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funkybutt

(3,333 posts)
Tue May 9, 2017, 06:20 PM May 2017

Trump hired DC firm who will send Certified Letter to Graham stating no Russian ties

Last edited Tue May 9, 2017, 07:14 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: Daily Beast Reporter: Lachlan Markey - twitter

"Spicer says Trump has engaged a DC law firm to send a certified letter to Lindsey Graham stating that he has no Russian financial ties.

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Uhm..WHAT!?
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Trump hired DC firm who will send Certified Letter to Graham stating no Russian ties (Original Post) funkybutt May 2017 OP
Oh, it's as simple as that! Close all the courts! Fire all the lawyers! Trump shows us The_Casual_Observer May 2017 #1
certified mail? seriously? onetexan May 2017 #17
It's the thing we have all missed all this time, declare your innocence via certified mail. Case is The_Casual_Observer May 2017 #20
oh...ok then....gosh I feel better about this now... dhill926 May 2017 #2
Like how we got Dr. Feelgood's letter instead of any actual medical records? tanyev May 2017 #3
Oooohhh, it's Certified not fooled May 2017 #4
Anyone can send a certified letter. LisaM May 2017 #5
I suspect its going to be rather carefully worded. nt cstanleytech May 2017 #6
A really, really expensive one nt Phoenix61 May 2017 #27
From his lawyer or from is "doctor" Laf.La.Dem. May 2017 #7
This is the kind of shit sovereign citizens do jmowreader May 2017 #8
!!! Kali May 2017 #18
Beavis, Butthead and Olive Oyl Scarsdale May 2017 #29
The Official Portrait of Donald Trump jmowreader May 2017 #31
LOL onetexan May 2017 #39
My dad always told me to send important stuff certified mail. LeftInTX May 2017 #44
Trump is able to have his letters couriered to their recipients jmowreader May 2017 #45
Yeah, and when he goes out and shoots someone on Broadway at noon, like he said he could, Stonepounder May 2017 #9
Just the way his doctor claimed Trump is perfectly fine! n/t Judi Lynn May 2017 #19
Bizarre. JudyM May 2017 #10
Could this have mean something else? funkybutt May 2017 #11
Is it a Russian Law firm? mdbl May 2017 #12
You know, now that you mention it.... LisaM May 2017 #33
I found it! His law firm won an award from Russia..... LisaM May 2017 #34
Message deleted by DU the Administrators nuxvomica May 2017 #13
Is it from his law firm of Dewey, Cheetham & Howe ? LiberalArkie May 2017 #14
Liberty U Scarsdale May 2017 #30
insanity. nt tomp May 2017 #15
Certified letter greymattermom May 2017 #16
reminds me of the SNL Jon Lovitz character The Pathological Liar NRaleighLiberal May 2017 #21
Uhm...WHAT? Stuart G May 2017 #22
Well if its certified the contents must be true. milestogo May 2017 #23
That bank of Cyprus means there are no Russian ties, damn it! displacedtexan May 2017 #24
Trump started his Presidency by lying before God with his hand on the Bible. keithbvadu2 May 2017 #25
Too bad Nixon didn't know this! marybourg May 2017 #26
I imagine he's doing this so the right-wing media can begin repeating incessantly that it's -Steph- May 2017 #28
Like the October 2016 letter to the NYT huh irisblue May 2017 #32
"So let it be written, so let it be done." Deb May 2017 #35
Well he is certifiable. MGKrebs May 2017 #36
Can we say madokie May 2017 #37
His word is as good as his hair dye. nt William769 May 2017 #38
Stop the investigation! SergeStorms May 2017 #40
This is like Trump's Doctor saying, he has the best health. sarcasmo May 2017 #41
And a Genuine Cashier's Check ThoughtCriminal May 2017 #42
Can you send a postcard certified mail? LeftInTX May 2017 #43
 

The_Casual_Observer

(27,742 posts)
20. It's the thing we have all missed all this time, declare your innocence via certified mail. Case is
Tue May 9, 2017, 07:03 PM
May 2017

then closed.

LisaM

(27,792 posts)
5. Anyone can send a certified letter.
Tue May 9, 2017, 06:25 PM
May 2017

If he means it's going to have a sworn statement certifying he had no ties to Russia, I'm kind of curious as to what kind of law firm he's hired to do this.

jmowreader

(50,528 posts)
8. This is the kind of shit sovereign citizens do
Tue May 9, 2017, 06:35 PM
May 2017

When a sovereign citizen sends his forms to the government explaining that they're not going to pay taxes or hold a driver's license ever again, they always send them by certified mail. Trump apparently thinks this works.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
29. Beavis, Butthead and Olive Oyl
Tue May 9, 2017, 07:28 PM
May 2017

Are they all Russia free, also? Both dumb sons have bragged about all the Russian $$$ pouring into their business. Now, it was fake??

jmowreader

(50,528 posts)
31. The Official Portrait of Donald Trump
Tue May 9, 2017, 07:32 PM
May 2017


Remembering that this is what Trump is, will help you filter anything he says from now on.

jmowreader

(50,528 posts)
45. Trump is able to have his letters couriered to their recipients
Tue May 9, 2017, 11:21 PM
May 2017

Here's an example of what I was talking about:



This guy is sending total bullshit through the mails...but he believes that by sending said total bullshit Certified Mail, it magically becomes valid.

Stonepounder

(4,033 posts)
9. Yeah, and when he goes out and shoots someone on Broadway at noon, like he said he could,
Tue May 9, 2017, 06:38 PM
May 2017

he'll just get that law firm to send a certified letter saying he didn't do it.

funkybutt

(3,333 posts)
11. Could this have mean something else?
Tue May 9, 2017, 06:41 PM
May 2017

Could a law firm have been hired to do a financial forensic analysis that they "certify" confirms that Trump has no financial ties to Russia?

I'm just trying to make some sense of this. And if so, what kind of firm would do this kind of "work" for the POTUS?

LisaM

(27,792 posts)
33. You know, now that you mention it....
Tue May 9, 2017, 07:49 PM
May 2017

I have some recollection of some law firm with Russian ties coming up a few months ago. Ring a bell?

greymattermom

(5,751 posts)
16. Certified letter
Tue May 9, 2017, 06:59 PM
May 2017

doesn't mean anything, just that someone signs that the letter was received. How about testifying under oath, and have Ivanka and Jared do that also, since they are now federal employees (I think).

Stuart G

(38,410 posts)
22. Uhm...WHAT?
Tue May 9, 2017, 07:06 PM
May 2017

...What will it be?
...What will we see..
...A letter to a senator
...Who is not a sucker upper.
...Will the be enough
...To stop this stuff?

...You see that Trump is a dump...and of course,,,
All my apologies to garbage dumps.

No it will not do
Even to send two
Trump is going down
and he is a clown...........All my apologies to the clown lovers out there...thank you

displacedtexan

(15,696 posts)
24. That bank of Cyprus means there are no Russian ties, damn it!
Tue May 9, 2017, 07:08 PM
May 2017

Trump is pissed because he has gone to great lengths to set up go-betweens like that bank and those casinos and hotels, so that no one can claim he's directly involved with any Russians.

Thank goodness, he's a dumb shit. Were he actually intelligent, we'd really be in trouble!

keithbvadu2

(36,640 posts)
25. Trump started his Presidency by lying before God with his hand on the Bible.
Tue May 9, 2017, 07:11 PM
May 2017

Trump started his Presidency by lying before God with his hand on the Bible.

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."

marybourg

(12,584 posts)
26. Too bad Nixon didn't know this!
Tue May 9, 2017, 07:15 PM
May 2017

He could have sent a certified letter saying "I am not a crook" and that would have ended the whole thing. Poor schlub.

-Steph-

(409 posts)
28. I imagine he's doing this so the right-wing media can begin repeating incessantly that it's
Tue May 9, 2017, 07:27 PM
May 2017

now been certified by a team of lawyers that Trump doesn't have any financial ties with Russia. Just another way to brainwash the masses in my opinion. Even though the letter will actually prove nothing at all, it will be enough for the average Joe Republicunt to feel Trump's been vindicated. They'll be falling over themselves to like/retweet/share the very thing that was created to help keep them misinformed.

irisblue

(32,917 posts)
32. Like the October 2016 letter to the NYT huh
Tue May 9, 2017, 07:36 PM
May 2017

You all recall the one where trumps lawyers told the NYT we're gonna sue if the Times doesn't retract their story.

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