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In reply to the discussion: Mark Meadows 'decided to trust' Jack Smith and cooperate against Trump: NYT [View all]MayReasonRule
(1,463 posts)30. It's Not About "Trust". Trust And Hope Are Two Peas In The Same Ill Fated Pod.
It's incumbent on Jack Smith as a prosecutor to know the answers to all questions before he queries his subject, which is precisely how he's proceeded.
Mark Meadows is testifying because Jack Smith has him by his cojones. Evidently Mark Meadows values his cojones.
It's transactional. Mark Meadows "trusts" that he'll get his balls cut off if he does not. It's Mark Meadows that "trusts" in this situation, which is why he's made this choice. He doesn't wanna' hear *snip*...
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Mark Meadows 'decided to trust' Jack Smith and cooperate against Trump: NYT [View all]
Joinfortmill
Aug 2023
OP
Here is a gift link to the article and this was his choice: "Legal peril" or "Physical peril"
BumRushDaShow
Aug 2023
#5
As far as we know, he hasn't done it yet. And we have to remember the first rule of gop
wiggs
Aug 2023
#13
3-2-1 it will be interesting to see the rage posts on Hitler jrs lying social site.
kimbutgar
Aug 2023
#10
Hadn't heard this. Dammit, an ex POTUS should be held to a higher standard,
Dark n Stormy Knight
Aug 2023
#38
It's Not About "Trust". Trust And Hope Are Two Peas In The Same Ill Fated Pod.
MayReasonRule
Aug 2023
#30
"For months, Mr. Trump, his advisers and his allies had been deeply suspicious of Mr. Meadows."
thesquanderer
Aug 2023
#25
I hope Meadows' cooperation with Jack Smith results in a ten year sentence instead of a twenty year
Gary 50
Aug 2023
#29
:) The DoJ's got Meadows on their stringer. He's busy thrashing on GA's sharper hook.
Hortensis
Aug 2023
#32