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  • As President, Trump Demanded Investigations of Foes. He Often Got Them.

    09/21/2024 9:19:31 AM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 32 replies
    The New York Times ^ | Sept. 21, 2024 | Michael S. Schmidt
    It was the spring of 2018 and President Donald J. Trump, faced with an accelerating inquiry into his campaign’s ties to Russia, was furious that the Justice Department was reluctant to strike back at those he saw as his enemies.In an Oval Office meeting, Mr. Trump told startled aides that if Attorney General Jeff Sessions would not order the department to go after Hillary Clinton and James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, Mr. Trump would prosecute them himself.Recognizing the extraordinary dangers of a president seeking not just to weaponize the criminal justice system for political ends but trying as...
  • Trump Wanted to Order Justice Dept. to Prosecute Comey and Clinton

    11/21/2018 1:03:47 AM PST · by bryan999 · 40 replies
    WASHINGTON — President Trump told the White House counsel in the spring that he wanted to order the Justice Department to prosecute two of his political adversaries: his 2016 challenger, Hillary Clinton, and the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey, according to two people familiar with the conversation. The lawyer, Donald F. McGahn II, rebuffed the president, saying that he had no authority to order a prosecution. Mr. McGahn said that while he could request an investigation, that too could prompt accusations of abuse of power. To underscore his point, Mr. McGahn had White House lawyers write a memo for...
  • Donald Trump Clears the Air With Republican Leaders (good intel)

    04/02/2016 7:12:43 AM PDT · by RoosterRedux · 66 replies
    NYTimes.com ^ | Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Martin
    Outwardly, Donald J. Trump called it a “unity meeting” — a closed-door session in Washington on Thursday involving his own inner circle and the Republican National Committee’s high command. Inside, however, it was more of a clearing of the air, according to three people briefed in detail on the discussion. And the candid remarks included some by Mr. Trump directed at his own team. There was plenty of tension to defuse: For months, Mr. Trump has denounced the party’s major donors, and only this week he went back on a written pledge to support whoever becomes the Republican presidential nominee...