Right â sure you didnât. A meeting about his campaign. In his building. Two floors down from where he was. In a meeting with people he knew. But you didnât say nuthinâ âbout nuthinâ, right, Junior?
And you never cheated on wifey, either, right?
Isnât lying to Congress a crime, regardless of whether the witness is under oath? Asking, um, for the smug offspring of a huge asshole.
Did you tell daddy in advance?
âNo, I did not.â
Plausible deniability.
I call bull shit.
Al Capone was in Florida when the St. Valentineâs Day massacre occurred.
Trump Jr. made an an eleven-minute call to a blocked number.
And IIRC, the pro-Trump Commiitte Chair, Burr Grassley, wouldnât allow the committee to further investigate to determine the owner of the blocked number. But I bet Mueller knows who Beavis talked to for 11 minutes.
And this is the problem. Burr and the Pubbies on the committtee were determined to find as little as possible without undue embarassment. To that extent, they were more successful than their House congeners.
Yeah, and it was Buttheadâs dad.
Don Jr: I Didnât Tell My Dad About Trump Tower Meeting In Advance
That is some bigly lying right there.
Perhaps it was dad who told Donny Jr. and asked him to coordinate it.
Lock him up! Lock him up!
With this daddyâs little putz offspring, all you need is to squeeze him a little and he will call daddy immediately asking "what am I gonna do and say ? using that blocked number I am sure.
âDid you inform your father about the meeting or the underlying offer prior to the meeting,â a congressional investigator for the committeeâs GOP majority asked.
âNo, I did not,â Trump Jr. replied.
That was in the House âinvestigation.â
âWe sought to determine whether that number belonged to the president, because we also ascertained that then-candidate Trump used a blocked number,â Schiff said during our interview. âThat would tell us whether Don Jr. sought his fatherâs permission to take the meeting, and [whether] that was the purpose of that call.â
Schiff added that Democrats asked Republicans to subpoena phone records to determine whose number it was, but Republicans ârefused,â Schiff said. âThey didnât want to know whether he had informed his father and sought his permission to take that meeting with the Russians.â
Taking lessons from Sarah, I seeâŚ
It is, but its rarely prosecuted. Contempt of Congress is the charge. It wonât be prosecuted here, either.
But its highly probable that Junior has told the same lies to Muellerâs people. And that IS a crime that is prosecuted.
âTrump Jr. testified that he could not recall who he spoke with, or whether his father used a blocked number.â
But we all know who does know where the blocked number was. Mueller.
That particular lie is so absurd, its almost funny. WhatâŚJunior just randomly typed in some digits and it happened to be a blocked number? No. To call a blocked number, Junior knew PRECISELY what number he was calling and who he was calling. Likewise, he has known for years that Daddy uses a blocked number.
Apples that fall a little early used to be picked up and put to good purpose âŚ
That is ⌠when fruit growers used to be able to get migrant workers â
Now the fruit just rots ⌠this reminds me of that ⌠for some reason â
Thanks. Itâs difficult to keep track.
ETA. But since Feinstein is bringing it up in this instance, it seems as if the Senate committee wasnât interested in delving into the blocked number either.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) pointed out that on the evening of June 6, hours after Trump Jr. first spoke to Agalarov âabout this Hillary info,â Trump Jr. made an an eleven-minute call to a blocked number.
Trump Jr. testified that he could not recall who he spoke with, or whether his father used a blocked number.
As Feinsteinâs office noted, former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski testified before the House Intelligence Committee that Trump Sr.âs home number is blocked.
jr can say whatever he wants to daddies friends on the sjc but they can also purge themselves as wellâŚ
I am reminded of one of the funniest, stupid things I have seen on TV regarding poliitcal scandals.
When Herman Cain was getting nailed for having affairs, the local FOX affliate in Atlanta had one of the women on their show for a live interview. During that interview, she said she had Cainâs direct number. At that very moment, Cain was giving a speech denying all of the allegations. The interviewer asked her to call CainâŚand she did. And sure enough, he answered the phone immediatelyâŚunaware that it was live on TVâŚand starting talking to her âYou ok, baby? Donât worry, this will all blow over soonâ That sort of stuff.
He dropped out of the race the next day I believe.
The defense that Trump knew nothing in advance and is therefore home free doesnât workâbut Dems need to wise up and change their language on this. Even if Trump only found out about stuff after the event he ratifiedâauthorized in retrospectâthe collusive and obviously unacceptable actions taken by his representatives/agents.
That is a very basic rule of agency. If my agent makes a deal on my behalf without my knowledge and I then knowingly approve/donât disown the deal, I own the deal. I want to see the Dems out there making âratificationâ the new buzzword. Trump ratified the secret meetings Flynn had with Kislyak. Trump ratified the Papadopoulos maneuvers. Trump ratified Don Jrâs offer to the Russian secret agent to find dirt on Hillary. Trump ratified Cohenâs scheme to milk corporations in return for influence. And so on. Rats ratify.
Home number? WTF is that? Is that like âcheckbookâ or âpocket changeâ?