Racket wrote:
No dog in this fight wrote:
I don't have a position on this whole investigation, one way or the other, but have to make a correction here: Recent history tells us that time is NOT running out.
"January 1994
"Attorney General Janet Reno appoints Robert Fiske Jr. as the independent counsel in charge of investigating financial irregularities in the dealings of the Whitewater property company. The Clintons, and their business partners, James and Susan McDougal, are implicated.
"August 1994
"Fiske is replaced by the more conservative Kenneth Starr as the independent counsel investigating the Whitewater scandal.
. . .
"January 16, 1998
"Janet Reno, the US Attorney General, approves the Whitewater independent counsel Kenneth Starr's request for an expansion of the inquiry to include the Clinton-Lewinsky affair.
. . .
"November 19, 1998
"Prosecutor Kenneth Starr offers his testimony to the House of Representatives judiciary committee."
Ken Starr was on the job more than four years. By comparison Mueller has been moving very quickly. Patience, Grasshopper.
[Would a similar timeline mean that Donald Trump was a two-term president? Yes, but that seems like a real possibility anyway.]
A good summary and some good points but I think this investigation is a bit different . I also do not think Trump will be a two term president however. He did not want the job to begin with and a "graceful" out is exactly what he wants. Declare victory, drop out of the race, and save face (possibly). On the other hand, maybe he's so full of himself that he will run again in 2020 (I also agree a second term is likely if he runs) so who really knows!
1) He will not run in 2020 (well, technically he is already running, but he will not be able to get a second term). He is going to resign or be impeached and convicted before then.
2) He would like a graceful exit, and early on I was hoping that for him, but the lies are just too much. He does not deserve a graceful exit. He hit the 3,000 lie milestone a couple days ago...these are public verifiable lies that he has told since inauguration day. As a contrast, Obama had 18 in 8 years.
3) I am not sure a graceful exit is possible at this point. They've just got too much on him. Might be some sort of plea at the very end so that he might escape prison, but he will be a disgraced President, and history will be brutal to him (deservedly so).