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By John Cassidy
8:39 P.M.
... Alan Futerfas .. is going to be busy. Following Trump, Jr.,s decision .. to release .. bombshell e-mails .. the White House .. appeared content to let him be the fall man ... In fact, the events of the day made it impossible to rule out that Trump, Jr., was willingly assuming this role.
The e-mails .. have become global news for an obvious reason: it isnt normal practice for the potential subject of a criminal inquiry to release likely incriminating documents before he has .. been interviewed by .. authorities ..
Its a shocking admission of a criminal conspiracy, .. the associate dean of Cornell Law School, told the Washington Post.
... There was no declaration that Trump, Jr., hadnt done anything wrong, nor a tweet barrage attacking the Times and other fake news outlets reporting on the story. And no further information. When reporters pressed Huckabee Sanders on when the President had learned about the June 9th meeting, she said that she didnt know. When she was asked when was the last time that Trump had spoken with his son, she delivered the same answer. And when she was asked, in reference to the meeting, How is that not collusion? she replied, Not to sound like a broken record, but, on all questions related to this matter, I would refer you to Don, Jr.,s counsel and outside counsel ...
http://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/is-donald-trump-jr-taking-the-fall-for-the-white-house
cilla4progress
(24,728 posts)It appears we are on the same page.
Cilla4progress.
Solly Mack
(90,764 posts)But I hope even if that's the Trump plan, that it isn't the end of it.
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)mitch96
(13,895 posts)fuckers...
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emulatorloo
(44,120 posts)By tomorrow it will be Obama's fault the lawyer got into the US. Plus the lawyer lady Hillary was colliding with the Russians. Plus James Comey is a demoncrat.
Barack_America
(28,876 posts)The drip, drip, drip has gotten everyone's attention.
Wall-to-wall cable news coverage, even Fox, graphics, the whole bit.
And don't you doubt the NYT has more.
emulatorloo
(44,120 posts)Reasons to blame Obama
Barack_America
(28,876 posts)nini
(16,672 posts)There's too many people involved in this mess - some we don't even know about yet.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)That slimmy little prick is trying to slither off the hook. But if he gets cornered and jail is the only choice, watch him give daddy up.
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)because he signed those papers that could get him 5 years for lying.