Biographer who caught Trump lying 30 times: He tried to "intimidate" me by lying about taping

[Miles Archer]

Biographer who caught Trump lying 30 times: He tried to ‘intimidate’ me by lying about taping conversations



http://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/biographer-who-caught-trump-lying-30-times-he-tried-to-intimidate-me-by-lying-about-taping-conversations/

In 2005, Trump sued (biographer Tim) O’Brien over his book TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald, which suggested that the real estate mogul was worth only $250 million. But the author turned the tables on Trump and cornered him in a deposition for making at least 30 false statements.

“His loose association with the truth becomes problematic when he’s confronted with documents,” O’Brien explained to CNN host Brian Stelter on Sunday. “We’ve had decades now of Trump frequently lying or exaggerating about a wide range of things.”

O’Brien pointed out that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has an arsenal of tools available to assist the Trump investigation, including subpoena power, access to financial records and a law enforcement community that is “deeply disturbed” by the direction of the presidency.

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“He’s said this over the years to reporters when they go into the Trump organization, ‘I just want to let you know that I’m taping you right now,'” O’Brien noted. “And he said it multiple times during my interviews with him. He said that into my own tape recorder when I recorded our interviews.”

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Each day this horrible, vile person's popularity ratings stay in the millions, I get sicker and

sicker.

My country, my country is gone.

[Miles Archer]

2. His "base" is just militantly blind to it all.

I've written about my sister on DU on a number of occasions. She's one of them. Breaks my heart.

I personally feel that one of the main reasons (among many others) that Rachel Maddow's ratings have gone through the roof is that she refrains from offering nightly "equal time" to the Jeffrey Lords and Jack Kingstons that CNN seems to favor.

And then there's Fox, where the subject is rarely discussed, and if it is, it's all talking points and deflection provided by the White House.

I also posted on DU (I'm sure others have as well) about Trump's assertion that he would "NEVER" demand a loyalty oath, coupled with a video of him on the campaign trail of him demanding a loyalty oath to vote for him from the assembled audience.

I honestly believe there is only one way to end this, and it's the 2018 midterms. Ryan and McConnell will do nothing as long as they are pursuit of their agendas and Trump signs off on it. Democrats holding a majority in the House and Senate seems to be the ONLY option.

[Eliot Rosewater]

5. Yep and to stop this we need to STOP attacking the D party and start supporting

it to the point of saying now, considering the urgency of the times, we ALL agree to vote for ANY and ALL dems

NO

MATTER

WHAT

[Beartracks]

6. "Sure - right after we unify around MY liberal priority!!!1!"

Sorry, that's the way it seems sometimes; like so many of us don't want to pull our little tents under the big one.

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[erronis]

7. Absolutely! No more discussions! Get in line!

Otherwise you'll be shunned.

Eliot - I hope you are being a trifle sardonic.

[Eliot Rosewater]

10. Say hello to permanent GOP control.

If only people could understand the big picture, but they dont.

Already if we take back both houses, judiciary and all courts are gone for 40 years.

Not enough for you?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

11. Democrats need to be united to MOVE QUICKLY when the tRump regime crumbles.

Crumble it will. When it does, it will happen very quickly. Democrats (INCLUDING US) must be united and have language ready to hammer the Republican Trump Party into pieces. Must be ready to move quickly with candidates and positions to consolidate results because it may happen near the 2018 elections.

In particular there need to be prominent POSITIVE positions to push in contrast to the worst excesses of the Ryan-McCONnell-Trump Republican positions and legislation.

[Eliot Rosewater]

12. What if the candidate is for $12 MW, not $15, do we shitcan them?

Not vote?

Vote 3rd party?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

13. Only 1 option: whichever Democrat wins primary of Dem voters in a district. Once that, Unite behind.

[Eliot Rosewater]

15. Oh, so you are for any Dem no matter what in the November 2018 election, good.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

16. Wrong.

I am for the Democrats that the Democratic voters choose.

That is NOT "any Dem no matter what".

Quit stuffing words in mouths of DU members. It is a very disreputable debating tactic and people see right through it. Give it up.

[Eliot Rosewater]

17. deleted, cant speak, will get in trouble

[Bernardo de La Paz]

18. Democratic candidates selected by Democratic voters deserve our support in any election

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The exceptions would be very rare, such as when very bad facts are revealed after the Demcratic members make their selection.



I wasn't thinking of what happened last year.

I was looking forward.

Democrats need to look forward.

[Eliot Rosewater]

19. Oh i see it was VERY important to you to make sure you CAUGHT what i said

before I deleted it, when i get banned I will know who to thank

For the rest of you dont say I didnt warn you...



If people cant see what is going on here, I cant help them.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

21. Relax, you won't be banned.

[iluvtennis]

9. +1000 agreee

[Scurrilous]

3. K&R

[SunSeeker]

4. K & R for exposure.

[Quixote1818]

8. That was a great segment. K and R

[mcar]

14. K&R

[Solly Mack]

20. I wonder if his Russian mob friends know he likes to tape people.

Even threatening to tape some people can be deadly. Them thinking you might record conversations can be deadly too.

Sure, Trump is probably lying about it, and it is his way of trying to be intimidating - but what if he does record conversations? And if you're part of a criminal organization, can you really take the chance he is bullshitting?