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I have not been following the trial as closely as you. Nor do I know much about Manafort beyond the occasional headline I see. One thing you did not mention is the evidence that seems to exist. It's also the case that Manafort has been represented by competent attorneys. The judge did not order...

I have not been following the trial as closely as you. Nor do I know much about Manafort beyond the occasional headline I see. One thing you did not mention is the evidence that seems to exist. It's also the case that Manafort has been represented by competent attorneys. The judge did not order...

Why do you see it as a joke? The current Manafort trial has nothing to do with Trump. It's about past crimes Manafort is charged with having committed. If a man commits tax and bank fraud crimes, and is charged and is fairly tried in a court of law, should that man not be sent to prison if the...

This is a weird development. According to this Politico report, some strong Trump supporters have adopted a line of reasoning in which they see impeachment proceedings against Trump as a good thing. Their idea is that Trump would prevail in an impeachment fight, emerge stronger than ever and win...

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Which is why I expect a report to go to Congress. That said, memos are just that, memos. They can be easily changed if DOJ so decides. If that developed, the indictment question would become immediately relevant. If an indictment was sought, the question would be taken up in the courts.

The ability of a special counsel to indict a sitting president is an open question that may be decided or may not be decided by the courts depending on how things play out. I don't think Mueller intends to indict Trump. I think his investigation will end with a report to congress.

I think it's safe to say the constitutionality of the Muller investigation is now well established. Trump has argued otherwise but it's the court opinions that count. Trump-appointed judge upholds special counsel Muller's authority Excerpt: "The appointment does not violate core...

With demand high, how much have rates increased? Ten cents a mile? Twenty? More? Now days, for a straight truck, what's a good rate on a good run? I don't mean the occasional, cake-frosting loads that make you cheer. I mean the bread-and-butter load offers that are good enough to get you to...

Diane and I left expediting in 2013 to pursue a non-trucking business opportunity. While we're out, we remain interested in trucking. ELDs were just starting to appear in expediting as we got out. Now that they are mandated industry-wide, I'm just curious. How has electronic logging changed the...

You can be sure Amazon will be very controlling. They'll do that to maintain quality and efficiency. They're not worried about protecting a trucker's freedom and lifestyle. These will be employee drivers and strictly-controlled business partners/franchisees/owners, whatever. And you'll see a lot...

It looks like a good opportunity for someone who has capital and a business mindset larger than the solo van expediter. In 15 minutes on a busy street you can see numerous delivery trucks. Those companies somehow manage to find drivers to run their trucks. The labor issue can be addressed if you...

What a wonderful notion! The federal debt does not need to be paid off. Now free of the idea that the federal debt must be paid off, why not borrow with abandon? The government can spend not $1 trillion on infrastructure but $5 trillion! While we're at it, lets get Congress on board to increase...

The tax cut provides candidates on both sides of the aisle with useful rhetoric. A Republican can talk about the supposed bigger paychecks and deductions for the middle class (though I see no workers dancing in the streets today because their paychecks have changed by a significant amount). A...

Justice Gorsuch Joins Supreme Court's Liberals to Strike Down Deportation Law Gorsuch voted against Trump in this case. I remain confident that if Trump brings an unconstitutional argument to the Supreme Court, Gorsuch will so find.

Or withdrawing the need to testify under oath that he has never been to Prauge, now that evidence to the contrary may exist. Whether that evidence exists or not, Cohen is is serious legal trouble and the feds have his records and tapes. It's important to remember that at this point, the New York...

Did Trump not know this when he hired that pro-Special Counsel law firm to represent him? Or did he know it and nevertheless trusts this firm to be professional and objective? Can lawyers who support the Special Counsel and contribute money to Democratic candidates be trusted to fairly and...

Be careful about assuming that just because someone is a Democrat he or she thinks in a certain way or has certain motives. I know it's easy intellectual shorthand to label people and make partisan assumptions but doing so can often lead you to wrong conclusions. For example, consider a female...

Future developments may prove me wrong but I don't think much will come out of yesterday's revelation that Cohen said Hannity is one of his clients and Hannity denied any such relationship. With his denial, Hannity waived any attorney/client privilege that may have otherwise existed between the...

During and after the 2016 campaign, I paid little attention to Comey's and had no opinion about him one way or another. Now that he's very much in the news, I am paying attention and have formed an opinion of him; and it's negative. Comey may have been a good lawman and dedicated public servant...