Trump ordered aides to smear potential FBI witnesses who could confirm he tried to fire Mueller

[workinclasszero]

President Trump ordered aides to smear potential FBI witnesses who could confirm he tried to fire Mueller: report
BY DENIS SLATTERY NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Saturday, January 27, 2018, 3:26 PM

President Trump not only sought to have special counsel Robert Mueller fired, he also sought to discredit top FBI officials out of fear that they could be witnesses against him.

Following former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony before the Senate intelligence committee last June, Trump ordered aides to smear three potential FBI witnesses who could confirm that the President tried to end or influence Mueller’s investigation, Foreign Policy reported on Friday.

Trump, who was reportedly talked down from ordering Mueller’s dismissal last June after White House lawyer Don McGahn threatened to quit, fired Comey a month earlier.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-ordered-aides-smear-fbi-witnesses-report-article-1.3782875

[NightWatcher]

1. Boom! Three more counts of Obstruction. Is trump aiming for a baker's dozen?

I miss the good old days when either Party would've taken out this kind of garbage.

[workinclasszero]

3. Trump is a lawless bastard

And his party is sold out to Russia.

I wonder how the FBI and Comey in particular like Shitler whom they helped get elected?

He's been attacking them relentlessly since day one, fu**ing suckers.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. INTENT. .......Robert Mueller is paying attention

Obstruction of Justice, Money laundering, collusion, witness intimidation, is there anything else Robert Mueller can nail Donald Trump on? This man is as corrupt as they come.

[onetexan]

7. Right on the money

you've got it all nailed but there's probably more - mob ties, extortion, paying off more prostitutes and women he's sexually harassed...
Oh and don't forget with collusion is conspiracy.

[BSdetect]

4. If that scumbag ends up walking away with his freedom, assets and lifetime security

then there will be no respect for the system at all.

[lark]

9. if he does that, there will be no American system to destroy.

It will be gone already because the constitutional system of laws will have been irrevocably broken through his and the other russian repugs direct actions to turn us into a dictatorship.

[blueinredohio]

5. Why don't these people come forward?

[mountain grammy]

6. Look at that picture of him that accompanies the article..

He really is repulsive.

[Enoki33]

8. The office of the Presidency now operates on the same basis

as the Russian mafia crime syndicate that made him wealthy. And yes, he really does look as repulsive as that.

[RandomAccess]

10. To me, this is as big if not bigger than ordering McGahn to fire Mueller

Unquestionable obstruction.

[wishstar]

11. He's not only lied to discredit FBI, but directing others to lie in a conspiratorial way

Certainly seems like a coordinated effort involving Nunes and other Congressional Repubs along with Fox news support. I wonder if one of Kellyanne's roles is to coordinate the smear attacks.

If he also directed campaign and WH staff to lie about having Russian contacts and directed any of them to lie to investigators, that would certainly be an impeachable offense.