Posted on 01/25/2018 12:22:04 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie
n September of 1967, I was a first year at Yale Law School, returning from a year recovering from acute colitis. My then gf, soon to be my wifey, and I went to a demonstration in the Graduate Student Commons in support of striking cafeteria workers. We were milling around, probably shouting slogans, and a hulking campus cop came up to my classmate, an extremely self-confident, smart fellow named Walter D. Waggoner. The cop said, “What’s your name, boy?”
Walter looked him dead in the eye and said, “I don’t have to answer your f–king questions.”
The cop stared and then walked away.
This all came rushing into my antique brain as I watched the news tonight that our President, Donald J. Trump, had been asked to answer Special Vishinsky Prosecutor Mueller’s questions about “collusion” between the Trump campaign and Putin’s Russia in the 2016 Presidential Campaign.
(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...
His answer to why he fired Comey should be simple, such as, “I thought he was a conceited pompous prick and I didn’t want to work with him”.
My first thought is what did his acute colitis have to do with the article?
He isn’t going to answer them.
He qualified his statement with “Attorney Advice” or something like that...
If so, that is not going to happen.
Trump can use the Hillary defense and say he can’t remember 200 times.
Yes, he said he’s looking forward to it but that he will be working through advice of counsel.
In other words; he’s going to await when we #ReleaseTheMemo, watch the detonation of the Mueller investigation and laugh his ass off.
IMHO, I doubt he will do the obstruction game of you lied when you said your dog ate you homework in 3rd grade. Now Congress should impeach you.
You forgot to mention Comey’s moral preening, which makes me LOL every time I watch the guy on TV.
LOL. Ben Stein always starts out with some kind of anecdote. Ignore that and click through to the meat.
Please take the time to read the complete article. It is short, simple and straight forward, and definitely worth the read.
I was thinking he should insist on the same deal Hillary got: not being placed under oath, no notes or recordings taken of the interview, and able to have others present (who were prior witnesses that have already been interviewed—just to be sure their stories matched).
Trump said he would answer his questions because he knows the investigation is going to be over very shortly.
Does he have to answer with his own voice? Or can he have a recording of Hillary? After every question push a button and play Hillary saying “I don’t recall”.
I’d guess even Mueller would figure it out after a few hours and end the interview.
If Muller doesn’t accept that, Trump can use his own voice to say “I can’t remember with enough detail and certainty to avoid whatever perjury tap you are setting, so my lawyers advised me not to answer”. Then push the Hillary button.
Or maybe reply “the FBI has that private conversation recorded. Can you play it for me to refresh my memory? A lot has gone on in the last year an my memory is fuzzy about that meeting and I wouldn’t want to mislead you.”
Don’t ever talk to the FBI, not even to say “Good Morning.” If the FBI Agent doesn’t think it’s a good morning, you can be charged with lying to the FBI
The author, Ben Stein, adds personal anecdotes to almost everything he writes.
By the way, I noticed you have been a Free Republic member since December 1997.
Happy 20th Anniversary!
Is it true that Jim Robinson sends a gold watch to everyone who gets to 25 years?
Ben Stein.
Haven’t heard anything from him in a long long time.
I used to respect the hell out of him. A truly great thinker and politico since the Nixon days.
Then he turned NeverTrumper and supported Hillary.
The way prosecutors work is they start with the lowest tier of witnesses, turn who they can, and work their way up. The fact they are now ready to talk to Trump means the trap has already been set. They have a slew of witness statements and grand jury testimony, all of which is secret. If Trump deviates from some testimony he has not even seen they will claim it's a "lie" and prosecute.
Don't do this, Mr. President.
I hope we’ve all learned that President Trump says one thing and often, if not always, does another. I have no doubt - he of the litigious nature with years of legal dealings - will not “testify”.
I’d rather he just say: “My reasons are privileged Executive branch communications covered under the “deliberative process” exemption. If you don’t like that answer, pursue the matter in court.”
Good advice, but I don’t think President Trump will follow it. He believes he is the ultimate deal maker and can talk his way through anything. There are times when such a person should critically evaluate their own strengths and weaknesses and now is one of those times.
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