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Dancing with Putin isn't so bad...until he decides to show off his mad judo skillz and throws you across the dance floor.

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I am legit scared of a Saturday Night Massacre. But.

Schneiderman. Just remember. Eric Schneiderman, aka our ace in the hole.

Because I'm sorry, there is no fucking way that Dump didn't commit some of these juicy crimes in New York (or with a substantial nexus to New York), and that bitch can't pardon himself or his pathetic offspring for state crimes. President Asshat's going to get a solid bentsch upside the head either way, as my bubbe would jokingly threaten me with when I started dating a libertarian when I was in college. (I dumped him after he talked shit about the Equal Rights Amendment, and apologized to my grandmother.)

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Yup. Just because the Logan Act hasn't been utilized in 200 years doesn't mean that it couldn't be.

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Schneiderman can't be touched. Come on. If you're gonna give up, do it where the rest of us can't see it.

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Pretty much all of these big money crimes involve failure to pay both federal and state taxes.

And I don't think juries like that much.

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That makes sense. A lot of liberal newscasters are saying that's not at all likely, but they never explain why. The law seems clear.

Of course, maybe Mueller has better charges.

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Except that if he resigns he can be indicted. And he won't have power over the Justice department or intelligence community.

Of course, he might figure that his boy toy Pence will protect him. Yeah, right.

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Why not both, plus some others?

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I don't think they have to lock Dowd up. He has made himself a witness in Mueller's investigation. That's a conflict of interest.

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Craptacular

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It's a mountebank in Alaska.

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Maybe he'll cut a deal where he pleads to reduced charges in exchange for resigning. I don't know how legit that would be, but realpolitik-wise it seems like highly possible.

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"May God keep you away from the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger, and the revenge of the Afghans."

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Assumes assets are real.

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Christine Keeler just died. Profumo spent his life after the scandal doing menial work at a charity as atonement. Trump has not and never will atone for anything.

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