NYTimes: Trump team seeks to control, block Mueller’s Russia investigation
“With special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s Russia investigation continuing to widen, President Trump’s lawyers are working to both corral the probe and question the propriety of his work. They are actively building a case against what they believe to be Mueller’s conflicts of interest and are discussing the president’s authority to grant pardons. Trump has asked his advisers about his power to pardon aides, family members and even himself in connection with the probe, according to one person.”
“pardon…even himself”
Words fail me. Even Nixon didn’t try to pardon himself. This man believes himself above everything, law, ethics, integrity. I shouldn’t be surprised, he boasted during the campaign that he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and he wouldn’t lose any voters.
Still, the hubris and arrogance of the man is astonishing. He’s thrown his own son under the bus, wasn’t surprised to see him do the same with Sessions yesterday. Anyone who isn’t “loyal” to him, meaning willing to ignore or cover up anything for him, regardless of legality, ethics or integrity, is going to get tossed out eventually.