(04-10-2018, 06:15 PM)FBT Wrote:

(04-07-2018, 05:13 PM)rollerjag Wrote: I doubt Trump gets impeached, and definitely not convicted by the Senate, unless Mueller comes up with a bombshell too big to ignore. Anything that big would probably result in his resignation. Given the success of the fake news hysteria campaign and the discrediting of Mueller, removing him from office would tear this country apart and, even worse, give us President Pence.

The longer this "investigation" drags on, the smaller any potential bombshell becomes.  If there really was anything nefarious that had been uncovered, it would have come to light by now.  The fact that the investigation is having to constantly be redefined to cast a broader net is a pretty good indication that they're not finding squat to bring down Trump, which is clearly the ultimate goal here.  They'll keep hunting for something until they find a traffic violation or some other relatively minor infraction that has absolutely nothing to do with Russian "collusion".  

Seeing Mueller's investigation now encouraging the prosecutor in NY to raid Trump's attorney's office, hotel, and home for something completely unrelated to the investigation is a good indication of just how little they have.  It also sets a pretty scary precedent of how far they're willing to go to bring down a guy they don't want in the Oval Office.  I know from your political viewpoint, that's perfectly fine, but the overreach we're seeing right now is starting to smell like a police state with the establishment unleashing any means necessary to achieve an end they deem satisfactory, the constitution be damned.

My position is, I am going to try not to pre-judge anything.  I have no idea right now if there was collusion or not.  Mueller will issue his findings in due course, and I'll make up my mind then, based on the evidence.  

But if Mueller did find some evidence of a crime that was unrelated to his investigation, then he had to send it up the chain to Rosenstein, who then had to send it to the US Attorney's office, who then had to go to a judge to get a warrant, and the warrant had to convince a judge that if they issued a subpoena for the evidence they are seeking, the evidence might disappear.  That's a lot of people to go through, and to me, it tells me there was probably a good reason for the search warrant.  Unless you think the entire US government, including Trump appointees like Rosenstein, are engaged in a conspiracy to overthrow Trump.

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