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Trump Ordered Mueller Fired, but Backed Off When White House Counsel Threatened to Quit
The president ordered the firing last June as he first learned that the special counsel might be investigating whether he had obstructed justice.
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Trumps says one thing, tries to do another. Same shit different day.
FIRE Comey... FIRE Mueller.... Trump sure is afraid of something.
Strange if he's got nothing to hide.
Paging /u/NotWearingPants what's your opinion on this development?
That would have been a serious mistake, especially that early in the game.
So you think there's nothing wrong with attempted obstruction of justice? If I try to but fail to kill someone, that's attempted murder, a still serious crime, is it not?
I'm not sure that meets the legal definition of obstruction, because one of the elements is that you must have committed a crime. A year and a half on, they are still searching for one.
Oh man this is too good to be true.
So is this likely the reason why the "release the memo" controversy was so worked up recently by the gop, russians, etc.