Sessions Unplugged

[H2O Man]

45. "Funky Ideas"

It's said that Nixon questioned if he had the option of pardoning himself. That wouldn't protect a president from being impeached -- in fact, it would insure the removal from office.

I think people should review the Senate Watergate Committee's report, for information on how "abuse of power" meets the standard for "high crimes and misdemeanors." Today's NY Times reports that Trump's chief counsel, Donald McGahn, was attempting to access information on any/all FISA court rulings on Trump's associates. This is, by definition, an (attempted) abuse of power.

While I haven't picked up a copy of the paper yet, I can say without risk of error that sources on McGahn's activities were "leaked" by sources from the intelligence community and from White House staff. There are people in the White House who are coordinating the efforts to destabilize the administration.

This -- more than the Sessions' removing himself from the investigation's process -- is why Trump is freaking out this weekend.