What is Kelly afraid of?

[LAS14]

One of the authors of "A Very Stable Genius" was interviewed on the Newshour tonight. He was asked why Kelly waited a year to speak out about Trump (apparently he did today or yesterday). He said that Kelly, like so many others, was afraid of Trump's retaliation. But Kelly isn't working in the government anymore, right? What kind of retaliation can Trump inflict on these people?

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[Laelth]

1. What kind of retaliation, indeed.

Just thinking about his possible options frightens me.



-Laelth

[LAS14]

6. Specifics?????

[musicblind]

2. This is the guy who had a hitman threaten Stormy Daniels's life

in a parking lot in front of her baby child.

[meadowlander]

3. Ask Christine Blasey-Ford.

Has she been able to move back into her house yet?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/19/christine-blasey-ford-brett-kavanaugh-sexual-assault-accuser-threats

[sarge43]

4. Possibly as a military retireee he is still subject to the UCMJ, Article 2 (a)(4).

Legally he can be summarily recalled to active duty and charged under Article 88, contempt toward officials.

Given Trump's current vindictive rampage, ...

[Ex Lurker]

5. I don't think he's afraid

He, like a lot of people Trump has stepped on, are playing by the rules that have been ingrained in them. Trump has thrown out the rulebook and it's taken them a long time to come to grips with it.

[2naSalit]

7. Isn't he on the board of the contractor who keeps the kids in cages?

[GoCubsGo]

8. Exposure of his own misdeeds?

It's the same reason the entire GOP House and Senate (minus Romney) are afraid of him. They're all as dirty as Trump, and Trump knows it. He likely has the goods on all of them, too. No way a scumbag like Kelly has clean hands, either.

[lame54]

9. Would Patton be afraid of Trump?

[czarjak]

10. Scareder than the Generals?