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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sat Dec 23, 2017, 06:48 PM Dec 2017

Trump ratchets up feud with FBI

Source: The Hill




BY MAX GREENWOOD - 12/23/17 05:38 PM EST

President Trump lashed out at top FBI officials on Saturday, his latest in a stream of criticism of the nation's premier law enforcement agency that has reportedly diminished morale among its agents and employees.

Trump swiped at multiple agency officials in a string of tweets Saturday afternoon, suggesting that FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe may have been compromised by political donations and ripping former FBI Director James Comey as a leaker.

"How can FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, the man in charge, along with leakin’ James Comey, of the Phony Hillary Clinton investigation (including her 33,000 illegally deleted emails) be given $700,000 for wife’s campaign by Clinton Puppets during investigation?" Trump wrote on Twitter.

That was followed minutes later by a comment on reports that McCabe is looking to retire from the bureau in the coming months, as the No. 2 FBI official faces heated criticism from Republican lawmakers and the president himself.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/366322-trump-ratchets-up-feud-with-fbi

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Pachamama

(16,887 posts)
1. Am I the only one who thinks this is not only completely crazy behavior by the POTUS to slam FBI...
Sat Dec 23, 2017, 07:01 PM
Dec 2017

...(especially when you are under investigation for serious crimes and obstruction of justice) but in general, as a general rule, that any one who attacks and mocks publicly any law enforcement institution that is supposes to stand for justice and protection?

I am actually finding this frightening...mostly because it is the absolute red flag and warning sign that we are on the verge of the collapse of our democracy....

Kablooie

(18,637 posts)
5. The problem is not as much Trump as the Republicans that are fine with him doing this.
Sat Dec 23, 2017, 07:19 PM
Dec 2017

They have no interest at all in holding this monstrous imbecile accountable for his actions.
For him to destroy the foundation of our country doesn't bother them at all as long as they can continue to take more money from the needy and give it to the obscenely wealthy.

COLGATE4

(14,732 posts)
12. Unfortunately, I think you're right on the money.
Sat Dec 23, 2017, 08:12 PM
Dec 2017

So long as the Rethugs can continue to ride the Trump crazy train and perceive benefits from doing so there will be no revolt or desertion. The tax scam just gave them millions of reasons to continue to support him. Perhaps the potential bloodbath in November - if it actually happens -may be enough to convince them to look our for their own skins and jettison him but, until then they're all happily singing his praises.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
7. Everything he has done and said has been a warning flag since way before he even
Sat Dec 23, 2017, 07:28 PM
Dec 2017

won the nomination..

Oneironaut

(5,519 posts)
17. Oh, absolutely. Trump is crazy like a Fox.
Sun Dec 24, 2017, 09:52 AM
Dec 2017

When / if the FBI tries to indict him, he'll claim that it's a coup by the Democrats. "It's the swamp coming after me," he'll say.

His attacks on the FBI are telling, because they show that Trump has no respect for the rule of law or the law enforcement structure in this country. He believes that he should be the law himself. I think that he truly believes that he is above the law. I also believe that he would have wide support among his base for extreme measures, including seizing power with the military and canceling the 2020 elections.

He has quite a lot in common with a dictator. He just doesn't have the power of a dictator yet.

noneof_theabove

(410 posts)
18. Try that .....
Sun Dec 24, 2017, 12:57 PM
Dec 2017

with your local, regional, state law enforcement and in less that a blink you're wear silver bracelets.

The liar-in-chief does not represent the USA or its people.

He is pushing to change use from the United Corporation and Churches of America, but I put my money on DPRA, the Democratic Peoples Republic of America [/sarcasm to Rocket Man].

Botany

(70,554 posts)
13. This will not turn out well for Trump ....
Sat Dec 23, 2017, 10:00 PM
Dec 2017

.... the FBI knows about Trump's connections to the mob, money laundering, and
the Russians.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
15. He is on the defensive, knowing his goose is already cooked.
Sun Dec 24, 2017, 12:04 AM
Dec 2017

They know exactly how bad it is going to get, so they preemptively need to discredit the people who have to prosecute their crimes.

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