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Originally Posted by octothorp
Right now Mueller's biggest problem is probably dealing with the likelihood of pardons. Hard to get anyone to cooperate when Trump is sending out signals he'll pardon anyone for anything. At the same time, once someone accepts a pardon for a crime, they can no longer plead the fifth on that crime. But the only repercussion for someone refusing to cooperate at that point would be contempt charges. Which Trump could also pardon. But if they can find charges that fit better at a state level and then have those prosecuted by a state AG, that is a pardon-proof line of attack.
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Trump can't pardon if he's not in office. Until Mueller is finished, everything is conjecture. When the GOP no longer has plausible deniability, I have to believe they jettison Trump.
But I've been saying that for 2 years. So what do I know.