President Trump & U.S Election 2016 Investigation

[1andrew1]

A sensible decision if Trump is serious about standing up to China. Obama designed TTP as an economic defence against a rising China. The cent seems to finally have dropped with Trump, against a background of his failure to deliver a bilateral deal with countries like Japan and growing anger from the agricultural community that they have both been denied major new markets and that they will be in the firing line for reciprocal tariffs from China.

Donald Trump has built a reputation over his first 15 months in office as an impetuous leader prone to destabilising policy U-turns. But even for him, his move this week to order top economic advisers to re-examine the case for joining the vast Trans-Pacific Partnership is particularly brazen...

If it results in the US rejoining the TPP with Japan and 10 other Pacific Rim economies, Thursday’s move to order Larry Kudlow, the new head of his National Economic Council, and US trade representative Robert Lighthizer to study the case for doing so will have launched the biggest economic policy shift of Mr Trump’s presidency...

Mary Lovely, a Syracuse University trade expert, said any negotiations to rejoin the TPP would probably drag well into next year. As a result they were unlikely to give Mr Trump any quick political victory in farm states. But as a strategic response to China the TPP remained the best option by far, she said.

https://www.ft.com/content/bc65dd72-...0-52972418fec4

Originally Posted by Mick

Nope it’s not trouble. Cohen is his lawyer. Cohen hasn’t been indicted. He is free to talk to him.

Trump could Pardin him tomorrow if he wanted. Given a Federal Judge has granted Trump to intervene. Re. Client Privilege. He can talk to him about the lawsuit they won today.

Trump can only pardon people for Federal crimes, not State crimes - Cohen is being investigated as part an ongoing grand jury investigation being conducted by the U.S. Attorneys' Office in the Southern District of New York

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Hugh

Trump can only pardon people for Federal crimes, not State crimes - Cohen is being investigated as part an ongoing grand jury investigation being conducted by the U.S. Attorneys' Office in the Southern District of New York

Agreed. For the avoidance of doubt, Cohen has been under criminal investigation for months, largely in relation to his personal business dealings and not to his work as an attorney. It is believed that these business dealings refer to the $130k payment made to Stephanie Clifford/Stormy Daniels.

Originally Posted by Hugh

Trump can only pardon people for Federal crimes, not State crimes - Cohen is being investigated as part an ongoing grand jury investigation being conducted by the U.S. Attorneys' Office in the Southern District of New York

You keep telling me things I already know, I am well aware of the justice system in the U.S and other internal workings of the government.

However, as for the crime, he has not been charged with anything yet so we don't actually know if he has committed a Federal crime or State crime.

At the end of the day, the witch hunt started by biased and corrupt individuals to attempt a coup against the duly elected President of the United States, is being slowly unpicked and the perpetrators weeded out. (Comey, McCabe, certainly appearing to look like bent cops, appearing to be propped up by Crooked Hillary and DNC, who paid for the dossier with information said to be from Russians, that's the real collusion).

What is it Mueller is actually investigating now, huh?

No evidence of Russian collusion, collusion itself is not actually a crime...

It needs to be shut down, it's a rogue investigation with the lead prosecutor (Mueller) on a fishing expedition.

We're learning this weekend, from Comey's new book, about making a judgement on the Crooked Hillary investigation weeks before the election and deciding on whether to hold back on making an announcement.

Because he felt she was going to win (Thank heavens she didn't), he decided to announce just weeks before November 8th that the FBI was re-opening the Clinton email investigation, he said he couldn't wait on it after this date, because if she would have been elected, he said she would have been illegitimate. IMO that's abuse of power, if a crime investigation is being re-opened, you don't ponder to sit on something. Of course we know what happened and he decided not to wait, but the fact he was pondering on it depending on the polls, suggests is reasoning is very questionable being responsible for the FBI.

In his new book he has also thrown former Attorney General, Loretta Lynch under the bus, by suggesting there is yet, an undisclosed, still classified piece of information on Lynch that suggests it is quite the scandal, that the American people are not yet aware of. Wonder if it is something to do with meeting Bill Clinton on the back of a plane, while it sat on the tarmac in Phoenix just days before the FBI were due to announce the end of the Clinton email investigation..... the so called official reasoning being....that they are discussing the grandkids for 40 minutes. Yeah sure. BOLLOCKS, I say!

It’s amazing that all these Republicans who were nominated by Trump, or by people nominated by people Trump gave positions to, are all conspiring against Trump...

Re Trump’s assertion that "collusion isn’t a crime" - Rosenstein’s brief to Mueller begs to differ, when he wrote that Mueller had the authority to investigate:

Allegations that Paul Manafort:

Committed a crime or crimes by colluding with Russian government officials with respect to the Russian government’s efforts to interfere with the 2016 election for President of the United States, in violation of United States law;

Also, another part of his brief makes clear that he has the authority to investigate obstruction of justice—including obstruction of his own investigation. You know, saying things in the May 10th meeting with the Russians like

“I just fired the head of the F.B.I. He was crazy, a real nut job,” Mr. Trump said, according to the document, which was read to The New York Times by an American official. “I faced great pressure because of Russia. That’s taken off.”

Originally Posted by Hugh

It’s amazing that all these Republicans who were nominated by Trump, or by people nominated by people Trump gave positions to, are all conspiring against Trump...

Re Trump’s assertion that "collusion isn’t a crime" - Rosenstein’s brief to Mueller begs to differ, when he wrote that Mueller had the authority to investigate:

Also, another part of his brief makes clear that he has the authority to investigate obstruction of justice—including obstruction of his own investigation. You know, saying things in the May 10th meeting with the Russians like

And yet Paul Manafort has been indicted on charges totally unrelated to any collusion. Same with General Flynn.

Mueller has nothing on collusion, this is why he is now "squeezing' Cohen to get him to cooperate and dish the dirt on Trump. If there is any to dish. The entire witch hunt needs to be shut down, it is a fraudulent investigation, set up by bent officials in the DoJ and FBI, who clearly think they are above the law, think they can mislead a FISA court to spy on Americans, mainly Carter Page, but more crucially, Trump and his transition team. Totally ILLEGAL!!

Mueller was appointed in part because of the amount of leaks from the FBI making their investigation untenable. Now that Mueller’s investigation is isn’t telling everyone what is happening it must be because he isn’t doing anything?

If he has nothing then there is no risk to Trump. We know stuff is happening because from time to time he pops up with charges for someone such as the Russians that were implicated .
Mueller also is investigating Russian interference and anything relating to it.

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Damien

Mueller was appointed in part because of the amount of leaks from the FBI making their investigation untenable. Now that Mueller’s investigation is isn’t telling everyone what is happening it must be because he isn’t doing anything?

If he has nothing then there is no risk to Trump. We know stuff is happening because from time to time he pops up with charges for someone such as the Russians that were implicated .
Mueller also is investigating Russian interference and anything relating to it.

Agreed. Mueller's investigation has been remarkably low profile. The only person who seems to be highlighting it is Trump.

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Agreed. Mueller's investigation has been remarkably low profile. The only person who seems to be highlighting it is Trump.

Mueller has been anything but low profile. Plenty of leaks have come out about his investigation, information that got out to the New York Times, no doubt by bent cops.

Originally Posted by Mick

Mueller has been anything but low profile. Plenty of leaks have come out about his investigation, information that got out to the New York Times, no doubt by bent cops.

What has leaked? There was been very little. The only thing really is that he wants to interview Trump.

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Damien

What has leaked? There was been very little. The only thing really is that he wants to interview Trump.

Exactly. By nature he is someone who steers away from the spotlight helping make him an ideal choice for this investigation.

For a guy used to high-profile roles, Mueller doesn’t like the spotlight
Though he directed the highest profile law enforcement agency during one of the most momentous times in recent U.S. history, Mueller has eschewed the public spotlight at almost every opportunity. He did not travel with an entourage, rarely sat for media interviews and was famous for logging grueling hours, often starting days before sunrise and leaving well after dark.

“That’s how he survived…because he kept a low profile,” said Pistole, Mueller's former No. 2 who now leads Indiana's Anderson University. “He would let his and the bureau’s work speak for itself.”

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...ion/101811990/

Very little?

Loads of stuff has leaked, plenty of stuff about Gates was leaked, as the media like to say “A person familiar with the matter.”

Or “two confirmed who were party to the conversation”.

Originally Posted by Mick

Very little?

Loads of stuff has leaked, plenty of stuff about Gates was leaked, as the media like to say “A person familiar with the matter.”

Or “two confirmed who were party to the conversation”.

Those, of course, could have been from the interviewees or their lawyers...

[Stephen]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43779359

Former FBI director James Comey has said Donald Trump is "morally unfit to be president" and treats women like "pieces of meat".

Mr Comey was giving his first major television interview since he was fired by President Trump last year.

He told ABC News that Mr Trump lies constantly and may have obstructed justice.

Hours before the interview aired, the president went on the offensive, accusing Mr Comey of "many lies".

Mr Comey told ABC's 20/20 programme on Sunday night: "I don't buy this stuff about him being mentally incompetent or early stages of dementia."

"I don't think he's medically unfit to be president. I think he's morally unfit to be president.

"Our president must embody respect and adhere to the values that are at the core of this country. The most important being truth. This president is not able to do that," Mr Comey said.

Looks like the fired employee has an axe to grind, fellow law enforcement, particulary on CNN of all places said Comey was a "Feckless leader."

Comey didn't hold back on President Obama as well, said he acted inappropriately on two occasions when he spoke publicly and took it upon himself to exonerate Hillary Clinton, saying there was nothing to the allegations, Comey said it was inappropriate because there was an active criminal investigation on Hillary that had not yet been concluded, he was concerned that FBI investigators could be "shaped" in to holding out on the Presidents words.

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Here is the clip.... CNN Throw Down: Gagliano Torches Stelter’s Lionization of ‘Feckless Leader’ Comey

https://www.cnsnews.com/video/cnn-th...s-leader-comey