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Secret Service Says They don't Have Trump Tapes

WCH said:
Those had actual substance not, supposition.
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Really? What became of all that "substance" you speak of?
 
joG said:
I do think that we should have recordings of persona holding power. This is for later reference by courts or other need to know situations. to be defined. Not all holders of every type of power need hold recordings of their doing at all times, but the more id est far reaching the power one holds, the tighter must be the capability to retrospectively see, what the person did and said. So, yes. The President should be as should the White House be 24/7 recorded. As a matter of fact, I would have thought that after our experiences with Watergate this would be uncontroversial.
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Legal reasons aside, I also think there should be such recordings for the historical record.
 
WCH said:
Those [investigations of Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton] had actual substance not, supposition.
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The Clinton White Water investigation cost $75 million and was dropped right after Bill Clinton left office. Mrs. Clinton testified before Congress for 12 straight hours -- on top of endless other investigations of Benghazi and nothing was ever found to be a misdeed.
 
Cardinal said:
Well, if there are no tapes, then he lied about their implied existence in an attempt to frighten Comey into being silent. I'd say that didn't really work out very well for him.
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Oh my gosh, it helped Trump tremendously. It forced Comey to come clean on the leaks, and he backed off on his claims that Trump required his "loyalty".

Comey turtled up once he thought tapes existed.
 
Cardinal said:
Well, if there are no tapes, then he lied about their implied existence in an attempt to frighten Comey into being silent. I'd say that didn't really work out very well for him.
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You're right, he frightened Comey into doing something unethical and possibly illegal.
 
Erod said:
Oh my gosh, it helped Trump tremendously. It forced Comey to come clean on the leaks, and he backed off on his claims that Trump required his "loyalty".

Comey turtled up once he thought tapes existed.
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He backed off the loyalty claim? When?

The "leak" thing is nonsense so I won't be responding to that.
 
Cardinal said:
He backed off the loyalty claim? When?

The "leak" thing is nonsense so I won't be responding to that.
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Nonsense? LOL, you guys can even stilt the definition of a leak. Unconscionable.

After Trump said he didn't mention loyalty - and there was this threat of tapes in the air - Comey hasn't brought it up since.
 
Erod said:
Nonsense? LOL, you guys can even stilt the definition of a leak. Unconscionable.

After Trump said he didn't mention loyalty - and there was this threat of tapes in the air - Comey hasn't brought it up since.
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Quote the part of the hearing where he backed off the loyalty claim. Thanks.
 
Erod said:
Oh my gosh, it helped Trump tremendously. It forced Comey to come clean on the leaks, and he backed off on his claims that Trump required his "loyalty".

Comey turtled up once he thought tapes existed.
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Erod said:
Nonsense? LOL, you guys can even stilt the definition of a leak. Unconscionable.

After Trump said he didn't mention loyalty - and there was this threat of tapes in the air - Comey hasn't brought it up since.
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Except that he brought it up at the Senate hearing.
You claimed Comey backed off on his statement that Trump asked for his loyalty. Comey in his opening statement [testifying before the Senate] said President Donald Trump told him "I need loyalty," at the January 27th dinner. Testifying that Trump said that seems to undercut your claim that Comey backed off the statement.
 
Anthony60 said:
That would pretty much guarantee that almost nothing would be discussed in the White House, aside from the weather.
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It didn't seem to make Nixon mind his tongue.
 
WCH said:
Really...not about us? Who's paying for all these witch trials?
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Witches deserve fair trials, just like murders and rapists and president's that abuse their power.
 
MTAtech said:
The Clinton White Water investigation cost $75 million and was dropped right after Bill Clinton left office. Mrs. Clinton testified before Congress for 12 straight hours -- on top of endless other investigations of Benghazi and nothing was ever found to be a misdeed.
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. Then Congress is screwing us yet again. According to you.
 
WCH said:
I know it's all about POV but, Comey's testimony helped Trump more than hurt him.
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BWHAHA.....I knows its all about POV, but I'm glad that the Cleveland Cavaliers repeated as NBA champs last night....LOL
 
WCH said:
And murdering raping presidents...
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Trump is a lot of ugly things, but I don't think of him as a murderer.... Though he does have a lot of "connected" friends.
 
Cardinal said:
Well, if there are no tapes, then he lied about their implied existence in an attempt to frighten Comey into being silent. I'd say that didn't really work out very well for him.
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Wow. That almost sounds like... an attempt at obstruction of justice.:shock:
 
Hawkeye10 said:
Should we fit them with ankle cuffs too, track them 24/7 and put the data in their Library?

Maybe a 24/7 lie detector device could be implanted.

I mean once you start on that how far do you go?
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Those aren't terrible ideas...
 
Anthony60 said:
So, you think the President, knowing he is being recorded, would just go on as if he wasn't? I doubt it.
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My experience was that my behavior didn't change, when our calls began to be recorded. I found that I didn't even think of it. But, in your opinion, would it be bad, if Presidents and their guests didn't break the law, because they were being watched?
 
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