Trump-Mueller tensions escalate

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Next week Junior, Manafort, and Kushner are all testifying so we’ll see what comes of that.
 
You need to get out of your comfort zone and read more than the Washington Times. And, BTW, it is not beyond his scope according to his contract.
I read quite a lot of news outlets (from left to right), except the NYT and LA TIMES, and as of late the Washington Post, so I’m pretty sure I’m getting out of my comfort zone more often than you are.

Why don’t you try getting out of your comfort zone, and read the Washington Examiner, Washington Times, Forbes, Business Insider, Breitbart, American Thinker . . .etc.?
 
I read quite a lot of news outlets (from left to right), except the NYT and LA TIMES, and as of late the Washington Post, so I’m pretty sure I’m getting out of my comfort zone more often than you are.

Why don’t you try getting out of your comfort zone, and read the Washington Examiner, Washington Times, Forbes, Business Insider, Breitbart, American Thinker . . .etc.?
I do check out of few of those, but not Brietbart. It makes me feel dirty with all the anti-Semitic innuendo. American Thinker? never heard of it.
 
I do check out of few of those, but not Brietbart. It makes me feel dirty with all the anti-Semitic innuendo. American Thinker? never heard of it.
Then please do not make assumptions of what I read, because I read a heck of a lot of material, and in fact, I quoted quite a few of them in previous threads (the Guardian, the Daily Caller, the Hill, Real Clear Politics. . . etc.).

p.s. What anti-Semitism is there on Breitbart? I read articles there and I have never encountered such anti-Semitic innuendo (the founder, Andrew Breitbart was a Jew, Ben Shapiro who became editor at large was also a Jew, and Milo Yannoupoulos who as of January of this year, was the editor at large was also part Jew). Am I missing something here?
 
Then please do not make assumptions of what I read, because I read a heck of a lot of material, and in fact, I quoted quite a few of them in previous threads (the Guardian, the Daily Caller, the Hill, Real Clear Politics. . . etc.).

p.s. What anti-Semitism is there on Breitbart? I read articles there and I have never encountered such anti-Semitic innuendo (the founder, Andrew Breitbart was a Jew, Ben Shapiro who became editor at large was also a Jew, and Milo Yannoupoulos who as of January of this year, was the editor at large was also part Jew). Am I missing something here?
I did encounter such and I know it when I see it. Maybe we visited on different days. But I’m sure the mood prevails since so many white nationalist post there.
 
I did encounter such and I know it when I see it. Maybe we visited on different days. But I’m sure the mood prevails since so many white nationalist post there.
Whatever you encountered was an anomaly, can’t seem to believe it though (like I said most of the major players at Breitbart were Jewish).

p.s. Are you referring to the comments or the articles? Because if it’s the comments, then I can imagine there being hateful comments, I’ve read some already.
 
Whatever you encountered was an anomaly, can’t seem to believe it though (like I said most of the major players at Breitbart were Jewish).

p.s. Are you referring to the comments or the articles? Because if it’s the comments, then I can imagine there being hateful comments, I’ve read some already.
No, I put comments into a separate category. It was the stories. Now they appear to be homophobic, too. The comments are quite nasty, as you mentioned.
 
I’m starting to think that Mueller hasn’t found anything of interest regarding the election collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign, so he’s venturing into his business transactions/dealings, even though that clearly goes beyond the mandate of the stated investigation.

Forget witch hunt, this is an inquisition.
+1. Yes, they are in high gear now. Why weren’t limits set on the scope of the
investigation? When you have lawyers lined up who were Clinton donors, how
unbiased is your investigation going to be?
 
Then please do not make assumptions of what I read, because I read a heck of a lot of material, and in fact, I quoted quite a few of them in previous threads (the Guardian, the Daily Caller, the Hill, Real Clear Politics. . . etc.).

p.s. What anti-Semitism is there on Breitbart? I read articles there and I have never encountered such anti-Semitic innuendo (the founder, Andrew Breitbart was a Jew, Ben Shapiro who became editor at large was also a Jew, and Milo Yannoupoulos who as of January of this year, was the editor at large was also part Jew). Am I missing something here?
I read Breitbart also and have never come across antisemitic material.
They have to find a way to smear Breitbart and discredit Breitbart as a legitimate
news source.
 
Why do I have a feeling that Trump’s about to do something extremely stupid, such as firing Mueller? The guy is handling the Russia probe so poorly, it’s ridiculous.
If Mr. Sessions somehow failed to belabor this obvious point with the President, I wouldn’t blame him. He has to be about ready to let Mr. Donald Trump have enough political rope to hang himself with, plus a little extra to ensure a good long drop. Just making threatening kinds of noises anywhere in the general direction of the special prosecutor is a very bad idea right now. Donald Trump ought to be spouting, “I’m sure they’ll be finished soon, I am not worried, we have nothing to hide, this will all be cleared up soon” as if his life depended on it.

The number of people willing to take political bullets for Mr. Trump is going to be down to the immediate family, pretty soon, and I’m not so sure I’d bet the farm on Mr. Kushner.

I hope he’s not making life as hard on the residence staff and the Secret Service as he is on the West Wing people who have desk jobs.
+1. Yes, they are in high gear now. Why weren’t limits set on the scope of the investigation? When you have lawyers lined up who were Clinton donors, how unbiased is your investigation going to be?
Considering that the Clintons didn’t exactly enjoy the Starr investigation into matters that happened well before* they* got into the White House, I don’t expect Democratic sympathies will be too much aroused.

Come to think of it, considering the number of members of GOP Congress that Mr. Trump has flippantly insulted as liars and swamp creatures and worse, there may even be a bit of schadenfreude on the “friendly” side of the aisle, too. You don’t make enemies inside the Beltway every chance you get without it coming back to bite you. There has to be a bit of a temptation to let Mr. Trump learn the hard way all the things that his money *won’t *buy in Washington, DC.
Destroying subpoenaed evidence? What are you going on about now?
Dunno…seems like there was redress when Nixon had it done.

This story is unfolding like a badly-written tragedy. Lots of hubris, but admiration for the tragic hero is not going to be enough to supply much pathos if he falls and Mr. Pence takes his place.

Mr. Trump needs to quit watching cable news and get himself a dog.
 
I’m starting to think that Mueller hasn’t found anything of interest regarding the election collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign, so he’s venturing into his business transactions/dealings, even though that clearly goes beyond the mandate of the stated investigation.

Forget witch hunt, this is an inquisition.
I honestly don’t know. Apparently Manafort is being investigated for money laundering now as well.

Is he even looking at Russia anymore?
+1. Yes, they are in high gear now. Why weren’t limits set on the scope of the investigation?
Actually Mueller is to look into any matters that arise or may arise from the investigation. That includes having the authority to subpoena, say, the president’s tax records.

cbsnews.com/news/the-powers-and-limits-of-robert-muellers-new-job-as-special-counsel/

factcheck.org/2017/05/special-counsel-qa/
 
That seems a bit odd. Is there any precedent for this?
Unless a blue dress was involved in questionable realestate dealings, this is actually rather restrained.

The investigation is into Russian involvement in the election, and Russian business dealings with the Trump organization would certainly need to be examined in order to properly ensure a thorough investigation under a moderately broad reading of this mandate.

Honestly, I’m not even a little bit perturbed by this development. I hope that all business ties are examined.
 
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