Why do people think this? I honestly don’t get it. There are more liberals willing this idea into existence by virtue of their saying it than there are Jeanine Pirro and that guy in a bad-fitting suit on Fox News saying it.https://twitter.com/espinsegall/status/942448758003990528 …
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Second, Rosenstein just said he sees no cause to fire Mueller, so it would be technically complicated from Trump to do so — and that, meaning that to do so would entail shutting down others’ careers as well — would, I still believe, carry a steep political price.
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Third, I see one key sign in the Trump campaign lawyer’s letter: Why mention the Fourth Amendment? The letter raises it, which is, primarily, about trying to exclude evidence at trial/from prosecution — which isn’t an issue if you’re setting up a Mueller firing.
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Oh, and just a minor fourth point: Remember that line from the NYT story about Pirro eventually going on too long on an anti-Mueller “screed” in a meeting with Trump even for him and him just walking out? That.https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/09/us/politics/donald-trump-president.html …
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In any event, my point is not to say that Trump will not ever fire Robert Mueller — that’s always been a possibility. My point is that I do not see anyone making any actual argument that has convinced me that this is something currently being considered.
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Finally, if you’ve not read it: My story about the Trump campaign lawyer’s Saturday letter regarding transition emails, the career GSA lawyer’s comments to me, and a late-night Special Counsel’s Office statement.https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/the-trump-campaign-claims-a-federal-office-illegally-turned …
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Theory is Ty Cobb is using press statements to warn Trump what he can’t do. Cobb is known to tell Trump fairy tales about the investigation clearing him. Because if Trump knew truth he’d have fired Mueller already
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In some ways Trump’s reliance on Fox News and Morning Joe are cutting him off from understanding actual dimensions of Mueller probe. Allow Kelly & Cobb to placate him
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(Other theory I’ve heard: Omarosa’s “riling Trump up” was when she’d tell him stuff other staff kept from him. Kelly fired her over Moore win because she was going to tell him what really was happening on the ground.
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Rebuttal: trump is impulsive and doesn’t listen to his lawyers or anyone else. Telling him not to do something increases his desire to do it.
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