re: #523 DangerMan (Neologizer of AssGate)

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- just because the OLC says it’s ok doesnt make it legal. In this environment, with this AG, it’s almost, but not quite, like asking your own lawyer for permission.

- even if/when a president breaks a mold and does something that’s not been done before, that doesnt make it some unassailable precedent for all future presidents. (leaving aside IOKIYAR).

one reason is it could be a patent abuse of power the current DOJ refuses to challenge, but a future one wouldn’t (especially contra-party)

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This is terrifying — Trump is really working at becoming dictator. He’s probably getting tips both from his best bro Putin and the Opus Dei AG