Trump leaks are better than Comey leaks: winning!

[TheClaws]

Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/2948158-Is-justice-Comey-for-Trump

My gift to you:

There was an .....interesting word used by Sessions when he was describing conversations with career officials about his recusal. No-one seems to have noticed it but it's stuck with me - partly because Sessions was a little flustered at the time and therefore, I suspect, being less careful about what he said. He referred to - as I recall it - someone saying that he likely 'qualified' under the section he eventually used as his 'justification'. 'Qualified' is a strange word to use. It might make it seem, even, as if he was almost casting around for an excuse.

Meanwhile, Trump's legal council is directly contradicting him saying his client is not, in fact, under investigation ...

Are we headed towards a diminished capacity defense here?

SPEcial election stuff:

www.politico.com/story/2017/06/18/georgia-special-election-ossoff-handel-239650

Georgia special election hurtles toward nail-biting finish
Polls in the most expensive House race in history suggest it's too close to call.

Bradd Jaffy @BraddJaffy
Four years ago today:

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
Do you think Putin will be going to The Miss Universe Pageant in November in Moscow - if so, will he become my new best friend?

Can hardly stand to watch it Pain.

Father's Day four years ago:

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
Happy Father's Day to all, even the haters and losers!
12:43 am · 16 Jun 2013

The Spanish government has offered help immediately and European leaders were also very quick offering support.

Huge fires are still raging. Unfortunately it's also due to a lack of investment and forest management, not least of all due to cuts after the crisis.

Anyway, fingers crossed for Georgia.

I would be OK (relatively speaking) with Ossoff simply making a very good showing.

He may not be, Bossy.

At the moment.

My thoughts and prayers to the victims and families of the terrible fire in Portugal.

I live in 'wildfire' country and from May through October we start at every siren and circling chopper or plane, or any whiff of the smell of smoke. It's as dry as a popcorn fart here and it's ramping up to be a bad fire season.

Oh, wishful thinking:

ir.net/news/politics/125374/white-house-staff-trump-resignation-pence/

Indeed.

Guess who's gone to Camp David this weekend?

It looks like someone isn't welcoming too many people around him at this time, or he's been advised to play President.

Seth Abramson @sethabramson
BREAKING: Trump attorney says Trump will reveal this week whether secret White House tapes exist and testify under oath for Mueller if asked

twitter.com/sethabramson/status/876459689290190852

www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/yes-the-fking-tweets-matter_us_59370c17e4b04ff0c466825c?section=us_politics

Trump's lawyer says trump didn't mean he was under investigation and he's definitely not under investigation with a pretty shit excuse blaming twitters 141 character limit (also wrong!):

t.co/kEkjrjD88m?amp=1

...and then promptly contradicts himself and says that trump IS under investigation (around 4.30 minutes)

t.co/Ba0EiYc0u6?amp=1

The portugal fires look horrific :(

They do.

So sorry to see about the fires, Lweji.

By the way, I smell the faint odour of a 'fruit of the poison tree' defence being set up here. It wouldn't work but I wonder whether they're going to give it a bash anyway?

Agreeing to testify and 'reveal' whether or not there are tapes means jack shit when you're dealing with a known liar. So good on Scrotus for 'agreeing' to testify, but I won't believe a word he has to say. If, that is, he says anything other than "I claim Executive Privilege" or "In the interests of National Security".

I think he and Melania went to Camp David to measure it for golden toilets, royal purple velvet draperies, and Louis Quatorze white-and-gilt furniture. Bring on the bling!!!!!

Ooh, ooh! And HYUGE marble fountains for the upper and lower terraces of the main house.

whitehouse.gov1.info/camp-david/

Thanks for your messages. I wasn't personally affected, but it's heartbreaking to think of those people trapped. Very much like in London recently. :(
It's too much too close.

Apparently, the winds were such that there were fire tornadoes spreading the flames.

Fire storms? The flames themselves might be sufficient.

I'm not sure that the President can actually do much to Camp David. I seem to recall that it's officially a navy base?