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Trump's Remarks Before Air Force One Departure, Joint Base Andrews, MD; February 18, 2020
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Remarks by President Trump Before Air Force One Departure | Joint Base Andrews, MD
Issued on: February 18, 2020
Joint Base Andrews, Maryland
1:41 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. Its a little windy out here, so Ill button up my coat. You have a couple of more people who want to join you.
Q So were hearing youre going to commute the sentence of Blagojevich?
THE PRESIDENT: Yes, we have commuted the sentence of Rod Blagojevich. He served eight years in jail. Thats a long time. And I watched his wife on television. I dont know him very well. Ive met him a couple of times. He was on, for a short while, on The Apprentice, years ago. Seemed like a very nice person. Dont know him.
But he served eight years in jail. He has a long time to go. Many people disagree with the sentence. Hes a Democrat; hes not a Republican. It was a prosecution by the same people Comey, Fitzpatrick the same group.
Very far from his children. Theyre growing older. Theyre going to high school now, and they rarely get to see their father outside of an orange uniform. I saw that and I did commute his sentence. So hell be able to go back home with his family after serving eight years in jail. That was a tremendously powerful, ridiculous sentence, in my opinion
{snip}
Q You were asked specifically about Roger Stone, but are you ruling out pardons for Stone, for your former campaign Chairman Paul Manafort, and for Michael Flynn, for example?
THE PRESIDENT: Im not even thinking about that. Theres a process that people are going through. These are unrelated situations where people have done a great job with very, very strong recommendations. But we havent thought about that yet. Right now theres a process.
I think Roger Stone has been treated unfairly. I think General Flynn has been treated very unfairly. I think a lot of people have been treated very unfairly. I think the Mueller scam is just exactly what its what a lot of people are calling, because it was started illegally. It was started by abuse. It was phony. It was a fake dossier. And they went in, and they went into the FISA courts and they forged papers, and they did a lot of bad things. So the whole Mueller thing, to me, is a scam.
Q Do you think Roger Stone deserves any prison time?
THE PRESIDENT: Youre going to see what happens. Lets see what happens.
{snip}
Q One other thing: Is there a search underway for Anonymous? Remember Anonymous is
THE PRESIDENT: Yeah, there is. Its not so much a search.
Q Who do you think it is?
THE PRESIDENT: I I know who it is. Yeah.
Q Who is it?
THE PRESIDENT: I cant tell you that.
Q Why not?
Q Why not?
THE PRESIDENT: But I know who it is.
Q Why not?
THE PRESIDENT: But we wont we wont get into it. People know its people know its a fraud. I know who it is and I know who some of the leakers are. But some of the leakers dont exist. Its made up by the press. So, you know, they say, Nine people have said or two people have said, and those people dont exist.
But, no, I know all about Anonymous. I know a lot about the leakers too.
Q Do you believe its a person who still works at the White House?
THE PRESIDENT: We know a lot. In fact, when I want to get something out to the press, I tell certain people. And its amazing, it gets out there. But, so far, Im leaving it that way.
Ill see you later. Thank you. See you on the plane.
END
1:55 P.M. EST
Remarks by President Trump Before Air Force One Departure | Joint Base Andrews, MD
Issued on: February 18, 2020
Joint Base Andrews, Maryland
1:41 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. Its a little windy out here, so Ill button up my coat. You have a couple of more people who want to join you.
Q So were hearing youre going to commute the sentence of Blagojevich?
THE PRESIDENT: Yes, we have commuted the sentence of Rod Blagojevich. He served eight years in jail. Thats a long time. And I watched his wife on television. I dont know him very well. Ive met him a couple of times. He was on, for a short while, on The Apprentice, years ago. Seemed like a very nice person. Dont know him.
But he served eight years in jail. He has a long time to go. Many people disagree with the sentence. Hes a Democrat; hes not a Republican. It was a prosecution by the same people Comey, Fitzpatrick the same group.
Very far from his children. Theyre growing older. Theyre going to high school now, and they rarely get to see their father outside of an orange uniform. I saw that and I did commute his sentence. So hell be able to go back home with his family after serving eight years in jail. That was a tremendously powerful, ridiculous sentence, in my opinion
{snip}
Q You were asked specifically about Roger Stone, but are you ruling out pardons for Stone, for your former campaign Chairman Paul Manafort, and for Michael Flynn, for example?
THE PRESIDENT: Im not even thinking about that. Theres a process that people are going through. These are unrelated situations where people have done a great job with very, very strong recommendations. But we havent thought about that yet. Right now theres a process.
I think Roger Stone has been treated unfairly. I think General Flynn has been treated very unfairly. I think a lot of people have been treated very unfairly. I think the Mueller scam is just exactly what its what a lot of people are calling, because it was started illegally. It was started by abuse. It was phony. It was a fake dossier. And they went in, and they went into the FISA courts and they forged papers, and they did a lot of bad things. So the whole Mueller thing, to me, is a scam.
Q Do you think Roger Stone deserves any prison time?
THE PRESIDENT: Youre going to see what happens. Lets see what happens.
{snip}
Q One other thing: Is there a search underway for Anonymous? Remember Anonymous is
THE PRESIDENT: Yeah, there is. Its not so much a search.
Q Who do you think it is?
THE PRESIDENT: I I know who it is. Yeah.
Q Who is it?
THE PRESIDENT: I cant tell you that.
Q Why not?
Q Why not?
THE PRESIDENT: But I know who it is.
Q Why not?
THE PRESIDENT: But we wont we wont get into it. People know its people know its a fraud. I know who it is and I know who some of the leakers are. But some of the leakers dont exist. Its made up by the press. So, you know, they say, Nine people have said or two people have said, and those people dont exist.
But, no, I know all about Anonymous. I know a lot about the leakers too.
Q Do you believe its a person who still works at the White House?
THE PRESIDENT: We know a lot. In fact, when I want to get something out to the press, I tell certain people. And its amazing, it gets out there. But, so far, Im leaving it that way.
Ill see you later. Thank you. See you on the plane.
END
1:55 P.M. EST
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Trump's Remarks Before Air Force One Departure, Joint Base Andrews, MD; February 18, 2020 (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Feb 2020
OP
2naSalit
(86,054 posts)1. What if
Anonymous is several people?
msongs
(67,193 posts)2. what if all the toadie fake reporters refused to get on the plane, thus ignoring it nt