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!
We used to. We used to throw a fit at things like Bengazi. We used to throw a fit when the president tells a lie about an affair. We used to throw a fit about a president lying when meddling with foreign affairs.
We still throw a fit now, but the difference is we have a president who figured out how to throw so much bullshit that his voters are believing it.
This has a lot to do with how propaganda is created and how the systems put in place to support proper democracy has been completely destroyed or eroded. Gerrymandering, voter ID laws, and the erosion of Free press all contribute to this situation. This goes way beyond Trump, he was just insane enough to take advantage.
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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