Posted on 09/23/2018 10:28:40 AM PDT by maggief
Two sources told The Daily Beast that FBI lawyer Lisa Page was present for Rod Rosenstein's comments on secret recordings and did not believe he was joking or being sarcastic.
A debate with major implications has broken out over whether Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was being sarcastic when, in the spring of 2017, he reportedly talked about covertly recording President Donald Trump.
A former career Justice Department official who was in the room when the topic arose told The Daily Beast he believes the deputy attorney general was being sarcastic. But another person in the room at the time has indicated she took it seriously.
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Rosenstein attended meetings on May 16, 2017, where he reportedly discussed the 25th amendment and taping the president, the Times reported. Page attended one of the meetings and wrote a memo about it, multiple outlets have reported. Page, who left the FBI after being embroiled in a scandal involving sending text messages critical of Trump, did not think Rosenstein’s comments about covertly taping the president were in jest, the two sources told The Daily Beast.
Page’s assessment differs from the assessments of unnamed Justice Department officials cited in reports in The Washington Post and NBC News, as well as the assessment of the meeting attendee who spoke to The Daily Beast. Those outlets reported that people who heard Rosenstein’s comments say he was joking. The New York Times’ initial story also cited an unnamed source, referred to them by the Justice Department and with firsthand knowledge, who said Rosenstein was being sarcastic when he made the remark about recording the president.
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Well no doubt here folks,the woman must always be believed
“WHY would Lisa Page say ANYTHING to ANYBODY while she is under indictment?”
I agree with you, I do not believe she is under indictment. But she IS cooperating.
She is presumably a cooperating witness.
They were also talking about “recruiting” cabinet members. The FBI is not limited to being nice about recruiting, I wonder what records they have about the formats for each cabinet member they intended to use? And VP Pence?
DK
I have doubts that McCabe will either.
I am not familiar with the daily beast. Which way do they lean? Right or left?
Shamelessly far Left, although Editor John Avlon worked for Rudy Giuliani.
Ns
Trump was guilty of just one thing - winning the election. All this other crapola is just the dems and their minions trying to cover up all the bad things they did both before and after Trump took office.
You do know that the FBI bugged his office in Trump Tower while he was still a candidate, right? Let me know if you need more info.
I'm thinking that it's not honor. She's just scared of GOING TO JAIL!
Left ... like 99.9% of the MSM.
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