He was fired…but actually
He recused himself…but actually
He promised not to [X]…but actually
Hummm…FBI Director Manafort?
Manafort, who has denied any wrongdoing, appears to be cooperating with investigators. This week, he complied with the Senate Intelligence Committee’s request to turn over records detailing any Russia-related meetings, communications and real estate holdings.
Happily, many of these characters seem to have the most incompetent attorneys in the business.
I think this goes along with trump’s complete ignorance about how either governments or large businesses work. “You’re fired!” is a punch line for him, not an indication that he’s actually cutting ties with a person. Maybe an indication that he’s not paying them any more, but that can happen even if they’re not fired.
"Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive!"
Sir Walter Scott, Marmion, Canto vi. Stanza 17.
Snowflake or While the Clock Strikes Midnight…
Report: Manafort Advised Trump Camp On Russia DRUMPFSTERFirestorm After Parting Ways
FIFY
Manafort, who has denied any wrongdoing, appears to be cooperating with investigators.
Popcorn. I need more popcorn.
Manafort gladly cooperated by turning over documents provided to him by the Kremlin that appear to indict Sec. Clinton and her involvement in Pizzagate.
IOW, nothing Manafort provides to the FBI will be genuine. Fake starts with this guy.
Nothing to see here. Manafuck is Dumpster’s Kremlin handler. Has the poison handy.
Wonder which of Trump’s “handlers” is advising him to keep holding back from endorsing Article 5 (he is/was supposed to do so today - but so far has just lectured other leaders, had a handshake war with Macron, and appears to be fueling all sorts of speculation.) Manafort (still whispering from the wings, we see), Kushner, Bannon (oh, but he and Preibus have left the trip to go home), intrigue.
Laura Rozen’s twitter feed is particularly interesting today. https://twitter.com/lrozen
Dang it. OF COURSE THERE WAS NO COLLUSION. I SWEAR!!!
Headline: “UK Stops Sharing Intel With US”
This is off topic, but decades ago when I was an intel analyst, I learned that the US and UK share stuff they share with no one else by agreements that go way, way back and have been held near sacred down the years.
This buffoon is a disaster of gargantuan proportions.
Deny, deny, deny…“Who are you going to believe, me or your lying eyes??” I don’t think this will end well, and frankly, I couldn’t be happier at the prospect of yet another Trump failure.
That noise you may detect is Rinse’s pucker string tightening…
I don’t understand why everyone is looking for the smoking gun that proves collusion. It has been right if front of our noses throughout the campaign and continues to this day. Everything Trump does fits perfectly with Putin’s wish list.
Encourage distrust of the media… Check.
Encourage distrust of government institutions… Check
Kneecap the US State Department and put my buddy Tillerson in charge… Check and check.
Make my BFF, Mike Flynn, the National Security Adviser… check
Meet with my spies in the Oval Office - and only Russian press allowed… Check and check.
Question the US support for NATO… Check
Alienate the US from its closest allies… Check
How much more “proof” can we survive?
The press stood up and said “No more.”
Wait, why would they need advice about handling fake news? Or maybe he gave them the advice “Don’t worry about this at all, it’s fake news, you don’t need any outside advisors, including me.”
“Oh what a tangled web we weave, if we don’t practice well before we deceive!”
Wally Stott, Marmot.