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Violation: 18 U.S.C. § 1001 (False Statements)
Page 9, Papadopoulos Indictment.
The agents further informed defendant PAPADOPOULOS that he needed to be truthful and warned that he could get " in trouble" if he
lied. The agents also advised him that lying to them "is a federal offense."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/05/18/mike-pence-insists-he-didnt-know-flynn-under-investigation-turkey-lobbying/101831354/
"Mike Pence insists he didn't know Flynn was under investigation for Turkey lobbying"
chillfactor
(7,575 posts)as well as the dotard!
DFW
(54,370 posts)He's as dirty as the rest of them. He figured he had no chance in 2016, and therefore would never be called on his infractions of the law. In the immortal words of my idiot ex-governor, "oops."
tblue37
(65,340 posts)make it happen by taking plane trouble to create a delay to push Trump toward Pence.
Pence is Russian dirty for sure.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)How did that help him? I just thought he had an idiot pilot - reporters were saying that shit was happening all the time on that plane.
tblue37
(65,340 posts)to pick Pence, not Christie (see second link):
"MIKE PENCE COULD BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT AND HE WAS HANDPICKED BY PAUL MANAFORT"
http://www.newsweek.com/mike-pence-was-handpicked-paul-manafort-696412
"Report: Manafort Faked Plane Problem to Get Trump to Avoid Picking Christie for VP"
https://www.mediaite.com/online/report-manafort-faked-plane-problem-to-get-trump-to-avoid-picking-christie-for-vp/
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Not that foul play wasn't a possible element....
Pluvious
(4,310 posts)Nixon's.
It's a horrid thought knowing #46 could also be elected by one vote...
Putin's.
Strange times, these are.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)malaise
(268,980 posts)I've never ever seen anything like this
NNadir
(33,516 posts)A fantasy of mine is that it happens fast and furious after the 2018 election when the Democrats control congress.
I doubt it will happen - we live after all in a country stupid enough to have allowed the most stupid debt ridden failure billionaire to lead it - but it's a nice fantasy.
onetexan
(13,040 posts)oasis
(49,382 posts)If there is a downside of a Trump impeachment, Pence is it.