Preet Bharara: Trump believing Putin is like DA believing mobster
Source: The Hill
Ousted U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara on Sunday joked that President Trump believing Russian President Vladimir Putin's denial that Russia attempted to interfere in the 2016 election was like law enforcement believing a criminal.
When pursuing a corrupt politician, mobster or murderer on strong FBI evidence, if he vehemently denied it, we just dropped it usually, Bharara tweeted.
Bharara was responding to an earlier tweet by Trump that said Putin denied that Russia interfered in the 2016 election.
I strongly pressed President Putin twice about Russian meddling in our election. He vehemently denied it. I've already given my opinion
Trump tweeted.
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Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/341182-preet-bharara-trolls-trump-over-putin-meeting
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Leghorn21
(13,522 posts)OH, MY!!
FakeNoose
(32,556 posts)He's saying that asking the question of Putin and then getting -ANY- answer is just completely ordinary.
Of course Putin is going to deny it! Why would anyone expect a different answer?
And why even bother asking the question when you already know the answer you're going to get?
MrPurple
(985 posts)mgardener
(1,810 posts)Why wouldn't they believe Putin?
I don't think their ability to separate fact from fiction is their strong point.
Gothmog
(144,890 posts)dalton99a
(81,386 posts)weydowner
(100 posts)Q -What would happen if Putin was shown to have lied?
A- Yesterday's news, and 'I didn't say that in any case'.