With the help of Jeff Sessions they have President Trump in a corner for now.
Anything he does to clean up the criminal mess in the FBI and DOJ will result in democrats and the democrat media screaming that he is meddling
and trying to shut down Mueller's Russian Collusion investigation for the purposes of covering up his own collusion with the Russians.
That would include firing Sessions and Rosenstein.
It is easy to see now that the entire process leading up to the appointment of Mueller as Special Counsel was planned out and coreographed by Comey,
Rosenstein and others at a higher level to provide a way to box the president in.
The extent of Jeff Sessions' paricipation and his motivation are unknown but his recusal was the key element in setting the president up.
And his ongoing inaction against the plotters ties the presidents hands and keeps the criminals in power.
And that is why Mueller needs to keep the investigation going and trying to make it appear that he is making progress.
If the investigation folds they lose most of their leverage against the President and give him the freedom to clean out the rats nests in the FBI and DOJ.
I suspect the President is biding his time and will make his move after the November election.
Good post.
That is the only scenario that makes sense. Otherwise Trump would have sent an EO declassifying everything that the Senate and House committees investigating Russia, Russia, Russia have demanded access to. The whole Russia, Russia, Russia smoke would have blown away long ago if he had done that, and he knows it.It seems that Trump is using the Democrats unreasonableness in a bid to get a strong Republican majority in the Senate. That motive disappears the day after the election, and presumably the fireworks go off then.
The vote for SCOTUS vacancy replacement Judge Brett Kavanaugh will help the Republicans unless - perhaps even if - senators like Manchin vote for confirmation. If Manchin votes no, Trump voters likely vote him out in November. If Manchin votes yes, his supporters probably stay home. I hope.