Who talks like this? have you guys been keeping up lately? the trump team leaks the questions, honestly trying to act like they arent the ones who leaked it, and now has Trump going on yet another unhinged tweetstorm from Trump.
where's the kush god and ivanka? haven't seen kelly in public lately.
President Trump on Wednesday called special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the president’s possible obstruction of justice in the ongoing federal probe of the Trump campaign’s contacts with Russia a “setup” and a “trap.”
Trump has for months complained about the probe, which he has repeatedly labeled a “witch hunt.” He did so again Wednesday morning.
Related Searches Mueller ProbeTrump Obstruction Of JusticeProbeTrump Mueller Investigation “There was no Collusion (it is a Hoax) and there is no Obstruction of Justice (that is a setup & trap),” Trump tweeted. “What there is is Negotiations going on with North Korea over Nuclear War, Negotiations going on with China over Trade Deficits, Negotiations on NAFTA, and much more. Witch Hunt!”
Trump’s tweet comes amid multiple reports that his lawyers and the special counsel are heading toward a possible legal showdown over an interview Mueller wants to conduct with the commander in chief.
On Tuesday night, the Washington Post reported that Mueller raised possibility of presidential subpoena during a “tense” early March meeting with Trump’s legal team.
“Trump’s lawyers insisted he had no obligation to talk with federal investigators probing Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential campaign,” the Post reported. “But Mueller responded that he had another option if Trump declined: He could issue a subpoena for the president to appear before a grand jury.”
CNN reported that Trump’s legal team is bracing for the possibility of the case ultimately going to the Supreme Court.
Donald Trump, Robert Mueller (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images, Charles Dharapak/AP, AP) More Meanwhile, most legal experts say a Trump-Mueller interview would be a minefield for a president who has made, by the Post’s count, more than 3,000 false or misleading claims since taking office.
On Monday, the New York Times published a report that included more than 40 questions that Mueller would like to ask Trump. The Times said it obtained the questions, which were given to the president’s lawyers, from a person who is not part of Trump’s legal team.
Mueller, who has reportedly been seeking an interview with Trump for months, appears to want to know about a broad array of issues, including Trump’s thinking regarding the firings of national security adviser Michael Flynn and FBI Director James Comey. Trump’s firing of Comey prompted the Justice Department to appoint Mueller to oversee the Russia investigation. Comey says he believes he was fired because of the probe.
The questions also address Trump’s attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, as well as the president’s knowledge of his campaign’s interactions with figures tied to the Kremlin. In particular, the special counsel is interested in the June 9, 2016, meeting at Trump Tower — attended by Donald Trump Jr., Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner, and Trump’s then campaign manager, Paul Manafort — with a Russian lawyer who offered “dirt” on Hillary Clinton.
“This list reinforces the notion that the president should not go in for an interview with Mueller,” Sol Wisenberg, a defense lawyer who served as deputy independent counsel in the Whitewater investigation, told the Times. “Mueller knows all kinds of things — we don’t know exactly what he knows — and these are both broad and detailed questions, making real land mines.”
Related: What Mueller’s questions for Trump reveal about the investigation
On Tuesday, Trump called the disclosure of Mueller’s questions “disgraceful” and falsely suggested that a person can’t be charged with obstructing justice if no underlying crime is ultimately found.
“Oh, I see…you have a made up, phony crime, Collusion, that never existed,” he tweeted.
The president added: “It would seem very hard to obstruct justice for a crime that never happened! Witch Hunt!”
In a follow-up tweet Wednesday, Trump quoted Joe diGenova, a lawyer and former U.S. attorney who on Tuesday argued in a Sirius satellite radio interview that Mueller’s questions are “an intrusion” into the president’s article II power to fire anyone he pleases.
“To ask questions, as Mr. Mueller apparently proposes to do, about what the president was thinking when he fired Comey, or Flynn, or anybody else, is an outrageous, sophomoric, juvenile intrusion into the president’s unfettered power to fire anyone in the executive branch,” diGenova said. An excerpt of the interview appeared on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show on Tuesday night.
Trump is known to regularly watch the show and use Hannity as an informal adviser.
Trump then weighed in on the Department of Justice’s refusal to turn over certain documents to congressional committees investigating the DOJ’s decision-making in 2016 and 2017 — and warned he may “have no choice” but to “get involved!”
Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump A Rigged System - They don’t want to turn over Documents to Congress. What are they afraid of? Why so much redacting? Why such unequal “justice?” At some point I will have no choice but to use the powers granted to the Presidency and get involved!
10:45 AM - May 2, 2018
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
There’s seems to be quite a number of people in this administration who lack the proper clearance.
Odd.
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
Rudy Giuliani, a member of President Trump’s legal team, said he believes Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team is “desperate” to make a case and could be trying to “trap” the president into perjury, as he laid out the conditions for a possible Trump-Mueller interview.
“The questions almost cry out that they don't have a case, they're desperate,” Giuliani told Fox News in a phone interview on Wednesday, referencing questions Mueller’s team wants to ask Trump. “And they want to make a case.”
We’ve been hearing that mueller doesn’t have a case for months now.
Yet indictments keep coming.
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
Even Caputo says Trump should not sit down with Mueller. It's a trap.
because everyone knows trump cant stop lying.
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
Of course it's a trap. It's a trap to catch 45 lying on record, because we all know he will. That's what crooks do.
Mueller wants him to talk, but I'd bet they already have all the evidence they need to prove Trump dirty. Just a matter of time for the investigation to finish playing out.
As for the "No Collusion" because it's been a year thing... Y'all don't know how investigations work apparently. Just keep spewing the Fox News, Hannity talking points like they will save Trump. You are just deluding yourselves.
Your feelings and opinions do not add up to facts.
Mueller isn’t asking questions he doesn’t already know the answer to. Nothing but lawyers today on Fox News begging trump not to do an interview.
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
his explanation is beyond pathetic, and only creates more questions.
this is why people laughed when Giuliani decided to join the team.
first, once again, these idiots confirmed to the world that trump blatantly lied. he claimed he didnt know about anything.
so why repay money to something you dont know about?
then, acting as if Trump repaying the money means anything. Cohen claimed he took out an equity loan to pay the funds.
so either Cohen is lying, or Giuliani is lying.
THEN on top of that, if it wasn't campaign funds, why did Cohen feel the need to create a shell company in order to receive and make the payment?
if it was perfectly legal, why didnt trump just cut a check and be done with it?
i hope this serves as a lesson to all about what happens when you don't possess the ability to keep your damn mouth shut.
no wonder lawyers are jumping ship.
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
After Trump said he didn't know where the money came from, Giuliani says he did. He doesn't get that Avenatti just wants to depose Trump. That deposition should be public... lol.
Your feelings and opinions do not add up to facts.
I think it's amazing that nobody on the right in here has considered this subpoena that Mueller is threatening to use. And Rosenstein said that the Justice department would not be extorted! With all the talk of firing them, impeaching Rosenstein, etc. etc. What do they have on Trump to make them act so bold?
Your feelings and opinions do not add up to facts.
This interview with Caputo is eye popping! He says Mueller is focused on Collusion. Mueller's team is pure business. Mueller has all the facts and they are moving toward indictments.
Your feelings and opinions do not add up to facts.
Rudy Giuliani, a member of President Trump’s legal team, said he believes Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team is “desperate” to make a case and could be trying to “trap” the president into perjury, as he laid out the conditions for a possible Trump-Mueller interview.
“The questions almost cry out that they don't have a case, they're desperate,” Giuliani told Fox News in a phone interview on Wednesday, referencing questions Mueller’s team wants to ask Trump. “And they want to make a case.”
Interesting discussion on Drudge on the wire transfers from the Trump campaign to his businesses below. When this rings true, it has campaign finance reform, bank fraud, money laundering all over it. Also, this morning Stormys lawyer thanked Guiliani, probably not a good thing
Wasn't there an auspicious $129,997 wire transfer from trump campaign to Cohen or something similar that brought into question trump's non knowledge of the $130,000 payment to Daniels?"
There were same-time combined payments from Trump's campaign to his business entities that totalled almost $130,000.
(I)n late October 2016, the Trump campaign made a series of five large payments to Trump-affiliated entities, totaling $129,999.72. Campaign records do not provide enough information to conclusively determine, through traditional methods, if these payments are related to the Daniels payoff.
(O)ur model suggests that the probability of a set of payments coincidentally coming so close to $130,000 is approximately .1%, or one out of one thousand. In other words, about 99.9% of the time, random chance would not produce a set of payments this close to $130,000. Therefore, the probability that the Trump campaign payments were related to the Daniels payoff is very high.*
it also doesn't seem to bother them that Giuliani just made everything hilariously worse.
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
White House staffers taken aback by Giuliani's "clumsy" interview
Several White House officials were taken aback by Giuliani's dramatic interview Wednesday night.
One senior White House official told CNN that Giuliani's performance came off as "clumsy" to them.
Two White House officials told CNN that managing the situation is now out of their control, and several others pointed out that Giuliani and Trump have their own conversations before Giuliani goes on cable news — further proving that the President is his own communications director.
A source familiar with the conversation confirmed that Trump was not at all upset about Giuliani's performance.
