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Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump continues to tell his associates he believed the highly controversial Republican memo alleging the FBI abused its surveillance tools could help discredit the Russia investigation, multiple sources familiar with White House discussions said.
The President continues to direct some of his anger toward his Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
In phone calls last night and over the past days, Trump has told friends he believes the memo would expose bias within the agency's top ranks and make it easier for him to argue the Russia investigations are prejudiced against him, according to two sources.
Trump was upset Wednesday in the wake of the FBI's statement challenging the release of the a controversial memo crafted by Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee, led by Chairman Devin Nunes, a Trump ally. The statement was issued just hours after the President made clear he wanted the document public.
White House aides and advisers expect a decision from Trump on whether to release the controversial memo on Thursday, an official tells CNN, but the President has already made clear he is inclined to approve the document's release.
FUTURE MODEL PRISONER MAYBE
https://claytoonz.com/2018/02/01/future-model-prisoner-maybe/
Yeah, I’m a jerk.
To be a Trump sycophant one must shred their dignity, soul, respectability, credibility, decency, and perhaps all traces of what’s left of their humanity. Reason and logic are pretty much out of the question too. In return, you may acquire a nice orange jumpsuit.
When the first drips would come out about Trump’s attempts to obstruct justice, his defenders would argue that he was new at the job and didn’t know better. Some are still using that defense. I understand that every president has to learn on the job, but they usually have some basic knowledge of how it works, or at least what’s legal and illegal. Also, defending Trump with the argument that he doesn’t know what he’s doing and he’s a dumbass takes away every reason for putting the guy in the office. Sure, he proved he was a bumbling racist idiot on the campaign trail, but the argument was he’s a genius and he’s the only one who could do the job.
That argument has also been used for others in the administration, like Jared Kushner when he lied about meeting with Russians and had to resubmit his application for a security clearance, and then again, and then again, and then again. He doesn’t have any experience and doesn’t know better to stop breaking the law, but he’s going to bring peace to the Middle East.
Now, some people are using this argument to defend Hope Hicks. The argument may actually apply in this case. It’s very believable from Ms. Hick’s background that she doesn’t have a clue or any good reason to be working in the White House, other than Trump finding her pretty.
Wednesday evening, I posted on social media, “I don’t really want to demean or stereotype any profession, but maybe…just maybe, you shouldn’t hire models as White House Communications Directors or conspire with them to obstruct justice. There’s gotta be more qualified people for that.” Nixon had very experience people and it still didn’t work out for him. Of course, Nixon didn’t have a Republican sycophant Congress either.
Do you remember that meeting in Trump Tower between Don Jr., Jared, Paul Manafort and Russian spies? When it leaked out, Trump was in Germany and on his way home back to Washington. He and his staff put together a bullshit excuse on Air Force One for The New York Times who broke the story and sent fourteen questions to the White House. Instead of telling the truth, that the meeting was about the Russians providing dirt on Hillary Clinton, the Trump stupids concocted a bogus story about Russian adoptions.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller has become very interested in this statement and the meetings around it. His team has told the White House that this is one of about a dozen topics they want to question Donald Trump about. If Scooby Doo had been a part of these meetings, he’d be saying “ruh-roh” right about now.
If you’re thinking, “gosh. It’s not a crime to lie to the media or the public,” you’re right. It’s not a crime, thought it should be. It would be justice if someone went to jail for lying to me about stealing my Oreos. But it’s not. But, what is a crime is obstructing justice, which may have occurred during these meetings around the bogus statement. Also, let’s not forget that collusion thing which Trump was trying to hide.
Mark Corallo served as spokesperson for Trump’s legal team. He was involved in a few of these meetings and he abruptly quit last July. Mueller wants to talk to him. According to sources, Corallo plans to tell Mueller about a conference call between him, Trump, and Hope Hicks.
Corallo plans to tell investigators that the emails Don Jr. traded with his Russian contacts and other campaign members was a focus of this conference call. He’s going to tell them that Hicks said the emails “will never get out.” Corallo was concerned Hicks was contemplating obstructing justice, and he provided these details contemporaneously to three colleagues who later gave it to The Times.
If you’re a Trump supporter, you’re probably thinking “what’s ‘contemporaneously’ mean?” That means “existing, occurring, or originating during the same time.” If you Google it, a picture of James Comey shows up. It means Corallo told three of his colleagues these details while they were happening. It lends credibility.
Corallo told his colleagues that Hicks was being naive or was suggesting that the emails could be withheld from investigators. Another huge concern was that Hicks said this in the presence of Trump without a lawyer present. That means nobody can claim attorney-client privilege. Ruh-roh. If there’s an orange shitgibbon/former model privilege, it doesn’t have any protection in court. That privilege may be in Fire And Fury.
Hope Hicks will eventually testify to Mueller and probably to Congress. She has issued a conflicting story to Corallo’s. I hope she’s schooled enough to know what happens when you lie to the FBI. Lying to Congress is illegal too, but this Congress full of Republican sycophants assisting the president’s obstruction can’t be taken seriously. She better take Robert Mueller seriously. He’s not playing. Ask Paul Manafort, George Papadopoulos, or Michael Flynn. Ruh-roh.
I’m going to make a bold prediction, Hope Hicks is either going to jail or striking a plea bargain. Hell, she may be wearing a wire right now. Did I just make the White House paranoid? Sorry…not really. I think I’ll tweet that to Trump later today.
Jared, Ivanka, Hope Hicks, Kellyanne Conway, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, etc. There’s too many people in this White House who don’t belong there. That includes Donald Trump.
https://claytoonz.com/2018/02/01/future-model-prisoner-maybe/
Yeah, I’m a jerk.
To be a Trump sycophant one must shred their dignity, soul, respectability, credibility, decency, and perhaps all traces of what’s left of their humanity. Reason and logic are pretty much out of the question too. In return, you may acquire a nice orange jumpsuit.
When the first drips would come out about Trump’s attempts to obstruct justice, his defenders would argue that he was new at the job and didn’t know better. Some are still using that defense. I understand that every president has to learn on the job, but they usually have some basic knowledge of how it works, or at least what’s legal and illegal. Also, defending Trump with the argument that he doesn’t know what he’s doing and he’s a dumbass takes away every reason for putting the guy in the office. Sure, he proved he was a bumbling racist idiot on the campaign trail, but the argument was he’s a genius and he’s the only one who could do the job.
That argument has also been used for others in the administration, like Jared Kushner when he lied about meeting with Russians and had to resubmit his application for a security clearance, and then again, and then again, and then again. He doesn’t have any experience and doesn’t know better to stop breaking the law, but he’s going to bring peace to the Middle East.
Now, some people are using this argument to defend Hope Hicks. The argument may actually apply in this case. It’s very believable from Ms. Hick’s background that she doesn’t have a clue or any good reason to be working in the White House, other than Trump finding her pretty.
Wednesday evening, I posted on social media, “I don’t really want to demean or stereotype any profession, but maybe…just maybe, you shouldn’t hire models as White House Communications Directors or conspire with them to obstruct justice. There’s gotta be more qualified people for that.” Nixon had very experience people and it still didn’t work out for him. Of course, Nixon didn’t have a Republican sycophant Congress either.
Do you remember that meeting in Trump Tower between Don Jr., Jared, Paul Manafort and Russian spies? When it leaked out, Trump was in Germany and on his way home back to Washington. He and his staff put together a bullshit excuse on Air Force One for The New York Times who broke the story and sent fourteen questions to the White House. Instead of telling the truth, that the meeting was about the Russians providing dirt on Hillary Clinton, the Trump stupids concocted a bogus story about Russian adoptions.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller has become very interested in this statement and the meetings around it. His team has told the White House that this is one of about a dozen topics they want to question Donald Trump about. If Scooby Doo had been a part of these meetings, he’d be saying “ruh-roh” right about now.
If you’re thinking, “gosh. It’s not a crime to lie to the media or the public,” you’re right. It’s not a crime, thought it should be. It would be justice if someone went to jail for lying to me about stealing my Oreos. But it’s not. But, what is a crime is obstructing justice, which may have occurred during these meetings around the bogus statement. Also, let’s not forget that collusion thing which Trump was trying to hide.
Mark Corallo served as spokesperson for Trump’s legal team. He was involved in a few of these meetings and he abruptly quit last July. Mueller wants to talk to him. According to sources, Corallo plans to tell Mueller about a conference call between him, Trump, and Hope Hicks.
Corallo plans to tell investigators that the emails Don Jr. traded with his Russian contacts and other campaign members was a focus of this conference call. He’s going to tell them that Hicks said the emails “will never get out.” Corallo was concerned Hicks was contemplating obstructing justice, and he provided these details contemporaneously to three colleagues who later gave it to The Times.
If you’re a Trump supporter, you’re probably thinking “what’s ‘contemporaneously’ mean?” That means “existing, occurring, or originating during the same time.” If you Google it, a picture of James Comey shows up. It means Corallo told three of his colleagues these details while they were happening. It lends credibility.
Corallo told his colleagues that Hicks was being naive or was suggesting that the emails could be withheld from investigators. Another huge concern was that Hicks said this in the presence of Trump without a lawyer present. That means nobody can claim attorney-client privilege. Ruh-roh. If there’s an orange shitgibbon/former model privilege, it doesn’t have any protection in court. That privilege may be in Fire And Fury.
Hope Hicks will eventually testify to Mueller and probably to Congress. She has issued a conflicting story to Corallo’s. I hope she’s schooled enough to know what happens when you lie to the FBI. Lying to Congress is illegal too, but this Congress full of Republican sycophants assisting the president’s obstruction can’t be taken seriously. She better take Robert Mueller seriously. He’s not playing. Ask Paul Manafort, George Papadopoulos, or Michael Flynn. Ruh-roh.
I’m going to make a bold prediction, Hope Hicks is either going to jail or striking a plea bargain. Hell, she may be wearing a wire right now. Did I just make the White House paranoid? Sorry…not really. I think I’ll tweet that to Trump later today.
Jared, Ivanka, Hope Hicks, Kellyanne Conway, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, etc. There’s too many people in this White House who don’t belong there. That includes Donald Trump.
Chaos, division and acrimony are Trump’s weapons as our crisis arrives
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2018/02/01/chaos-division-and-acrimony-are-trumps-weapons-as-our-crisis-arrives/?utm_term=.3e62ab8d17b1 (Opinion | Chaos, division and acrimony are Trump’s weapons as our crisis arrives)
We approach the crisis for the Justice Department. It is now pretty nearly unavoidable. President Trump’s obsession with having or getting control of the last independent check on the legality of his actions has been unmistakable and is now acute.
How does a president get away with these hammer-blows to accountability in a democratic government? The answer is hiding in plain sight. For those who think Trump’s outrageousness, his relentless wedge-driving, his outbursts of vitriol and all-around crazy-making are unfortunate effluvia of an otherwise normal president, think again. These are his tools, his weapons, his tactics and his strategy. He acts to break down the fibers of institutions and set otherwise sane-acting people against each other. This mayhem and wreckage give him the space to operate.
He has learned that most people are not cynical enough to catch on to what he’s up to until it’s too late. He has learned there are sufficient unscrupulous people everywhere who can be used and disposed of. And he has learned the power of the zero-sum crisis, where cowards and collaborators will back him if forced to choose, and their complicities become a trap they can’t (or really don’t want to) escape from.
And here we are. The Trump menace is now bearing down hard on the independence of the justice system in government. Because it threatens him seriously, and he means to break it. He will not back down. He may back off temporarily if he senses the time isn’t yet ripe, but he will see his own standard of ripeness met before anyone else does. Then he will strike.
Is there collusion? Oh, there is so much collusion! He will depend on the web of Republican collusion he has so unrelentingly woven within the party that once rejected him. But now that party depends on him. Republicans find themselves the bondholders in his high-risk takeover strategy, and they can see plainly enough that they all stand together or go down with him if he fails.
That’s how it can happen here, and we are watching it happen, the way a bystander watches a runaway truck bearing down on a small child, paralyzed and frozen to the curb.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2018/02/01/chaos-division-and-acrimony-are-trumps-weapons-as-our-crisis-arrives/?utm_term=.3e62ab8d17b1 (Opinion | Chaos, division and acrimony are Trump’s weapons as our crisis arrives)
We approach the crisis for the Justice Department. It is now pretty nearly unavoidable. President Trump’s obsession with having or getting control of the last independent check on the legality of his actions has been unmistakable and is now acute.
How does a president get away with these hammer-blows to accountability in a democratic government? The answer is hiding in plain sight. For those who think Trump’s outrageousness, his relentless wedge-driving, his outbursts of vitriol and all-around crazy-making are unfortunate effluvia of an otherwise normal president, think again. These are his tools, his weapons, his tactics and his strategy. He acts to break down the fibers of institutions and set otherwise sane-acting people against each other. This mayhem and wreckage give him the space to operate.
He has learned that most people are not cynical enough to catch on to what he’s up to until it’s too late. He has learned there are sufficient unscrupulous people everywhere who can be used and disposed of. And he has learned the power of the zero-sum crisis, where cowards and collaborators will back him if forced to choose, and their complicities become a trap they can’t (or really don’t want to) escape from.
And here we are. The Trump menace is now bearing down hard on the independence of the justice system in government. Because it threatens him seriously, and he means to break it. He will not back down. He may back off temporarily if he senses the time isn’t yet ripe, but he will see his own standard of ripeness met before anyone else does. Then he will strike.
Is there collusion? Oh, there is so much collusion! He will depend on the web of Republican collusion he has so unrelentingly woven within the party that once rejected him. But now that party depends on him. Republicans find themselves the bondholders in his high-risk takeover strategy, and they can see plainly enough that they all stand together or go down with him if he fails.
That’s how it can happen here, and we are watching it happen, the way a bystander watches a runaway truck bearing down on a small child, paralyzed and frozen to the curb.
Trump’s State of the Union address had all the elements of fascism except brownshirts marching in the street beating people up (and he veered toward even that in his praise of the Klan and neo-Nazis at Charlottesville).
Fascism pretends to incorporate the good of the masses (hence the phony Nazi claim on the word “socialism”) while in fact acting in barracuda fashion solely for the benefit of the corporations and elite. It is plutocracy dressed up as a mass movement. Its rhetoric separates out the good workers (white, native-born) from the bad workers (brown or black or Semite, immigrant) in hopes of setting them against one another, for the benefit of the rich spectators. Fascism separates out the poor (about 15 percent of Americans) as lazy burdens on the other workers and enacts punitive policies toward them. Thus, Trump portrays taking away health care insurance from 26 million people as a triumph for workers.
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The plan is to offer dedicated, euro-denominated export guarantees to Iranian buyers of French goods and services. By structuring the financing through vehicles without any U.S. link, whether to the currency or otherwise, the aim is to avoid the extraterritorial reach of U.S. legislation.
The move could anger U.S. President Donald Trump, who has threatened to pull out of the Iran nuclear agreement reached by his predecessor Barack Obama. Washington has maintained some financial restrictions, leaving private banks - even those based outside the United States - wary of financing deals.
“We put a lot of preparation into this in 2017 and we keep on working, every single day, on the conditions of our entrance into Iran,” Bpifrance’s chief executive Nicolas Dufourcq said on Wednesday, referring to the new loans.
“This is a completely separate flow (of money),” he added. “There is no (U.S.) dollar in this scheme... no one holding a U.S. passport.”
