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Trump leaks are better than Comey leaks: winning!

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TheClaws · 12/06/2017 12:29

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

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Trump leaks are better than Comey leaks: winning!
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Lweji · 18/06/2017 18:00

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(2) (And yet, somehow all Trump's attorney's comments make me think is we'll never learn about the tapes and Trump is going to fire Mueller)

I have to agree with him.

cozietoesie · 18/06/2017 18:02

If he attempts to fire Mueller................

BossyBitch · 18/06/2017 18:07

I don't think he'd claim executive privilege. He should, but he won't because he's much too easily baited by being given the opportunity to talk about himself.

He actually reminds me of a firmer boss of mine. He wasn't quite as vile as the Trumpster but displayed similar levels of self-infatuation and lacked any and all awareness of his shortcomings. It made him very easy to manipulate, actually. I found it a bit scary then and gind it massively scary now. My ex boss, while a moron, wasn't sitting on a massive weapons arsenal after all ... Confused

lionheart · 18/06/2017 18:16

Yes, his is a kind of vileness that I've also seen before ...

Lweji · 18/06/2017 18:21

It seems to me that Trump doesn't want to give the impression that he has something to hide by claiming Executive Privilege, while letting "his people" left to dry and still unable to reply to questions because he must have pushed them not to. I almost feel sorry for Sessions et al.

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 18/06/2017 19:15

This is trump's lawyer again, this time fucking up on Fox News and getting called out for it!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=vxAIaFyxzig

BossyBitch · 18/06/2017 19:17

Some of them, maybe, but Sessions is undoubtedly a troll-gremlin hybrid. He's despicable and not deserving of any sympathy at all!

BossyBitch · 18/06/2017 19:18

And, boy, are they in trouble now that even Fox has started questioning them occasionally! Grin

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 18/06/2017 19:37

Out of all the interviews I've seen of him today (admittedly not that many) the Fox News interview was the most thorough! More so than jake tapper even.

Jonathan Martin @jmartNYT
NEW: The GOP fears Georgia could be a dam-breaking moment, while Dems eye a recruiting bounty
t.co/aaN5XDc55y?amp=1

Brendan Nyhan @BrendanNyhan
Rightly emphasizes potential effects on recruiting as a key outcome - Ds need strong challengers to win in many of these marginal districts

BossyBitch · 18/06/2017 19:42

Also, a question (I'm not a legal expert): slightly self-contradictory lawyer guy is implying via his phrasing that Comey violated attorney-client privilege. Is there really supposed to be attorney-client privilege between POTUS and the FBI director? That seems very odd! Is he just making stuff up or is this actually a thing?

Someone enlighten me, please!

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 18/06/2017 19:42

The Hill @thehill
Trump's Justice Department flips from defending workers to defending management in Supreme Court case hill.cm/PCDpbzu

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 18/06/2017 19:49

Making it up I think bossy. The whole interview's a car crash, and it's even more satisfying that it took place on fox!

This is amusing Grin

David Frum @davidfrum
How they stopped him from firing Mueller.

  1. Isolation
  2. Pep talk
  3. Shiny Rasmussen poll (better than Obama!)
  4. Three scoops.
CaveMum · 18/06/2017 20:01

Claims that White House staff are concerned Trump may be preparing to resign.

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

Don't know how reliable this site is, but hurrah if it's true!

BossyBitch · 18/06/2017 20:11

Nope, let them go ahead with the whole investigating thing!

If he resigns now, everyone will breathe a collective sigh of relief and things will somehow ... settle down and sort themselves out.

However, Pence is not only a vile near-fundamentalist religious conservative, he was also Trump's transition lead. Unless Trump is himself in the clear, which seems increasingly unlikely, Pence is either complicit or completely incompetent. They both need to go down, so I'm afraid The Donald will have to cling on until there's enough evidence to get rid of Pence, too!

MicrowaveSpy · 18/06/2017 20:16

This is an interesting watch, especially if you like Angus King. But you may want to shower after the first interview...

m.youtube.com/watch?v=IPl2Ds-f5EA

Lweji · 18/06/2017 20:18

Wallace is not your typical Fox journalist. :)

cozietoesie · 18/06/2017 20:18

Jay Sekulow really lost it there. Grin

cozietoesie · 18/06/2017 20:21

Oh brother, Pain. I wonder how SCOTUS will react to a position flip?

In legal terms of course. Wink

BoreOfWhabylon · 18/06/2017 20:22

No comment from SCROTUS about the tragic deaths of the seven sailors on the US warship.

cozietoesie · 18/06/2017 20:24

To be fair, I wouldn't expect one at this point.

MicrowaveSpy · 18/06/2017 20:48

That Fox News interview Grin
That made me laugh so much!

Thanks for the Lawrence link
cozie I thought McCain was trying to shut down KH. She's a force and they just can't stand it Smile

OhYouBadBadKitten · 18/06/2017 21:01

The Fox interview was ace!

cozietoesie · 18/06/2017 21:06

He doesn't much like her, that's for sure. Wink

lionheart · 18/06/2017 21:37

Here is Comey's pal talking in full sentences about the law, the investigation and even some poetry.

www.buzzfeed.com/newsfeedpodcast/benjamin-wittes-interview-with-buzzfeed?utm_term=.ghN784Anx#.yseXpo1lk

lionheart · 18/06/2017 21:50

This is just plain weird from Pence in 1999.

Trump leaks are better than Comey leaks: winning!