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Friday, April 19, 2019

NO EXONERATION, DEFINITELY OBSTRUCTION





REPUBLICAN GROUP WILL RUN AD ON FOX NEWS URGING GOP TO HOLD TRUMP ACCOUNTABLE: 'NO EXONERATION, DEFINITELY OBSTRUCTION'


"Republicans for the Rule of Law, a conservative group whose stated purpose is "defending the institutions of our republic," will run an advertisement on Fox News over the weekend urging GOP lawmakers to hold Trump accountable over the findings in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference and possible collusion between the Trump campaign team and Kremlin officials. 

 The highly-anticipated 448-page report, with redactions, was released by Attorney General William Barr Thursday morning. It details the nearly two-year investigation, which resulted in 199 criminal charges and more than 30 individuals and organizations facing indictments or pleading guilty — including six former Trump associates and three groups linked to the Russian government. Mueller’s team revealed a number of questionable actions attributed to Trump and his inner circle, dating from his 2016 presidential campaign through to his tenure in the Oval Office. 

 “It's clear from the report today that there's a lot of political interference that was attempted [by Trump],” Sarah Longwell, executive director of Republicans for the Rule of Law, told Newsweek. “This is not the end of the Mueller investigation, this is just the beginning. It looks like the Mueller report really is a road map for Congress. And that there was no exoneration, definitely obstruction.”



NYTIMES:

So much for “complete and total exoneration.” To the contrary, it turns out that Robert Mueller and his team of prosecutors and investigators found “substantial evidence” that President Trump broke federal law on numerous occasions by attempting to shut down or interfere with the nearly-two-year Russia investigation. 

 In addition to pointing to possible criminality, the report revealed a White House riddled with dysfunction and distrust, one in which Mr. Trump and his aides lie with contempt for one another and the public.


USAToday: 

"For weeks, Barr has been trying to sell us a Mueller report that simply does not exist. The actual Mueller report, beneath all the redactions, details one of the most successful foreign disruptions of an American election in the history of the republic. It reveals a presidential campaign eager to suck up the benefits of this "sweeping and systematic" interference, and it unmasks a president who attempted to commit multiple crimes to cover the whole thing up. 

 But beyond all those revelations, this process has shown we are in an emergency unlike anything we've seen since Watergate. Barr has proven that he is determined to help Trump get away with some of the most unpatriotic and corrupt acts ever committed by a president."



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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Republicans that I heard speak yesterday following Attorney General Barr's press conference all seem to be part of Trump's disinformation campaign and dismiss the seriousness of his offenses. If they are ashamed of Trump's corruption, it is not apparent by their remarks. Where do we go as a nation when one political party is all about winning at any cost, even if it means casting aside our democratic values. I hope we can pull out of this tailspin.

Dave Miller said...

Look... let's give Trump the benefit of the doubt for a few minutes.

I'd still like to know why a US Presidential campaign, not an administration, had so many meetings with Russian officials. And once we get that answer from Trump's base, I'd like to know why they lied about so many of those meetings.

We know those meetings happened. They are a matter now of the public record. There is no debating that. So tell us Skud, Conservative Anon, The Crew of the Mother Ship, Silverfiddle, et al, why did the Trump campaign and administration lie repeatedly about those meetings?

And then dig a little deeper into your soul and have a try at one more question...

Would you be saying it's all a bunch of smoke if Hillary or Pres Obama had had so many secret meetings with an enemy of the US and then when caught, lied about them? Or would you have been screaming bloody murder and calling them traitors?

Any takers?

Jerry said...

Unless Pelosi will start impeachment proceedings in the House, this report and its accusations are going nowhere, except to be a source of debate into history.

The report said Trump's attempt to obstruct and collude failed because his people refused to go along. Therefore; no collusion, or obstruction occurred. Whatever Trump's intent was, a crime never happened.

Again, a president does not have to commit a crime to be impeached. All that is needed is the will (votes) of the Congress to impeach. That is not going to happen in this Congress.

A lying crook like Trump never should have been elected president, but the American people did elect him president by the same rules we have been electing presidents for over two hundred years. And he may well be elected president again in 2020. SAD!!!!

That is a statement about the American people (voter) because they had plenty of evidence of Trump's despicable character before his election.

Les Carpenter said...

Gosh, imagine that. An honest conservative group. I guess there's still hope!

skudrunner said...

I am starting to agree with a couple on this board, trump may win reelection but not by his doing. The democrats have little to run on and pure wacko candidates to deliver their message.

They really can't run on the past administrations accomplishments because there were very few. Obamacare - nope, gay marriage -Yep, russia collusion admitted on a hot mike -Yep, good economic numbers -nope.

Now you have a slew of candidates trying to our give the others. Free college paid for by the taxpayer many of whom didn't go to college or paid their own way, free healthcare stripping over 200 million people from company provided healthcare, guaranteed income for those who choose not to work, paid for by the taxpayer who chooses to.

I guess the democrat party stands for jut one thing, Impeach Trump, that's it and that is a simple platform.