Who would be the "they" that would ask Obama to violate the 22nd Amendment?

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This wouldn't be a good thing and there is no proof.

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GO BEARS!!!

Can JORR or one of the other Trump / "conservative " apologists around here explain (their) support for a Russian leaning bankruptcy artiste who is possibly a child rapist, a golden shower aficionado or both?

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I know it's illegal. But so is a President that's working for Russia. In fact I think that's treason. Desperate times call for desperate measures.

And I don't think innocent until proven guilty applies here. It's too dangerous, if true, and needs to be investigated.

Maybe Biden gets it.

#TrumpetsFakeAlpha

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In a time where MANY eschew facts, logic and the meaning of the words coming out of the pervert elect's mouth, proof and what is "good" are irrelevant when MANY claim bias on the part of non-apologists . The rest of us just have to do more heavy lifting

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

There has to be some plan for a situation. Say Trump murders a guy today and is arrested. Trial wouldn't be for months. You're saying he would still get sworn in while in his jail cell? I don't think so.


Even something more innocent. What if Trump died tomorrow? What happens? I'm just asking? Does anybody know? There must be something, in writing, for this happening.

I think the true answer to your question would be Pence.

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I found the answer

So, what happens if a Presidential Candidate wins the election and is arrested/indicted but not yet convicted before Inauguration Day? Here is a break down.

If the President-elect is indicted but not yet convicted by January 20th, 2017, he or she is still capable of being Inaugurated and entering the White House. However, many of his/her privileges would (could) be restricted, such as his/her security clearance (more on that in a moment).

Knowing that an arrest might hinder his/her ability to do the job, he/she has two effective choices:

Move Forward with the swearing-in ceremony, allow the judicial process to continue, and if found guilty, almost certainly be impeached while simultaneously pardoning him/herself. Of course, impeachment is meaningless. While the House of Representatives merely has to meet a majority threshold (50%+1), the Senate has to meet a two-thirds threshold to convict the impeached party and apply sanctions. In the current political environment, it is unlikely that approximately fifteen members of either party in the Senate would switch sides to support impeachment. Even then, there is no guarantee that an Impeachment conviction would result in a removal from office.
Move Forward with the swearing-in ceremony and resign shortly thereafter, giving the White House to his/her Vice President. That would save a lot of headaches, but there are egos at play (on both sides of the Presidential race) that make this an unlikely voluntary affair (which I will get to).

Now, here is where it gets tricky…

One thing that would probably not happen is a step-down after election but before the Inauguration because that would place the decision of the Presidency in the hands of the House of Representatives.

If a President-elect were to step down before the Inauguration, it does not go to the Vice President-Elect. Why? Because the President-Elect cannot turn over the White House to his/her VP before they actually become “President” (i.e., MUST be Inaugurated). The power to resign is not yet vested in the President-elect. You cannot resign and assign from that which you do not yet have. Thus, if he/she stepped-down before the Inauguration, the result is treated as though neither party won the Electoral College and the Presidency is then decided by the House of Representatives.

(NOTE: Richard Nixon was pardoned by Gerald Ford broadly, before conviction, and that pardon stood. But that pardon was never tested on the grounds that a crime had not yet resulted in an indictment of Nixon. Since Nixon resigned, agencies dropped further criminal inquiry. It is unlikely that Clinton would resign.)

I'm no fan of Trump's and understand your point but I think not allowing Trump to take office would destroy this country permanently. Besides if the intelligence community had this stuff before the election they should have done their jobs.

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We literally survived a civil war. Nothing that happens in this election or the next will end us permanently.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Times have changed. Not allowing Trump to be president would do it. Trumpets would burn it down.

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True. Although isn't it peculiar that the bad actors in both instances share most of the same traits and arguments

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No, they wouldn't. Stop being a beta. If the rednecks rose again we would cut them down again just like we did before. Fuck them and their "Kentucky Windage" way of shooting.

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I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Don't pray for an indictment, vote.

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Nah ... eventually they'd have to get around to going to West Englewood, El Sereno, or Downtown Brooklyn ... good luck with that.

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- Henry George

Midget's advocacy was much more appropriate than I feared reasonable. Oh well...

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This looking like a prank news story generated by 4chan. I ain't mad tho it caused a five page thread and some funny memes

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Ok. So he gets in office while this investigation is ongoing.

The President is the boss of the FBI. Couldn't he simply say, "Stop the investigation of me. Move onto something else" Why couldn't he do that?

As I noted earlier, the only 'proof' seems to be simply other anons saying that's the case.

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- Henry George

Ah yes ... "lifezette", a website owned and operated by one Laura Ingraham. Completely unbiased and well-sourced no doubt.

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- Henry George

Ahead of it's time...R.Kelly last minute performer at the inauguration

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

There you go again. I'm not close to "conservative" nor am I a Trump apologist.

1. Trump is an asswipe.
2. Trump should be covered with integrity and journalistic standards.

Those two statements are not contradictory.

In the case of these latest rumors- and that's just what they are- I don't believe any traditional news organizations outside of CNN have run with them yet. CNN is out on a limb here. Maybe that will work out for them.

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Are we really having this discussion? After all the whining by Clinton and her neoliberal supporters about Trump possibly refusing to accept the election results. This is an actual refusal to accept the election results.

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Da.This whole operation has a Ben Rhodes odor to it. 90% sure he orchestrated this. (Mostly true++)

Disgrace. Sessions needs to jail someone and nobody likes BR.
All this Top Secret info gets to the press and often before Duck of Death gets it.
former MI6 guy said to be always reliable Got it. Super spy often talks to press? and Lives in Moscow?
Must have been a heck of a spy.
Is he dead yet?

(note to Mike Pompeo: Fire all non Mormons at CIA. Have Ben taken care of. Release Bill and Hill file. thnx)




#boris
#badenov

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And dead cops.

"One guy lays the pipe, the other guy smokes it"--Clint Eastwood

Appearing on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” Schumer said, “Let me tell you, you take on the intelligence community, they have six ways from Sunday to get back at you. So, even for a practical, supposedly hard-nosed businessman, he is being really dumb to do this.”

Chuckles outing the intelligence community for being politicized.

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The Trump lawyer who said he never went to Prague tweeted a picture of his passport. Except he only showed the cover. Czech Republic is a part of Schengen so he could've flown into Vienna, Munich, etc.

Trump and his Trumpets are having a meltdown trying to hide his love of women urinating on each other.

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This is the way I read it. That he had them piss on each other to defile the Obama used bed. Some here seem to have taken the angle that Trump wanted to get pissed on.

The other thing I noticed was the report stated that the Russians have all the rooms, hotels etc. wired and set for video taping. If Obama stayed there prior wouldn't the Secret Service have swept the room and found all of that?

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This is the problem with Trump choosing the SOS that he did. That guy clearly has direct ties to Russia. It makes stuff like this seem believable.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!