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Originally Posted by Rex Ingram
Those are the things that would be grounds for impeachment. But are those things enough for GOP to impeach him?
Not that I "know" anything, (everything is speculation at this point), but I suspect Trump is fearing exposure of his financial dealings with Putin and Russia. If the joke House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy blurted out last June, (i.e. "Trump and Rorabacher are being paid by Putin ... Swear to God!") If that "joke" is true, there's a good chance special counsel Robert Mueller will uncover violations of various financial laws. (One possibility is the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act - a law which Trump has complained about going so far as to declare that the FCPA should be repealed.) That's one possibility.
Trump may have decided to get into bed with Putin and Russia due to his history of filing for bankruptcy here in the United States. American banks, after getting stiffed by Trump three times for multi-million dollar loans that Trump never repaid, decided they would no longer finance Trump's hotels, golf courses, and other real estate developments. This was no problem for Team Trump. As his son Eric explained in a 2014 interview, not having access to investment financing in America is no problem. According to Eric, his dad was getting financing from Russia.
Even Richard Fuld Jr., the disgraced former Lehman Brothers CEO, balked at doing business with Russia. According to Vicky Ward's book "The Devil's Casino" (page 112), "Fuld had always been wary of investing in Russia. He often called the place 'the world's biggest f***ing crime syndicate.'" So, where Dick Fuld feared to tread, there goes Donald Trump.
This may all turn out to be moot if the co-author of Trump's "The Art of the Deal" book turns out to be right. Mr. Schwartz is predicting that Trump will resign before he faces impeachment. (Schwartz claims that Trump is in full meltdown - he's screaming at his son-in-law Jared Kushner and may even snap at Ivanka if she says the wrong thing.) Schwartz thinks Trump will resign and try to claim victory. Mr. Schwartz believes Trump's ego is so fragile that he simply can't handle unrelenting pressure and criticism. (The Donald greatly prefers having people tell him how great he is ...) The thought of "losing" (at anything) supposedly terrorizes The Donald - according to Mr. Schwartz.
If Trump doesn't want details of his dealings with Putin and Russia exposed, it would make sense for him to resign in order to keep all that under wraps.
Last edited by Alan C. Lawhon; 05-18-2017 at 07:39 AM.