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babylonsister

(171,096 posts)
Fri Feb 11, 2022, 11:55 AM Feb 2022

Missing Call Logs Make Nixon Missing Tapes Seem 'Quaint'

https://crooksandliars.com/2022/02/neal-katyal-trump-nixon

Missing Call Logs Make Nixon Missing Tapes Seem 'Quaint'
It was nearly ten minutes into Deadline White House before finally someone called Trump what he is - a mobster and a crime boss. Thank you, Neal Katyal.
By Aliza Worthington — February 10, 2022



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Finally, like a breath of fresh air, Neal Katyal was given the floor to tell it like it is. Swan had pointed out that these missing phone records might become a line of inquiry all its own, and Alicia Menendez (filling in for Nicolle Wallace) asked Katyal what he thought about that. He agreed.

"Totally new line of inquiry," he began. "And it is really unfortunate because this gap may make the 18 minutes of the Nixon tapes case that were missing look quaint by contrast. And you had said it is unusual to borrow cellphones from other people. But it is not unusual if you are a mobster. Because you do it because it makes things tough to trace."


THANK YOU.

"And I'm sure that Trump would have made his calls on pay phones if that didn't imply he had to leave the house. Indeed, Trump really did operate in this -- this is of a piece of other stories, in which he ran the presidency like a mob boss. If you don't create a record, you can't get caught," Katyal explained. Nice and simple, so that viewers understand what is going on.


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"But the fundamental point here is that there is an entire legal regime to ensure the preservation of records, the Presidential Records Act is part of that. And when you go into the government on day one, you are told you can't use other cellphones, you have to use only your phone for official work, only your official email. There is a whole suite of things you are told, and it is impossible that Trump wasn't told those things. He had to have been told. So that makes a criminal investigation of this by the Justice Department more likely. This is an easier thing than some of the other stuff that is a piece with all the missing documents stories," Katyal concluded.


Raise your hand if you remember the e-mail lady.
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Missing Call Logs Make Nixon Missing Tapes Seem 'Quaint' (Original Post) babylonsister Feb 2022 OP
Not just the email lady, but Obama went through hell for his phone... TreasonousBastard Feb 2022 #1
Trump makes Nixon look like an angel. walkingman Feb 2022 #2
Grab the PEN Registry records of all of his top aides. lagomorph777 Feb 2022 #3

TreasonousBastard

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1. Not just the email lady, but Obama went through hell for his phone...
Fri Feb 11, 2022, 12:00 PM
Feb 2022

Those berries don't meet gummint standards.

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