Again, the incompetence is the only thing rivalling the corruption. Bob Barr has now said that Donald Trump has fired Geoffrey Berman. Again, we have no idea why this was the moment Trump wanted to fire Berman - a former donor to his campaign. Presumably it has to do with the SCOTUS ruling about subpoenas for Trump's financial records, or perhaps an impending indictment for Kushner, Ivanka or maybe even Trump himself. Who knows?
Now that Berman has been sacked, the question becomes: Will Berman leave? Or will he take his firing to the very court that appointed him? If he does leave, will he testify before the House? And if leaves, that elevates Audrey Strauss - apparently a Democrat - to the position of acting USDA.
The naked abuse of power means that neither Schumer nor Gillibrand will allow Trump to replace Berman permanently with anyone suspect, unless Lindsey Graham wants to end the practice of holds...six months before Democrats could take control of the White House and Senate.
It's always tempting to see this as some sort of double secret nefarious plan by Trump to somethingsomething argblebargle.
Bullshit. He's pissed that Berman - a guy he thought was loyal - is actually doing his job, so he wanted him gone in a fit of pique. He apparently did not think about who that would leave in charge of the NYSD AG's office.
Regardless, Barr's willingness to flaunt the rule of law means he needs to be impeached as quickly as possible. This is a crisis and needs to be treated as such.
So many clowns. So few rubber noses.
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