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In reply to the discussion: BOOM! Trump allegedly asked Director of National Intelligence Coats [View all]Maeve
(42,282 posts)17. Nor does he wish to lose his job
tRump like to fire disloyal poeple
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BOOM! Trump allegedly asked Director of National Intelligence Coats [View all]
KingCharlemagne
Jun 2017
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Of course, he did! He asked Rogers as well. Trump knows the deeper they dig, the more he's...
writes3000
Jun 2017
#1
I'm sure Trump has extensive experience in making threats and illegal suggestions
Nitram
Jun 2017
#75
Who can judge what "pressure" is? Pressure in this case is asking while being the POTUS!
Maraya1969
Jun 2017
#71
hahahahaa Kellyanne's eyeballs might pop right out of her head from the pressure on this one *grin*
luvMIdog
Jun 2017
#8
They always look to me like home invaders with stockings pulled over their head.
NBachers
Jun 2017
#64
Do we know if Coats or Rogers actually asked Comey to back off? Does that make them guilty as well?
writes3000
Jun 2017
#11
so that's the head of the FBI and the head of the DNI are asked to derail an investigation....
spanone
Jun 2017
#20
Obstruction does not require that the obstruction was successful, I believe.
Honeycombe8
Jun 2017
#23
There was ambiguity right up to the point that the idiot told Lester Holt why he fired him.
grantcart
Jun 2017
#60
This thread is about obstruction, firing Comey was defiantly obstruction of justice
Pluvious
Jun 2017
#73
That's what I mean though. In the business world the boss "leaning on" a subordinate
MGKrebs
Jun 2017
#39
The White House REFUSED ethics briefings. He didn't even give himself the chance to pay attention.
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2017
#41
His scamming has gone beyond intuitive. It is now reflexive. He can't help himself. . . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2017
#66
Thinking back to Watergate, once Nixon ordered Haldeman and Ehrlichman to
KingCharlemagne
Jun 2017
#50
It seems comparable to when someone tries to hire a "hit man" to commit a murder.
Tanuki
Jun 2017
#76
Mueller allowed Coates & Rogers to GLOMAR to support comey's testimony...but kgop sat on their hands
MedusaX
Jun 2017
#55
Did he think Trump was joking? Seriously not believable that never felt pressured.
Justice
Jun 2017
#63