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"I Don't Do Cover-ups"

  

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By:  john-russell  •  7 years ago  •  58 comments

"I Don't Do Cover-ups"

President Trump, the great bloviator huffed and puffed his chest in the White House rose garden and took great umbrage at Nancy Pelosi saying he was doing a "cover-up".  "I don't do cover-ups" Trump said, adding , to the media there, "you all know that better than anyone". 

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Last night Chris Cuomo took a couple minutes to very matter of factly destroy Trump's position.  Trump covered up the purpose of the meeting between his son Don Jr and the Russians at Trump Tower. The Mueller report definitively says this is so. Trump covered up his payments to porn star Stormy Daniels , and during the 2016 campaign Trump covered up his dealings with Russia to build a Trump Tower in Moscow by lying multiple times to the American people about his dealings with Russia.  I'm sure he has covered up many more things and does so on a continuous basis, but Cuomo used these three examples so let's leave it at that at the moment. 

Trump stood in front of the assembled media and the tv viewers yesterday morning and said "I don't do coverups". 

He was lying, again. 

How many times do you Trump supporters have to have your faces rubbed in it?  How complicit are you making yourselves in what is happening at the hands of this president*? 


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JohnRussell
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1  author  JohnRussell    7 years ago

Why do you love someone who lies to your face, Trumpsters? 

 
 
 
Greg Jones
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1.1  Greg Jones  replied to  JohnRussell @1    7 years ago

What cover up, you appear to be totally confused. I see no lies, but of course I am not looking for them.

Cleared by both Mueller and the IRS, the beleaguered president forges on against his tormentors, using all his available presidential powers.

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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1.1.1  author  JohnRussell  replied to  Greg Jones @1.1    7 years ago

I will simplify it for you Greg. 

Trump said "I don't do coverups".

There are numerous known examples of him covering up things that are harmful to him when truthfully revealed. 

Please don't put irrelevant comments on this article. 

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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1.2  author  JohnRussell  replied to  JohnRussell @1    7 years ago
CUOMO: I think we had a breakthrough moment today. Now, here's this state of play. Here's where the Democrats are.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
TRUMP: I have Nancy Pelosi go out and say that the President of the United States engaged in a cover-up.
CUOMO: Cover-up, loaded term. Pelosi knows what it communicates, and so does this President. Here's the breakthrough. This will only stop one way. There's no reason for the Democrats to be in all this, you know,
investigative declaration, an impeachment inquiry, impeachment, forget it. Forget about the how. Focus on the who.
You have to hear from Bob Mueller. He is the only person who can say whether there is enough in his report to warrant Congressional follow- up or not.
 If he sells the findings short, if he's ho-hum about the need for political accountability, the only real move for Democrats is to use what's in that report in the election.
But if he puts meat on the bones of the five different bases of potential obstruction in the report that most of you have not read, so they are trying to fire Mueller, trying to get McGahn to lie about wanting to fire Mueller, trying to limit Mueller's scope, trying to mess with Cohen's testimony, and Manafort's cooperation deal, if he puts meat on the bones of those, and says those are legitimate questions that he couldn't pursue, but Congress can, then it's time to put up or shut up for this President, not the Democrats.
They will clearly have to get to the bottom of it. And this President will have to change course from this.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
TRUMP: I don't do cover-ups. You people know that probably better than anybody.
CUOMO: No. Because you are all about covering up to this point. Fact, POTUS directed Michael Cohen to pay off the women, and tried to cover it up. Those payments were a crime. Cohen is - Cohen is doing time for them right now.
He tried to cover up his son's boneheaded attempt to get dirt from the Russians, dictating a bogus cover story. And I've shown you the proof that the President just flat-out lied when he said this.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
TRUMP: I know nothing about Russia.
I don't deal there.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
CUOMO: So, it is time to shift from hiding key witnesses and hiding from the truth to acknowledging what even this President admitted.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
TRUMP: If you've done nothing wrong, being transparent is better.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
CUOMO: True. So, even the President knows that if Mueller speaks and says there is a need to look, the President has to stop hiding and selling you poppycock like this.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
TRUMP: Well it turns out I'm the most, and I think most of you would agree to this, I'm the most transparent President, probably in the history of this country.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
CUOMO: Key facts, this President didn't testify like he promised. That's what he needed to do. And I doubt history will treat kindly his 19 versions of don't remember or don't recall in just the written responses from his lawyers that didn't even touch obstruction.
Now, he won't let people who already did testify come forward to stand behind their words. But here's the problem. What if there is no Mueller? He's still at the
Department of Justice. That's troubling. We don't know why. And the pattern of blocking participation by this A.G. and by the White House does not bode well.
If the President blocks Mueller, if he does that, then the only thing that is transparent here is this President's fear of being exposed, and he deserves whatever the Democrats bring his way, next.
This President said the Mueller report is the Bible. He should let its author speak to the American people now.
 
 
 
JohnRussell
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3  author  JohnRussell    7 years ago
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Tacos!
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4  Tacos!    7 years ago

I anticipated something like this. I couldn't believe Pelosi and Schumer would actually set down to get something positive done for this country if it meant Trump might get some credit for it. So, sure enough, in spite of being invited to solve a big problem, Pelosi found a way to completely poison the working relationship right before a big meeting. Politics over country again.

 
 
 
katrix
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4.1  katrix  replied to  Tacos! @4    7 years ago

Right, because Trump has never insulted either one of them.

The snowflake can dish it out, but his fragile ego can't take it.

 
 
 
Tacos!
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4.1.1  Tacos!  replied to  katrix @4.1    7 years ago
Right, because Trump has never insulted either one of them.

Did he ever accuse them of a crime right before an important meeting where they were supposed to be working together?

 
 
 
Tacos!
Professor Guide
4.1.2  Tacos!  replied to  katrix @4.1    7 years ago
The snowflake can dish it out, but his fragile ego can't take it.

Assuming Pelosi knows that, why would she insult or antagonize him right before sitting down to plan out a national effort on improving infrastructure? Like I said: politics over country.

 
 
 
katrix
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4.1.3  katrix  replied to  Tacos! @4.1.2    7 years ago

So just because Trump is an immature narcissist, Pelosi should cater to him even though he insults her and everyone else?  That's ridiculous. You don't deal with bullies by rolling over.  Trump needs to grow the hell up.

Maybe she assumed he'd act like an adult for once.

 
 
 
Tacos!
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4.1.4  Tacos!  replied to  katrix @4.1.3    7 years ago
So just because Trump is an immature narcissist, Pelosi should cater to him even though he insults her and everyone else?  That's ridiculous.

No that's diplomacy. It's smart. If Trump says something negative about another foreign leader - both enemy and ally - he is attacked for antagonizing that leader and either provoking war or destroying alliances. Why shouldn't we have that same standard for the Speaker of the House?

 
 
 
katrix
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4.1.5  katrix  replied to  Tacos! @4.1.4    7 years ago

You cannot be serious, with all the insults Trump constantly flings.  What Pelosi said was nothing like the insults Trump spews.  She called it a cover up because it clearly is - he is doing his best to keep anyone from testifying to Congress, and trying to prevent Congress from conducting the oversight they are charged with.  She's doing her job, unlike Trump.

Do you have kids?  If so, do you let them use that kind of bullshit illogic to blame someone else when they do something wrong?

 
 
 
Tacos!
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4.1.6  Tacos!  replied to  katrix @4.1.5    7 years ago

I think you need to reread what I wrote. Also, you don't get to talk about my family.

 
 
 
katrix
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4.1.7  katrix  replied to  Tacos! @4.1.6    7 years ago

I have no idea if you even have a family.  If you do, I was not insulting them - I was making an analogy which apparently went over your head.

 
 
 
Dismayed Patriot
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4.1.8  Dismayed Patriot  replied to  Tacos! @4.1.4    7 years ago
If Trump says something negative about another foreign leader - both enemy and ally - he is attacked for antagonizing that leader and either provoking war or destroying alliances.

"The United States has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea. Rocket Man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime." - DJT

“(Kim Jong Un) wrote me beautiful letters, and they’re great letters, We fell in love.” - DJT

Maybe if the President wasn't either calling them names or kissing their ass, more Americans would respect his foreign policy. Right now his foreign policy appears to vacillate between playground bully and sexually curious teen.

 
 
 
lady in black
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5  lady in black    7 years ago

Moron in chief

'Achomlishments': Photographer snaps look at Trump's notes in Rose Garden news conference

Also misspelled is the word intentionally - intentially

 
 

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