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Roland99

(53,342 posts)
Fri Mar 20, 2020, 12:57 PM Mar 2020

"Burr"isma...Burr's defense actually *indicts Trump.*




I took a close look at Richard Burr's "defense" in the insider-trading scandal.

His defense *indicts Trump.*

Burr cites a Trump/admin briefing supposedly showing officials warning the public. It actually shows them *downplaying* the threat!
https://t.co/SLabcoQuw0


Here's the key point.

This scandal goes far beyond just the stock sales.

It opens up a vast new line of inquiry:

What were lawmakers privately told by Trump officials about just how bad this was going to get?

And when were they told it?
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"Burr"isma...Burr's defense actually *indicts Trump.* (Original Post) Roland99 Mar 2020 OP
bump for visibility RT Atlanta Mar 2020 #1
"This scandal goes far beyond just the stock sales." FiveGoodMen Mar 2020 #2
It DOES indict trump. Let's impeach him for it, and maybe this time the senate will BComplex Mar 2020 #3
Exactly, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #4
Republicans pissed on Americans Champp Mar 2020 #5
Awful Windy City Charlie Mar 2020 #6
...and were letting more of us get sick and die. FiveGoodMen Mar 2020 #8
What was the date of the GOP only meeting with Trump on Covid-19? sinkingfeeling Mar 2020 #7

FiveGoodMen

(20,018 posts)
2. "This scandal goes far beyond just the stock sales."
Fri Mar 20, 2020, 01:00 PM
Mar 2020

Yes! Thank you!

I can't believe how many people have failed to notice that they put us in real danger while they were busy stealing.

The Magistrate

(95,247 posts)
4. Exactly, Sir
Fri Mar 20, 2020, 01:02 PM
Mar 2020

That cronies were told something different from the public is the true horror, eclipsing the profit reaped by the cronies.

"The only good Republicans I ever saw are dead."

Windy City Charlie

(1,178 posts)
6. Awful
Fri Mar 20, 2020, 01:05 PM
Mar 2020

Awful....while they were trying to say everything was fine, they held the truth from the American people, and were cashing in their stock in the process.

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