THREAD: Another Trump Supreme Court Pick Could Imperil the Russia Investigation. Here’s How. (1/13) themoscowproject.org/dispatch/a-tru…
It’s very likely that key questions in the Russia investigation could end up before the Supreme Court—where another Trump appointee could be the deciding vote. (2/13) themoscowproject.org/dispatch/a-tru…
Trump and his accomplices are advancing increasingly outlandish arguments against the investigation and claiming—contrary to precedent, case law, constitutional history, and logic—that he can pardon himself and obstruct justice with impunity. (3/13) americanprogress.org/issues/democra…
One or more of theses topics will almost certainly reach the Supreme Court, just as happened during Watergate. Allowing Trump another pick gives him another opportunity to obstruct justice and escape accountability. (4/13) oyez.org/cases/1973/73-…
Trump has a history of demanding loyalty pledges, even from those investigating him. Is there any doubt he’d try to do the same thing for a potential Supreme Court justice? (5/13) washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-lin…
Getting Gorsuch last April was bad enough; what we’ve learned since only makes the prospect of a court packed with loyalists even worse. (6/13) themoscowproject.org/dispatch/a-tru…
Since Gorsuch, Trump fired FBI Director James Comey and admitted he did it to stop the Russia investigation. (7/13) cnn.com/2017/05/12/pol…
Since Gorsuch, we’ve learned that Russian interference was much worse than anybody thought—and that, with Trump rewarding it and Republicans turning a blind eye, it’s likely to recur in the 2018 midterm. (8/13) cnn.com/2018/06/28/pol…
Since Gorsuch, 23 people and companies have been indicted, including Trump’s national security adviser, campaign manager, deputy campaign manager, and foreign policy adviser, with five pleading guilty. (9/13) themoscowproject.org/resources/
And since Gorsuch, we’ve learned of dozens more contacts and meetings between Trump’s campaign and representatives of the Kremlin, including the June 9 Trump Tower meeting involving three of his top advisers. (10/13) themoscowproject.org/explainers/tru…
Trump and his accomplices in Congress are working to impede the investigation at every turn. That leaves the Supreme Court as a critical check against Russia’s ongoing aggression. (11/13) themoscowproject.org/dispatch/a-tru…
That leaves any new appointee with the impossible task of proving they're not part of Trump’s ongoing attack on the rule of law. (12/13) themoscowproject.org/dispatch/a-tru…
Any nominee must recuse him or herself from any case involving the investigation into the president and his associates. (13/13) themoscowproject.org/dispatch/a-tru…
