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>unfounded speculation

It's not unfounded in the days of pardons to political donors, political donations to jury members, and firing of whistleblowers and witnesses.

You are allowed to assume bad faith when the entity has time and time again showed bad faith. This is suppose to be one of the detriments to acting in bad faith time and time again.

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> the days of pardons to political donors, political donations to jury members, and firing of whistleblowers and witnesses

How long have we been in these "days," would you say?

Since the Senate voted, so about a week?

If you think this is something new, please read some history:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_pardons_in_the_Unite...

I’m well aware of the history. What’s new is the President’s newfound knowledge that his corruption has no consequences.

If you think that's new, you're obviously not aware of the history. How would you compare and contrast the corruption and lack of consequences of say, the Iran Contra conspiracy, to Trumps scandals?

Just to throw you a bone, you'll notice that AG Barr was involved in the pardons resulting from the Iran Contra affair as well.

This President just learned he is immune to consequence. He’s not familiar with history.

Only you are smart enough to know everything. Not the dude who beat 16 establishment Republicans including Jeb!, and Hillary "it's my turn" Clinton who steamrolled Sanders with her establishment clout.

These things you're mentioning are minor issues which have been blown out of proper proportion and context by a hostile media spoon-feeding political propaganda to a willing segment of the public.

That said, none of the things you mentioned are related to investigating tax evasion.

"Oh, you sneezed on Sally when you were in first grade without apologizing? You must be guilty of armed robbery."

Corruption is never a minor issue unless you live under the rule of winnie the pooh.

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