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The Memo: Trump allies fret as legal troubles multiply
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/429264-the-memo-trump-allies-fret-as-legal-troubles-multiplyThe Memo: Trump allies fret as legal troubles multiply
By Niall Stanage - 02/11/19 06:00 AM EST
President Trumps legal troubles are spiraling and even some people who are supportive of his agenda worry about what comes next. They are going after every aspect of his business and his finances, and they have unlimited resources. Its a huge concern because the Democrats are not on a search for truth but to destroy him and his presidency, one Republican campaign consultant told The Hill.
Brad Blakeman, a veteran of President George W. Bushs administration and a strong backer of Trump, insisted that the president had done nothing wrong but acknowledged that the various probes he now faces are so time-intensive that they take away from his ability to govern.
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But others broadly sympathetic to Trump worry about whether his verbal assaults on Mueller and other tormentors backfire, deepening suspicions.
Mark Corallo, a communications strategist who served briefly as the spokesman for the presidents outside legal team in 2017, said he can understand why Trump gets so aggravated by the various probes aimed at him. That being said, I dont think it helps to call the Mueller investigation a witch hunt. Its not a witch hunt, he said. Its a serious investigation being conducted by a serious, fair-minded, honorable American lawyer. Corallo added that he believed the main peril facing Trump was political rather than legal. His peril is being seen as unreasonable and irrational in front of the electorate. Thats all he has to avoid, he said.
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The Memo: Trump allies fret as legal troubles multiply (Original Post)
nitpicker
Feb 2019
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Mike Nelson
(9,966 posts)1. I don't understand...
why Trump and his allies are so worried. They think Trump is a legitimate, wonderful man. Why worry? Cancel all the non-disclosure agreements... Have open, pubic hearings for EVERYONE! No executive privileges! Release all the tax returns, National Enquirer stories, memos, emails... EVERYTHING, now! Let us all see what a lovely human being he is!
czarjak
(11,287 posts)2. Brad Blakeman!
Ha!
Scruffy1
(3,256 posts)3. How can you take away his ability to govern?
That would be like stealing a million bucks from me. Impossible. I don't have it. Neither does her have any ability to govern.
KPN
(15,649 posts)4. "His peril is being seen as ...
unreasonable and irrational in front of the electorate. Thats all he has to avoid, he [Corallo] said.
LOL. Yeah, good luck with that!
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,168 posts)5. You sleep with dogs
You get fleas.