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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat I heard this morning were very carefully crafted responses that threaded the eye of the needle
To be sure, there was some protecting Donnie Two Scoops, but mostly, when you actually parse their answers, they confirmed a few things we already knew:
Donnie Two Scoops asked each of them to do things that, if not illegal, were unethical.
Donnie Two Scoops attempted to obstruct.
I would need the transcript to illustrate, but that's what I heard, admittedly, though my own filters and shaped by my own biases.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)The entire hearing demonstrated them trying to hide something and IMO they were far from forthright and honest. There is definitely something going on, absolutely!!!
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)destroyer - by all means general...take the helm..by by now!!!!
dumbcat
(2,120 posts)Who knew?????
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)....duh!!! - ...so glad to have you watch my back...always good to have correctors here...
dumbcat
(2,120 posts)I just had a vision of Gen. Betrayus at the wheel of a ship and it made me chuckle.
(Forty year Army guy here.)
FM123
(10,054 posts)At first it looked like they were all protecting trumpy, but at second glance I wondered if they were setting up the shot for the closed door session at 2:00.
GallopingGhost
(2,404 posts)The cookie is missing. Did you eat the cookie?
Honest answer- No, I did not eat the cookie.
Cover-up answer- I will not say whether I ate the cookie.
Makes them all look guilty as fuck, which they are. Either way, this won't be good for Trump.
anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)nocalflea
(1,387 posts)He wants all this to go away. Oops.
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)in court at some point. They don't want what they say to bite them when the time comes.
BumRushDaShow
(129,376 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)I downloaded the hearing this afternoon from Youtube, for closer watching, cause body language is important. but, I am more of a reader than a listener and love transcripts.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)being asked to stop or deflect an investigation is not the same as "feeling pressured" to stop or deflect an investigation.....until officials are under oath and giving testimony in a real hearing, these witnesses can deflect and not answer
which of course brings more question up and makes it appear a conspiracy and or coverup is underway
hedda_foil
(16,375 posts)MedusaX
(1,129 posts)Virtually the equivalent of
Q: Is person X guilty of a crime?
A: No one involved died.
A: Person Y was not seriously injured.
A: Not at liberty to discuss anything related to the weapon involved in the interaction which took place between persons X&Y until the investigation is completed.
Some will declare that there is no proof of crime
Because no one explicitly stated "a crime was committed".
When in reality, the answers clearly establish that
1. X & Y were involved in an interaction...
2. There was a weapon present in that interaction...
3. The weapon is of some significance to the ongoing investigation
4. X is not guilty of murder...
5. Y sustained an injury as the result of an act by X, involving a weapon, which took place during the confirmed interaction.
So, at the very least there was an
injury caused
Possibly due to negligence
Possibly assault....
possibly attempted murder....
and depending upon the context of the interaction
it could be
aggravated assualt with a deadly weapon during the commission of another crime.
anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)I am a literature person (academic), and I am often surprised by the ways in which people will miss the REAL DETAILS revealed explicitly or implicitly in testimony for example and instead focus on relatively meaningless details or be completely distracted by a side point. This is a great, incisive breakdown of what was actually stated today.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)they avoided giving Trump an excuse to fire them, and avoided giving the Republicans information on the investigation.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,033 posts)Duppers
(28,125 posts)You nailed it, imho.
Congresswoman Jackie Speier just now said that on Chris Hayes.
mcar
(42,372 posts)"They are walking a fine line."
calimary
(81,440 posts)I saw his tweet.