When President Donald Trump lashed out against Robert Mueller by name earlier this month, the president’s supporters sprang into action — treating the chief Russia investigator to political campaign-style opposition research.
Within hours, the Drudge Report featured a story blaming Mueller, the special counsel leading the Justice Department’s Russia probe, for the FBI’s clumsy investigation into the 2001 anthrax attacks when Mueller ran the bureau. The independent pro-Trump journalist Sara Carter posted a story charging that Mueller, as a federal prosecutor in Boston in the mid-1980s, had covered up the FBI’s dealings with the Mafia informant Whitey Bulger. Carter was soon discussing her findings in prime time with Fox News host Sean Hannity.
Meanwhile, Trump supporters on Twitter circulated video of testimony Mueller gave to Congress ahead of the 2003 Iraq War in which he endorsed the view, later proved false, that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction.
To some, the barrage looked coordinated among pro-Trump allies and media outlets, a concerted effort to tarnish Mueller’s reputation as part of a political strategy to undermine, or even eventually fire, the Russia investigator.
“It looks like the beginnings of a campaign,” a source familiar with Trump’s legal strategy said. “It looks like they are trying to seed the ground. Ultimately, if the president determines he wants to fire Mueller, he’s going to want to make sure there’s ample public record that he can fall back on.”
There is no longer any question as to whether or not Trump will try to fire Robert Mueller, but rather WHEN he will try to fire Robert Mueller.
I actually think that these most recent firings are all designed to provide cover for Trump to fire Rod Rosenstein and Jeff Sessions, in the hopes that the media will not immediately realize that it was his goal all along.
If Trump is "shaking up" his cabinet then he can say that Sessions and Rosenstein were just part of his reshuffling, but in fact we all know that the real reason to remove them is so that he can take Mueller out.
Trump's dead mother gave birth to pure evil.
ReplyDeleteShe was dead when she gave birth? That explains a lot.
DeleteRemember, his parents were not pro Donald and sent him off to school - getting him out of their home! He was a difficult kid to handle is the bottom line. Plus, he wasn't smart.
DeleteMoney has gotten him everything - he hasn't done a fucking thing to earn a dime of it. His Dad left him wealthy - wish he'd not provided him a 'red' cent! We would have all been so much better off!
If they were still in office, Trump would have to persecute half the government who believed the lie that Iraq had WMDs. Start with Bush peeking behind the White House drapes and continue with Colin Powell and Hillary Clinton.
ReplyDeleteAs far as that goes, what was Trump's position (as a real estate con man) at that time?
Wild Tortoise
If Trump does this, I hope they impeach his sorry ass. He knows he is guilty as Hell and is going to jail - as well as being impeached!
ReplyDeleteThey won't. Which is why he'll have to do it before November 2018 and he new congress is sworn in. At this rate he is going to lose his majority in both houses.
DeleteMore imperative now that Congress move to protect Mueller.
And then Trump will try to cover his ass by pardoning himself, which is insane. He may realize that will amount to admitting to a crime. Doubt he will see a problem with that until he does it.
ReplyDeleteHe thinks he is a king. Can you say “Constitutional crisis”? Trump can’t, but he may learn.
How do get this disgusting imbecile out of the White House?
ReplyDeleteFormer FBI deputy McCabe launches legal defense fund in wake of firing
ReplyDeletehttps://www.politicususa.com/2018/03/29/former-fbi-deputy-mccabe-launches-legal-defense-fund-in-wake-of-firing.html
Laura Ingraham Has Lost 3 Of Her Top 12 Advertisers To David Hogg’s Boycott
ReplyDeleteThree of the top 12 advertisers on Laura Ingraham’s Fox News show have bolted in response to a boycott that was caused by the host attacking Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg.
Ingraham tweeted about Hogg:
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...The Parkland kids aren’t afraid. They are mustering a non-partisan force in our culture that is bigger than Fox News, the Republican Party, and the NRA. Ingraham didn’t apologize because she was wrong. She apologized because one-quarter of her advertisers have bolted in less than a day. Nothing will get a Fox News host canned faster than an advertiser boycott.
https://www.politicususa.com/2018/03/29/advertisers-are-fleeing-laura-ingrahams-fox-news-show-after-she-attacked-parkland-survivor.html
Lauren Hogg, the sister of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student David Hogg, ripped into Laura Ingraham after the talk show host issued an apology to her brother in the wake of a growing advertiser boycott.
DeleteHogg took to Twitter on Thursday to bash the Fox News host for only apologizing to her brother after several sponsors announced that they were leaving her show.
“Waits till we boycott her advertisers to apologize,” she wrote. “Wow.”
Hogg then went on to offer Ingraham some future career advice.
“Hey Laura Ingraham, please just be a real journalist,” she said. “Focus on the important stories and use your platform to help people not hurt them.”
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/real-journalist-lauren-hogg-rips-laura-ingraham-apology-mocking-brothers-grades/
Trump’s Pardon Dangle as a Bargaining Chip Blows Up In His Face
ReplyDeletehttps://www.politicususa.com/2018/03/29/trumps-bad-lawyers-fail-again-as-trumps-pardon-dangle-is.html
MSNBC Shows Just 8 Minutes Of Trump Speech Before Cutting Him Off
https://www.politicususa.com/2018/03/29/msnbc-shows-just-7-minutes-of-trump-speech-before-cutting-him-off.html
Trump has been bellowing for Hope Hicks in the White House only to find she’s not there
ReplyDeletehttps://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/trump-bellowing-hope-hicks-white-house-find-shes-not/
"the past month, exiting White House communications director Hope Hicks hasn’t been in the West Wing that often. As Thursday was her final day on staff, she’s leaving the president officially without his longest serving staffer. It also seems, her absence hasn’t gone unnoticed by the president.
DeleteSources told White House CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins that President Donald Trump has spent the past several weeks bellowing for Hope Hicks to summon her to the Oval Office,
only to find she isn’t there."
Sp~IT~$pank & Pre$$
Wayfair drops Laura Ingraham show after she mocked Parkland survivor
ReplyDelete...But her apology did not stop at least three companies from parting ways with her show. U.S. celebrity chef Rachael Ray’s pet food line Nutrish, travel website TripAdvisor (TRIP.O) and online home furnishings seller Wayfair Inc (W.N) all said they were canceling their advertisements.
Wayfair said it supports open dialogue and debate, but “the decision of an adult to personally criticize a high school student who has lost his classmates in an unspeakable tragedy is not consistent with our values,” it said in a statement.
Replying to Hogg’s boycott call, Nutrish tweeted: “We are in the process of removing our ads from Laura Ingraham’s program.”
A representative for the pet food line did not immediately respond to a request for further comment.
CNBC cited a TripAdvisor spokesman as saying the company does not condone “inappropriate comments” made by Ingraham that in its view “cross the line of decency.”
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/wayfair-drops-laura-ingraham-show-mocked-parkland-survivor/
And now, SIX companies have dropped sponsorship of Laura Ingraham in the past 24 hours:
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Wayfair
TripAdvisor
Nutrish
Expedia
Joseph A. Banks
https://twitter.com/search?q=%22Laura+Ingraham%22
.@fred_guttenberg is right, Laura Ingraham’s apology means nothing.
https://twitter.com/KaivanShroff/status/979440044351152129
https://twitter.com/davidhogg111/status/979434711415250944
This backlash against Laura Ingraham for cyberbullying David Hogg is so massively viral that if I were one of her advertisers, I’d actually PAY good money to be removed from her show. The negative publicity would bankrupt them. Fox News should dump her show.
https://twitter.com/hashtag/FireIngraham?src=hash
Lauren Hogg
How low are your ratings @IngrahamAngle that you have to start attacking my brother’s grades to get attention? If you ask me, he is more articulate than you and has far better character. Man, that’s real low even for you. Coming from a 14 year old, please grow up. #NeverAgain
https://twitter.com/lauren_hoggs/status/979140000045559808
These are Laura Ingraham's advertisers
https://www.mediamatters.org/research/2018/03/29/these-are-laura-ingrahams-advertisers/219785
"This kid's not scared. He's not scared of the NRA. He's not intimidated and scared by Laura Ingraham ... Half the Republican party is hiding under the table, under their bed. They're so scared ... Not these kids, though"
https://twitter.com/DeadlineWH/status/979475267004649478
Insider claims Melania wants to take son Barron and flee Trump
ReplyDelete...The article claims that the first lady is disconsolate following reports that Trump had affairs with porn star Stormy Daniels and Playboy playmate Karen McDougal. The torrent of news has taken its toll on Trump’s third wife.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/unhappy-life-insider-claims-melania-wants-take-son-barron-flee-trump/
Melania Trump ‘Is Very, Very Unhappy With Her Life’
...But privately, says the Melania source, she’s horrified that “all eyes are on her relationship with her husband. It’s not an easy time for her.”
Another family insider says her emotional state is even worse. “She is very, very unhappy with her life,” says the insider. “If she could, she would get away from Donald and just be with her son.”
https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/melania-trump-is-very-very-unhappy-with-her-life/
Boo hoo hoo, cry me a river!!!
DeleteHe was a sleazy bag before he got to the WH, what was her excuse then?
Doesn't mammy's boy have any friends his age or does he have to keep her company all the time?
Aww, poor little goldigger. I don't understand what is stopping her from just leaving him.
DeleteShe could certainly find another man to support her and Barron and lead a somewhat normal life. I'm pretty sure that her boyfriend, the security guy from Tiffanys, must make enough to provide her with a decent existence.
Could it be that she wants more though? That's what I think, she just can't live a normal life and being Mrs. Trump #3, while unpleasant on so many fronts, still keeps her in $20,000 coats and $15,000 suits, which it seems likely she can't live without.
Screw her, I hope she is unhappy.
Mueller probing Russia contacts at Republican convention: sources
ReplyDelete...Mueller’s team has been asking about a convention-related event attended by both Russia’s U.S. ambassador and Jeff Sessions, the first U.S. senator to support Trump and now his attorney general, said one source, who requested anonymity due to the ongoing investigation.
Another issue Mueller’s team has been asking about is how and why Republican Party platform language hostile to Russia was deleted from a section of the document related to Ukraine, said another source who also requested anonymity.
Mueller’s interest in what happened at the Republican convention in Cleveland, Ohio in July 2016, is an indication that Trump campaign contacts and actions related to Russia remain central to the special counsel’s investigation.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/mueller-probing-russia-contacts-republican-convention-sources/
REVEALED: The FBI started looking into Trump’s shady Russia-linked business deals as early as 2014
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/revealed-fbi-started-looking-trumps-shady-russia-linked-business-deals-early-2014/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/29/trump-fbi-hotel-latvia-investigation-russia-links
Russia expels 60 US diplomats, closes American consulate
Deletehttps://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/russia-expels-60-us-diplomats-closes-american-consulate/
CRIMEa!
DeleteUh, you know what's next.
DeleteWhen Jeff Sessions goes the new guy will tell Rod Rosenstein to either fire Robert Mueller or he himself will be fired. Then *his* replacement will fire Mueller.
Trump will immediately crash and burn if he even tries. He will immediately be thrown out of the building without a trial for his crimes already committed.
ReplyDeleteJEFF SESSIONS just concluded there is NO NEED for a 2nd special prosecutor to look into the FBI or FISA courts on matters relating to Russia investigations.
ReplyDeleteTHIS IS GOING TO CAUSE TRUMP TO HAVE A SCREAMING RAGE FIT, and I'll bet he has Pruitt replace Sessions late Friday night.
Attorney General position requires Senate approval, but since Pruitt already passed, he can just appoint him
EITHER THAT, or he will wait til Congress is in recess so they can't respond quickly.
If Pruitt replaces Sessions, and the Pruitt fires Mueller, Rosenstein will quit in protest, and the Saturday night massacre of the Nixon era will have played out
From that point, only Paul Ryan can do anything, and he probably won't as he's a shill for anything that will lower taxes or cut Social Security
Democrats would have to file suit in Federal Court to try and continue Mueller's work.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/read-jeff-sessions-declines-appoint-second-special-counsel-investigate-alleged-fbi-surveillance-abuses/
I don't think it's that easy. Pruitt got Senate approval for his current position. If he is moved to DOJ I think he has to go through the process again.
DeleteIf Congress goes into recess and they all go home, there will be riots at all of their offices and homes if Trump has Mueller fired. Congress will haul their asses back to D.C. right quick if only to avoid their constituents' torches, pitchforks and vats of steaming tar and baskets of feathers.
Trump doesn’t possess the balls to fire Mueller. A shit storm will take place in Nov with his impeachment, removal from office and felony money laundering charges to follow. We will take back America.
ReplyDeleteLet him fire him,that will be the end of trump and good riddance to corrupt garbage
ReplyDeleteI thought that I read somewhere way back when that if he does fire him, it's political suicide/admission of guilt. I don't know...hard to keep track of who's done what NOW.
DeleteThen we get Pence.
DeleteNo one wants Q-Tip for Prez!
Delete"“Certainly, there were enough issues that were important to the Russians in Seattle—the naval bases, Microsoft, Boeing, Amazon,” says John Sipher, a former CIA officer who worked closely with the FBI on counterespionage issues. “There was always nervousness within the national security agencies that the sheer number of ethnic Russians in these industries was something the Russians could take advantage of. I don’t know if closing Seattle was a strategic choice; nonetheless, the concentration of high-tech and military resources makes it a sensible target.”"
ReplyDeletehttps://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/03/29/what-really-went-on-at-russias-seattle-consulate-217761
https://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanmac/growth-at-any-cost-top-facebook-executive-defended-data?utm_term=.speE01Akp#.wf7a1Lgxb
ReplyDeleteUGLY MEMO>"“We connect people. Period. That’s why all the work we do in growth is justified. All the questionable contact importing practices. All the subtle language that helps people stay searchable by friends. All of the work we do to bring more communication in. The work we will likely have to do in China some day. All of it,” VP Andrew “Boz” Bosworth wrote.
“So we connect more people,” he wrote in another section of the memo. “That can be bad if they make it negative. Maybe it costs someone a life by exposing someone to bullies.
“Maybe someone dies in a terrorist attack coordinated on our tools.”
The explosive internal memo is titled “The Ugly,” and has not been previously circulated outside the Silicon Valley social media giant." <NOW.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/facebooks-mark-zuckerberg-disavows-memo-vp-confessing-terrorists-use-platform-kill/
ReplyDelete"Bosworth confirmed the memo’s authenticity but in a statement he disavowed its message, saying its goal had been to encourage debate.
Facebook users, advertisers and investors have been in an uproar for months over a series of scandals, most recently privacy practices that allowed political consultancy Cambridge Analytica to obtain personal information on 50 million Facebook members. Zuckerberg is expected to testify at a hearing with U.S. lawmakers as soon as April.
“Boz is a talented leader who says many provocative things. This was one that most people at Facebook including myself disagreed with strongly. We’ve never believed the ends justify the means,” <Zuck"
There are sealed indictments and Mueller's firing would insure their unsealing. DJT should think carefully about his next move. Not that it's going to matter. The Rule of Law will prevail.
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Who's going to unseal them? They'll be put in a drawer.
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