Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

orangecrush

(19,572 posts)
Fri May 26, 2017, 03:41 PM May 2017

FBI Russia investigation is 'now at the door of the Oval office', says former Obama administration s

Source: Independent U.K.

Hes the man Donald Trump considers a very smart guy, a very good guy, and a quality person. So smart, so good and with such qualities, indeed, that he blessed his marriage to his eldest daughter, gave him a White House job and tasked him with bringing peace to the Middle East.

Now, it has been confirmed Jared Kushner is a focus of the FBIs investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russias alleged effort to influence the 2016 election.

The Washington Post said investigators were looking at a series of meetings Kushner held last year with Russian officials, including Moscows Ambassador to the US, Sergey Kislyak.

Right now, were at the door of the Oval Office, Juliette Kayyem, a political analyst who served in Barack Obamas Department of Homeland Security, told The Independent. Its getting wider in terms of its theory, and its getting faster. All of these things explain why the President is lawyering up.

Read more: https://www.google.com/amp/www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/fbi-russia-investigation-oval-office-donald-trump-jared-kushner-impeached-barack-obama-white-house-a7758251.html%3Famp



There has to be a knock - knock joke in this....


41 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
FBI Russia investigation is 'now at the door of the Oval office', says former Obama administration s (Original Post) orangecrush May 2017 OP
The tRump gang has been jarred by this news. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #1
Who will be the first white house gang member to try to leave the country Demtexan May 2017 #2
I fully expected orangecrush May 2017 #3
I have a bet going. Demtexan May 2017 #4
I agree with your post... orangecrush May 2017 #5
South America sounds good. Demtexan May 2017 #8
They'd never make it there. tazkcmo May 2017 #11
Maybe they can find a nice house to stay at. Demtexan May 2017 #18
Trump rats first. Takes down everyone but Ivanka. Save the Trump brand. CrispyQ May 2017 #25
Haha...... SergeStorms May 2017 #29
Be hard to sell or buy anything with the name Trump. Demtexan May 2017 #35
Truth orangecrush May 2017 #39
Treasury Dept. is involved also.. secondwind May 2017 #6
... orangecrush May 2017 #7
"Breaking In news" more like. FailureToCommunicate May 2017 #9
.. orangecrush May 2017 #12
Love the polite words on the door smasher! FailureToCommunicate May 2017 #15
... orangecrush May 2017 #17
knock, knock Who's there? Deb May 2017 #10
Knock knock orangecrush May 2017 #14
knock knock Deb May 2017 #19
.. orangecrush May 2017 #27
Until it moves past the looking stage I am not going to rush headlong into doing cstanleytech May 2017 #13
I do cartwheels orangecrush May 2017 #16
The pressure is there. Demtexan May 2017 #21
I hope so orangecrush May 2017 #28
I know how you feel. Demtexan May 2017 #34
Ya but just because we look at it as a negative doesnt mean Repugnant voters will do the same. cstanleytech May 2017 #33
We proved orangecrush May 2017 #38
Uh, a question? moonseller66 May 2017 #20
Good question. Demtexan May 2017 #22
we may get very little info on the investigation RussBLib May 2017 #23
Swing away. Demtexan May 2017 #24
A Quote From the Independent Article cited in the OP DDySiegs May 2017 #26
Speaking of meetings... orangecrush May 2017 #30
I absolutely love Wonkette! renate May 2017 #36
The "Vile Little Snark Mob" orangecrush May 2017 #37
........."tasked him with bringing peace to the Middle East". SergeStorms May 2017 #31
Not to worry orangecrush May 2017 #32
Well, this turned out to be on-target! NT Adrahil May 2017 #40
It did! orangecrush May 2017 #41

Demtexan

(1,588 posts)
2. Who will be the first white house gang member to try to leave the country
Fri May 26, 2017, 03:46 PM
May 2017

It. Is getting hot in the kitchen.

I am sure money has been hidden away.

A safe house.

Demtexan

(1,588 posts)
4. I have a bet going.
Fri May 26, 2017, 03:59 PM
May 2017

Russia would not be safe any more.
I think Putin has gotten what he wants.
I am sure moles have been planted.
Plenty of republicans bought off or videos to be shared.
I still think Flynn was bought in to gather military secrets.
Wasn't he with Trump getting briefed before Trump took office.
Flynn could got a lot information before he left.
I think that was the reason for the delay.
Mexico is the close by maybe Canada.
From there to slip away.


orangecrush

(19,572 posts)
5. I agree with your post...
Fri May 26, 2017, 04:05 PM
May 2017

But I don't think Mexico would be safe for them, for some reason...



Maybe other places in South America...



Demtexan

(1,588 posts)
8. South America sounds good.
Fri May 26, 2017, 04:12 PM
May 2017

Fake IDs.
Maybe in a jungle type setting.
It will have to be a place out of the way.
Maybe make a deal with a drug dealer for protection.
Lots of money.

tazkcmo

(7,300 posts)
11. They'd never make it there.
Fri May 26, 2017, 04:20 PM
May 2017

Not to say they wouldn't do it. After all, these are some pretty stupid people with very little effort at forethought. Upon arrival at their little jungle paradise they'll surely breath a huge sigh of relief and with the next breath scream in horror at the absence of Nieman Marcus, Sax, et al. Then there's the mosquitoes.

Demtexan

(1,588 posts)
18. Maybe they can find a nice house to stay at.
Fri May 26, 2017, 04:37 PM
May 2017

They are some really rich people down there.

Fancy vacation house.

I think they will get caught trying to get away.

Uncle Putin will want to clean up his mess.

It will be either max security prison or jungle home.

For me to win somebody has to run.

CrispyQ

(36,478 posts)
25. Trump rats first. Takes down everyone but Ivanka. Save the Trump brand.
Fri May 26, 2017, 05:48 PM
May 2017

Bye, bye, Pence, McConnell, Ryan & the whole putrid cabinet.

A girl can dream.

SergeStorms

(19,201 posts)
29. Haha......
Fri May 26, 2017, 06:04 PM
May 2017

I think the Trump "brand" is pretty much history now. Who wants to be associated with the WORST president in American history, and the ONLY president guilty of treason? A smattering of Trumptards, I'm sure. Maybe some old friends (does he even HAVE friends?). I think you can pretty much wipe your butt with the Trump "brand" now.

FailureToCommunicate

(14,014 posts)
9. "Breaking In news" more like.
Fri May 26, 2017, 04:16 PM
May 2017

Maybe they all are re-watching this movie to learn secret exits from The White House...

?w=1000&h=750&crop=1


+1 for Juliette Kayyem.

orangecrush

(19,572 posts)
14. Knock knock
Fri May 26, 2017, 04:25 PM
May 2017

Who's there?

Jared.

Jared who?

Jared the news about me being charged with treason and espionage?

cstanleytech

(26,293 posts)
13. Until it moves past the looking stage I am not going to rush headlong into doing
Fri May 26, 2017, 04:24 PM
May 2017

cartwheels over it.
When or if it gets to the conviction part I'll consider it but until then it's premature.

Demtexan

(1,588 posts)
21. The pressure is there.
Fri May 26, 2017, 04:45 PM
May 2017

Trump is feeling it.

That is why he acted like a bully yesterday.

Lets call it Trump On a Hot Tin Roof.

With no shoes on.



orangecrush

(19,572 posts)
28. I hope so
Fri May 26, 2017, 06:02 PM
May 2017

It's still hard to wrap my mind around the shit these people pulled.

I feel like I'm living in a nightmare.

Demtexan

(1,588 posts)
34. I know how you feel.
Fri May 26, 2017, 07:00 PM
May 2017

This will end.
Trump has pissed off the FBI and NATO.
This will take time.
Find something else to think about.



cstanleytech

(26,293 posts)
33. Ya but just because we look at it as a negative doesnt mean Repugnant voters will do the same.
Fri May 26, 2017, 06:26 PM
May 2017

For example to me making a comment about grabbing a women by her p**** would be a negative and would make me not want to vote for someone but for Repugnant voters its clearly a plus.

moonseller66

(430 posts)
20. Uh, a question?
Fri May 26, 2017, 04:44 PM
May 2017

Are we forgetting or doesn't it pertain...
Could the Orange-atan get out of this mess by pulling a pseudo Gerry Ford and presidentially pardoning those he chooses?

Just asking!

RussBLib

(9,019 posts)
23. we may get very little info on the investigation
Fri May 26, 2017, 05:27 PM
May 2017

I know we have been getting leaks, most likely from the White House, but Mueller's investigation might not leak like things have up to now.

I'm afraid we may not hear much about what is going on for awhile. Meanwhile, #45 will continue to swing the wrecking ball.

DDySiegs

(253 posts)
26. A Quote From the Independent Article cited in the OP
Fri May 26, 2017, 05:56 PM
May 2017

I won't say "shocking" because nothing can shock any of us any more, but here is the quote:


"Just this week, it was Kushner who sat in on Trump’s meeting with Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu, while national security advisor HR McMaster was excluded."


https://www.google.com/amp/www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/fbi-russia-investigation-oval-office-donald-trump-jared-kushner-impeached-barack-obama-white-house-a7758251.html%3Famp

orangecrush

(19,572 posts)
30. Speaking of meetings...
Fri May 26, 2017, 06:05 PM
May 2017

From Wonkette...

Ooh ooh, pick Wonkette, pick Wonkette! We know about those meetings! We wrote about one of them to you in March, explaining that Jared had a secret back-door meeting during the Trump transition AT TRUMP TOWER with both Michael Flynn and Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak. (When we say “back door,” we don’t mean like in the butt, we literally mean the Russian came in the back door.) Then later in March we learned about a second meeting with the Russian ambassador that Jared didn’t actually actually go to (probably getting a pedicure) so he sent his “deputy,” which is hilarious because it means that Jared has a “deputy.” We ALSO learned about a third meeting, where Jared met with this other Russian dude Sergey Gorkov, who is the head of a Russian state-owned bank called Vnesheconombank (VEB). We don’t know what they talked about (hair products probably) but that was a meeting Jared surely did fail to report! That bank, by the way, is under sanctions right now!

Fun fact: Gorkov ALSO used to be deputy chair of another Russian state-owned bank called Sberbank, which is currently being represented by Marc Kasowitz, the lawyer Trump has just retained to defend him against all things “Russia scandal.” And Sberbank was a sponsor of Trump’s 2013 Moscow Miss Universe pageant, and the CEO threw a sexxxxxxxy dinner during that trip where Trump got to meet 10 of Russia’s finest oligarchs and OH FUCK Y’ALL RACHEL MADDOW’S GLENN BECK WHITE BOARD IS GONNA BE BALLIN’ TONIGHT.


Read more at https://wonkette.com/617727/the-fbi-went-to-jared#uUSwEJCPrxS7PG2P.99

renate

(13,776 posts)
36. I absolutely love Wonkette!
Fri May 26, 2017, 07:52 PM
May 2017

I've heard about it for years but somehow I didn't realize how funny (yet real-news) it was until pretty recently. It's really a bright spot in my day.

SergeStorms

(19,201 posts)
31. ........."tasked him with bringing peace to the Middle East".
Fri May 26, 2017, 06:07 PM
May 2017

Is that Trump's "Middle East", or the REAL Middle East? Don the Con doesn't seem to know where it starts or where it ends. He just knows, 'it's out there someplace'.

Latest Discussions»Latest Breaking News»FBI Russia investigation ...