Thursday, May 31, 2018

Can you keep a straight face?

So if the rumors are to be believed, it would seem that Robert Mueller has considered the possibility that Donald Trump could be guilty of obstruction for among other things, firing James Comey.

However, as everyone should know by now, the President had his Deputy Attorney General provide for him an evaluation of James Comey for his review, and then used that evaluation as his primary justification for firing the FBI Director.

As far as the evaluation is concerned, it has been also rumored that President Trump asked his Deputy A.G. to make reference to Comey's lack of public acknowledgement that he (Trump) was not under investigation. This was something that the Deputy A.G. decided against doing.

Now it would seem that the Deputy A.G. would be one of the first people questioned in regards to the Comey firing. After all it would seem that this person would have been one of the last people to correspond with the President regarding the decision that was made, and quite certainly this person would be someone with a particularly important insight to the President's thinking.

So how does a Special Prosecutor such as Mueller justify the idea that he can somehow determine what the President's motivations was, and how important this particular evaluation was to the decision, without actually interviewing the person who wrote the evaluation?

But isn't that the quandary here? Mueller would be derelict in his duty to attempt to make that evaluation without the input of the Deputy A.G.  But yet, he cannot ask this person to provide any testimony or be a witness, because this person is supervising his probe.

Under every conceivable normal, by the books, situation in law enforcement, someone who is not only a possible witness, but someone who is potentially a key witness can not be personally involved in any part of the case. They would most certainly recuse themselves immediately under these circumstances.

But of course if Rosenstein would have recused himself, or if were to recuse himself before the end of the probe, that would put someone else in charge, and likely blow much of the cover that Rosenstein has provided for the expansion of the probe's scope. A new supervisor of the probe might actually put a halt to some of these other "secret expansions" and require Mueller to get back to the original scope of the investigation. A new supervisor would ultimately be responsible for determining how much (if any) of the Special Counsel findings are made public.

Can anyone tell me, with a straight face, that Rosenstein and Mueller are skirting this conflict of interest because it's the most professional and by the books manner of going about these things?

26 comments:

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

You are following orders.


Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
12h12 hours ago

Not that it matters but I never fired James Comey because of Russia! The Corrupt Mainstream Media loves to keep pushing that narrative, but they know it is not true!
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Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
12h12 hours ago

The corrupt Mainstream Media is working overtime not to mention the infiltration of people, Spies (Informants), into my campaign! Surveillance much?

C.H. Truth said...

Thanks Rog...

In other words I am 100% correct and you have no actual rebuttal!

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

Can anyone tell me, with a straight face, that Rosenstein and Mueller are investigation of the possible Russian intervention because that the President has admitted the Russians tried to change the outcome of the election. Or can anyone who can't believe that the President isn't obstructing justice when he claimed today that he didn't fire Comey because of the Russian investigation when he has repeatedly in ht psst admitted his refusal to cease investigating the "witch hunt" is the reason he fired Coney. Are professional and by the books manner of going about these things for legitimate investigations by following the evidence that the President is trying to hide from. Or can you with a straight face deny that his attempt to intimidate Jeff Sessions into reversing his recusal and stop the investigation into the 'witch hunt"??

Someone can, and his name is to remain unmentioned.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

So how does a Special Prosecutor such as Mueller justify the idea that he can somehow determine what the President's motivations was, and how important this particular evaluation was to the decision, without actually interviewing the person who wrote the evaluation?


The President has not been interviewed yet. When he refuses to the interview because it's a perjury trap. We can be assured that the King of Assumptions will stand behind the President because the entire investigation is a partisan Witch Hunt.

Is there anyone who can have a straight face when the President replaces the entire investigation team with self chosen investigators? We all know who will support such a decision.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

According to the "Fake News" Trump tried to intimidate the DOJ and Sessions to follow his orders.

Twofake sources familiar with the conversations told me the president never, to their knowledge, ordered Sessions to cancel his recusal from the Russia investigation. Instead, he asked Sessions whether he’d “thought about” un-recusing himself.

Twofake sources familiar with the conversations told me that Trump told Sessions he’d be a “hero” to conservatives if he did the “right thing” and took back control over the Russia investigation, according to two sources with knowledge of their conversations.

if the final report shows that the investigation that you won't believe with a straight face, that the President tried to obstruct justice because he knew that he was involved or had knowledge of intervention to his credit.

trump also told Sessions he’d be a hero if he investigated Hillary Clinton, according to one of the sources.

Anonymous said...

My views on Trump are very consistent. I just think that he's more dangerous to the country than CH." Old broken Roger

Calling CHT a danger to our very Republic.

:Trump has stolen your mind." Old broken Rog
Now CHT is a shill and mindless.

Oh wait there's more:

"You are following orders." Broke down Rog.

Anonymous said...

Dems 2018 can not run on this Economy after voting 100 % of the time Against it.
"
One-third of small businesses are raising wages in the tight economy, setting a record level of pay increases, says a new report by the National Federation of Independent Business.
“A seasonally adjusted net 35 percent of small business owners reported increases in labor compensation as owners try to attract needed employees and retain those already on board,” said a press statement from the business group."
"This month’s jobs report demonstrates that small business owners’ optimism is showing no signs of abating,” said a statement from Juanita Duggan, president and CEO of the NFIB. She continued:

They are increasing compensation at record levels and are continuing to hire. Post tax-reform, concerns about taxes and regulations are taking a backseat to their worries over filling open positions and finding qualified candidates.

The report adds to growing evidence that smaller businesses outside the Fortune 500 are being pressured to raise wages for hourly workers and blue-collar workers by President Donald Trump’s high-pressure, low-immigration economic policy. Those wage rises are likely to boost the GOP’s score in the November elections

C.H. Truth said...

In terms of real estate deals... Trump lives rent free in ol Rog's head!

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

You're not capable of a response to my demolition of your unbelievable assumptions and opinions.

Trump has turned you brain into jello. He molds your every thought.

C.H. Truth said...

I can always tell how effective a post is, based on how off the deep end ol Rog goes! This one was pretty good! Right off with a random insult than directly into the good ol "cut and paste" barrage.

Ol Rog has absolutely "zero" self control. He simply can't help himself.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

Go Golden State Warriors!

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

The insults were minor but the truth about how the legitimate investigations went right up your big nose and over the top.

C.H. Truth said...

Can anyone tell me, with a straight face, that Rosenstein and Mueller are investigation of the possible Russian intervention because that the President has admitted the Russians tried to change the outcome of the election.

Nope... Pretty hard to do with a straight face, considering the only Russians they charged, came to court and Mueller wasn't ready.

But he's got a full team going after Paul Manafort, who had nothing to do with Russia!

So CAN YOU ol Rog... actually tell us with a straight face that Mueller is investigating "Russian interference" right now?

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

Can you keep a straight face and believe this?



RUSH LIMBAUGH “If the FBI was so concerned, and if they weren’t targeting Trump, they should have told Trump. If they were really concerned about the Russians infiltrating a campaign (hoax), then why not try to stop it? Why not tell Trump? Because they were pushing this scam.”
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Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

The FBI told Donald Trump in 2016 that the Russians were going to try and influence the election.

But these claims ignore the fact that Trump was personally warned in August 2016 by senior US intelligence officials that foreign adversaries -- including Russia -- would likely attempt to infiltrate his team or gather intelligence about his campaign, according to sources familiar with the matter.

The security briefing included information about potential interference by foreign actors, including Russia, according to sources familiar with a memo that detailed the August 2016 briefing. In October 2017, senior Justice Department officials gave lawmakers from both parties a readout on the 2016 briefing after Republicans demanded to see documents about the Russia investigation and related matters.

A warning of this nature would likely also mention potential activities by China. Trump has repeatedly said, during the campaign and as President, that multiple countries tried to influence the election.

Trump was also told that the Russian government was trying to meddle in the election and that Russia played a direct role in hacks against the Democratic National Committee, NBC News reported in October 2016. Internal DNC emails were published by WikiLeaks about one month before Trump received the briefing.


James Clapper, the former director of national intelligence whose office prepared the sensitive campaign-season briefings, confirmed that both candidates were informed about Russia's role in the hacks.


Fake news

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/31/politics/trump-2016-russia-warnings/index.html

Anonymous said...

Rog and other Liberals went to bed angry, mad and filled with hate.
How will they awake?

Good morning all.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

Can you keep a straight face as a free trade Republican and stand next to the President on the return to 1929?

Republicans are bitterly protesting the Trump administration’s decision to impose sweeping tariffs on U.S. allies — alarmed that the White House ignored their frenzied lobbying campaign and afraid that the party could suffer at the polls in November.

The GOP’s free-traders were mollified this spring as the Trump administration exempted U.S. allies from steel and aluminum tariffs imposed on other countries like China. But on Thursday, that all changed as President Donald Trump imposed 10 percent tariffs on aluminum imports and 25 percent tariffs on steel imports from the European Union, Canada and Mexico.

The move thrusts the GOP back into an internecine war over free-trade policies that have defined the party for decades, just as Republicans mobilize for a hotly contested midterm campaign.

Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) called it “bad news” and predicted imminent retaliation from the key U.S. allies. Senate Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) said there is "mounting evidence that these tariffs will harm Americans." And Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) warned that similar policies 90 years ago sparked the Great Depression.

“This is dumb. Europe, Canada, and Mexico are not China, and you don’t treat allies the same way you treat opponents,” Sasse said. “‘Make America Great Again’ shouldn’t mean ‘Make America 1929 Again.'"

Republicans are speaking out but only on economic issues instead of the pathological liar in the White House.

Republicans are bitterly protesting the Trump administration’s decision to impose sweeping tariffs on U.S. allies — alarmed that the White House ignored their frenzied lobbying campaign and afraid that the party could suffer at the polls in November.

The GOP’s free-traders were mollified this spring as the Trump administration exempted U.S. allies from steel and aluminum tariffs imposed on other countries like China. But on Thursday, that all changed as President Donald Trump imposed 10 percent tariffs on aluminum imports and 25 percent tariffs on steel imports from the European Union, Canada and Mexico.

The move thrusts the GOP back into an internecine war over free-trade policies that have defined the party for decades, just as Republicans mobilize for a hotly contested midterm campaign.

Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) called it “bad news” and predicted imminent retaliation from the key U.S. allies. Senate Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) said there is "mounting evidence that these tariffs will harm Americans." And Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) warned that similar policies 90 years ago sparked the Great Depression.

“This is dumb. Europe, Canada, and Mexico are not China, and you don’t treat allies the same way you treat opponents,” Sasse said. “‘Make America Great Again’ shouldn’t mean ‘Make America 1929 Again.'"

Anonymous said...

How will they awake?
_________________

Angry, and allowed to do anything they like.

Commonsense said...

Roger Amick said...
You're not capable of a response to my demolition of your unbelievable assumptions and opinions.


Stage four terminal TDS. Need fitting for his tin hat.

C.H. Truth said...

Roger -

So you can (with a straight face) not see the difference between a routine briefing about a threat, and telling them that members of his team were being monitored by a "human resource".

If you are worried about which campaign listened and which one didn't, you might want to remember which campaign got hacked and which one protected itself.

Nobody is complaining that the FBI didn't talk about potential threats, people are complaining that they had an informant/spy (or possibly more) reporting on members of the Trump team without his knowledge.

Rush believes that they should have told him about the "spy" not the "threat".

You cut and paste an ENTIRE ARGUMENT based completely on the fact that you don't understand the difference?

Is it strawman due to idiocy? Or are you "falling" for a strawman argument because "you" are being duped and those who guide you by the nose know you can't tell the difference?

Anonymous said...


Blogger Roger Amick said...

You're not capable of a response to my demolition of your unbelievable assumptions and opinions.



except for one thing alky...

they're not YOURS to begin with, but a series of copy/pastes from your usual hacktastic sources.( i swear you have a crush on maggie haberman. (don't let mail order find out.)

why don't YOU ever type out YOUR OWN "demolition" (LOL) to CH's posts on this blog?

Anonymous said...

Is it strawman due to idiocy? Or are you "falling" for a strawman argument because "you" are being duped and those who guide you by the nose know you can't tell the difference?


your answer regarding the alky...

...in 12 seconds:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X9E9n6GHC8

Anonymous said...

225 k new jobs
3.8% unemployment

By Lost years

Anonymous said...

Roger, jane, wp and Dennis have a fatal liberal mental defect. The truly believe they are Intellectual Superior.

commie said...

he truly believe they are Intellectual Superior.

Nothing to believe....know!!!! Especially with dummies like you leading the charge...Find a job yet? With historic low rates even a jag off like you can find employment but being a lazy disabled leech like yourself, you just sit and post inane thoughts while real people add to the economy....

Anonymous said...

Dennis tail-chasing.