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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBreaking on MSNBC: Trump says he will talk to Meuller UNDER OATH
i'll believe it when I see it.
BumRushDaShow
(129,090 posts)CatWoman
(79,302 posts)Hugin
(33,162 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,090 posts)CatWoman
(79,302 posts)That's a lot of popcorn!!!!
BumRushDaShow
(129,090 posts)bdamomma
(63,868 posts)but I'll pass on the guy who's sitting on it!!!
BumRushDaShow
(129,090 posts)bdamomma
(63,868 posts)malaise
(269,054 posts)vanish on this trip. I thought he might make the great escape.
johnp3907
(3,732 posts)Could be a ruse!
TexasTowelie
(112,238 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Maybe once he gets his nerve up, but that could take several years.
CatWoman
(79,302 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,090 posts)CatWoman
(79,302 posts)That's just a snack for him
BumRushDaShow
(129,090 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)During the daily stressful hours of "Executive time."
BumRushDaShow
(129,090 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)And some richer jet fuel to offset the ballast of that BIG bucket.
BumRushDaShow
(129,090 posts)Gotta have it close by!
unblock
(52,253 posts)Freethinker65
(10,023 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,090 posts)PCIntern
(25,556 posts)He will be sitting under a sign that says Fuck You and that qualifies in archaic English as being under oath.
ffr
(22,670 posts)In fact, tell Mueller you insist that he interview you live on television and to get the whole under oath swearing in on it too. The ratings will be huge!
Freethinker65
(10,023 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,732 posts)Depositions are under oath, too, and here's how he behaves in depositions: https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/13/politics/donald-trump-depositions-history/index.html
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)but he can pardon himself.
REMEMBER, he can be guilty of treason and his base will love him MORE.
They could prove beyond doubt he works for the KGB and they will love him MORE for it.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)As far as he is concerned, the rules don't apply to him, so he can lie "under oath" and think nothing of it. I don't even know why they are bothering to interview him because he is just going to tell one lie after another.
Juliusseizure
(562 posts)True he's lied in thousands and thousands of civil cases, then settles. The truth is many of those - like Trump University- could have been brought as criminal cases but weren't.
This is criminal. If he's relying on a pardon from Pence or whomever, that's great. That means he's ok with risking impeachment and conviction.
But the whole discussion is moot because he's Bullshiticus, Greek God of Bullshit.
He's going to delay and stall as long as he can, offer written answers, limit questions, require attorneys present who will object to everything, say he doesn't recall, give vague answers, play dumb, and Mueller won't get anything. Everything short of obstruction. That's Trump's only choice short of a Saturday Night Massacre - delay and evasion.
Irish_Dem
(47,131 posts)BoneyardDem
(1,202 posts)And as you said, has lied under oath before. There is NOTHING in his life that has ever compelled him to tell the truth. He isn't going to start now.
Irish_Dem
(47,131 posts)denbot
(9,900 posts)He still doesnt realize that he is in the big waters now. That amateur big frog in a little pond bullshit wont fly against Mueller, and his Kraken Slayer team.
Irish_Dem
(47,131 posts)Time will tell how this plays out.
denbot
(9,900 posts)He goes under oath and does anything other then claim his fifth amendment rights, stick that fork in him.
Hes done.
Irish_Dem
(47,131 posts)Phoenix61
(17,006 posts)"Do you promise to tell the truth and only the truth?"
Twitler- "Yes"
Which will be the first of many lies he will tell. Lying under oath is a bad idea only if you believe there will be a consequence. Twitler has never been held accountable and isn't about to start behaving like he could be.
bdamomma
(63,868 posts)lie detector test on him.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)He certainly isn't going to do it in public.
thbobby
(1,474 posts)or, more likely, He Had No Choice. Perhaps Grand Jury Subpoena put the fear of God in his fat, orange head.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)samnsara
(17,622 posts)RandySF
(58,899 posts)RandySF
(58,899 posts)That lying to Mueller would be serious whether or not hes under oath?
OliverQ
(3,363 posts)indicating Mueller's investigation might be coming to an end point soon and that's good news for the White House.
I feel like we're going to have to be prepared for these people getting away with their crimes.
SoCalMusicLover
(3,194 posts)If the result is essentially that my vote is something that can be tossed aside, just a shell game to make me believe my vote matters, then I will just treat the election game like a reality TV show.
MarvinGardens
(779 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,090 posts)A judge recommended moving the Manafort/Gates trial to the fall, so that's not really "coming to an endpoint soon". I expect there to be more indictments and more trials (should anyone else not decide to plead guilty).
lunasun
(21,646 posts)Wasn't that what they after Clinton for - lying under oath in a case with Paula jones ? Or am I mistaken?
onecaliberal
(32,863 posts)unitedwethrive
(1,997 posts)Just like the press conference regarding Melanomas immigration status. And pretty much every other press conference he promised.
imanamerican63
(13,798 posts)Trump's tiny hands are deadly and mind is HUGE!
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)trump will want it televised and he will play dumb, like reagan, to get sympathy, now he is dumb but by that I mean he will try and act like he is answering truthfully but the questions are mean and so on
VOX
(22,976 posts)"I don't like the way you're questioning me. I submitted myself to this--and my time as president of the United States is very valuable, especially when we're doing so much, so many amazing things. You do know that I am the president? Of the United States? I gave up some of my very, very valuable--so valuable--time to visit with you and to act nice and you should act nice, too. But your questions are mean, so mean. And all I'm trying to do is make America great again. Vladimir who? Never heard of him."
VOX
(22,976 posts)Because about 4-5 hours after Trump says, "Oh, yeah!" to shit, he either weasels out, or "Church Lady" John Kelly tells him he won't be considered FANTASTICALLY GREAT if he wanders off-script.
Even if Trump did testify under oath, he'll still lie his ass off. It's his default setting.
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)His lawyers will want to feed him answers
Takket
(21,577 posts)He will give mueller nothing to work with. Truth OR lies.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,501 posts)really a legal maneuver.
Kajun Gal
(1,907 posts)spanone
(135,844 posts)Jersey Devil
(9,874 posts)Of course, when the audit is over.
lpbk2713
(42,759 posts)Trump is a proven pathological liar.
lindysalsagal
(20,692 posts)It's for his base: He's claiming Hillary wasn't under oath but he will be.
They say it's irrelevant.
BlueTsunami2018
(3,492 posts)Its not going to happen.
raven mad
(4,940 posts)What makes anyone think "under oath" will make a difference?
bluestarone
(16,976 posts)MY LAWYERS WON'T LET ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ButSeeYa
(273 posts)He may be planning on a one-way trip.
UpInArms
(51,284 posts)politicaljunkie41910
(3,335 posts)testified to the fact that he found nothing in her testimony to be untruthful.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,564 posts)Who wouldn't pay money to see THAT???
Clarity2
(1,009 posts)Mueller knows what hes doing. He knows trump will lie. Hes looking to catch him in a lie. He may even have audio as proof for all we know. This has been Muellers method all along for those he has charged already.
flying-skeleton
(697 posts)Because chickens do what chickens do.
Tatiana
(14,167 posts)I mean, we all know he is incapable of telling the truth. He can't. It's not in him.
So, what happens when one lie turns into 5 turns into 10 turns into hundreds....
Do they stop him at some point? Ask clarifying questions? Remind him that he's under oath?
How do we get to test the theory that a sitting President can be indicted?
ocd liberal
(407 posts)That's how I read it.
panader0
(25,816 posts)There will be an argument about the format---this will drag out.
Ultimately, if he doesn't end up testifying he'll look guilty.
I'm not sure if Mueller can compel him.
catbyte
(34,402 posts)explain how Barron wasn't her Anchor Baby. He'll worm his way out of it. He's too much of a chickenshit.
Vinca
(50,278 posts)rurallib
(62,423 posts)and then claim Obama had taken over his body and told all those lies.
maryellen99
(3,789 posts)W T F
(1,147 posts)SergeStorms
(19,201 posts)will there be so much perjury in one room, at one time. All they have to do is flatter the diseased egomaniac a little and he'll admit to the Manson murders.
aeromanKC
(3,324 posts)Ohhhhhh, Trump is toast!!
Squinch
(50,955 posts)dflprincess
(28,079 posts)than the marriage vows he's taken three times (especially that pesky one about fidelity).
iluvtennis
(19,862 posts)CatWoman
(79,302 posts)Thunderbeast
(3,417 posts)Mueller: Tell me all about your 30 years of Russian conspiracy and treason to win the election.
Trump: I won't talk about that. I won the election with the largest landslide EVER! Sean Hannity says so.
Mueller: Tell me about firing Comey and interfering with the FBI so save your sorry ass.
Trump: I don't have to answer that because .....
HILLARY'S EMAILS!
Mueller: Explain to Me how you bilked so many US investors leaving the Russian Mafia as your only source of capital.
Trump: NOW you crossed the red line. You are not authorized to ask me about that. MAGA!
Mueller: How do you explain using campaign funds to pay off your porno star mistress days before the election?
Trump: FAKE NEWS! Franklin Graham sent her over to help me with Bible study. We started at Genesis, and re-enacted many scenes from my favorite book. I was the BEST student ever!