Trump pressures House Intelligence Committee to probe the Clintons ties to Russia, not his

[TomCADem]

Source: MSN/Washington Post

President Trump sought Monday to pressure the House committee investigating Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. election, arguing that the panel should be probing Bill and Hillary Clinton’s ties to the country instead of those of his own campaign advisers.

In a pair of evening tweets, Trump wrote that the “Trump Russia story is a hoax” and listed a string of financial and other connections the Clintons have had over the years with Russia. He asked why the House Intelligence Committee is not investigating the former president and former secretary of state.

Trump’s tweets come just hours after the White House announced that Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser, had agreed to be questioned by the House Intelligence Committee as part of its broad inquiry into Russian election interference. The committee is expected to ask Kushner about his communications with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak as well as with the chief executive of a Russian state-owned bank.

The House panel is chaired by Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), a close Trump ally and a leader of his presidential transition team. Democrats are calling on Nunes to be recused from overseeing what is supposed to be an independent congressional investigation into Russian interference in the election, though Nunes on Monday denied any wrongdoing and said he would not step down.

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[Cary]

1. Pathetic

[mpcamb]

35. They must be getting nearer to bagging his criminal ass.

[LuckyLib]

2. The desperate attempts to deflect are nonstop and getting tiresome.

Let's get an independent investigation/prosecutor and get the ball rolling.

[hibbing]

3. Delusional n/t

[sharedvalues]

4. Don't put his tweets in the headline

Better headline: "Trump feeling heat over Russia; tries to distract attention by bringing up predecessors out of the blue"

see Lakoff

[riversedge]

28. that was my thought exactly. I do not think we should be advancing Trumps delusions and lies.

[2naSalit]

5. That does it, he's flipping out...

call the guys in the white suits!

[tenorly]

6. Never underestimate these fascists' ability to shift blame.

They will brazenly accuse their opponents of their own misdeeds, truth be damned.

Combine this shamelessness with mouthpieces like Faux News, and the effect can be devastating to the body politic.

[brer cat]

7. You are spot on, tenorly. nt

[tenorly]

11. Thanks. Would that it were not so.

A karmic challenge, you think?

[kyburbonkid]

8. What a grasp of defeat.

Such a russian luven looser. A little puttin for the fun of it.

[Juliusseizure]

9. The news media should just refer to him

as "that fuckhead" or "the dipshit."

[Docreed2003]

10. That's freakin' rich...

The guy does not know when to keep his damn trap shit!

[YOHABLO]

12. This man is insane, INSANE!!!

[Jonny Appleseed]

13. Taking bets on who gets him first : FBI or CIA?

[moonscape]

14. Next he'll accuse Hillary of playing too much golf n/t

[dalton99a]

22. I wouldn't be surprised

at all

[C_U_L8R]

15. Babyman.

so transparent, so pathetic.

[MFM008]

16. Jabba the rump

On his icy golden toilet, cycling like Lance Armstrong (between bipolar poles) blithering, and lying again.

[Wellstone ruled]

17. Well well,

Donnie Dipstick is now wanting Gowdy and Chaffetz to bail his sick ass out. Must have been breaking news at Infowars or his buddy at the Inquirer.

BTW,did we ever find those 22 million missing e-mails from the Bush theft machine.

[murielm99]

18. It didn't work when he tried to say that Obama

tapped him. Now this? It won't work, either.

What a sad, sick clown of a man.

[Solly Mack]

19. That man really needs to go.

For the good of the country, his entire administration needs to go away.

[videohead5]

20. If There is Nothing

To all of this why does Trump seem really worried?

[subterranean]

21. I'm sure many Americans have connections with Russia.

But only one of them is now president of the United States, and suspected of conspiring with Russia to influence the election. That's the issue here, Donny.

[C Moon]

23. Putin and Company could easily create something to murk up the waters.

This is an obvious attempt by desperate individuals.
We must onto the truth.

[Mc Mike]

24. I want the Committee to get to the bottom of the Clintons' "grab em by the pussy" remarks, also.

And why won't they release their tax returns? Plus, the way they destroyed Atlantic City, by taking zillions in subsidies then bankrupting the subsidized businesses, throwing thousands of citizens out of work and torpedoing the economy -- that needs to be looked into, too.

[greymattermom]

26. They probably stiffed the contractors

who worked on their house too.

[Mc Mike]

27. And all those mob and nazi ties they have?

Those are completely beyond the pale, too.

[jpak]

25. Obstruction of justice

yup

[bucolic_frolic]

29. Double yup

Using tweets for projection and accusation of (former) opponents is an attempt
to obstruct any investigation

[Hugin]

30. Yeah, the Democrats waited to long to push the seriousness of Trump/Kremlin collusion...

Now the Right Wing Wurlitzer is in full throated action on Fox News and the likes pushing a remote connection between Podesta and some Russian Uranium deal.

In reality, who knows... Since it happened in 2011 this deal may have been part of the set-up for the election manipulation racket and money laundering put in place, just in case they got caught. Plan B, if you will.

However, once the Pubes get started muddying the waters, it will be so much harder to gain public support against the real GrOPper/Kremlin threat.

[AgadorSparticus]

33. How do you know they weren't told not to say anything while the investigation is going on?

From Comey's intelligence hearing, forces behind the scene have been at this for quite some time. How do you know with sensitive information like this, that democrats aren't doing anything? Because it is not on cnn?

There is bipartisan cooperation on this. This isn't going to go away.

I am pretty sure a whole lot of things are being pushed and said behind the scene. We only see what is allowed to be seen....

Buckle up. It just barely started.

[AgadorSparticus]

31. Ugh. SO. VERY. TIRED. of his lame spins and lies. Same shit different day

I hope the mothertrucker goes to jail....

[bobGandolf]

32. If Trump wants to call the reporting on his Russian ties a hoax....

then he should prove it by showing his tax returns. All his attempts to change the topic of discussion with his tweet noise have failed so far.

[Marcuse]

34. More projection.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

36. Looky over there