cherry on top.
This is no longer pre-election. You can ease up on the Hatch Act now.Its not an 'investigation'. It is a 'matter'.
There are two types of investigations. The ones that start with enough evidence to start an investigation, and the other ones, where investigations are started to look for evidence. The second type are referred to as witch-hunts.Its not an 'investigation'. It is a 'matter'.