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struggle4progress

(118,295 posts)
Fri Mar 31, 2017, 06:08 PM Mar 2017

White House in deep legal trouble, according to own standards

By Aaron Blake
March 31 at 8:17 AM

President Trump on Friday urged his former top adviser, Michael Flynn, to seek an immunity deal from Congress, after news broke late Thursday that Flynn was seeking such a deal. Trump said Flynn should cut a deal because the entire thing is “a witch hunt” that ostensibly won't lead anywhere ...

It wasn't long ago that Trump seemed to believe such deals signaled guilt ...

... here's Trump in late September: “The reason they get immunity is because they did something wrong. If they didn't do anything wrong, they don't think in terms of immunity. Five people. Folks, I'm telling you: Nobody's seen anything like this in our country's history.”

And at another September rally: "If you're not guilty of a crime, what do you need immunity for, right?" ...


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/03/31/the-trump-white-house-is-in-deep-legal-trouble-according-to-the-trumps-own-standards/?utm_term=.5a8d31976a56

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White House in deep legal trouble, according to own standards (Original Post) struggle4progress Mar 2017 OP
The word 'immunity' is not in caps either. SummerSnow Mar 2017 #1
Trump is such a FUCKING MORON Skittles Mar 2017 #2
Flynn, you moran! Get a deal from Congress. Don't let the NCjack Mar 2017 #3
Did everyone notice the White House Spox's Wellstone ruled Mar 2017 #4

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)
1. The word 'immunity' is not in caps either.
Fri Mar 31, 2017, 06:11 PM
Mar 2017

Spicer will say they are there you just don't see them. he meant to put them there but it was up to you to know he meant to put them there. So it's your fault.

Skittles

(153,169 posts)
2. Trump is such a FUCKING MORON
Fri Mar 31, 2017, 06:12 PM
Mar 2017

Flynn IS ALREADY GUILTY of a crime, remember, you stupid fucking orange asshole? YOU HAD TO FIRE HIM FOR IT.

NCjack

(10,279 posts)
3. Flynn, you moran! Get a deal from Congress. Don't let the
Fri Mar 31, 2017, 06:15 PM
Mar 2017

FBI get you in their sausage grinder. (You know what I mean -- get the deal from Congress.)

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
4. Did everyone notice the White House Spox's
Fri Mar 31, 2017, 06:26 PM
Mar 2017

pivot today. They just went to their Campaign Rhetoric blaming Clinton for all of Flynn's Witch Hunt Problems. And then their day goes form bad to total sh*t.

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