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Recursion

(56,582 posts)
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 07:17 PM Jan 2019

Anybody else notice how Trump keeps avoiding having two American witnesses when he meets Putin?

From the Constitution,

No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act


I'm more and more convinced this is not just a weird tic on his part.
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Anybody else notice how Trump keeps avoiding having two American witnesses when he meets Putin? (Original Post) Recursion Jan 2019 OP
I believe you might be on to something... Raster Jan 2019 #1
+1 rogue emissary Jan 2019 #5
They always need translators because at140 Jan 2019 #2
Didn't he boot the American translator and now only uses the Russian one? LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jan 2019 #3
What I read about the American translator is that.. at140 Jan 2019 #4
Exactly, He's had at least one maybe two conversations with only Putin and his Russian translator. rogue emissary Jan 2019 #6
He has done that on occasion but not every time. I am really hoping that we have all this UniteFightBack Jan 2019 #7
Here's one article about a time there was only the Russian translator in the room. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jan 2019 #8
Chilling. Absolutely chilling. How does a democratic president get away with such things? ffr Jan 2019 #9

at140

(6,110 posts)
2. They always need translators because
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 07:23 PM
Jan 2019

Trump don't speak Russian but knows how to say "Влад ты хозяин"
Putin probably says "Вы хотите быть переизбранным?"

3. Didn't he boot the American translator and now only uses the Russian one?
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 07:39 PM
Jan 2019

The fact that Russian translators are also stenographers is just a coincidence, I'm sure.

at140

(6,110 posts)
4. What I read about the American translator is that..
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 07:45 PM
Jan 2019

Trump impounded all the notes from the translator, claiming he was trying to protect the talks from leaking. I have not followed up any more than that.

 

UniteFightBack

(8,231 posts)
7. He has done that on occasion but not every time. I am really hoping that we have all this
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 07:56 PM
Jan 2019

intel....I mean this is the United States of America (and friends)....we have to have some intel on this muthafucka....the case has been open a long time. Maybe they are not acting with urgency because these illegal activities are still occurring and they are finding more and more as they cast out their net.

We see criminality occurring before our eyes with toxic rump and the corruption crew - can only imagine what the hell is going on under the table.

8. Here's one article about a time there was only the Russian translator in the room.
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 09:08 PM
Jan 2019
Trump held secret hour-long meeting with Putin at G20 with only Russian translator present

Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a second, previously undisclosed meeting at the G20 summit earlier this month in Germany, a White House official has confirmed.

The meeting followed the two leaders’ formal two-hour meeting on 7 July [ 2017 ] in which Mr Trump said Mr Putin denied allegations that he directed efforts to meddle in the 2016 US presidential election.

The second meeting, which took place some hours later, was only attended by Mr Putin, Mr Trump and Mr Putin’s translator. It had not previously been disclosed by the White House.

ffr

(22,672 posts)
9. Chilling. Absolutely chilling. How does a democratic president get away with such things?
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 12:52 PM
Jan 2019

Oh, that's right, he's a republican, so he gets a pass.

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