Trump Under Investigation

Please read this...

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/11/us/politics/fbi-trump-russia-inquiry.html

The shifts the possibility of an obstruction finding against Trump from one where he may have fired Comey to obstruct an investigation into Flynn, to one where he may have fired Comey to obstruct an investigation into his own relationship with the Russians.  

The implications of this are massive. The prospect that an American President may be compromised by, or may even be actively working for a foreign country against his own country's interests has no known precedent in American history.

Some have questioned why a special prosecutor had to be brought in to look into Russia's attempt to influence the US presidential election - which is now known to have happened. These people have asserted that this was a "witch hunt", and that there was no potential conflict of interest on the part of anyone at the Justice Department that would prompt this appointment.

Now we know.  The potential conflict was not on the part any particular official - it was on the part of the Commander in Chief himself, who was under active investigation as a possible traitor to his own country.  The appointment of a special prosecutor was crucial in order to insulate this investigation from the ability of the chief executive officer in the USA to direct where it may go, as he was one of the targets of the investigation.

And now?

Expect to see a new torrent of abuse directed at the FBI and Mueller by Trump and his minions. As has been noted in previous blogs, this constant attack on law enforcement officials in the USA is unprecedented and deeply unethical, but with Trump in charge we are living in "different times" driving different standards of conduct. 

Also expect some of Trump's supporters to start to quietly back away now. The magnitude of this bombshell is so massive that even the most die hard Trump supporters will likely pause and take notice. 

For his close allies and associates, the obvious question they are asking themselves this weekend is this...

"If this investigation into Trump and Russia has any factual basis at all, what are the implications for me and my career from my on-going close association with this man?"

There are rats and there are ships. I think some of the rats on the good ship Trump are about to part ways with their captain.