Gergen on CNN was just asking "What did Trump know and when did he know it?"

[wildeyed]

Is this story finally breaking? Will the GOP congress ever do anything about it?

Mid-terms is fixing to be a wave year. Maybe we can sweep some of the dead wood out then.

[Frogg]

1. Drip Drip Drip

Hmmm...maybe that is why Obama has that great big smile these days. You know he didn't just leave office with no contingency plan in place!

[nikibatts]

2. He knew it all before it even took place. He ordered it.

[wildeyed]

4. We just need to prove it.

They can now prove that Flynn did it and he lied about it. Drip drip drip.....

But we basically KNEW they were colluding with Russia during the election. Trump publicly encouraged the interference. I still don't understand why that wasn't a deal breaker to start with.

[nikibatts]

10. It's a matter of if the intel folks will be honest with the public or will they cover for 45?

They know what was said, the Acting AG knew when she was fired, Pence knows it, Russia knows it. They can close ranks and protect 45. But I am sure that someone will expose the cover-up and they all will be subjected to imprisonment.

[wildeyed]

12. Someone will leak.

Bound to happen. But when? And what will it take to get the GOP congress to DO something about it. They seem inclined to sit on their hands as long as possible. History will not be kind about that....

[madinmaryland]

17. The next "Deep Throat." It is going to get very interesting.

[nikibatts]

18. They refuse to admit that they are complicit in the greatest hijacking of democracy in history.

[wildeyed]

26. My theory is that they are greedy for the supreme court pick.

They want to prop him up for long enough to get someone dreadful confirmed. And I also suspect that Putin has dirt on some of them. Raise hands if you really think that only Dems got hacked during the election.

[bettyellen]

29. Which is why they have to leverage this investigation into Flynn to oppose any nomination to the SC!

[Progressive dog]

3. Trump is Putin's puppet

and he is just following orders.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

23. No puppet! No puppet!

You're the puppet!

[spanone]

5. i'm with him. would flynn act on his own? doubt it. trump? bannon? tillerson?

[wildeyed]

8. Anyone who can prove it just made their career and a secured a spot in the history books.

Trump and Co. is so hated by so many.... Hopefully someone has good dirt to leak. It's like watching a slow motion train wreck. I'm impatient for the conclusion.

[grantcart]

6. When Trump learns something about governance we should check our watches and give him the answer.

[tavernier]

7. That was a very interesting segment,

especially since CNN was presenting it as news breaking tonight, and yet all of us here have been talking about it for days!

[BumRushDaShow]

9. WaPo & NYT just dumped their stories tonight.

The question is can it last the week or will they find some mindless distraction to bury it?

[wildeyed]

11. It's top news on NYT, WaPo, CNN, MSNBC (kinda)

An article on speed cameras is top on Fox But even Fox has coverage on the front page. It is getting coverage but will people pay attention

On the plus side, they have a harder time changing the subject with outrageous behavior. People seem exhausted and bored with the drama. It's harder for them to distract now.

[BumRushDaShow]

13. Well... if all of sudden Drumpf feigned "concern"

over the disasters occurring around the country, a quick photo-op flight on AF1 might be enough to throw the short-attention span media off...

[wildeyed]

14. A terror attack would suit them best.

But not by white supremacists. They ignore those. One by scary brown people where they can make everyone feel VERY AFRAID and only Daddy Trump can save us!!11!1

[BumRushDaShow]

15. The hope is that since such tends to occur in big cities

that are run by Democrats, they would already have been on their toes after 16 years of post-911 practice runs.

The irony being such an attack in Drumpf Country would be meaningless and undramatic given the lack of density of people!

[BannonsLiver]

20. Or a war

I wouldn't want to be anywhere near downtown Teheran anytime soon.

[wildeyed]

24. It does appear they are trying to make that happen.

I am really not up for a war with Iran right now. Pretty sure I speak for the majority on that.....


Your screen name is terrifying!

[VOX]

27. This is what concerns me most. If 9/11 gave us war and the Patriot Act...

What would a terror incident bring about today? With Trump as W., and Bannon as Cheney? Whatever, it would be broad, sweeping and heavy. Makes me sick to think about it, you just know that Trump and his boys are praying for considerable death on American soil. Can't you just imagine the shitgibbon jumping up and down, screaming crap like, "See? See now? Didn't I call it? I should be the CIA AND the FBI! Where were they, when I warned the country? Blah blah fucking blah.

[wildeyed]

28. Miller the Serial Killer could put on his SS uniform for reals too.

It would be bad. But hopefully they will be out of credibility or maybe completely out of office before that can happen.

What did Trump know and when did he know it? Drip drip drip....

[volstork]

16. Uh-oh

The dam in California is not the only thing that's leaking....

[blitzen]

19. CNN website current headline: "The White House Knew" n/t

[wildeyed]

22. They absolutely did.

And from WaPo:

The current and former officials said that although they believed that Pence was misled about the contents of Flynn’s communications with the Russian ambassador, they couldn’t rule out that Flynn was acting with the knowledge of others in the transition.

Which begs the question: What did Trump know and when did he know it.

David Gergen is a serious guy. It's not some random political surrogate asking that question. Guess we will find out who else had knowledge soon. We could do a pool. Bannon knew, obviously. But who else?

[hollowdweller]

21. Release transcripts of the calls.

[bigtree]

25. k&r