Nokuba wenza ntoni uTrump, uMueller useza. Akukho mntu usondeleyo kumaRashiya ophuma kule nto, igosa loLuntu lobuNgcali elincedise uphando loMcebisi oKhethekileyo wandixelela.Ifoto nguAlex Wong / Getty Izithombe Ngayo yonke imihla yobongameli bakhe-i-657 ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, ukuba ubala-umba wobudlelwane bukaDonald J. Trump eRashiya ubumnyama kumnyango weOval Office. Ukusukela nge-17 kaMeyi, ngo-2017, xa owayesakuba ngumlawuli we-FBI uRobert S. Mueller wonyulwa njengoMcebisi oKhethekileyo ukuba atyhile imfihlelo yamakhonkco kaTrump eKremlin, umongameli uye wahlala, ingqumbo yakhe ingena kwii-tweets zakhe. Ukususela ngomhla wayo wokuqala, uMongameli uTrump wayefuna ukuphelisa uphando lukaMueller, kwaye ngoku wenza intshukumo yakhe.
Kodwa ngaba sele lihambile ixesha? Kukho ubungqina obuqokelelweyo, ngokukodwa ukuba iQela Mueller likulungele ukubetha ngokukhawuleza ngezityholo, nokuba yeyiphi na iNdlu eNkulu.
Kuyo yonke loo nto, i-feat yayinyanzela iTrump. Wayengenakulinda nokuba lusuku olunye, ewisa ibhombu yakhe ngolwesiThathu emva kwemini, kwizithende zenkomfa yakhe yasendle, enomsindo malunga nonyulo lwaphakathi enyakeni. Nangona ii-midterms zangoLwesibini zazingeyompumelelo yobuqu eyabonakaliswa nguTrump njenge-ngeDemokhrasi yokuthatha iNdlu eguqulwe yinzuzo ye-GOP kwi-Senate-iDemocratic Blue Wave enqwenelekayo ayizange idumbise. Iimbalasane zazingumqobo kwiNdlu yeWhite House, kodwa ayizange ibekho ngaphambili. UBarack Obama ngo-2010 kunye noBill Clinton ngo-1994 bathatha kakubi i-midterm hits kwaye baphinde bakhethwa.
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Nangona kunjalo, ziiyure nje ezili-18 emva kokuba ukuvota kuvaliwe, uMongameli uTrump wahlawulisa igqwetha lakhe jikelele, uJeff Sessions, oyena kholwa unyanisekileyo wekhabhinethi weTrump. Eli nyathelo kwakukudala lihambile; ngenene, ukusinda kweeseshoni le kudala ibonakala ingummangaliso (ukuba ileta yomthetho yokurhoxa ngokungaqhelekanga yommeli jikelele yayingenamhla yayixeliwe). Iiseshoni zenze isono esingaxolelekiyo emehlweni kaTrump ngokuzifumana ngokwakhe kuphando lwaseRussia, isenzo esivumelana nalo naliphi na igqwetha.
Ngokugqibela ukulahla iiSeshoni ezithiyiweyo, uTrump wavula umnyango wokuvala uphando lukaMueller. Umongameli akakhathali ngamzekelo okanye imigaqo, ukanti noTrump okwenzekileyo ngolwesiThathu sisenzo soburharha esibonakala ngathi sinyanzelise ingxaki yomgaqo-siseko.
Andonelisekanga kukutyhala iiSeshini ecaleni, uTrump utyhalele uRod Rosenstein, usekela -gqwetha jikelele elongamele uphononongo lukaMueller. URosenstein usesemsebenzini wakhe, okwangoku, kodwa ususiwe kuyo nayiphi na indima kuphando lwaseMueller. Kwaya isigqubuthelo sokugqibela se-bureaucratic seQela Mueller.
UTrump emva koko wazigqogqa ngokuqesha njengegqwetha elisebenza njengegqwetha jikelele lamaSeshini, uMatthew Whitaker. KwiSebe lezoBulungisa, uWhitaker akathandwa njengeTrump crony ofanelekileyo, ngokungenakulungeleka, ukuba abe ligqwetha jikelele, njengomshushisi wangaphambili wase-Iowa.
Nangona kunjalo, uWhitaker ukwangumgxeki wophando lukaMueller, ngenene ubugqwetha, okhuthaze ukunciphisa kunye nokuvala naluphi na uphando kumakhonkco kamongameli eMoscow. Ngayo nayiphi na imigangatho yomthetho eqhelekileyo, uWhitaker kufuneka azirhoxise ngoko nangoko kuyo nayiphi na into echukumisa i-Ofisi yoMcebisi oKhethekileyo, kodwa la ayingawo amaxesha esiqhelo kwikomkhulu lesizwe sethu. UWhitaker wakhethwa yi-White House ukulungisa ingxaki kaMongameli kaMueller ngayo nayiphi na indlela eyimfuneko. Yeyakhe uWhitaker Ikhethe kakhulu kwaye ngaphantsi-kokuziphatha Ixesha elidlulileyo libonisa ukuba, kube kanye, uMongameli uTrump unokukhetha indoda elungileyo kulowo msebenzi.
Iidemokhrasi ziyabhomboloza iziqalekiso ezinkulu, njengoko kulindelwe, kodwa uninzi lwabantu baseRiphabhlikhi bakhathazwa kukonyulwa kukaWhitaker. Uninzi lucelomngeni kumthetho osemthethweni wokubeka uWhitaker endaweni, nokuba okwethutyana, ukuphazamisa uMueller. Ngokudanisa i-White House, uGeorge Conway, ukhozi oluphezulu olusemthethweni eWashington olutshatile noKellyanne Conway, umphezulu kamongameli uceba , uxelwe esidlangalaleni ukuchaswa kweeseshoni, kongeze ukuba endaweni yakhe kungene mntu uWhitaker akuhambelani nomgaqo-siseko. Akukho mthethweni. Kwaye oko kuthetha ukuba nantoni na uWhitaker ayenzayo, okanye azama ukuyenza, kweso sikhundla ayisebenzi.
Usaziwayo osemthethweni we-Conservative uJohn Yoo wayenobunzima ngokulinganayo. Ukuthukwa ngasekhohlo ngokuzikhusela kwakhe kuka-Mongameli George W. Bush ngeyona minyaka inzima kulawulo lwakhe, Yoo ugxekwe kabukhali ngokungahambisani nomgaqo-siseko i-White House iinzame zokuvumela u-Whitaker abulale i-Mueller yophando njenge-Attorney General. Ukuba uTrump ufuna uWhitaker enze loo nto, umonyulwa uya kudinga ukupasisa imvume yeSenethi.
Oko kukungcakaza okuphezulu, kwaye ukuba i-White House inayo nayiphi na ingqiqo iya kubuya umva ngokukhawuleza ngaphambi kokuba yenze ingxaki yomgaqo-siseko eyiyo akukho ndlela yokuphuma. Oko kwathiwa, uTrump angafuna ingxaki enkulu yokuthenga ixesha ngaphambi kokuba iQela Mueller lilahle izityholo kumongameli, izihlobo zakhe, kunye ne-retinue yakhe.
Ukuthobela imigaqo yeSebe lezoBulungisa, uMueller wathula phantse iinyanga ezimbini phambi kwe-midterms, ukunqanda nakuphi na ukubonakala kongenelelo lonyulo, kodwa i-ofisi yamaGqwetha awodwa ngoku ihlaziya icala loluntu lophando lwabo. Iqela likaMueller kuthiwa lisebenza kwidrafti yokugqibela yengxelo yabo kumongameli kunye namaqhina akhe aseRussia kwi2016. Nokuba yeyiphi na ingxelo, ayizukubabaza iTrump Trump.
Okubi kakhulu kwi-White House, abatshutshisi bakaMueller bakholelwa ngokubanzi ukuba bayavalela abantu ababini abasondele kumongameli, uRoger Stone noDonald Trump, Omnci. Stone, iRiphabliki yeRiphabhlikhi eyaziwayo. wathetha ngokuphandle loloyiko lokuvela kwesityholo malunga nokunxibelelana kwakhe neWikiLeaks kwi2016. UDon Jr. ngu ixelwe ukuba uxhalabise ngokunjalo, kuba kubonakala ngathi uxokile kubaphenyi base-Federal malunga nesiganeko esibi ngoJuni 9, 2016 intlanganiso yeTrump Tower namagosa ezobuntlola aseRussia.
Ukutyholwa ngelitye, umhlobo kamongameli ukusukela ngeminyaka yee-1970, okanye okubi kunyana kaTrump kunye no-namesake, kubonakala ngathi ngokuqinisekileyo batyhala i-White House kwiiparoxysms ezinkulu zomsindo. Yintoni enokwenzeka emva koko kukuqikelela komntu. Ukuphelelwa lithemba kukaTrump ukuvala uphando lweMueller ngaphambi kokuba kusike kufutshane kakhulu nasekhaya kuyaqondakala.
Ikwayimisebenzi yobudenge. Enyanisweni, kukude kakhulu ukuvala uMcebisi oKhethekileyo phantsi ngokupheleleyo. UMueller kunye nabasebenzi bakhe, amagqala emfazwe aseBeltway, khange bamangaliswe ziziganeko zale veki. Babelungiselelwe. Naziphi na iinzame ezenziwa ngu-AG Whitaker obambeleyo ukuvimba izityholo ziya kuhamba ngokukhawuleza kwaye ziphose iWashington kwingxaki enzulu. KwiTrump, akukho kuphuma okanye ngaphandle kweerampu ezishiyekileyo.
Xa uMueller esazisa uluntu ngezityholo ezingakumbi ngumbuzo ovulekileyo. Ukuba bayeza, nangona kunjalo, akunjalo. Kwaye zininzi zazo. UMcebisi oKhethekileyo usebenze phantse iinyanga ezili-18 ngoku. Igosa loLuntu lobuNtlola elincedise uphando loMcebisi oKhethekileyo lindixelele kule veki ukuba iTeam Mueller ibambe izityholo ezitywiniweyo zabantu abanxulumene nomongameli, iphulo lakhe lango-2015-16, kunye nolawulo lwakhe. Akukho mntu usondeleyo kumaRashiya ophuma koku, utshilo umphathi we-IC. Kuza kuqala nini ukutyhilwa? Jonga esi sithuba.
