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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonald Trump doesn't have to tell his people to lie...
They understand when they go to work for him that he expects them to lie for him. He doesn't have to tell them.
Even Jeff Sessions understood that.
qazplm135
(7,447 posts)no proof.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)There's a certain genius to it, sure ... but it damn sure wasn't figured out by IQ45. He learned it from the Mob, probably, who are extremely well-versed ...
qazplm135
(7,447 posts)can stumble across a pearl.
Point is, I think there won't be direct evidence which is why Mueller contradicted the Buzzfeed report.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)I think IF Trump DID give an order to do that, he likely made sure there was no way it could be recorded/proven. He's a fcuking mobster ... he knows the game.
That said, it would not at all surprise me if he 'conveyed' it verbally, even if not a direct "you need to lie, Mike!", at some point.
I do doubt Mueller has any physical evidence that happened ... but at same time, I'd also not be shocked if he fucked up and left a trail, cause he's IQ45.
Could go either way I guess I'm saying
qazplm135
(7,447 posts)he didn't have to convey to Cohen because no one knew the rules of Trump World better than Cohen and no one was more loyal.
Now maybe some new person he or someone might have to say it out loud, but not Cohen.
dalton99a
(81,455 posts)Everyone stinks
FakeNoose
(32,634 posts)He said "I need loyalty."
Does anybody believe that he only said it to Comey and no one else?
malaise
(268,947 posts)of mob rule