Trump at war (with his own government)
Trump at war (with his own government)
AXIOS
We’re starting to see the worst collateral damage of President Trump's war with his own Justice Department. The rift has dominated (even defined) his presidency. And it looks like it’s getting worse.
A former administration official told Axios: “It’s a 'Deep State' he created. Whether it existed before or not, it does now.”
Yesterday's astonishing leak: Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein "suggested last year that he secretly record President Trump in the White House to expose the chaos consuming the administration," and discussed the possible invocation of the 25th amendment, per the N.Y. Times .
- "[M]emos written by F.B.I. officials, including Andrew G. McCabe, then the acting bureau director, ... documented Mr. Rosenstein’s actions."
Timing: The conversations came on May 16, 2017–just a week after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, a seven-day window when tensions between the White House and Main Justice hit a fever pitch, threatening to cripple both institutions.
The fallout ... Rosenstein's unconvincing denial: "I never pursued or authorized recording the President and any suggestion that I have ever advocated for the removal of the President is absolutely false."
- The leak triggered a fevered debate among Justice Department watchers: Was Rosenstein joking when he made those explosive comments? It’s a vital question — but in a way, it also isn’t. After all, in normal times, the deputy attorney general doesn’t joke about secretly recording the president.
Trump last night at a rally in Missouri: ""You've seen what happened in the FBI and the Department of Justice. The bad ones, they're all gone. They're all gone ... But there is a lingering stench and we're going to get rid of that, too."
Be smart: The leak is a tiny indication of how much special counsel Robert Mueller knows, and has known for months.
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But I suppose that is neither here nor there.
What the Axios article, written by two veteran Washington reporters, is implying is that Robert Mueller has gathered enough evidence to criminally indict Donald Trump, and that everyone in the administration knows it.
Trump can't change the facts about his criminality, but he can still try and damage the Justice Dept (to attempt to save his own skin) and try to continue the most extensive bamboozling and gaslighting propaganda effort that we have ever seen. I would think that only deceptions during WW2 would match the scope of the lying that Trump and company are doing today. Of course the difference is during the second world war the allies were being deceptive for a good cause.
The rest of us have grown weary of the Trump horror show, JR, and are starting to get used to the horror. I'm afraid you're going to have to bear the burden of displaying proper outrage over Trump, all by yourself. Sorry! The bars just opened...
This is not the time to grow weary Lenny. But don't worry, I hear next up is a NT survey of What Is Everyone's Favorite Day Of The Week? That should keep the place jumping.
"A former administration official told Axios: “It’s a 'Deep State' he created. Whether it existed before or not, it does now.”
And we still have members that deny a deep state exists.
just another promise kept...
This is what draining a swamp looks like
taking names and kicking ass out the door
next up? rosenstein / mueller
they should have gotten a better insurance policy
You miss the point. The leak about Rosenstein is a manifestation of the panic of the Trump camp. That is exactly what this Axios article is saying.
you are the one who missed the point.
rosenstein was next to fall regardless of this new leak about recording trump.
(this new leak is just icing on the cake)
you miss the point
maybe you should post another anderson cooper photo display
perhaps later... but thanks for your permission to go off topic on your seed.
cheers
You are missing a few.... Mostly people trump hired.
never the two shall meet
cheers
and none of that is any threat to trump... LOL
but he might pardon them
I'm not going to waste my time with this any more.