The Daily 202: Mueller impaneling a grand jury makes it more politically difficult for Trump to fire him
With Breanne Deppisch and Joanie Greve
THE BIG IDEA: Last night’s news that Robert S. Mueller III has begun using a grand jury in federal court in Washington, as part of his investigation into possible coordination between the Kremlin and the Trump campaign, further boxes in the president and makes it more politically difficult to justify firing the special counsel.
-- If President Trump ever lost the support of Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), he just might be doomed. A former state House speaker, Tillis is a reliable Republican apparatchik whose vote party leadership can count on. So it was a big deal yesterday when he introduced legislation with a Democratic colleague, Chris Coons (Del.), to prevent Trump from firing Mueller without cause.
Tillis, known as a savvy political strategist, is clearly thinking ahead to what he realizes will be a very difficult reelection campaign in 2020. “It is critical that special counsels have the independence and resources they need to lead investigations,” he said in a news release .
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It's safe to say that there's lots of things going on.
It seems that the republican senate and house are starting to realize that they need cooperation from the dems in order to accomplish anything. Thus far the republicans have been a huge failure.
I feel that Trump has pissed off enough republican senators that they will go their own way, paying little attention to Trump.
I''ll tell you what I saw being discussed last night.
10 senior FBI officials are going to be called to testify to what James Comey told them following his oval office meeting with Trump and other things.
Guess what?
When Donald Trump is called to testify before the grand jury, he will be called LAST after the 10 FBI officials and everyone else has already gone before him.
He will then have to decide if he wants to lie, and possibly be in contradiction to the sworn testimony of 10 FBI officials , or if he wants to either tell the truth or plead the fifth. This will likely be one of the most painful moments of Trump's life.
I also heard that any connection between wikileaks and the Trumpsters is being investigated, which will be a whole kettle of dead fish in itself.