How can ANYBODY take the statements of Trumpâs pet DOJ seriously these days? Câmon.
Of course they talked about itâŠ
But really it is the VP and cabinet officials that need to be talking about it.
âThe Deputy Attorney General never authorized any recording that Mr. McCabe references.
That doesnât deny that the option was discussed, or for that matter, that efforts were taken to implement such a plan; only says that final approval was never given.
Maybe the story is not that they discussed this option, but that the Trump and his cadrĂ© of miscreants, made such a contingency plan necessary. Thatâs the lede.
ETA
Good brief thread.
They must otherwise ____________.
âNever authorizedâ is not the same thing as ânever discussedâ.
At no time did I wait until the middle of the night to take a cookie from the jar.
This statement reeks of Sister Sarah or her programmer. Do they have some sort of statement generation device?
Nor is it âNever carried outâ - just sayinââŠ
I do not often watch 60 MinutesâŠbut I am looking forward to Rod Rosensteinâs interview several months from nowâŠ
There have been a lot of events over the past week that I think weâll look back and think of as turning points. One thing that is presently happening is that the Senate GOP seems more committed to distancing themselves from Trump on the budget/shutdown on the matter of the wall. If the GOP can go against Trump on the wall, then the GOP-Trump link is effectively broken. They wonât be able to stop #trumprussia or impeachment. Itâs even possible that a hack like Barr might be tapped by them to ease Trump out of office. I would not have said that before, and I still quite doubt it, but letâs just say that the break between Trump and the GOP puts the notion of the GOP forcing Trump out on the radar in a way it wasnât before. It might only be a 15% probability but itâs there.
15% is better than 0%. Not hugely better, but still an improvement.
The Justice Department said Thursday that ex-acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe gave an âinaccurate and factually incorrectâ account in an soon-to-be-aired CBS News interview about 2017 discussions at the DOJ of recording President Trump.
Wow â both inaccurate and factually incorrect!
A non-denial denial.
DOJ knew the president was a danger and seriously considered taking drastic action to save the country. Ho hum, letâs go back to talking about a freshman representativeâs intemperate Tweet.
Cause anything can happen between now and his retirement date.
Same here
how about naming DOJ namesâŠ