Incriminating: Trump called for acting FBI directors firing hrs after FBI raided Manafort's home

[kpete]

Trump called for acting FBI director’s firing hours after FBI agents raided Paul Manafort’s home
An incriminating fact-pattern emerges.

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In light of the news about the raid of Manafort’s home, Trump’s tweets on the day of July 26 are of renewed interests. That was the day Trump abruptly posted a string of tweets tweets announcing “that the United States government will not accept or allow [t]ransgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military.” Last Friday, Politico reported that Trump’s declaration stunned White House and Department of Defense lawyers who had warned him against such a ban.


But more directly of interest are factually inaccurate tweets Trump posted later that day asking why Attorney General Jeff Sessions hadn’t moved to replace then-acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe.

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In June, the Post reported that special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the Trump campaign includes “an examination of whether President Trump attempted to obstruct justice” by asking former FBI Director James Comey to stop investigating his associates before firing him in May. The fact pattern of July 26 certainly won’t quell suspicions that Trump has tried to exert inappropriate pressure on the Department of Justice to kneecap an investigation into his campaign for possible collusion with Russia.

Manafort attended a June 2016 meeting between Trump campaign officials and a Russian lawyer who promised through an intermediary to provide the campaign with incrimination information about Hillary Clinton on behalf of the Kremlin. Emails Donald Trump Jr. released last month showing how the meeting was set up indicate the Trump campaign was, at the very least, eager to collude.

Last week, news broke that Mueller had issued grand jury subpoenas related to the June 2016 meeting. The Post reports that the search warrant agents used to raid Manafort’s home “was wide-ranging and FBI agents working with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III departed the home with various records.”


https://thinkprogress.org/trump-called-for-acting-fbi-directors-firing-hours-after-fbi-agents-raided-paul-manaforts-home-7c702db9ab82/

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[Botany]

1. Wouldn't that be an act of obstruction?

n/t

[Foamfollower]

2. In a nation with Justice, it would be another two obstruction counts in the impeachment charges.

OF course, there is no such thing as "justice" in a nation run by the GOP.

[Botany]

5. But what about Hillary's emails?

Although this raid on Manafort is very significant and Trump's
reaction to it shows that he is scared.

[L. Coyote]

7. Precisely so. One more impeachment actionable offense by the Don.

Trump's New Impeachable Offenses: Obstruction of Justice, Conspiracy, Abuse of Power

How many times will I need to add more crimes to that old thread?

[Achilleaze]

3. freaking republicans PISSING all over America's rule of law

republican "values" are total shit, as they try to undermine the American justice system to protect their ignoble republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief, the slick and sleazy Comrade Casino (R).

[dalton99a]

4. Another tremendous coincidence

of course

[Stargazer99]

6. When as a nation going to get fed up with this?

[SusanaMontana41]

11. Most of the nation is.

Repigs just can't quite bring themselves to fulfill their oaths.

[Scarsdale]

12. They are afraid

that THEY will be exposed. Many gop took money from Russia. It will ALL be exposed, yet there will be people who will refuse to believe how dirty the gop members really are.

[triron]

8. If this were the 1960s young people

would be in the streets demonstrating.

[BigmanPigman]

17. I know this isn't even close but on July 2 thousands did March in the

streets of San Diego for the Impeachment March. The neo Nazi group called the Proud Boys (draped in flags of course) came down to incite violence and they almost did. They are very good at it too. The cops stood around and watched until a guest speaker, an assemble person, called the chief of police. I wore a flag shirt and smile and gave them the "peace sign" and that pissed them off. Two days ago I bought a new US flag to wear as a cape for my next March (they think they own the flag and are the true patriots).

RESIST! Peace.

[tblue37]

18. Now they are organizing on social media and with the Resistance. I teach

college students, and I had several last year who were very politically active--and one who switched to a prelaw major with a political science minor because he figured that would help prepare him to run for office. He also was one of the main volunteer campaign organizers in the state for Bernie's campaign in the primary, and for Hillary's in the general.

Don't assume the kids are not doing anything just because you can't see what they are doing. Sure, many are apathetic, just as many adults are, but many are not just fully engaged but also laying the groundwork for even more effective future engagement.

[GreenPartyVoter]

21. Thanks for saying this. It warms my heart so much!!

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

30. Thanks for that.

Every little bit of hope helps.

[MrPurple]

9. I really hope Trump's new FBI director doesn't stifle things

Trump wouldn't have appointed someone who he didn't think would try to sandbag the investigation.

[C Moon]

10. He's still saying "Drain the swamp" ?? HA HA! What a fool.

[stpetegreg]

14. He did drain the swamp...

and in it's place created a cesspool!

[MurderMittenLiberal]

13. And to Top it all off,

The Trump controlled National Enquirer is now doing a hit piece on Manafort saying he betrayed his country and had affairs with women half his age. Amazing.

[SergeStorms]

20. That made Trump furious......

I expect. Manafort was off having affairs with women half his age, and there's Trump, stuck with a job like "president" and having to hang around the Oval Office (notice I didn't accuse him of WORKING in the oval Office). Trump's roguish ways have been seriously thwarted by this "president thing".

And a belated welcome to DU, MurderMitten!

[MurderMittenLiberal]

24. I agree!

That used to be Trumps forte, sleeping with and groping women half his age. The Trump controlled Enquirer also paid a former Playboy Playmate $150,000 for her story about her affair with Trump, and they just sat on it and never published it. Hmmm, lot of money for no actual printing...

And Thank You! Been a reader for a decade, decided to finally join the ranks!

[Renew Deal]

27. Probably to discredit him as a witness against Trump

[tclambert]

15. "and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation,

and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

They had to have particulars. They had to have sworn support. They had to have probable cause.

[Julian Englis]

16. K & R, n/t

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

19. Getting too close for comfort Drumpf?

[Gothmog]

22. The timing of the FBI raid explains a great deal

[peggysue2]

23. I'm sure . . .

this is mere coincidence in the same way that the Trumpster and his circle's outrageous statements are merely jokes. Or as Malcolm Nance has repeatedly said:'These coincidences take a lot of planning.' Or as Paul Wellstone and/or Biden said, "There are no coincidences in politics.'

I'm also sure the Trumpster thinks he's oh, so very clever.

News Flash: He's Not.

[L. Coyote]

25. REC. Let's send this to the top.

[Achilleaze]

26. the republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief deserves a standard, miserable jail cell

no frikken fancy-pants republican fat-cat gourmet deluxe two-scoops, chocolate-cake cell accommodations for republican TreasonWeasels who are trying to destroy American democracy.

[spanone]

28. more obstruction. keep it up, don.

[H2O Man]

29. Recommended.

Thank you for this!