Trump 'planning smear campaign' against Sally Yates while she testifies against administration

[Zorro]

Source: The Independent

Donald Trump's administration reportedly planned to smear former deputy attorney general Sally Yates ahead of her testimony before a Senate subcommittee on his presidential campaign’s ties to Russia.

Ms Yates will give evidence about alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election and possible collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin.

James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence in Barack Obama’s Administration will also testify.

The White House planned on branding Ms Yates a “Democratic operative” intent on sabotaging Mr Trump, who was willing to twist facts, news website Axios reported.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-apos-planning-smear-campaign-122146309.html

[katmondoo]

1. I don't believe his words carry that much weight anymore

[OriginalGeek]

26. I wish that were true

I know trumpers that are already convinced she is a liar and just trying to hurt trump. They are so divorced from reality it scares me that I know them.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Such a gentleman

so intent on finding the truth in everything

[The Blue Flower]

3. Isn't this obstruction of justice?

I hope it's added to the articles of impeachment.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. Some people - good people, lots of people - are saying she's a thespian.

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I have no way of knowing, but I've heard it. The issue has been raised.

[SwissTony]

11. Good heavens!!!

Next you'll be saying she likes poetry. And art!!

[SammyWinstonJack]

22. HA!

[Lochloosa]

23. Helluva acting job....

[WePurrsevere]

5. Innocent people don't do this bs, guilty do.

Trump does this deflection, projection, distraction and lying bullpucky all the time. It's never him, it's always 'other', he's a textbook narcissist.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. I'm shocked.

[chelsea0011]

7. I'm sure Faux News is ahead of the game

[Still In Wisconsin]

8. Lots of people are saying...

[Turbineguy]

9. Yeah.

If Nixon had gone the route of saying the Watergate break-in was stupid and as it turned out, not needed, he might have ended up better than the cover-up ploy.

But for Trump, every day in power is a small victory. So delay and obfuscation is a good strategy.

[bluestarone]

10. this is totally

Expected of this asshole!! Lifetime in hell for him and his followers

[ginnyinWI]

12. isn't his credibility about shot, yet?

I mean how long does it take? Everybody knows what a lying, cheating con artist he is.

[OnDoutside]

13. At least he hasn't started WW3 to distract ....so far

[Tommy_Carcetti]

14. _BS_RUC_I_N _F JUS_ICE

I'd like to solve the puzzle, Alex.

[PatSeg]

15. Sounding more and more

desperate every day. What a pathetic jackass.

[GeorgeGist]

16. Confuse the rubes ...

who voted for him

[NastyRiffraff]

17. I hope she watches her back

"Who will rid me of this turbulent priest?" --Henry II

[Friend or Foe]

19. Sticking with the Shakespeare theme

The a$$hat doth protest too much, methinks

[still_one]

18. The interesting thing about this link is that 99% of the time, the comments to Yahoo stories are

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usually filled with rabid right wing bias. That appears on first pass to be not holding on this story, which may signal a change in perception

[FakeNoose]

25. Those were Russian bots on Yahoo

They weren't real people, it was all pro-Trump conservative ass-hattery spouting from computer archives.

It was different "people" all saying approximately the same thing under different fake names, apparently agreeing with each other.
Apparently disagreeing with anybody who wrote anything slightly "liberal" sounding, pro-Hillary or pro-Democratic.

Those Russian bots are mostly gone now, or at least zombies until the next election. God they were awful though.

[Honeycombe8]

20. Of course he is. Who doesn't expect that, including Yates? His words are meaningless, now.

He has ZERO credibility. Except of course to Trumpers, who apparently have limited brain cells and also think cult leader Jim Jones was a strong leader.

[Nitram]

21. You mean like the smear campaign against Obama about how he gave Flynn the highest

clearance level? Leaving out that Flynn was fired and Obama warned Trump not to hire him.

[FairWinds]

24. The Drumph keeps getting away with making allegations . .

of illegal behavior by others without ever bothering, or even being
pressed much at all, to provide any sort of evidence.

How long will this be tolerated?

[Sunlei]

27. Republicans still smear her through media 'breaking news headlines' right here on DU

RW are pros at dominating aggregate news headlines websites. Every smear is quoted in the 'breaking news' story.

[xxqqqzme]

28. Judicial Watch is on it

http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/332510-group-sues-for-sally-yates-justice-department-emails

Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said in a statement.“Her email traffic might provide a window into how the anti-Trump ‘deep state’ abused the Justice Department,” he added.