Discussion: Ex-Top FBI Lawyer Targeted By Trump Breaks Silence On Russia Probe

Seems like we should be investigating those who want to investigate the investigators.

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The only difference now between us and Turkey is that Trump isnā€™t able to just round up his perceived enemies and throw them in prison on trumped-up charges.

But heā€™s working vigorously on the charges part.

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And binge-watching his VHS tape of ā€œMidnight Expressā€ā€¦

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ā€œIf [Barr] has other information available to him that somehow hasnā€™t been made public yet, Iā€™m eager to hear it.ā€

Just give them a day or two to make something up, and youā€™ll get to hear it.

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Any Molecules that are on the same planet as Trump turn to shit
Iā€™m going crazy
He needs to be stopped

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And no doubt, he is also working toward the ā€œround upā€ part. It seems all of this is in his playbook, which of course is Mein Kampf.

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November 8, 2016 was Vlad Putinā€™s best day ever.

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he worried the firestorm around the probe could deter the FBI from engaging in politically sensitive but necessary investigations in the future

Only deterring the FBI from investigations of Republicans who encourage Russians to commit crimes on their behalf. Investigations of Democrats will be pushed. This is how you end up with a ā€œcompetitive autocracyā€ like Russia.

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And thatā€™s just how the Mango Menace wants it: the Russian Wild West where kleptocrats rule and face no accountability. No wonder he brown noses Putin so much.

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You seem very interested and informed on Turkey. Do you recommend any books? I have avoided having a Turkey centric reading interest phase. Maybe it would be a good variation from my usual obsessive reading areas. Thanks if you do. No prob if you donā€™t.

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Canā€™t say I have really read more than a couple obscure books on turkish history.

Much more that Iā€™ve spent a lot of time in Europe, and Turkey has been a thorn in their side for all of it.

And when you keep up to date on the BBC, https://www.bbc.com/news , youā€™ll regularly run into stuff on them.

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The FBI is a right-wing organization that has been illegally infiltrating and disrupting anti-war, civil rights, and other peaceful left-wing groups since its beginning.

The FBI is no pantheon to equal justice under the law.

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ā€œIf he has other information available to him that somehow
   hasnā€™t been made public yet, Iā€™m eager to hear it.ā€

Sorry ā€¦ but I differ on this one ā€¦

I donā€™t give a fuck what olā€™ William has to say about the investigation ā€”
He blew his credibility off with his first yapping ā€”

The only way that will change is if he is answering his own criminal charges ā€”

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Maybe Josh can recommend a good history of the Ottoman Empire, and a Biography of Ataturk.

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Which shows us just how far through the looking glass the republican right has taken us. When the FBI becomes more ethical than your political party without substantively changing its internal structure, you should really re-evaluate you life choices.

Meanwhile, this guy is treading incredibly carefully.

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ā€œā€¦over-index on the consequencesā€¦ā€

What the heck does that mean?

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I read that as a politely phrased ā€˜put up or shut upā€™.

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Iā€™m hoping that heā€™s trying to lull the GOP into a stupor, so they will not object to him testifying to congressā€¦and THEN drop the hammer on these muthafukkersā€¦

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That generally great ā€¦

if ā€¦ somehow ā€¦ youā€™re comfortable that itā€™s going to be based on facts pertaining to rule of law ā€”

Billy-Bob has the spin setting on high ā€¦ and Iā€™m afraid itā€™s stuck there ā€”

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