Donald
Trump’s White House is in more turmoil than ever, as it turns out that Donald
Trump Jr. just provided the entire world with email evidence that he was more
than willing to collude with a Russian national to try and fix an election by
collecting dirt on 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
Ever since the fact that Trump Jr. met with a shady Russian
lawyer came out, everyone in Trump World has been spinning madly in order to
try and make all of this potentially criminal activity seem like it means
nothing.
More than anything, they have lied through their teeth to do
so.
Well, there is one person who is willing to call them out for
being lying liars: Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island.
Senator Whitehouse appeared on MSNBC’s
All In with Chris Hayes on Wednesday evening, and ripped the folks in Trump
World a new one on this issue.
He also said that the Trump Jr.
emails take on a new legal meaning – and that it means people need to stop
talking to the press and start talking under oath. Of course, for pathological
liars, this is a huge deal, because lying under oath is a crime.
Senator Whitehouse said to host
Chris Hayes:
“If there’s been a legal violation here – and this very strong indications that there has – then you’re dealing with things like indictments, and the House potentially beginning impeachment proceedings, and people having to start talking under oath, instead of you know, talking out on the airwaves, where they lie as easily as they breathe.”
Donald Trump himself might be
protected from criminal indictments – the idea of indicting a sitting president
is definitely an open question – but whether or not the people around him can
be indicted certainly is not.
Thank you, Senator Whitehouse for
speaking truth to power. Keep it up, and we might just get rid of this criminal
excuse for an administration yet.