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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sat Apr 14, 2018, 05:49 PM Apr 2018

Trump Tricked Into Obstructing Justice: GOP Rep Says

Source: Newsweek Magazine




TRUMP TRICKED INTO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE BY FIRING COMEY, ACCORDING TO GOP CONGRESSMAN'S CONSPIRACY THEORY

BY JESSICA KWONG ON 4/14/18 AT 3:29 PM

Republican Representative Jim Jordan has come up with another conspiracy theory for special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe. Jordan alleged that deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein, who is overseeing the investigation, plotted for President Donald Trump to fire former FBI Director James Comey to trick Trump into possibly obstructing justice. Jordan suggested that Rosenstein’s motive was to appoint a special counsel who would probe Trump for obstruction of justice.

The Ohio Congressman explained his theory on MSNBC Friday, when host Katy Tur asked for his thoughts on Trump pardoning Scooter Libby, a former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney who was convicted of obstruction of justice and perjury around the disclosure of a CIA agent’s identity.

“Do you think that it looks a little bit suspicious for the president to pardon somebody who was convicted of lying to the FBI and obstruction of justice when all this stuff is going on?” Tur asked.

“I will tell you what looks strange, or to use your words, suspicious. What looks strange is when Rod Rosenstein writes the memo on why you should fire James Comey, James Comey then leaks a document to create momentum for Bob Mueller to be the special counsel, Rod Rosenstein gets Mueller to be the special counsel, and one of the things that Mueller is looking into is, was there obstruction of justice in the firing of James Comey,” Jordan replied.

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Read more: http://www.newsweek.com/trump-tricked-obstruction-justice-firing-comey-gop-congressman-conspiracy-886300
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Trump Tricked Into Obstructing Justice: GOP Rep Says (Original Post) DonViejo Apr 2018 OP
Jim Jordan: Liar, Koch operative, fool, and legislative terrorist. sharedvalues Apr 2018 #1
Jordon True Blue American Apr 2018 #27
Koches like their politicians dumb sharedvalues Apr 2018 #28
these dumb SOB's bluestarone Apr 2018 #2
No words. 50 Shades Of Blue Apr 2018 #3
No decent person would defend trump..... CatMor Apr 2018 #4
Obstruction of Justice or Categorical Incompetence and Stupidity bucolic_frolic Apr 2018 #5
Both plus Conspiracy Against the USA. People like Jordan think they can obscure the 20,000 lb whale Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2018 #16
He looks like he ate a bad oyster. bronxiteforever Apr 2018 #6
If you think your "pResident" ... NanceGreggs Apr 2018 #7
LOL Iliyah Apr 2018 #9
Exactly...his defense is Trump is an easily manipulated moron! Docreed2003 Apr 2018 #12
Good one! Even better than what I was going to say. keithbvadu2 Apr 2018 #17
Another trial buffoon. nt Xipe Totec Apr 2018 #8
So What? Roy Rolling Apr 2018 #10
OK, you guys lordsummerisle Apr 2018 #11
one would hope Skittles Apr 2018 #22
I'm sure the judge will take that trickery into account when he's convicted. LonePirate Apr 2018 #13
The only ones doing the "tricking" are Dobbs and Jordan and the rest of the fuckers Mr. Ected Apr 2018 #14
Trump wasn't outsmarted. forgotmylogin Apr 2018 #20
Is he in some competition with Louis Gohmert RandomAccess Apr 2018 #15
ROFLMAO! Nitram Apr 2018 #18
Ah the "I'm a DUMBSHIT" defense.. yeah sure Cha Apr 2018 #19
Who gives a fuck if he did get tricked into it gopiscrap Apr 2018 #21
How can that be? xxqqqzme Apr 2018 #23
He so stable jeanyus. 😂😆🤣 sprinkleeninow Apr 2018 #24
How will these Trump Personality Cultists cope when their bloated, orange idol is doing jail time? LudwigPastorius Apr 2018 #25
Jordan is one of the GOP's greatest a**holes! democratisphere Apr 2018 #26

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)
1. Jim Jordan: Liar, Koch operative, fool, and legislative terrorist.
Sat Apr 14, 2018, 05:51 PM
Apr 2018

Don't listen to Jordan and don't repeat his words. In addition to the above, he's a propagandist.

Remember the way the GOP twisted Benghazi into a political tool, Jordan, tool of Koches?

True Blue American

(17,988 posts)
27. Jordon
Sun Apr 15, 2018, 05:38 AM
Apr 2018

Wants to be the next Speaker. One nasty,little self serving Freedom Caucus Fool.

Or,as Mike Barnicle calls him,’ The guy who does not own a jacket!” Pretending to be a working guy.

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)
28. Koches like their politicians dumb
Sun Apr 15, 2018, 08:08 PM
Apr 2018

The smart ones realize that Ayn Rand is pablum for highs schoolers.
The dumb ones can be bought or fooled by the Koch network. See also: Paul Ryan, a tool of the Koches from start to end, who achieved nothing in his tenure but a tax cut for the Koches for which he received a $500k legal bribe.

CatMor

(6,212 posts)
4. No decent person would defend trump.....
Sat Apr 14, 2018, 05:58 PM
Apr 2018

so many of the republicans are so stupid it defies logic. How do they manage to get elected.

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,032 posts)
16. Both plus Conspiracy Against the USA. People like Jordan think they can obscure the 20,000 lb whale
Sat Apr 14, 2018, 06:50 PM
Apr 2018

The ten ton whale in the room is the size of the corruption compared to the 20 pound opossum that many Republicons think is the issue. They are in for a severe shock.

People like McCONnell who are complicit know most of the dimensions but aren't saying much.

NanceGreggs

(27,817 posts)
7. If you think your "pResident" ...
Sat Apr 14, 2018, 06:09 PM
Apr 2018

... is stupid enough, ignorant enough, and incompetent enough to be "tricked" into obstructing justice, doesn't that go to prove that he's too stupid, ignorant and incompetent to be running a nation in the first place?

What next? Trump was "tricked" into running a phony university and a phony charity, scamming investors out of their money, cheating workers out of their compensation, grabbing pussies, screwing porn stars, lying on a daily basis AND colluding with the Russians?

Docreed2003

(16,869 posts)
12. Exactly...his defense is Trump is an easily manipulated moron!
Sat Apr 14, 2018, 06:29 PM
Apr 2018

Which ain't far from the truth, just not in this scenario, lol.

Roy Rolling

(6,928 posts)
10. So What?
Sat Apr 14, 2018, 06:17 PM
Apr 2018

Even if they did---they didn't----that means Trump was legally outsmarted. Too bad, they should've been more careful. I like presidents who aren't tricked.

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
14. The only ones doing the "tricking" are Dobbs and Jordan and the rest of the fuckers
Sat Apr 14, 2018, 06:38 PM
Apr 2018

Who dupe an American public too brainwashed and stupid to know they're being used, too ignorant to see "Craftsman" tattooed across their tool foreheads.

A crime is a crime. There should be a higher standard in place for the man or woman who leads the free world. If they're dumb enough to be "tricked" when a bevy of advisers is scolding them not to capitulate and they do anyway, then they get what they deserve. Trump makes his own decisions; isn't that what these assholes love so much about him? They argue both sides of the coin but both sides are dirty as hell.

forgotmylogin

(7,530 posts)
20. Trump wasn't outsmarted.
Sat Apr 14, 2018, 07:38 PM
Apr 2018

Trump wanted to shift blame for firing Comey off of himself.

https://www.npr.org/2017/05/19/529147240/rosenstein-on-comey-memo-i-wrote-it-i-believe-it-i-stand-by-it

On May 8, I learned that President Trump intended to remove Director Comey and sought my advice and input. Notwithstanding my personal affection for Director Comey, I thought it was appropriate to seek a new leader.

I wrote a brief memorandum to the Attorney General summarizing my longstanding concerns about Director Comey's public statements concerning the Secretary Clinton email investigation.


In that memo — which the White House initially used as the justification for Comey's firing, before Trump admitted he had made up his mind well before that — Rosenstein outlined why Comey should be terminated, namely his handling of the investigation into Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's private email server almost a year ago.


Rosenstein underscored that the memo he wrote was "not a legal brief" and was "not a statement of reasons to justify a for-cause termination...[and] not a survey of FBI morale or performance" but instead "a candid internal memorandum about the FBI director's public statements concerning a high-profile criminal investigation."


My interpretation: Rosenstein was asked to spitball a speculative list of reasons Trump might fire Comey, which he provided, imagining it to be sausage-factory insider information that they would discuss privately. The next day, Trump whips out this list saying "Rosenstein wrote me this memo telling me to fire Comey, so I guess I gotta do that..." Which is not the case. Rosenstein, despite ostensibly being in Trump's camp on this, was understandably pissed to be thrown under the bus like that.

Nitram

(22,845 posts)
18. ROFLMAO!
Sat Apr 14, 2018, 07:11 PM
Apr 2018

He forgot to mention that Trump publicly stated soon after the cooked-up reasons for firing Comey, that he fired him because of the Russia investigation.

Cha

(297,503 posts)
19. Ah the "I'm a DUMBSHIT" defense.. yeah sure
Sat Apr 14, 2018, 07:17 PM
Apr 2018

he is.. but the DUMBSHIT already admitted he was guilty, DUMBASS.

gopiscrap

(23,763 posts)
21. Who gives a fuck if he did get tricked into it
Sat Apr 14, 2018, 09:18 PM
Apr 2018

it's STILL obrustion of justice. You don't get a pass for being being a dumb ass!!!

sprinkleeninow

(20,254 posts)
24. He so stable jeanyus. 😂😆🤣
Sun Apr 15, 2018, 02:50 AM
Apr 2018

On a more serious note, I am at times of denial in my intellect that which we are experiencing. The USofA.

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
26. Jordan is one of the GOP's greatest a**holes!
Sun Apr 15, 2018, 03:47 AM
Apr 2018

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