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Whistleblower attorney defends 'coup' tweet, as Trump calls for impeachment probe shutdown
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Posted on 11/07/2019 9:28:26 AM PST by TigerClaws

Mark Zaid, the attorney for the Ukraine call whistleblower, on Thursday defended a series of tweets from 2017 in which he predicted a "coup" against President Trump and promised to “get rid of him” -- saying in a statement the tweets referred to “a completely lawful process.”

Shortly after the publication of a Fox News article Wednesday highlighting the stream of anti-Trump tweets, Trump himself lambasted Zaid during a rally in Louisiana, calling the attorney “disgraceful.”

After tweeting lightheartedly about the controversy Wednesday night, Zaid sent Fox News a formal statement Thursday in which he said the social media posts were written with the belief that Trump would likely be “stepping over the line” at some point during his presidency.

“Those tweets were reflective and repeated the sentiments of millions of people,” Zaid said. “I was referring to a completely lawful process of what President Trump would likely face as a result of stepping over the line, and that particularly whatever would happen would come about as a result of lawyers. The coup comment referred to those working inside the Administration who were already, just a week into office, standing up to him to enforce recognized rules of law.“

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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To: TigerClaws

Anyone else curious why the whistle-leaker’s two attorneys have Arabs names?


21 posted on 11/07/2019 9:39:18 AM PST by montag813 (Sheri Bruder)
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

Yep. The Deep State is huge. Too many for a handful of honest men
and women. Patriots at some point will have to step up to balance the
field.


22 posted on 11/07/2019 9:39:43 AM PST by tennmountainman (The Liberals Are Baby Killers)
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To: TigerClaws

Comics...comic book Jawbreakers lawsuit


23 posted on 11/07/2019 9:40:19 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

Lock up Hillary, Comey, Brennan, wash rinse, repeat. Brennan should spend the rest of his days behind bars. That’s a start.


24 posted on 11/07/2019 9:40:55 AM PST by precisionshootist
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To: TigerClaws

He’s a big pizza lover.


25 posted on 11/07/2019 9:41:44 AM PST by The Toll
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To: Kahuna

I don’t know about you but I take it personally when some MFer schmuck attorney wants to take away my vote. I fought for our Country to have that right and now starting in 2017 these SOB’s are taking away my and my family’s rights.


26 posted on 11/07/2019 9:42:08 AM PST by Kahuna
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To: TigerClaws
Sounds a lot like he's trying to define what the definition of "coup" is? Where have I heard a narrative like this before?
27 posted on 11/07/2019 9:42:37 AM PST by IllumiNaughtyByNature (Elections have consequences. get over it, we won! ~ Barack Obama)
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To: TigerClaws

I wish that our Founding Fathers had foreseen Soviet-style Star Chamber treachery a representative like Schiff would
impose upon a duly-elected President—and provided some sort of check to balance the scales.

Pencil-neck is protected by immunity, while President Trump is denied all due process rights otherwise established in the Constitution. Schiff continues to run roughshod, trampling over President Trump, who cannot even have legal representation, right to discovery and ability to call witnesses until this coup attempt lands in the Senate.

I wish we deplorables could organize something along the lines of a class-action lawsuit by gathering signatures and taking whatever necessary steps required to present our grievances before the Supreme Court.

President Trump is an innocent victim and his legions of supporters are likewise collaterally damaged throughout this endless nightmare.

Pray!


28 posted on 11/07/2019 9:44:47 AM PST by edie1960
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To: TigerClaws
Sorry Zaid (What kind of a name is that? That ain't no kraut name, is it, Stainsy?) there is no legal means of doing a coup.

A coup d'état (/ˌkuː deɪˈtɑː/ (About this soundlisten); French: [ku deta]), also known by its German name putsch (/pʊtʃ/), or simply as a coup, is the overthrow of an existing government by non-democratic means; typically, it is an illegal, unconstitutional seizure of power by a dictator, the military, or a political faction.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup_d'état

29 posted on 11/07/2019 9:46:29 AM PST by Lockbox
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To: TigerClaws

I wonder if he’s a “furry” and what his “furry” identity would be?

A snake or a weasel or...?


30 posted on 11/07/2019 9:48:29 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: TigerClaws

Path to Trump victory:

1) Trump admin arrests and puts on trial major political figures for corruption and abuse of power

2) Trump focuses efforts on swing state/group issues: Infrastructure (roads), getting rid of Nafta and pushing union support for it. Farm workers and the China deal.

3) Melania gets emotional for Trump on the television circuit time to cry for votes targeting the emotional voter.

4) African American voter and criminal justice reform

5)Hispanic family safety and economic well being.

6) Women issues, safety and security. Crime and War

Enough talk on impeachment, brief consistent comments are enough. Let your team discuss the details. Time to hit issues people are dealing with daily.


31 posted on 11/07/2019 9:51:24 AM PST by MagillaX
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To: Toespi

His other partner in Whistleblower Aid is former State Dept leaker Tye...hence all the diplomatic types Schiff is calling on.


32 posted on 11/07/2019 9:52:06 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: TigerClaws

Ciaramella Cinderella


33 posted on 11/07/2019 9:53:01 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: BrexitBen

Zaid is a poster boy for the bureaucratic nerds who inhabit the Beltway.

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This is the “deep state”.

Most of the time when we discuss the deep state in terms of their bias and political interventionism, we seem to focus on the top part of the intelligence, law enforcement and justice agencies. But really, it’s the legions of desk jockeys, the vast majority of which suffer more from Parkinson’s law than the do from polticial activism, that comprise the deep state. It’s those few though, that think they are justified to use their semi-untouchable and anonymous powers to influence our constitutionally elected representative republic.


34 posted on 11/07/2019 9:54:21 AM PST by z3n
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To: montag813

This Zaid guy sure sounds like an Arab. Likes his girls very young, bouncy, and cute.


35 posted on 11/07/2019 9:56:12 AM PST by miserare ( Indict Hillary!)
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

“At this point, the coup plotters appear to number in the many thousands...there is almost no way to get to everyone involved in it short of an investigation that lasts decades. America doesn’t have decades to sort this out. That’s why wars are sometimes the best means to handle this kind of thing.”

They cannot all be prosecuted but the ones that are prosecuted must have the book thrown at them to deter the rest of the resistance coup plotters.


36 posted on 11/07/2019 9:58:37 AM PST by wildcard_redneck (If the Trump Administration doesn't prosecute the coup plotters he loses the election in 2020)
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To: Pollster1

What I see hers again in this dirt bag’s actions is that Dems fight for every inch. GOP not so much. Contrast this lawyer to Session’s needless recusal based on “advice” from the Democrats in the DOJ ethics office.


37 posted on 11/07/2019 9:58:40 AM PST by lodi90
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To: TigerClaws
So, a coup is a "lawful process"? These people are absolutely shameless, which is why they need to be bi*ch-slapped at a minimum.
38 posted on 11/07/2019 9:59:09 AM PST by Major Matt Mason (Where is the IG report, Mr. Barr?)
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To: chief lee runamok

Ask Epstein.


39 posted on 11/07/2019 9:59:22 AM PST by databoss
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To: TigerClaws

History of the whistle blower’s lawyer with the gov for 10 years ago.

https://www.youtube.com/user/MarkSZaidEsq/featured?fbclid=IwAR19pM5xDIsji9A0fJ9pbddXysf_0UsvL6LYJo8dVLRD4N-C0DCzfq54d30


40 posted on 11/07/2019 9:59:36 AM PST by DOC44
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