Trump lashed out at Whitaker after explosive Cohen revelations

[Julian Englis]

Source: CNN

President Donald Trump has at least twice in the past few weeks vented to his acting attorney general, angered by federal prosecutors who referenced the President's actions in crimes his former lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.

Trump was frustrated, the sources said, that prosecutors Matt Whitaker oversees filed charges that made Trump look bad. None of the sources suggested that the President directed Whitaker to stop the investigation, but rather lashed out at what he felt was an unfair situation.

The first known instance took place when Trump made his displeasure clear to acting attorney general Matt Whitaker after Cohen pleaded guilty November 29 to lying to Congress about a proposed Trump Tower project in Moscow. Whitaker had only been on the job a few weeks following Trump's firing of Jeff Sessions.

Over a week later, Trump again voiced his anger at Whitaker after prosecutors in Manhattan officially implicated the President in a hush-money scheme to buy the silence of women around the 2016 campaign -- something Trump fiercely maintains isn't an illegal campaign contribution. Pointing to articles he said supported his position, Trump pressed Whitaker on why more wasn't being done to control prosecutors in New York who brought the charges in the first place, suggesting they were going rogue.

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[tinrobot]

1. He shouldn't be talking to Whitaker at all about this.

Much less "venting" (i.e. yelling at him)

[Racerdog1]

2. Yeah, orange asshole losing it

Stroke out you fucking treasonous piece of shit. You are a complete waste of oxygen.

[flibbitygiblets]

8. Great as that sounds, then we'd get Mike Pants. I wanna see this f'er publicly humiliated

and taken down for his crimes.

If Pence becomes POTUS, the R's win. They'd get to keep on being evil and I don't think there'd be any stopping them.

[Basement Beat]

3. Obstruction?

"Pointing to articles he said supported his position, Trump pressed Whitaker on why more wasn't being done to control prosecutors in New York who brought the charges in the first place, suggesting they were going rogue."

[BootinUp]

4. It's called the long arm of the law. Nt

[tblue37]

5. More chapters for Mueller's book of obstruction efforts. nt

[djacq]

6. Someone needs a Civic Lesson

NY AG is elected to serve NY at the pleasure of the NY Governor.

Love to see Trump call Gov Cuomo to whine about his criminal activity.

[Shrike47]

9. I believe he's complaining about federal prosecutors stationed in New York.

There are federal prosecutors all over the US.

[DRoseDARs]

7. I Really Don't Care, Do U?

Instead of posting a wall of gifs, click the link and enjoy a bevy of schadenfreude.

Edit: Posting the link would help...
https://gfycat.com/gifs/search/lol-kek-cheburek

[watoos]

10. Oh dear, and I remember when Repugs lost it,

when Loretta Lynch boarded Clinton's plane.

[politicaljunkie41910]

13. I believe it was Clinton who boarded Loretta Lynch's plane. But your point is well taken.

[Honeycombe8]

11. Oh-oh. I think this means Trump wants Whitaker to replace the US atty fr NY with a Trumper.

Someone who will control the federal cases in NY. I think we can guess why.

I read up on appointments to U S atty positions in the various district courts. It was Bush Jr. who changed the law to be the US AG could appt that person as a permanent position. (Reagan had changed it from being appointed by the district court, to being appointed by the US AG, but only temporarily for 4 months. Bush Jr. made that appointment by the US AG permanent.)

Remember when Trump fired Preet Bharara, after personally asking him to stay on? Bharara was the U S atty for the SD of NY. The Court that just prosecuted Cohen. So ironically, the prosecutor (Geoffrey Berman) against Cohen was Jeff Sessions' appointment for Trump.

[TomCADem]

12. Trump Will Eventually Get His AG To Do His Bidding. Then We Are Doomed

Once the AG is ready to start prosecuting Trump's political enemies, then we will be in a dictatorship.

[moonscape]

15. This thing is too big - 45 can't play whack-a-mole with it anymore. Although

we have a lot of terrifying ugly to slog through, I am more optimistic than I was a month ago.

[greyl]

17. Maybe not.

Donald's PR people, such as Huckabee and Conway and along the lines of Baghdad Bob, have less liability lying to the press and the public than the ones actually on the front lines of the battle between executive, legislative, and judicial branches now, as an AG would be. I think there's a chance things are so much more fucked up than Whitaker expected, that he's unwilling to give undying loyalty to Trump.

[bluestarone]

14. More reasons for Whitaker to

RECUSE RECUSE RECUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!