Posted on 05/13/2019 1:56:43 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
President Donald Trump on Monday repeated unsubstantiated claims that efforts by law enforcement to investigate the Trump campaign's possible ties to Russia were part of a "coup."
The president's tweeted reference to a "coup" -- short for "coup d'etat," the French phrase for a government overthrow -- elevates claims from conservative voices including Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton and pro-Trump commentator Dan Bongino.
The president also attacked the FBI as having "no leadership," an insult aimed at FBI Director Chris Wray, whom Trump nominated to replace former FBI Director James Comey. Wray testified before Congress last week that he wouldn't use the word "spying" to describe the bureau's investigative activity.
Trump retweeted a claim that Wray was "trying to protect the same gang."
The president's comments, issued in a late-night Twitter thread followed public push-back on his allegations of spying and a coup from a former senior aide and lawyer for the FBI, James Baker.
Last week, Baker spoke out against the president publicly for one of the first times.
"There was no attempted ‘coup,'" Baker, the FBI's former general counsel, said in an interview at the Brookings Institution on Thursday. “There was no way in hell that I was going to allow some coup or coup attempt to take place on my watch.”
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Oh, all of a sudden ABC is real interested in whether or not statements are “substantiated.”
I don’t know what else you could call it but an attempted coup. The deep state and MSM are enemies of America.
For the love of god, redact and release everything. I can't take it anymore.
Fake News is in trouble and continues to squeal.
Well Fine then, how about:
Seditious Conspiracy to Overthrow the United States Government.
What would anyone expect from the All Bill Clinton network............
coup leaders should be arrested not subject to meaningless blather
“Unsubstantiated”?
BS.
You just choose not to see what is plainly right in front of of your face.
Who is James Baker and why do I give a rats ass what he says?
He didn’t say what word he would use. I guarantee that for the last 50 years the FBI has been very comfortable in calling their covert investigatory techniques as “Spying”. In other words, Wray was “Lying”.
Does ABC insert the word “unsubstantiated” every time the Democrats claim Russian interference?
No, because ABC isn’t objective, they are shills for the Democrats
fine, then go to Amazon and order a copy like everybody else!
“There was no attempted ‘coup,’” Baker, the FBI’s former general counsel, said.....
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A lawyer. For the FBI said this?
Well, it must be true.
/sarc
Note it's not the Israel-hating Jim Baker from the Bush Adminstration.
They are in a panic and are whistling past their gravestones.
I am sure the coup conspirators were always keeping the fbi’s general consul abreast of their nefarious activities.
I heard an interview with Lindsey Graham yesterday. He said that he had spoken to IG Horowitz and that part of what Horowitz is looking at is the close relationship between the dems, FBI, and media. If this is true, this could be a big deal and would explain some of the panic that has gripped the media since the Mueller report and Barr’s announcement that he was going to investigate how the hoax originated.
Different James Baker.
This one is one of the operatives of the Kenyan from Indonesia.
I’m talking about EVERYTHING besides the Mueller report. You can’t get that off of Ebay.
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