Trump changes course, says he would 'absolutely' report foreign campaign intelligence to FBI

[brooklynite]

Source: USA Today

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said Friday he would "absolutely" report political dirt dug up by a foreign country to federal authorities, seeking to quell a controversy over comments he made a day earlier in a high-profile interview.

"Of course you give it to the FBI or report to the attorney general or somebody like that," Trump told Fox and Friends in a live interview Friday. "Of course you do that. I thought it was made clear."

The president told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos earlier this week that he'd accept dirt on his 2020 opponent from a foreign government and might or might not turn it over to the FBI. Trump argued that such information amounts to "opposition research" widely used by campaigns.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/06/14/donald-trump-says-he-would-report-foreign-campaign-intel-fbi/1442381001/

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure he would.

[Mr. Evil]

16. Of course Bill Barr quickly instructed him that he can do it.

You just don't say you're doing it.

[ZeroSomeBrains]

23. My same literal reaction

[Iliyah]

2. Liar . . .

2016 comes to mind.

[BeyondGeography]

3. Ok

Can we stop pretending he wants to be impeached now?

[Eyeball_Kid]

4. Trumpy always lies. End of story. n/t

[diva77]

25. but then he lets on what the truth is by accusing others of what he is actually guilty of

[Dennis Donovan]

5. He also threw out a caveat:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=12188228

"If I thought anything was incorrect or badly stated, I'd report it to the attorney general, the FBI, I'd report it to law enforcement absolutely."

What if the info was factual and well written?

[underpants]

6. So why didn't you when Jr and Jared had their meeting?

Obvious follow up question

[Pantagruel]

9. And why did they deny Russian contacts

and create elaborate lies to conceal the true purpose of that meeting with the Russian lawyer tied to the Kremlin?

[underpants]

10. Yes

[sop]

13. And why did Don Jr. just repeat the same story to Burr's Senate Intelligence Committee?

Reportedly, Jr.'s still sticking to his original story about the Trump Tower meeting in 2016, calling Cohen's (and others') contradictory testimony "lies."

[sop]

7. Yeah, next time the stuff will be delivered by some domestic cutout, not an actual Russian

[Tiggeroshii]

8. His answer depends on who he thinks is listening

[unblock]

11. he's telling the truth! he would absolutely report it to the fbi!

in fact, "ok, then, if i told you i knowingly accepted opposition research from a foreign government, would you cover it up for me" would be the second question he would ask when interviewing candidates for dfbi.

the first question, of course, would be, "do you want to be my next director of the fbi?"

[Fullduplexxx]

12. Flip flop remember how the right felt about flip flopping

[sop]

14. In pre-Trump days it used to be a political mortal sin to flip-flop on any issue

It still is for Democrats. For Trump, not so much.

[FakeNoose]

15. Yeah except he back-peddles constantly

Chump never admits he's wrong, he never makes a mistake, never takes responsibility for anything he says. But he sure does a hell of a lot of back-peddling.

[LiberalLovinLug]

17. "Of course you do that. I thought it was made clear."

That's the part that is just dumbfoundingly jaw dropping. You though it was made clear???

No. No it wasn't made clear. In fact the opposite was made clear. Yet his deplorables will lap it up. "See? ya dumb libtards, he's always said he'd not use it and report it immediately to the FBI, a bunch of fake news if anyone says otherwise!" That ability to spin 180 on a dime is shared by his cult followers as well.

[durablend]

19. Watch

Tomorrow he'll claim he never said the first thing to begin with.

[sop]

22. Gaslighting is intended to make one question what one knows to be true

It's Trump's only skill, and he's very good at it.

[get the red out]

18. Sneaky little kid says

"Of course I'll tell Mom before sticking my hand in the cookie jar next time, I thought I made that clear (as crumbs fall out of his mouth)"

[Bernardo de La Paz]

20. tRump says all things to all people. So he's covered. And then does what he wants anyway. . . nt

[NCjack]

21. USA needs to return to "ignorance of the law is not an excuse". Especially for politicians

and their appointees.

[KSNY]

24. This is a perfect example of gaslighting

Question is: will the mainstream media fall for it?

[duforsure]

26. Trump uses this tactic

Whenever he fails to get support, just like happened when they had the racists marching and he said there good people on both sides after they killed that woman. He confessed yesterday when he made his statement knowing the truth will soon expose him for conspiring with Putin.

[emmaverybo]

27. But he didn't, he won't, and the damage to national security is done. NT

[Maine-i-acs]

28. "So are you lying right now, or were you lying back then?"

If there was ever a presser someone might be able to ask.

[Botany]

29. So why didn't he and his campaign report to the FBI..

.. Russian contacts in 3016?

[kacekwl]

30. "I thought it was made c!ear "

It was Crystal clear the first time. This time you are lying. Got it.

[Doreen]

31. He is a lying sack of shit.

[Blue Owl]

32. Shut the fuck up, Donnie

n/t

[Chemisse]

33. What??!! And here I thought he'd finally decided to be honest with us.

He laid in right on the line. He is perfectly fine with committing a crime. It makes perfect sense to do so; anybody would! And he will be doing it in the next election, whenever he can. He basically invited other nations to 'come on down!'

But now it's back to flagrant lying, with no more skill than a three-year-old.

[DeminPennswoods]

34. Don't like what Trump says? Wait 10 minutes

and he will contradict himself.

[Hotler]

35. Too late Don, once on the internet, always on the internet. nt

[truthisfreedom]

36. He was for it before he was against it,

Before he was for it again, until he was against it again, until...

He’s just completely full of shit.

[trusty elf]

37. "I said the word 'would' instead of 'wouldn't'."

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[Danascot]

38. Our local NPR commentator opined that

he made his initial statement because he's aware he did it in 2016 and he was trying to say it was A-OK for him to have done it then.

[Captain Zero]

39. Kick nt

Nt