Posted on 04/11/2018 6:55:16 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The FBI raid on the office and hotel room of President Donald Trump's personal lawyer provoked visceral rage from the president and a burst of misstatements. Here's a look at his remarks:
TRUMP: "So I just heard that they broke into the office of one of my personal attorneys, a good man, and it's a disgraceful situation." — Comments at a meeting with military advisers Monday.
THE FACTS: It was not a break-in. The FBI executed a search warrant obtained from a judge in conducting the raid and seizing records on a variety of matters, among them a $130,000 payment made to porn actress Stormy Daniels by Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen. The application for the warrant was approved high in the Justice Department.
TRUMP: "They found no collusion whatsoever with Russia." — referring to the Mueller investigation.
THE FACTS: There has been no such finding. It's true that evidence of collusion has not emerged to date in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election and the Trump campaign's relationship with Russian figures. But the investigation continues and Mueller does not disclose what his probe has found except when filing charges. Although Trump focused his fury on the Mueller probe, Monday's raid was overseen by the U.S. Attorney's office in Manhattan, not the special counsel. Cohen's lawyer, Stephen Ryan, said the raid was based in part on a referral from Mueller, however.
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TRUMP: "Again, they found nothing. And in finding nothing, that's a big statement." — Referring to the Mueller investigation.
THE FACTS: They found something.
So far, four Trump associates have been charged in Mueller's investigation, of whom three have pleaded guilty to lying to the authorities. Among them are Michael Flynn, former White House national security adviser, and Rick Gates
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
“Like an old man trying to send back soup at the deli.”
“THE FACTS: There has been no such finding. It’s true that evidence of collusion has not emerged to date in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election and the Trump campaign’s relationship with Russian figures. But the investigation continues and Mueller does not disclose what his probe has found except when filing charges. Although Trump focused his fury on the Mueller probe, Monday’s raid was overseen by the U.S. Attorney’s office in Manhattan, not the special counsel. Cohen’s lawyer, Stephen Ryan, said the raid was based in part on a referral from Mueller, however.”
They’re full of crap. Not one filed charge has had anything to do with the Russia or Russian collusion.
“AP” and “FACT CHECK” are contradictory terms.
Needs a barf alert
“AP Fact Check” is a contradiction.
Who facts checks the fact checkers? Considering they have yet to get the most basic facts of this whole matter correct, one has no reason to trust the failed media got this right.
Legalese: "executing a warrant"
Plain English: "break in"
BREAKING: OBAMA HOLDOVER ACCUSED OF CORRUPTION APPROVED TRUMP LAWYER RAID
RE: Not one filed charge has had anything to do with the Russia or Russian collusion.
And the charges find against Manafort were all based on what he did YEARS BEFORE Trump even became a candidate.
" Year One should have seen a crackdown on the corruption of the Obama era. It's still not too late.
"The bottom line is that the Trump administration will either aggressively push back by declassifying, exposing and prosecuting misconduct from the Obama years. Or it will be targeted by increasingly aggressive measures orchestrated by the very people it should have been going after."
THE FACTS: “They found no collusion whatsoever with Russia.” = “Evidence of collusion has not emerged to date.” These terms are identical.
I don’t recall the MSM ever fact checking their Messiah, Commander Zer0.
When you knock on the door and hand the subject the signed document, that is executing a search warrant.
When you no-knock break down the door at 3 AM, that is breaking in.
The entirety of the American press needs to be stood against a wall and shot.
Who do I believe, the press or Trump? Trump.
RE: “Evidence of collusion has not emerged to date.”
It’s been close to a year and tens of millions of dollars. Where’s the report to the public?
In other words, it’s a witch hunt.
RE: When you no-knock break down the door at 3 AM, that is breaking in.
I know they broke into Manafort’s home. Did they do the same to Cohen?
AP has been taken over by DUers.
Maybe the collective news-media shouldn't have chosen to use the word raid? Consider the difference:
The FBI raided Cohen's office.This is the first suggestion I've seen that this was not a Waco style serving of a search warrant.The FBI searched Cohen's office.
ML/NJ
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