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chelsea0011

(10,115 posts)
Sat Mar 4, 2017, 03:19 PM Mar 2017

So, a sitting President is charging the former President with a crime? Is this correct?

Obama ordering a wiretap at Trump Tower on his own would be a crime, right? So, does the Congress have power to order the sitting President to come before them and offer proof of his statements? Or, are the American people suppose to just sit back and read what this lunatic has to Tweet at any moment?

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So, a sitting President is charging the former President with a crime? Is this correct? (Original Post) chelsea0011 Mar 2017 OP
LOL yeah, and it's only Saturday! leftstreet Mar 2017 #1
Trump made the claim. Let him prove it. Renew Deal Mar 2017 #2
Can Obama sue Trump for libel or slander? world wide wally Mar 2017 #3
I don't think he could win exboyfil Mar 2017 #10
That would guarantee a perjury charge. world wide wally Mar 2017 #11
The GOP Congress won't do a damn thing. dalton99a Mar 2017 #4
I would LOVE nothing more than to see BHO at the table for 11 hours... CincyDem Mar 2017 #5
omg....chelsea Skittles Mar 2017 #6
He's so stupid that probabably is what he thinks he was doing, but procon Mar 2017 #7
Obama should gwheezie Mar 2017 #8
Obama should go to court and file a libel suit exboyfil Mar 2017 #9

exboyfil

(17,863 posts)
10. I don't think he could win
Sat Mar 4, 2017, 03:39 PM
Mar 2017

but that is not the point. I would love to see Trump under oath during the deposition.

CincyDem

(6,357 posts)
5. I would LOVE nothing more than to see BHO at the table for 11 hours...
Sat Mar 4, 2017, 03:24 PM
Mar 2017


...can you imagine what it would be like to hear him lay out the case against Trumpster. OMFG, it would be a master class in prosecutorial surgery...delivered in 15 minute segments (the usual time period for a member's questioning of a witness). Of course it would be punctuated by Rethug questions about his role in Benghazi but hell, it would be worth it.

Skittles

(153,160 posts)
6. omg....chelsea
Sat Mar 4, 2017, 03:24 PM
Mar 2017

I am a night worker, and every day when I wake up I dread seeing the headlines, thinking, jeez, what has that treasonous orange piece of shit done today? I had not even READ the headlines when I read this post of yours. I had to read it THREE TIMES to try to guess was it was about because I thought, chelsea could not possibly be saying what I THINK she is saying.....so I headed to CNN and.......aw jeez, another day, MORE FUCKED-UP SHYTE FROM OUR SO-CALLED "president"

procon

(15,805 posts)
7. He's so stupid that probabably is what he thinks he was doing, but
Sat Mar 4, 2017, 03:31 PM
Mar 2017

instead, he's revealed that the FBI had enough dirt on him to convince a FISA judge to issue a warrant for the surveillance. He'll be furious that the media isn't following the garden path he laid out, preferring to look deeper into the FISA warrant at the heart of this latest can of worms Trump has opened.

exboyfil

(17,863 posts)
9. Obama should go to court and file a libel suit
Sat Mar 4, 2017, 03:37 PM
Mar 2017

Discovery would be very interesting. No walking away from this one for Trump. Obama probably would not win, but he has a prima facie case that could be heard in open court.

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