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| Kim Strassel: How Trump Takes On Obstruction |
| 2018-04-28 |
| [WSJ] President Trump vociferously protests his innocence as Robert Mueller finishes the first year of his Russia investigation. Still, the endless Tweet bleats of "PHONY" and "WITCH HUNT" are doing little to help his cause. The question is why this high-energy president seems to have fallen for the media claim that his only proactive course is to fire Mr. Mueller. It isn’t. There are two very bold actions the Trump White House could take to reset the Russia dynamic. Both would aid Mr. Trump’s presidency and serve the executive branch and the public in the longer term. The first is an abrupt overhaul of the president’s legal team and strategy. Mr. Trump has talented lawyers, but not ones skilled at confronting the threat at hand. They continue to fret over his personal liability, when the real threat is to the Constitution‐to this presidency and every future one. Mr. Mueller is by all accounts now focused on obstruction of justice. Mr. Trump needs constitutional powerhouses who can swiftly take that issue off the table. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #1 He needs a team that immediately goes to federal court to obtain a declaratory judgment that presidents cannot obstruct justice while exercising core powers. Good luck with that. SO many recent court judgments try to deny obvious core powers to this president on stupid pretexts. They are part of the problem. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-04-28 01:47 |