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2016 Postmortem

forjusticethunders

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13. He's probably thinking of:

Reply to ElementaryPenguin (Reply #12)

Wed Jan 11, 2017, 04:24 PM

Jan 2017

some future Hillary Clinton getting prosecuted by some future Donald Trump for beating him in an election (the fact that Trump's treason is *real* is irrelevant in a post-truth age) and pointing to Obama having Trump dragged away in handcuffs as a precedent. That's also why I strongly opposed even the hint of say, an anti-Trump coup if shit got really bad.

America is as much a nation of *precedent* as it is a nation of law.

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Under the circumstances, with all of the circumstantial evidence, why isn't Trump being officially [View all] UCmeNdc Jan 2017 OP

A republican being investigated hells Jan 2017 #1

Get him in and put him under oath. He speaks - he lies. Perjury. He is done. The Wielding Truth Jan 2017 #2

Gowdys main goal was to get Clinton to commit perjury. NCTraveler Jan 2017 #8

republicans control congress and at the moment trump is more popular among republicans JI7 Jan 2017 #3

Because the GOP has total control of government? Blue_Tires Jan 2017 #4

This was a coup and a theft of an election libtodeath Jan 2017 #5

because COMEY would be doing the investigating. nt LaydeeBug Jan 2017 #6

To some extent he is zipplewrath Jan 2017 #7

The Justice Department should be all over this...(perhaps they are) ElementaryPenguin Jan 2017 #9

Obama truly feels I believe forjusticethunders Jan 2017 #10

Well it is truly the fault of the Republican Party. They value Power over ethics. UCmeNdc Jan 2017 #11

I respect Obama tremendously, and I understand that, but... ElementaryPenguin Jan 2017 #12

He's probably thinking of: forjusticethunders Jan 2017 #13