Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort is convicted of committing felonies, his former personal attorney and "fixer" Michael Cohen pleads guilty to having committed felonies and implicates Trump, and Cohen’s attorney says Cohen is ready to testify that Trump himself conspired and colluded with Russia to undermine the 2016 election, and Republicans know what to do:
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said it’s “very likely” President Donald Trump will replace Attorney General Jeff Sessions but warned against doing so before the midterm elections.
“The president’s entitled to an attorney general he has faith in, somebody that’s qualified for the job, and I think there will come a time, sooner rather than later, where it will be time to have a new face and a fresh voice at the Department of Justice,” said Graham of South Carolina, who may be in line to head the Judiciary Committee next year. “Clearly, Attorney General Sessions doesn’t have the confidence of the president.”
Of course, Trump routinely rails against Sessions for not controlling the Mueller investigation, and there can be no doubt that the primary qualification Trump wouid seek in a replacement would be the willingness to shut Mueller down. And Graham made clear that he thinks Trump should wait until after the election before replacing Sessions. In other words, if the Democrats don't win at least one House of Congress this November, the Trump crime syndicate, and its controller in Moscow, will prevail in destroying the republic. It’s that simple.
Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley is ready. He previously said he didn't have time for another confirmation hearing, but no longer.
“I do have time for hearings on nominees that the president might send up here that I didn’t have last year,” Grassley of Iowa said Thursday in a telephone interview. Grassley has clashed with Sessions this year because of the attorney general’s intense opposition to Grassley’s efforts to pass a criminal justice overhaul.
Of course, he said confirming Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh takes precedence. Because installing the choice of an unindicted co-conspirator on the nation's highest court is that important. Particularly when said choice is on the record opposing criminal charges against sitting presidents, and full vetting of his background can be prevented.
This is not a drill.