General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJim Acosta Rips Trump-Appointed IG Who Did Report on Bible Photo Op:
Auditioning to be Inspector General at Mar-a-Lago
CNN anchor Jim Acosta ripped Trump-appointed Interior Department Inspector General Mark Greenblatt over a report that former President Donald Trump says exonerates him in the violent clearing of protesters from Lafayette Park just before his Bible-toting photo-op last June. The inspector generals report was greeted by one of Trumps non-Twitter tweet-style statements, which began Thank you to the Department of the Interior Inspector General for Completely and Totally exonerating me in the clearing of Lafayette Park!
But on Thursday mornings edition of New Day, Acosta ripped the IG and the report when co-anchors Brianna Keilar and John Berman asked him to weigh in. I certainly think it raises more questions than it answers, Acosta said, and noted the reports claim that the Park Police cleared the park with the purpose of setting up this fence because obviously the protesters needed to be moved back from this area where they were defacing statues and potentially pulling down the Andrew Jackson statue and so on. I was in the Rose Garden that day when Trump gave that speech and said Im going to go to this special place, talking about the church, and you could hear the Park Police and other Federal forces, DC police, clearing that park, they were violently pummeling protesters, tear-gassing protesters, Acosta recalled, noting that at the time, the White House was telling us Oh we didnt use tear gas, the DC police were using tear gas.
Acosta also noted that the IG report didnt include interviews with key sources, saying According to the inspector generals report, they did not speak to senior White House officials, they did not speak to the Secret Service, so this certainly raises more questions. And I have to say, when I read through this report, it sounded as if this inspector general was auditioning to become the inspector general at Mar-A-Lago because this is almost a whitewash of what occurred on June 1st, Acosta continued.
https://www.mediaite.com/news/jim-acosta-rips-trump-appointed-ig-who-did-report-on-bible-photo-op-auditioning-to-be-inspector-general-at-mar-a-lago/
50 Shades Of Blue
(9,777 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)ALMOST? A complete and total whitewash, more like it!
dalton99a
(81,073 posts)Goonch
(3,551 posts)twodogsbarking
(9,308 posts)Soon I hope.
UTUSN
(70,497 posts)spanone
(135,636 posts)RestoreAmerica2020
(3,433 posts)..and all evidence of malfeasance requested by their from boss and or his sycophants; plus are now there to sabotage any progress made by Pres. Biden and report any and all to internal info to their traitor boss-- time to clean house!
bamagal62
(3,218 posts)One of the Biden administration. I wonder why theyre still there?
calimary
(80,700 posts)Politicub
(12,163 posts)the agenda of the inspector general is getting limited exposure.
There is a frightening amount of revisionist history happening around the brutality of the Trump administration; it is not an accident.
Lonestarblue
(9,880 posts)Why are they still in the government and able to keep putting out lies? Rounding up and firing all those Trump hired, especially those during his last two years should have been done already. Trump tried to place as many moles as possible to keep his lies alive and to thwart actual governing.
SergeStorms
(18,903 posts)Trump always carried a bible with him wherever he went, I remember that distinctly. Not for photo-ops, mind you, but because he is such a devout Christian and family man.
They expect any thinking person to swallow that line of shit? His cult will accept it without question. Remember, I said "thinking person", so that would eliminate any republican on the planet.
Just another steaming pile of horseshit from a Trump appointee. Biden had better clean house and remove any leftover Trump garbage, pronto.
bullwinkle428
(20,627 posts)a complete piece of bullshit this "IG report" is. YOU. WERE. THERE.
patphil
(6,035 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(9,260 posts)and replacing with someone qualified if the postion warrants NOT being vacant is a time consuming process.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,111 posts)KS Toronado
(16,911 posts)Not months after the fact, whitewash written all over this.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,535 posts)I'm shocked.
llashram
(6,265 posts)of course. But magrats are taking this "exoneration" back to their little mousie holes and nibbling on this piece of cheese. Only to be able to regurgitate it later as proof their fuhrer was innocent of all wrongdoing...
LiberalFighter
(50,504 posts)He was appointed by the idiot in 2019.