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You can only trap someone into committing perjury...if he lies.Ruth Marcus added,
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White House lawyer Ty Cobb tells @MajorCBS that he hopes a @realDonaldTrump interview with Mueller isn't a "perjury trap."
Merlot
(9,696 posts)And trumpfts base will eat it up.
brooklynite
(93,867 posts)Lying about Russian involvement is one thing; Trump boasting about his wealth which turns out to be lower would be something different.
Abouttime
(675 posts)It doesnt matter what the lie is as long as a lie is proven. Trump could lie, or forget about something as mundane as whether he had McDonalds or KFC but as long as Mueller catches him in a lie its perjury. Once we have perjury we can impeach and remove him from office.
So lets give Mueller all the leeway here, all that really matters is that Mueller is able to charge something. Once we have that the media can run with it and the end is in sight.
Kentonio
(4,377 posts)As if things like lying to the FBI don't matter.
Mr.Bill
(24,104 posts)is guilty of it.
maxsolomon
(32,992 posts)they were fucking apoplectic with glee.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,788 posts)But of course, in reality, it is not like that.
Contradictory testimony has to be substantive and repeated. No one-off oopsie on some minor detail.
maxsolomon
(32,992 posts)Since a Perjury Trap was the entire basis for Clinton's Impeachment.
We remember. We don't forget.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,535 posts)What he's really saying is "I am overcome with the dread that *he* is such a godawful imbecile that he won't see what's coming, or so blinded by his delusions of adequacy as I'm sure he is."
Of all the "what if," "this is the one" and "Oh, dear lord, I hope so!" scenarios, the one I am absolutely certain of is that an unmanaged "interview" with Mueller would not end well for him. He's shown that he can't even win a debate with himself.
FSogol
(45,357 posts)Ladies and gentlemen, start your memes!
wishstar
(5,267 posts)unlike Hillary who did not lie and did not get entrapped by FBI or Congress, even though they tried
bucolic_frolic
(42,676 posts)he just sidesteps everything. it could be perjury in one sentence, the exact opposite the next. i think the strategy will be confusion. confronted with testimony that both confirms and denies everything, what would they do?