bit of a reach, RG.
how is revoking a retired spy chief's clearance obstructing the course of justice?
You have a direct statement of intent to do "something" about the investigation.“I call it the rigged witch hunt, [it] is a sham,” Mr. Trump said in an interview. “And these people led it!”
He added: “So I think it’s something that had to be done.”
Not a reach at all, it is exactly addressed in the statute.
hmm, but how does revoking Brennan's clearance impede or alter the investigation?
Trash faithfully, effectively following Pootin's orders
EUROPE AND THE US DRIFT (DANGEROUSLY) FAR APART
The Continent is something most Americans — those born after World War II — have more or less taken for granted.
But now we need to seriously worry about Europe.
There have been serious friction points like the 2003 Iraq invasion, for example,
but for the most part America could count on Europe to be stable and loyal in times of trouble.
But cracks are definitely widening — both within Europe and between Europe and the United States.https://www.ozy.com/opinion/europe-a...a04bf10a595031
Poland and Hungary have both drifted towards autocracy. Pootin is working hard to destroy EU, NATO, and regain influence over the USSR countries.
It is part of his overall patters of actions designed to send clear signal of the consequences for those conducting the investigation as to what is at stake, and that the President will not be constrained in his behavior towards them.
Not unlike a mob boss killing a relative of a witness, to make a point, albeit a much less extreme action. Still an action nonetheless.
As noted, he directly outlined his intent. In public.
yep, blatant intimidation, just like Trash signalled that he was willing pardon convicts in his mafiya, eg, Manafort.
still seems a stretch, but I agree using presidential power to discredit mean tweeters is overkill.
desperate POTUS admits his security clearance antics are due to the Russia probe
In a subsequent interview with the Wall Street Journal, Trump made that crystal clear, saying he had to move against Brennan and others he holds responsible for the Russia probe.
On revoking security clearances, he said he would "put a Republican on, too, if I thought they were incompetent or crazy.
”Trump then pointed to other investigators who worked on the Russia probe and the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s private email server.
“You look at any of them and you see the things they’ve done,” Trump said. “In some cases, they’ve lied before Congress. The Hillary Clinton whole investigation was a total sham.”
He went on to suggest he’s reviewing the security clearance of other critics – James Clapper, James Comey, Michael Hayden, Sally Yates, Susan Rice, Andrew McCabe, Peter Strzok, Lisa Page, and Bruce Ohr – simply because he’s decided that they’re bad people.
“I don’t trust many of those people on that list,” Trump said. “I think that they’re very duplicitous. I think they’re not good people.”
Trump’s comments are reminiscent of when he claimed he was firing Comey over mishandling the Clinton probe, then admitted in a TV interview days later that he was thinking “this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story.”
It was clear from the start that Trump’s move was about punishing his critics and threatening other intelligence officials to watch what they say. But
Trump’s comments to the Journal underscore that the specific goal was undermining the Russia probe.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/8/15/1788597/-desperate-POTUS-confesses-his-security-clearance-antics-are-unjustified?detail=emaildkre
financial predator, vulture Mnuchin doing his part to protect Trash whom he knows is guilty, why else impede Mueller?
Treasury department making it difficult for Senate investigators to 'follow the money'
According to BuzzFeed,
the slow-walking of information available to Treasury is so bad,
that even people within the department believe that it is intentionally trying to block the investigation.
Last year, Treasury rejected the committee’s request for help from one of its experts,Treasury has been unwilling to provide some do ents,
even as Treasury officials have speculated — behind closed doors
— that the Senate committee would not be able to follow the twisting financial trail laid out in the do ents they had turned over,
a path that often passes through offshore s companies or untraceable cash transactions.
produced others in a deliberately complex form, and
refused to provide the expertise needed to unravel what it has provided.
It’s enough that emails authored by the department’s own
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network discussed whether Treasury was attempting to block the investigation.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/201...tail=emaildkre
Do ents Reveal Successful Cyberattack in California Congressional Race
The FBI investigated hacking attempts targeting a Democrat who ran against “Putin’s favorite congressman”
https://www.rollingstone.com/politic...s=mcnewsletter
Here's Why a Former US Attorney Thinks Michael Cohen's Sudden Silence Should Terrify Trump
For a time, Michael Cohen's name was splashed across national headlines. Now he appears to be laying low.
the president's former attorney who is known to be under federal investigation. "He's suddenly quiet. Is
he acting this week right now like a potentially cooperating witness?"
"You bet he is," Rosenberg replied.
"Now, he's situated differently, of course, because he might end up being a defendant rather than just the witness.
But right, the silence you hear from him is deafening.
The reason you're hearing silence, I think, is because he's cooperating.
He was asked the same thing:
Tell us the truth and don't talk to anyone else.
And guess what? he's not talking to anyone else.
I think it's a very good guess."
https://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/heres-why-former-us-attorney-thinks-michael-cohens-sudden-silence-should-terrify
Al Franken breaks down why Trump’s ‘collusion is not a crime’ defense is an ‘insult to everyone’s intelligence’
he targeted the absurdity of Trump’s pivot from “NO COLLUSION!” to “collusion isn’t a crime.”
Collusion is a crime, he said:
It’s usually called “conspiracy to commit…”
“The thing is, collusion IS a crime,
if you collude with somebody to break a law,”
Franken wrote.
“That’s called ‘conspiracy.’
You can’t get out of a crime by finding a synonym.
‘I am not guilty of murdering the victim.
I merely killed her!
And there’s no such thing as first degree killing!!!’
If that were the case, all any criminal defense lawyer would need is a thesaurus.”
Franken went on to mock other Trumpian defenses.
“‘My client didn’t steal the iPhone.
He pilfered it.
I demand that he be released forthwith!’
This is the kind of insult to everyone’s intelligence that Trump specializes in,” he wrote.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/08/al-...e+Raw+Story%29
‘This is what he does when he’s most afraid’: Former Trump casino executive explains president’s Omarosa meltdown
“I think he is afraid,”
onetime Trump Plaza Hotel president and chief operation officer Jack O’Donnell told a CNN panel.
“And this is what he does when he is most afraid —
he attacks, attacks and attacks.”
The former Trump executive said Manigault Newman’s tape of Lara Trump appearing to offer her “hush money” days after her firing from the White House reminded him of his own experiences with whistleblowing on his old boss.
“These tactics are similar to what he used when he tried to stop my book,”
O’Donnell said of his 1991 tell-all “Trumped!”
“The letter comes to the publisher,
then they come to you directly trying to buy you off, and
then after that, the threats begin,” he said.
“Looks like the same pattern is there for his behavior.”
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/08/hes...e+Raw+Story%29
Every Single Person Who’s Challenged Mueller’s Authority Has Lost
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile...rity-has-lost/
George was framed. No reason to take a plea deal.
That is hilarious, TSA.
Thanks for the laugh.
You've only been saying Flynn's going to do the same for half a year.
lol
`who framed him and how?
Trump Eager To Strip Clearance Of More Critics, Those Involved In Russia Probe
President Donald Trump has told those around him that he wants to strip the security clearance from more critics and people involved in the Russia investigation,
Aides said that
Trump thinks he looks strong
and decisive
for punishing Brennan so aggressively.
Senior advisers, including press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, reportedly
advised Trump to announce the security revocation
this week to
change the narrative from former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman’s tapes.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/t...+%28TPMNews%29
Trash lost in his sicko fantasy world, deflecting from his FAILING so-called Presidency
OMN is just getting started. How many security clearances will she cause to be stripped?
The law hinges on intent.
If you publicly state your intent, it becomes less and less of a stretch.
Even WaPo forced to report on Ohr
https://www.washingtonpost.com/ampht...&noredirect=on
Like I said earlier...Trump has the DOJ slow rolling the release of do ents heading to the midterms. I’m curious when he’s going to open the floodgates. He’s had EVERYTHING since he took office.
Nothings going to happen.
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