Chatter that Mueller could be fired or a war escalated week of March 25th seems incredible

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Such chatter may have been sparked by comments of some media hosts but seems mostly speculative and without a credible basis. There is also almost certain chance of a bipartisan Congressional revolt in the unlikely case that such conspiratorial "distraction" news scenarios actually became reality.
Granted White House would prefer not to see March 25th CBS 60 minutes interview of Stormy broadcasted and Trump publicly joining lawsuit aimed at stopping Stormy from talking about alleged affair raises stakes, highly unlikely that White House would create even bigger probems just to distract public attention from other potential problems.


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Trouble for Trump if Mueller meets Stormy

Sat March 17, 2018
Avenatti also told Cuomo that Daniels has faced physical threats, saying she'll disclose more details in an upcoming "60 Minutes" interview later this month. He would not answer whether or not it was someone close to the President who threatened her, and later told CNN he couldn't answer a question about whether he or Daniels filed a police report.

If Avenatti's statements are true, the interviews suggest that it may be time for Robert Mueller to meet Stormy Daniels. His investigation should focus on possible election law violations relating to the $130,000 hush money payment given to her.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/17/opini...lan/index.html




Boobs on the brain: MSNBC host blames porn star Stormy Daniels for McCabe firing
BizPac Review 1h ago

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This could be just coincidence, White House ally Drudge has started to send out polling feelers to sympathetic audience.

TRUMP WARNS MUELLER
INVESTIGATION INTENSIFIES
DRUDGE POLL: FIRE HIM?

[Raginfridus]

War And Boobs, Donald Trump

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War And Boobs, Donald Trump

To be fair, there might be grudges involved in some of recent media coverage about him.


Jared Kushner Told Joe Scarborough: Talk to President Trump About ‘Enquirer’ Dirt

The president’s son-in-law advised the ‘Morning Joe’ host to speak to the president directly about an upcoming tabloid ‘hit piece.’

06.30.17
On Friday, MSNBC hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough made the explosive claim that three of President Donald Trump’s most senior White House aides “warned” the couple that the tabloid The National Enquirer would publish dirt on them unless they “begged” the president to intervene.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/jared-...-enquirer-dirt



Mika had also last week speculated on air about Stormy Daniels developments related future "distraction news" firings.



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Trump lawyer’s efforts to suppress Stormy Daniels started in 2011

By Frances Stead Sellers March 17

The president’s personal attorney Michael Cohen interceded in 2011 to prevent porn star Stormy Daniels from airing her story about an alleged affair with Donald Trump, telling the agent who arranged for its publication that he could harm her career, according to a person involved in the discussions.
Randy Spears, the ex-husband of agent Gina Rodriguez, told The Washington Post he answered the phone when Cohen called Rodriguez after she arranged for Daniels to earn $15,000 by telling her story to a celebrity publication.
“You tell Gina that if she ever wants to work in this town again, she’ll call me immediately,” Spears said Cohen told him. He said Rodriguez, who declined to take Cohen’s call, contacted her lawyer instead.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...125_story.html

[Raginfridus]

To be fair, there might be grudges involved in some of recent media coverage about him.


Jared Kushner Told Joe Scarborough: Talk to President Trump About ‘Enquirer’ Dirt

The president’s son-in-law advised the ‘Morning Joe’ host to speak to the president directly about an upcoming tabloid ‘hit piece.’

06.30.17
On Friday, MSNBC hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough made the explosive claim that three of President Donald Trump’s most senior White House aides “warned” the couple that the tabloid The National Enquirer would publish dirt on them unless they “begged” the president to intervene.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/jared-...-enquirer-dirt

Yes. Let's wait until the full story is known.

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Yes. Let's wait until the full story is known.

Next Sunday CBS interview might shed some more light on real story, unless Trump team is able to stop CBS from airing it. According to Judge Napolitano, Trump will not be able to stop CBS from airing it.

CBS can run interview with Stormy Daniels: Judge Napolitano

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sFNax6GZME






In other news:


CBS News March 18, 2018, 3:50 PM

GOP lawmakers warn Trump against firing Mueller


The president took to Twitter Sunday morning to criticize the special counsel's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and potential Trump campaign collusion.
"Why does the Mueller team have 13 hardened Democrats, some big Crooked Hillary supporters, and Zero Republicans?" Mr. Trump tweeted at 8:35 a.m. ET. "Another Dem recently added...does anyone think this is fair? And yet, there is NO COLLUSION!"

Mueller is a Republican, and was named director of the FBI by Republican President George W. Bush. Mueller's investigation is overseen by Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general Mr. Trump nominated himself.

The tweets have put lawmakers on edge, particularly members of Mr. Trump's own party, for fear that he may fire Mueller. Mr. Trump's personal lawyer John Dowd called for Rosenstein to "bring an end" to the Russia investigation Saturday, adding to the tension.
Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-South Carolina, who sits on the House Intelligence Committee, appeared on "Fox News Sunday" to address Mr. Trump personally.
"My advice to the president is the same thing I just told his lawyer: give Bob Mueller the time, the independence and the resources to do the very job. Keep in mind, Chris, he didn't volunteer for this," Gowdy said addressing host Chris Wallace. "Give him the time, the resources, the independence to do his job, and when you are innocent, if the allegation is collusion with the Russians and there is no evidence of that, and you're innocent of that, act like it."
House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, issued a statement regarding Mr. Trump and his harsh words for Mueller to the New York Times.
"As the speaker has always said, Mr. Mueller and his team should be able to do their job," a spokeswoman for Ryan told the Times.
His Senate counterpart, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, has yet to comment on the ordeal.
Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, said on CBS News' "Face the Nation" Sunday that it would be a "huge mistake" and "a true constitutional crisis" for the president to fire Mueller, whom he described as being "as straight an arrow as there is in America."
"He's just doing his job," King said. "And for the administration to keep trying to undercut what they're trying to do -- the president keeps saying there's no story here, they didn't do anything wrong. If they didn't do anything wrong, why are they going to such extreme lengths to undermine this investigation, which is being carried out in a very responsible way?"
Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, said on ABC's "This Week" that he doesn't see Mueller's firing as a likely move.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gop-law...iring-mueller/



Hopefully, this is un-related:

Russia: US Deploys Warships For Imminnt Attack On Syria
03/17/2018

[Zippyjuan]

"Not reliable" but going to post it anyways.

seems mostly speculative and without a credible basis.

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"Not reliable" but going to post it anyways.

That is not a fully accurate translation but taking it on face value, in current political developments there will be very little to dissect & analyze here if political discussion was limited to only confirmed facts relating to the parties involved (leader in chief vs media). Very large number of top political headlines are "unreliable" facts but those have big impact on masses nonetheless.

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War And Boobs, Donald Trump

Following has not been vetted yet by investigative wing of US MSM media and should be read with grains of salt. Let's wait till all the facts come out before jumping to conclusions.

19 Mar 2018
Revealed: Trump’s election consultants filmed saying they use bribes and sex workers to entrap politicians

An undercover investigation by Channel 4 News reveals how Cambridge Analytica secretly campaigns in elections across the world. Bosses were filmed talking about using bribes, ex-spies, fake IDs and sex workers.

https://www.channel4.com/news/cambri...-investigation

[Raginfridus]

Following has not been vetted yet by investigative wing of US MSM media and should be read with grains of salt. Let's wait till all the facts come out before jumping to conclusions.





https://www.channel4.com/news/cambri...-investigation

Vox populi vox dei.

[shakey1]

War And Boobs, Donald Trump

I'll take boobs over war any day.

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Ryan: 'I have received assurances' Mueller firing not 'under consideration'
Politico 2h ago
“Special counsel should be free to follow through his investigation to its completion without interference, absolutely," Ryan told reporters during a press conference on Capitol Hill. "I am confident he will be able to do that."
Ryan added: "I have received assurances that his firing is not even under consideration.”
The House speaker did not specify who had assured him that Mueller's standing was safe.



White House Lawyer Insists Trump Isn't Considering Firing Mueller
HuffPost Mar 18, 2018

Bob Corker: President Trump firing Robert Mueller would cause 'total upheaval' in Senate
The Tennessean 20h ago

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Drudge is reporting that CBS will air interview.
Good news is that Foxnews is not covering this scandal, so good chnace that Prez may not even follow this story closely and that could make "distraction news" theories being floated by NBC pundits irrelevant.

STOCKS UNDER PRESSURE...
10-year yield drops...



STORM WARNING
CBS SET FOR TRUMP SEX

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This teasing stuff is getting bit out of hand, on Drudge now:

Stormy Daniels' lawyer posts photo of mystery disc in safe, teasing a 'picture'...

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https://www.vox.com/2018/3/22/171519...lawyer-resigns

"Not reliable" but going to post it anyways.

Ok.


Trump Won't Hire 2 Lawyers Whose Appointments Were Announced Days Ago
New York Times 2h ago

Trump not bringing on attorney diGenova just days after his hiring was announced
CNN 2h ago

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Drudge is reporting that CBS will air interview.
Good news is that Foxnews is not covering this scandal, so good chnace that Prez may not even follow this story closely and that could make "distraction news" theories being floated by NBC pundits irrelevant.

I think I can speak for @TheTexan and many of our fellows, when I say FOX News is pure class for keeping our President informed, and that NBC are exactly right: CBS are running interference with this whole Stormy Man-In-The-Boat conspiracy theory.

The Donald Trump I know does not sleep around, pay people off, or take public money for his own use.

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Yes Foxnews should be commended for keeping high standards and staying above slacious sex scandals like this unlikeMSNBC.


Fox News contributor lauds her network for barely covering the Stormy Daniels story
1h ago



But puzzling part is that this scandal story was broken by Fox owner owned WSJ and they have done pretty damaging reporting on his lawyer's shell company etc. Still not convinced it was a leak from any of the agencies he might be at war with.

[TheTexan]

This teasing stuff is getting bit out of hand, on Drudge now:

If there is a sex tape that would be hilarious!!

LOL

Though if its with a fat chick it might hurt his run in 2020

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Chatter has picked up again after recent "no knock raid" of Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen by FBI:




Trump considering firing Rosenstein to check MuellerCNN
Apr 10, 2018




And there are warnings from both Dem/GOP camps.


04/13/2018
Firing Mueller would end Trump’s presidency


Linda Chavez

The genius of an Abraham Lincoln or Thomas Jefferson would be insufficient to juggle the multiple crises facing the current president over the past week.
There is the poison gas attack in Syria; a looming trade war with the world’s second-biggest economy, China; a criminal probe involving both the president and his longtime personal lawyer; and the resignation of the Republican speaker of the House, the man chiefly responsible for passing the president’s signature accomplishment, tax reform.

In the days and weeks ahead, Trump may well fire Robert Mueller in hopes that removing the special counsel will end the inquiry into Russian meddling and the Trump campaign’s role or lack thereof. Apparently, that’s the counsel of former White House adviser turned guru to the alt-right in Europe Steve Bannon.
If Trump were to do so, he would provoke a constitutional crisis and his own undoing. The investigation into crimes would not disappear with the firing of Robert Mueller, nor would Trump or his campaign be out of the woods. Any criminal activity would still be prosecuted, and Democrats — whose likelihood of capturing the House, if not also the Senate, would rise dramatically after a Mueller firing — would lead the fight to impeach Trump.

It was the same attitude he brought to his private life. “When you’re a star, they let you do … anything,” Trump told Billy Bush on the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape in which he bragged about sexually assaulting women.
But in our system, no man is above the law. It’s a tradition that goes back to the Magna Carta in 1215, which recognized that even the king was bound by law. Donald Trump is bound by the Constitution, which he swore an oath to protect and defend. If he were to try to stop a legitimate and necessary investigation into Russia’s meddling in the presidential election and whether anyone in his campaign aided or abetted it, he would undermine the rule of law.
I doubt he cares — but he does care about his own survival. So he should know that firing Mueller would not save the Trump presidency but lead him to the inevitable ignominy of impeachment.

Linda Chavez serves on the board of Republicans for the Rule of Law and is a senior fellow at the Niskanen Center.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/columni...ps-presidency/