Rosenstein Asked Trump to Obstruct Nunes Investigation, Trump Refused

The Idiots at CNN ^ | 1/31/2018 | Pamela Brown, Evan Perez and Laura Jarrett,

[AndyJackson]

And people claim Trump is a hothead? If I were there I would have sworn up a bluestreak, and thrown him out of my office, out of his job and told Kelly to get an order over to the FBI/DOJ to start loading up the military truck that is backing up to their buildings for secure transport to the Congress. Then I would have thrown a real temper trantrum.

Trump, not so much.

[Ann Archy]

Rosenstein needs to be in PRISON!

[MayflowerMadam]

IIRC, Gowdy signed the document recommending that Nunes NOT see the documents. Whose side is Gowdy on, anyhow?

[AndyJackson]

without your own confidant being present.

Kelly isn't just a door stop.

[tennmountainman]

Oh my.
My, my, my.

If true, Rosenstein will be gone too.

[magua]

Rosenstein needs to be in PRISON!
My feelings exactly.

[tennmountainman]

God bless Nunes!

Doing the work Sessions or Wray refuse or are incapable of doing.

[drypowder]

Rosenstein and other guilty DC swam creatures trying to get Trump removed from office has the audacity to ask Trump to block information that will exonerate him of Rosenstein’s investigation? How effing dumb is Rosenstein to try to play Trump for a fool? First class moron I’d say. Rosenstein will look good wearing prison duds and most certainly he will become some badasses bitch while he’s incarcerated.

[RegulatorCountry]

There was no decision by the President at the meeting, the sources told CNN. White House chief of staff John Kelly later notified the Justice Department that the President would not help block access to the documents.

Hands off and noncommittal, avoiding direct involvement of Trump, good, very good. The Trump team knew what the deal was even then.

[ripley]

“Where are the frikkin handcuffs???”

Comrade!!! There can be no penalty for a comrade who furthers the revolution, for in furthering the revolution, no one can be guilty of doing something wrong; furthering the revolution is always right!!!

/s/

IMHO

[Electric Graffiti]

“Why isn’t Sessions over at the White House seeing what’s in the memo?”

Sessions is the protector of the swamp. He doesn’t want it released. His assistant AG Boyd is on record saying so:

“In letter, DOJ tells Devin Nunes releasing memo would be “extraordinarily reckless””

[Fhios]

Understood, but I’m not quite sure of Kelly. I’ve read some rumors that I don’t entirely believe or disbelieve.

[Billthedrill]

Talk about burying the lead.

No lie. This one's spinning like a big-league curveball. The thrust of the article is that Trump was trying to test Rosenstein's personal loyalty to "our team" and not until the very last paragraph do we get what Rosenstein was really after:

White House chief of staff John Kelly later notified the Justice Department that the President would not help block access to the documents.

Now, tell us all again who's doing the obstruction of justice here? Who is stonewalling Congress? Who is trying to protect a con game aimed at unseating his own boss?

[Pearls Before Swine]

excellent iceberg graphic

[mojito]

Whose side is Gowdy on, anyhow?

Sundance at TCT distrusts his motives. Trey announces today that he's not seeking reelection.

[Electric Graffiti]

Trey is one of the better and more flamboyant kabuki actors the swamp has ever produced. He’s getting out while the getting is good.

Too many people on twitter are posting tar and feather memes

[Robert A Cook PE]

You said “bear”!!! While talking about Trump.

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[bgill]

There should be a cell at GITMO with Rosenstein’s name on it.

[plain talk]

If you have to ask which side you are on that can’t be good.

Why ask? Why not fire? Trump should have fired Rosenstein long ago.

[HotHunt]

Gowdy just announced out of the blue that he is leaving Congress to go back to the judiciary.

So does it matter?