Hope Hicks will be seen by Mueller this coming week, and it will be interesting to see which components of Biglygate will be corroborated. Another test of loyalty to Lord Dampnut.
We’ll eventually see how Hicks will be hemmed in by her claims that by now have become ridiculous, because indictments will be forthcoming as with covfefe boy George Papadopoulos, who got jammed up by initially lying to the FBI.
Hicks could reveal profound insight into the campaign's communications with Russian operatives during the election in an effort to avoid legal jeopardy, Ackerman hypothesized, a move that would have "dangerous consequences" for the Trump administration.
However, the prosecutor said it’s more likely the special counsel will continue uncovering incriminating evidence through data like emails, text messages and phone calls—all of which could ensnare Hicks and bring the scandal one step closer to the president.
"Watergate was a much more encompassing investigation, but you didn't have computers at the time," Ackerman said. "If Hope gives false statements to a grand jury and they can prove through data that she lied to the government, she'd be indictable."
The leaders agreed there was no military solution to Syria's civil war and called on all parties to take part in a Geneva-led political process, the Kremlin said.
“As viewers, we inheritors to Barnum’s America tend to feel a mix of I can’t believe I'm watching this, and I can’t believe that person did that, to I can’t wait to see what happens next.”
Next? Let’s see. Trump arrived in Vietnam and talked tough on trade à la his campaign last year. But he was being drowned out initially by a lot of Roy Moore talk. It meant he’d have to show Barnum-esque aplomb to recapture our attention, even if he would entertain while fooling. Perhaps, as Young noted, like when Barnum enthralled Americans with his Feejee mermaid, who looked beautiful in ads but, upon actual inspection, was a desiccated monkey torso with a fish hooked up to it.
In retrospect, Young said, “You’d think, ‘How could I be so foolish’” to be so enthralled? But many were. And are. Where does it end? Young finds inspiration in line with the long-ago realist novelist-critic William Dean Howells, about Americans wanting tragedy but with a happy ending.