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(2,256 posts) Mon Nov 18, 2019, 11:31 AM Nov 2019

House investigating whether Trump lied to Mueller [View all]

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN)The House of Representatives is now investigating whether President Donald Trump lied to special counsel Robert Mueller in written answers he provided in the Russia investigation, the House's general counsel said in federal court Monday.

"Did the President lie? Was the President not truthful in his responses to the Mueller investigation?" House general counsel Douglas Letter told the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit about why the House now needs access to grand jury material Mueller collected in his investigation.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/18/politics/house-investigating-trump-lying-to-mueller/index.html

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House investigating whether Trump lied to Mueller [View all] Quackers Nov 2019 OP

"Did the President lie?" The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2019 #1

To him, lies are truth! And factual truths are fake! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2019 #5

Is he talking? ... aggiesal Nov 2019 #10

Or in this case, did his lawyers write down his responses? If yes, then he was lying. lagomorph777 Nov 2019 #27

Or the aqueous protection MurrayDelph Nov 2019 #18

Good! I don't trust anything the MF'er says, and I'm sure not alone! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2019 #2

Does the President have conveniently selective amnesia? Qutzupalotl Nov 2019 #3

I suspect he actually has Alzheimer's. cstanleytech Nov 2019 #13

Or possibly rublonic plague.......? Common among associates of Vladdy Daddy. lastlib Nov 2019 #14

Rublonic Plague lagomorph777 Nov 2019 #28

Or Pence/Trump Qutzupalotl Nov 2019 #32

I still can't believe they released that logo! lagomorph777 Nov 2019 #35

This was in WRITTEN responses, elleng Nov 2019 #15

Exactly. I think his lawyers coached him to lie Qutzupalotl Nov 2019 #17

If THAT's the case, the 'lawyers' subjected themselves to all sorts of 'problems!' elleng Nov 2019 #19

He used the magic (weasel) words.. ewagner Nov 2019 #23

Those cannot be disputed except in special cases. ... aggiesal Nov 2019 #29

Yes. This leads me to believe he was coached specifically to cover up criminality. n/t Qutzupalotl Nov 2019 #31

Smacks of being "Roy Cohn-osh" n/t ewagner Nov 2019 #33

Dementia IronLionZion Nov 2019 #24

open it all up Grasswire2 Nov 2019 #4

Did trump lie? UpInArms Nov 2019 #6

The 2nd half of that story, that's never told ... aggiesal Nov 2019 #12

Another count of Obstruction of Justice Botany Nov 2019 #7

This is directly impeachable offense. beachbumbob Nov 2019 #8

Isn't tnat what Clinton was nailed for too? BigmanPigman Nov 2019 #16

Yes. Yes, it is. crickets Nov 2019 #20

Technically it was perjury in a civil suit. beachbumbob Nov 2019 #22

That is a no brainer he can't tell the truth doc03 Nov 2019 #9

Now I'd wear a t shirt that urged folks to read THESE transcripts Arthur_Frain Nov 2019 #11

I'll save you trouble. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2019 #21

As the Republicans repeated endlessly wnylib Nov 2019 #25

Guess what the House would be doing if we had not WON IT BACK! Eliot Rosewater Nov 2019 #26

i can save then tine on this one world wide wally Nov 2019 #30

I can see it coming bluestarone Nov 2019 #34