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hlthe2b

(101,705 posts)
4. I think her parent's lawyer friends have likely been counseling to get her the hell out of the WH...
Thu Mar 1, 2018, 10:27 AM
Mar 2018

Her parents are both politically savy so, I am sure they had already seen the writing on the wall. I can not imagine they will not ensure that she provides Mueller whatever he requests to keep her free from paying that price. I should hope and might ordinarily assume Hope is smart enough on her own to realize that, but clearly she'd sold a bit of her soul (and intelligence) to go to work for Trump in the first place.

Not to mention that some of her family members mentioned an anticipated need to do a de-brainwashing intervention on her when she did leave...

PRETZEL

(3,245 posts)
5. My own personal opinion,
Thu Mar 1, 2018, 10:28 AM
Mar 2018

I think she cooperates with Mueller as part of a plea deal.

The Trump meeting excuse and her statements about email not seeing the light of day puts her in a pretty precarious position.

I would hope that cooler heads either within her family or her attorneys have given her a pretty realistic scenario in which she currently finds herself. I personally think that they have told her that she needs to limit any further damage.

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
7. She will sing like Brunnhilde at Siegfried's funeral.
Thu Mar 1, 2018, 10:38 AM
Mar 2018

Hard to attend those cocktail meet-and-greets with the Washington up-and-comers when you're shelving books in the prison library.

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
9. And if we could just get Trump to walk into a giant fire...
Thu Mar 1, 2018, 12:03 PM
Mar 2018

It would be the bigliest, most spectacular thing any President has ever done.

Someone should tell him that not even Obama was brave enough to do that.

JHB

(37,128 posts)
10. No problem. Just put a door in front of it with the sign...
Thu Mar 1, 2018, 12:07 PM
Mar 2018

“Teen Beauty Queen dressing room”

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