Posted on 12/25/2017 1:41:22 PM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
Former President George W. Bush’s top ethics lawyer thanked President Trump for making special counsel Robert Mueller’s job “easier.”
"Using Twitter on Christmas Eve to intimidate a witness (McCabe) in a criminal investigation is not a very Christian way to celebrate the holiday," Richard Painter tweeted Sunday. "But it does make Mr. Mueller’s job easier and that’s a nice thing to do. Merry Christmas!"
Painter, who is now the vice-chairman of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, served in the Bush administration from 2005 to 2007.
CREW was up until recently embroiled in a high-profile lawsuit against Trump for violating the the U.S. Constitution’s Foreign Emoluments Clause due to his owning of numerous business interests with his name on them.
The case was dismissed on Dec. 21.
Painter, who often criticizes Trump on Twitter, was referencing Trump’s tweets over the weekend about FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and former FBI Director James Comey.
"How can FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, the man in charge, along with leakin’ James Comey, of the Phony Hillary Clinton investigation (including her 33,000 illegally deleted emails) be given $700,000 for wife’s campaign by Clinton Puppets during investigation?" Trump tweeted Saturday amid reports that McCabe would retire in early 2018.
The Washington Post reported that McCabe was waiting to retire when he becomes fully eligible for pension benefits.
Trump took issue with this as well, tweeting: "FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is racing the clock to retire with full benefits. 90 days to go?!!"
Meanwhile, special counsel Robert Mueller is conducting a wide-ranging investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election and possible collusion with the Trump campaign.
Russia has denied it meddled, and Trump has denied collusion, calling Mueller’s investigation a "witch-hunt."
CREW is the biggest crock of crap. It is quite telling Bush cronies work there...lol.
Just one more SOROScrew idiot.
The swamp does not like Trump, and the more he tweets, the more swamp creatures come out to sun themselves.
Guess the Bushes are still butt hurt over Trump going after their poppy plant income.
Typical CREW nitwittery. Bash Trump for pointing out the obvious ethics problems with McCabe.
Trump beat Yeb like a drum.
So bad that Low Energy Yeb will never be President.
Please clap.
Well, if Mueller’s job is “easier”, I wish he’d wrap up his bull**** and put a bow on it. This is costing the taxpayers a fortune.
“Guess the Bushes are still butt hurt over Trump going after their poppy plant income”
Nailed it!!! Merry Christmas!
The Puppet is motivated by Hate.
Hate has overtaken the Swamp monster
Just a case of swamp critters looking out for each other. The plain to see truth is that McCabe is a crook. President Trump pointing out how McCabe is a crook is not intimidation. Mueller and the Bushes are crooks also. To hell with all of them.
painter is a idiot. Trump’s tweets continue to expose the deep state and is slowly tightening the noose around muledog’s neck.
Isn't that an oxymoron?
DJT has 24 years of liberal liars to overcome. MAGA!!
And Merry Christmas to all!!
The Bushes are at every bit as much risk of having their crimes exposed as the Clintons, starting with what Poppy was doing in Dallas on November 22nd, 1963.
We live in interesting times.
The words “Bush” and “ethics” are nearly mutually exclusive.
What Trump did in the primaries was the equivalent of him marching into Jeb’s house, eating his food from the plate, banging his wife on the kitchen table and then farting in Jeb’s face.
It was a humiliation of such a degree the Bush family will never get over it
They were useful idiots if there ever were any.
The fact that a lawyer would commend an FBI coup plot is indicative of what passed for “ ethics” under the Bush family regime
Now THAT'S something to clap about!
This IDIOT is an unhinged Obamabot!!!
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