1. Insurance If the Mueller Investigation Ends
In case special counsel Robert Mueller comes out and clears Trump, Democrats could say Russia collusion was still an issue being decided in court. Maybe Democrats fear Mueller will come out and report no collusion before the next election. After all, according to reports, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein did just tell the president he wasn’t a “target” of the Mueller investigation.
2. A Distraction as Russia-Gate Implodes
Mueller has searched for collusion for more than a year and come up with nothing. Collusion has morphed into Stormy Daniels. But Russia-gate is all the Democrats have.
Meanwhile, former FBI director Jim Comey is imploding on live television, and his deputy Andrew McCabe may soon face criminal charges. Comey and McCabe are contradicting each other, and the inspector general may soon release a report that thwacks much of the Obama-vintage FBI upper echelon.
3. Projecting
If you paid a sketchy opposition research firm to come up with a document using dubious Russian sources, then used compliant intelligence officials to legitimize your document, which you then used to create media reports to try to sway the vote, you’d be terrified of people finding the truth, wouldn’t you?
Maybe you’d assuage your inner guilt (assuming you still have a conscience) by saying your rival is everything that you are, and did everything that you did.
4. An Attempt to Get Trump People in Legal Jeopardy
Maybe, if the suit is allowed to take off, just about the entire Trump family will have to sit down for hours-long depositions. Then the DNC hopes someone contradicts themselves or someone else. But this goes both ways, which brings us to the last, and most likely, explanation for the DNC’s lawsuit.
5. Hubris
If you tell a lie long enough, you start to believe it. Even with the national media squarely in their court, Democrats might be overplaying their hand, simply because they really believe Hillary Clinton is the rightful president (#Resist).
But legal discovery is a two way street, and the rules permit very broad discovery. The Trump team can demand documents and depositions too. They could force John Brennan, Clapper, Comey, McCabe, Peter Strzok, Loretta Lynch, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Donna Brazile, Cheryl Mills, Huma Abedin, Sid Blumenthal, Hillary Clinton, and maybe even Obama to testify under oath.
5 Reasons Democrats Are Suing Over Their Russia Collusion Narrative
plenty more meat to each category
In case special counsel Robert Mueller comes out and clears Trump, Democrats could say Russia collusion was still an issue being decided in court. Maybe Democrats fear Mueller will come out and report no collusion before the next election. After all, according to reports, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein did just tell the president he wasn’t a “target” of the Mueller investigation.
2. A Distraction as Russia-Gate Implodes
Mueller has searched for collusion for more than a year and come up with nothing. Collusion has morphed into Stormy Daniels. But Russia-gate is all the Democrats have.
Meanwhile, former FBI director Jim Comey is imploding on live television, and his deputy Andrew McCabe may soon face criminal charges. Comey and McCabe are contradicting each other, and the inspector general may soon release a report that thwacks much of the Obama-vintage FBI upper echelon.
3. Projecting
If you paid a sketchy opposition research firm to come up with a document using dubious Russian sources, then used compliant intelligence officials to legitimize your document, which you then used to create media reports to try to sway the vote, you’d be terrified of people finding the truth, wouldn’t you?
Maybe you’d assuage your inner guilt (assuming you still have a conscience) by saying your rival is everything that you are, and did everything that you did.
4. An Attempt to Get Trump People in Legal Jeopardy
Maybe, if the suit is allowed to take off, just about the entire Trump family will have to sit down for hours-long depositions. Then the DNC hopes someone contradicts themselves or someone else. But this goes both ways, which brings us to the last, and most likely, explanation for the DNC’s lawsuit.
5. Hubris
If you tell a lie long enough, you start to believe it. Even with the national media squarely in their court, Democrats might be overplaying their hand, simply because they really believe Hillary Clinton is the rightful president (#Resist).
But legal discovery is a two way street, and the rules permit very broad discovery. The Trump team can demand documents and depositions too. They could force John Brennan, Clapper, Comey, McCabe, Peter Strzok, Loretta Lynch, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Donna Brazile, Cheryl Mills, Huma Abedin, Sid Blumenthal, Hillary Clinton, and maybe even Obama to testify under oath.
5 Reasons Democrats Are Suing Over Their Russia Collusion Narrative
plenty more meat to each category