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Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
Sun Dec 30, 2018, 08:51 AM Dec 2018

Trump approved extra $129M to help House investigate Hillary. Now Pelosi has it.

Back in late August, Donald—living in his ego-inflated bubble--kept insisting that there would be a “red wave” and listened to pundits who told him that not only would the Democrats not take the House, but the GOP was likely to gain seats. That was the selling point for Congress to get their staff funding. The extra staff would be critical for conducting hearings and investigations, which would be “handy for investigating Hillary Clinton’s emails.”

Trump approved the extra $129 million for staff.

DOH!

Donald Trump Is Handing House Democrats a Loaded Gun

When Democrats assume control of the House on January 3rd, they will have $129 million more to spend on staff than their predecessors in the 115th Congress did—money they can use to hire more personnel to, among other things, investigate the Trump administration.


[link:https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/12/29/1822324/-Trump-gave-House-extra-129M-to-help-investigate-Hillary-Now-Pelosi-has-it?utm_campaign=trending|



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Trump approved extra $129M to help House investigate Hillary. Now Pelosi has it. (Original Post) Soph0571 Dec 2018 OP
Good news! empedocles Dec 2018 #1
Will be enough to investigate all his crimes? olegramps Dec 2018 #12
It's a start Rural_Progressive Dec 2018 #21
K&R HAB911 Dec 2018 #2
That's CRAZY! Cha Dec 2018 #3
Hahahahahahaha!!!!! GoCubsGo Dec 2018 #4
LOLOL MoonRiver Dec 2018 #5
Oh my god! PatSeg Dec 2018 #6
We'll make it back when Mueller seizes his assets. Takket Dec 2018 #7
Karma can't miss that arse HipChick Dec 2018 #8
Karma baby, exactly, with a dose of, watoos Dec 2018 #9
He's not very smart, is he? I like that in a man. Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 #10
Good One! maddiemom Dec 2018 #20
Thanks Donnie! NBachers Dec 2018 #11
great news aikoaiko Dec 2018 #13
Thanks, imbecile! orangecrush Dec 2018 #14
Well, well, well. I now have my first " New Years Toast" in my hand and ready to drink. CHEERS Firestorm49 Dec 2018 #15
Karma's a Bitch! onetexan Dec 2018 #16
He is dumber than a bag of bricks. SallyHemmings Dec 2018 #17
most republiCons are and are easy for their industrialist, capitalist, bankster handlers elmac Dec 2018 #19
Unintended consequences will bite one everytime! marble falls Dec 2018 #18
Gotta love karma and irony, especially irony. nt Phoenix61 Dec 2018 #22
You can say that again! lunatica Dec 2018 #31
Gotta love karma and irony, especially irony. nt Phoenix61 Dec 2018 #23
Well worth repeating! lunatica Dec 2018 #32
That was so sweet of him dalton99a Dec 2018 #24
45 leaves $129 MILLION on the table? No GOP spending? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA ancianita Dec 2018 #25
LOL - The Art of the Deal! Totally Tunsie Dec 2018 #26
Thank goodness he's so dumb C_U_L8R Dec 2018 #27
I love it n/t coeur_de_lion Dec 2018 #28
I bet there are tons of qualified people who would join this effort IronLionZion Dec 2018 #29
Talk about boomerang! ffr Dec 2018 #30
I wonder how he figured out to use the protective helmet lunatica Dec 2018 #33
That's his lacquered hair sculpture. Which I'm sure he regards as protective in some way. calimary Dec 2018 #34
Oh my TimeToGo Dec 2018 #35
Of course I want to believe this but I don't see the actual numbers in the link pnwmom Dec 2018 #36
That's, What, $5.98 Per Trump Crime? nt smb Dec 2018 #37
Well that could be interesting Sherman A1 Dec 2018 #38
My husband just said colorado_ufo Dec 2018 #39
You're killing me here ! Haggis for Breakfast Dec 2018 #40
Hahahahahahahahaha !!!!!!!! n/t wroberts189 Dec 2018 #41
The gift that keeps on giving. pdsimdars Dec 2018 #42

Rural_Progressive

(1,105 posts)
21. It's a start
Sun Dec 30, 2018, 12:01 PM
Dec 2018

and don't forget the Mueller investigations are actually generating revenue, taking in more in assets from convicted felons than the investigations are costing.

Cha

(295,899 posts)
3. That's CRAZY!
Sun Dec 30, 2018, 10:14 AM
Dec 2018

CRAZY GOOD!! and he can't take it away!

I hope he's kicking his stupid self.. and can't believe they all thought it was going to be a nasty red wave.. where were they getting their inside info from?

maddiemom

(5,106 posts)
20. Good One!
Sun Dec 30, 2018, 11:43 AM
Dec 2018

The William Hurt character would have run intellectual rings around Donnie. The Kathleen Turner character would have him dead and buried before he got off the escalator.

 

elmac

(4,642 posts)
19. most republiCons are and are easy for their industrialist, capitalist, bankster handlers
Sun Dec 30, 2018, 11:33 AM
Dec 2018

to manipulate

IronLionZion

(45,250 posts)
29. I bet there are tons of qualified people who would join this effort
Sun Dec 30, 2018, 01:49 PM
Dec 2018

Pelosi's probably getting thousands of resumes of people who'd like to Make America Great Again by taking down this corrupt administration

calimary

(80,693 posts)
34. That's his lacquered hair sculpture. Which I'm sure he regards as protective in some way.
Sun Dec 30, 2018, 03:09 PM
Dec 2018

Protects the bald-spot-minimization surgery, I guess.

pnwmom

(108,925 posts)
36. Of course I want to believe this but I don't see the actual numbers in the link
Sun Dec 30, 2018, 03:57 PM
Dec 2018

that the article provides. I see lots of numbers, but they don't seem to add up to what this writer claims.

colorado_ufo

(5,715 posts)
39. My husband just said
Sun Dec 30, 2018, 06:53 PM
Dec 2018

"Nancy Pelosi got more than Stormy Daniels - and she didn't have to sleep with him!"

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