Posted on 11/04/2018 8:35:16 PM PST by ransomnote
Do you know anything of the Santa Monica Observer? Site seems kind of “thin”.
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Trump “Seriously” Considering Declassifying Key Russia Investigation Documents
Congressional members say the declassification would expose extensive evidence of abuse by the FBI and FISC
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is “seriously” considering declassifying a slew of documents requested by former Republican House leaders investigating the FBI’s handling of the Russia probe. Trump was pummeled with questions during a rancorous White House press briefing where he congratulated Republicans for winning Senate races and said he hoped to work with the new Democratic House leadership.
The president addressed questions regarding whether or not he would end Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, stating, “I could, I could fire everybody right now. Politically, I don’t like stopping it.”
“It’s a disgrace,” said Trump of the Special Counsel investigation. “It should have never been started because there is no crime.”
“They all have conflicts over there that are beyond anything anybody has ever seen in terms of conflicts,” he added.
Trump referenced former FBI Director James Comey, who was fired in May of 2017, after DOJ Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein wrote a scathing letter listing Comey’s failures. That letter led to Trump firing Comey.
However, after Comey’s firing, Rosenstein (under pressure from Democrats) appointed Mueller to to the Special Counsel to investigate Trump. In October, concerning information about Rosenstein surfaced during a deposition of former FBI General Counsel James Baker. Baker had told lawmakers that he met with former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and former FBI attorney Lisa Page shortly after they had a meeting with Rosenstein in May, 2017. Baker said that McCabe, Page and Rosenstein had discussed the possibility of secretly recording President Trump. Baker, who was the top lawyer for the FBI and a close confidant of Comey, noted that he was not in the meeting with Rosenstein. Baker said that Rosenstein also discussed the possibility of invoking the 25th Amendment on the president in an effort to remove him from office for being unfit.
“Comey, who by the way, lied and leaked and also leaked classified information–nothing happened there it might, perhaps, maybe something is happening that I don’t know about,” Trump said Wednesday. “But you know what I do. I let it just go on. They’re wasting a lot of money, but I let it go on…I could end it right now and say that investigation is over but… it’s a disgrace frankly, an embarrassment to our country, it’s an embarrassment to the people of our country and it’s too bad.
The president warned that he was still “seriously” considering declassifying the documents that the Republican Congress has been demanding for the past year. Lawmakers have sighted a need for transparency in the bureau’s handling of the FBI investigation into the Trump campaign.
“We’re looking at that very seriously, declassification very seriously,” said Trump. “It’s amazing how people on the other side just don’t want those documents declassified…we’re looking at that very carefully. I certainly wanted to wait until after the midterm.”
It’s from 17 days ago. I’m not gonna worry, lot has happened since then.
There’s a lotta doubt about the source of this info that Buzzy is retiring on that thread. I’m going to get optimistic later on this one.
May I humbly propose an addition?
"11. Must have completed Military Service with an Honorable Discharge/Retired."
That works!
Kek!
No sweat. It sounded perfectly plausible to me. I was just eager to see a real man confront Jim Abusterda in a manner he intensely deserved.
thanks, I didn’t see a date on that - much has happened in the last 17 days, lol...
Darth Derper’s Daughter.
Not Lou Barletta. :^(
This is the post from a previous thread.
What I got wrong was that the insurrection would come from the election itself. It will come from the firing of Sessions, Rosenstein and Mueller.
You could see POTUS was about to leave the podium when Acosta pushed the girl. Natural impulse for real men.
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Natural impulse for really rude men.
from your link:
Matthew Whitaker, the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa under President George W. Bush, said there is growing public evidence that laws were broken. “Based on what we know in the public record, I think there are some serious legal violations,” said Whitaker. “There’s got to be more that we don’t know. I think that could be really incriminating evidence, if it’s like anything we’ve already seen.” Whitaker, who runs the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust, a watchdog group that has been critical of Clinton, said the decision about whether to pursue a criminal case will ultimately depend on the Department of Justice. But he said the Fox News report on Monday about expansion of the FBI investigation puts more pressure on that department to take the investigation seriously. “I think the effect is it puts some pressure on the Department of Justice to not sweep this under the rug, to otherwise ignore inconvenient facts for secretary Clinton,” said Whitaker. —— Former U.S. Attorneys Predict Criminal Charges in FBI’s Probe of Clinton Server Washington Free Beacon ^ | 1-15-16 | Alana Goodman
325 posted on 11/7/2018, 3:51:36 PM by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
Greeneyes, I think meadsjn meant Trump was about to leave the podium and break Acosta over his knee. Natural impulse when someone mistreats a young lady.
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