While in office, former President Trump had a lot of grievances.
He was wronged, by so many people. They were very unfair to him — many people were saying this. Some say it was among the greatest injustices in the history of this country.
Fuck his feelings, amirite?
Gee, do you think that this information would have come in handy when it happened?
Why would you do that when you might have a book to sell?
If one generalizes the meaning of “the Feds” to be any federal authority, then the list would get much bigger. There was the story reported on earlier that Comey and McCabe had, coincidentally of course, underwent the highest level of IRS scrutiny:
I wanted to be mean to Trump but no one knows me so I did not count.
Scut Farkus sure seems bitter.
The Kerry thing is curious. I have to wonder if someone, perhaps with familiarity with bone saws, directly or indirectly prodded DFG on that one.
Semi-Off-Topic:
No fan of any monarchy* but if you’ve got one, Elizabeth II was a “pretty nice girl,” as Paul said. Her charm and avoidance of bluster and vengeance did more for their bygone institution than anyone could hope for. By turns, her son, Charles III, is more prickly and opinionated than his mum. I imagine his reign will be a better test of Britons’ desire to stick with an antiquated system of blood-line power inheritance. And then comes William. Brits love(d) their queen, but putting men in that position – especially ones who aren’t into the gender-bending that the opportunity affords (hahaha) – I think we will have an actual sense of how truly monarchical a now-more-diverse Great Britain is.
“Craig was found not guilty.”
There should be some sort of civil law response mechanism that allows people like Craig to salvage their reputations, and accusers like Trump should pay for it.
ANY president abusing the US Judicial system as a personal tool certainly seems like it should be considered a civil violation.
There needs to be a special category of liability for politicians who push that envelope, so they think thrice at least before they try it again.
Any public servant who intentionally directs the weight of the law against their personal adversaries should have the same obstacle to consider before they trash someone for life.
Too bad we didn’t know all this in time to add it to the articles of impeachment. Not that it probably would have moved any Republicans in the Senate to vote to convict him;
I do not want to hear another word of criticism from any Republican (and that includes you, Glenn “fleece vest” Youngkin!) on the DOJ probe into Donald Trump’s mishandling and misappropriation of sensitive government documents. Just shut up, hypocrites!
Trump pushed Berman, the former prosecutor writes, to investigate Kerry. At one point, an investigation was opened into whether Kerry violated the Logan Act — an 18th century statute which prohibits private citizens from unofficially negotiating with foreign governments.
Is that like when Rudy Giuliani went to Ukraine?
The Trump era will be noted for the greed and money that changed hands almost as much as the evil, division, rancor and bigotry it engendered.
Don’t forget the entire cast of Saturday Night Live.
The freckles converged and turned him orange with rage.
Also remember, if he had not somehow, someway pulled off a win beyond expectation that still seems odd and questionable, he would just be an annoying ass with a few golf resorts.
"The most emotional and primitive person in the room commands the most attention."
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Not sure it makes sense why he gets to decide.
It was an odd request, in part because it was addressed to the wrong person: as McGahn reportedly* explained, the White House counsel does not have authority over the DOJ.
*and repeatedly
“I am the King! Why won’t my subjects be subjugated!”- as reported by a former WH staff member
Agreed on that last part, but the impeachments happened while he was still President and could do anything he wanted with those documents. Carry them up to the WH residence, flush 'em down the toilet, tell anyone what was in them. It’s good to be the King (President).
There was potentially a window between the second impeachment a week before he left office and the Senate trial a few weeks after he left, where maybe the Senate R’s might have changed their minds if they knew he scampered off with classified docs. Although I doubt it.
Anyway, the way it turned out actually makes it worse for him because he was given chances to return them over a protracted period, including refusal of a subpoena, and now he’s probably facing an additional obstruction charge.
From the linked article:
Former presidents are not expecting to receive individual funeral invitations from Buckingham Palace, according to two people familiar with protocol, with the expectation that the US will get one official invitation through the White House.
This means Biden will ultimately decide who will join his official delegation to the funeral ceremonies in the United Kingdom. No decisions will be made until a formal invitation is made from the palace, a White House official said, even as preliminary discussions are already taking place.
It would be fitting and also hilariously upsetting to you-know-who if Biden invited Obama to the funeral as the official WH guest. She apparently liked him a lot.