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kpete

(71,994 posts) Tue Oct 8, 2019, 01:50 PM Oct 2019

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WH lawyers, aware of the tumult, initially believed it could be contained within the walls of the WH

Every line of this story virtually describes what a coverup looks like.

This new reporting from CNN very important. It tells us almost immediately that WH staff new there was a problem with what Trump said on the call. The immediate actions and activities following this call by WH staff key in all this now.

CNN:Aides to Trump scrambled in the aftermath of his July 25 phone call with Ukraine’s leader both to alert lawyers of their concerns and to contain the damage.

Unsettled aides also immediately began quizzing each other about whether they should alert senior officials.

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https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/impeachment-inquiry-10-08-2019/index.html

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WH lawyers, aware of the tumult, initially believed it could be contained within the walls of the WH (Original Post) kpete Oct 2019 OP

Not such a "perfect call" eh? Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2019 #1

Perfectly criminal. fleur-de-lisa Oct 2019 #3

+1 Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2019 #4

NEVER forget: Trump only tells the opposite of truth. dchill Oct 2019 #8

now just imagine what the calls to Putin and the Saudis are like NewJeffCT Oct 2019 #2

Lil' Kim, Erdogan and all the rest. Marcuse Oct 2019 #9

Worse than the Nixon gap in those Tapes. Wellstone ruled Oct 2019 #5

But, but, but, they have nothing to hide... Wounded Bear Oct 2019 #6

Hubris... dlk Oct 2019 #7

EVERY person involved knew there was a crime and did not report it. Except one or two Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2019 #10

Behaving like teenagers stashing the beer under the passenger seat bucolic_frolic Oct 2019 #11

Well, since these are the same idiots who couldn't find the light switches in the WH Leghorn21 Oct 2019 #12

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,412 posts)

1. Not such a "perfect call" eh?

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 01:57 PM

Oct 2019

fleur-de-lisa

(14,624 posts)

3. Perfectly criminal.

Reply to Proud Liberal Dem (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 01:59 PM

Oct 2019

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,412 posts)

4. +1

Reply to fleur-de-lisa (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 02:00 PM

Oct 2019

dchill

(38,497 posts)

8. NEVER forget: Trump only tells the opposite of truth.

Reply to Proud Liberal Dem (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 02:30 PM

Oct 2019

Whatever he says, bank on the exact opposite. Trumplandia is located in Bizarro World.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)

2. now just imagine what the calls to Putin and the Saudis are like

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 01:58 PM

Oct 2019

compared to this

Marcuse

(7,485 posts)

9. Lil' Kim, Erdogan and all the rest.

Reply to NewJeffCT (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 02:31 PM

Oct 2019

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

5. Worse than the Nixon gap in those Tapes.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 02:16 PM

Oct 2019

Wounded Bear

(58,660 posts)

6. But, but, but, they have nothing to hide...

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 02:18 PM

Oct 2019

dlk

(11,566 posts)

7. Hubris...

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 02:19 PM

Oct 2019

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,002 posts)

10. EVERY person involved knew there was a crime and did not report it. Except one or two

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 04:26 PM

Oct 2019

Some were cult members.

But others feared something. Their jobs? Their lives? Their families?

bucolic_frolic

(43,167 posts)

11. Behaving like teenagers stashing the beer under the passenger seat

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 04:29 PM

Oct 2019

How do we cover this up??????????

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)

12. Well, since these are the same idiots who couldn't find the light switches in the WH

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 04:33 PM

Oct 2019

this sounds about right!!!

FUCK YOU ALL

YOU’RE GOIN DOWN

ALL OF YOU

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