Trump: He was going to Lock Her Up, why would I Lock Him Up?
The correct acronym is PO(tu)S
So, if we believe Comey, Trump did commit obstruction of justice, a felony, or at least came very close to it.
Itâs panic time at the WH.
To be fair, Nixon said that in 1977, years after he had been forced from office â which, of course, proves he had learned nothing from the nightmare to which he subjected us all.
FROST: Would you say that there are certain situations [âŚ] where the president can decide that itâs in the best interests of the nation, and do something illegal?
NIXON: Well, when the president does it, that means it is not illegal.
FROST: By definition.
NIXON: Exactly, exactly. If the president, for example, approves something because of the national security, or in this case because of a threat to internal peace and order of significant magnitude, then the presidentâs decision in that instance is one that enables those who carry it out, to carry it out without violating a law. Otherwise theyâre in an impossible position.
Seeing that the laws be faithfully executed, item eleventy billion and two.
Lest we forget, Michael Issikoff reported on May 18th that Flynn got a message from Tramp on April 25th telling him to âstay strongâ. Comey was fired two weeks later.
Iâm sure the so-called president was referring to Flynnâs gym workoutsâŚ
There is so much lying going onâŚhow can anyone keep it straight? Dowd was hired in June 2017, he wasnât part of the campaign, transition team, or there on the WH in Jan., so is he relying on a liarâs word for what happened and when it happened? Dowd seems to be screwed six ways to Sunday with his client.
I am struggling here with how this is helping Trump. He is literally make the case that Trump obstructed justice by asking Comey to âgo easyâ on Flynn.
It doesnât matter if Yates said the word âlyingâ. What matter is that the WH said that Flynn was resigning because he lied to Pence. And Yates said that Flynn told the FBI the same thing he told Pence. Ergo, the WH can only deduce that Flynn lied to the FBI. (See above, they just accepted his resignation on the grounds he lied). Once they believe that, going to the FBI Director and asking him to be lenient IS obstruction of justice. Hell, going to Comey even if they didnât believe Flynn lied and asking him to âgo easyâ is probably obstruction of justice. But once they believe Flynn is guilty, its open and shut.
This guy is literally making Muellerâs case for him. He just confirmed what Yates told the WH counsel, and that the Counsel than told Trump. Who then acted with that knowledge.
But here is the part that really doesnât make sense to me. Why choose this particular hill to die on? Its pretty clear from Flynnâs own testimonyâŚSO FARâŚthat the entire transition team not only knew what he was talking to Russia about, but that they were actively helping him with those calls. Which mean, if Pence were out of the loop (laughable that he could be THIS far out of the loop), it means that not only did Flynn lie to Pence, but so did freaking every other senior aide in the White House.
That includes a really big list of people interviewed by the FBIâŚbut one name in particular I find very interesting. Priebus. Because Priebus went directly to the FBI to do precisely what Trump did with Comey, but in a much bigger and broader way. He asked the FBI to bury all their investigations into Russia collusion.
Oh good GodâŚis the entire legal team just a reprise of the Keystone Kops? Trump likely âknewâ Flynn was lying but had to âpretendâ it was all about Pence? Why? To cover his azz that it was probably Fredo that âdirectedâ him? And again I askâŚ1) why on earth would ANYBODY want to work for Trump when he is never loyal to them but demands it FROM them and 2) WTF is wrong with the voters of this country???
Iâm still trying to get passed the notion theyâre pushing that these tweets are strategically written by âthe teamâ.
Here is another thing I am having a really hard time to wrap my head around.
Dowd publicly told Trump that he should NOT tweet about his defense.
And yet now, if we are to believe this, Dowd himself did precisely that.
Under the guise of his own client, that he told publicly not to do that.
And that Trump, then voluntarily lifted Attorney Client privilege, for this one act, so that Dowd could fall on his sword for him.
How does any of that happen, and Dowd doesnât end up disbarred?? How does any of that happen without the extremely litigious Donald filing suit against Dowd??
With lawyers like theseâŚ
The new logo for the GOP
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Whatâs going on here? Did Trump throw Dowd under the bus by pretending Dowd wrote the tweet and now Dowd is backpedaling for dear life?
Edit:
Colossally unfair to rats.
I donât see how Dowd doesnât end up before a bar, answering for this episode. Which means another investigation into yet another aspect of Obstruction of Justice by yet another organization. While Flynn is spilling his guts about EVERYTHING to Muellerâs team.
How is this a good legal strategy?? For anyone??
I remember it differently (but could be wrong), I thought he had âinformationâ that there was no âthere thereâ regarding Russia from someone in the IC, and he wanted permission to make that public.
Itâs a true head scratcher. But weâve had many of those before. People seem to enjoy attributing this inexplicable behavior to some sort of strategic gambit because thatâs easier to stomach than internalizing the POTUS is a complete moron.