Donald Trump presidency discussion thread V

CNN saying that Kelly is expected to resign over the next couple of days.

everlast75 wrote: »

Cohen is in regarding two matters - SDNY and Mueller. Details of his cooperation will be made public - well, as much as the investigators want to be made public. Serious potential for more incriminating acts of Trump to be broadcast.

Manafort's case will be in today. Details of how he mislead the investigators and why his plea deal was revoked. Again, more bad publicity for DJT.

Finally, Comey was summonsed to appear to give evidence behind closed doors before the Senate today. He fought it in Court and the deal struck was that his evidence would be released tomorrow.

All in all, not gonna be a good Friday for DJT

I reckon there's going to be so much black ink used to cover the crimes and misdimeanours contained in these documents from Mueller to the court, that today will be forever known as another Black Friday or simply Redaction Day...

everlast75 wrote: »

1) distraction? Its been said before
2) if true, has he washed his hands because the last shoe is about to drop or
3) trump is about to do something beyond stupid

Apparently the two of them have reached an impasse in their relationship and aren't speaking anymore.

pixelburp wrote: »

And remember, Trump is the dealmaker, a businessman canny and wise in the art of business and success. Or so it goes. That he can't even get his own administration to work with him (or together), must surely be another nail in the coffin of the myth of Trump as master businesdman. He couldn't manage a McDonalds.

Didn't he also promise to only hire "the very best people"? What a joke! Kelly has been reduced from a well-respected army General to a laughing stock. He must regret the day he ever got involved.

Proposed Attorney General

William Barr

Democrats would presumably want reassurances that Barr, who as attorney general would be in position to oversee Mueller’s investigation, would not do anything to interfere with the probe.

Still, while in private practice, Barr has occasionally weighed in on hot-button investigative matters in ways that could prompt concerns among Democrats.

He told The New York Times in November 2017, in a story about Sessions directing his prosecutors to look into actions related to Trump rival Hillary Clinton, that “there is nothing inherently wrong about a president calling for an investigation” — though Barr also said one should not be opened just because a president wants it.

He said there was more basis to investigate a uranium deal approved while Clinton was secretary of state in the Obama administration than potential collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign.

“To the extent it is not pursuing these matters, the department is abdicating its responsibility,” Barr told the newspaper.

He also wrote an op-ed for The Washington Post in May 2017 defending Trump’s decision to fire former FBI Director James Comey, one of the actions Mueller has been examining for possible obstruction of justice.

He's also still going off on one on Twitter

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1071036505676808194

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1071053351851356160

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1071055923848855553

(I'm guessing the middle one was by a staffer)

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

I'd love to see those 87 pages. Probably written in crayon.

It's 86 pages of "IVANKA AND I ARE INNOCENT OF EVERYTHING!" followed by one page just saying "But you can take Don Jr and the other guy if you want."

Penn wrote: »

It's 86 pages of "IVANKA AND I ARE INNOCENT OF EVERYTHING!" followed by one page just saying "But you can take Don Jr and the other guy if you want."

Nah I'd say he'll keep Don Jr for a bit longer. Eric and Tiffany must be very worried though!

Panrich wrote: »

I see that Rex Tillerson is now coming out criticising Trump. I have a feeling that the end is nigh and their all trying to distance themselves as far as they can.

Wasn't it Tillerson that famously referred to him as a "f**king idiot" or was that someone else?

Penn wrote: »

It's 86 pages of "IVANKA AND I ARE INNOCENT OF EVERYTHING!" followed by one page just saying "But you can take Don Jr and the other guy if you want."

Was I the only one who read that in the voice of Stephen Colbert's impression of Trump ?

So it seems trump went on a twitter rant this morning. I mean that's not new but apparently(I say apparently because I've not read the tweets and that's what some are saying) it was a new low in terms of the mans stability. I see the reports about the AG are true and it seems he believes that stupid conspiracy theory(debunked beautifully by Shepard smith btw) about uranium one which must have helped his choice. The one thing about him is he's actually qualified for the position he has been nominated for having actually done it before.

I see former Fox News host heather nuert(sorry if I've butchered her surname) is the nominee for a cabinet position as US ambassador to the UN. I mean at
least Nikki Haley had actual government experience and by all accounts did very well.

Sonics2k wrote: »

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-mueller-investigation-russia-report-response-twitter-rudy-giuliani-a8672386.html?utm_source=reddit.com

Trumps little Twitter rant may have gotten himself in deep water, as people are questioning how he could possibly have created an 87 page rebuttal of Mueller, when Muellers probe hasn't even been released.

Easy really paul manafort.

CNN are reporting that muellers team have spoken to White House chief of staff (well as of now) John Kelly and Trump has also fired back at former Secretary of State Rex tillerson calling him "dumb as rocks...and lazy as hell"

Re Cohen- in summary: the SDNY's wants Cohen to do 4-5+ years and says he refused to fully cooperate. Mueller takes no position on Cohen's sentence, but says that basically, Cohen handed them the President and others in the campaign.

Twitter storm makes sense now....

The Filing of SDNY and Mueller reach past the Transition time into WH in the 2017/18 time period. This is big.

Penn wrote: »

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1071177621445230596?s=19

AHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I don't think he realises he's Individual-1.

Individual No 1.... again.

Impeachable beyond a doubt

From CNN it seems Paul Manafort broke his deal with Mueller by contacting a member of Trump's Admin team this year after he was convicted, given a term of home arrest on the basis he would comply with specific terms, then also broke those terms and went to prison, then had some-one act as a conduit to the Trump Admin again while in prison.

If Kelly resigns and goes voluntarily to Mueller without request or subpoena to provide evidence of criminality [paper-trail] in respect of Don and his family members of collusion and direct involvement in obstruction of the investigation, then it may well be over for Don before the 25th. It would be sensible for him to pardon Mike Pence and any other members of his team before resigning with the proviso that Mike Pence would do the same for him on taking the oath of office, but Don, living as he does in an alternative world, doesn't always do the sensible thing.

The investigation will have an collator proof-reading any documentation it hands in to the court, alongside seized evidence, setting out the links. So far the links seem to be ._._._. If Kelly stepped forward the chain is likely unbreakable. I see the investigation so far as not overstepping its bounds despite daily goading from Don.

If former AG Barr declined an offer from Don to become his AG, then... but the offer may be too tempting. A refusal would also vindicate Jeff's recusal decision and Whitaker's position so far.

Penn wrote: »

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1071177621445230596?s=19

AHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I don't think he realises he's Individual-1.

It's still funny 12 hours later.