MOCK THEIR SANCTIMONY!

HERE I ANSWER THE UNCTUOUS OPINION OF HARRY LITMAN FROM THE WASHINGTON POST:

Harry Litman teaches constitutional law at the University of California at San Diego and practices law at the firm Constantine Cannon. He was U.S. attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania from 1998 to 2001.

Even as special counsel Robert S. Mueller III marches forward with his prosecution of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, and as the case that President Trump engaged in criminal conduct grows stronger, 

NO IT DOESN'T GROW STRONGER--THERE WAS NEVER CASE TO BEGIN WITH. YOU DON'T SAY HOW IT IS GROWING STRONGER BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO EVIDENCE, SIR! THE CASE BASED ON A PROVEN FAKE DOSSIER PURCHASED BY HILLARY TO SMEAR TRUMP. THERE WAS NO 'CRIMINAL CONDUCT' BY TRUMP NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU ENGAGE IN WISHING AND HOPING!

 the president and his lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani continue their tango about whether the president will deign to answer questions from Mueller’s team.

Said Giuliani on the possibility of an interview: “If they can come to us and show us the basis and that it’s legitimate and that they have uncovered something, we can go from there and assess their objectivity.” Giuliani added to his list of prerequisite demands that he wants to know about the origins of the FBI probe before agreeing to some form of interview. Then on Wednesday, Giuliani announced that the president’s team issued yet another counter-proposal to Mueller, declining to specify the terms.

So if Mueller can prove the legitimacy of his case, and if Giuliani and Trump conclude it’s objective, and if they receive sufficient information about the probe’s origins, then they might consider answering some questions in writing.

Enough is enough. ENOUGH WHAT? THERE IS NO THERE THERE! It’s time to subpoena the president. NO, IT'S TIME TO END THIS FARCE OF AN INVESTIGATION THAT HAS COST TAXPAYERS OVER $20 MILLION!

Mueller has been extraordinarily deferential and patient while Trump and his representatives engaged in their scarcely credible gamesmanship. 

IT'S VERY CREDIBLE SINCE MUELLER HAS NO PROOF OF RUSSIAN COLLUSION WITH TRUMP!

Notwithstanding Giuliani’s representations that Trump is pawing the stall (WTF?!) eager to submit to an interview under oath, it has become increasingly apparent that neither Trump nor anyone in his orbit has any interest in his answering Mueller’s questions. In a word, they are playing Mueller, and in the process, playing the country. WRONG-O, IT IS THE DEEP STATE SWAMP THAT IS DOING THE PLAYING!

Mueller surely recognizes this, but he likely has resisted forcing the issue into court for a combination of practical and legal reasons, BECAUSE HE KNOWS HE HAS NO CASE, MORON! including the months-long delay a court resolution would require and the need to show every possible respect to the office of the president (if not its officeholder). YOU HATE TRUMP AND SMEAR HIM--THAT'S WHAT THIS PIECE IS ALL ABOUT!

Trump’s intransigence raises the prospect that Mueller will need to submit his report to Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein with no input from the president. This is simply an unacceptable resolution for a probe of this gravity. WHAT GRAVITY? IT'S A CREATION OF DEEP STATE ANTI-TRUMPERS! Mueller’s mission is not just to investigate and charge crimes. NO CRIME COMMITTED BY THE PRESIDENT NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU WISH IT! It is also to determine what happened. YOUR BELOVED TRAITOR OBAMA AND CROOKED HILLARY ILLEGALLY GOT A FISA WARRANT PUSHED THROUGH BASED ON LIES! Indeed, he is the country’s only hope for some clear picture of the facts. As the recently released tapes of Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) makes clear, congressional Republicans are determined to avoid any serious investigation, and the media can probe only so far.

A stunning feature of the drama Trump has inflicted on the country NO, HILLARY AND DEEP STATE CRIMINALS INFLICTED THIS DRAMA UPON US, YOU IDIOT! is that we have become inured to daily dishonesty of an unprecedented sweep and magnitude. YOU BLAME TRUMP FOR WHAT THE DEEP STATE SWAMP IS DOING DAILY We acquiesce, or at least cease to push back against, the argument that lying to the media and public is no crime. TRUMP/RUSSIA COLLUSION IS THE LIE AND THE CRIME IS THE FBI AND OBAMA ILLEGALLY SPIED ON THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN!

Consider, though, the consequences of the president’s denials and obfuscations on issue after issue in this probe (combined with the cravenness of congressional Republicans). Trump’s successful dodging would leave a permanent hole in the historical record, particularly on a hostile foreign power’s attempt to influence our elections. UNPROVEN--BULLSHIT LIES~! There will be no future David Frost interviews to fill in the facts, and if there were, we could never believe them anyway. TRUMP IS NOT NIXON AND THE REAL SCANDAL IS FROM DEMOCRATS TRYING TO BRING ABOUT  A COUP AGAINST A LAWFULLY-ELECTED PRESIDENT! THE DOINGS OF HILLARY, OBAMA AND THE CORRUPT FBI ARE FAR WORSE THAN NIXON'S WATERGATE SCANDAL!

It is true, of course, that Trump could respond to a subpoena by invoking his Fifth Amendment rights. He is not legally required to fill in Mueller’s case for him. But that act would speak volumes to the country, while subjecting the president to historical ignominy. YOU DON'T GET TO PAINT HISTORY, CHUCKLEHEAD! And there is no constitutional reason it shouldn’t: We are not an impaneled jury, but a citizenry entitled to know whether the president committed crimes and conspired with a hostile foreign power to try to swing the election.

It is also conceivable that the Supreme Court could agree with the president to quash the subpoena, but it is highly unlikely. Precedents in the cases of presidents Nixon and Clinton strongly indicate the subpoena would be enforceable. And it is in the interest of the country to get a definite resolution of the question from the Supreme Court in any event.

Assuming Trump contested the subpoena, it would take months to reach the Supreme Court, even on an expedited basis. But Mueller’s probe has longer than that to go with respect to matters other than obstruction, so it wouldn’t extend the overall investigation. It would mean that the obstruction report would not be delivered by November, thereby leaving the probe to hang over Republicans during midterm elections. But that probably would be — and certainly should be — ascribed to Trump’s resistance to lawful process.

In any event, the long-term stakes are too high to permit Trump’s obduracy to win the day. TRUMP HAS ALREADY WON BECAUSE TRUTH IS ON HIS SIDE! He needs to be brought to heel RULE OF LAW THAT OBAMA AND HILLARY ROUTINELY BROKE, YOU HEEL! by the rule of law and provide some answers, under oath, and there is no good reason to wait any longer to initiate the process. UTTER BUNK, YOU LYING, LEFTIST POLITICAL HACK!

--Ben Garrison