Report: Key WH Lawyer Told NSC Ukraine Expert Not To Discuss Trump’s Zelensky Call | Talking Points Memo

A lawyer who played a crucial role in the White House’s handling of President Trump’s Ukraine call told the National Security Council’s Ukraine expert not to discuss the call with others, according to a Politico report on the expert’s congressional testimony.


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Yet nobody has any concerns that something bad may have happened during the call…

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Eisenberg - time for a little roll in the barrel?

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So perfect it had to be preserved under lock and key. Like a flawless diamond.

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How many times does the White House have to reiterate? THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE HERE!

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Is the transcript that was loaded onto the server the thing that got released?

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Really damming. Really, Really damming. Can’t wait for Vindman to testify publicly.

It is one thing to say “oh, we have put all Trump calls into the code word system” (assuming this is true, I expect it is not) given the earlier leaks, but to then say “and don’t tell anyone about this call” when it is YOUR JOB to talk about US-Ukrainian relations, is something that even some Trumpsters will understand says that everyone knew the call was a major, major problem and not “the best call ever”

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I worry about Lt Col Vindman and his family. I hope they are protected and do not come to harm.

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Yes, and that Trump now wants to read in a “fire side chat” I am all for it, having Trump saying “but we have a favor we want you do to, though” in his own voice will make great TV adverts.

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(Oval Office engulfed by flames, screaming staff trapped inside, roof about to collapse)

White House: “Smoke? What smoke?”

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The televised public testimony is going to be a ratings jackpot.

Fat Nixon will be so pleased because that’s all he cares about.

Winning!

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He’s a Flynn appointee, which is enough right there. He was also involved in leaking intelligence documents to Nunes. And that law degree from Yale seems to have given him the awareness of guilt that Trump himself lacks most of the time. Did I mention he’s a Flynn appointee?

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Eisenberg was so unconcerned about the call, that he hid the record of it. I smell not only a fire but a cover-up. But hey, no problem.

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With the humongous volume of voice call monitoring automation must be being used. I’d bet money some intelligence agency is sitting on a recording. How could presidential communications not be recorded? Seems incredible that our everyday lives are being monitored to the extent they are, but a public servant (be he POTUS or not) is not monitored just as closely.

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You are amazing! Keep it up - you’re one of the reasons I read these comments!

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Remember the first rule of Fight Club. It applies here as well.

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They lie with such ease. They obstruct justice with such ease. They claim to be victims with such ease.

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Congressional Republicans: “The route that the Soviet-style fire department cult led by sneaky Adam Schiff is taking to the White House is totally improper and unfair … and there is absolutely nothing wrong with the fire in the Oval Office.”

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If the smoke is black, there is no pope.

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