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But "When the president does it, that means it is not illegal": Trump thread LXXXVIII

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lionheart · 03/12/2018 22:47

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But "When the president does it, that means it is not illegal": Trump thread LXXXVIII
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lionheart · 16/12/2018 16:29

So now they are doubling up instead of doubling down?

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PerkingFaintly · 16/12/2018 16:58

Grin lion

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cozietoesie · 16/12/2018 18:49

Interesting. Thanks lion. Wink

TheNorthWestPawsage · 16/12/2018 19:20

Giuliani melts down defending Trump lies about Cohen: ‘Unless you’re god, you’ll never know what the truth is’
www.rawstory.com/2018/12/giuliani-melts-defending-trump-lies-cohen-unless-youre-god-youll-never-know-truth/

But "When the president does it, that means it is not illegal": Trump thread LXXXVIII
cozietoesie · 16/12/2018 19:32

Rudy (I think) chooses not to recall what evidence Mr M's team might have.

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Anniegetyourgun · 16/12/2018 20:20

Is it at all possible that Giuliani is somebody's double agent, deliberately doing the worst possible job of appearing to defend Trump? It would explain a lot.

cozietoesie · 16/12/2018 20:45

I doubt it. He's just too too bad.

cozietoesie · 16/12/2018 21:29

After all, you would want to 'insert' someone who had, at least, the veneer of competence. Grin

lionheart · 16/12/2018 21:34

How does Trump find these people?

I can understand how the crooked and greedy and corrupt are drawn to him but you would think that he could find someone who is all those things but also competent. Unless he excludes anyone who is more able than him ...

It's very odd.

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Lweji · 16/12/2018 21:45

He got some sort of competent people initially, but they haven't lasted long for whatever reason and now nobody with more than a couple of brain cells or any basic decency will touch him.

cozietoesie · 16/12/2018 21:46

Indeed. I don't understand him. (Mueller.)

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 16/12/2018 22:01

New report on Russian disinformation, prepared for the Senate, shows the operation’s scale and sweep

The report, a draft of which was obtained by The Washington Post, is the first to study the millions of posts provided by major technology firms to the Senate Intelligence Committee

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/12/16/new-report-russian-disinformation-prepared-senate-shows-operations-scale-sweep/

cozietoesie · 16/12/2018 22:05

Yikes. Thanks, Pain. Smile

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 16/12/2018 22:10

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The open question is, were any Americans complicit in Russia’s effort to swing the 2016 election, particularly people associated with the campaign or Trump himself. It’s one thing if he was the beneficiary, entirely another if he conspired or concealed.

TheClaws · 16/12/2018 22:52

I was ju

TheClaws · 16/12/2018 22:54

Whoops. What I was meaning to type was: I was just about to post about that report, Pain.

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New report on Russian disinformation, prepared for the Senate, found the operation used every major social media platform to help elect President #Trump -- and worked even harder to support him while in office. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/12/16/new-report-russian-disinformation-prepared-senate-shows-operations-scale-sweep/ … via @washingtonpost #Russia

TheClaws · 16/12/2018 23:09

Excuse me if you’ve seen this corker already, but it’s a good one. We’ve said it many times - Rudy is a wonderful asset for Trump. He says all the right things. Due to him, I now know that I can rob the bank before it opens, as that won’t be counted as a crime. Incredible!

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Rudy G to @GStephanopoulos on Trump Tower Moscow planning: "Collusion is not a crime. It was over with before the election." @ThisWeekABC

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 16/12/2018 23:40

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If the Trump Tower Moscow negotiations continued until November 2016, as Giuliani suggested this morning then that means that someone from the Trump Org took over the talks when Cohen stopped in June.

Mueller has already said that Cohen and Sater stopped negotiating with the Russian govt “as late as June 2016.”

cozietoesie · 16/12/2018 23:45

A CNN piece.

Why presidents shouldn't mess with the Fed

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