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Even though CNN has been displaying a countdown clock to James Comey's testimony, I'm not expecting any bombshells. Advance word has it that Comey will not accuse Trump of trying to obstruct justice.I may be the only person still worried about Dorito Mussolini's strange tweeted threat -- the one that cryptically referred to a taped conversation between Comey and Trump. The tweet implied that this "tape" would make Comey look bad. Trump has a history of secretly recording conversations, and a photo exists of an old-school digital voice recorder on the Presidential desk. Thus, I'm quite willing to stipulate that some sort of recording exists, though of course we are probably talking about an audio file, not a "tape."
Trump is not bright enough to play any games of 11-dimensional chess. He's a thug. I don't think that he would have issued a threatening tweet unless Comey really did tell him something in private that could be considered embarrassing or incriminating. Was that conversation recorded? I don't know. Nevertheless, I am sure (well, kind of sure) that a conversation took place. Dim as he is, Trump must understand by now that he cannot confirm the existence of any secret recordings without landing himself in Nixon's predicament
That said: If Comey is compromised, as I think he is, then he will will probably pull his punches when he testifies. That's why I don't expect any game-changing revelations. In fact, I expect the right-wing media to publish stories claiming that Comey "exonerated" Trump.
Let's hope I'm wrong.
We learned yesterday that Comey told Jeff Sessions that he (Comey) did not want to be alone with Trump again. Clearly, the FBI Director feared that Trump would make an unequivocal demand to drop the Russia investigation. (Or perhaps the usurper in the Oval Office has taken to treating everyone the way he treats beauty contest participants.)
The testimony. I probably will not watch the testimony live, for the same reason I could not watch last year's debates live. Being a man with a weak heart, I find it easier to take in the after-the-fact summaries before dealing with the Thing-In-Itself.
If you want live, on-the-fly reactions to Comey's testimony, check out the twitter feed of one Donald J. Trump, who will be offering his characteristic witticisms and droll observations. That's where the real bombshells are likely to explode. Trump may even blurt out the Big Damn Secret that he supposedly has on tape. Trump is one of the world champion blurters; let's hope that he blurts himself straight into an impeachment.
Washington Post reporter Robert Costa told MSNBC on Tuesday that the president would directly respond to Comey on Twitter as the testimony is underway.Oh, this should be good. This should be superb.
“I was just talking to some White House officials this morning and their view is that the president himself wants to be the messenger, his own warrior, his own lawyer, his own spokesman,” Costa explained. “Some outside people, some surrogates will be available.”
“But the president is expected to be tweeting on Thursday in response to Comey, not to stay quiet during the testimony,” he added. “Because he himself wants to be the one driving the process.”
Most of you know that four major law firms (including Sullivan & Cromwell!) refused to represent Trump because he seems likely to stiff the lawyers and to ignore their advice. I humbly suggest that Trump represent himself. That, too, would be superb.
Finally: Articles of impeachment. Congressman Al Green has already called for Trump's impeachment, as has Maxine Waters. But so far, these calls have been mere words because the process of impeachment cannot start until a congressperson proposes a resolution, which will get sent to the Judiciary committee. There's no guarantee that this committee will allow the impeachment to proceed -- in fact, it's very likely that the committee will take no action whatsoever. Nevertheless, it is the case that impeachment will only become possible if a House member draws up actual articles of impeachment.
And that's just what Al Green is doing right now. Bravo!
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