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BREAKING! CNN REPORTING FBI WAS ASKED BY WH TO REFUTE THE RUSSIA TRUMP CONTACT (Original Post) Frogg Feb 2017 OP
Oh my! If the leaks are false, why wouldn't the FBI refuse to publicly say so? Frogg Feb 2017 #1
Conversely... kentuck Feb 2017 #58
Oh My malaise Feb 2017 #2
lol... Bananon is going to throw his pants at it .. lol uponit7771 Feb 2017 #5
They will learn that they are merely the current holders of power malaise Feb 2017 #12
CNN link Frogg Feb 2017 #6
I. Want. Names. This is the cover-up. lindysalsagal Feb 2017 #54
Methinks he doth protest too much . . . Ms. Toad Feb 2017 #71
Fitzmas yet? HipChick Feb 2017 #29
Dang it malaise! solarjre Feb 2017 #47
It's a protest malaise Feb 2017 #49
(But don't wipe your computer screen) MissB Feb 2017 #53
I wiped my screen twice. guillaumeb Feb 2017 #56
No kidding? solarjre Feb 2017 #61
LOL fi Marley malaise Feb 2017 #63
I've found WD-40 works well too. cannabis_flower Feb 2017 #76
WD-40 is my miracle worker malaise Feb 2017 #89
Cool, thanks again! solarjre Feb 2017 #91
Thanks for the tip cannabis_flower! solarjre Feb 2017 #92
Easier just to chug a pint of vinegar before sitting at the computer erronis Feb 2017 #94
Wow, these people are disgusting uponit7771 Feb 2017 #3
Sure, okay, refute the leaks..what the hell does that even mean - asiliveandbreathe Feb 2017 #4
"FBI refused WH request to knock down recent Trump-Russia stories." femmocrat Feb 2017 #7
Intelligence folks are pissed malaise Feb 2017 #13
GOOD Skittles Feb 2017 #14
Of course it is. nycbos Feb 2017 #20
Comey has more serious problems, of course, since Hortensis Feb 2017 #16
+1, either that or he's 200% stupid uponit7771 Feb 2017 #17
Turns out, in spite of the show he puts on, Hortensis Feb 2017 #22
I disagree - I think Comey is actually one of the good guys. GliderGuider Feb 2017 #32
Well, Glider, she's not the only one who has attempted Hortensis Feb 2017 #86
You'd better pray he's clean GliderGuider Feb 2017 #87
If praying would help, I would. Comey is not clean. Hortensis Feb 2017 #88
Glad to hear they're ticked off! I've been saying all along that the Con should pick his enemies napi21 Feb 2017 #33
Someone has been leaking good stuff to CNN maybe to piss rump off further notdarkyet Feb 2017 #40
Off to the best page with you! LaydeeBug Feb 2017 #8
Is this an O'Keefe ploy? This seems too good to be true. Who made the request? nikibatts Feb 2017 #9
No, O'Keefe shit game was DOA Brother Buzz Feb 2017 #34
just saw a tweet by josh marshall that intimated something like this was coming down La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 #10
K&R... spanone Feb 2017 #11
We know there is a reason for the attacks on the media malaise Feb 2017 #23
The coverup will get them in the end...Special Counsel please sunonmars Feb 2017 #15
That is what Malcolm Nance has said all along! Frogg Feb 2017 #19
Attempting to influence a federal investigation Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2017 #18
illegal only if you're a Clinton or a democrat KewlKat Feb 2017 #27
It Cooked Nixon! ProfessorGAC Feb 2017 #46
D'oh! Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2017 #52
Read on Twitter that it could be possible obstruction of justice. femmocrat Feb 2017 #59
I'd love to see that smarmy little weasel hung out to dry! calimary Feb 2017 #81
Kick BadgerMom Feb 2017 #21
Abuse of power right there. Clown needs to be taken down. LS_Editor Feb 2017 #24
Gee, imagine if they'd released news about those leaks at the same time as "e-mailgate"... regnaD kciN Feb 2017 #25
So now we know the Trump Admin is corrupt. lpbk2713 Feb 2017 #26
I am visualizing the day we pour into the streets by the 1,000's... Equinox Moon Feb 2017 #28
remember the white house MFM008 Feb 2017 #39
Huh? Equinox Moon Feb 2017 #55
he's saying D_Master81 Feb 2017 #73
and your right MFM008 Feb 2017 #78
What if.... WomanWhoRoars Feb 2017 #30
Is anyother real newssite posting this yet? irisblue Feb 2017 #31
If he or anyone in his regime asked for leniency, they need to be charged liberal N proud Feb 2017 #35
Looks like they are getting in deeper and deeper. n/t RDANGELO Feb 2017 #36
because he put money on MFM008 Feb 2017 #37
Are Woodward and Bernstein back on the beat? kentuck Feb 2017 #38
A righteous Anger at that madokie Feb 2017 #43
Hell yes!!!! Initech Feb 2017 #41
Kicking this like it was Bannon's ass. VOX Feb 2017 #42
They need to be made examples of madokie Feb 2017 #44
Affirmative. lpbk2713 Feb 2017 #45
Apart from the illegality, Trump's request for premature Enoki33 Feb 2017 #48
Correct is right malaise Feb 2017 #50
It's the cover-up, you Executive Branch posers! randome Feb 2017 #51
How about a torpedo amidships to the S.S. Trumptanic? VOX Feb 2017 #57
Who else remembers when something left iike this would boot w Baitball Blogger Feb 2017 #60
Definitely a sign the WH is feeling the heat of the "fake media" Jarqui Feb 2017 #62
So infuriating! These red voters gave the United States these traitors!!! ffr Feb 2017 #64
KnR Hekate Feb 2017 #65
OPEN INVESTIGATIONS! coco22 Feb 2017 #66
this is not the kind of thing an innocent president requests.......... Takket Feb 2017 #67
Whatever happened to "If you're not guilty, you have nothing to worry about" ? eppur_se_muova Feb 2017 #68
Drumpf channeling his inner Nixon Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2017 #69
Yep, from working with Roger Stone to lying about everything to this. suffragette Feb 2017 #72
Rachel on this now malaise Feb 2017 #70
KICK! Cha Feb 2017 #74
So much guilt, come on media, connect the dots. sarcasmo Feb 2017 #75
Why isn't this a bigger deal on the teevee? flamingdem Feb 2017 #77
This isn't over yet. zentrum Feb 2017 #79
Rudy G probably advised them to ask MedusaX Feb 2017 #80
kick for visibility triron Feb 2017 #82
Wow Dopers_Greed Feb 2017 #83
OBSTRUCTION! gopiscrap Feb 2017 #84
There has to be a Special prosecutor with subpoena powers appointed to investigate Trump's admin UCmeNdc Feb 2017 #85
+1 triron Feb 2017 #93
That is a crime. Any other 'elected or appointed' who use 'off official record' communications like Sunlei Feb 2017 #90
Perhaps they would have understood "refudiate" more easily. BobTheSubgenius Feb 2017 #95
CNN discussing Priebus lying on Sunday shows now. Priebus saying he talked with "top intelligence anneboleyn Feb 2017 #96

malaise

(267,845 posts)
12. They will learn that they are merely the current holders of power
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 07:13 PM
Feb 2017

but there are checks.

Groper Don the Con really believes he's a one man dictator.

Frog march the criminal.

lindysalsagal

(20,444 posts)
54. I. Want. Names. This is the cover-up.
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 08:28 PM
Feb 2017
White House officials had sought the help of the bureau and other agencies investigating the Russia matter to say that the reports were wrong and that there had been no contacts, the officials said. The reports of the contacts were first published by The New York Times and CNN on February 14.
The direct communications between the White House and the FBI were unusual because of decade-old restrictions on such contacts. Such a request from the White House is a violation of procedures that limit communications with the FBI on pending investigations.

Ms. Toad

(33,915 posts)
71. Methinks he doth protest too much . . .
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 10:12 PM
Feb 2017

"The New York Times put out an article with no direct sources that said that the Trump campaign had constant contacts with Russian spies, basically, you know, some treasonous type of accusations. We have now all kinds of people looking into this. I can assure you and I have been approved to say this -- that the top levels of the intelligence community have assured me that that story is not only inaccurate, but it's grossly overstated and it was wrong. And there's nothing to it," Preibus said on "Fox News Sunday" last weekend.

solarjre

(24 posts)
47. Dang it malaise!
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 08:17 PM
Feb 2017

I live in Florida, and am constantly fighting to keep those little bitty pain in the ass ants out of the house, then I come on here and see your little crawly thing running around. If I end up breaking my laptop screen one day, I'm blaming you!

Seriously though, I have had them crawl up on the screen and it looks almost identical!

malaise

(267,845 posts)
49. It's a protest
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 08:20 PM
Feb 2017


Welcome to DU

Hint - wipe your counters and walls with a vinegar solution every week for three weeks and then once every three to six months or so - the real ants disappear..

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
56. I wiped my screen twice.
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 08:32 PM
Feb 2017

And I wiped my eyeballs in case the ants were there. Now the screen looks funny and I am crying.

Thanks.

solarjre

(24 posts)
61. No kidding?
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 08:53 PM
Feb 2017

Just a vinegar and water mix?
I have those little bait traps all over the freakin place, and it seems to keep them in check for the most part, but they are tenacious little bastards.
Thanks for the welcome, and the advice malaise!
Think I'm gonna fire up Trenchtown rock right now in your honor

malaise

(267,845 posts)
89. WD-40 is my miracle worker
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 11:08 AM
Feb 2017

We save a lot by spraying some in the faucet when the washer starts to go.
It works for nearly everything.

solarjre

(24 posts)
92. Thanks for the tip cannabis_flower!
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 01:50 PM
Feb 2017

Speaking of cannabis, sounds like those bastards are going to start cracking down on states with legal recreational weed, because obviously it's such a big problem

erronis

(14,955 posts)
94. Easier just to chug a pint of vinegar before sitting at the computer
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 03:21 PM
Feb 2017

It can't be any less pleasant than reading about the current state of this fine ole USofA.

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)
4. Sure, okay, refute the leaks..what the hell does that even mean -
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 07:08 PM
Feb 2017

...I couldn't care less about the leaks..what I do care about is the "RUSSIAN COLLUSION CONTACTS WITH CAMPAIGN"...

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
7. "FBI refused WH request to knock down recent Trump-Russia stories."
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 07:09 PM
Feb 2017

That is what the CNN banner says. Wonder how this information got out?

Such a request from the White House is a violation of procedures that limit communications with the FBI on pending investigations.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/23/politics/fbi-refused-white-house-request-to-knock-down-recent-trump-russia-stories/index.html

Skittles

(152,967 posts)
14. GOOD
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 07:16 PM
Feb 2017

looks like the FBI is bigger than the parts that helped put that orange piece of shit into office

nycbos

(6,033 posts)
20. Of course it is.
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 07:28 PM
Feb 2017

Large bureaucratic organizations like the FBI are highly complex with multiple parts that often conflict with each other.

That is why in my opinion it would be better to be the number two person at an organization like that. You get authority without your ass being on the line.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
16. Comey has more serious problems, of course, since
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 07:18 PM
Feb 2017

he IS one of the thugs. He must be wheeling and dealing, burning and maneuvering like crazy. However he can use his tremendous power to get him safe out of this. And, of course, we know betrayal is in his tool box.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
22. Turns out, in spite of the show he puts on,
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 07:33 PM
Feb 2017

Comey's a typical right-wing fraction of a complete person, lacking the pieces that would make him someone who can handle power honorably and well.

When is the last time any of us saw a strong conservative be that? Never? That's why the dark money people had to purge moderate conservatives capable of caring about democratic principles from office.

 

GliderGuider

(21,088 posts)
32. I disagree - I think Comey is actually one of the good guys.
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 07:40 PM
Feb 2017

I have since I read Louise Mensch's story that included an explanation of his Glomar response.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
86. Well, Glider, she's not the only one who has attempted
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 07:58 AM
Feb 2017

to explain away his behaviors to people in general. You might read also the responses of legal professionals and others who hold positions of similar legal responsibilities. He is severely criticized for what most see as highly questionable and very worrisome behaviors for a person in his position.

He also has a history of questionable behaviors toward the Clintons going back to the right-wing Arkansas Project to take him out. Years of phony investigations based on nothing but a mountain of innuendo trying to tie the Clintons to wrongdoing with Whitewater started in Arkansas and were continued right through Bill's presidency--with the Republicans involving the FBI in the creation of these vast clouds of smoke and mirrors. Exactly like Hillary's emails years later.

Both times, in his position Comey had access to all information and HAD to know there was no criminal behavior to be found. That didn't keep him in the 1990s from participating enthusiastically (many witnesses to that) in politically motivated fake investigations involving the FBI in an attempt to destroy a Democratic president. This went on for years, of course, until they finally accidentally found out about Monica and Bill made the mistake of lying about THAT.

There's more to know about Comey than just his, at the very least, highly unethical use of power against Democratic candidates. And the number of people who have been watching him in some concern has exploded now that he's taken his mask off on TV.

 

GliderGuider

(21,088 posts)
87. You'd better pray he's clean
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 08:16 AM
Feb 2017

Because Sessions is definitely not. Given that Congress is unlikely to act decisively, then without Comey and the FBI there is very little standing in the way of the dismantling of America.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
88. If praying would help, I would. Comey is not clean.
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 08:43 AM
Feb 2017

Besides all the stuff that is not generally known, let's not forget that Comey did not properly inform the DNC that 2 Russian intelligence services were running free in their computer system all spring and summer while he watched them. He had excellent reason to believe none of the party's higher-ups were aware it was happening.

napi21

(45,806 posts)
33. Glad to hear they're ticked off! I've been saying all along that the Con should pick his enemies
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 07:41 PM
Feb 2017

better. Ticking off the entire intelligence community is not a good group to have against you. Guess the Con doesn't understand he's ONE GUY, against thousands. Bad odds IMO.

notdarkyet

(2,226 posts)
40. Someone has been leaking good stuff to CNN maybe to piss rump off further
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 08:03 PM
Feb 2017

By letting his favorite media outlet have an exclusive.

 

nikibatts

(2,198 posts)
9. Is this an O'Keefe ploy? This seems too good to be true. Who made the request?
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 07:10 PM
Feb 2017

Is is on tape? When will the impeachment begin?

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,355 posts)
18. Attempting to influence a federal investigation
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 07:21 PM
Feb 2017

Seems like that ought to be.....I dunno....illegal? Repeat that same sentence but substitute Clinton for Trump and Republican heads would be exploding.

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,355 posts)
52. D'oh!
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 08:27 PM
Feb 2017

Of course you're right!


Part of me wants Trump out immediately and then part of me wants Trump to stick around long enough for maximum political damage to the GOP.

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
59. Read on Twitter that it could be possible obstruction of justice.
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 08:41 PM
Feb 2017

Oh, I hope, I hope..... Although it seems to be Reince that made the overtures to Comey, so they would hang him out to dry.

calimary

(80,700 posts)
81. I'd love to see that smarmy little weasel hung out to dry!
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 01:33 AM
Feb 2017

That would be some sweet justice.

Wonder if he might eventually want to make a deal. Him sliding to safety in exchange for singing like a little birdie. Wouldn't that be most interesting to watch!

regnaD kciN

(26,035 posts)
25. Gee, imagine if they'd released news about those leaks at the same time as "e-mailgate"...
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 07:35 PM
Feb 2017

...now, it's too little, too late.

lpbk2713

(42,696 posts)
26. So now we know the Trump Admin is corrupt.
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 07:35 PM
Feb 2017



I hope this is only scratching the tip of the iceberg.

Don't ever forget: This is who the GOP nominated for president.

Equinox Moon

(6,344 posts)
28. I am visualizing the day we pour into the streets by the 1,000's...
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 07:36 PM
Feb 2017

and 1,000,000's celebrating his impeachment and REMOVAL. What an amazing party that will be. We might even have parades!


D_Master81

(1,822 posts)
73. he's saying
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 10:28 PM
Feb 2017

he's saying the party at the white house if/when an impeachment were to happen would be like the night Bin Laden was killed

MFM008

(19,782 posts)
78. and your right
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 12:03 AM
Feb 2017

SHE is saying people would celebrate BLOTUS impeachment like they did the night they killed Bin Laden.
sorry for any twisted syntax.

MFM008

(19,782 posts)
37. because he put money on
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 08:01 PM
Feb 2017

his buddy Comey doing it for him.
I bet he is genuinely shocked...................

madokie

(51,076 posts)
43. A righteous Anger at that
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 08:11 PM
Feb 2017

Damn I'm almost ready to do the happy dance. I'll hold off until we know for sure but once we do its Parteee time at the old farm

VOX

(22,976 posts)
42. Kicking this like it was Bannon's ass.
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 08:06 PM
Feb 2017

Sorry, but I've had an overdose of that cretinous deathmonger.

I want these treasonous assholes to hang for overthrowing the U.S. Gov't.

Enoki33

(1,584 posts)
48. Apart from the illegality, Trump's request for premature
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 08:17 PM
Feb 2017

exoneration pretty much confirms his guilt. The degree to which he betrayed our democracy has yet to be decided. Hard to believe this is actually not a reality show.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
51. It's the cover-up, you Executive Branch posers!
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 08:25 PM
Feb 2017

Spice-Boy tomorrow: "It's clear that the President meant the exact opposite of what he said."

VOX

(22,976 posts)
57. How about a torpedo amidships to the S.S. Trumptanic?
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 08:34 PM
Feb 2017

Can't rely on melting polar ice anymore. Need to make SURE. Get these "people" away from our ideals, our Constitution. They need to be GONE.

Baitball Blogger

(46,576 posts)
60. Who else remembers when something left iike this would boot w
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 08:43 PM
Feb 2017

A presidenr. Abuse of power I think it was called.

Jarqui

(10,110 posts)
62. Definitely a sign the WH is feeling the heat of the "fake media"
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 08:55 PM
Feb 2017

And irregular to say the least while flirting with obstruction

Having said that, roll the clock back 40 years and an independent counsel would already be in place based upon all that is already in the news - it would have blown up during the election.

So I'm still not convinced something is certain to happen properly. This is only significant if it goes anywhere.

ffr

(22,649 posts)
64. So infuriating! These red voters gave the United States these traitors!!!
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 09:00 PM
Feb 2017

How do we get rid of them????

eppur_se_muova

(36,227 posts)
68. Whatever happened to "If you're not guilty, you have nothing to worry about" ?
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 09:25 PM
Feb 2017

The Repugs parroted that excuse over and over under Bu**sh**, but now they can't seem to recall a word of it.

suffragette

(12,232 posts)
72. Yep, from working with Roger Stone to lying about everything to this.
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 10:18 PM
Feb 2017

And even as it's crumbling around him, he lashes at all those he terms "enemies."

zentrum

(9,865 posts)
79. This isn't over yet.
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 12:21 AM
Feb 2017

Not going to exhale until the there's an actual investigation underway.

Bannon and company will now do a workaround---and approach the FBI with different tools.

Bannon has Sessions.

MedusaX

(1,129 posts)
80. Rudy G probably advised them to ask
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 12:31 AM
Feb 2017

Priebus went to McCabe first
Then McCabe again & Comey

McCabe has some history with the NY FBI office - organized crime division (?) so Rudy G probably thought McCabe would acquiesce if approached...

So... hopefully Priebus disclosed to either McCabe or Comey that 45 or Bannon told him to make the request ... that way 45 has no plausible deniability

Dopers_Greed

(2,640 posts)
83. Wow
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 02:30 AM
Feb 2017

Imagine the shitstorm if Hillary had asked the FBI to refute emailgate.

Let's see how the Republican traitors react to this one.

UCmeNdc

(9,589 posts)
85. There has to be a Special prosecutor with subpoena powers appointed to investigate Trump's admin
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 06:57 AM
Feb 2017

There has to be a Special prosecutor with subpoena powers appointed to investigate Trump's administration Russian Spy contacts.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
90. That is a crime. Any other 'elected or appointed' who use 'off official record' communications like
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 11:58 AM
Feb 2017

personal phones, private emails, personal/private twitter accounts (for official government communications) are also criminals.

anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)
96. CNN discussing Priebus lying on Sunday shows now. Priebus saying he talked with "top intelligence
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 05:16 PM
Feb 2017

officials" who Priebus claimed refuted the story (not true)

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