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Claude Taylor confirms Louise Mensch's story on Carter Page and the Trump Tape (Original Post) GliderGuider Apr 2017 OP
I had read Mensch when her story broke. This is now Sculpin Beauregard Apr 2017 #1
No action because there is more to a successful conviction than just this. GliderGuider Apr 2017 #2
Hope not nearly that long! triron Apr 2017 #4
I think it will be a long time.... jannyd65 Apr 2017 #7
MOAB?? MFM008 Apr 2017 #3
Hopefully the Distractor-in-Chief isn't scrambling the military to find a bigger bomb. L. Coyote Apr 2017 #6
If this is true, and I don't doubt it for a minute, panader0 Apr 2017 #5
I'm okay with waiting; I think they'll include Pence and Ryan More_Cowbell Apr 2017 #8
Sadly, pics or video of Trump enjoying Russian prostitutes Jarqui Apr 2017 #9
Claude Taylor plus John Schindler! Woah!!! Madam45for2923 Apr 2017 #10
I would imagine that the DOJ will go after the low hanging fruit first Mr. Ected Apr 2017 #11
As Rep. Ted Lieu suggested Kushner should lawyer up too! eom asiliveandbreathe Apr 2017 #12

Sculpin Beauregard

(1,046 posts)
1. I had read Mensch when her story broke. This is now
Thu Apr 27, 2017, 02:06 PM
Apr 2017

a second story supporting it. So that is the mother of all smoking guns, no? Why no action yet?

 

GliderGuider

(21,088 posts)
2. No action because there is more to a successful conviction than just this.
Thu Apr 27, 2017, 02:10 PM
Apr 2017

there may be roadblocks within DOJ as well, and they're the ones who have to bring charges.

It's going to take a while. Figure on another year.

jannyd65

(22 posts)
7. I think it will be a long time....
Thu Apr 27, 2017, 02:32 PM
Apr 2017

before anything does happen because my gut (and only my gut, no proof, no info, etc) tells me that this thing is deeper and wider than anyone imagined. There could be so many people involved with this thing...

And if my gut is right (and it has been eerily so!), any IC agencies that have been investigating the Russian ties, might feel that they have to get credible, unimpeachable information, and if this is pervasive as it seems, as Malcolm Nance said, we might be in for a real constitutional crisis.

It will be a very interesting couple of years....

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
6. Hopefully the Distractor-in-Chief isn't scrambling the military to find a bigger bomb.
Thu Apr 27, 2017, 02:23 PM
Apr 2017

There will come a point when the military surrounds the White House if this continues much longer.

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panader0

(25,816 posts)
5. If this is true, and I don't doubt it for a minute,
Thu Apr 27, 2017, 02:15 PM
Apr 2017

it only further proves how incredibly inept the Trump team is.
Seriously, a tape? How dumb can you get?

More_Cowbell

(2,190 posts)
8. I'm okay with waiting; I think they'll include Pence and Ryan
Thu Apr 27, 2017, 02:34 PM
Apr 2017

Louise Mensch, who has been right on everything so far (she had the story about Chaffetz stepping down two weeks ago) thinks we'll end up with Orrin Hatch as president. Trump has done some terrible things but not, I think, as terrible as Pence could have accomplished. Assuming Trump doesn't get us into war with North Korea, or blown up by them (not a strong assumption, I know!) I think the longer the investigation goes, the more Republican thugs we'll get out of office. And that's a good thing.

Jarqui

(10,122 posts)
9. Sadly, pics or video of Trump enjoying Russian prostitutes
Thu Apr 27, 2017, 02:36 PM
Apr 2017

doing their Golden Shower thing would bring about a quicker demise.

There would be a certain Karma if the things that got him out of office were the targets of his groping.

I still have to kind of pinch myself saying such things about the President of the United States. The last 180 days or so have been dangerous and surreal.

In order for this to be truly meaningful, they can't just cut the head off this snake because people like Pence and Ryan are not substantially different. They need to hold a new election and let the people decide.

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
11. I would imagine that the DOJ will go after the low hanging fruit first
Thu Apr 27, 2017, 02:39 PM
Apr 2017

The case against Flynn seems to be rock solid. Carter Page is also dead in the water. Paul Manafort better be lawyering up.

I doubt the indictments will all go out concurrently. We'll see a cascade, and once the indicted start singing, the rest of them will drop like flies.

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