A day after Trump was gloating about "total exoneration"....

He was twisting the arm of Don McGahn and trying to get him to say publicly that he did not try to fire Robert Mueller.

Now, he is saying that it was more likely that he would fire McGahn than Mueller?? What a bull shitter!!

He can no longer keep up with his own lies.

It's a matter of time and patience.

At some time, Former White House Counsel Don McGahn is going to testify before the Congress. When he does, it will breathe new life into the Russia investigation, and put to rest Mitch McConnell's idea that the "case is closed".

The scofflaw in the White House will be brought to justice. He will answer for his crimes against the people of this country. Without the law behind them, his supporters will have very little credibility.

In time, he will be impeached. Whether or not he is convicted will be up to the spineless Republicans in the Senate of the United States. At present, they are clinging desperately to their positions of power, at the expense of our Constitution and the rule of law.

The people of this country may have to wait until November of 2020, but they will have their justice. The scofflaw and his Party will be tossed out of power, along with their disgraceful lack of respect for our laws and our history.

Will Donald Trump be successful in stacking the Courts to rule in his favor?

He seems to think so? He believes he owns the Supreme Court.

He believes they are as partisan as everyone else in his political world. In the end, they will make their decisions on what is best for Donald Trump and the Republicans. Do you agree with that?

Or will the majority of judges follow the Constitution, since they have lifetime appointments? We like to think our Judicial system will be more independent than the US Senate.

But, will they?

Shelter from the Storm

Just like the collusion with the Russians and the obstruction of the investigation afterwards...

...the cover-up is now in the open, also. They don't hide it. They are putting a blanket over everything. No more information is forthcoming from this White House. They are willing to argue that the people will accept their cover-up over the Congress' right to oversight and exposure of the facts. They are unashamedly lawless.

Make no mistake, it is a cover-up. And the White House is being assisted by the Republicans in the US Senate. They do not want the people to know the truth. They are very fearful of the facts that might be uncovered.

But, as with most criminal endeavors, it is the cover-up of the crime that usually leads to the scene of the crime. So it will be with this White House.

The fake helicopter "news conferences"..

Sarah Sanders stopped with the traditional White House news conferences some time ago. They were mostly a litany of lies and not very useful, but the reporters got to ask her questions. They never got any straight answers but the questions were asked.

Now, Mr Trump stops on his way to his helicopter, with the reporters bent down behind a rope line, and answers "some" questions. But, he only answers the ones that are about his talking points for the day. On occasion, a reporter might shout out a question that cannot be ignored, and be blamed for being "very rude", as did one MSNBC reporter did last week. But, she was able to get the information that Mr Trump never spoke to Mr Putin about election interference in an hour and a half phone call. That was newsworthy.

Otherwise, the helicopter blades are whirring and Mr Trump ignores all the questions he doesn't want to talk about.

This is no way for the American people to get their news. The reporters are being manipulated.

After the Mueller Report was made public, what did AG advise Trump to do?

In a late-breaking story, just in the last month or so, the White House has been pushing Don McGahn to come out publicly and say that Mr Trump never obstructed justice. What part did Mr Barr play in this endeavor?

Mr McGahn refused to go along. This probably did not play very well at the White House.

But this has all happened since Mr Barr came out and said there was no collusion and no obstruction. Mr Trump was quick to tell everyone that he was totally exonerated. What happened?

Out of the sight of the cameras and microphones, he was trying to get Mr McGahn to state publicly that Mr Trump did not obstruct. Did Mr Barr assist in this effort ? Why would Mr Trump or Mr Barr feel the necessity to have a statement from Mr McGahn, after the new AG just "exonerated" him?

Vol. II, Page 86 and 87. Mueller Report

When the President called McGahn a second time to follow up on the order to call the Department of Justice, McGahn recalled that the President was more direct, saying something like, "Call Rod, tell Rod that Mueller has conflicts and can't be the Special Counsel."581 McGahn recalled the President telling him "Mueller has to go" and "Call me back when you do it."582 McGahn understood the President to be saying that the Special Counsel had to be removed by Rosenstein.583 To end the conversation with the President, McGahn left the President with the impression that McGahn would call Rosenstein.584 McGahn recalled that he had already said no to the President's request and he was worn down, so he just wanted to get off the phone.585 McGahn recalled feeling trapped because he did not plan to follow the President's directive but did not know what he would say the next time the President called.586 McGahn decided he had to resign.587 He called his personal lawyer and then called his chief of staff, Annie Donaldson, to inform her of his decision.588 He then drove to the office to pack his belongings and submit his resignation letter.589 Donaldson recalled that McGahn told her the President had called and demanded he contact the Department of Justice and that the President wanted him to do something that McGahn did not want to do.590 McGahn told Donaldson that the President had called at least twice and in one of the calls asked "have you done it?"591 McGahn did not tell Donaldson the specifics of the President's request because he was consciously trying not to involve her in the investigation, but Donaldson inferred that the President's directive was related to the Russia investigation.592 Donaldson prepared to resign along with McGahn.593 That evening, McGahn called both Priebus and Bannon and told them that he intended to resign.594 McGahn recalled that, after speaking with his attorney and given the nature of the President' s request, he decided not to share details of the President's request with other White House staff.595 Priebus recalled that McGahn said that the President had asked him to " do crazy shit," but he thought McGahn did not tell him the specifics of the President' s request because McGahn was trying to protect Priebus from what he did not need to know.596 Priebus and Bannon both urged McGahn not to quit, and McGahn ultimately returned to work that Monday and remained in his position.597 He had not told the President directly that he planned to resign, and when they next saw each other the President did not ask McGahn whether he had followed through with calling Rosenstein.598 Around the same time, Chris Christie recalled a telephone_call with the President in which the President asked what Christie thought about the President firing the Special Counsel.599 Christie advised against doing so because there was no substantive basis for the President to fire the Special Counsel, and because the President would lose support from Republicans in Congress 600 if he did so.

Comey still believes that Trump may be compromised by the Russians?

Trump says it will be up to AG Barr whether or not Mueller testifies before Congress...

...and then went on to tear down Mueller.

In my opinion, he is sending the message that Mueller is going to testify.

But, in the meantime, he will work to persuade his base that they should believe nothing that Mueller says.

"No collusion, no obstruction, after two years of the witch hunt".

He is a master manipulator.