BY SUSAN ESTRICH The way for Democrats to win in 2020 is to follow the advice of the shrewdest Democrat in politics today: – Don’t be goaded by President Trump into a lengthy impeachment battle that will divide the country and ultimately be defeated by the Republican Senate. – Don’t go too far left and…
BY JOE CONASON Although Robert Mueller filed his massive report with the Justice Department, the special counsel must have known he was actually forwarding an impeachment referral to Congress. Between his decision to forgo a criminal indictment of the president and his incriminating recital of the president’s 10 instances of potential obstruction of justice, Mueller…
BY JOE CONASON No longer can there be any doubt that Paul Manafort expects Donald Trump to pardon him – and that Trump has encouraged that expectation in a broad strategy to obstruct the Russia investigation over the past two years. The signals emanating from Manafort’s legal team over the past few days could scarcely…
BY FROMA HARROP Nancy Pelosi has urged Democrats not to dive into impeaching President Donald Trump. Democrats, listen to her. “He’s not worth it,” she said. Yes, he’s a scourge on our democracy. Yes, he has almost certainly done deeds qualifying him for removal from office [though we await slam-dunk evidence]. Thing is, Trump’s lifelong…
BY JOE CONASON When the Office of Special Counsel completes its assigned tasks and sends its findings to Attorney General William Barr, Americans will expect to learn what is in that document. Despite recurrent warnings that Barr can legally withhold some or even all of the Mueller report, those expectations of transparency must be fulfilled….
