The 20-page memo makes broad claims that the president cannot be guilty of obstruction in the Russia collusion case or be subpoenaed to speak to Robert Mueller.
Klamath Falls, OR— What is wrong with this lunatic?
First, Trump thinks he can pardon himself. The DOJ ruled 44 years ago that the president cannot pardon himself. Trump's "numerous legal scholars" apparently aren't on the same page as the Justice Department.
However, as Bloomberg reporter Steven Dennis pointed out, that wasn't the case at the end of former President Richard Nixon's time in office. "Under the fundamental rule that no one may be a judge in his own case, the president cannot pardon himself," the Department of Justice declared in 1974. The DOJ spelled it out just four days before Nixon resigned, explaining that the president's pardoning power "does not extend to the president himself."
Trump's claim echoed that of his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, who also said without evidence that Trump "probably" has the power to pardon himself. When Nixon was facing impeachment, however, the DOJ decided that only Congress would be allowed to grant a president a pardon in certain cases. Summer Meza
Then, there is Giuliani who says Trump Can’t Testify Because His Memory Keeps Changing. During an interview, this weekend with ABC’s This Week, Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani said that Donald Trump should absolutely not testify before a grand jury because their recollection keeps changing. What Giuliani means is that the administration is currently struggling to keep all of their lies in order, and they’d certainly be looking at perjury if the President testifies.
Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani once again this past weekend decided to make the round on a couple of news shows and give us the latest examples of why he is one of the most incompetent attorneys in the United States. And as usual, he didn’t disappoint.
Finally, Trump Wants Russia Back In The G-7. The group of leading industrialized nations expelled Russia after its annexation of Crimea in 2014.
Trump said Friday he thinks Russia should be reinstated into the Group of Seven, the industrialized countries whose leaders are meeting in Canada this weekend.
Trump, acknowledging his view “may not be politically correct,” told reporters before leaving for the summit: “We have a world to run and the G-7, which used to be the G-8 ― they threw Russia out. Russia should be in this meeting. They should let Russia come back in, because we should have Russia at the negotiating table.”
Russia was expelled from what had been the G-8 in 2014 following its annexation of Crimea.
Trump’s comment was in line with his unusually friendly stance toward Russia, despite evidence that it interfered in the 2016 election to help his campaign.
The prospects of Russia being readmitted to the G-7 are dim. Just two months ago, G-7 foreign ministers pledged to set up a working group to “call out” Russian “maligned behavior.”
Even before his Russia comment, Trump was at odds with fellow G-7 leaders on trade and other issues. He imposed a series of steel and aluminum tariffs on several G-7 countries to redress what he said in a tweet Friday was a “long time unfair trade practiced against the United States.”
Other leaders of G-7 nations, which include America’s closest allies, have denounced Trump’s moves. French President Emmanuel Macron threatened to forge a trade agreement that excludes the U.S.
“The American President may not mind being isolated, but neither do we mind signing a 6 country agreement if need be,” Macron tweeted Thursday. “Because these 6 countries represent values, they represent an economic market which has the weight of history behind it and which is now a true international force.”
Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau released a statement backing “strong, responsible, transparent multilateralism to face the global challenges.”
Canadian Trade Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne gave a more dramatic assessment of Trump’s trade moves, saying “the world economic order is ... under attack.”
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