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as senior Republican condemns carefully staged Barr criticism.Donald Trump has been accused of attempting to orchestrate a fresh quid pro quo just a week after being acquitted in his Senate impeachment trial.
This time, the accusations come after the president offered to lift travel restrictions against New Yorkers in exchange for Governor Andrew Cuomo dropping investigations into his tax records.
Mr Trump has also been hit by an unexpected rebuke from his attorney general over the Roger Stone case, with William Barr saying he will not be bullied and that the presidents tweeting about an active case makes it difficult for him to do his job.
However, the public rebuttal was a move that ex-Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele warned was carefully staged to appease disgruntled Justice Department prosecutors.
https://news.yahoo.com/trump-news-live-president-threatens-094939404.html
Dan
(3,598 posts)mucifer
(23,658 posts)DENVERPOPS
(8,954 posts)at this point we are all living in a 24/7 TWILIGHT ZONE. Sorta like a horrific nightmare and you can't wake up from, so the nightmare goes on and on and on
WASF
BKDem
(1,733 posts)"Look! I'm doing it again! You can't touch me! Fuck you!"
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)he knew he was going to say something.
Arthur_Frain
(1,873 posts)but it doesnt go into it in the article. Travel restrictions? On New Yorkers? WTF?
Nobody has to show their papers in order to get out of New York. Honestly, I have no idea what theyre talking about, and with so many things to get outraged about, if yahoo cant publish a story thats self contained so I know what travel restrictions they are on about, Im dismissing it.
On edit: Looking further, I see its not even yahoo, its some web blog called the independent. This is what passes for journalism on the web Im afraid, cutting and pasting someone elses blog. Sad to see.
spanone
(136,011 posts)Arthur_Frain
(1,873 posts)Thank you.
spanone
(136,011 posts)scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)It's a legitimate news source.
https://www.independent.co.uk/us
Wounded Bear
(58,828 posts)scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)gembaby1
(253 posts)What a fucking surprise!
NOT!!
ffr
(22,686 posts)struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)So I can do anything I want to prevent the tax investigations! And I think I might want to shut down New York! Remember: it's so I can protect Americans against invaders from outer space! So it's a matter of national security!"
DallasNE
(7,404 posts)His statement that he had a legal right to interfere in Justice Department matters, though he has chosen not to yet -- which is a total lie. That is what carefully staged looks like.
N_E_1 for Tennis
(9,835 posts)Amimnoch
(4,558 posts)It's kind of like announcing "Today is Saturday" on a Saturday..
I'd be more shocked if a full day went by without some kind of stanky ass corruption coming from that foul creature.
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