Tillerson says Trump directed him to do things that violate the law

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Former secretary of state Rex Tillerson said Thursday night that his relationship with President Trump grew tense after he repeatedly told the chief executive that many of the things he was asking him to do were illegal.

"So often, the president would say, 'Here’s what I want you to do, and here’s how I want you to do it,'" Tillerson said at a fundraiser for the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, in his first public remarks about his truncated tenure since Trump summarily fired him by tweet in March.

"And I would have to say to him, 'Mr. President, I understand what you want to do. But you can’t do it that way. It violates the law,'" he said.

Tillerson, a former chief executive of Exxon Mobil, did not offer any specific examples of which requests he deemed illegal. He said he offered to work to change the law, but that apparently did not curb Trump’s frustration.

"I’d say, 'Here’s what we can do,'" Tillerson said. "'We can go back to Congress and get this law changed. And if that’s what you want to do, there’s nothing wrong with that.' I told him, 'I’m ready to go up there and fight the fight, if that’s what you want to do.'"

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/tillerson-says-trump-directed-him-to-do-things-that-violate-the-law/ar-BBQDnep?li=BBnb7Kz

Lock him up!

[msongs]

1. according to dKos trump really slammed the guy on a twit. nt

[duforsure]

2. More patterns of being corrupt

And criminal to be used against trump in his upcoming legal events he'll be facing showing his intent to ignore the rule of law.

[Hortensis]

3. I'm hoping Tillerson was not able to keep himself

from being legally involved with this criminal conspiracy to lift the sanctions. Exxon has potential billions in profits from in investment in Russian oil fields blocked by the sanctions, and Tillerson has plenty of his own money in there also.

Link to tweet

[msongs]

4. sounds libelous/slanderous does it not? nt

[Hortensis]

5. :) Even if, Tillerson would have to prove he lost money

or reputation leading to loss of money, and he signed an agreement not to work in competing fields when he left Exxon. Pretty bored these days, I guess. Bless his heart.

[Stuart G]

6. Mr. Donald is melting down, like ice in the desert at 120 degree heat..nt.

[malaise]

7. Off to the greatest page

I knew the day would come when this would get really ugly and this is just the beginning.
Buckle up with tissues for tears of laughter and snacks just because.

[suffragette]

8. Given that Tillerson wanted to end Russian sanctions, open ANWR for drilling and reduce civil

servant staffing at State to levels which made it difficult for them to operate effectively, it’s worrying what Trump was pushing him to do that was a step too far.