Trump is now an 'all-powerful executive' who 'can do whatever' with no oversight, says ex-federal prosecutor

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'There is no longer a rule of law in the United States Senate,' former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance said.

A former federal prosecutor on Thursday evening claimed that Donald Trump is now"an all-powerful executive" who can do anything he wants without oversight as Senate Republicans continue to push for the president's exoneration in the impeachment trial.panel earlier today, Joyce Vance, a former federal prosecutor, argued that the GOP is allowing Trump absolute power.

"The problem is Bolton is not just one witness," Vance said."Bolton testifies and the fear has to be that it opens the door on other witnesses who then have to testify. Whether it's [Mick] Mulvaney, other witnesses Sen. Chuck Schumer asked for, and maybe the sudden, apparent victory begins to dissolve over time.""They have just handed over their ability to engage in oversight of the White House," Vance said.

President Donald Trump speaks during a visit to Dana Incorporated, an auto-manufacturing supplier, on January 30, 2020 in Warren, Michigan.Former Republican party chairman Michael Steele, another panel member, speculated that members of the GOP would continue defending Trump even if additional allegations of election interference comes to light.

 

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The country is broken, the world is f%*^d!!

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I knew he only wanted to make the system work for him, he wants to set himself up for the long run. I knew it wasn't about U.S. it was all about him. I always said his favorite moto is ' there's a sucker born everyday '. He's taking everyone's lunch money.

If we think we've seen DT doing what he darned well pleases indifferent to rules, norms, ethics, consequences, just wait until his acquittal when his narcissism perceives he's been given a no limits carte blanche. Thus, Rs should be considered abettors to his future wrongdoings.

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