Trump Says He Is Willing to Speak Under Oath to Mueller. BUT has to listen to his lawyers.edit

[elleng]

Source: NYT

President Trump said on Wednesday that he was willing to speak under oath to Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel investigating Russias interference in the 2016 presidential campaign.

Im looking forward to it, Mr. Trump said of talking to Mr. Mueller, ending months of speculation over whether he would submit to questions from the special counsel, who is also believed to be looking into whether the president sought to thwart the inquiry.



Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/24/us/politics/trump-mueller.html?

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Guarantee he wont do this or if he does he will take the 5th

It has been explained to him he has to either lie or tell the truth, either way he is proven to be a criminal and a traitor.

[lark]

5. I think he'll just lie and lie and lie some more.

It's what he's always done in court and just paid a fine and walked away. He thinks Mueller can't touch him, russian repugs will protect him to protect themselves and there's no law in America he can't break.

[Eliot Rosewater]

8. They got him if he does and then he will pardon himself.

The bottom line is his deplorables will shoot you and me if he is brought to justice, I am certain of that

[lark]

14. He pardons himself and congress and SCOTUS goes along with this treachery.

It will take a huge uprising of the people to stop our planned destruction by this Putin puppet, if even that works.

[Eliot Rosewater]

16. I see civil unrest either way, if justice is done the deplorables start shooting, if justice isnt

done the patriots have to take a stand.

[Irish_Dem]

21. Trump hopes for this scenario, Americans shooting each other over him.

His ultimate fantasy.

[Eliot Rosewater]

22. Perfect, actually. Martial law ends protest and democracy. Putin wants

your house, my house, our money and he means to get it.

[Irish_Dem]

28. Yes it would do the trick. And yes Putin sucked $600 billion out of the Russian economy.

America is his for the asking.

[Eliot Rosewater]

31. The hatred of the black people and gay people is why we will not survive.

[Irish_Dem]

33. America is a violent, racist society with corrupt leadership. We are no longer a democracy.

We are an oligarchy, rule by the wealthy elite.
We are losing superpower status, and rightly so.
The US no longer has the moral high ground either internationally or domestically.

Our leaders do not care what happens to American citizens.

I assume the US will survive in some fashion.
But not the country that our founding fathers hoped for.

[rtracey]

55. or

Or we win the 2018 elections, help regain our country...help our citizens, in 2020, we win the presidential election, the new president on the first day sits at a table and with one stroke of the pen signs an executive order that says...." With this executive order, I hereby recall all previous administrations executive orders", including but not limited to reactivation of the Dreamer act, the cancellation of the off-shore drilling order, the cancellation of the pollution of waterways, etc, etc,etc....

that is what my hope is.

[Eliot Rosewater]

56. Oh, you are one of THOSE people

All positive and stuff, half full and stuff.

Dont interfere with my NEG FEST please!

kidding

[rtracey]

59. I know

We all want that I think, just in different ways, but yes this administration has its aim set to destroy the Obama legacy, but it will not work. although things can happen fast, such as the deportations and other aspects of the immigration fight, but the majority of the actions in this country is very slow. This gives hope that in 3 years, this administration can be out on its ass, and we can begin to rebuild out standing in the world.

[Perseus]

39. According to politifact

He cannot pardon himself.

[lark]

52. Justice Dept. will side with him and so might SCOTUS.

Complicit russian repugs in congress will not do anything unless forced to and maybe not even then.

Would they be forced by massive uprisings, maybe?

[Irish_Dem]

19. Yep, he will testify under oath and lie.

That is my guess as well.

[cyclonefence]

2. Trump says a lot of things.

[Chakaconcarne]

3. Let that be reported out loud, clear and wide!

[jrthin]

4. He really didn't have a choice, did he?

[procon]

6. Trump's told so many lies, he's forgotten what the truth is.

He should ask Bill Clinton about how a charge of perjury works.

[targetpractice]

23. Narcissists live in their own reality...

...They believe once they've told their "story" (lies and all) and others believe it... That's reality to them.

He truly has convinced himself of his own truth. Admitting otherwise, would bring too much shame.

[guillaumeb]

7. What does swearing an oath really mean to a constant liar?

I see this as talking to his base, and the corporate media, but to expect any truth out of Donald Trump is delusional at best.

[Yonnie3]

9. I'll believe this when it happens.

It is rather often that 45 doesn't say what he means or means what he says. It is very possible that he will find some way to refuse in the end.

Hmm ... He's is "willing," but unfortunately pressing affairs of state preclude his attendance.

[DemKittyNC]

10. I honestly

would not be surprised if he just flat out admits to everything and brags about it as stupid as tRump is.

[japple]

11. And it will go a lot like this.

[Eliot Rosewater]

24. He doesnt read contracts ever. He wouldnt understand anything in them.

He is very dumb, uneducated, barely literate.

Knows absolutely nothing about business.

He can read at a 6th grade level is what has been concluded. He didnt go to school when in college, someone was paid to do it for him.

[ffr]

57. GMOAT!

[ffr]

58. Original GMOAT rant FTW!

Cracked.

[George II]

12. He says that now. Wait a few minutes, that will change.

[Betty]

13. I don't think he understands

what telling the truth is, or why it would be important under oath. He certainly doesn't think the rules apply to him.

[erronis]

15. OK - let's just give this s-hole a break, for once.

Maybe he'll surprise us all and be candid (and lucid) and let us know as much as he knows and remembers. However.

Well, there are lots of outs there.

- Candidity is in the eye of the beholder (Was that Voltaire?)
- Lucid is again depending on the the beholder (Dump's various physicians/faith-healers)
- As much as he knows could be based on his memory capabilities or selective amnesia

Can you prosecute someone who doesn't understand their crimes?

I hope you can at least put them in a padded cell somewhere and prosecute the shit out of everyone who has taken advantage of this poor moron.

[louis-t]

17. Uh oh....

[bucolic_frolic]

18. Quick

tell him this is his *LAST* chance to ask for loyalty

[louis-t]

20. I don't recall I don't recall

"I don't recall I don't recall I don't recall I don't recall I don't recall I don't recall I don't recall I don't recall I don't recall I don't recall I don't recall I don't recall I don't recall I don't recall I don't recall I don't recall I don't recall I don't recall I don't recall I don't recall I don't recall"

Worked for Sessions. And Gonzales.

[Mr.Bill]

25. And Reagan. n/t

[Kablooie]

26. Now watch him change his mind after talking it over with some cronies.

And when he's finally forced into to testifying it will all be blaming everyone else for everything.

He'll leave all puffed up and proud of being able to pass this test with flying colors.

[still_one]

27. and we all know how honest trump is

[C_U_L8R]

29. The next day, he'll proclaim himself exonerated

and will shut down Mueller by his own decree

[riversedge]

30. msnbc played a tape. Too fast for me to follow but anchor says he said it.

[Bayard]

32. An oath means nothing

To someone who has no honor.

[Dem4eva]

35. Exactly....

no honor amongst thieves as they say. NO fucking way he's going to testify. Not without a lawyer any way. Something big will happen between now and then. War? Maybe.

[Akoto]

34. If he commits perjury, I think Mueller will have him.

Mueller's very carefully and meticulously worked his way up the chain of people he thinks are worth questioning. By now, if there's a lie told, Mueller probably already knows the truth of it.

Trump has said some things he simply won't be able to easily explain away before Mueller, i.e. mentioning "that Russia thing" as a problem in connection to Comey's firing. A lot of direct signs that he and his tried to meddle in the investigation and obstruct.

On the other hand, Trump doesn't have much choice either way. Mueller has him backed into a corner with all of the suspicious connections he's dug up. Trump's refusal to speak with the special counsel would only make him look more guilty.

[paleotn]

36. Good....

Now lets see him answer questions to which Mueller and company already know the answers.

[ffr]

37. Yes, Mr. President, please come in.

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[Historic NY]

38. He was willing to release his tax returns too, but they under audit & his attorneys said no.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

40. How many times will he answer, "I don't recall"?

Is he going to beat Jeff Sessions' record? I think he would see that as a challenge.

[Still In Wisconsin]

41. Any lawyer who doesn't do anything they can to prevent a Dotard like TRUMP testifying under oath

would, I think, be liable in a malpractice suit. I'm not kidding. I hope Dotard DOES testify under oath because I think he truly believes he can outsmart/evade anyone, including Muller. His attorney would, of course, were they worth the paper their law school diploma is printed on, realize that this is NOT the case and do anything they can to prevent such an occurrence!

[Stardust1]

42. Wow

You're in no position to make any "but"s, Trump.

[briv1016]

43. The article itself has his lawyer already walking it back.

"Ty Cobb, the White House lawyer leading the response to the investigation, said Mr. Trump was speaking hurriedly and intended only to say that he was willing to meet. “He’s ready to meet with them, but he’ll be guided by the advice of his personal counsel,” Mr. Cobb said."

[Dem4eva]

45. Good old TY COBB....once murdered a man in an alley (ALLEGEDLY)

oh wait, wrong Ty Cobb:

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/01/did-ty-cobb-kill-someone-in-1912-mlb-hall-of-fame

All joking aside, Trumpler's lawyers are like him: classless Dbags in over their heads. So, yeah he's already changed his story...shocked. As I said earlier, Roger Stone is a scumbag but he's right about the orange anus hanging himself if he does agree to talk to Mueller. Therefore, it won't happen IMHO.

[NastyRiffraff]

44. He'll lie.

Dump sees no downside in lying. And who can blame him? He lies every single day and not only his Deplorable base and the KKK, neo-Nazis and alt-right still supports him, but Congressional Republicans do too.

However, his day of reckoning is coming; Mueller won't be so accommodating! Like Mother Nature, it's not nice to lie to the Special Counsel.

[Botany]

46. Lawyer to Trump

plead the 5th

[George II]

47. Ty Cobb (NOT a hall of famer) is already backing down on this. What a surprise.

[Fiendish Thingy]

48. Am I remembering correctly that lawyers can't be present during Meuller's interviews?

I swear I read that recently. Trump's lawyers can negotiate terms, and prep him, but once he's in the room, the Stable Genius is on his own...

[DoctorJoJo]

50. That's In Front Of A Grand Jury, I'm Pretty Sure He Can Have Representation With Mueller

[DoctorJoJo]

49. In A Battle Of Wits With Anyone, Trump Is Only Half-Armed!

[duforsure]

51. What he says...

Means nothing, and he'll back out using a phony excuse, then play the victim. He did it for PR, and to claim others are the bad guys, not him. His claim he's not worried or concerned, all BS, he's worried.

[Maxheader]

53. Yep..

A replay of r. reagans famous line during his iran contra trial...
"I don't remember"

[rtracey]

54. hmmmm

Once he raises his hand and says I will.......Mueller got him..... one can only hope..