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Trump. Trump is not holding back of smearing Mueller. Mueller had the power to thwart this bastard yesterday but he didn't. He deserves what he is getting now. It is sickening.
bitterross
(4,066 posts)That's all this OP seems to be attempting to accomplish.
sarabelle
(453 posts)I am not a troll. I am sorry if I can't agree with everything posted here about Mueller. His statement that he would not testify to Congress is something i just can't excuse.
emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)Trump is somehow winning, showing up Mueller, followed by a petulant and spiteful he deserves it. You should try to understand why you might be thought a troll.
treestar
(82,383 posts)for 2 years you heard people urging Mueller to "hurry up" and a naive belief he would have Tangerine Idi Amin taken away in handcuffs. That was never going to happen.
malaise
(269,303 posts)Spare me please
watoos
(7,142 posts)Donald Trump couldn't make a pimple on decorated Vietnam war hero Mueller's ass. This thread should stay up and be bashed by everyone.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)blogslut
(38,022 posts)Seems to me that President Twitter is having his normal morning toddler fit. Not much ass plattering, IMHO.
ismnotwasm
(42,024 posts)No.
wryter2000
(46,136 posts)Never saw an OP that deserved it more.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,995 posts)And if youre setting out bait to get people to trash Mueller, Im not biting.
bdamomma
(63,962 posts)he is putting the noose around his own neck, tRump always plays the victim and bully.
wryter2000
(46,136 posts)His latest tantrum included the information that "the Russians helped me get elected." I'm sure he didn't meant to let that one slip.
stonecutter357
(12,698 posts)Cetacea
(7,367 posts)He changes defense into offense brilliantly.
If there is no Inquiry it will be Comey, Clinton, Biden being called into Senate Hearings next year
shraby
(21,946 posts)Mueller yesterday gave a huge nudge to congress to act.
Cetacea
(7,367 posts)A person doesn't have to be a troll because he /she is upset.
GoCubsGo
(32,102 posts)Mueller's ass is still firmly attached in its rightful place. Trump's tantrum did not place it on any sort of platter, or anywhere else. Good grief.
True Blue American
(17,996 posts)Is having a hay day making fun of Trump lies and his blunders.
Makes Mueller look like the grown up in the room. Trumps lies are binging him down.
Ninga
(8,282 posts)millions in America hear him.
Millions in America are not willing, nor knowledgeable enough to try and understand what Mueller said yesterday.
Orange man sows doubt.
Cetacea
(7,367 posts)+1000
Ninga
(8,282 posts)to the institutions in this country.
malaise
(269,303 posts)they are fucking morons
Ninga
(8,282 posts)malaise
(269,303 posts)Fuck ém!
Ninga
(8,282 posts)by his bloviating.
There is no such thing as a sure thing.
Catherine Vincent
(34,491 posts)Kaleva
(36,403 posts)Your comment:
"Trump is not holding back of smearing Mueller."
LuckyCharms
(17,472 posts)StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)If so, I think you're mistaken.
EleanorR
(2,397 posts)Well done Mueller!
Tertullian
(46 posts)If Trump keeps it up, Mueller should come back into the public spotlight and tell everything he found out about Trump's lies.
madaboutharry
(40,246 posts)He is not handing anyone his ass.
This morning, Trump sounded like an unhinged lying lunatic.
bdamomma
(63,962 posts)is so predictable sling facts at him and he does get unhinged.
I just hate looking and hearing his voice, he projects so much hate and division. Bastard.
Kingofalldems
(38,511 posts)JimGinPA
(14,811 posts)Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Be lucky to hold a saucer!
catbyte
(34,544 posts)Cuthbert Allgood
(5,009 posts)Anyone claiming that he said Trump is cleared of all charges is either on serious narcotics or is fooling themselves with a fantasy they want to be true (hint: it's the last one).
Mueller did yesterday what was within the scope of his position. What happens next is out of his control. As it should be. Sorry that Mueller didn't throw Trump in jail, but he explained why that didn't happen.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)even you.
Wounded Bear
(58,788 posts)If you expected Mueller to color outside the lines, you weren't paying attention to who he was.
handmade34
(22,759 posts)Response to sarabelle (Original post)
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marlakay
(11,536 posts)He speaks college and lawyer language to a country that only understands monkey jokes on social media.
SouthernProgressive
(1,810 posts)Mueller does seem to deserve the respect he is getting from people such as myself.
"He deserves what he is getting now."
That is a sad statement.
displacedtexan
(15,696 posts)Seriously, we need proof of Trump's ass-handing expertise. So far, I haven't seen any.
fishwax
(29,151 posts)Blue Owl
(50,586 posts)n/t
GemDigger
(4,305 posts)The report:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/18/us/politics/mueller-report-document.html
Transcript from yesterday:
"Two years ago, the Acting Attorney General asked me to serve as Special Counsel, and he created the Special Counsel's Office. The appointment order directed the office to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. This included investigating any links or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the Trump campaign.
I have not spoken publicly during our investigation. I am speaking today because our investigation is complete. The Attorney General has made the report on our investigation largely public. And we are formally closing the Special Counsel's Office. As well, I am resigning from the Department of Justice and returning to private life.
I'll make a few remarks about the results of our work. But beyond these few remarks, it is important that the office's written work speak for itself.
Let me begin where the appointment order begins: and that is interference in the 2016 presidential election.
As alleged by the grand jury in an indictment, Russian intelligence officers who were part of the Russian military launched a concerted attack on our political system. The indictment alleges that they used sophisticated cyber techniques to hack into computers and networks used by the Clinton campaign. They stole private information, and then released that information through fake online identities and through the organization WikiLeaks. The releases were designed and timed to interfere with our election and to damage a presidential candidate.
And at the same time, as the grand jury alleged in a separate indictment, a private Russian entity engaged in a social media operation where Russian citizens posed as Americans in order to interfere in the election. These indictments contain allegations.
And we are not commenting on the guilt or innocence of any specific defendant. Every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in court.
The indictments allege, and the other activities in our report describe, efforts to interfere in our political system. They needed to be investigated and understood.
That is among the reasons why the Department of Justice established our office. That is also a reason we investigated efforts to obstruct the investigation.
The matters we investigated were of paramount importance. It was critical for us to obtain full and accurate information from every person we questioned.
When a subject of an investigation obstructs that investigation or lies to investigators, it strikes at the core of the government's effort to find the truth and hold wrongdoers accountable.
Let me say a word about the report.
The report has two parts addressing the two main issues we were asked to investigate. The first volume of the report details numerous efforts emanating from Russia to influence the election. This volume includes a discussion of the Trump campaign's response to this activity, as well as our conclusion that there was insufficient evidence to charge a broader conspiracy.
And in the second volume, the report describes the results and analysis of our obstruction of justice investigation involving the President.
The order appointing me Special Counsel authorized us to investigate actions that could obstruct the investigation. We conducted that investigation and we kept the office of the Acting Attorney General apprised of the progress of our work.
As set forth in our report, after that investigation, if we had confidence that the President clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said that. We did not, however, make a determination as to whether the President did commit a crime.
The introduction to volume two of our report explains that decision. It explains that under long-standing Department policy, a President cannot be charged with a federal crime while he is in office. That is unconstitutional.
Even if the charge is kept under seal and hidden from public view, that too is prohibited. The Special Counsel's Office is part of the Department of Justice and, by regulation, it was bound by that Department policy.
Charging the President with a crime was therefore not an option we could consider.
The Department's written opinion explaining the policy against charging a President makes several important points that further informed our handling of the obstruction investigation. Those points are summarized in our report.
And I will describe two of them:
First, the opinion explicitly permits the investigation of a sitting President because it is important to preserve evidence while memories are fresh and documents are available. Among other things, that evidence could be used if there were co-conspirators who could now be charged.
And second, the opinion says that the Constitution requires a process other than the criminal justice system to formally accuse a sitting President of wrongdoing.
And beyond Department policy, we were guided by principles of fairness. It would be unfair to potentially accuse somebody of a crime when there can be no court resolution of an actual charge.
So that was the Justice Department policy and those were the principles under which we operated. From them we concluded that we would not reach a determination one way or the other about whether the President committed a crime. That is the office's final position and we will not comment on any other conclusions or hypotheticals about the President.
We conducted an independent criminal investigation and reported the results to the Attorney General as required by Department regulations. The Attorney General then concluded that it was appropriate to provide our report to Congress and the American people.
At one point in time I requested that certain portions of the report be released. The Attorney General preferred to make the entire report public all at once. We appreciate that the Attorney General made the report largely public. I do not question the Attorney General's good faith in that decision.
I hope and expect this to be the only time that I will speak about this matter. I am making that decision myself no one has told me whether I can or should testify or speak further about this matter. There has been discussion about an appearance before Congress.
Any testimony from this office would not go beyond our report. It contains our findings and analysis, and the reasons for the decisions we made. We chose those words carefully, and the work speaks for itself.
The report is my testimony. I would not provide information beyond that which is already public in any appearance before Congress. In addition, access to our underlying work product is being decided in a process that does not involve our office. So beyond what I have said here today and what is contained in our written work, I do not believe it is appropriate for me to speak further about the investigation or to comment on the actions of the Justice Department or Congress.
It is for that reason that I will not take questions here today.
Before I step away, I want to thank the attorneys, the FBI agents, the analysts, and the professional staff who helped us conduct this investigation in a fair and independent manner. These individuals, who spent nearly two years with the Special Counsel's Office, were of the highest integrity.
I will close by reiterating the central allegation of our indictments that there were multiple, systematic efforts to interfere in our election. That allegation deserves the attention of every American. Thank you"
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/05/29/mueller-read-his-comments-russia-trump-lack-charges/1270761001/
obamanut2012
(26,184 posts)nini
(16,672 posts)Not to mention Trump is always going after someone and whatever he says is a 180 from the truth.
Mueller worked within the constraints dictated to him. Quit blaming him and put it on those who tied his hands.
He's going after Mueller today because he's scared.
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nini
(16,672 posts)He is not the one covering up for Trump.
Fucking point your outrage at the right target.
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Kaleva
(36,403 posts)If you are limiting yourself to making phone calls or sending e-mails, that shows that this isn't of much importance to you. It's human nature to take make great effort to address a great need. It's also human nature to do little when there appears to be little need.
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Kaleva
(36,403 posts)Something to post about but that's about it. Like the way people post in groups such as TV Chat or Weird news.
H2O Man
(73,701 posts)LovingA2andMI
(7,006 posts)What this troll attempt is spinning?
Codeine
(25,586 posts)ooky
(8,934 posts)What you are seeing is that Trump didn't like it, and acting like typical Trump when someone has handed him his ass. Which is to stand up and lie about it and call names.
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)Barr and Trump lied about the report and now hes fuming about what it says. I suspect Trump never read it and isnt astute enough to realize what it really says and omits. He hears what he wants to hear and then feels betrayed when the truth is pointed out. Sad.
sheshe2
(84,060 posts)He wasn't handing Mueller his ass, he was trying to save face and ass alike. He looked like a raving lunatic with spittle flying.
Hekate
(91,020 posts)...to Congress. Now it is up to them to do their job. Now it is up to US to have Mueller's back and to urge Congress to do its job.
wryter2000
(46,136 posts)What is he doing that can hurt Mueller? Nasty names?
Is this a conservative troll trying to bait us? If so, if so, enjoy your short time here.
Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)Handing Mueller his ass on a platter. You funny.