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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEven if Whitaker doesn't fire Mueller
he has access to everything Mueller has and can give it all to Trump.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,236 posts)Basically as interim AG he would defund the Mueller investigation and let it die.
He actually was quoted as saying just that.
This man must recuse immediately.
edhopper
(33,707 posts)because he said that. There will be no recusal.
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)can he?
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,236 posts)Probably wasn't his own desire to recuse, but the demands were so high he was pretty much backed into a corner.
Thank you Senator Al Franken!
Generic Brad
(14,276 posts)He will be long gone by then.
lame54
(35,395 posts)edhopper
(33,707 posts)he doesn't know what Mueller has.
lame54
(35,395 posts)Trump has operated his whole life with no oversight so his dirt is not buried deep
It's just that no one has bothered to dig before now
edhopper
(33,707 posts)Jersey Devil
(9,881 posts)He can say to Mueller, "Oh, by the way Bob, we have no more money to give you to pay your staff. Sorry."
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