Take The Fifth (And Pass Another Over Here)

Should Trump agree to an interview with Mueller? If I am reading this Times story correctly, no sane lawyer would let him. Here we go on the genesis of this list of questions for Trump from Mueller:

Mr. Dowd had argued that Mr. Trump was too busy running the country to sit for an interview, especially if he was not a target of the investigation, according to a person briefed on the encounter.

Mr. Mueller replied that he had to question Mr. Trump to determine whether he had criminal intent when he took actions like firing Mr. Comey and raised the possibility of subpoenaing Mr. Trump to appear before a grand jury, the person said. News of Mr. Mueller mentioning the subpoena was first reported by The Washington Post.

If Mueller can't make the case without talking to Trump what sane lawyer would agree to an interview? Of course, the Secret Service won't let Trump's legal team handcuff him to his desk and the political advisors may have a different take, but still.

As to a grand jury subpoena, the political scuffling over that would be epic. And if Trump ends up in front of the grand jury (with none of his lawyers present, if normal rules apply) can he just invoke combinations of the Fifth Amendment and executive privilege and refuse to answer anything? And then what - if a judge rules he must testify, they jail him for contempt?

Or would Trump be disciplined enough to keep quiet? It's very easy to imagine him rising to his feet and shouting "Do you want the truth?"

Well. Go long popcorn.

For the "He's a genius" file, Dowd's observation that Trump is too busy ought to be a way to flatter Trump into taking a pass on a Mueller interview. Trump has China, NAFTA Iran and North Korea are all coming to a crescendo. Convincing him he is indispensable to those deals and should focus on that rather than prepping for what Trump views as Mueller's "witch hunt" ought to be easy for anyone who knows Trump at all.

Comments

[Frau Gesundheit!]

Sore losers, Femall -

[matt - deplorabl me]

First!

[matt - deplorable me]

Curses! Foiled agin!

[joan]

Trump's getting Clinton's impeachment attorney. Emmett Flood replacing Ty Cobb.

[narciso]

This is the Linkedin of the possible leakier of said document, according to hawley

https://www.linkedin.com/in/uttamdhillon

According to the Indian American newsletter he worked for comey for three years.

[narciso]

From the last thread, second paragraph

https://www.indiaabroad.com/us_affairs/while-house-counsel-uttam-dhillon-at-the-center-of-political/article_cfc3e404-f27f-11e7-9111-8b0ba5bbe84e.html

[joan]

Interesting:

AllianceBernstein has been one of the country’s largest financial asset management firms since its founding in 1967. It currently manages nearly $500 billion. Naturally, it has been headquartered in the country’s financial capital, New York City.

Not anymore. It announced yesterday that it is moving its headquarters to Nashville, Tennessee. Financial companies have been moving back-office operations to lower-cost cities for quite a while. But I think this is the first time a major financial firm is moving, lock, stock, and barrel out of the New York area, including its CEO and top management.

The reason is simple enough. Nashville is a rapidly growing city with a beneficent climate and attractive, gently rolling countryside, a vibrant culture, an educated workforce, major universities and colleges, and, of course, the Grand Ole’ Opry.

It also has no state income tax, no estate tax, no inheritance tax (for deaths after December 31, 2015), much lower housing costs, much lower property taxes, and much shorter commutes.

https://www.commentarymagazine.com/american-society/economy/give-my-regards-to-wall-street/

[Frau Gesundheit!]

OnT! -Interesting that Herr Mueller has to actually speak with PDJT to determine whether or not there was *criminal intent* when he fired Rev. Queasy.

Surely "no reasonable prosecutor" would bring such a case against a sitting president for exercising his legal right.

[narciso]

I was referring earlier to general Hayden's cri De coyer 'airing of grievances' which is painfully bad about its supposed subject, it obliquely mentions fusion, which is like speaking about fords theater and leaving one key detail. It casts Cohen watnick in poor light, which is ironic since sessions has retained him for unspecified investigations.

[Frau Gesundheit!]

Joan - What a good sign.
"Gone to Texas" is now "Gone to Tennessee."

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump

Congratulations @SecPompeo!

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/991743358312861696

(30-second video at link)

[narciso]

It doesn't mention deripashaor or akhmetahin or any of the other key players only agarlov the music promoter.

[Appalled]

McCarthy's take on TM's post subject:

https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/robert-mueller-questions-trump-decline-interview/

There will be a USA after Trump. We're going to be better off if we put an end to the anti-Democratic "We've got to do something, because he's, *shriek*, Trump garbage. Because all the precedents adopted in the midst of hysteria will be the ones followed when we've all settled down and wondered what the heck happened to our civil rights.

There was an excellent article about the phenomenon that I think explains the state of mind of the Resistance, and where I think it's going to go if it keeps it up.

http://www.claremont.org/crb/basicpage/the-flight-93-election/

[Porchlight]

Jaunty on-topic tune from an Austin outfit that's made it big.

Spoon - Take The Fifth

That rhythm section

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Boy, do I have a lot of kitchen stuff I no longer use!

I have decided if I haven't cooked with something in TWO YEARS then I am getting rid of it.

Plus there is no reason to have two crockpots.

[clarice feldman]

well, Ty Cobb's leaving and Trump won't meet with Mueller. Good shuffle.

[Frau Gottseidank]

Prayers were answered -

"They weren't going to let me be president."

[Appalled]

And, to be clear, I am ragging on Mueller, not Trump with my last post. He is the most dangerous man alive, a prosecutor who has no evidence but plenty of certainty and a staff of clever lawyers.

[Jane]

NK just released 3 American hostages from their labor camp. They have been sent to Pyongyang for "re-education".
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[Tom R]

Surely "no reasonable prosecutor" would bring such a case against a sitting president for exercising his legal right.

Combine that with the belief no reasonable lawyer would allow their client to meet with a prosecutor under that situation and what you end up with is that if Trump does meet with Mueller then he is either unreasonably crazy/stupid or there is something else going on we don't know about.

[Threadkiller]

http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2018/05/01/kanye-west-want-apologize-george-w-bush-2005-comment/

[JM Hanes]

joan:

"Trump's getting Clinton's impeachment attorney. Emmett Flood replacing Ty Cobb."

I wondered about that, but discovered that, there's more, or less, than meets the eye there:

Mr. Flood was part of a team of lawyers who represented Mr. Clinton during his impeachment proceedings. Though he did not have a high-profile role, Mr. Flood did attend the Senate’s deposition of Mr. Clinton’s lawyer and confidant, Vernon E. Jordan Jr.

He was also the lead lawyer in the White House Counsel’s Office during George W. Bush’s second term in dealing with congressional investigations, including the examination of the Bush administration’s decision to dismiss seven United States attorneys. In private practice, Mr. Flood represented former Vice President Dick Cheney.

[narciso]

The scourge that is mueller is not new, his record is more wretched than say Lawrence walsh, who was and old saboteur in the ranks at the Paris accords, at the aba standing committee.

[Tom R]

Since the Russian collusion allegations have collapsed, now the Democrats and leftwing media will start pushing the Ukranian collusion angle.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/world/europe/ukraine-mueller-manafort-missiles.html

[narciso]

So he has a score to settle with comey, thats good, and if he was retained by Cheney he has a strong bulldog nature to him.

[narciso]

So consider the absurdity of that element, tom r, while mueller is searching for mythical strawberries, collusion, the trump administration is actually interjecting themselves in the Ukrainian civil war.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Thios is the EXACT statement by the Office of the White House Press Secretary:

“Emmet Flood will be joining the White House Staff to represent the President and the administration against the Russia witch hunt. Ty Cobb, a friend of the President, who has done a terrific job, will be retiring at the end of the month.”
=====================================
Bolding is mine, but I wanted to make sure you guys didn't miss it. LOL!

[Porchlight]

Turn out the lights. It's over.

Boy Scouts to drop "Boy" from name, admit girls in 2019

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/05/02/boy-scouts-to-change-name-drop-boy-and-accept-girls-in-2019-organization-says.html

[Porchlight]

I don't guess we'll participate any more.

The Blue & Gold Banquet is Sunday. Last one in history as far as I'm concerned.

[henry]

gay scout leaders hardest hit.

[narciso]

Its a gonzo world:

http://donsurber.blogspot.com/2018/05/blankenship-won-debate.html?spref=tw

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

https://ntknetwork.com/michelle-obama-declares-herself-americas-forever-first-lady/

Our long national nightmare won't quite go away.

[Tom R]

Hey narciso did you see this part? Ukraine has their own Special Counsel investigating Manafort and Skadden Arps.

The Ukrainian investigators had been tracing money paid to Mr. Manafort and a New York law firm, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, by figures in the political party of Viktor F. Yanukovych, the Russian-leaning Ukrainian president who was ousted by street protesters and fled the country in 2014.

The new government established a special prosecutor to pursue corruption in the former administration. By late last year, the prosecutor, Serhiy Horbatyuk, had opened about 3,000 cases, including four related to Mr. Manafort’s consulting for the former president and his political party.

[Porchlight]

Heh, henry.

Sadly, the fewer red-blooded males participate in scouting, the easier it's going to be for bad actors to prey on the rest.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

CBS News
‏Verified account @CBSNews
2h2 hours ago

U.S. intelligence says the North Koreans have started pulling cables from the tunnels at their nuclear test site: https://cbsn.ws/2w5rGwJ

[Captain Hate]

Please staple this to Tom Donohue's forehead:

http://www.cvikas.com/2018/04/30/oslo-police-declare-we-have-lost-the-cityislam-has-taken-over/

[jimmyk]

But I think this is the first time a major financial firm is moving, lock, stock, and barrel out of the New York area, including its CEO and top management.

They are still keeping a substantial operation in NYC, though, the investment group. Not sure what that represents percentagewise, but it's not quite lock, stock, and barrel. Maybe just lock and barrel.

[narciso]

Yes its an interesting circumatances, this snipe hunt isn't what its ostensibly about, the truth is most of the players are dirtier than the labrea tarpits, but some records re Ali antar nee fayads work for Ukrainian arms export would be interesting.

Another bit of gornisch, a lobbyist for Comcast helped pruitt with a trip to Morocco, but it involved natural gas exports which is a cleaner burning fuel. They subsequentlynsignrd up that lobbyist,

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Sessions to make a statement at 3:10!

[Extraneus]

It's very easy to imagine him rising to his feet and shouting "Do you want the truth?"

Only if you buy the caricature that Trump made it this far being an unhinged and impetuous loose cannon. Personally, I think that's shtick. Negotiating large contracts isn't the sort of thing such people are likely to be good at, for one thing.

[Captain Hate]

They are still keeping a substantial operation in NYC, though, the investment group. Not sure what that represents percentagewise, but it's not quite lock, stock, and barrel. Maybe just lock and barrel.

I'm sure Bane will institute the most oppressive non-free market disincentives to keep things in place.

[narciso]

They are back to the two minute hate against urban:

https://mobile.twitter.com/FoxNews/status/991623886851792896?p=v

[henry]

yeah Forbes paywall... but they have a point on this one:

Forbes Tech News @ForbesTech
12m

The GDPR racket: Who's making money from this $9B business shakedown:

https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/sites/oliversmith/2018/05/02/the-gdpr-racket-whos-making-money-from-this-9bn-business-shakedown/&utm_source=TWITTER&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1507618622&utm_campaign=sprinklrForbesTechTwitter&refURL=https://t.co/ZvjpuXwHz7&referrer=https://t.co/ZvjpuXwHz7#3252c82234a2">https://www.forbes.com/sites/oliversmith/2018/05/02/the-gdpr-racket-whos-making-money-from-this-9bn-business-shakedown/&utm_source=TWITTER&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1507618622&utm_campaign=sprinklrForbesTechTwitter&refURL=https://t.co/ZvjpuXwHz7&referrer=https://t.co/ZvjpuXwHz7#3252c82234a2">https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/sites/oliversmith/2018/05/02/the-gdpr-racket-whos-making-money-from-this-9bn-business-shakedown/&utm_source=TWITTER&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1507618622&utm_campaign=sprinklrForbesTechTwitter&refURL=https://t.co/ZvjpuXwHz7&referrer=https://t.co/ZvjpuXwHz7#3252c82234a2

[henry]

rats.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Apparently the statement is on the border caravan.

So, never mind.

[Porchlight]

I was just reading Boy's Life to my son this past weekend.

Damn it. So sad.

[narciso]

You mean something like this captain:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/randalllane/2018/05/01/exclusive-french-president-macron-says-he-will-end-frances-notorious-exit-tax/

[lurkersusie]

Haha

Paul Steinhauser
@steinhauserNH1
NEW: @realDonaldTrump tops @JohnKasich 68%-23% and @jeffflake 72%-15% in hypothetical GOP primary showdown in NH in a NEW @Suffolk_U Poll for @BostonGlobe https://t.co/0hryAZITuN?amp=1

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

TRUMP News 24/7
‏ @MichaelDelauzon
5m5 minutes ago

3 U.S. Detainee's have left North Korea and are now at the U.S. Embassy in Seoul.

[Barbara]

The Mueller investigation has morphed into the equivalent of dumpster diving with the attendant odor and yuck factor.

[joan]

MM, I lol'd at your 2.55. :)

[Captain Hate]

Interesting that Herr Mueller has to actually speak with PDJT to determine whether or not there was *criminal intent* when he fired Rev. Queasy.

Particularly when it was Rod Rosenstein, who Mueller hasn't asked anything about, who fired the sanctimonious skidmark.

[GUS]

All of TRUMPS successes being ignored by the MFM.

Do these people actually HATE American success??
Yes they do.

[Barbara]

Whoo hoo, Miss M! This President gets results.

[Jim Eagle]

rse,

Saw your Ross comment on the other thread. Please send me all the info you have. So, I was right, when I assessed it's Secular Humanist bent?

[jimmyk]

I'm sure Bane will institute the most oppressive non-free market disincentives to keep things in place.

That can go either way, likely special tax breaks to stay (probably coupled with little extras for the NYC pols). Watch the other firms line up at the trough.

[jimmyk]

3 U.S. Detainee's have left North Korea and are now at the U.S. Embassy in Seoul.

That's gotta steam Barry. More Kool smoke coming out of Kalorama.

[joan]

Back to Hewitt interviewing Hayden, someone posted it last night, think JimNJ.

What really ticks me off at people like Hayden, etc., going on MSNBC, CNN, et al., and judging Trump, complaining about him, calling him a liar, well, good grief, what the hell were they doing in their political careers?! Snooping. Spying Lying. Making backroom deals. And making terrible decisions.

Pfft. on them all.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Mark Knoller
‏Verified account @markknoller
6m6 minutes ago

Attorney General Sessions just announced he was adding 35 assistant US Attorneys to the US-Mexico border to prosecute illegal entries into the country. Further, he announced moving 18 immigration judges to the border to handle asylum claims.

[Porchlight]

Sounds good to me.

The so-called caravan is being coached by lefty immigration lawyers. Let's get some of our guys down there too.

[jimmyk]

Did Comey ask Tub Dive what she was thinking as she destroyed evidence right and left?

[Captain Hate]

Once they reached Mexico they stopped being asylum seekers.

[Extraneus]

Btw, IANAL but from what I've read about the legal question, yes you can take the 5th in front of a GJ, but only if you have a valid claim - IOW if you yourself are the subject or target. You can't take the 5th if your testimony is being sought in order to incriminate someone else, for example.

[narciso]

I thought I had heard wikistrat the lawfirm that mueller target zamel belonged to, sounded familiar it includes Michael Waller one of the lead antisoviet specialists going back to the 80s

[Jane]

I think you can if it's gonna get you in trouble Ex.

[JM Hanes]

Speaking of rats, bring on the C R A Z Y:

Tens of thousands of Parisians signed a petition earlier this year in protest of a plan to exterminate a huge population of rats in the city, which they called “genocide.”

Make that ratshit crazy.

[narciso]

Seconded:

http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=375089

Well he does look like Wesley snipes in demolition man.

[narciso]

You note I did not give a shout out to dcsa.

[pagar, a bacon, ham and sausage supporter]

Clarice Feldman
Just now ·
TRUMP News 24/7
‏ @MichaelDelauzon
5m5 minutes ago

"3 U.S. Detainee's have left North Korea and are now at the U.S. Embassy in Seoul"

This is really going to up set the American leftists.

[Threadkiller]

The so-called caravan is being coached by lefty immigration lawyers. Let's get some of our guys down there too.

Local news had the lawyers boasting about how they are volunteering to help the invaders.

Didn't a court ruling force that status on them?

https://www.aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/deportation-and-due-process/immigrant-children-do-not-have-right-attorney

[Captain Hate]

You note I did not give a shout out to dcsa.

Is there a backstory we should know about? I haven't looked at "A Rock Ribbed Conservative Response to RedState's Business Decisions" today.

[JM Hanes]

Captain:

That was the bit that I picked up on too. I also didn't realize that Trump had already submitted his point of view in writing. From the NYTimes

The list of questions grew out of those negotiations. In January, Mr. Trump’s lawyers gave Mr. Mueller several pages of written explanations about the president’s role in the matters the special counsel is investigating. Concerned about putting the president in legal jeopardy, his lead lawyer, John Dowd, was trying to convince Mr. Mueller he did not need to interview Mr. Trump, according to people briefed on the matter.

Mr. Mueller was apparently unsatisfied. He told Mr. Dowd in early March that he needed to question the president directly to determine whether he had criminal intent when he fired Mr. Comey, the people said.

Mueller's arrogance is breathtaking. Probably show up with one of those body language specialists in tow... and be indicted for obstruction because his posture didn't match his testimony.

[joan]

The last line of McCarthy's NR article Appalled posted earlier:

“This is not merely about protecting Trump; it is about protecting the office of the presidency.”

I’ve thought for a long time that the delay in supporting Trump by our senators and representatives, as well as men like Sessions, has done irreparable harm to our country, let alone the office of the presidency. Never, in the fifty-plus years I’ve been following politics, has such a foul and twisted political sentiment like “resist” been allowed to bloom and grow like a toxic mold, suffocating the truth and enabling really evil people to control the nation’s discourse.

Go on any political blog, read twitter, check editorial pages, listen to major media, and observe the hate-filled fantasies of the left – and, this sentiment has saturated our young people who have just become interested in politics as if it’s legitimate and a way to engage in political debate.

The left has a lot to answer for, but so does the right. This vile national commentary from Democrats and HRC supporters should have been countered by all Republicans, not just a few. Yes, we should have protected Trump and the office of the presidency, but we should have been protecting young, malleable voters’ minds as well, they’ve absorbed evil lies – I hope the truth shines soon and the architects of the left’s dreams to impeach Trump and take over the Senate and House are soon shattered, if not, I dread the future.

[Extraneus]

Were Strzok-Page texts deleted? Sources say IG flagged gaps in record

Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz has investigated whether the DOJ or FBI might have deleted text messages between bureau officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, according to GOP sources who have spoken with members of the IG's team.

The latest batch of text messages between the two officials, who once served on the Russia probe and have come under scrutiny for exchanging anti-Trump and other politically charged texts, was turned over to Congress last week.

The sources told Fox News that the IG's office, so far, has not found evidence that officials from either agency deleted any messages. It is unclear at this point if the office is still investigating the matter, and whether technical glitches might instead be at issue.

[Appalled]

Mueller's theory is that the elected official's policy decisions regarding law enforcement can subject him to legal jeopardy if his heart is impure. This is the sort of reasoning that gets Rick Perry in legal trouble because he put pressure on a prosecutor who wouldn't quit after her DUI.

[JimNorCal]

Well said, Joan 3:51

A good time to have started, IMO, would have been during the WI John Doe affair which did not get anywhere near the pushback it deserved. Support for the vile attacks on Sarah Palin are another trigger that should have launched strong counter attacks.

[JimNorCal]

Good advice to right-side media from Jan 2016.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/01/a_plea_to_conservative_voices.html

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Fox News
‏Verified account @FoxNews
10m10 minutes ago

TONIGHT: Rudy Giuliani speaks to @seanhannity live! Tune in to "Hannity" on Fox News Channel at 9p ET.

[JimNorCal]

narciso, I don't know if they intend to give us a one-time visit, to lurk or to participate but could you give me (us) a quick intro to happy-feet and pickandpuller?

It's so cute when they call you "mr narciso", I imagine them with a goofy voice like that character who says "mr narciso, he dead".

[exdemocrat]

"The Flight 93 Election" essay laid out an argument why never-trumpers should turn out and vote for Trump. It did not in any way present itself as an argument for using any means necessary to bring down a duly-elected President.

Not recognizing/respecting the gulf between those two aims is far from trivial. Among other things, it's the difference between being a good citizen and being an enemy within.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Lucas Tomlinson
‏Verified account @LucasFoxNews

JUST IN: Pentagon orders all stores on U.S. military bases worldwide to ban phones and telecom equipment from Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE, following warnings from top U.S. intelligence officials the Chinese companies could be spying on Americans

[Dave (in MA)]

German Hillary's French boyfriend went Pepé Le Pew over Mrs. Turnbull,

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43974078

[Dave (in MA)]

B.C. beat Yale by 5 days in yanking Rapey McJello's honorary degree.

[Kaiser Derden]

Trump calls it a witch hunt ... of course he's not going to talk to them ...

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
7m7 minutes ago

I have been briefed on the U.S. C-130 “Hercules” cargo plane from the Puerto Rico National Guard that crashed near Savannah Hilton Head International Airport. Please join me in thoughts and prayers for the victims, their families and the great men and women of the National Guard.

[Appalled]

exdemocrat:

What Flight 93 election is, in part, is an argument that a bombastic, personally flawed, outsider candidate is necessary, because the times are desperate and the Republic is at stake. I think the Resistance is heading down that road for 2020, at least in terms of its rhetoric.

I don't enjoy living in hysterical times. People who are scared don't mind handing over their rights to somebody who promises to eliminate the scary for them.

And I don't like the elite response, thus far. Framing Trump on bullshit charges is a banana republic stunt.

[narcis,o79]

Well pin lives in tennessee, some kind of business happy is an Texas transplant to California then Chitown something to do with marketing, from what I gather.

[JM Hanes]

Gen. Mattis sends revised policy on Guantanamo to the President. I didn't remember this from his SOTU address:

"In the past, we have foolishly released hundreds and hundreds of dangerous terrorists, only to meet them again on the battlefield – including the ISIS leader, (Abu Bakr) al-Baghdadi, who we captured, who we had, who we released," Trump also said in the speech.

[Extraneus]

Trump Formally Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize

A group of 18 GOP lawmakers led by Rep. Luke Messer of Indiana, have signed a letter formally nominating President Trump for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize.

The letter is addressed to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, and states that President Trump has worked "tirelessly to apply maximum pressure to North Korea to end its illicit weapons programs and bring peace to the region."

“His Administration successfully united the international community, including China, to impose one of the most successful international sanctions regimes in history,” the letter says. “The sanctions have decimated the North Korean economy and have been largely credited for bringing North Korea to the negotiating table.”

Other signatories include Reps Mark Meadows, R-N.C., Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., Diane Black, R-Tenn., and Steve King, R-Iowa.

I hope he turns it down.

[cathyf]

Boy Scouts to drop "Boy" from name, admit girls in 2019

This is about the national BSA organization mounting a hostile takeover of Girl Scouts. They've been hemorrhaging membership for years and have decided that the solution is to get all of the Girl Scouts to quit Girl Scouts and instead join their new girl side of "Scouts BSA".

[Extraneus]

Hank Johnson fundraises off attacking Diamond and Silk in hearing — for making money

American Mirror- When the hilarious duo Diamond and Silk testified before lawmakers in Washington, D.C. last week about Facebook censoring conservative speech, Georgia Democrat Hank Johnson criticized the women for supposedly making money off of supporting President Trump.

Now, Johnson is raising money off of Diamond and Silk.

[Barbara]

Mr. Mueller was apparently unsatisfied. He told Mr. Dowd in early March that he needed to question the president directly to determine whether he had criminal intent when he fired Mr. Comey, the people said.

An interesting and disturbing approach. Typically, a crime occurs and is identified as such. (Firing Comey was not a crime in anyone's mind except Mr. Comey's.) Then the actual crime is investigated, the perpetrator(s) identified and a determination is made on intent.

Mueller turns this upside down. He has an allegation made by the loser(s) in a campaign that the winner sought to get dirt on his opponent. No crime here. Well, they say his campaign met with persons from another country who claimed to have dirt on his opponent. So far, so good. Seeking out damaging information on your opponent is not a crime. Just ask Hillary Clinton.

So, Mr. Mueller now wants to conduct a sort of legal version of the Vulcan Mind Meld to probe President Trump's thought processes on a whole slew of issues in order to manufacture intent in his desperate search for a crime. Bass ackwards doesn't even begin to describe what Mueller is seeking to accomplish. He knows it; the President's legal team knows it; the media know it.

It's well past time to bring this thing to a conclusion. Mueller should issue his report with the anticipated questions about the conduct of certain persons in the Trump campaign and put an end to this farce - or at least the Mueller phase of it.

[Rocco]

Why can't Sessions object to every question that doesn't involve collusion? Why can't he make Mueller explain how and why each question leads to collusion.

Or maybe President Trump should ask him in a tweet laying the foundation to then plead the fifth on everything question that's personal.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Heshmat Alavi
‏ @HeshmatAlavi
7m7 minutes ago

Al Jazeera TV website:
#Syria dissidents, executing surveillance on wireless communications of Assad forces, have learned #Iran suffered 30 IRGC deaths & over 50 wounded in the latest attacks on bases in Hama & Aleppo.

[Threadkiller]

TONIGHT: Rudy Giuliani speaks to @seanhannity live! Tune in to "Hannity" on Fox News Channel at 9p ET.

I hope there is a guest host.

[Captain Hate]

I have to admit, for whatever reason I tried to cut Hank Johnson some slack on his Guam comments but, having seen and listened to his Diamond and Silk comments, he's an embarrassing retard.

As is Zoolander:

http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=375090

[Bunky]

TK: brilliant!

[DCSCA]

You note narciso can type in Earth English, too. An EZ mark.

[Appalled]

CH:

My prior congressperson was Cynthia McKinney. I'll live with Hank, given what my local politics is capable of vomiting up.

[Davod]

The Iranians were hot on the trail of Mossad when they got the documents out of Iran. Link from Powerline.

https://i2.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2018/05/Iranian-Nukes.jpeg?resize=768%2C742