History professor predicts Mueller will reveal Trump crimes that will ‘shock the nation’ — and force GOP to impeach

Posted on January 18, 2018 by SouthernGirl2

Historian Allan Lichtman is known for making accurate predictions — and he’s more certain than ever that President Donald Trump will be impeached this spring.

The American University history professor has correctly predicted the winner of every presidential election since 1984, including Trump, and he has recently updated his book, The Case for Impeachment, that was released in April — before the president fired FBI director James Comey and special counsel Robert Mueller was appointed.

“There’s as strong a case of obstruction of justice as there was against Bill Clinton on a vastly more important matter than a blue dress,” Lichtman told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “Remember, virtually every Republican voted for an obstruction article against Bill Clinton.”

He said the special counsel investigation almost certainly had more damning evidence of illegal cooperation between the Trump campaign and Russia, which he said would soon be revealed.

“It’s a conspiracy,” Lichtman said. “I believe we have the tip of the iceberg of what the special counsel knows about the relationship between Trump and the Trump team and the Russians. There’s a fair chance that the reason they were covering up all of those calls from then to be national security adviser with the Russians was to cover up a possible quid pro quo, the Russians will help us and in turn we’ll ease those sanctions. Why else make those calls and why else lie about them?”

The historian said the public had already seen strong evidence of obstruction, but he said there’s plenty of reason to predict charges on a “host of crimes” — some of them deadly serious — related to a Russian conspiracy.

“I wouldn’t keep saying collusion isn’t a crime,” Lichtman said. “Of course not, but taking things of value from foreign nationals is a crime, aiding and abetting illegal computer hacking is a crime, negotiating as a private citizen with a hostile foreign power with which there is disputes is a crime. If this is serious enough, and I’ve taken a lot of flak for that, I think there even could be charges of treason. After all, Russia was waging war against us — not a war with bombs and bullets, but a cyber attack, an online attack designed to destroy democracy.”

Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ), who has compared Trump to Stalin, told MSNBC that he still wouldn’t vote to impeach the president — but Lichtman said the public would eventually see evidence that would force Republicans to act.

“Talk about premature — how could he know whether or not he would vote to impeach when a case hasn’t been made yet?” Lichtman said. “He hasn’t been impeached and there hasn’t been a trial in the Senate. I think Mueller — and this is my prediction — is going to come up with findings that are going to shock the country, not only involve conspiracy with Russia but could involve serious financial crimes.”

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31 Responses to History professor predicts Mueller will reveal Trump crimes that will ‘shock the nation’ — and force GOP to impeach

  2. SouthernGirl2 says:
    January 18, 2018 at 7:43 pm

    Y’all see how they are? A black man was put in prison without a trial for a backpack he didn’t steal. A fucking backpack! And he ended up committing suicide.

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  3. SouthernGirl2 says:
    January 18, 2018 at 7:25 pm

    Fusion GPS Transcript. Trump is in deep with the Russian Mafia. And that mofo is sitting in the Oval Office…..
    https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/954124158295855105

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  4. yahtzeebutterfly says:
    January 18, 2018 at 5:57 pm

    Why??????

    “Supreme Court blocks court order to redraw North Carolina congressional districts”
    http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/18/politics/north-carolina-supreme-court-redistricting/index.html
    Excerpt:

    “(CNN)The Supreme Court Thursday agreed to freeze, for now, a lower court opinion that struck down North Carolina congressional districts holding that it amounted to an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander.

    The order makes it likely, although not certain, that the controversial maps will be used for the next election.

    Earlier this month, a three judge panel held North Carolina’s 2016 plan — that was passed by a Republican-led legislature was enacted “with the intent of discriminating against voters who favored non-Republican candidates” and that the plan violated the First Amendment by “unjustifiably discriminating against voters based on their previous political expression and affiliation.”

    The lower court had ordered the North Carolina General Assembly to enact a remedial redistricting plan by January 24 in order to allow the General Assembly two weeks to draw a remedial plan.

    The order comes as the Supreme Court is also considering two other partisan gerrymander cases out of Maryland and Wisconsin.

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  8. Ametia says:
    January 18, 2018 at 10:54 am

    The GOP & Democratic Party know that Russia invaded our election system, and yet we are supposed to go along with anything either party says or does in our government?

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  12. Ametia says:
    January 18, 2018 at 9:53 am

    And Jeff “FAKE”-FLAKE spews #45 is using Stalin tactics in America, but would not impeach this POS.

    HAVE A SEAT

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  16. rikyrah says:
    January 18, 2018 at 7:15 am

    That’s why I am fine with the speed of the investigation. I want it airtight. All of them are going to jail 😠

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  17. vitaminlover says:
    January 18, 2018 at 5:35 am

    Good morning,ladies. Po po’s comin’. White people’s goin’ to jail!

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  19. SouthernGirl2 says:
    January 18, 2018 at 12:45 am

    🎶🎶You can kiss my black ass….. I-M-P-E-A-C-…H-…M.E.N.T. 🎶🎶

    Donald Trump Impeachment Song

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