Posted on 12/02/2017 1:25:05 PM PST by BurgessKoch
“I had to fire General Flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the FBI,” Trump said. “He has pled guilty to those lies. It is a shame because his actions during the transition were lawful. There was nothing to hide!”
The first part of that tweet is significant, noted Benjamin Wittes, who is editor in chief of Lawfare, because Trump for the first time suggested that he knew about Flynn's "legal jeopardy" in February, when Flynn was let go from the Trump administration for lying about his contacts with the Russians.
Furthermore, one day after Flynn's ouster, Trump pressed then-FBI Director Comey to drop the investigation into Flynn, according to testimony from Comey.
This could be significant as Mueller's probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election reportedly is also looking at possible obstruction of justice by Trump.
During an interview with NBC News, Trump also said he considered "this Russia thing" before firing Comey in May.
"There are a number of issues Mueller would have to resolve if there is to be any obstruction of justice case. One of them — and it’s not by any means the only one — is state of mind on Trump’s part," Wittes wrote on Twitter. ...
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
thanks for sharing that article.it is a wonderous pile of Bullkrap.
made my day!
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the commie leftists are SO blinded by their own problems its amazing just how silly they can project their foibles on the rest of us
they object because a president fires someone who he caught lying in his administration? HA HA HA! OF COURSE The Dimocraps would object to firing liars! OF COURSE! Lying is so centrally a part of the Democraps’ Modus Operendi, method of getting elected and ruling over us.......
the very idea of an honest president (and even worse, one that would actually fire a liar) just SCARES THE sh*t right out of the DEMOcraps !!! I mean, JUST IMAGINE.. A Liar who gets FIRED instead of PROMOTED and PAID MORE for doing it!?
WEIRD! The D’s are thinking... this new president is positively Dangerous!
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The obstruction chatter should revolve around Peter Strzok.
We need a special counsel to investigate this man’s ties to the invention of Russiagate (where no crime was ever even alleged except possibly illegal, politically-motivated spying by the previous administration), and the coverup of servergate and tarmacgate.
Trump absolutely should not be silenced. They are making crap up. Did Trump fired Flynn because he knew he lies to the FBI it’s fine and if he fired him because he didn’t like what he was wearing that day it’s fine. There is no justification to impeach Trump because of whom he wants at a particular post in his administration or more generally his branch of government. Of McCain fires his staff member Trump can’t sick the DOJ on him. This is equivalent to what these villains are trying to do to the one the people elected
Did anyone in the know at ABC dump stock or sell short? Perhaps a special counsel is warranted.
“I had to fire General Flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the FBI,”
1. We all knew why Trump fired Flynn when he fired him.
2. Trump did not know that Flynn lied until he knew he lied.
3. Mueller, for example, has been investigating something, things, for months, and still does not know anything. That is why the “obstruction of justice” concept is so tantalizing to the MSM because it is a mile deep in subjectivity.
4. All Trump’s lawyers have to do is play back what Brother Comey testified under oath about the obstruction of justice fantasy.
“Obstruction of justice” is one of liberals’ pet phrases against conservatives. It never applies to their side, like when they destroy phones with hammers.
“Frankly, Trump needs to fire Sessions, Rosenstein, McCabe and McMaster once he has loyal deputies in place to be take over.”
Why Wait? He can do exactly what he’s done moving Mulvaney to CFPB. He does have “Senate approved people” he can move around at will, starting with replacement of Sessions. That person can RIF Rosenstein, and tell Wray to get on with housecleaning at the FBI. And he needs to have a Come to Jesus meeting with McConnell on his slow walking of appointments. Put DeVos or Haley in as interim AG, the men in the DOJ and FBI would start shitting bricks! You don’t need a lawyer, you can give the AG legal support, what you need is someone who is prepared to rip the balls off of a bunch of RAT holdovers.
Damned if you do and damned if you don’t.
"ain't" that the truth !
This coming from the Washington Post, after Brian Williams had come out with a ‘made up’ article he had to re track what he came out with, so on that premise, I would say anything this ‘fake media rag’ and the idiot that wrote it has nothing to believe...
Our President is working his heart out for the great of this Nation and for us, the people that live in Our Great Nation that appreciate what he is doing, as far as the rest of the scum that are RATS, GOPe’s, Deep State, NWO people that want Our Great Nation to become a third world country, please read this and embed this in your brain if you have one:
“WE WILL NOT GIVE IN NOR WILL WE GIVE UP AND WE WILL MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN”...and if you don’t like it, LEAVE!!!
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Have you forgotten that no article of impeachment of Nixon was ever passed by congress?
Nixon left office voluntarily when he figured out that they would just give him the JFK treatment.
Presidents cannot obstruct their own justice.
Every decision is ultimately the president’s to make unless he delegates it to his staff.
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He fored the guy for lying. How is that obstruction of justi e?
5. That which is generally known may not reach legal proof. Trump knew there was a serious problem and as executive had to remove Flynn; that doesn’t mean the transgression was legally actionable at the time.
Hmmmm, lessee.
Did Trump lie?
No.
Did Trump deceive?
No.
Did Trump collude?
No.
Will the dhimmicraps ever give up?
No.
Not illegal to lie to the President. So no possible obstruction. It will get you fired though, everytime.
My question would be, is lying to the FBI against the law? If so, did Trump promptly report it once he knew about it? If not, his tweet might very well constitute self-incrimination. I’m glad he has Twitter most days, but not this one.
not true....3 articles of impeachment were passed out of judiciary committee, then sent to the full House. Impeachment was certain in the house...and Goldwater told Nixon he didnt have the votes to survive in the Senate. The Supreme Court then ordered Nixon to release the “smoking gun” tape, and that was it....his last remaining support was swept away and he had to resign. The so called smoking gun tape was iffy at best, but he had lied so much that his approval was in the mid 20’s...the media hammered him so bad every day...this is exactly what they are trying to do with Trump....get him in a politically terrible place, then get the house and senate to turn on him.
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You’re a propagandist.
Comming out of committee simply means that they had about a 15% chance of passing at least one.
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The Washington Examiner has no credibility. The Examiner was the outfit that first commissioned Fusion GPS to conduct anti-Trump research which led ultimately to the Hillary/DNC dirty dossier. They are scum.
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