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Mon Feb 25, 2019, 10:21 AM

DonViejo (59,952 posts)

Don Jr. On Russia Probe: 'No Actual Crimes' Just 'Things People Did In Past Lives'

By Kate Riga

February 25, 2019 9:08 am

Donald Trump Jr. thought up a creative way to discredit the indictments special counsel Robert Mueller has already secured, telling the “Fox and Friends” hosts Monday morning that there were “no actual crimes,” just “things people did in past lives.”

“They’re not investigating actual crimes anymore,” Trump Jr. said. “They’re literally trying to find something they can make a big deal of.”

“What they did is they put incredible pressure on regular guys that couldn’t afford million dollars in legal fees, got them to slip up, say something incorrectly,” he continued. “They pretended they’re their friends.”

“There are no actual crimes,” he concluded. “There is only things that people did in past lives, in 2006 before we even thought we’d ever get into this crazy world.”

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So far, eight people have pleaded guilty to charges brought due to Mueller’s investigation.

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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/no-actual-crimes-things-people-did-past-lives

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Don Jr. On Russia Probe: 'No Actual Crimes' Just 'Things People Did In Past Lives' (Original post)	DonViejo	Feb 2019	OP
so, if there was no collusion	NewJeffCT	Feb 2019	#1
The term "past" pretty much includes everything up until....well.....just now.	dameatball	Feb 2019	#2
That was so 1 second ago.	Lochloosa	Feb 2019	#10
A complete "nothing burger"	True Dough	Feb 2019	#11
Decriminalizing reincarnation? Is that a thing?	dchill	Feb 2019	#3
LOL!	DeminPennswoods	Feb 2019	#4
"past lives"...does he think he reincarnated?	Maeve	Feb 2019	#5
All crimes @ some point will have taken place in the past.	Botany	Feb 2019	#6
What I want to know is what did Don Jr do in 2006 ...	karynnj	Feb 2019	#14
Ah, understood. It's not a crime if it happened before 2006.	DetlefK	Feb 2019	#7
Desperately attempting to run out the clock.	Zoonart	Feb 2019	#8
No,.. no,.. no,... if it happened the day before yesterday,..	magicarpet	Feb 2019	#9
I think I stole horses in a previous life, totally unfair to hold me responsible for that man.	Thomas Hurt	Feb 2019	#12
these guys couldn't sound more like criminals if they tried.	unblock	Feb 2019	#13
Did anyone ask Junior how the wife and kids are doing?	gratuitous	Feb 2019	#15
"It's just that we were all Russians in our previous lives!"	struggle4progress	Feb 2019	#16
That slimy, little motherfucker can't go to prison soon enough. nt	GoCubsGo	Feb 2019	#17
I hope they put him in "gen pop."	Vinca	Feb 2019	#18
If You Are Telling the Truth	erpowers	Feb 2019	#19
I'm guessing they didn't ask Jr. why Manafort gave private polling data to Kilimnik in 2016? nt	pnwmom	Feb 2019	#20

Response to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Feb 25, 2019, 10:23 AM

NewJeffCT (56,557 posts)

1. so, if there was no collusion

why did Mueller tell Cohen he could not talk about the Russia investigation when he testifies to Congress this week?

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Mon Feb 25, 2019, 10:25 AM

dameatball (6,194 posts)

2. The term "past" pretty much includes everything up until....well.....just now.

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Mon Feb 25, 2019, 10:42 AM

Lochloosa (14,195 posts)

10. That was so 1 second ago.

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Mon Feb 25, 2019, 10:45 AM

True Dough (11,946 posts)

11. A complete "nothing burger"

Don Jr. is such a smooth talker, huh?

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Mon Feb 25, 2019, 10:27 AM

dchill (27,207 posts)

3. Decriminalizing reincarnation? Is that a thing?

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Mon Feb 25, 2019, 10:27 AM

DeminPennswoods (12,036 posts)

4. LOL!

My cement sidewalk has more brains than Jr.

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Mon Feb 25, 2019, 10:28 AM

Maeve (40,496 posts)

5. "past lives"...does he think he reincarnated?

And can we go back to that tRump Tower meeting and what was discussed?

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Mon Feb 25, 2019, 10:32 AM

Botany (59,133 posts)

6. All crimes @ some point will have taken place in the past.

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When you are on trial in court the crimes with which you are charged with are always in the past
but to Fox News viewers they somehow think that Jr's gibberish is knowledge.

So the June 2016 meeting of Trump Jr, Kushner, Manafort, and the Russians
in Trump Tower really took place in 2006.

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Mon Feb 25, 2019, 12:15 PM

karynnj (58,379 posts)

14. What I want to know is what did Don Jr do in 2006 ...

why reference a specific year unless it is in his mind.

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Mon Feb 25, 2019, 10:32 AM

DetlefK (15,827 posts)

7. Ah, understood. It's not a crime if it happened before 2006.

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Mon Feb 25, 2019, 10:34 AM

Zoonart (7,745 posts)

8. Desperately attempting to run out the clock.

Some of the cases the SDNY are looking at are running up against statute of limitations.

As to the "past lives" bullshit... is he saying he is a re-born criminal? It's not like declaring for Jesus. ya know... your past criminal sins are NOT washed away.

This is the DU member formerly known as Zoonart.

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Mon Feb 25, 2019, 10:42 AM

magicarpet (10,402 posts)

9. No,.. no,.. no,... if it happened the day before yesterday,..

.... you are home free,... it was so long ago it is no longer considered a crime. It was just a boo-boo.

Says the White Trash con-man.

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Mon Feb 25, 2019, 10:51 AM

Thomas Hurt (9,546 posts)

12. I think I stole horses in a previous life, totally unfair to hold me responsible for that man.

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Mon Feb 25, 2019, 12:11 PM

unblock (48,764 posts)

13. these guys couldn't sound more like criminals if they tried.

they sound 100% like a bunch of criminals who have zero respect for the law and resent every aspect of law enforcement.

well, except when it's used against women or people of color....

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Mon Feb 25, 2019, 12:17 PM

gratuitous (73,744 posts)

15. Did anyone ask Junior how the wife and kids are doing?

Or is bringing up someone's affair considered too gauche for the curvy couch?

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Mon Feb 25, 2019, 12:35 PM

struggle4progress (111,860 posts)

16. "It's just that we were all Russians in our previous lives!"

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Mon Feb 25, 2019, 12:37 PM

GoCubsGo (26,245 posts)

17. That slimy, little motherfucker can't go to prison soon enough. nt

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Mon Feb 25, 2019, 01:12 PM

Vinca (45,960 posts)

18. I hope they put him in "gen pop."

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Mon Feb 25, 2019, 06:52 PM

erpowers (9,120 posts)

19. If You Are Telling the Truth

If you are telling the truth, how can someone trick you into saying something incorrectly. Also, it is likely that most people consider "say something incorrectly" to mean lie. I can understand the idea of people being forced into a confession. However, the people Donald Trump Jr. is talking about are not broke, uneducated individuals. These people are educated professional who had careers and were knowledgeable of the legal system.

Also, Trump Jr. claims his family never thought they would be in the political world. That does not ring true. Donald Trump Sr. has been talking about running for President since the 90s.

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Mon Feb 25, 2019, 06:55 PM

pnwmom (104,526 posts)

20. I'm guessing they didn't ask Jr. why Manafort gave private polling data to Kilimnik in 2016? nt

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