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Mrs. Overall

(6,839 posts)
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 11:30 AM Feb 2019

Gaetz overheard on phone to Trump last night: "I was happy to do it for you." (from The Atlantic)




Edward-Isaac Dovere (The Atlantic)
@IsaacDovere

President Trump called @mattgaetz last night from Hanoi to talk the Cohen testimony and the threats (since rescinded) Gaetz made about Cohen.

"I was happy to do it for you. You just keep killing it," Gaetz was heard telling him. (Gaetz told me he doesn't discuss calls w/POTUS)
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Gaetz overheard on phone to Trump last night: "I was happy to do it for you." (from The Atlantic) (Original Post) Mrs. Overall Feb 2019 OP
Censure and disbar. nt LexVegas Feb 2019 #1
Tom Hagen reporting back to Fredo exboyfil Feb 2019 #2
Yep, Trump's Fredo... Still In Wisconsin Feb 2019 #24
Interesting the follow on Godfather books exboyfil Feb 2019 #25
This is admissible in bar proceedings MaryMagdaline Feb 2019 #3
Remember ScratchCat Feb 2019 #4
Yay! Thanks for the encouraging words, ScratchCat! littlemissmartypants Feb 2019 #16
Yes, disbarred for certain. Duppers Feb 2019 #26
So, can't authorities independent from the government charge him with witness intimidation? nt Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2019 #37
I should think so. Duppers Feb 2019 #39
"I was happy to do it FOR you" does this mean Mrs. Overall Feb 2019 #5
Trump probably wrote the tweet. Sneederbunk Feb 2019 #8
+1 Mrs. Overall Feb 2019 #9
You have to admit that trump's tiny fingers are very busy. erronis Feb 2019 #13
Hahaha! nt littlemissmartypants Feb 2019 #17
Yes, it means Trump asked him to. OliverQ Feb 2019 #14
Yay! littlemissmartypants Feb 2019 #18
Not necessarily. We do many things to please others without being asked. Maru Kitteh Feb 2019 #23
I guess we should be calling Speaker Pelosi's office OliverQ Feb 2019 #29
Cohen didn't mention it yesterday, did he? I imagine when your husband is Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2019 #38
Proof of more witness tampering!!!!!!!!!!!!! Zoonart Feb 2019 #6
Add that onto the long list of Obstruction of Justice by Trump. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2019 #7
Uh-oh...You're in a heap o' trouble now, Gaetz. MineralMan Feb 2019 #10
Smdh....this mafioso shit is infuriating Docreed2003 Feb 2019 #11
+1 n/t area51 Feb 2019 #12
It really is, Docreed2003. littlemissmartypants Feb 2019 #20
Yep Docreed2003 Feb 2019 #28
I'm more frustrated with the enablers, if Gaetz was a dem he'd be in jail right now uponit7771 Feb 2019 #33
No doubt! Docreed2003 Feb 2019 #35
I hope the Florida State Bar Association is aware of this yaesu Feb 2019 #15
Censure and disbar republican goons and traitors Achilleaze Feb 2019 #19
Kicked and recommended. littlemissmartypants Feb 2019 #21
Mafioso wannabe. IluvPitties Feb 2019 #22
The moment I read it.... dawnie51 Feb 2019 #27
When Gaetz first arrived in DC, there was a triumphant celebration Grammy23 Feb 2019 #30
If true then he needs to be held accountable. cstanleytech Feb 2019 #31
GAWD, get a room, you 2!!!! MyOwnPeace Feb 2019 #32
sycophantic sociopath. nt Javaman Feb 2019 #34
Multiple DUI frat boy will eventually be exposed. Power 2 the People Feb 2019 #36
Wow Windy City Charlie Feb 2019 #40
Did he add, "Mein Fuhrer?" catbyte Feb 2019 #41

exboyfil

(17,863 posts)
2. Tom Hagen reporting back to Fredo
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 11:33 AM
Feb 2019

Let's say the car bomb did work in Sicily and Michael is out of the picture. Trump runs the country more like Fredo.

exboyfil

(17,863 posts)
25. Interesting the follow on Godfather books
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 12:47 PM
Feb 2019

make Fredo out to be more vicious than he appears in the movies.

ScratchCat

(1,990 posts)
4. Remember
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 11:37 AM
Feb 2019

Executive Privilege only covers cabinet members and aids, not members of Congress in personal conversations with the President.

If this is true, then he will be disbarred for certain, likely cesured and removed from the House, and possibly charged with a crime.

Duppers

(28,125 posts)
26. Yes, disbarred for certain.
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 12:56 PM
Feb 2019

And "likely censured and removed from the House, and possibly charged with a crime."

All of the above should happen. And this is just one more charge for Mueller to add to Trump's list of crimes, since he told Gaetz to text that to Cohen.

Sadly, Nancy Pelosi probably couldn't get 2/3rds of the House vote to expel Gaetz however.

Thank you, ScratchCat.

Duppers

(28,125 posts)
39. I should think so.
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 02:06 PM
Feb 2019

Would we still get the rethugs to vote to expel him from Congress? No.

Even with a conviction, those assholes would resist.


Mrs. Overall

(6,839 posts)
5. "I was happy to do it FOR you" does this mean
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 11:39 AM
Feb 2019

that Trump told him to do it?

How else would Gaetz have personal info about Cohen's potential affairs?

erronis

(15,286 posts)
13. You have to admit that trump's tiny fingers are very busy.
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 12:28 PM
Feb 2019

Not very smart but busy. I wonder if he doesn't get thumb-spurs....

Maru Kitteh

(28,340 posts)
23. Not necessarily. We do many things to please others without being asked.
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 12:43 PM
Feb 2019

And a servile maggot like Gaetz likely falls all over himself attempting cartwheels and backflips constantly to get the attention of the Dear Leader.

It opens the possibility that Trump directed him, but it is in no way a sure bet.

 

OliverQ

(3,363 posts)
29. I guess we should be calling Speaker Pelosi's office
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 01:08 PM
Feb 2019

and our Reps to demand Gaetz resign or at least be removed from committees.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
38. Cohen didn't mention it yesterday, did he? I imagine when your husband is
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 02:02 PM
Feb 2019

going to prison for three years, adultery may somehow seem less traumatic?

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts)
7. Add that onto the long list of Obstruction of Justice by Trump.
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 11:40 AM
Feb 2019

Are they trying to get rid of Robert Mueller by sheer exhaustion at this point?

littlemissmartypants

(22,691 posts)
20. It really is, Docreed2003.
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 12:40 PM
Feb 2019

But right now it's all they've got. Prestidigitation is all he's got. All he ever had, really. That and basic bullying but it's still all about the same.

yaesu

(8,020 posts)
15. I hope the Florida State Bar Association is aware of this
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 12:35 PM
Feb 2019

since they are investigating his behavior. Why hasn't the House censured him yet?

dawnie51

(959 posts)
27. The moment I read it....
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 12:56 PM
Feb 2019

I knew it came straight from Dump, and this putz Gaetz was just the delivery system. Almost word for word the same threats that Dump tweeted a few weeks ago, concerning Cohen's wife and father-in-law. Gaetz had no access to Cohen's doings. This was all Dump. Gaetz is just this years Nunes. I want to see all of them in jail.

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
30. When Gaetz first arrived in DC, there was a triumphant celebration
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 01:13 PM
Feb 2019

tRump held in the Rose Garden. I remember Gaetz trying to sidle up to tRump, inching his way closer for the photo-op. If it wasn’t clear then that he and tRump had a special relationship, it should be very clear now. Gaetz is tRump’s Little Weasel. That is what I call him every time I see his grinning little mug. (He is my rep in Congress. ) My guess is that he is grinning less these days. Hope the FL Bar Association clips his stubby wings. Congress is breathing down his neck, too.

Power 2 the People

(2,437 posts)
36. Multiple DUI frat boy will eventually be exposed.
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 01:57 PM
Feb 2019

Let him keep seeking the spotlight. You know this corrupt son of a bitch has a lot of skeletons in his closet. Matter of time.

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