Obama adviser: Trump asking to drop case against Arpaio could get him impeached

[highplainsdem]

Source: The Hill

President Obama’s former communications director Dan Pfeiffer blasted President Trump over a report that he had asked Attorney General Jeff Sessions to drop the federal criminal case against Sheriff Joe Arpaio, saying if the report is true, Trump could be impeached.

“Asking the Attorney General to drop a case against a political ally is the kind of thing people get impeached for,” Pfeiffer tweeted Saturday.

The Washington Post reported earlier Saturday that Trump had asked Sessions to drop the case against Arpaio, who was a surrogate for Trump on the campaign trail.

Trump decided that he would pardon Arpaio if the sheriff was found guilty in the federal case, after advisers warned him against dropping the charges.

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Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/348142-obama-adviser-trump-asking-to-drop-case-against-arpaio-could-get-him

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[Equinox Moon]

1. Hope there was a witness to this exchange between trump and sessions

[rpannier]

2. Ha Ha Ha. I laugh

Not as long as the republikkans run the house will that ever happen

[Kleveland]

3. Not to be a pessimist...but here we go again!

It's like being stuck on a mobius strip of illogic and evil watching this crap every freaking day.

How can this go on?

[riversedge]

34. As long as we have the coward Republcans in Congress, this onslaught will continue.

[Ccarmona]

4. The Next Time Trump Doesn't Commit an Impeachable Offense

Will be the first.
When is Ryan and the House Repugs going to grow a collective pair?

[SHRED]

5. Who will impeach him?

[PSPS]

6. Stop it with this "impeachable" nonsense. The House is firmly in the kremlin's control now.

[defacto7]

7. Sometimes I feel like someone must be holding

a gun to the head of every GOPr in congress. They remain motionless and silent for the most part. As much as I dislike them and as much as I disagree with their politics, it's just too crazy to be sane. Even the batshit crazy evangelicals in congress can't be this insane. Is there a threat out there? Or is this really the world they want? Do they really want us all to go down with the ship? Are they fearful of a firing squad? What the hell happened to them?

[Ahpook]

11. I feel it is all about money

No guns to their fucking head or anything. They certainly don't care about their corruption being spread and known far and wide. And they are very aware of the fact their mindless constituents do not care about anything but god, guns and fucking abortion. Oh, and of course throw in a bit of hatred for anyone with the wrong skin pigment.

The dollar is all these motherfuckers care about!

[defacto7]

13. and that is truly insane

To actually think money is.. a thing, let alone worth more than our country, the planet, facts, civility, science, humanity, or life itself... they are insane.

[SusanaMontana41]

37. I'll buy that.

Oops. No pun intended.

[diva77]

14. Your post made me think of what happened to Ion Sancho, Leon County, FL Supervisor of Elections...

Even though Sancho may not be a repug (I'm pretty sure he's not), he tried to set the system straight and came face to face with some of the dark forces that retain repug power --

Diebold: Ion Sancho Needs Your Help!
By Paul Douglas Fan

Saturday Mar 11, 2006 · 7:05 PM PST
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/193433

SNIP...Ion Sancho, the Leon County, Florida Supervisor of Elections who authorized the Diebold hack test, last year, is facing a wave of retaliation from the Big Three voting machine vendors, Diebold, ES&S, and Sequoia. They refuse to sell him the equipment necessary to make Leon County compliant with the Help America Vote Act. Now the state of Florida may remove Sancho for failure to comply with HAVA.

At a Leon County Commission meeting on February 28, 2006, county staff revealed that Chuck Owen, Division Counsel for Diebold Election Systems, met with county staff behind closed doors on February 27. According to staff, Owen stated that "Diebold would sell its touch-screen voting machines to the county if, and only if, the county removed Supervisor Sancho from office."...SNIP

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So any repugs who get "off point" are probably subjected to threats of job loss, and then some...

[defacto7]

19. That's how I see it. Thanks for the example.

Much power play going on out there.

They don't need their machines anyway. None of us do. Paper is our hope.

[NYC Liberal]

20. Nobody's holding a gun. They really do support him. They defend him because they agree with him.

[defacto7]

21. That's more insane than the money explanation.

(I mean the money theory not the explanation)

[SusanaMontana41]

38. They have some pet projects they want to pass when the ONLY agenda that matters is

to remove the dictator.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

26. The gun.

As with all things GOP, just follow the money. Some smarter heads can perhaps shine clearer light on this, but my casual observations since the 70s point to an opaque, complex web of very wealthy people that control GOP policy and group-speak - primarily via think tanks, lobbying groups, and media corporations.

In a sense, the GOP congress and state legislatures, elected minions such as tRump and even the populist support organizations such as churches and the NRA are just useful idiots to these plutocrats. Congress members dare not cross these people or demean any loyal GOPer, least they suffer the wrath of the big boys. tRump is somewhat of an outlier and I often wonder what they think of him.

Policy directives are passed down to our "public servants" and right-wing media outlets via policy letters, emails, private meetings and conferences. For a sample peek into this carefully crafted web, just look a the Wikipedia pages on the Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute. Heritage showed a 2014 revenue of nearly $100 million and AEI showed nearly $85 million in 2015.

[defacto7]

28. This is not new to me and I won't say why.

I will point to a repeated answer to policy questions Bush II kept spilling when under pressure. He'd say, "that's up to the deciders". In context it said more than some want to admit. But I don’t discuss that here. Taboo. KY... is that for the state of? I had an interesting acquaintance living in DC who had family near Campbellsville. Probably doesn't mean anything to you. Never mind.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

29. LOL - GWB

Yep, I'm sure GWB is very intimately familiar with the Red Web, if I may give it a silly name. Even more so with GHWB. It's really a shame it's not more in the sunlight. All our Walmart dollars at work, LOL. Don't understand your taboo - maybe someday. It is KY the state, but never been to Campbellsville. Lots of beautiful country, friendly folks and good food throughout KY.

[BigmanPigman]

8. As Gomer would say, "Suuurrrrrpiiiiise, surprise, surprise".

[truthisfreedom]

9. Kremlin for now. We're under their control because of manchurian.

[Binkie The Clown]

10. Let's see, that would be the 3976th thing that "could" get him impeached, and yet...

...still he sits in the oval office.

[defacto7]

15. Hmmm, I wonder why? What could be the reason?

The holy spirit maybe?

[TygrBright]

12. The things that "could" get him impeached are myriad... legion... virtually uncountable...

But until something DOES get him impeached, it's not worth getting too excited, frankly.

The corrupt GOP has painted themselves into a helluva corner, and they're in deep denial.

This isn't going to end quickly.

realistically,
Bright

[lastlib]

18. and it's not going to end painlessly either....

hell, it may not even end bloodlessly. We will either be a totalitarian regime under Repuglikan fascism, or--the guillotines come out of mothballs.............

[kairos12]

16. I think the impeachment memes need to go away. It's a waste of time.

The Republicans will NEVER impeach him. These rethugs are not the Republicans of 1974.

[Initech]

17. Trump could be impeached over a lot of things.

But considering we have a ruling party that only cares about maintaining their precious majority than they do about the greater good of the country, expect nothing to happen.

[StevieM]

22. Agreed. The only way we are going to get rid of this guy is to vote him out. (eom)

[Initech]

25. We need to vote *ALL* these douchebags out!

We cannot allow a Senate and House controlled by McConnell and Ryan to continue.

[StevieM]

23. This is so crazy. He is committing impeachable offenses right out in the open. (eom)

[Sunlei]

24. Republican party will never allow their patsy to be removed. they installed lia(R) Sessions.

[CousinIT]

27. THIS congress WILL NOT impeach Trump. No matter WHAT he does. n/t

[JustAnotherGen]

30. The current House

Won't do a damn thing. Nothing happens until the Democratic party seizes the power.

[Cold War Spook]

32. Maybe he told them

if they started impeachment process he would nuke North Korea.

[LiberalLovinLug]

33. No...you mean if Obama had done the same thing it could have gotten him impeached.

[SusanaMontana41]

36. He would have deserved impeachment had he done this.

The GOP would rather be partisan than patriotic.

[SusanaMontana41]

35. How many times does he have to abuse power

before he's removed for abuse of power?

The Cowardly Ryan and his merry band of COWARDS.