The president’s sixteen denials of collusion with Moscow in this New York Times interview sound a lot like his prior, false denials of campaign contact with Russians.https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/us/politics/trump-interview-excerpts.html?referer=https://www.google.com/ …
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Trump appears to believe that it’s the Attorney General’s responsibility to protect the president from being held accountable under the law, likely setting another pretext for removing sessions if Mueller’s investigation gets too close to Trump and his family.pic.twitter.com/Dy4oUdRr6P
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The President is attempting to break down the rule of law as a widely accepted American norm, even going a step further to normalize the dangerous counter-norm that the president and the Executive Branch are above the law.
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Finally, Trump suggests that the Justice Department has no independence and, by extension, that he is above the law. I believe these statements foretell the kinds of actions Trump may be willing to take if Mueller’s investigation gets close enough to the Oval Office.pic.twitter.com/yvHGmVBx1F
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To Mueller's credit, Trump won't know whether he's being treated "fairly" until a Marshall knocks on the door.
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