Discussion: After Trump Tweets Demand, DOJ Asks IG To Review Counterintelligence Work

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“If anyone did infiltrate or surveil participants in a presidential campaign for inappropriate purposes, we need to know about it and take appropriate action.”

Pop! goes that Trump balloon.

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Trumps says frog, DOJ hops…

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DOJ gets more ducks in a row, silly. Not frogs.

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OK, we just looked, there are no monsters under the bed. Now go the fuck to sleep.

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This, I interpret, as Rosenstein flipping Trump the bird while buying time for Mueller.

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This is interpretable as a reference to Russian spies infiltrating the Trump campaign for inappropriate purposes.

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Be careful what you wish for lardass.

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“If anyone did infiltrate or surveil participants in a presidential campaign for inappropriate purposes,

I see what was done here.

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Nobody has to like it but at the moment it strikes me as the least-bad alternative for preserving the rule of law another week or two.

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The Justice Department on Sunday confirmed that its inspector general would investigate whether “there was any impropriety or political motivation” in its work during the 2016 campaign.

Does this also mean that the IG will look at Rudy and the NY FBI office?

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Lol, I agree. I am wondering just how this one is going to end up biting Trump in the ass.

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Well, its a big enough target.

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Compromise after compromise after goddamn compromise. I’ve had it with this myth that there is a vast cadre of men and women who put country over party and are quietly protecting the country. Bullshit. There is no one saving us, there is no one who is protecting us. Our institutions have been ruined. This fucking asshole says jump and everyone asks how, from those goddamned castrati of the GOP to government officials to our allies who refuse to do a fucking thing to defend democracy.

And this whole stupid idea that there’s gonna be massive protests if Mueller is fired: give me a fucking break. There’s been more than enough opportunities to send at least one strong message about this failure of a “president” and fucking scumbag criminal family but nope, nothing. Just more childish reliance on this alleged blue wave 6 months from now.

Nixon and Jefferson Davis are looking on in amazement and jealousy that they couldn’t have benefitted from the greatest collection of spineless fucks and achieved their political goals. Each time this government folds to address yet another demand from this fucking scumbag only legitimizes his trashing of everything we claim to love and respect about this country.

This is beyond intolerable.

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I think that is a separate deal. @inversion has been posting that it’s due to be filed in June.

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The statement assumes that the focus will be on whether there was a valid basis to investigate “persons suspected of involvement with the Russian agents who interfered in the 2016 presidential election.” The conclusion will be, “Ya’ think! Of course it was valid!”.

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h/t @ralph_vonholst

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Maybe just one more item for the teetering pile of things that make normal people ask themselves what the matter is with him. Personally I’m kind of counting on that belated recognition being helpful in early November.

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Said by a man who is reasonable confident nothing bad occurred. Personally if there was an improper political motive they well and truly failed. My take on the FBI is they helped Trump enormously.

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Quinta excerpted from a WaPo piece that just published. No one knows wtf Trump wants or means. ETA They still leak like a sieve.


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