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Quackers

(2,256 posts)
Mon Nov 18, 2019, 12:31 PM Nov 2019

House investigating whether Trump lied to Mueller

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN)The House of Representatives is now investigating whether President Donald Trump lied to special counsel Robert Mueller in written answers he provided in the Russia investigation, the House's general counsel said in federal court Monday.

"Did the President lie? Was the President not truthful in his responses to the Mueller investigation?" House general counsel Douglas Letter told the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit about why the House now needs access to grand jury material Mueller collected in his investigation.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/18/politics/house-investigating-trump-lying-to-mueller/index.html

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House investigating whether Trump lied to Mueller (Original Post) Quackers Nov 2019 OP
"Did the President lie?" The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2019 #1
To him, lies are truth! And factual truths are fake! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2019 #5
Is he talking? ... aggiesal Nov 2019 #10
Or in this case, did his lawyers write down his responses? If yes, then he was lying. lagomorph777 Nov 2019 #27
Or the aqueous protection MurrayDelph Nov 2019 #18
Good! I don't trust anything the MF'er says, and I'm sure not alone! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2019 #2
Does the President have conveniently selective amnesia? Qutzupalotl Nov 2019 #3
I suspect he actually has Alzheimer's. cstanleytech Nov 2019 #13
Or possibly rublonic plague.......? Common among associates of Vladdy Daddy. lastlib Nov 2019 #14
Rublonic Plague lagomorph777 Nov 2019 #28
Or Pence/Trump Qutzupalotl Nov 2019 #32
I still can't believe they released that logo! lagomorph777 Nov 2019 #35
This was in WRITTEN responses, elleng Nov 2019 #15
Exactly. I think his lawyers coached him to lie Qutzupalotl Nov 2019 #17
If THAT's the case, the 'lawyers' subjected themselves to all sorts of 'problems!' elleng Nov 2019 #19
He used the magic (weasel) words.. ewagner Nov 2019 #23
Those cannot be disputed except in special cases. ... aggiesal Nov 2019 #29
Yes. This leads me to believe he was coached specifically to cover up criminality. n/t Qutzupalotl Nov 2019 #31
Smacks of being "Roy Cohn-osh" n/t ewagner Nov 2019 #33
Dementia IronLionZion Nov 2019 #24
open it all up Grasswire2 Nov 2019 #4
Did trump lie? UpInArms Nov 2019 #6
The 2nd half of that story, that's never told ... aggiesal Nov 2019 #12
Another count of Obstruction of Justice Botany Nov 2019 #7
This is directly impeachable offense. beachbumbob Nov 2019 #8
Isn't tnat what Clinton was nailed for too? BigmanPigman Nov 2019 #16
Yes. Yes, it is. crickets Nov 2019 #20
Technically it was perjury in a civil suit. beachbumbob Nov 2019 #22
That is a no brainer he can't tell the truth doc03 Nov 2019 #9
Now I'd wear a t shirt that urged folks to read THESE transcripts Arthur_Frain Nov 2019 #11
I'll save you trouble. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2019 #21
As the Republicans repeated endlessly wnylib Nov 2019 #25
Guess what the House would be doing if we had not WON IT BACK! Eliot Rosewater Nov 2019 #26
i can save then tine on this one world wide wally Nov 2019 #30
I can see it coming bluestarone Nov 2019 #34

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,656 posts)
1. "Did the President lie?"
Mon Nov 18, 2019, 12:33 PM
Nov 2019

(Insert remarks about the excretory habits of ursine mammals and the religious beliefs of the Bishop of Rome)

MurrayDelph

(5,293 posts)
18. Or the aqueous protection
Mon Nov 18, 2019, 02:18 PM
Nov 2019

in the anal region of various avians, amphibians, and semi-aquatic egg-laying mammals (of action).

elleng

(130,822 posts)
15. This was in WRITTEN responses,
Mon Nov 18, 2019, 01:39 PM
Nov 2019

presumably somewhat 'studied,' so it's likely deliberate LIES (imo.)

Qutzupalotl

(14,296 posts)
17. Exactly. I think his lawyers coached him to lie
Mon Nov 18, 2019, 02:18 PM
Nov 2019

to say he could not recall anything he did that was illegal.

ewagner

(18,964 posts)
23. He used the magic (weasel) words..
Mon Nov 18, 2019, 02:40 PM
Nov 2019

"...to the best of my recollections"...

" ...I have no independent recollections of....(insert statement, incident or something read into evidence here)..."

Those cannot be disputed except in special cases.

aggiesal

(8,908 posts)
29. Those cannot be disputed except in special cases. ...
Mon Nov 18, 2019, 04:09 PM
Nov 2019

Like indisputable documents or testimony from decorated 1st level sources?

aggiesal

(8,908 posts)
12. The 2nd half of that story, that's never told ...
Mon Nov 18, 2019, 01:03 PM
Nov 2019

So a Bear and a Rabbit were taking a dump in the woods.
The Bear asks the Rabbit, "Does your $hit stick to your fur?"
The Rabbit responds, "No, why?"

The Bear then picks up the Rabbit and wipes himself clean.

Botany

(70,476 posts)
7. Another count of Obstruction of Justice
Mon Nov 18, 2019, 12:42 PM
Nov 2019

Trump is going to be impeached end of story. Hopefully enough proven information will be
there that even the Republicans in the Senate will vote to convict him. One problem is that
the # of GOP Senators who took Russian/NRA money.

Arthur_Frain

(1,846 posts)
11. Now I'd wear a t shirt that urged folks to read THESE transcripts
Mon Nov 18, 2019, 01:02 PM
Nov 2019

But of course we know that these are going to be kept under lock and key. I suppose you can chalk that up to another one of the things that innocent people don’t do, hide EVERYTHING!

Transparency my ass, but it should be becoming clear who is on one side, and who is on the other. I wish people would make a note of this, who stood for what. The names of those complicit in this attempt at authoritarian-izing our nation should be immortalized on a bronze wall of shame for as long as the bronze will endure.

I’m not much for the Bible, but I’d go for some biblical style shunning of their seed for 7 generations too.

bluestarone

(16,894 posts)
34. I can see it coming
Mon Nov 18, 2019, 05:18 PM
Nov 2019

He will throw his lawyers under the bus! Hear him now, "they made me do it" "They made me do it"

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