It’s amazing that all these Republicans who were nominated by Trump, or by people nominated by people Trump gave positions to, are all conspiring against Trump...
Re Trump’s assertion that "collusion isn’t a crime" - Rosenstein’s brief to Mueller begs to differ, when he wrote that Mueller had the authority to investigate:
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Allegations that Paul Manafort:
Committed a crime or crimes by colluding with Russian government officials with respect to the Russian government’s efforts to interfere with the 2016 election for President of the United States, in violation of United States law;
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Also, another part of his brief makes clear that he has the authority to investigate obstruction of justice—including obstruction of his own investigation. You know, saying things in the May 10th meeting with the Russians like
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“I just fired the head of the F.B.I. He was crazy, a real nut job,” Mr. Trump said, according to the document, which was read to The New York Times by an American official. “I faced great pressure because of Russia. That’s taken off.”
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