Report: Trump Asked Tillerson To Get DOJ To Drop Criminal Case Against Giuliani’s Client

In 2017, President Donald Trump reportedly pushed then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to ask the Justice Department to drop its case against one of Rudy Giuliani’s clients.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1254966

When the CEO of ExxonMobil is the moral compass of an Administration, you know the sh*t has hit the fan.

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Was that the time Tillerson called Don the Con “an Effin moron?”

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It looks like some of Trump’s old ex-employees are coming back to roost.

Tell me more.

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Best part about this shit is that the dam is finally cracking, and once the cracks become visible, total collapse is always coming after…

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“Suppose I did talk to Trump about it. So what?” Ghouliana said. “I was an influence peddler at the time.

FIFY

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For the sake of clarity, it is time to start putting an “X” on all of the days that Trump did not break the law.

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Will Tillerson testify? Would he like to?

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If you want anything other than blank calendars, probably need to do it by nano-seconds vice days.

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Tillerson has been such weak sauce up to now, he would only help his image and reputation by testifying.

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Good lord, but the floodgates have opened, unleashing reports of previously unknown corruption. It’s no longer a drip, drip, drip.

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“Suppose I did talk to Trump about it. So what?” he said. “I was a private lawyer at the time.”

Giuliani is basically saying that there was no crime simply because the elements of the crime aren’t all visible in one spot.

That’s like saying a joke’s not a joke unless the setup and the punchline are in the same sentence.

Giuliani belongs in prison.

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Otherwise known as “Impeachment count #327”.

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Doesn’t he have a score to settle with Spankee? Didn’t Spankee fire him over the phone while Tillerson was sitting on the throne in a hotel room in a foreign country?

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Just leaving this here.

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Tillerson is one of many who have left the tRump administration (and fan base). Let’s sharpen our pencils, folks, and make a list of who else might serve up a heaping helping of testimony.

In order of disappearance: (edited for brevity)

At the most recent count, the number exceeds 200.

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I bet Kelly and Mattis have some good chats over a few beers of an evening. Let’s hear some of that.
Semper Fi.

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Once Caesar starts to go down, they will all rush in to dip their blades in the blood.

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Rimshot…

Badda BOOM

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Drip drip drip… it’s coming daily. And Congress is out on recess…

This should get more interesting next week.

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