Posted on 12/19/2020 8:37:50 PM PST by cba123
(CNN)President Donald Trump convened a heated meeting in the Oval Office on Friday, including lawyer Sidney Powell and her client, former national security adviser Michael Flynn, two people familiar with the matter said, describing a session that began as an impromptu gathering but devolved and eventually broke out into screaming matches at certain points as some of Trump's aides pushed back on Powell and Flynn's more outrageous suggestions about overturning the election.
Flynn had suggested earlier this week that Trump could invoke martial law as part of his efforts to overturn the election that he lost to President-elect Joe Biden -- an idea that arose again during the meeting in the Oval Office, one of the people said. It wasn't clear whether Trump endorsed the idea, but others in the room forcefully pushed back and shot it down.
The meeting was first reported by the New York Times.
(Excerpt) Read more at amp.cnn.com ...
Excerpts from CNN’s non amped source
“White House aides who participated in the meeting, including White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and counsel Pat Cipolone, also pushed back intensely on the suggestion of naming Powell as a special counsel to investigate voter fraud allegations.”
“A serious internal divide has formed within Trump’s campaign .......... tensions at their highest between the campaign’s general counsel, Matt Morgan, who sent the memo Saturday, and Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani.”
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My impression is
Mark Meadows is a quitter:
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/11/trump-chief-of-staff-mark-meadows-gave-a-good-bye-message-to-attendees-at-a-recent-gop-lunch-report/
and Cipolene just lacks the octane and courage of Giuliani
I suspect that Giuliani is a strong supporter of Powell and is in favor of special prosecutors, but has reservations regarding implementation of Martial Law at this time.
The words “you” and “I” are fodder for the argumentative types. They should be used SPARINGLY and judiciously.
See my contribution at post # 38.
Sic semper tyrannis...
I rike cahtoon bewee much!!
BTTT!!
I have every confidence that anyone foolish enough to attempt a military dictatorship in America will meet an inglorious end.
We have the second amendment to deal with usurpers.
And their lackeys.
CNN is ATT
Yeah, but they got “Martial Law” in the headlines!
Quite. Though we need all hands on our side; the online gladiator proposal should involve beating the snot out of a random snowflake. Preferably one who still lives at home with their mommy.
FAKE & GAY.
Straight on !
Anyway CNN and its bunch of lying propagandists are waving scarecrows !
The propaganda machine must be called as it deserves and destroyed
One of Presidents Trumps opponents fondest dreams is to bait Trump into imposing martial law.
If martial law was discussed, it was most likely in the context of a course of action to prevent a situation requiring imposition of martial law.
I'm reasonably confident that the responsible parties in this fiasco are going to be wishing Trump had declared martial law instead of what is actually going to happen.
Funny how they were talking abut this way before the election
I hope you can find and things to do while you wait for recovery. Don’t let boredom eat you up.
Notice the continued and coordinated effort to paint flynn as crazy?
CNN is lying - that was a short discussion.
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