Schiff's Not Falling For Trump's Tape Dodge

[bigtree]

Adam Schiff? @RepAdamSchiff 4h4 hours ago

.@POTUS statements stop short of denying WH has any tapes in possession, and only raise more questions. WH must respond to us in writing.

[NastyRiffraff]

1. Schiff isn't about to let this go

and Dump brought it on himself.

[L. Coyote]

27. This is a NO WIN for Trump. Plus, Comey has tapes.

[Madam45for2923]

2. DONALD THREATENED COMEY!

Simple.

[nini]

18. Exactly what I think

The tapes would've help bury him and his 'legal' team knew to silence them.

[pangaia]

3. Schiff was great on the tee vee while was at the gym...

[Gothmog]

4. Yeah for congressman Shiff

[Trial_By_Fire]

5. One thing about Schiff - he certainly kicks ass...

[NCjack]

6. Interpreting $45's tweet.

"... that he did not personally make or have possession of tapes ...."

Leaves open the possibility that recordings:

a) were done by a technician, and the recording system controls were never personally touched by #45; and
b) are being stored by his secretary.

[maddiemom]

14. If there ever WERE tapes, I doubt that Trump would want them out there.

Didn't almost everyone assume as I did: either there were no tapes, or if there were, they'd vindicate Comey? It seems like a no-brainer: tapes or no tapes, the public would never find out, at least from Trump.

[Gore1FL]

15. or c he used current digital recording technology instead of tapes. nt

[oxbow]

7. Agreed. Those tweets differ from all of his other ones

They are full of legal language and stand out as most definitely not written by him. The fact that he finally had a lawyer write his tweets points to two possibilities:
1) he is in deep trouble around the Comey firing and he knows it
2) he has something specific to hide regarding these recordings.

[WoonTars]

10. Your second point is intriguing...

....hmmm...there ARE tapes but he no longer has them....??

[trof]

8. Love the game Schiff is playing. Brilliant.

tRump's statement is indeed a criminal defense lawyer's delight.
"did not PERSONALLY MAKE or HAVE POSSESSION"
Translation: 'I did not turn the recorder on, myself, and I don't have the tapes in my pocket'.

[flibbitygiblets]

12. Exactly, it doesn't take 41 days to remember you didn't record something

It DOES take 41 days to listen to the tapes over and over, finally determining that there's no way to parse them in your favor, AND figure out how to answer the question verrrrrry carefully so you aren't TECHNICALLY lying.

Good on Schiff for calling BS.

[machoneman]

34. Knowing the odd other meetings & calls, did Comey wear a wire?

I do wonder......he's a really smart law enforcement fellow.

[spanone]

9. Schiff is playing chess...trump is playing dominoes

[LuckyLib]

22. Dominos is too complex for him. Drumpf is playing Chutes and Ladders.

[Cha]

24. Good one!.. cheato also twiddly fucking

winks.

[onecent]

11. You GO and Keep Going Adam Schiff!!!!!

I love you to death........you are a man, but not like that Dump President we have.

[MedusaX]

13. Schiff is also ensuring that *45's Tweet cannot be used by WH as a formal response to the request

& deadlines established.
Schiff knows that it is imperative to hold WH et al accountable to the traditional standards & protocols regarding official communications.

As today, the WH would claim the tweet satisfied the terms of the request...
but down the road they would flip flop and say that they never intended for the tweet to be the official response....

Happy to know Schiff is a stickler on such things...
WH will take a light year if you give them an inch.

[SHRED]

17. +10

[Bernardo de La Paz]

16. Possibly Republican Trump did have a tape but destroyed the evidence because didn't support him. nt

[zentrum]

19. Schiff is a Democrat who knows

.....how to stand up to RW bullies instead of appeasing them. So glad we have him.

[Auntie Bush]

20. I'd vote for Schiff if he ran for president. Hoping!

[LiberalLovinLug]

25. When I saw him on Bill Maher's show thats what immediately came to mind

He'd be a great candidate for the Democrats.
Charisma and looks, and even physical stature count, along with brains. sorry if that is unPC.

[thesquanderer]

21. He should just ask Russia for the tapes. (n/t)

[More_Cowbell]

36. Exactly what I thought

Like when Trump the candidate told Russia to release the DNC emails. Someone should tell Russia to release the tapes.

[Cha]

23. The WH is a crime scene and trump is under

investigation. cheato has been lying to the public for decades.. now, he's like a cornered rabid rat.. of course, he's lying again.

Good on Adam Schiff.. mahalo, bigtree~

[C_U_L8R]

26. Make him say it under oath....

if not Trump, then start hauling in staffers.

[RKP5637]

28. K&R! n/t

[L. Coyote]

29. Good video:

Link to tweet

[RKP5637]

30. I have 0 % trust in anything that comes out of the WH under tRump! n/t

[Squinch]

32. I love Schiff, but to be fair, NO ONE is falling for Trump's tapes dodge.

[ChoppinBroccoli]

33. He's Not Falling For The Banana In The Tailpipe Either

[trentwestcott]

35. I think that he doesn't have tapes, he probably has SD cards or something like that

I think he's playing a game of semantics, and just like he was wrong in saying that he was "wiretapped" instead of electronically monitored he's saying that he has no tapes, but he probably does have electronic recordings of some type.

[Gothmog]

37. Yeah for Congressman Schiff