Preet Bharara: Trump believing Putin is like DA believing mobster

[highplainsdem]

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]

1. Oh, Mr. Bharara!! Did you say, "MOBSTER"?? Did you mention "MURDERER"??

OH, MY!!

[FakeNoose]

2. So he's not saying that Trump is like a DA - intelligent, critical-thinking

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]

3. Trump asks the charade question because his core audience is literally influenced by cartoon videos

[mgardener]

4. Trump supporters believed Trump and what he promised...

Why wouldn't they believe Putin?
I don't think their ability to separate fact from fiction is their strong point.

[Gothmog]

5. I love Preet

[dalton99a]

6. Yep.

[weydowner]

7. One liar lying to another liar

Q -What would happen if Putin was shown to have lied?

A- Yesterday's news, and 'I didn't say that in any case'.