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kpete's JournalTrump cannot lie about his obstruction, because there are many witnesses to it.
Here's the real reason Trump's lawyers fear an interview with Mueller.Trump cannot lie about his obstruction, because there are many witnesses to it.
But Trump cannot *tell the truth* about it, because that would be incriminating as well.
https://twitter.com/ThePlumLineGS/status/1025017561858093056
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But whether Trump believes he said this or not, Giuliani plainly fears that Mueller will believe the testimony of other witnesses to Trump’s conduct over that of Trump himself. It bears pointing out that there is a lot of this conduct, far beyond what Trump said about Flynn. There was Trump’s demand for Comey’s loyalty. There was Trump’s decision to fire Comey when that loyalty wasn’t forthcoming. There was Trump’s repeated rage sessions at Attorney General Jeff Sessions for failing to protect him from the probe, which include a direct order from Trump to his White House counsel to stop Sessions from recusing himself, which failed, causing Trump to erupt in fury once again at Sessions for failing to shield him. There was Trump’s similar order (which also failed) for the firing of Mueller.
There are witnesses to Trump’s conduct in many of these cases. Trump reportedly had conversations with top White House officials that indicated he knew Flynn was under criminal investigation when he pressed Comey to drop the probe into him. There are reportedly written memos attesting to this. Comey kept extemporaneous, detailed notes of his conversations with Trump, and Comey confided in other officials about them at the time. And so on. Thus, when Giuliani says he fears Mueller will believe other witnesses, should they contradict Trump’s testimony about his conduct, there’s good reason for it. This is not a position of strength.
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Trump’s real problem is almost certainly that he can’t lie to Mueller about his conduct or tell him the truth about it. This does not mean Mueller will definitely find that Trump’s obstruction was criminal (which might not happen) or that Trump will be indicted for it (which certainly won’t). But either way, Mueller will still submit a report on Trump’s obstruction (and collusion as well), and anything Trump says will figure into that report. Meanwhile, looming in the background is the increasing possibility of a Democratic takeover of the House, and with it, the possibility of impeachment. Mueller’s report will depict Trump’s conduct in great new detail that we can only guess at.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/08/02/trumps-lawyers-fear-a-mueller-interview-the-reason-why-reveals-the-danger-trump-faces/?utm_term=.47c33060a910
It's not over. Families are still separated. We are still in the low point and no one has resigned
It’s not over. Families are still separated. We are still in the low point and no one has resigned or taken responsibility. No points for being sad when you actually hold power.
https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/1025013924935229440
The Trump Grocery Store
https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/editorial-cartoons/jack-ohman/grikea/picture215937970/alternates/FREE_960/jo180802c
RUDE PUNDIT: Summer Camp and Other Lies (and a Truth) About Our SANCTIONED Child Abuse
So the Justice Department and Homeland Security were warned they were going to deeply harm kids if they followed through with an unconscionable step in their delusional border enforcement attempts. They were going to do what every thug, every mobster, every warlord has always known: if you hurt their children, parents will fall in line. According to White, he had been told that such actions would not be taken, and he didn't learn about it until he saw it on TV. That's significant because if White and others had been given a heads up, they might have come up with a plan for how to make sure the kids were reunited with their families.
But the Trump administration didn't care. They just didn't care. They wanted to hurt migrants, no matter if they were refugees from violence or people looking for better jobs. They wanted to hurt them badly, and whether or not they ever saw their mothers again didn't figure into their equation.
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.....the Trump lovers will tell you that if they didn't want their kids separated, the migrants shouldn't have broken the law by crossing the border illegally. Except, again, taking kids is a choice that other presidents haven't made. Crossing the border without proper documents is a misdemeanor, like speeding. A city or county could declare "zero tolerance" for traffic laws and choose to arrest everyone who speeds. Then, like the migrant parents, any kids with them would be considered "unaccompanied" and sent to child services until family could be contacted (unless, you know, they lose track of them). But cities and counties don't do that because it's unnecessarily cruel and a waste of resources.
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In the quixotic, misguided, and willful attempt to make America white again, Donald Trump and his minions will do whatever they can to punish people who seek solace in the land of the conditionally free and the not-even-a-little brave, even breaking up families and torturing kids.
the rest:
http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2018/08/summer-camp-and-other-lies-and-truth.html
The Great Unraveling
Now that he knows Mueller only needs one or two questions to make him self-incriminate - He'll blow even more.
https://twitter.com/stevebrodner/status/1024899525805309952
https://twitter.com/jaunte/status/1024872432920940544
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/399975-trump-tweet-storm-came-after-learning-mueller-wants-to-ask-about
A rookie ICE agent's first day on the job
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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/8/2/1785075/-Cartoon-A-rookie-ICE-agent-s-first-day-on-the-job
Surprise, surprise - Rep. Jordan bullied accusers to recant.
Retired Ohio State wrestling coach Russ Hellickson reached out to two ex-team members and asked them to support their former assistant coach, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a day after they accused the powerful congressman of turning a blind eye to alleged sexual abuse by the team doctor, according to the wrestlers and text messages they shared with NBC News.
The former wrestlers said their ex-coach made it clear to them he was under pressure from Jordan to get statements of support from members of the team.
Hellickson’s appeal to help Jordan came after the congressman repeatedly said that he had no idea that team doctor Richard Strauss was allegedly molesting the athletes — contradicting three wrestlers who told NBC News that Jordan must have known since the abuse was frequently discussed in the locker room.
“I’m sorry you got caught up in the media train,” Hellickson wrote in a July 4 text to Dunyasha Yetts that the former wrestler shared with NBC News. “If you think the story got told wrong about Jim, you could probably write a statement for release that tells your story and corrects what you feel bad about. I can put you in contact with someone who would release it.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/former-ohio-state-wrestling-coach-urged-rep-jim-jordan-s-n896551
https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1024801474965069824
This NBC story about Jim Jordan is extremely damning
Texts show that Jordan pressured an OSU coach to lie on his behalf, and the coach said he would until he had "to put my hand on the Bible"
https://twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/1024800690173104129
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