Trump calls 'treason' on Comey, McCabe and 'a number of people'
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Trump calls 'treason' on Comey, McCabe and 'a number of people'
Dylan Stableford 15 hours agoPresident Trump on Thursday escalated his attacks on those involved in launching the federal investigation into his campaign’s contacts with Russia, saying “a number of people” should be tried for treason.
He also delivered what he thinks should be the verdict: Guilty.
Among them: former FBI Director James Comey; ex-FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe; Peter Strzok, the deputy assistant director of counterintelligence; and Lisa Page, an FBI attorney who was romantically involved with Strzok at the time the probe began in 2016.
Speaking to reporters at a White House event announcing aid for farmers and ranchers hurt by China’s trade policies in retaliation for American tariffs, Trump was asked which officials he specifically believes are guilty of treason.
“I think a number of people,” Trump said. “They have unsuccessfully tried to take down the wrong person. If you look at Comey, if you look at McCabe, if you look at probably people higher than that, if you look at Strzok, if you look at his lover, Lisa Page, his wonderful lover.”
Politically motivated investigations meant “to take down the wrong person,” if they occurred — all the people Trump mentioned deny it — are not grounds for a charge of treason, according to the U.S. Constitution, which says in Article III: “Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.”
The president and his allies have frequently pointed to texts exchanged between Strzok and Page — published last year by the Senate Homeland Security Committee — saying they showed bias against Trump.
Trump at the White House on Thursday. (Photo: Carlos Barria/Reuters)
In one exchange, the pair discussed having “an insurance policy” should Trump win the 2016 election over Hillary Clinton.
“Should she lose, we’ll have an insurance policy and get this guy out of office,” Trump said, misquoting the text. “That’s what they said and that’s what they meant. That’s treason. That’s treason.”
Strzok and Page testified that the “insurance policy” reference had to do with seriousness with which they were approaching the investigation — and nothing to do with stopping Trump from becoming president or his removal from office.
Trump said the ongoing congressional investigations into his conduct are similar, though he stopped short of calling them treasonous.
“That’s what’s happening right now, without the ‘treason’ word I guess, but that’s what’s happening now,” he said. “They don’t feel they can win the election, so they’re trying to do the thousand stabs. Keep stabbing.”
Trump added: “I would think, seriously, that Bob Mueller and his group of 18 killers have gone over my taxes. They’ve gone over my financial statements to a level that no one has gone over them before. And they were not discussed [in the Mueller report]. They weren’t even brought up.”
It is not known to the public whether Mueller did in fact obtain Trump’s tax returns, which the president has refused to disclose. That is believed to be one of the questions congressional investigators want to ask Mueller, in testimony they have requested ever since his report was filed.
Trump, who originally said he had no objection to Mueller’s appearance, is now trying to block his testimony.
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This is the true 'underbelly' of MAGA. The right wing--being led by the Kremlin--is using ( its ) trump card.
Treason is a harsh word to use. Trump uses it freely. Why? Deflection? Projection? Or instructed?
Ignorance?
Willful ignorance in his case.
It's not President trump like you and a lot of people are supposing, it's KING trump, "ruler of the free world" and thus anything that isn't glowing praise or a testament of his divinity, is therefore treason. Anybody that has ever said anything "bad" to his royalness, anybody who has ever disagreed or ever said "no," or any female who turned him down for a date or didn't at least let him have a grope or looked at him without a expression of obedience and worship is guilty of treason.
It's much easier to understand if you think of it that way.
Putin telled him so, so there.
That shameful, embarrassing display at the WH yesterday when Shitbag lined up his toadies and had them each take a turn lying about and praising his behavior is the kind of thing tin pot dictators love to do. Shitbag has turned our executive branch into a global laughing-stock.
Cannot imagine a self-respecting individual using words to genuflect before our President...but there it was!
This farmer/rancher is pretty sure that Trump is stupid and insane.
And the media and the left wingers just hang onto his every word and can't resist repeating and posting them over and over.
Trump has the idiotic left wing right where he wants them. They are the true laughing stocks of the world.
Actually the vast majority of the world can't stand Trump. America has lost prestige thanks to Trump's ongoing idiocy.
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When he out right asked at a rally for Russia to hack HRC, that IS treason imo.
Hillary asked Russia to find dirt on Trump....imagine that!
Where is the outrage?
I think both of them made the comments jokingly.
Some things you should not joke about.
Oh wait, Hillary actually did try to get dirt on Trump from Russia.
there is a difference between being facetious and being treasonous.
hint: cracking a joke is not the same as fabricating an investigation to remove a sitting president.
cheers
sorry, ya got no time outs left on the clock.
they are all going down - no debates even matter anymore.
personally?
I have been waiting near 50yrs to see the treasonous globalists fall.
and it is going to be awesome
Pretty sure that air and ocean travel makes everything global. How is that treasonous?
global trade is not treasonous nor is it "globalism"
all your word games aside... and just so ya know...
fabricating evidence to oust a sitting president? that is treason.
trump stopping the globalists agenda? that is priceless/
but seriously... if you do not know the difference between globalism and global trade your not qualified to have this discussion
cheers
Article 3 Section 3 US Constitution: "Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court."
I'm not seeing your definition anywhere in there. Where are you getting yours from? Is it from the GCG? (General Conservative Gut) Or the more frequently accessed by Republicans, the DTR? (Donald Trumps Rectum). It seems far closer to draw the comparison of Trump and his cohorts "adhering to" our "enemies" and giving them "aid and comfort". Russia attacked us and Trump and company bent over backwards to thank them. That's treason.
"A total of 251 contacts between Trump’s team and Russia-linked operatives have been identified , including at least 37 meetings. And we know that at least 33 high-ranking campaign officials and Trump advisers were aware of contacts with Russia-linked operatives during the campaign and transition, including Trump himself . None of these contacts were ever reported to the proper authorities. Instead, the Trump team tried to cover up every single one of them."
“the investigation established that several individuals affiliated with the Trump Campaign lied to the Office, and to Congress, about their interactions with Russian-affiliated individuals and related matters. Those lies materially impaired the investigation of Russian election interference .”
After reading that timeline it's hard to imagine that the investigation was all predicated on "fabricated evidence". The Steele dossier, while much remains uncorroborated or was found that it couldn't be corroborated, there was much of it that was. All the details about Aleksej Gubarev and his botnet scheme were found true (even though he tried to claim it was all false and sued, the case was thrown out) as well as the numerous contacts it detailed between Trump associates and Russians or pro-Russian Ukrainians.
So they legally investigated and while they were unable to find concrete evidence of criminal conspiracy, as the Mueller report specifies, because " lies materially impaired the investigation of Russian election interference" , it doesn't mean they didn't find anything. They also detail at least 10 accounts where Trump attempted to obstruct their investigation into those Russian contacts, and while the justice department felt a sitting President can't be indicted and thus didn't want to make a conclusion as to obstruction, they left a clear roadmap for congress to do their job and expose this lying piece of garbage for what he really is, a small minded moron scared out of his mind, running around the white house ordering everyone to jump on the imaginary grenades to protect him.
that will not be a problem for long. all will be revealed in time. and in the end everyone will know what's what and who's who.
your not afraid of a little transparency are you? seems the dems are very afraid.
all those who yelled the loudest? have the most to lose. politician and media talking heads alike.
even nadler is feeling the heat.
cheers
You are missing the point.....Some things you don't joke about in front of his sheeple.
everything can be joked about at any time.
hint: people generally do not conspire with russians during a public speech.
they she used private servers for things like that.
cheers
it is only the left who thinks he was serious...
so maybe we should not crack jokes around the left instead.
their highly educated brains cannot handle sarcasm very well.
American's applauding the derisive language being used and broadcasted by our President and elected leaders truly grieves me. We've become a nation of ill-mannered, self-centered adults providing the worst possible example for our children and grandchildren.
What are we teaching? Lies are fine, trampling over your fellow man with words is how we prove your manhood or womanhood. Counter punching, the nastier the better, has become the norm in our society. Our continued emboldenment of nasty, as good behavior, is driving the values and morality of our kids into the sewers.
This is the President of the United States of America, not some thug running a street gang. If you're applauding, stop! Just stop.
Don't have kids, but if I did, I would warn them about being anything like Trump.
There was a time to oppose the King was treason in America. Before 1776 it was.
Today, in America, it is on par with treason to not oppose The King of Vulgarians...
Problem being that there is still a line that can't be crossed without going to prison. This president has crossed it.