Trump Asked About I.R.S. Inquiry of F.B.I. Officials, Ex-Aide Says Under Oath

[yankintx]

It's not a weird idea. Furthermore, Trump wasn't a former President at the time.

The government IS weaponized and something certainly needs to be done about that.

You do realize the FBI Director was appointed by Trump.

Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.

 

[PoliSciPulse]

So what?

Any good President will brainstorm. Hell, any good LEADER will brainstorm.

And yes, Strzok and Page NEEDED to be investigated. Too bad everyone from Horowitz to Mueller to Durham DIDN'T investigate those two.

You should go back and look at the Durham Report and decide for yourself if you think that what they did was illegal. Coverage of them starts at like Page 20 or so and they are mentioned throughout. My opinion is that yes, at times they were incompetent and they were heavily biased. But rising to the level of actually committing a crime is hard to tell once you start throwing incompetency around.

 

[Mycroft]

You do realize the FBI Director was appointed by Trump.

Trump appointed a lot of people who turned around and stabbed him in the back...even his own VP.

Rest assured, that won't happen again when he's elected next year.

Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.

You'll be saying that about Wray and a lot of others.

 

[Mycroft]

You should go back and look at the Durham Report and decide for yourself if you think that what they did was illegal. Coverage of them starts at like Page 20 or so and they are mentioned throughout. My opinion is that yes, at times they were incompetent and they were heavily biased. But rising to the level of actually committing a crime is hard to tell once you start throwing incompetency around.

“[Trump’s] not ever going to become president, right? Right?!” Page texted Strzok.

“No. No he won’t. We’ll stop it,” Strzok responded.​

And they did their best to stop him.

 

[Stealers Wheel]

Trump appointed a lot of people who turned around and stabbed him in the back...even his own VP.

Rest assured, that won't happen again when he's elected next year.


You'll be saying that about Wray and a lot of others.

Only the best people. LOL!

 

[PoliSciPulse]

“[Trump’s] not ever going to become president, right? Right?!” Page texted Strzok.​

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“No. No he won’t. We’ll stop it,” Strzok responded.​

And they did their best to stop him.

The question is not what they did, the question is was it legal. Plus, "their best" wasn't really effective to begin with (i.e., he won). Which brings us back to incompetence.

 

[j brown's body]

OMGERD!!!

Trump had an idea!!

PUT HIM IN JAIL FOR A HUNDRED YEARS!!!

One year is fine. In fact, I could live with him spending 30 days in the hole.

 

[j brown's body]

I think they need to be investigated by everyone...including the Post Office. And they aren't the only ones.

Pretty much everyone and everything you oppose.

 

[Mycroft]

The question is not what they did, the question is was it legal. Plus, "their best" wasn't really effective to begin with (i.e., he won). Which brings us back to incompetence.

The fact that high ranking people in the FBI and DOJ...and a lot of people other than those two...were even working to prevent a candidate from winning an election is a crime.

 

[j brown's body]

People have said the same about democrats.

On the one hand, people have said this about the democrats, on the other hand, we have a Republican president asking about making it happen, so it all evens out.

 

[Stealers Wheel]

Trump appointed a lot of people who turned around and stabbed him in the back...even his own VP.

Rest assured, that won't happen again when he's elected next year.


You'll be saying that about Wray and a lot of others.

So you believe Al Gore should have been president in 2001?

 

[j brown's body]

The fact that high ranking people in the FBI and DOJ...and a lot of people other than those two...were even working to prevent a candidate from winning an election is a crime.

A long exhaustive investigation by Durham found no evidence of it. If it had, they would have been indicted.

 

[j brown's body]

Trump appointed a lot of people who turned around and stabbed him in the back...even his own VP.

Rest assured, that won't happen again when he's elected next year.


You'll be saying that about Wray and a lot of others.

Trump's vice president stabbed in in the back because he wouldn't obstruct justice for him.

This is how far the right has fallen.

 

[Mycroft]

A long exhaustive investigation by Durham found no evidence of it. If it had, they would have been indicted.

Durham didn't investigate Strzok and Page. He accepted the results of the Horowitz investigate and left it at that.

 

[ALiberalModerate]

People have said the same about democrats.

In the last 50 years, the number of felony convictions of members of Republican Administration's outnumber those in Democratic Administration's by over 100 to 1. In terms of actual corruption, it's not even close.

 

[trouble13]

"John F. Kelly, who served as former President Donald J. Trump’s second White House chief of staff, said in a sworn statement that Mr. Trump had discussed having the Internal Revenue Service and other federal agencies investigate two F.B.I. officials involved in the investigation into his campaign’s ties to Russia.

Mr. Kelly said that his recollection of Mr. Trump’s comments to him was based on notes that he had taken at the time in 2018. Mr. Kelly provided copies of his notes to lawyers for one of the F.B.I. officials, who made the sworn statement public in a court filing.

“President Trump questioned whether investigations by the Internal Revenue Service or other federal agencies should be undertaken into Mr. Strzok and/or Ms. Page,” Mr. Kelly said in the statement. “I do not know of President Trump ordering such an investigation. It appeared, however, that he wanted to see Mr. Strzok and Ms. Page investigated.”"

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He IS "the deep state."

Seems like every witness to Trump's massive corruption stayed silent about it as long as they could. Where are their moral compasses? Everything Trump touches dies.

How dare he, to even consider behaving like a Progressive.

 

[j brown's body]

How dare he, to even consider behaving like a Progressive.

As you see them become indistinguishable, is there any point in not becoming a progressive?

 

[j brown's body]

Durham didn't investigate Strzok and Page. He accepted the results of the Horowitz investigate and left it at that.

So two investigations found nothing. It was certainly within his power to go after him if he saw reason to.

Yet you blather on.

 

[PoliSciPulse]

The fact that high ranking people in the FBI and DOJ...and a lot of people other than those two...were even working to prevent a candidate from winning an election is a crime.

No, what is a crime are the actions that they took in their official capacity. It's entirely possible to prevent a candidate from winning an election without committing a crime. Additionally, had you read the Durham Report (which I see you haven't, at least not from the arguments I've seen you make), then you would know of at least one legally questionable action that Strzok took and why many of the high ranking officials that you talk of weren't even aware of some of the exculpatory evidence.

 

[trouble13]

Durham didn't investigate Strzok and Page. He accepted the results of the Horowitz investigate and left it at that.

Durham received way too much praise by the establishment when he was named, for me to have any faith in his investigation being substantive.

However in his defense, Covid did tie his hands a bit. It basically allowed them to stall interviews for 2 years and run the clock out.

If Trump is elected. Day 1 he should fire ALL political appointees in the executive branch. He should also not allow the FBI or any of them access to the WH or anyone on his staff without the presence of a lawyer. He should put a media black out in place and only speak to the public when there is something for us to know.

 

[trouble13]

As you see them become indistinguishable, is there any point in not becoming a progressive?

Why would I give my support to people who do not represent my interests?

 

[j brown's body]

Durham received way too much praise by the establishment when he was named, for me to have any faith in his investigation being substantive.

However in his defense, Covid did tie his hands a bit. It basically allowed them to stall interviews for 2 years and run the clock out.

If Trump is elected. Day 1 he should fire ALL political appointees in the executive branch. He should also not allow the FBI or any of them access to the WH or anyone on his staff without the presence of a lawyer. He should put a media black out in place and only speak to the public when there is something for us to know.

If you want to get to truth, put twice-convicted Michael Flynn in charge of the investigations.

 

[j brown's body]

Why would I give my support to people who do not represent my interests?

Because they are competent.

 

[DrewPaul]

In the last 50 years, the number of felony convictions of members of Republican Administration's outnumber those in Democratic Administration's by over 100 to 1. In terms of actual corruption, it's not even close.

If that same ratio was applied to whites vs blacks wouldn't everyone be crying racism? I doubt whatever figures dug up is accurate.

 

[trouble13]

Because they are competent.

They really are not. They lie to cover it up and the media allows their lies to go unchallenged.