Trump signs executive action targeting law firm representing former special counsel Jack Smith
Trump signs executive action targeting law firm representing former special counsel Jack Smith
Trump signs executive action targeting law firm representing former special counsel Jack Smith
Summary
Donald Trump signed an executive action revoking security clearances for attorneys at Covington & Burling LLP, the firm representing former special counsel Jack Smith.
The move escalates Trump’s targeting of those involved in past investigations against him. The administration is also reviewing Covington’s government contracts and considering similar actions against other firms.
Covington denies involvement in Smith’s investigations and is defending him in a personal capacity.
Smith previously led probes into Trump’s handling of classified materials and election interference, both dropped after Trump’s reelection.
One would think that a president using the authority of his office to exact vengeance on the people who investigated his past crimes would warrant at least some sort of response from the supposed opposition...
It's almost as if his behavior is treasonous.
Even I can't think of a way to paint this as an "official act."
SCOTUS will, though.
By that definition his assassination would literally be an act of patriotic service 👀
They're mostly all co-workers, not opposition. Especially the career politicians. We've been shown that very bluntly these past couple months.
Unfortunately a large part of the population believes he's a victim of political persecution. Because idiots do, in fact, pop out of random holes the Earth over.
100%
The Democrats can't do much unless they have a majority in at least one legislative house or unless some number of Republicans cross party lines. The great bulk of their ability to act comes from having that majority.
A lone legislator doesn't have much by way of authority to block Presidential action, and 50%-1 have about that same level of authority.
The Republican Party -- even though there are no doubt legislators that don't agree much with Trump -- probably doesn't much want to start a fight with the President during a precious period when they hold a trifecta, because this is one of their rare opportunities to push through their agenda (which isn't mostly spatting along Trump's political grudges) without the Democrats having the ability to block it. Get in a fight with Trump and then he blocks something that the Republican legislators want, like tax policy or cutting Medicaid, and they miss their window.
They could at least fucking try.
Democrats in power no matter how much power the Republicans have: government slows to a crawl because everything gets stuck somewhere in the process
Republicans in power no matter how much power the Democrats have: FULL STEAM BITCHES! NO ONE CAN STOP US NOW!
Yeah - we hear that same tired song and dance over and over again.
Funny though that when Democrats held the majorities, they somehow couldn't manage to accomplish much of anything, and blamed it all on the Republican "obstructionists."
If the Republicans really could obstruct them then, then they could obstruct the Republicans now.
Or if they really can't obstruct the Republicans now then the Republicans really couldn't obstruct them then.
Either way, they're liars.