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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOkay, so per Robert Costa, WaPo, NBCNews and msnbc, DAG Rosenstein has released statement:
Robert Costa
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National political reporter, @WashingtonPost; Moderator, @WashingtonWeek; Political analyst, @NBCNews and @msnbc
The Deputy Attorney General issued the following statement tonight: If anyone did infiltrate or surveil participants in a presidential campaign for inappropriate purposes, we need to know about it and take appropriate action.
4:41 PM · May 20, 2018
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LonePirate
(13,424 posts)emulatorloo
(44,131 posts)We also know the FBI informant didnt infiltrate the campaign and had legit reasons to ask questions.
It sounds like a considered response. WTF did you expect him to say?
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)I certainly do. It was infiltrated by Russian agents.
malaise
(269,049 posts)It's the Mueller investigation
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,732 posts)the "spies," which there aren't any of. He's saying he'll take action if anything inappropriate happened. But it didn't. It gets Trump off his back while not obligating him to do what Trump wants him to do.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,488 posts)"Round up the usual suspects."
emulatorloo
(44,131 posts)seems like the key phrase here. Smart statement.
rzemanfl
(29,565 posts)Just not in those words.
The Blue Flower
(5,442 posts)"Inappropriate purposes" is key. Will lay to rest il drumpf's bs.
janx
(24,128 posts)writes3000
(4,734 posts)So its up to someone to come forth with proof of something inappropriate. Not just a fact free request for a fishing expedition.
Hekate
(90,714 posts)heather blossom
(174 posts)Not really saying anything but placating the deranged lunatic Trump.
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)Rosenstein again straddles that tenuous line between enraging Trump and placating him. He parses words like a very, very well-trained attorney.
is a big word
and part to..."we need to know about it" so please tell us who it is" IF there is such a person
and, imo, Costa and the rest need to stop writing about, and dropping hints on, the identity of the possible informant.
sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)MaryMagdaline
(6,855 posts)roamer65
(36,745 posts)Its basically telling Spanky to fuck off.
UTUSN
(70,706 posts)sheshe2
(83,787 posts)He is saying, slyly... a presidential campaign pretty sure he is saying not DTs it in fact it was Hill and they know it. Of course Donnie will say he is vindicated.. and will get off scot free...while Muellersprings the trap Donnie and the dotardsare incredibly stupid.
Hey thats my takeaway.
rwheeler31
(6,242 posts)matt819
(10,749 posts)Anyone = Muellers incestogatins gave this coveted.
Inappropriate purposes: Got it. Inappropriate. But appropriate purposes are fine. Ok. Id prefer illegal rather than inappropriate, but ok.
Need to know about and take action: seems reasonable. Again, Muellers investigation is covering this.
The statement really says nothing about any FBI informant.
Not bootlicking at all. Bureaucratese.
triron
(22,006 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,732 posts)who would shut down the investigation? Because that's exactly what will happen if Spanky isn't "placated" - more accurately, if he thinks Rosenstein isn't doing what he wants. All Rosenstein did was issue a carefully-worded statement that said he'd deal with any "inappropriate" activity.
cynatnite
(31,011 posts)Rosenstein and Mueller will be given the heave-ho. He'll have his justification for it.
triron
(22,006 posts)This is just another attempt at obstruction.
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Turbineguy
(37,342 posts)Of course the Trump campaign helped with some of those "anyone"s.