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Originally Posted by GGG
Yeah I might have been a little hasty on that one.
The big difference here would be if they have open investigations against the administration
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The biggest difference here is what Bharara was asked to do. Bharara was the attorney that has jurisdiction over Trump's business and specifically the current Trump-Alfa bank email server. It seems he was previously allowed to stay on but after he was flooded with requests from watchdog groups to investigate Trumps business ties, he was fired. If the investigation was already started then this is huge problem as Trump will just replace him with someone more pliable. The timing of the discovery of Russian Alfa bank Trump tower server connection and firing of the attorney is too coincidental.
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Last week, watchdog groups asked Bharara to investigate Trump regarding foreign business deals, according to The Washington Post. The groups requested the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York look into whether the president had gotten benefits from foreign governments, in violation of the Emoluments Clause.
"I think that, again, what has been happening is that there is an air of distrust that has been brought on by President Trump himself," Cummings said Sunday.
"So I think that in part, the president has created this situation for himself. But yeah, sure, no doubt about it, when they asked about the Emoluments Clause and possible violations of it and the U.S. attorney's relationship to that, I think that had perhaps something to do with."
When pressed further on whether he thinks there might be a connection, Cummings said: "There very well may be."
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http://www.thehill.com/homenews/hous...ara-firing-and