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TNNurse

(6,929 posts)
Wed Jan 17, 2018, 05:10 PM Jan 2018

Do y'all think those Trump people

will tell the truth just because they are under oath? I cannot think of one of them who would not lie their ass off with their hand on a Bible. Under oath does not make me feel one bit better toward getting the truth.

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Do y'all think those Trump people (Original Post) TNNurse Jan 2018 OP
Two words: Martha Stewart Stinky The Clown Jan 2018 #1
Was not Martha Stewart's Wellstone ruled Jan 2018 #3
Lying to investigators took her out Stinky The Clown Jan 2018 #6
Lying to the Feds about Wellstone ruled Jan 2018 #7
The two key words are "LYING" and "FEDS" Stinky The Clown Jan 2018 #9
Don't kid yourself about the purpose of the interviews. lagomorph777 Jan 2018 #2
not a prayer....mueller's job is to weed them out....i hear he's a master at it. spanone Jan 2018 #4
are they stupid enough to believe they're clever enough to lie? LanternWaste Jan 2018 #5
Let them eleny Jan 2018 #8

Stinky The Clown

(67,818 posts)
1. Two words: Martha Stewart
Wed Jan 17, 2018, 05:13 PM
Jan 2018

I think when faced with jail time they'll crack like eggs. And that include Prez Rotund.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
2. Don't kid yourself about the purpose of the interviews.
Wed Jan 17, 2018, 05:14 PM
Jan 2018

Mueller usually has all the documents in place before asking questions. In other words, he already knows the correct answers.

In situations where he actually needs answers, he knows how to get all the witnesses to implicate each other (not themselves).

spanone

(135,876 posts)
4. not a prayer....mueller's job is to weed them out....i hear he's a master at it.
Wed Jan 17, 2018, 05:36 PM
Jan 2018

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let's hope so...

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
5. are they stupid enough to believe they're clever enough to lie?
Wed Jan 17, 2018, 05:46 PM
Jan 2018

I think those Trump people are a lot more afraid of the negative consequences of lying than they are afraid of the negative consequences of being truthful.

It comes down to this (for me): are they stupid enough to believe they're clever enough to lie, or are they clever enough to realize "I better tell the truth, else I'm doing five to ten in the big house when they finally get to the bottom of this"?

Also, I think Mueller is smarter than seven of them put together and has a fiendishly simple way to take them down... let them speak, by letting horseshit-Trump tweet, and letting Sanders pontificate every other day.

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