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Kurt Eichenwald ?@kurteichenwald 5m5 minutes agoIn @Newsweek: Congress will have to hold impeachment proceedings to investigate a President Trump for perjury. http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-jeb-bush-lie-florida-casino-gambling-502144
Donald Trump Either Lied to the Republicans or Broke the Law (Exclusive)
by Kurt Eichenwald
Donald Trump committed perjury. Or he looked into the faces of the Republican faithful and knowingly lied. There is no third option.
It has become an accepted reality of this presidential campaign that Trump spins a near-endless series of falsehoods. For months, the media has struggled with this unprecedented situationa candidate who, unlike other politicians who stretch the truth, simply creates his own reality. Trumps regularly peddles facts that arent true, describes events that never happened or denies engaging in actions that everyone saw him do. He utters his falsehoods so fast that before reporters have the chance to correct one, he has tossed out five or six more.
This time, it is different. Trump cant skip past his perfidy here. There are two recordsone, a previously undisclosed deposition of the Republican nominee testifying under oath, and the second a transcript/video of a Republican presidential debate. In them, Trump tells contradictory versions of the same story with the clashing accounts tailored to provide what he wanted people to believe when he was speaking...
Trump had been boasting for weeks at his rallies that he knew the political system better than anyone, because he had essentially bought off politicians for decades by giving them campaign contributions when he wanted something. He also proclaimed that only heas an outsider who had participated in such corruption of American democracy at a high levelcould clean it up. During the September 2015 debate, one of Trumps rivals, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, verified Trumps claim, saying the billionaire had tried to buy him off with favors and contributions when he was Floridas governor.
"The one guy that had some special interests that I know of that tried to get me to change my views on somethingthat was generous and gave me moneywas Donald Trump, Bush said. He wanted casino gambling in Florida."
Trump interrupted Bush:
Trump: I didnt
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New Kurt Eichenwald: Congress would need to impeach Trump for perjury (Original Post)
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Sep 2016
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Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)1. Lawrence ODonnell just had him on
discussing this same article
meaty meaty source of fun for Monday night
think good old Lester will bring it up?
doubt it
what are the odds?