Mueller time for Trump and his friends - will they all meet in a courtyard surrounded by a big beautiful wall? - Trump thread 92

[Lweji]

Someone had to and soon.

Old thread

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3510947-It-s-a-National-Non-Emergency-Trump-thread-91

but dont worry as soon as he leaves office all the dirt will pour out and he'll be toast :)

The AG is not above the law.

WH economist won't back 45's plea.

edition.cnn.com/2019/04/11/investing/kevin-hassett-fed-rate-cuts/index.html

Democrats Pelosi and Schumer.

Is there a middle page, lion?

Sorry.

Asking, there are 2 court systems in the US. The Federal system which handles federal crimes and the State system which handles a particular individual state's crimes. The charges are in this case are federal crimes so they will be prosecuted in the US Federal Courts for the Eastern District of Virginia (the federal courts nearest where the alleged offenses occurred).

As Attorney General, Barr is 'in charge' of the entire federal court system. So Barr theoretically has the final 'say so' as to whether or not this case goes forward. Normally, that decision would be made by the Asst AG for the Eastern District of Va, but Barr can always, ahem, 'take an interest', if he chooses to. Although I am very sure there are going to be a LOT of eyes peeled on this case to be sure all the 'i's are dotted and the 't's crossed. Not that that seems to mean much these days, though.

I'm not so sure about Barr Hear. After his sycophantic 'opinion paper' re the 'illegality' of the Mueller Investigation it's hard to tell how far he'd allow himself to be compromised.

From your mouth to God's ear lion.

Thanks, Across. I was confused about it maybe being a State prosecution.

Barr is decidedly partisan, isn't he.

On a different subject, now that Kirstjen Nielsen is gone, how many women are left in high White House positions? Ivanka Trump and Sarah Sanders and Kellyanne Conway and ... ?

How many are left who make actual decisions?

Trump says he knows nothing about Wikileaks and Sean Hannity has apparently deleted all his tweets which mention the site.

They're like cats trying to cover up on a tiled floor!

www.rawstory.com/2019/04/cover-up-former-watergate-prosecutor-says-its-obvious-that-barr-told-trump-whats-in-the-muller-report/#.XK431M1YNRE.twitter

They're like cats trying to cover up on a tiled floor!

I assume you left out the word 'shit', Hear. That mental picture is funny as hell. Yes, Barr is about as partisan as you can get. BUT I think he's probably 'partisan' for whomever he thinks can get him a

I heard Scrotus' statement about having no knowledge of Wikileaks, lion. The station I was listening too juxtaposed that with all the quotes from his campaign speeches that contradict that statement.

Quote from the article linked below:

"But throughout the 2016 presidential campaign, then-candidate Trump praised WikiLeaks more than 140 times for leaks targeting the Democratic National Committee and Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta."

www.politico.com/story/2019/04/11/trump-julian-assange-wikileaks-1269954

ha! I dropped a sentence

Yes, Barr is about as partisan as you can get. BUT I think he's probably 'partisan' for whomever he thinks can get him the most power and/or prestige

Fox head trying to cover up a mistake. Bit of a difference there! (Trump retweeted the original numbers, too, but I bet he won’t recant.)

Lou Dobbs @LouDobbs
Apologies to you and @POTUS. We
incorrectly reported a Georgetown poll showed
@realDonaldTrump’s approval rating at 55%; the number was actually 43%. The same poll found that the president has a 58% approval rating for the handling of the economy. #MAGA #AmericaFirst #Dobbs

Haha. I love it when he does the “I don’t know” act.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar
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TRUMP: "I know nothing about WikiLeaks it's not my thing... I know nothing really about [Assange] it's not my deal in life."

(Trump mentioned WikiLeaks about five times a day in October 2016) (link: www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/11/21/18106460/trump-julian-assange-wikileaks-go-free) vox.com/policy-and-pol…

‘Lucky’ isn’t the word I think of.

The Hill @thehill
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President Trump: "You're just lucky I happened to be the president because a lot of other presidents would have reacted much differently than I reacted. You're very lucky I was the president during this scam."

(((Rep. Nadler))) @RepJerryNadler
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Read our letter to AG Barr reasserting our expectation that Congress receive the full, unredacted Mueller report here:

www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/white-house-proposed-releasing-immigrant-detainees-in-sanctuary-cities-targeting-political-foes/2019/04/11/72839bc8-5c68-11e9-9625-01d48d50ef75_story.html?utm_term=.b8bbc3bbeca4

I actually think this is reasonable from McConnell.

Lou Dobbs @LouDobbs
Majority Leader Doubles Down on Dumb: Mitch McConnell tells 2020 Republicans to run ‘independent’ of Donald Trump - (link: go.shr.lc/2KwHuzK) go.shr.lc/2KwHuzK - #MAGA #AmericaFirst #Dobbs

They really do consider people to be animals don't they? They, meanwhile, are garbage.

White House proposed releasing immigrant detainees in sanctuary cities, targeting political foes
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/white-house-proposed-releasing-immigrant-detainees-in-sanctuary-cities-targeting-political-foes/2019/04/11/72839bc8-5c68-11e9-9625-01d48d50ef75_story.html

White House officials have tried to pressure U.S. immigration authorities to release detainees onto the streets of “sanctuary cities” to retaliate against President Trump’s political adversaries, according to Department of Homeland Security officials and email messages reviewed by The Washington Post.

Trump administration officials have proposed transporting detained immigrants to sanctuary cities at least twice in the past six months — once in November, as a migrant caravan approached the U.S. southern border, and again in February, amid a standoff with Democrats over funding for Trump’s border wall.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s district in San Francisco was among those the White House wanted to target, according to DHS officials. The administration also considered releasing detainees in other Democratic strongholds.

Sorry cross post with lion

Honestly. Nunes truly is a useful lapdog. This would be laughable if it wasn’t so potentially dangerous.

Sean Hannity @seanhannity
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#HANNITY OPENING MONOLOGUE: Dems fume as @DevinNunes
sends notice of criminal referrals to AG Barr! PLUS: Obama official indicted in connection to Mueller investigation & reaction to Assange’s arrest. Guests:
@AlanDersh
,
@SaraCarterDC
& Carter Page.

This is worrying...and Democrats should heed...

www.msnbc.com/hardball/watch/chris-matthews-netanyahu-s-victory-shows-that-trump-can-win-in-2020-1488932931766?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_ma