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2nd best part tied to Flynn trying to give his friend his incriminating file (or perhaps 3rd behind "intention to nominate [the dirty bag man/messenger - PP] Billingslea to serve as assistant secretary for terrorist financing at the Treasury Department"):
After learning that highly sensitive documents from a secure room at the transition's Washington headquarters were being copied and removed from the facility, Obama's national security team decided to only allow the transition officials to view some information at the White House, including documents on the government's contingency plans for crises.
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Marcy adds more meat, and looks like there'll be other items come out of Sally's hearings on Monday. Double Yikes. We're talking multiple meetings, possibly documented quid-pro-quo not only with the security head who had to resign, but also the Prez's consigliare son-in-law. These are very fast developments, especially since they concern rather clueless post-election actions, not hacking the election itself. The gang who couldn't shoot straight (or were too busy picking pockets to aim) indeed.
by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 05/06/2017 - 9:26am
I'm waiting to see if Cohen-Watnick appears in the testimony. He is clearly the linch-pin of the cover-up operation.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/20/trump-cia-firing-intelligence-community-white-house
by Obey on Sat, 05/06/2017 - 9:39am
I'm waiting to see how soon the pardons start happening.
by A Guy Called LULU on Sat, 05/06/2017 - 9:56am
Ha! I don't think any pre-emptive pardons would help. They carry imputations of guilt and acceptance carries an imputation of confession of guilt. It would just accelerate the investigation.
... says the amateur after 2 minutes of googling...
by Obey on Sat, 05/06/2017 - 10:02am
And a number of these cases will proceed at state level, where Trump's power of the pardon is nil.
& pardons don't apply to impeachment, which has a chance of playing soon to theaters near you, Inch'allah.
by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 05/06/2017 - 10:44am
Seems the other adult-in-the-room, McMasters, has been sidelined as well, no longer invited to meetings.
by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 05/06/2017 - 10:42am
Wow! This can't last, can it?
by Obey on Sat, 05/06/2017 - 10:54am
One can only hope. I would have been highly skeptical this could have happened to near this extent 6 months ago, and while we're making progress, part of that progress is discovering just how much bigger the real problem is. I'm again reminded of the fire ants in my barn - they seemed persistent but relatively harmless until I started digging under the roof and such to find how they'd worn all the beams and support structure away.
by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 05/06/2017 - 11:15am
Debbie Downer reminder: your hope is: President Pence. (Or er, shoud he be tainted too, President Ryan?)
That said, I always thought it quite possible that Trump could resign or be convinced to resign. Just started reading this at The New Yorker ("How Trump Could Get Fired;The Constitution offers two main paths for removing a President from office. How feasible are they?") and right in the beginning I see
A reminder that Trump's general modus operandi has been to walk away from anything that he sees as a fail. So that he can always be a winner. The failing is blamed on others. The others didn't let his genius shine as a dictator, so he walks.
And everyone in the GOP would by this stage probably prefer to work with Pence or Ryan. With whom they could execute plans more efficiently.
Be careful what you wish for?
Edit to add, I just got to say that this is related: those who think Obama voters who switched to Trump are enemies of the left of the aisle and not worth chasing because they all must be racists or idiots or whatever...some of these people would have never voted for Pence or Ryan alone. Theu voted for Obama and for Trump because of some promises made or hopes arisen that were common to both, even if just imagined. And are not common to the GOP.
by artappraiser on Sat, 05/06/2017 - 5:24pm
I expect Pence to go down with Trump, even though I think he'd be much less charismatic than Ryan. Still, if/when Trump burns out, there will be more collateral damage for Republicans than the top 2 positions, and it *will* translate into a major cleansing in Nov 2018. Americans can endure and even abet/encourage thievery. My guess is they won't abide out and out treason, and that's where we're headed is such a verdict.
by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 05/06/2017 - 6:11pm
BTW, every good resident might need this soon.... - gone are the days of the shotgun defense.
by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 05/06/2017 - 11:50am
Early pardons will be interesting.
Yates, YIKES....
Monday will be fun.
Never ask a question to which you do not know the answer beforehand. hahahaha
The repubs are overseeing these hearings; which is hilarious in itself.
As Mornin Joke put it years ago
Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi....
And everybody has seen this:
Congressional Hearings are Barnum & Bailey; for sure.
hahhah
by Richard Day on Sat, 05/06/2017 - 12:03pm
Peracles, you must redo the link with the link icon after you URL it.
The URL does not work
by Richard Day on Sat, 05/06/2017 - 12:04pm
Swalwell making the TV rounds - either there's more info or they're fighting against the attacks against the Intel committee, but he's not mincing his words about collusion.
Yes, Dick - the link works, but here it is again: https://apnews.com/amp/b109774705594ae887a86b337c444e6b
by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 05/06/2017 - 12:13pm
As one might expect, Trump tweets an insinuation that Yates leaked her findings to the media.
by moat on Mon, 05/08/2017 - 11:06am