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Trump Ordered Mueller Fired, but Backed Off When White House Counsel Threatened to Quit (NYT)
NY Slimes ^ | January 25, 2017 | MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and MAGGIE HABERMAN

Posted on 01/25/2018 5:33:44 PM PST by Golden Eagle

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To: stockpirate
The four sources were 4 reporters sitting in a room making this story up.

There had to be five in the room for the story to be accurate. One more blindfolded one to hear it from them. . . and write it up.

121 posted on 01/25/2018 8:13:48 PM PST by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you racist, bigot!)
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-moved-to-fire-mueller-in-june-bringing-white-house-counsel-to-the-brink-of-leaving/2018/01/25/9184a49e-0238-11e8-bb03-722769454f82_story.html?utm_term=.e67c1727d26a

Republican Rep. Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania said in an interview that McGahn “prevented an Archibald Cox moment,” referring to the special prosecutor ordered fired by President Richard M. Nixon during the Watergate investigation.

“I believe now that this revelation has been made public, that there will be increasing pressure to protect Mueller,” Dent added.


122 posted on 01/25/2018 8:49:14 PM PST by janetjanet998
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To: edie1960

I saw Sara Carter on Hannity tonight she is indicating that there is a mountain of incriminating stuff coming...10 bullets she said.


123 posted on 01/25/2018 9:02:14 PM PST by databoss
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To: Golden Eagle

“....according to four people told of the matter.....”

Seriously?


124 posted on 01/25/2018 9:10:40 PM PST by clintonh8r (I've been banned from TheHill.com. #Proud)
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To: databoss

whites hats are being out flanked by the MSM and muellers leaks

all predictable....

should have kept the memo more hush hush ....then release it publicly as a surprise .....


125 posted on 01/25/2018 9:11:21 PM PST by janetjanet998
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To: dila813

HA HA!


126 posted on 01/25/2018 10:41:03 PM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: Kickass Conservative
"If the POTUS was really Hitler / Stalin as the Liberals describe him, Mulehead would have just vanished off the face of the Earth."

My correction: If the POTUS was really Hitler / Stalin as the Liberals describe him, Mulehead would have been found with a pillow over his face.

127 posted on 01/26/2018 1:04:49 AM PST by jonrick46 (Trump continues to have all the right enemies.)
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To: Golden Eagle

During Watergate didn’t Nixon ask Dean to fire the special counsel?

Good story then so the Nyt turf rehashed it now just to stir up the crap.


128 posted on 01/26/2018 1:50:18 AM PST by billyboy15
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To: conservativehistorian

Highly likely and illegal as well.


129 posted on 01/26/2018 2:43:12 AM PST by Pinkbell
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To: Golden Eagle
according to four people told of the matter

They spoke on the condition of anonymity because they did not want to be identified discussing a continuing investigation.

So now we're up to four unnamed sources.

130 posted on 01/26/2018 3:49:50 AM PST by TwelveOfTwenty (Prayers for our country and President Trump)
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To: Golden Eagle

This “fake news” launched by Democrat Media low life, had a life of about five minutes. End of story!!!


131 posted on 01/26/2018 5:49:49 AM PST by JLAGRAYFOX (Defeat both the Republican (e) & Democrat (e) political parties....Forever!!!)
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To: Golden Eagle

Remember a month or two ago, when the Democrat party leaders all woke up one morning and started in with that fake news chorus, something to the effect of “Trump is about to fire Mueller, and boy oh boy, if he does, well, then that’s obstruction, we’ll impeach him!”?

They were all saying the same thing as if they had received their fake news marching orders from the DNC.

This just sounds like a rehashing of that same fake news meme - but a month late.

The original strategy was, if they couldn’t actually get Trump on collusion, the next best thing was to bait him into firing Mueller, and then get him on obstruction.

Then, after they realized Trump wasn’t taking the bait, they seemingly resorted to just starting a fake news rumor out of whole cloth - hoping that just the phrase “Trump is firing Mueller” would start a Nixonian “I am not a Crook” meme in the MSM.

This seems like a part of that same failed attempt - but this particular fake news effort was apparently stuffed in a bottle and washed up on the beach a month late.

The Dems will never quit trying to paint Trump as a scared, incompetent and frustrated loser, held hostage by deep state enemies within his own cabinet, angry, bitter, defensive and refusing to heed his own counsel.

Nice try - he’s anything but.

Trump’s real strategy is to fulfill his stump campaign promise to return power to We The People.

The Democrats and Uniparty keep expecting the Trump Administration to try to consolidate power in DC in an Obama-like fashion. They assume he’ll collude, obstruct, manuever, blackmail, muscle his way into power, and abuse his DOJ, FBI, IRS the way the leftists do.

They are completely blind to the fact that Trump is simply not the bully they have always claimed he is.

I think that’s Trump’s advantage - he’s doing something the Left can’t even imagine: he’s giving up DC power by deregulating, corporate tax cuts, withdrawing from international trade agreements and treaties, freeing up public land for privatized pipelines and tollways, - and much, much more behind the scenes that we don’t see.

The irony is that when you drain the swamp, DC powerbrokers, deep state, quasi military, K street lobbyists, -all giving up control.

They expect Trump to abuse his executive power to fire Mueller, weaponize his various departments, make power alliances with GOPe and otherwise muscle his way into a position of control in DC.

He’s doing the opposite - slowly weakening the DC infrastructure by pulling out Jenga pieces one by one.

The appearance is that he’s weakening his own administration - failing to assert himself over Mueller, Rosenstien, Sessions, etc. - but his genius is that a weaker DC is exactly what he wants - he is returning the power to We the People.


132 posted on 01/26/2018 6:39:40 AM PST by enumerated
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To: enumerated

FANTASTIC summary. Worth a second or third read even! Thanks!


133 posted on 01/26/2018 6:42:40 AM PST by Golden Eagle (That Nunes won't let the DOJ/FBI even see the memo tells you all you need to know about who to trust)
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To: Golden Eagle

Well said.


134 posted on 01/26/2018 7:25:30 AM PST by Sidebar Moderator
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To: enumerated

Bravo! You should post that as a new thread. I’ll even let you place it on the front page sidebar ;)


135 posted on 01/26/2018 7:31:03 AM PST by Sidebar Moderator
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To: Sidebar Moderator; Golden Eagle

Thanks! Very flattering.

Unfortunately, I have no idea how... and it may not make any sense without the context of what Golden Eagle posted.

But, if you or GE really thinks it would be worth a new thread, could one of you post it for me?


136 posted on 01/26/2018 7:43:44 AM PST by enumerated
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To: enumerated

Done. ;) check out the front page sidebar.


137 posted on 01/26/2018 7:55:56 AM PST by Sidebar Moderator
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To: Golden Eagle

#fakenews


138 posted on 01/26/2018 7:57:42 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: BobL

After hearing today’s reports, I am convinced that this was a shot across the Republican’s bow - Don’t release the memo, but if you do, don’t fire mueller, or we will harm you...


139 posted on 01/26/2018 8:22:53 AM PST by richardtavor
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To: Sidebar Moderator

Thanks!


140 posted on 01/26/2018 10:34:56 AM PST by Golden Eagle (That Nunes won't let the DOJ/FBI even see the memo tells you all you need to know about who to trust)
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