Ex-Watergate prosecutor: We need to question legitimacy of Trump's presidency

[turbinetree]

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Source: Raw Story

BOB BRIGHAM 22 AUG 2018 AT 12:18 ET

Former Watergate prosecutor Nick Ackerman explained to MSNBC’s Ali Velshi on Wednesday how the guilty pleas by longtime Donald Trump attorney and fixer Michael Cohen has brought into question the legitimacy of the current president.

Loyola Law School professor Jessica Levinson pointed out that Cohen’s guilty pleas beg the age-old question, “What did the president know and when did he know it?”


“Because Michael Cohen has said, ‘No, I didn’t do this on my own, this was not a rogue mission, this was President Trump telling me, yes, let’s try and pay these people off to influence the election,’ that’s the moment where we have liability for the president,” Levinson noted.

“That is the moment in which the legitimacy of this presidency comes into question,” Velshi noted. “Some crime that may have resulted in the president gaining this presidency, that speaks to the legitimacy of this presidency, the legitimacy of this presidency came under great pressure last night.”

“Of course,” Ackerman replied. “This is what its all about.”

“You’ve got him now involved as a co-conspirator with Michael Cohen, this is not some simple campaign violation,” he concluded.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2018/08/ex-watergate-prosecutor-need-question-legitimacy-trumps-presidency/

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Absolutely. Redo & rollback. See my sig line.

Re-iterated for clarity:

When tRump & Pence are impeached, the Republicon Party must not be repeatedly rewarded for stealing the Electoral College.

Can't have them repeatedly appointing VPs and then resigning until they reach one that is not actually complicit.

[elmac]

2. he is illegitimate

he is also unfit to serve. The fascists know this but they don't and never have cared about this country.

[YessirAtsaFact]

6. He certainly is a bastard...

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. I have no doubt that he is indeed not a legit president. Knew it by 9 PM election night.

[Frances]

4. Does this mean that all of the judges he appointed lose their positions

[MrsCoffee]

5. No shit.

[zipplewrath]

7. I do wonder

If one could pass an amendment that establishes that all judicial appointments made after the impeachable crime was committed (and the senate actually removed them from office) would become vacant upon the election of the next president. So Pence can take over, but until the next election, all judicial appointments made by him OR Trump would be vacant. The successor can then reappoint them (and the senate reconfirm) or they can be replaced.

[DonViejo]

8. Locking...

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