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KittyWampus

(55,894 posts)
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 10:22 PM Mar 2017

Rachel nailing Pence for LYING about not knowing Flynn was a foreign agent.

Pence said he only just heard about it in a FOX news interview.

BUT, Elijah Cummings sent a letter about this subject to the Transition Team of which PENCE was the head.

So poor innocent Pence had plausible deniability about Flynn and Russia.

But then this whole Turkish thing... oh dear.

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Rachel nailing Pence for LYING about not knowing Flynn was a foreign agent. (Original Post) KittyWampus Mar 2017 OP
I wondered where she was going with this... HipChick Mar 2017 #1
Can't beat her ability to connect the dots. shraby Mar 2017 #2
Pence is so screwed. madaboutharry Mar 2017 #3
In Pence's defense gratuitous Mar 2017 #4
This is where Trump needs his extreme vetting! Dustlawyer Mar 2017 #11
Bigly. Amaryllis Mar 2017 #24
Someone would likely have to sign a receipt. SCVDem Mar 2017 #25
Rachel rocks again tonight Auggie Mar 2017 #5
Spicer was asked this today and he said Pence was talking about Flynn's filing... Satch59 Mar 2017 #6
Yes! I knew Pence was in on every damn thing. He LED the transition and picked the cabinet. hedda_foil Mar 2017 #7
If not the conspiracy, then certainly the cover-up. Cracklin Charlie Mar 2017 #27
and what will happen? Nothing. Sorry to be cynical, but I see posts like still_one Mar 2017 #8
Watergate took years. This isn't a reality show that wraps each episode in a tidy package KittyWampus Mar 2017 #9
There certainly is a constant drip-drip-drip Warren DeMontague Mar 2017 #10
it's seeping into public consciousness. KittyWampus Mar 2017 #14
Not comparable. The republicans back then were not the republicans today, but even more still_one Mar 2017 #18
These criminals could be filmed over a dead body kacekwl Mar 2017 #12
That's how I see it too! 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2017 #17
Which is why drumf made the "I could shoot someone on 5th avenue" rainbow4321 Mar 2017 #22
+1 nt ProudProgressiveNow Mar 2017 #13
And? What will happen to Pence? jmg257 Mar 2017 #15
Spiro Agnew 2 McCamy Taylor Mar 2017 #16
Be careful... VP Bannon? Kushner? MedusaX Mar 2017 #19
Hmmm...drumf's meeting with Cruz never got explained rainbow4321 Mar 2017 #23
You would think that zentrum Mar 2017 #20
IMO, the difference is they are now being watched. The Presidency is no place to engage in cons. KittyWampus Mar 2017 #31
Much more to come. triron Mar 2017 #21
knr triron Mar 2017 #26
Pence is just as dirty as the rest of him. Renew Deal Mar 2017 #28
knr triron Mar 2017 #29
When Pence openly snubbed Hillary at Trump's inaguration, it revealed oasis Mar 2017 #30
Rachel did a great job on this issue Gothmog Mar 2017 #32

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
4. In Pence's defense
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 10:26 PM
Mar 2017

Rep. Cummings' letter didn't begin with "Pay to the Order of" so Mike didn't bother to read it.

Although I have to say that Spicer's lame excuse that the Trump administration expects people are making full disclosures on their questionnaire is just pathetic. This isn't like hiring some subcontractor for one of Trump's ugly buildings, this is the U.S. government, in charge of everything in the country. The candidate questionnaire is the starting point for checking up on a person, not the end point.

 

SCVDem

(5,103 posts)
25. Someone would likely have to sign a receipt.
Sat Mar 11, 2017, 12:39 AM
Mar 2017

I hope it was registered mail, and they saved the receipt!

Satch59

(1,353 posts)
6. Spicer was asked this today and he said Pence was talking about Flynn's filing...
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 10:29 PM
Mar 2017

That he was a foreign agent...and of course didn't say that Pence knew or didn't know earlier... Just dodged the question.

Where is Rachel going with this next?? She's been amazing lately!

hedda_foil

(16,375 posts)
7. Yes! I knew Pence was in on every damn thing. He LED the transition and picked the cabinet.
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 10:29 PM
Mar 2017

There's no way he wasn't in it up to his beady eyeballs.

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
27. If not the conspiracy, then certainly the cover-up.
Sat Mar 11, 2017, 01:03 AM
Mar 2017

He got all choked up on that denial he was trying to spit out.

still_one

(92,382 posts)
8. and what will happen? Nothing. Sorry to be cynical, but I see posts like
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 10:31 PM
Mar 2017

this everyday here. Rachel said this or that, with assumptions that their whole house of cards will come tumbling down.

The Democrats control zip, and everyone of trump's nominee's had no problem getting confirmed, even Flynn got confirmed. Sessions was caught in an act of perjury, and he isn't going anywhere

 

KittyWampus

(55,894 posts)
9. Watergate took years. This isn't a reality show that wraps each episode in a tidy package
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 10:52 PM
Mar 2017

to satisfy viewers.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
10. There certainly is a constant drip-drip-drip
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 10:57 PM
Mar 2017

I'm thinking it goes somewhere, it leads somewhere. My gut feeling is, it has to, because it sounds like there's so much percolating under the surface, that so many of these things were done so blatantly, so shoddily, that it's only a matter of time, and not that much time at that.

But we're totally off the map, at this point. I have no idea what's going to happen.

still_one

(92,382 posts)
18. Not comparable. The republicans back then were not the republicans today, but even more
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 11:27 PM
Mar 2017

significant, the Democrats controlled both the House and the Senate.

When the break-in occurred in 1972, it took two years, but it moved along pretty consistently during those two years.

With the republican control of the Senate and House, along with the stacking of the justice department, I am sorry to say, but this isn't going anywhere in my view

kacekwl

(7,021 posts)
12. These criminals could be filmed over a dead body
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 11:11 PM
Mar 2017

with a smoking gun a bloody knife and still nothing would be done.

rainbow4321

(9,974 posts)
22. Which is why drumf made the "I could shoot someone on 5th avenue"
Sat Mar 11, 2017, 12:24 AM
Mar 2017

And still get votes, or whatever it was he said.

MedusaX

(1,129 posts)
19. Be careful... VP Bannon? Kushner?
Sat Mar 11, 2017, 12:07 AM
Mar 2017

If VP gets impeached, dies, resigns, etc

Pres gets to nominate anyone he wants..
And simple majority approval in house & senate is all that is needed....

Bannon?
Kushner?
Ivanka?
Steve Miller?
Rudy G?
Newt G?

rainbow4321

(9,974 posts)
23. Hmmm...drumf's meeting with Cruz never got explained
Sat Mar 11, 2017, 12:27 AM
Mar 2017

Wonder if drumf gave him a tour of the **VP residence**...."just showing Ted and Heidi around..don't mind us...".

zentrum

(9,865 posts)
20. You would think that
Sat Mar 11, 2017, 12:12 AM
Mar 2017

...for being life-long grifters, they'd be better at lying. I guess the rich and powerful are so used to skating and getting away with anything and everything, that they become careless. Then one day, it really does get too big.

 

KittyWampus

(55,894 posts)
31. IMO, the difference is they are now being watched. The Presidency is no place to engage in cons.
Sat Mar 11, 2017, 11:39 AM
Mar 2017

There are too many trails leading to them and away from them.

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