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Lawmakers clash over Trump's talks with Whitaker

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Lawmakers clash over Trump’s talks with Whitaker - POLITICO


[h=1]Lawmakers clash over Trump’s talks with Whitaker[/h]
Former Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker told the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that he was involved in conversations about the Justice Department’s investigation into President Donald Trump’s former attorney and fixer Michael Cohen, according to the panel’s chairman, Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.).

But the Republican side of the committee gave vastly different accounts of what happened behind closed doors. Whitaker discussed the scope of the investigation in addition to the recusal of Geoffrey Berman, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, Nadler told reporters after meeting privately with Whitaker.

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Matthew Whitaker can possibly be in a heap of trouble if it's proven that he lied to Congress denying any conversations between himself and Trump about the ongoing investigations in the SDNY and denied ever speaking to Trump about Michael Cohen.
 
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Lawmakers clash over Trump’s talks with Whitaker - POLITICO


[h=1]Lawmakers clash over Trump’s talks with Whitaker[/h]
Former Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker told the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that he was involved in conversations about the Justice Department’s investigation into President Donald Trump’s former attorney and fixer Michael Cohen, according to the panel’s chairman, Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.).

But the Republican side of the committee gave vastly different accounts of what happened behind closed doors. Whitaker discussed the scope of the investigation in addition to the recusal of Geoffrey Berman, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, Nadler told reporters after meeting privately with Whitaker.

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Matthew Whitaker can possibly be in a heap of trouble if it's proven that he lied to Congress denying any conversations between himself and Trump about the ongoing investigations in the SDNY and denied ever speaking to Trump about Michael Cohen.

So...it's the Dem House member's word against the Rep House member's word. Take your pick, y'all. Me? I won't believe either of them until I see the transcript. They all love to spin.
 
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Whitaker just became a witness against Trump in the investigation of obstruction of justice. How about that.
 
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As for whether to believe Democrats or Republicans, I feel it's best to just quote Michael Cohen on this:

“Everybody’s job at the Trump Organization is to protect Mr. Trump. Every day most of us knew we were coming and we were going to lie for him about something. That became the norm.”

“I did the same thing that you’re doing now for 10 years. I protected Mr. Trump for 10 years. I can only warn people, the more people that follow Mr. Trump as I did blindly are going to suffer the same consequences that I’m suffering.”

Republicans in Congress and America's trump supporters have taken it upon themselves to adopt the roles expected of the Trump Organization's employees.
 
Lawmakers clash over Trump’s talks with Whitaker - POLITICO


[h=1]Lawmakers clash over Trump’s talks with Whitaker[/h]
Former Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker told the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that he was involved in conversations about the Justice Department’s investigation into President Donald Trump’s former attorney and fixer Michael Cohen, according to the panel’s chairman, Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.).

But the Republican side of the committee gave vastly different accounts of what happened behind closed doors. Whitaker discussed the scope of the investigation in addition to the recusal of Geoffrey Berman, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, Nadler told reporters after meeting privately with Whitaker.

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Matthew Whitaker can possibly be in a heap of trouble if it's proven that he lied to Congress denying any conversations between himself and Trump about the ongoing investigations in the SDNY and denied ever speaking to Trump about Michael Cohen.

The desperation of the left is palpable.
 
The desperation of the left is palpable.

Did you have a problem with the Tarmac Meeting? If so, the meeting between Whitaker and Trump was the Tarmac Meeting on a methamphetamine/cocaine/caffeine/LSD cocktail.
 
Did you have a problem with the Tarmac Meeting? If so, the meeting between Whitaker and Trump was the Tarmac Meeting on a methamphetamine/cocaine/caffeine/LSD cocktail.

And a pcp laced Diet Coke to wash it down with
 
The desperation of the left is palpable.

It's not desperation, it's known as 'hope'. We are encouraged and hopeful that this rogue, unqualified mobster will soon be exposed for the thuggish, racketeering mob boss he is.
 
It's not desperation, it's known as 'hope'. We are encouraged and hopeful that this rogue, unqualified mobster will soon be exposed for the thuggish, racketeering mob boss he is.

Yeah.... no... stern no.. or a very thick "No" to be precise.

We've had three years of the left figuratively and in some cases, literally. Losing their **** with calculated burst of "Trump derangement syndrome" and we're pretty tired of all of this stupidity at this point.

The majority of you people can be considered a circular firing and that designation has been viable for over two years now.
 
It's not desperation, it's known as 'hope'. We are encouraged and hopeful that this rogue, unqualified mobster will soon be exposed for the thuggish, racketeering mob boss he is.

It's the people you are pinning your hope on who are desperate.
 
I go through periods of astonishment that Trump's habit of "projection" has been adopted by so many of his acolytes. Then I remember why they follow him. I've surveyed a LOT of forums and I just don't see that on the left side of the discussions. Maybe it's a left brain- no brain phenomenon.
 
I found this statement interesting:
Former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker privately acknowledged Wednesday that he had raised concerns with his staff at the Justice Department about the scope of the Southern District of New York's case against former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, according to House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler and Republican aides.
Whitaker expressed concerns about Cohen case while serving as Justice Department chief (CNN). If accurate, kinda undercuts Collins' statement.
 
What fear is that? The fear of Russian collusion? :lamo

The fear of political oblivion, the outer darkness where there is wailing and gnashing of teeth.
 
The fear of political oblivion, the outer darkness where there is wailing and gnashing of teeth.

You mean like 2010? Sorry, but history didn't start with the election of Trump.
 
You mean like 2010? Sorry, but history didn't start with the election of Trump.

Didn't end there either. In politics nothing is ever settled. Trump was elected by such a thin margin and the Republican Senate majority so tenuous it wouldn't take many alienated evangelicals to turn the tables. Combine that with all those idiot Democrats who sat the last one out because Clinton was going to win hands-down showing up at the polls and the Republicans will have to do some serious damage control to their image if they want to be in the running. If they want to avoid the outer darkness.
 
Didn't end there either. In politics nothing is ever settled. Trump was elected by such a thin margin and the Republican Senate majority so tenuous it wouldn't take many alienated evangelicals to turn the tables. Combine that with all those idiot Democrats who sat the last one out because Clinton was going to win hands-down showing up at the polls and the Republicans will have to do some serious damage control to their image if they want to be in the running. If they want to avoid the outer darkness.

Its a pendulum, dude. Republicans got creamed in 2008 only to sweep back into power in 2010. Dems are now coming back. Frankly, if you think about it, the GOP hold on the senate is quite safe. There are more red states than blue states so it makes sense that the way things are currently laid out that dems would hold the house and the Gop the senate
 
It's not desperation, it's known as 'hope'. We are encouraged and hopeful that this rogue, unqualified mobster will soon be exposed for the thuggish, racketeering mob boss he is.


See that's the weird thing: it's not something which I'd hope to be true. Trump may have a real crappy public persona for many, but I'd prefer to think he's not that corrupt. If he is then so be it, but I don't hope that someone like that made it to the White House.
 
See that's the weird thing: it's not something which I'd hope to be true. Trump may have a real crappy public persona for many, but I'd prefer to think he's not that corrupt. If he is then so be it, but I don't hope that someone like that made it to the White House.

This is pretty stunning; "If he is, so be it"

I've known about Trump for at least 30 years, and yes.... he is that corrupt, and yes, that corruption is rotting our government from the inside out.
 
This is pretty stunning; "If he is, so be it"

I've known about Trump for at least 30 years, and yes.... he is that corrupt, and yes, that corruption is rotting our government from the inside out.

I've been aware of Trump just as long, but what I was responding to was the hope that it would be true. I don't feel that way at all; instead I'd be saddened that it would be true. For me the investigation is important in identifying malfeasance; I'm not rooting for a particular result. I'd much rather hope this isn't true, but if it is then justice is dealt accordingly.
 
Did you have a problem with the Tarmac Meeting? If so, the meeting between Whitaker and Trump was the Tarmac Meeting on a methamphetamine/cocaine/caffeine/LSD cocktail.

Wait, where can I get one of those cocktails???
 
Wait, where can I get one of those cocktails???

Look at the exact ingredients in that cocktail. That is not a recipe for fun.
 
Yeah.... no... stern no.. or a very thick "No" to be precise.

We've had three years of the left figuratively and in some cases, literally. Losing their **** with calculated burst of "Trump derangement syndrome" and we're pretty tired of all of this stupidity at this point.

The majority of you people can be considered a circular firing and that designation has been viable for over two years now.

Your perception of the left 'losing their ****' was simply a reaction to the ambivalence of the republicans to the usurping of their congressional powers by Trump and his proclivity to alienate our most loyal allies, blurring the line between legal and illegal multiple times, engaging in his endeavor to increase his own wealth and that of his family, and ignoring the red flags that our intelligence agencies have been waving in front of his eyes. Yeah, if that's considered to be 'losing their ****' then I guess it is.
 
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