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President Trump: The NEW one and only politics thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Moderator1, Nov 12, 2016.

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  1. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    I would say probably guilty of Article 7 of the Clinton impeachment charges as well.
     
  2. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    No. 7 is part of Article 3. Probably why Trump wants no part of an interview with Mueller, under oath or otherwise.
     
  3. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

    Yeah, but until they are revealed in court under oath., the country does not know what he has, *we* don't know what he has, and neither do any of the people of interest in this investigation.
     
  4. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

    Neither does it change the fact that he was inner circle through the late campaign, the convention (where he was #2 at what was Manafort's high water mark in the campaign), the planning and execution of the inauguration, and the early part of the Trump administration before the wheels started coming off. He was second in command of the campaign staff, paid all the bills. He got a lot of face time with the inner circle at a time when everyone and their brother was going in and out of the Oval. He stayed there long after Manafort was gone. Odds are that he knows a good deal about the campaign cash flow, and he was inside with Manafort on making illegal cash dance. If any of that was going to the campaign there is a good chance that Gates knew about it.

    The potential for Gates to testify to something game changing is very real. It is not likely to happen in the Manafort trial, although some useful testimony will come out there. This trial, this judge, is not the time to ask Gates about the White House. This one anchors Gates' and Manafort's position and legal status. Manafort is staring down the barrel of a .44, and we have yet to see how willing he is to deal with a sentence that likely means death in jail. I personally would not like to be depending on Trump to pardon me, because he can be... mercurial in his moods and how he assesses the danger to him personally.
     
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  5. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

    Final 'graph of a Politico story on the trial:


    "Andres signaled the Mueller prosecutors have about three more hours of questioning for Gates on Tuesday morning. “Then they hold their breath that Manafort doesn’t know something about Gates that Gates didn’t tell them,” said a lawyer who represents a client in the Russia investigation."
     
  6. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

    So Hope Hicks is the goat they put in the stable with a skittish, high-strung jackass, er, horse?

     
  7. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member



    Can you imagine Dan Scavino in front of a grand jury explaining this? "I have no recollection..."
     
  8. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

    This interview. "He should be ashamed of himself."

     
  9. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

  10. Della9250

    Della9250 Well-Known Member

    Ted Cruz isn't the only Texas politician being stupid:



     
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  11. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    She cuts his sandwiches into triangles and lets him have candy
     
  12. melock

    melock Well-Known Member

    Deputy campaign chairman through the election = no big deal.

    Top position on transition = no big deal.

    Numerous trips to WH throughout first months of administration = no big deal.

    One day of testimony and no confessions of conspiracy with Russians AND Trumpy = VERY BIG DEAL.
     
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