Schiff expresses general satisfaction with the special counsel appointment, and notes almost in passing that the FBI investigation will be most important, because "they have reach around the world, & we don't..."

Picturing canvas bags going over the heads of Flynn & Manaforte associates....

They knew Flynn was under no investigation even before hiring him, before the innaguration.

Why? Why would they hire him?

God these people are morons.

Now the Times reporting that the Trump team knew of an investigation into Flynn's unregistered work as an agent for the Turkish government before Flynn's appointment as National Security Advisor thus granting him access to state secrets while he worked as an unregistered agent of a foreign government-- whose dictator just dropped by the WH for a visit.

Trump fires Comey over the "Russia thing" and invites the Russians into the Oval Office and invites Erdogan in knowing that his former National Security Advisor worked as an unregistered agent for the Erdogan government.

Trump is just pissing in our faces now. He's making a mockery of the entire country.

25th amendment action looks more viable every....well, I guess we're about up to hourly revelations

Does this mean Pence can't have plausible deniability?

if you're not the VP (and maybe if you are), not a cabinet-level appointee, not a newly-seated Supreme Court justice, why do you remain in this administration's employ at this point?

Don't know if Pence knew about the Turkey thing. Since Flynn lied to him about Russia meeting I'm thinking he didn't.

Flynn is toast. Wonder if his deal was to launder money meant for Trump from Russians, Turks and/or anybody else.

JFLNYC wrote:Don't know if Pence knew about the Turkey thing. Since Flynn lied to him about Russia meeting I'm thinking he didn't.

Flynn is toast. Wonder if his deal was to launder money meant for Trump from Russians, Turks and/or anybody else.

Pence was chair of the transition at that point. Bad look for him whether or not he knew. Although I guess maybe being so far out of the loop here (even if nominally in charge) wouldn't be the worst excuse.

Though pretty clear Trump had decided himself Flynn would be his NSA long before this would've been disclosed, so not like Pence was making the rec himself.

i'm getting the feeling mike pence might not be the genius we all thought he was

pacino wrote:Ryan in 2016:

BREAKING: McCarthy to Ryan in secret recording: “There’s 2 people Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump. Swear to God.”

he's probably right about Rohrbacher

“There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump,” McCarthy (R-Calif.) said, according to a recording of the June 15, 2016, exchange, which was listened to and verified by The Washington Post. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher is a Californian Republican known in Congress as a fervent defender of Putin and Russia.

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) immediately interjected, stopping the conversation from further exploring McCarthy’s assertion, and swore the Republicans present to secrecy.

HOLY SHIT

He was trying to cover up for McCarthy saying an objectively stupid thing, whether joking or not.

drsmooth wrote:if you're not the VP (and maybe if you are), not a cabinet-level appointee, not a newly-seated Supreme Court justice, why do you remain in this administration's employ at this point?

the last rats on deck like Cernovich are saying Trump is still good, but it's his staff that's bad. no self reflection about what it means that Trump hand selected this staff that needs to be wholesale replaced 130 days in per these idiots.

jerseyhoya wrote:He was trying to cover up for McCarthy saying an objectively stupid thing, whether joking or not.

or, in light of overwhelming evidence of his worminess, he was covering for Trump because he gets a tiny boner at the thought of giving tax cuts and taking away people's healthcare. you were wrong to idolize that fat slob Christie for a decade and you're even wronger to support this fuck.

Youseff wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:He was trying to cover up for McCarthy saying an objectively stupid thing, whether joking or not.

or, in light of overwhelming evidence of his worminess, he was covering for Trump because he gets a tiny boner at the thought of giving tax cuts and taking away people's healthcare. you were wrong to idolize that fat slob Christie for a decade and you're even wronger to support this fuck.

This theory involves House GOP leadership knowing Trump was on payroll from Putin at a time when they could have stopped him from getting the nomination with that information. OK.

O'Donnell pointed out tonight that the breaking Flynn story confirms drumpf lied during his interview with Lester Holt when he said he didn't know Flynn was being paid by the Turks.

Please please please do that under oath, cheeto

possible responses if he thought it was absurd:

Kevin, now is not the time for jokes
That's absurd, Kevin
Kevin, I know the conspiracies about Putin & Trump aren't really a big topic of conversation yet, so I'm confused by what you're saying

NOT

an order not to leak... a joke

the GOP known for not allowing leaks...of jokes. OK.

Just to level-set, seems like the consensus here is drumpf is going and must go, just how he goes & when

My fantasy is that he simply can't contain himself, in a moment of infantile impulse says/does something grotesque that clearly obstructs the investigation, he's caught red-handed in front of thousands of people in the act, and before he's called to account he has an infarction and/or quits, running off naked into the night down Pennsylvania Avenue

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politic ... 49647.html

This seems extremely bad

td11 wrote:http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article151149647.html

This seems extremely bad

I'm not sure what type of punishment would be appropriate for Flynn at this point

CalvinBall wrote:They knew Flynn was under no investigation even before hiring him, before the innaguration.

Why? Why would they hire him?

God these people are morons.

Not morons, just arrogant douchebags