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jodymarie aimee

(3,975 posts)
Fri Nov 23, 2018, 09:36 PM Nov 2018

How to take Trump down:'They're going after him with a hatchet'..CIA on DEMS plans...


Ex-CIA officer claims he’s flooded with requests from Democrats on how to take Trump down: ‘They’re going after him with a hatchet’


Appearing on CNN on Friday morning to address Donald Trump’s defense of the Saudi cover-up of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, an intelligence and security analyst said Democratic House members are ready to come after the president over possible financial entanglements with the Middle Eastern nation.

Speaking with host Jim Sciutto, former CIA case officer Robert Baer said he is already being flooded with calls from the newly empowered Democrats who will chair and hold majority positions of the House committees with the power to investigate Trump.


“The Saudi foreign minister already parroted back the president’s doubts about the CIA assessment [of the murder],” Sciutto began. “We are in a different situation because you have Democrats taking over the House.”

“That gives Democrats powerful chairmanships of committees, and we have Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) now who will be the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee saying, among the things, that he wants the committee to investigate is whether Trump Organization has financial ties in Saudi Arabia that is influencing the president’s decision here,” the CNN host continued. “How impactful could an investigation like that be?”

“Oh, Jim, it’s going to be huge,” Baer enthused. “I have already gotten e-mails this morning from Congress asking who should they put in front of committees.”

“They’re going to come after this president with hatchets, these Democrats,” he explained. “They’re going to uncover a lot of financial connections that go back years. I mean, essentially Russia and Saudi Arabia floated, you know, the Trump property empire in its bad times — a lot of investments from the royal family, current ones I don’t know.”

“But that’s certainly going to go on, these hearings, for the next two years, you can count on it,” he assured the CNN host.


https://www.rawstory.com/2018/11/ex-cia-officer-claims-hes-flooded-requests-democrats-take-trump-theyre-going-hatchet/
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brush

(53,735 posts)
1. Woohoo! Stocking up on popcorn and salivating at the thought of them coming down on...
Fri Nov 23, 2018, 09:55 PM
Nov 2018

the orange pustule.

 

Perseus

(4,341 posts)
2. The ex-cia guy has a big mouth
Fri Nov 23, 2018, 10:43 PM
Nov 2018

Unless he is trying to help trump, he should keep his mouth shut, that is exactly what he learned at the CIA, to keep his mouth shut in situations like this. By opening his mouth he is preparing trump to take cover.

Nitram

(22,755 posts)
5. Trump is not smart enough to understand the power of the CIA. Your advice would be relevant to any
Fri Nov 23, 2018, 11:07 PM
Nov 2018

other president. But Trump is an egotistic ignoramus.

Jeffersons Ghost

(15,235 posts)
13. According to Putin, "he is very intelligent." K&R for this paragraph:
Sat Nov 24, 2018, 01:10 AM
Nov 2018

Speaking with host Jim Sciutto, former CIA case officer Robert Baer said he is already being flooded with calls from the newly empowered Democrats who will chair and hold majority positions of the House committees with the power to investigate Trump.

Nitram

(22,755 posts)
4. Trump has done nothing but belittle the FBI, the CIA, and the NSA since he was campaigning
Fri Nov 23, 2018, 11:05 PM
Nov 2018

as a presidential candidate. They would love nothing better than the opportunity to testify, under oath, that he is a traitor to the country.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
12. That is great. Some of us need for the Dems to
Sat Nov 24, 2018, 12:24 AM
Nov 2018

actually take effective action and to be savvy. Demoralizing to see GOP and #fatnixon get away with so much. To know that inaction is only happening because we have had no control of anything.

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