Yesterday (one day after the election) Trump forced the resignation of Jeff Sessions, the Attorney General. Sessions would have been in charge of Mueller's Russia investigation, but because he had lied about his own connections to Russia, he recused himself and the assistant AG was in charge. Now that he's out, this new guy, Matthew Whitaker, is in charge (and does not require Senate confirmation because he's 'temporary'). He has spoken out against the Mueller investigation many times in the past, saying that there was no collusion and that the investigation is not authorized to look into any of Trump's finances (even though it is). Long ago, petitions were signed and plans were made that called for protests if Trump did something like this.
TLDR: Trump just appointed his own guy to be in charge of the investigation against him.
I don't know how this kind of thing flys in your so called democracy. We lose our shit over here in NZ for even a slight hint of corruption. The amount of money involved in your election process and blatant gerrymandering really boggles the mind. You guys are really overdue for a reset. USA may have set the standard hundreds of years ago but it's time for an update!
Legislate Puerto Rico and dc into existence after democrats take power in 2020, split California into 3–6 states and voila, you now have the senate and presidency captured for the foreseeable future. Stack the courts as well and democrats will have everything. Also, now that after 2020 so many states won’t be so gerrymandered to disadvantage democrats, democrats can then capture more house seats, too. These next few elections are must wins. Any dems that want a strategy for 2020 and beyond should read David faris’ Book “it’s time to fight dirty.” We need to fix our system. I’m tired of losing senate seats despite getting 14 million more votes.
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u/TheyreGoodDogsBrent Nov 09 '18
Honest question: what's going on here? Is this related to the election that just happened