Flashbacks of Watergate

[kentuck]

Top aides and the Attorney General covering for the Big Guy in the White House. And Nixon saying, "When the President does it, it is not illegal".

And the missing minutes on the tapes. I don't recall a suicide but there may have been one?

And then the cover-up. They all tried to cover for Nixon.

Finally, there were the Republicans that marched over to the White House to tell Nixon that it was over.

The script seems to be writing itself...

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Lest we forget, before eggs there was The Milk Case of 1974

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_Case

The Milk Case was a 1974 corruption scandal in the United States involving the administration of Richard Nixon and the secretary of the treasury John Connally. The case revolved around revelations that the Nixon campaign accepted contributions from Dairy Farmers of America in exchange for an increase to the federal price of milk.[1]

In 1971, the Nixon administration faced pressure from dairy producers seeking higher federal price supports for milk. These supports were crucial for stabilizing milk prices and ensuring profitability for dairy farmers. At the time, the administration was also actively fundraising for Nixon’s re-election campaign.

The scandal led to legal actions against key figures. In July 1974, former Treasury Secretary John B. Connally Jr. was indicted on charges including accepting illegal payments, perjury, and obstruction of justice. The indictment alleged that Connally had received $10,000 from AMPI in exchange for influencing the administration’s decision on milk price supports.[3]

The prosecution’s case relied heavily on testimony from Jake Jacobsen, a lawyer for the milk producers, who claimed to have delivered the payments to Connally. However, Connally was acquitted of all charges in 1975, as the jury found insufficient evidence to convict him.[4

[newdeal2]

2. Sounds quaint compared to what's going on these days

And Nixon at least had the sense or humility to resign.

[writerJT]

3. Agreed. Trump always gets away with

whatever he’s done, but that’s because of one thing: his rabid base scares the hell out of other elected Republicans so they shield him.

But now that base is starting to fracture. And without pro-Trump pressure from the base (in fact, maybe even anger from the base directed at Trump) we’ve perhaps reached the beginning of the end of his grip on the party.

I know we’ve all been hearing “the walls are closing in” and other such proclamations for almost a decade now, but I’m starting to think this might be the one thing he can’t slither his way out of.

(If true, though, that only gets rid of Trump. MAGA still exists. JD Vance still exists. Which sucks.)

[kentuck]

4. If the AG appoints a Special Counsel....

...that will buy him time to recoup his losses. But, so long as the Special Counsel is investigating, it will be like a ticking time bomb.