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kentuck

(111,037 posts)
Mon May 21, 2018, 08:36 PM May 2018

How do we know what happened at the meeting today?

Did Rosenstein or anybody else at the meeting speak up and disagree with Donald Trump?

We don't know. Nobody else has said anything about it, except for Donald J Trump?

How do we know that Donald Trump is telling the truth in his tweet??

After all, his track record for telling the truth is not very good.

Just as when he goes to Singapore to meet with the Rocket Man, any plan that he might negotiate must be verified.

Let us wait and see what the other people in the meeting have to say.

That might be wise at this time?

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kentuck

(111,037 posts)
3. Interesting....
Mon May 21, 2018, 08:47 PM
May 2018

(from above link
<snip>
The top Democrat in the Senate questioned the propriety of such a meeting but said that if it occurs, it must be bipartisan.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said in a statement that the plan for the White House to hold the meeting "where 'highly classified and other information' will be shared with members of Congress is highly irregular and inappropriate" because, in Schumer's view, "the president and his staff should not be involved in the viewing or dissemination of sensitive investigatory information involving any open investigation, let alone one about his own activities and campaign."

Schumer insisted that if the meeting is held, "it must be bipartisan in order to serve as a check on the disturbing tendency of the president's allies to distort facts and undermine the investigation and the people conducting it."

underpants

(182,551 posts)
11. They could just have agreed to it to appease him
Mon May 21, 2018, 09:08 PM
May 2018

How many BOMBSHELLS have Nunes et al claimed only to be duds.
Remember the FBI had already determined that Hillary had done nothing wrong but the Republican starting howling and flinging poo to get her interviewed. They interviewed her for that reason alone. Again a big dud for the Republicans.

kentuck

(111,037 posts)
5. True, and at the rate this is going...
Mon May 21, 2018, 08:48 PM
May 2018

...they might as well call in the Supreme Court right now.

Yonnie3

(17,419 posts)
4. What we've been reading is not a Tweet from Trump,
Mon May 21, 2018, 08:47 PM
May 2018

but a release from the WH press office, that bastion of truth and honor.

https://publicpool.kinja.com/subject-wh-pool-report-9-1826206440

Subject: WH Pool Report 9
poolreports
Today 4:35pm
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*From: * SV Date <xxx@huffpost.com>
*Sent: * Monday, May 21, 2018 4:33 PM
*Subject: * WH Pool Report 9

WH Press Sec Sarah Sanders sent this for distribution:

Statement from Press Secretary:

Based on the meeting with the President, the Department of Justice has asked the Inspector General to expand its current investigation to include any irregularities with the Federal Bureau of Investigations or the Department of Justices tactics concerning the Trump Campaign. It was also agreed that White House Chief of Staff Kelly will immediately set up a meeting with the FBI, DOJ, and DNI together with Congressional Leaders to review highly classified and other information they have requested.

kentuck

(111,037 posts)
7. Would Sarah put out information that did not come from Donald Trump??
Mon May 21, 2018, 08:50 PM
May 2018

If so, she might want to look for another job?

RKP5637

(67,080 posts)
8. To me, this meeting was a form of obfuscation to muddy the waters to create doubt
Mon May 21, 2018, 08:58 PM
May 2018

in the populace about Mueller's investigation ... of course.

kentuck

(111,037 posts)
9. Or he is very paranoid about the latest information about Don Jr and his meeting with the Arabs?
Mon May 21, 2018, 09:02 PM
May 2018

True Dough

(17,242 posts)
10. I hope the FBI is telling him they're willing to investigate themselves
Mon May 21, 2018, 09:08 PM
May 2018

to placate him then drag their feet, buying Mueller more time to get the real work done. Donny can try to create a little circus sideshow in an attempt to distract from the real business at hand, but it won't mean anything in the end.

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