Thursday, January 25, 2018

Trump willing to testify under oath
FBI still refuses to turn over subpoenaed information

But liberals believe Trump is guilty (of something)
while the FBI is innocent (of everything). 


121 comments:

Anonymous said...

HB, did you transfer $100.00 to CHT PayPal account to settle up that bet I won over you?

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

The fact is DOJ will not release the highly classified document.

This is an interview with a real Republican. A man that holds beliefs that I thought you shared. I think that the election of Trump has for reasons that I cannot comprehend, has altered your philosophy and thoughtful outlook on politics.

A partial transcript of our conversation.

CNBC's John Harwood: Your dad once said that "a neoconservative was a liberal who had been mugged by reality." What happened to you?

Bill Kristol: I'm a conservative who's been mugged by Trump. But I still think I'm a conservative. I'm trying to uphold what was true about conservatism. I consider myself a Reagan conservative.

Harwood: You don't think your politics have changed?

Kristol: No, not much. I mean, pro-American leadership in the world. Anti-America First. Pro free trade pretty much. Moderate on immigration. Limited government, constitutional government.

In terms of the conservative movement, I do think it would be foolish to deny that Trump has exposed certain aspects of that movement as less healthy than I thought or hoped.

Harwood: What has Trump exposed about conservatism?

Kristol: It's a big movement. So maybe one shouldn't be surprised. But there are parts that I think were suppressed before that have come more to the fore. Some bigotry, some close-mindedness, some intolerance, backward-looking aspects of the movement.

To the credit of the Republican Party and the conservative movement, people have been expelled or marginalized. Pat Buchanan in the '90s. Ron Paul, Rand Paul in the first decade of this century. Bill Buckley famously expelled the Birchers in 1964. It's been a movement that's tried to maintain its boundaries.

But it turned out there were elements there that Trump appealed to. He's an effective demagogue. And then the rationalization of Trump, acceptance of Trump by so many Republicans and some conservatives, including conservatives I worked with and respect, has been disturbing to me.

Harwood: Through your father, who was part of a movement that had a big effect on the nature of the two-party system, you were present at the creation of the Democratic and Republican parties as we knew them to develop during our lifetimes. How would you chart that journey?

Kristol: There are obviously a lot of aspects and elements. But I just think Trump matters a lot. That is, as, if Trump had run in 2015 and lost the way other outside businessmen ran and lost, the way demagogues I would say like Buchanan or Ron Paul ran and lost, and Marco Rubio or Jeb Bush or Scott Walker or any of these people had been the nominee, I think anyone would have said, "You know what? Actually, what's striking is the continuity of the party."

If he won the nomination and then lost, it could have been, "OK, well, that was sort of a weird year. He lost." You just can't underestimate the importance of one person winning the nomination, and then especially winning the presidency, and especially then not accommodating to the norms that one expected a president to accommodate to.

And then having so many people — senators, congressmen, some conservative leaders — deciding, "OK, well, those norms didn't matter as much, and Trump won, so we're just signing on to a populist demagogue."

Anonymous said...

Lol@HB, crippled broke.

UCC said...

James Boswell of Normal, Illinois is a pedophile.

Roger Amick approves.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

Seriously my friend.

We have known each other online for close to 17 years.

I differ with you political views. Intelligent people can look at the world of politics and governing philosophy and hold different views on politics.

I always saw you as a truly unique conservative. You can difficult, and so can I. And I know that underneath you are a good man and father.

But, and this is just like Bill Kristol, I don't understand that why you have completely endorsed Donald J. Trump and his method of governance. Kristol says it better than I can.

And then having so many people — senators, congressmen, some conservative leaders — deciding, "OK, well, those norms didn't matter as much, and Trump won, so we're just signing on to a populist demagogue."

And from my point of view, his dangerous and ignorant view of the Presidency is a threat to the United States and for what it stands.


I bought a bridge in Brooklyn said...

The media is lying to us. The government is lying to us. Only Trump is telling us the truth.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

K'putz go fuck Daisy is crying out loud as she is waiting for a genius to see how much good stuff you will give her.

I'm not crippled nor am I addicted to opioid. On Monday I had a back pain procedure and the difference and improvement is spectacular. I don't take Norco unless I am in pain.

I haven't taken a single dose since.

As to broke? The "dump" will sell for over............. I'm not going to make you crazy.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

The media is lying to us. The government is lying to us. Only Trump is telling us the truth.

I sincerely hope that it's not our esteemed host posted in disguise.

commie said...

FBI still refuses to turn over subpoenaed information


LOL....we have met the enemy and the enemy is US!!! I'd be nunes....has it and will share it like his secret BS POS he wrote and shared with his minions without a shred of proof.....Yep...You R's are showing how little you respect the country by trashing everything but donnie the adulterer......LOL

C.H. Truth said...

The fact is DOJ will not release the highly classified document.

The fact is that members of Congress have security clearance and the legal authority to ask for and receive documents... as well as the legal responsibility of oversight.

Courts have already ruled in favor of Congress on this, Roger. Yet, the DOJ is still stonewalling both the Congressional subpoena and a court order.

Are you now in favor of executive branch officials ignoring the courts? What if the DOJ was hiding something to protect Trump? Would you still consider a Congressional subpoena and court orders to be invalid....

Simply because Jeff Sessions decided on his own, with no legal authority to do so... that the information was too classified?

Anonymous said...

Lol@HB, crippled broke.

Anonymous said...

Your wife is selling her homr, where will you live?

Broken mentally, physically an financially Alky.

When will you pay the debt you owe me?

Don't walker-away.

commie said...

IMHO.....I find it most amusing how the righteous evangelicals give donnie a pass on his screwing around and his complete disregard for women other than fucking them....If it was a D with such a history....ralph reed would be screaming at the top of his lungs how he has besmirched the WH!... Instead....he gives him a nod since politics and judges is more important than the morality of the POTUS....Sad....very sad///

Anonymous said...

Oh oh, so John Fraud Kerry 2020 front Runner told the leader of Palistine , To RESIST President Trump. as her will be gone inside of a year".

commie said...

. Yet, the DOJ is still stonewalling both the Congressional subpoena and a court order.

Stone walling....they are doing you and the country a favor by protecting the nations interests...Why are the russina BOTs so hell bent on seeing the info???? GOD dayum your bias and hatred bred by the idiot in chief is astounding for someone who used to have a brain....!!!!!@

C.H. Truth said...

The country's best interest is for the DOJ/FBI:

- To follow the law.
- To follow court orders.
- Allow for oversight.
- To provide transparency.

commie said...

CH the traitor opines....


e country's best interest is for the DOJ/FBI:

Sure seems it is time for you to leave the country and enjoy the freedoms of lets say Cuba.....If you think that....the worm has eaten your brain and your take over complete....I guess you haven't notice the drumbeat of idiots like nunes and talking heads like Lou Dobbs have gotten louder the closer Meuller gets to trump....They are trying to distract and you got caught, and swallowed the hook....Too funny even for your bias and supreme expertise in classified data and systems....Laughable....

commie said...

Funny how CH complains about transparency and then ignores how trumpy is still going through an IRS audit.....I know the govmt can be slow, but this audit is almost as long as the benghazi inquisition that yielded nothing......LOLOLOLWhere's the tax returns????

Anonymous said...

At the IRS.

Next question.....

Anonymous said...

"Trump in the World That He Insults

The President is headed to Davos. How can someone so “America first” attend an event so globally minded?

Amy Davidson Sorkin January 21, 2018 5:00 AM"

He goes to promote the The US with its' new lower Business tax rate is Open for business, again.

Anonymous said...

Obama had 14 % terrif on all money coming into the US and no news org reported it .

commie said...

Obama had 14 % terrify on all money coming into the US and no news org reported it .

I'm sure no one but you cares....BTW asshole....Obama is not POTUS and all the news is fake!!!!!! He's going to embarrass the US in Davos

Anonymous said...

The drop in terrif from 35% to 21% Law, is fake.

Very queer of you to think that.

C.H. Truth said...

Well Technically Opie...

Nobody is entitled to see Trump's personal tax statements from his time as a private citizen.

Congress is entitled as a matte of constitutional oversight to see documents subpoenaed (and reinforced by a Judge) from the FBI.

So other than you being wrong by law... I would also offer that I don't give a rip about Trump's taxes, Obama's taxes, Bush's taxes, Schumer's taxes, Pelosi's taxes, McConnel's taxes... etc, etc.

But I care if the FBI is breaking the law.

commie said...


The drop in terrif from 35% to 21% Law, is fake.


Wow, that is a spectacular drop!!!! I'm sure someone actually knows what that was about.....and btw....no one gives a fuck other than a moron like you ...pig fucker...

C.H. Truth said...

Moreover, Opie...

The IRS (the governing authority) has Trump's taxes. He isn't hiding them from anyone who should have legal access to them.

The DOJ/FBI are hiding information from the body that has authorization to oversee them. A court agrees with this.

commie said...

Nobody is entitled to see Trump's personal tax statements from his time as a private citizen

Well technically, you brought up transparency not me.....And to pointing out the obvious is about all you got left, CH,.....Laughable....Seems donnie is the only hold out in modern time to avoid providing his returns...You accept that and make excuses to make yourself feel like a big man......there are a lot of people who very much want to see the returns.....you not caring is about as relevant as me wanting to see them....LOLOLOL

C.H. Truth said...

Well Opie...

Big difference between "what you want" and what the law states.

As in "what you want" is completely irrelevant and useless.

commie said...

Big difference between "what you want" and what the law states.

And your point is that trump, unlike all the others, refuses to be transparent like you demand of the FBI....Seems to me your tenuous position is nothing but hypocrisy and your deep state mentality your side is harping on is more transparent as phony than ever... Nice try and again, I'm sure you now feel like a big man...LOLOLOL

commie said...

BTW CH,,,,Nunes claiming the FBI and DOJ hiding shit is about as BS as it can get.....Sorry, your tenet is absolute guano....and you know it... You got nothing but his word and his word is about as good as yours....LOL

Anonymous said...

OBAMA'S FBI & DO assured us the texts were deleted, unrecoverable but wait.

Commonsense said...
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Anonymous said...

Obama's FBI & DO assured us that the texts were deleted, unrecoverable, and it was Samsung that did it. But wait.

US Inspector General reports he has all of them..

Oh oh,

Commonsense said...

Presidential candidates may voluntarily release tax returns. However, they are under no obligation by law to release them.

All candidates have a right to privacy as laid out by the US constitution and specifically the IRS code dealing with taxpayer privacy.

As of late, the news media are treating these voluntary releases a precedent for a "right to know" that doesn't exist.

There is no "right to know" and publishing tax returns without the person's authorization could land a reporter and publisher in the poky.

Of course voters could use the fact of whether a candidate releases financial information or not as criteria to judge him with, just as they can use a candidate's refusal to release medical information (See Clinton, Hillary) as criteria.

Something you don't hear Dennis rant about.

Anonymous said...

Both Clinton keep secret thier medical status.

Something I wish HB and weak febble Dopie would do.

Myballs said...

Trump's tax returns are piled underneath Obama's college records.

wphamilton said...

Have Trump's college records been published?

Anonymous said...

Yes they are with Obama"s.

Commonsense said...

The last candidates to release their college transcripts were George W Bush and John Kerry.

Barack Obama didn't release his, John McCain's was already public record. By Naval Academy standards they were not impressive.

Trump graduated from Wharton and Wharton has a reputation of being a tough-grading school.

I don't think anybody asked about Hillary Clinton's transcripts but she a graduate of Wellesley and Yale law school.

Anonymous said...

FBI AND DOJ lied.

They attempted a public she'll game, texts are gone, unrecoverable, yet.

They have be located by the US Inspector Gemeral.

How fast was that, reaaly.

The best minds @ Fbi could not recover them.

wphamilton said...

Blogger C.H. Truth said...
Nobody is entitled to see Trump's personal tax statements from his time as a private citizen.


Which is true, as far as it goes. Yet Trump is the only President in modern history to refuse to release them, because the position is one of unique public trust.

I wonder, if relying strictly on law such as U.S. Code § 6103 - Confidentiality and disclosure of returns and return information if we might be seeing the 2016 return since the first exception is "no officer or employee of the United States". Or will Trump resist this, as he has steadfastly resisted fulfilling his campaign promises to release his tax returns?

wphamilton said...

So in your group-think, Trump's refusal to release his tax return is equivalent to Obama's refusal to release college transcripts. But if Trump's transcripts are mentioned, the group-think is that it's not important, not a modern thing to do.

Anonymous said...

Wtf happened to you WP?

Hope you get better.

wphamilton said...

If that provoked cognitive dissonance on your part, that was the intention.

I understand that pointing out logical contradictions in people's thought processes can anger them (you), particularly when alleging hypocrisy might be inferred.

C.H. Truth said...

So in your group-think, Trump's refusal to release his tax return is equivalent to Obama's refusal to release college transcripts. But if Trump's transcripts are mentioned, the group-think is that it's not important, not a modern thing to do.

What if none of that really matters? Almost nobody will be able to understand Trump's tax returns, and most of these transcripts would be decades old.

C.H. Truth said...

What it seems to boil down to is simple. Someone accuses Obama of taking advantage of affirmative action to get into Harvard. Now it's his responsibility to disprove the accusation. Some claim he wasn't born in the country? Disprove the accusation. etc, etc...

Perhaps we would all be better served by requiring those who want to make accusation to actually have some evidence of it first... rather than immediately shift the burden of responsibility to the accused and demand that he (or she) disprove the allegations.

Anonymous said...

President Trump is being very well recieved by keystone world Business Leaders.

Anonymous said...

Davos, latest Winning Bigly.

Anonymous said...



Right after they find the secret server...commie. January 25, 2018 at 10:35 AM"

Those texts that the FBI could not find, said they were lost forever, have been found by The US Inspector General.

wphamilton said...

What if none of that really matters? Almost nobody will be able to understand Trump's tax returns, and most of these transcripts would be decades old.

While it's true that they don't matter much in our employment, after all those years, if I was touting my academic record for a position or promotion, I would expect to have to produce them. AND, someone misrepresented it on an application, even from 10 or 20 years ago, and it was discovered, they could expect to get fired over it. Sadly, that happens not infrequently. I think that the President's academic record is pretty important. I'd like to be sure that the President is the real McCoy, and not "just plays one on TV".

You could understand enough of Trump's tax returns for the purpose of public disclosure, and for the more obscure portions there is no doubt that qualified accountants will look it over and let you know what you're missing. "Too hard to understand" is not a valid objection.

commie said...

KD the consummate idiot claimed.....

Obama's FBI & DO assured us that the texts were deleted, unrecoverable,

Seems that is just another lie invent\ted by our pig lover....LOLOLOLOL Too funny!!!

commie said...

KD lies again with

President Trump is being very well received by keystone world Business Leaders.

Only to idiots like you....BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!

commie said...

CH opined....

Almost nobody will be able to understand Trump's tax returns

What the fuck does that have to do with anything other than you making yourself feel superior and a big man with such brilliant logic...Most people don't know how a car transmission works, does that stop them from using them????? How the mighty will say anything to rationalize our idiot in chief's prowess.....

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

The prospect of Trump's testimony under oath will be a precipitating event for either a climactic moment for the investigation or a true constitutional crisis if Trump refuses to agree to terms, and Mueller moves to subpoena Trump to testify before the grand jury.

I have long warned readers that there is a strong chance that Trump will never voluntarily agree to testify under oath, no matter what he says. What Trump said to reporters on Wednesday, that he yearns to testify under oath, was totally meaningless because he also said his testimony is contingent upon the advice he receives from his lawyers.



Trump already knows the private advice his lawyers have offered, so when he adds that qualifier to his stated desire to testify, the odds are high that this testimony does not happen and all hell breaks loose legally and politically if and when Trump formally says no to Mueller.

Behind the scenes throughout official Washington, there is a bracing for the storm that could soon engulf the investigation.



This is the context for the extreme, often irrational and in some cases ludicrous frenzied attacks against the FBI that are coming from a growing number of Republican members of the House and Senate and their hardcore allies in the media.

Most of these attacks against the FBI are so preposterous that they will not be itemized here, except to suggest that these attacks against the FBI are horrendously wrong and create huge political danger for Republicans.

These growing GOP attacks against the FBI are politically self-destructive and legally disastrous, because they suggest to reasonable people that they have no confidence that Trump and other Trump associates will be cleared by investigators.

Finally, America has now entered a very dangerous zone. If Trump ultimately intends to fire Mueller, grant preemptive pardons to those who have not yet been charged or grant pardons to those who have already been charged, those actions will be triggered by the imminent fact that Trump will either soon testify before Mueller under oath or refuse to testify.

This would set off a constitutional crisis and a huge political backlash against Trump and Republicans who defend him by attacking the FBI.

Brent Budowsky was an aide to former Sen. Lloyd Bentsen (D-Texas) and former Rep. Bill Alexander (D-Ark.), who was chief deputy majority whip of the U.S. House of Representatives. He holds an LLM in international financial law from the London School of Economics.

Anonymous said...

Huffpo report on Pres Trump Davos trip so far, they hate Him, he might not give US TAX dollars (145 million) to Palistine Ledarship.
"Oh the humanity"

C.H. Truth said...

WP...

Nobody has ever asked me for my college transcripts in any of my employment situations. Perhaps some verified that I graduated when and from where I said I did, but I would doubt that most actually did.

As for Trump's tax returns... I don't trust that anyone would give us any sort of objective opinion as to what is in them. No doubt they would be hashed over by hacks, and 1001 different claims, allegations, and innuendos would come of it. For those who already hate him, I am sure there would be thousands of amateur tax specialists telling everyone how this or that broke the law or what have you. People like Roger would be cutting and pasting story after story from the Beast, Huffington Post, Salon, and everyone else...

No thank you.

The IRS will tell us if he broke any tax laws.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

CH look at the letter from the DOJ to the chairman of intelligence committee. They are concerned that it may get released. It's very convincing if you open your eyes without partisan glasses

Anonymous said...

Blogger Roger Amick said...

Seriously my friend.

We have known each other online for close to 17 years.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

you wave that around like it's some sort of valuable credential or something, alky.

he BLOCKED your ass, remember?




Commonsense said...

What Trump said to reporters on Wednesday, that he yearns to testify under oath, was totally meaningless because he also said his testimony is contingent upon the advice he receives from his lawyers.

Yes Roger, God forbid that Trump would have the chutzpah to exercise the constitution rights given to an illegal alien.

commie said...

Nobody has ever asked me for my college transcripts in any of my employment situations

You must have worked in 2nd rate companies with no education requirements.....Another so fucking what, CH....must be you are very special...LOLOLOL

The IRS will tell us if he broke any tax laws.

HORSE SHIT!!!!!!!!

C.H. Truth said...

Most of these attacks against the FBI are so preposterous that they will not be itemized here, except to suggest that these attacks against the FBI are horrendously wrong and create huge political danger for Republicans.

Yeah... like criticism that the FBI could actually locate the missing text messages if they wanted to... rather than tell everyone that they were lost forever, a Samsung glitch, nothing they could do about it...

Hey look over there!

Then lo and behold, the Inspector General uses some basic forensic tool and starts to uncover the missing texts.


Why, oh why... would the FBI not be able to recovery their own text messages (as this sort of thing is their job)... but an Inspector General who is doing little more than investigating the FBI for possible bias and corruption locates them just like that?


Simple answer Roger. The FBI didn't want them found.

C.H. Truth said...

You must have worked in 2nd rate companies with no education requirements.

Yeah, like the 2 billion/year revenue Zale Corporation I used to work for, or my current 3 billion/year revenue software company that employees over 15,000 employees world wide?

Anonymous said...

They are concerned that it may get released.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


so's the media. they're already trying to discredit the memo in advance of its release. curious, that. and those missing text messages? our modern day woodward's and bernstein's couldn't give a shit less.

i'm old enough to remember when the media would work their asses off to get their hands on inflammatory documents. like the pentagon papers. or the gap in the nixon tapes.

my, how times have changed. now all the media cares about is being the praetorian guard for democrats.



oh look boys and girls...

here's nbc's lester dolt making a complete asshole of himself by falling for a potemkin ski resort in north korea:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nbc-host-duped-north-korea-reporting-staged-ski-resort-100310902.html

LOL. fucking media assclown.

Anonymous said...

Most of these attacks against the FBI are so preposterous that they will not be itemized here, except to suggest that these attacks against the FBI are horrendously wrong and create huge political danger for Republicans.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


The solution is very simple — we have the DEA take over all federal police functions, just like they did with the Whitey Bulger investigation here in Boston because the FBI was too corrupt to be trusted. Maybe the U.S. Marshals could help out, too. They’re a lot better at finding fugitives than Famous But Incompetent.

Abolishing the FBI may sound like a radical solution, but they have metastasized into a clear and present danger to the Republic.

This latest attempted coup is so much worse than Watergate or any of the earlier scandals that have rocked the Bureau.

This Comey-Strzok-Page gang didn’t need no stinkin’ warrants. Or, if they did bother to get them, they made up the evidence they took to the courts — like the dodgy dossier.

And now we find out the FBI is claiming that 50,000 smoking-gun texts between the two crooked lovebirds, Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, have disappeared due to a “misconfiguration.”

Do you believe this? Me neither. This is, after all, the FBI. They lie like a rug, always have, always will.

Think about Zip Connolly ­— “decorated” FBI agent now doing life in a Florida prison for a gangland hit in Florida. Or H. Paul Rico, another G-man who died in a prison hospital in Oklahoma after being arrested for yet another organized-crime rubout in Oklahoma. And this is just the Boston office, where gangster Stevie Flemmi told the DEA that he and Whitey Bulger were bribing six — six! —agents.

Boston, the same FBI office where the agents knew that a hood named Teddy Deegan was going to be hit, and by whom. Yet they let it happen and then allowed four innocent men to be framed for the murder in order to protect the serial-killing brother of Flemmi, who after all was paying them all off.

As evil as all this stuff is, it pales in comparison to what it now appears was an attempted coup by the top brass of the FBI.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/howie_carr/2018/01/carr_scandal_ridden_fbi_must_be_abolished


shut the fucking thing down. it's gone from a disgrace to fucking dangerous.

commie said...

r revenue Zale Corporation

Wow, you sold gold rings.....2 billion don't mean shit....My last employer market cap is 56 billion with yearly sales of 27+ billion...Zales is sure an impressive boil on NOC's ass.....LOLOLOL A whole 15 k people...WOW!!! I sure can respect that.....NOC verified my transcripts and degrees....I also had a secret clearance...something you claim to be an expert in. You really need help, CH containing your delusions of grandeur......

Anonymous said...

HB, post your college transcripts.

commie said...

rat the hole believes that 50k texts were made by lovebirds...


Dayum....they should have been fired for not working....how stupid can Howie Carr be??????? Let's see....rat the hole buys into it!!!!!

commie said...


HB, post your college transcripts.

Right after you post yours....idiot...

Anonymous said...

Hi Opie, do you know why I asked for HB's College Transcripts?

Anonymous said...

Opie the high today in Anchorage Alaska today was 5 degrees F, you called it "t-shirt weather". Bbbwwwwaaaa

Anonymous said...

It is too funny to ask HB for his "College Transcripts".

Anonymous said...

RRB, LESTER DOLT, Great video of loving him some commies.

commie said...

KD as usual a day late and a dollar short...said...


pie the high today in Anchorage Alaska today was 5 degrees F, you called it "t-shirt weather". B


I don't recall anyone cancelling winter in Alaska, do you????? LOLOLOLOL

And you proved what than other than being an idiot troll by asking Roger for college transcripts.....what a shitty life you have, married to a pig, parents supporting your worthless life is not something to be proud of.....

Anonymous said...

Always wrong Dopie.

Anonymous said...

It is too funny to ask HB for his "College Transcripts".

Want to buy a bridge? said...

The media are lying, the government is lying, the FBI is lying, only Trump is telling the truth.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...


Trump Ordered Mueller Fired, but Backed Off When White House Counsel Threatened to Quit

Jan. 25, 2018
WASHINGTON — President Trump ordered the firing last June of Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel overseeing the Russia investigation, according to four people told of the matter, but ultimately backed down after the White House counsel threatened to resign rather than carry out the directive.

The West Wing confrontation marks the first time Mr. Trump is known to have tried to fire the special counsel. Mr. Mueller learned about the episode in recent months as his investigators interviewed current and former senior White House officials in his inquiry into whether the president obstructed justice.

Amid the first wave of news media reports that Mr. Mueller was examining a possible obstruction case, the president began to argue that Mr. Mueller had three conflicts of interest that disqualified him from overseeing the investigation, two of the people said.

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Donald F. McGahn II, the White House counsel, believed that firing Mr. Mueller would have a catastrophic impact on the presidency and would raise more questions about whether the White House was trying to obstruct the Russia investigation.CreditTom Williams/CQ Roll Call, via Associated Press
First, he claimed that a dispute years ago over fees at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va., had prompted Mr. Mueller, the F.B.I. director at the time, to resign his membership. The president also said Mr. Mueller could not be impartial because he had most recently worked for the law firm that previously represented the president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Finally, the president said, Mr. Mueller had been interviewed to return as the F.B.I. director the day before he was appointed special counsel in May.


After receiving the president’s order to fire Mr. Mueller, the White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II, refused to ask the Justice Department to dismiss the special counsel, saying he would quit instead, the people said. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because they did not want to be identified discussing a continuing investigation.

Mr. McGahn disagreed with the president’s case and told senior White House officials that firing Mr. Mueller would have a catastrophic effect on Mr. Trump’s presidency. Mr. McGahn also told White House officials that Mr. Trump would not follow through on the dismissal on his own. The president then backed off.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

K'putz is obsessed with me.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

Two sources told the Times that last summer the president had been making the case that Mueller had conflicts of interest that should have made him ineligible to lead the probe. Those supposed conflicts included a dispute over Trump National Golf Club fees, his work for a law firm that had represented Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and the fact that Mueller had been interviewed for another stint as FBI director the day before he was named special counsel.

Mr. Trump told reporters in December that he had no plans to fire Mueller.

Investigators have been exploring whether Mr. Trump obstructed justice. The president told reporters Wednesday night that he was "looking forward" to being interviewed by Mueller in the investigation into Russian election meddling and any ties to Trump associates.

"I would do it under it under oath," and "I would love to do that as soon as possible," the president said. He said that he expects an interview to take place in the next two to three weeks, pending his attorney's approval. Still under discussion is whether the interview can be written questions, as opposed to in-person questioning.

Mr. Trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, claiming there was "no collusion" between members of his presidential campaign and Russia.

Last July, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, said there would be serious consequences if Mr. Trump went after Mueller.

"Any effort to go after Mueller could be the beginning of the end of the Trump presidency unless Mueller did something wrong," he told reporters on Capitol Hill at the time.

The New York Times report is sure to be a point of discussion in Davos Friday, and when Mr. Trump returns.

Teresa Dulyea-Parker said...

James Boswell of Normal, Illinois is a pedophile.

Anonymous said...

HB, what was your College GPA ?

Anonymous said...

President Trump Winning Bigly in Davos.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

WASHINGTON — President Trump ordered the firing last June of Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel overseeing the Russia investigation, according to four people told of the matter, but ultimately backed down after the White House counsel threatened to resign rather than carry out the directive.

The West Wing confrontation marks the first time Mr. Trump is known to have tried to fire the special counsel. Mr. Mueller learned about the episode in recent months as his investigators interviewed current and former senior White House officials in his inquiry into whether the president obstructed justice.

After receiving the president’s order to fire Mr. Mueller, the White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II, refused to ask the Justice Department to dismiss the special counsel, saying he would quit instead, the people said. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because they did not want to be identified discussing a continuing investigation.

Several lawyers have said that this is the last nail in the objection of justice.


https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/25/us/politics/trump-mueller-special-counsel-russia.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=a-lede-package-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

Amid the first wave of news media reports that Mr. Mueller was examining a possible obstruction case, the president began to argue that Mr. Mueller had three conflicts of interest that disqualified him from overseeing the investigation, two of the people said.

Teresa Dulyea-Parker said...

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UCC said...

James Boswell of Normal, Illinois is a pedophile.

Anonymous said...

by SEAN MORAN
25 Jan 2018
1,276
Home Depot announced that their workers can receive up to $1,000 bonuses thanks to the recently passed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
Craig Menear, Home Depot’s chief executive, said in a statement released Thursday."

WP,so wrong. We do know in part what Companies do with the Tax Savings,raise wages, reward employees and Investors.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

We have seen many times, that sources inside the White House, have leaked anonymously information critical of the President. People inside the White House have been trying to save the country from The President. The White House counsel does not represent the President. So he can answer questions about the President and his comments or anything else.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

President Trump sought the firing of Robert S. Mueller III last June, shortly after the special counsel took over the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, and he backed off only after White House Counsel Donald F. McGahn threatened to resign over the move.

The extraordinary showdown was confirmed by two people familiar with the episode, which was first reported by the New York Times.

McGahn did not deliver his resignation threat directly to Trump, but was serious about his threat to leave, according to a person familiar with the episode.


The president’s effort came in the weeks after Mueller’s appointment last May to lead the probe into Trump’s campaign and whether it coordinated with Russian attempts to tilt the election. Mueller was tapped for the role by Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein after Trump fired FBI Director James B. Comey, and his probe has quickly expanded to include an exploration of whether Trump has attempted to obstruct the ongoing investigation.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

We have seen many times, that sources inside the White House, have leaked anonymously information critical of the President. People inside the White House have been trying to save the country from The President. The White House counsel does not represent the President. So he can answer questions about the President and his comments or anything else. McGahn is an American hero. Trump's tweet feed will be furious and in denial.

Teresa Dulyea-Parker said...

James Boswell of Normal, Illinois is a pedophile.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

Republicans have embarked on a smear campaign of the FBI that can end only in a dangerous erosion of trust in law enforcement, the subjugation of law enforcement to partisan interests or both. For Republican leaders — House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (Wis.), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (Tex.), Vice Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference Roy Blunt (Mo.) — to remain silent is to be complicit.

These men could, tomorrow, end this nonsense of secret societies, phony memos and missing text messages and let professionals such as special counsel Robert S. Mueller III do their jobs. Instead, they are allowing Fox News personalities, the president and loose cannons such as House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (Calif.) and Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Ron Johnson (Wis.) to turn the United States into a country where law enforcement becomes another pawn in the partisan war.

Teresa Dulyea-Parker said...

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Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

" Fake News, Fake News, typical New York Times Fake News "

Our President.

Shithole objecting justice times three.


Teresa Dulyea-Parker said...

James Boswell of Normal, Illinois is a pedophile.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

I recorded Sean Hannity, the show was about cops chasing a shithole who caused a spectacular collision with several injuries. Fake News is proof of that Fox News is nothing more than a department of the Trump administration.

Teresa Dulyea-Parker said...

James Boswell of Normal, Illinois is a pedophile.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

The obsessed Loretta will spam another reply to my comment with

Teresa Dulyea-ParkerJanuary 26, 2018 at 5:25 AM
James Boswell of Normal, Illinois is a pedophile

She needs to be placed in a nursing home. Sad!

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

I told you so.

Teresa Dulyea-ParkerJanuary 26, 2018 at 5:25 AM
James Boswell of Normal, Illinois is a pedophile

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

Loretta said

Teresa Dulyea-ParkerJanuary 26, 2018 at 5:25 AM
James Boswell of Normal, Illinois is a pedophile

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

Wait for it!

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

Fox News anchor Shepard Smith rebuked Republicans in Congress and some at his own network for hyping the release of a memo reportedly detailing surveillance abuses by the U.S. government, calling the memo a "weapon of mass distraction" on his show Thursday.

In remarks Thursday afternoon, Smith dismissed the memo, compiled by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), saying it lacks real substance.

"Many who've seen the memo say it's misleading, distracting and lacking context," Smith said. "The memo itself is in the conservative discussion mix while the special counsel investigating Russian interference into our democracy is apparently about to interview the president of the United States while seeking to determine whether he's colluded with the Russians or obstructed justice."

"A memo can be a weapon of partisan mass distraction," he added. "Especially at a pivotal moment in American democracy when it behooves the man in charge for supporters to believe the institutions can't be trusted, the investigators are corrupt and the news media are liars. Context matters."

Teresa Dulyea-Parker said...

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Teresa Dulyea-Parker said...

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Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

Loretta, get help. Seriously my friends, you need help with your obsession with James and myself.

Pathetic!

Teresa Dulyea-Parker said...

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Anonymous said...

according to four people told of the matter


LOL. 50,000 text messages suddenly reappear, and like fucking magic there are four anonymous people in the white house spouting bullshit to maggie haberman at the ny times.

good one alky!


Anonymous said...

"Many who've seen the memo say it's misleading, distracting and lacking context," Smith said.
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that would be many DEMOCRATS, pillow biter.

Anonymous said...

She needs to be placed in a nursing home.
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says the broke down alky who needs a walker to get around and a cripple card to park in the front row.

i'll bet you're in hospice before she's in a nursing home, champ.

COMMIE said...

Another R who doesn't have enough blood to run 2 heads at the same time....Bye Bye congress!!!!!!

Rep. Patrick Meehan, under scrutiny for alleged inappropriate behavior with aide, will not seek reelection

“Unfortunately, recent events concerning my office and the settlement of certain harassment allegations have become a major distraction,” the Pennsylvania Republican wrote in a letter to his campaign chairman.

commie said...


LOL. 50,000 text messages suddenly reappear,

REALLY? Who other than idiots like you, who gives a shit....?????? Seems the righteous indignation of the R's once again has been proven to be pure guano.....Maybe Ron Johnson should be recalled with his BS deep secrete meetings that never happened...

Commonsense said...

according to four people told of the matter

Which means none of the people were in the room.

For all we know it may be mailroom clerks gossiping with each other.

Before Trump Derangement Syndrome, this story would have never made it out of the newsroom.

Anonymous said...



Kidnapping victim killed when FBI agent opens fire during raid in northeast Houston

https://www.yahoo.com/news/kidnapping-victim-killed-fbi-agent-230735896.html


Famous But Incompetent*


*h/t - Howie Carr

Commonsense said...

Ever notice that when Trump has a foreign or domestic policy victory the media trots out a thinly source story trashing him?

Anonymous said...

Ever notice that when Trump has a foreign or domestic policy victory the media trots out a thinly source story trashing him?
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like clockwork.

we used to call it 'preaching to the choir' but the msm is so fucking arrogant and out of touch they actually think they're converting people. converting people in a nation they've done so much to polarize to begin with.

they really are clueless fuckers, aren't they?




Commonsense said...

Think Roger with a microphone or a press room.

commie said...

Menstral the cramp opined without basis....

For all we know it may be mailroom clerks gossiping with each other.


BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! Yeah, that's your ticket to deny reality...nothing new there...LOL Your desperation is palpable!!!!!!

commie said...

Ever notice that when Trump has a foreign or domestic policy victory

Like not tripping down the stairway from AF1????? Where's melodia????

Anonymous said...

Think Roger with a microphone or a press room.
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our very own lester dolt.


Anonymous said...

ommonsenseJanuary 26, 2018 at 6:27 AM
Ever notice that when Trump has a foreign or domestic policy victory the media trots out a thinly source story trashing him?.
Yep.

Thing is the 4 liberal stooges of CHT Believe his Davos Trip promoting the USA was a failure.

wphamilton said...

Assuming I'm one of the four, I am interested to hear what I've said that I believe about Trump's Davos Trip. Or is someone making stuff up again?

wphamilton said...

He can't answer.

In the spirit of a PSA, which I've mentioned before, when someone makes a fool of himself here it is NOT, as he might assume, an ephemeral event affecting only an anonymous handle. Everything written on the public internet, and I mean everything, is stored somewhere and probably multiple places. Additionally, if not already then in the short term future, the author will be identified, correlated with his other writings and other habits, and all of that data persists.

It doesn't matter whether you've been "outed" or you take pains to obscure your personal identifying information. It matters even less if you think that it cannot be associated with anything, or even "everything" else you do on the webs. It will be at some point correlated in some database, along with your actual identification. It will be associated with your family members when you're gone. It persists, and if you act like an obnoxious fool, that also persists.

The reason I can be almost certain of this, is this information is potentially valuable. Already we are able to draw inferences from data that you would think unrelated, and those inferences are already profitable and otherwise useful. As the capability of technology increases, so will the inferences. It is inevitable, and I guarantee you that multiple parties already retain these trivial thoughts and attacks in anticipation of the technology.