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Kid Berwyn

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16. We wouldn't have known, if not for TASS.
Fri Sep 27, 2019, 10:47 PM
Sep 2019
In the Oval Office in the merry month of May 2017

President Trump gestures to Russia's ambassador to the U.S., Sergey Kislyak, as he speaks to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in the Oval Office on Wednesday, May 10, 2017. (Alexander Shcherbak/TASS/Getty Images)

“I just fired the head of the FBI. He was crazy, a real nut job," Trump said, according to The Times. "I faced great pressure because of Russia. That's taken off.”



"I'm not under investigation," he added.

Sources:

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/10/527755991/trump-meets-with-russias-lavrov-at-the-white-house-today

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-nut-job-james-comey-russia-2017-5

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And the Republican Party stands with him on this Zorro Sep 2019 #1
Only as long as the treasonous Republican Party benefits TheRealNorth Sep 2019 #6
It never has stopped with that mother fucker because it turns out that some of the Ukrainian .... Botany Sep 2019 #2
Preet Bharara: It is all going to come out. All of it. The dam has broken. demmiblue Sep 2019 #3
How can this not be the end? Shaddox Sep 2019 #4
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Modern Day Republicans elleng Sep 2019 #11
That sounds like the Russians are done with him. ffr Sep 2019 #8
Putin still loves him Yoopy Sep 2019 #21
No! Really? SergeStorms Sep 2019 #9
Yes collusion world wide wally Sep 2019 #12
Which is really strange timing, given the other key coincidence in this UKR scandal ffr Sep 2019 #13
That story has been making the rounds today BumRushDaShow Sep 2019 #14
I don't watch TV, except for special events, marybourg Sep 2019 #15
The "not previously reported" BumRushDaShow Sep 2019 #18
We wouldn't have known, if not for TASS. Kid Berwyn Sep 2019 #16
+1 dalton99a Sep 2019 #20
k&r DesertRat Sep 2019 #17
"Trump also seemed to invite Russia to interfere in other countries' elections" dalton99a Sep 2019 #19
This should be included in the impeachment articles Yoopy Sep 2019 #22
Welcome to DU. nt littlemissmartypants Sep 2019 #23
Of course he wasn't concerned Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2019 #24
K&R ck4829 Sep 2019 #25
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