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FizzBit
Ya know, you've made some very sound arguments/opinions on here, but I think you're letting your emotions cloud your logic on this one. You seem to be reacting more and more to the what MSM is propogating, rather than looking at both sides.
bass4funk
Not really, most of us are working and can't give an answer, but now that my day is over....
I am so utterly amazed at the superior insight that liberals seem to have into something they have never really seen. But if you make that kind of accusation, then that would mean Trump really has nothing to worry about at all, because this whole farce is a joke, talk to Mueller and be on your way. The dems don't have anything on Trump and the Repubs don't have anything on the Dems. Now I can relax with my Nestle quick.
When a liberal makes statements like that, it means, they are starting to get nervous. MSM? One cable news channel that leans a bit more conservative? Funny.
My old man was like that and he even has light headed as he was at times, he had 3000 employees and managed them with the greatest of ease. Trump is ok, he got a clean bill of health from Obama's old doctor, so it's all good.
Tommy Jones
Yikes. A lot of conservatives being slapped around with a lot of facts and logic today.
Pointing out that the author of the nothing burger memo is a republican lapdog of Trump's, which means he cannot be credible according to the logic that Mueller's team is full of democrats and so are not credible. Eat the cake or have it.
The "missing" texts have been found and will turn out to be another super sized nothing burger.
Only no information conservatives believe this administrations narrative as espoused by the MSM that is fox.
bass4funk
Now Starbucks is giving bonuses. Wow, if this keeps up second term is guaranteed. Who’s next? Toys “R” Us?
Wolfpack
Don’t get ahead of yourself, the next presidential election is still three years out.
SuperLib
interviewed by an agent that hates Democrats and a decision would already have been made to exonerate him two months ago.
Well they would also have to reopen the investigation days before the next election. Then you would listen to liberals complaining that the FBI was trying to help Trump. Oh, wait...
Wolfpack
As long as Trump gets the same deal Hillary got before her interview with the FBI I don’t see why not. But that would of course mean that he be interviewed by an agent that hates Democrats and a decision would already have been made to exonerate him two months ago.
SuperLib
Yep. Its part of the, "Trump did something bad today so let's pick an irrelevant person not connected to the story and say they did something bad" response.
Works 100% of the time for those who wilt and run away from any credible defense of Trump.
Jimizo
One liar isn’t another liar so no problem.
Watertight logic.
ClippetyClop
I can understand why you said this, and I think you know it could be devastating to your team captain. But Mueller has quite a wide scope. Must be annoying ne.
smithinjapan
Yeah, behind closed doors, and after signing some kind of non-binding agreement... and even then he still won't. You watch, he'll come up with an excuse when the time comes, and just say, "I'm president! and I don't have to!", then blame it on the Dems again.
SuperLib
Oh, the Nunes memo? I see.
While the right wingers are telling us a few texts insulting Trump is evidence of bias and corruption at the FBI, Nunes, a member of Trump's transition team, was the head of the House committee investigating Trump. He had to "recuse" himself after he was caught Ubering over to the White House, collecting information from Trump's team, then calling a press conference to present it, all without telling the committee he is leading. Into the Trump investigation. Which he heads.
I use quotes for "recuse" because although he has stepped away from the investigation, he still kept his power to veto any Democrat request for witnesses, effectively blocking them from calling anyone they want to talk to.
Now it appears Nunes saw some information and decided to write his own memo. Then he circulated it around and talked about it with the right wing press. And guess what? That's suddenly the next "new explosive bombshell that, if uncovered, will blow the lid off of everything." Just like the last dozen or so situations like that which never seem to pan out.
So he hasn't released the memo....I guess all we can do is speculate as to what's in it. Which is the goal, right? And, again, remember....a few texts about Trump is evidence of bias at the FBI, but this guy Nunes, literally working on behalf of Trump while investigating him, is A-OK.
Watch the Hannity video to show how this mindset is possible.
Have you seen one of Trump's depositions? "Oh, yeah, beautiful project, I did everything from start to finish, one of my best, controlling everything. Oh, that lease? Yeah, I don't know much about that lease...I think others said something to me about it...I probably saw it at the time, but I don't recall. Read this page? Uhhh....do I have to? It's really long. Do I really have to read it? I suppose I could, but, no, I just don't remember anything else about that."
Blacklabel
A 47 page dossier of salacious nonsense by a Democrat paid ex-spy based on paid Russians input: every word totally true.
Wolffs book: every word true, except the undetermined parts that can be proven false aren’t.
A 4 page memo by a current US Congressman based on documents he saw from the intelligence agencies: totally false.
5 months of missing texts from biased FBI agents: totally cool they were just paying around.
bass4funk
He’s not Hillary, so he should be good to go.
Hmmm....I think the left are distorted.
Blacklabel
Haha what memo. Close your eyes really tight and all the corruption on your side might all just disappear. Or not.
CrazyJoe
Dollars to doughnuts this is a man so devoid of ethics that under oath he would lie blithely and with relish. Might not even believe he was actually lying, his distortion field is so skewed.
bass4funk
It's amazing how the left knows what will and what won’t be discussed. But I keep forgetting, liberals know everything, my bad.
So with that in mind in knowing that this Fars is a total witchhunt and the top is Shaun of the FBI are trying to get him out of office, I’m pretty sure he knows what’s at stake as does his legal council. Smarter than even the smartest minds on JT.
The way the upper echelon is trying to get another office, is the same way his legal counsel will try to make a win. Let’s see who comes out unscathed.
Worked for the Clinton’s
I did and unearthing his financial records and running astray wasn’t one of them. Both Napolitano and Turley have said this. Between them, they have over 70 years of law experience and knowledge, so I’ll trust them, but thanks.
I keep forgetting, you know more then the entire intelligence committee and the presidents lawyers and the FBI itself. You are indeed the go to guy for reference and counsel, a man of deep insight. ROFL
SuperLib
What memo?
takeda.shingen.1991@gmail.com
It'd be great if I was had a billion dollars. Aint gonna happen.
I've seen rhe memo. Ur gonna be disappointed. Its actually not what repubs say it is. Believe me.
Texas A&M Aggie
It'd be great if President Trump held the meeting with Mueller in the Oval Office, had the leaked memo in his possession and invited C-Span to televise it from start to finish in prime time. . . .
bass4funk
Senile? Lol Schumer is the Senile one, the man left the dreamers in the dust and time is running out for them, hope their alien cards are updated and their tickets ready and they brushed up on their Spanish.
You never know, if so, he’ll issue a pardon.
From the way the GOP that have seen it reacted, I think so. Oh, and if it weren’t a big deal like the left try to make it out to be...lol...Shiff wouldn’t go on TV and say something so moronic that, it’s not good for the public to view as if this loon has the right to tell people what they can stomach or what they can’t.
It’s coming, so be patient and be careful what you wish for.
SuperLib
I watched Sean Hannity last night. If you guys want a peek into the mind of some posters here, watch the first few minutes.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yHJmIcgTAjg
It's endless conspiracies involving dozens if not hundreds of people. Every single group, agency, and person is somehow compromised, working for the deep state, twisted by the biased MSM, owned by the Clinton cabal, etc.
And if Trump walks, suddenly all this talk will just evaporate into thin air without any further investigation needed. Purge the FBI? Oh, yeah, we said something about that, but in other news...
bass4funk
No complaints here.
I think liberals need to relax and release. ROFL
When the mods let us talk about Bush extensively, sure.
Mueller was appointed to find out if there was any collusion between him and the Russians and not drifting into his finances, but you know what and to be honest, if the findings come out that he borrowed money from the Deutsche Bank and they are aligned with the Russians to help him finance a building, then he should be ok and this will blow over and people will forget it like the movie “Ishtar”
SuperLib
If he answers questions he will do what he's done in the past, which is turn into a senile old man who just can't recall anything.
I've said from the beginning Trump will probably walk. His sons....they are a different story.
Strangerland
Trump being interviewed by the FBI is a little scary in that it could trigger a civil war. Even if he gets caught out by saying something that totally incriminates himself, he’ll just claim it’s fake news and never admit it. His followers are fanatics that have essentially deified him and turned him into something to have faith in, rather than looking at him objectively, and they’ll follow him no matter what.
takeda.shingen.1991@gmail.com
Totally man. That's totally why he didn't release his taxes and totally why he said Mueller looking at his financials would be crossing a line. Totally above water, man ;)
Too cute. So, let me get this straight, this is finally the one, the big memo that busts the DNC and the FBI, yet GOP led congress still won't release the memo? hahahaha Hilarious. This memo release ends in GOP tears. Watch.
Jimizo
CNN and msnbc are silly outlets with partisans making shrill complaints. Waste of time.
Trump is the president of the United States and can be triggered into fury - tweeting about a fictional sex tape in a late night cat fight. He has the nuclear codes.
Great! You know I love history. I’m still dying to read the non-partisan books written by non-partisan historians claiming the Bush years were a success. Can you post their names?
bass4funk
Competent, perhaps. Honest, that’s debatable.
If, thank God, his lawyers will be present every step of the way.
Which is the most realistic possibility.
Again, he has his lawyer dream team, so he should be fine.
When the memos will be finally released, you bet it’s going to be good....NO...great!
bass4funk
That Isa possible option
I'm not sure, didn’t go so well for the las FBI witch hunt.
Well, we shall see how this shakes up, once the 4 memos are released, let’s see how deep and dirty this investigation really and and who the players are. Then we can see how insane the Dems and the top officials of the FBI and DOJ are.
If you worry about honesty, tell CNN and msnbc that. But Jim, I’ll always be honest with you, so that should give you some comfort.
Doubt it, But he definitely ain’t got the lyin down like Hillary, she’s got that down cold!
Oh, please, anything will make news, even Rosie is still making news. LOL
And this will blow over, and we can all get back down to business and the Dems will
try to conjure up something else. The porn star thing was funny though, I laughed a good 5 min.
Kaerimashita
I wonder how seriously Trump takes "under oath"?
FizzBit
Seems that way. Or maybe someone showed him a picture of JFK.
But I'm patient. I just hope it brings both parties down. Trump will survive it.
Madverts
Hehe I'm betting there's a queue to use the toilets in the Whitehouse right now.
CrazyJoe
A couple weeks from now it will be, "I wanted to do it but my lawyers and advisers tell me that Mueller is part of a Deep State liberal conspiracy, which is why I am firing Mueller."
Jimizo
I don’t think Trump is particularly slippery. He will lie, look you in the face, and then deny telling the lie in the first place. He’s certainly not the ‘greased piglet’ Tony Blair. The fictional sex tape example I gave was a beauty.
He’ll have to be a bit more greasy than that. I can imagine him denying what he said 10 minutes earlier in the the interview and then accusing Mueller of engaging in fake news.
Matt Hartwell
Trump does not possess eloquence or a cool head or exacting word choice or a knowledge of what to say (without his lawyers present) but that other quality, of slipperiness, might be enough to get him through lol.
Laguna
Hee hee hee. That guy tells some doozies, and Fox is a great platform for him. He got it from that cryptic text exchange between those two forlorn FBI agents. Did he know what they meant?
Darn, Fizz - you got all excited for nothing!
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ron-johnson-walks-back-fbi-secret-society-claim
takeda.shingen.1991@gmail.com
I don't believe anything the lying MSM says.
FizzBit
Now this is getting interesting. Too bad AFP left it out of the article.....gee...I wonder why?
This is treason.
Release the memo!
Jimizo
No. The woman in question was called Alicia. This is the appalling trash Trump posted - it goes without saying it was a lie:
I just think the kind of person who posts rancid, petulant nonsense like this has a problem with his temper as well as honesty ( he denied this steaming crap on live TV ) and decency.
The trash could reach critical mass under pressure. The explosion could be quite a sight.
Goodlucktoyou
What is all this about Russia I think they should be checking about the Israeli connection
Laguna
EVPO (great moniker!), this is how it comes down.
Trump could accept Mueller's "invitation" - and he should because
if he refuses the "invitation," Mueller will subpoena him, in which case
he could evoke "executive privilege" and ignore the subpoena
which he might get away with, but it would certainly lead to a titanic legal battle likely ending up in the Supreme Court (we're talking legal precedent) and
this would eat up all of his time (including "executive time," bury his legislative agenda, and turn his allies both in Congress and among the public against him.So, yes, being "glad to" shows that he retains at least marginal sanity (or at least a good team of lawyers).
Tokyo-Engr
With all of the crap floating around lately it is hard to trust either side. The latest allegations against the FBI are pretty damning. As I have always thought...criminals on both sides...
viking68
Then why isn't he testifying before the grand jury? Why the need for attorneys?
Why not testify on live TV? It would be great ratings. Better than OJ.
You are just full of false bravado.
There is always something to fear when talking to prosecutors.
viking68
The lickspittle Nunes isn't sharing it with anyone because not sharing is the purpose.
That is exactly what they are meant to do for you, wonder, develop theories, and distract. Looks like the sheep are taking the bait. When did the GoP become so unable to think?
bass4funk
Hey, if he talks to Mueller of course he’ll keep his cool and don’t worry, his lawyers will all be present, so nothing to fear.
Rosie???
Better than most Democrats.
viking68
Not the advice an attorney would give.
Best advice is don't talk, simple. It doesn't matter if you have nothing to hide or not.
Everything said will be used against you, and everything said in your defense will not count.
Notice how he is avoiding the grand jury where he can't assert the fifth or have his attorneys with him.
This is another hollow Trump boast and lie. Notice the qualification, "subject to my lawyers and all that."
Trump lawyers will only let him testify to pre-agreed upon questions with responses that can be written by his attorneys, and they will not allow his responses to be subject to cross examination. He is too dumb for his attorneys to allow him to testify in front of Mueller and his team. Those prosecutors are the best in America, and they will not sit idly and accept his lies and hyperbole, like his supporters.
There has been a lot of legal wrangling behind the scenes, which will come out over the next two or three weeks. Trump and his cabal have been trying to limit testimony by others by claiming often vague and inapplicable privileges (executive, attorney client, etc), and there is no reason to expect Trump himself to be the only one willing to openly testify now.
These are just more Trump lies from a habitual liar.
Jimizo
No problems with holding his temper? No problems with a thin skin? No problems with being triggered?
Early morning cat fights on Twitter with a beauty queen asking his followers to check out a fictional sex tape?
Clearly not the coolest head around. He can’t just shoot from the backside here.
bass4funk
His lawyer mustve been a Holder prodigy.
Naw, the President should be cool as a cucumber.
mukashiyokatta
You can guess what will happen to the man who professes to have a great memory ...
Jimizo
This could be interesting. I remember seeing Tony Blair grilled over the Iraq War and he showed his absolute mastery of the lawyer’s dark arts - eloquence, slipperiness, a cool head, exacting word choice and a knowledge of what not to say.
Trump under pressure could be a real circus. This is a man who throws his potty around the room at the drop of a hat.
Civitas Sine Suffragio
Probe him good and hard, make him sorry he ever ran for prez.
bass4funk
Go Sessions! Lol
We shall see, once the memos are released, looks like everyone is trying to hide, burn, shove things under the rub. Strzok and Page must’ve have an amazing sex parade. 5 months of pages missing? The dog? Dropped milk over it.
Pictures are fun, you don’t like comics?
Probably
Won’t happen.
Laguna
Frankly, it matters zero whether he "would love to" or not. That's the magic of subpoenas.
Gotta be huge panic amongst Trump's lawyers now. They've gotta:
sift through the mutually exclusive (and, where consistent, usually demonstrably false) statements;
coach this man of infamous short attention span on likely questions and their answers (hint: picture books!);
surmise what Mueller already knows from previous interviews to get their replies straight;
hope to God (probably pointlessly) that Trump sticks to the script.Can you say "perjury"?
bass4funk
I agree.
maybeperhapsyes
Whether he has something to hide or not, you have to admire him. No other previous POTUS would have considered doing this for a second.
bass4funk
Why not, when you have nothing to hide, go for it, he should.
mmwkdw
Maybe he misheard "oath", and thought "Ruth" ? ;-)
serendipitous1
Wish they could love stream it! Trump's lawyers will need spare pairs of underwear knowing the Loser-In-Chief will probably incriminate himself.......again!
sf2k
They could interview him this minute. It's not like he does anything
ClippetyClop
Better get your lies straight this time Donchan, make sure they are nice and vague